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.

Okay, open up your Bibles and get yourself out some note paper and get ready to make the devil

mad because you're going to find something out that maybe you didn't know.

Proverbs 423.

Lord, we thank you for the Word.

We pray that people's minds will be renewed and their eyes will be open to the truth in Jesus' name.

I'm calling this message tonight, what's been on your mind lately?

You know, if we would really take a little inventory of what's been on our mind lately,

we could quickly make a connection between what's going on in our life and what's been going

on in our mind.

I went to church for years and years and years and years, and nobody ever told me my thoughts had anything to do with my life. I went to church for years and years and years and years and

and nobody ever told me my thoughts had anything to do with my life. I had no idea

that I could think my own thoughts or choose my own thoughts. I had no idea that if I

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