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.

Second Corinthians 521.

For our sakes, he made Christ virtually to be sin who knew no sin.

Wow.

So that in and through him, we might become endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of the righteousness of God, what we ought to be. Approved, acceptable, and in right relationship with him by his goodness.

If I were you, I would stare at that scripture and tell it it's burned into your soul.

He that knew no sin, Jesus Christ, the all-righteous one, took our sin.

He became sin in our place and died on a cross, and our sin was paid for with that act of mercy and kindness.

But he didn't stop there. And he gave us the righteousness of God that was his

alone to give. He took my sin. He gave me his righteousness. He took your sin. He gave you

his righteousness. And now God, because he wants to, views righteousness, he took your sin, he gave you his righteousness, and now God, because he

wants to, views us, he sees us through Christ as being right with him because of our faith

in Jesus Christ.

My goodness.

Woo!

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