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Anytime you want to do good, you might as well just figure that opposition is going to come.

Just because we decide to do something good, that doesn't mean the enemy is going to roll out a red carpet and say, oh, goody, let me help you.

I'm Joyce Meyer. I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you.

I'm calling this message, why is it so hard to finish what we start?

I want to start by telling you something that happened to me and I should know better after all the years that I've been in ministry and all the teachers.

I've done, but this will just prove how we can be deceived by the enemy and hopefully give us a good lesson.

I wrote down in my journal that I keep pretty much every day.

I wrote that I was making a commitment, everybody say commitment,

to be more generous than ever before in my life.

Actually, I really do enjoy giving. It's one of the things that I enjoy.

I really enjoy making people happy. I enjoy knowing something that somebody wants and then surprising them with it.

I've been like that since I was a kid and so I just believe it's one of the gifts that God has given me.

I just decided I want to be more generous this year than I've ever been before in my life.

I got off to a good start. I even wrote back here a lot of, I wrote down all kinds of scriptures about giving and all kinds of thoughts.

I'll just right here. This was my commitment.

I am reaffirming my commitment to God to be generous and to help as many people as I possibly can.

The world is filled with hurting and needy people.

Nothing is better or more powerful than helping them.

I'm excited to abound and excel in giving and to watch God work in my own heart and life as I go forward.

I wrote all kinds of things about when you're selfish, you're unhappy and the best way to fight greed is with generosity and Satan hates generosity.

I've got scriptures to be generous and to be more like God.

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