Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, pursuing what matters most.

Does it ever feel like we're chasing after something but never actually reaching it?

Maybe it's chasing after success or companionship or something else we feel we need for fulfillment.

It's not wrong to have desires, but what is our first priority?

Today Joyce shares with us no matter what we're chasing, we'll only find true joy and peace

when we pursue God first.

Now here's Joyce with the series pursuing what matters most.

Do you know how distracting it is to just Now, here's Joyce with the series pursuing what matters most.

Do you know how distracting it is to just even have to spend two hours with somebody you don't like?

So just think about spending your whole life with somebody that you don't like. And I spent years. I didn't like myself.

I did not like myself. And I'll tell you the truth, until you can come to terms of peace with

yourself, come on, listen to me, until you can come to terms of peace with yourself, you are not having

any joy. You are not going to enjoy life, you are not going

to get along with people, because how can you have peace with anybody else?

How can you like them if you don't even like you?

Well, I don't like the way I look.

Well, make peace with your thighs.

Make peace with your big feet that you don't like.

You know, I used to wonder,

why didn't I have a nice, sweet voice like other women?

Well, this is it, so...

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