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during those six years prepared me to do what we’re doing in ministry in miraculous ways. I didn’t always get what I wanted, but God always
now. And it takes a lot more to keep the ministry going today than what provided everything I needed.
we needed to pay our bills back then.
You’re not going to know for sure if you can trust God until you have to
I’m so glad God helped me stay determined not to give up or try to meet step out in faith and experience His faithfulness. I want to encourage you
all of our needs in my own strength. I needed those years of being home today: Don’t give up on what God has put in your heart to do! No matter
full-time to study the Word and apply the biblical principles I was learn- how hard it is to trust Him, be determined to keep doing everything He
ing practically in my own life before I could do what I’m doing today. shows you to do.

You know, it doesn’t do any good to just know the Word in your head – As the Amplified Bible says in Psalm 37:3, “Trust (lean on, rely on, and be
you have to know it by experience through your relationship with God. confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and
We need to experience the faithfulness of God in our lives to grow in feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.” God is faithful,
our trust in Him. I can honestly say now that some of the times I treasure and you really can trust Him!
most happened during those six years when God came through for us

For more on this topic, order Joyce’s four-CD series Trust God and Do Good. For more information, visit www.joycemeyer.org.
Joyce Meyer is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. She has authored more than 100 books, including Battlefeld of
the Mind and Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind and Unleash Yourself from the Pressure of Stress (Hachette). She hosts the Enjoying Everyday Life radio and TV
programs, which air on hundreds of stations worldwide.

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