Welcome to enjoying everyday life with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, Life is What You Make It.

If we want to have a great life, we must learn to do things God's way.

We're all created with free choice, but if we're obedient to following his word, he will give us the desires

of our heart. Now, here's Joyce with today's teaching. A few weeks ago, God said to me

on a day when I was about to have a bad mood, how many of you can tell when you're about to

have a bad mood?

That's the time to do something about it.

Don't wait until you've been in a bad mood for a week, but get it right away.

First Peter 5 in the Amplified says, resist the devil at his onset.

He roams about like a lion, roaring in fierce hunger, seeking whom he may devour.

Whom resists steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same identical sufferings are pointed to your brethren throughout the world.

Everybody is going through stuff.

So we don't need to feel sorry for ourselves when we're going through things. We need to start doing what the Bible says. Submit yourself to God, resist the devil, and he will flee. We have

authority over the devil, but we have to use it.

It's not going to just be an automatic thing. And so I knew right away that God was talking to me

about my attitude, that if I wanted to have a bad day, I could certainly have one, but if I wanted

to have a good day, I could have a good day.

I'll say a few things that I said last night in case you weren't here, but not too many.

Trouble is a promise, but misery is an option.

Spiritual maturity is only seen by how we handle ourselves when we're having problems.

How many of you want to be spiritually mature?

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