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, Battlefield of the Mind.

Our thought life is the battlefield, where the enemy wants to overwhelm and control us.

Whether it's worry, anger, fear, the devil will use our thoughts to try and rob us of the full and

peaceful life Jesus' sacrifice to give us. The battle is fierce, which is why it's important we renew

our minds daily through God's Word. Today, Joyce will share practical steps on how to fight the battle

in our mind, replacing negative thoughts with confidence, peace, and security.

Now, here's Joyce with the series, Battlefield of the Mind.

I would like you to open your Bibles up to Deuteronomy, Chapter 1.

Tonight we're going to talk about thinking your way out of bondage.

How you think, the attitude that you have, what you say and how you act,

while you're in the wilderness, determines how long you're going to stay there.

Now what is the wilderness?

The wilderness is this period of time

after we're saved

before we finally feel like

that we've got victory

and we're living in the promises of God.

You know, it's one thing to hear about the promises of God.

It's one thing to talk about the promises of God,

to want the promises of God, to believe for the promises of God,

but it's another thing entirely to actually be living in and experiencing the promises of God, but it's another thing entirely to actually be living in and experiencing

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