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 tries to overwhelm and control us.

If we let our thoughts go in a wrong direction, our actions follow.

Whether it's worry, insecurity, anger, or fear, the enemy uses our thoughts to try and rob

us of the peaceful and fulfilling life Jesus' sacrifice to provide for us.

The battle is fierce, and that's why it's important we renew our mind daily through God's

word.

In this series, Joyce will share practical steps about how to fight the battle in our mind

and replace negative thoughts with confidence, peace, and security.

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

So there are times in our life and we just need to not talk about it anymore.

Is anybody home out there in the building?

Anybody watching by TV, understand this?

Maybe, just maybe, just maybe you could feel better

if you just wouldn't talk about it anymore.

Now some of you drove 200 miles and you're thinking,

I drove 200 miles to hear her tell me that.

Because see, you can even come to a whole conference like this and you can get back in the car with all your Christian buddies you came with and you can discuss all your problems all the way home and you will not be in one better bit of a condition when you get home than you were when you left.

And not only that, some of you have already made your mind up when you go home.

If that house is not cleaned up like you told them kids and that husband to clean it up,

then you have already made your mind up when you walk in what you're going to tell them.

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