Joyce Meyer

And in the corner, he had a few little tin dishes, and he was so excited about his home.

And I thought, you know, we crab if we live in a 10-room house and have to clean it.

That's what people need to learn.

Not that they need to try to earn God's love.

with good works, but you do the works because He loves you.

And that's exactly what we do if we live under the law.

You're like, you're proud of yourself.

if you're doing good, and then immediately condemned if you're doing bad.

You have to learn the difference between works of the flesh and grace.

And I'll give you my example.

I came from a very difficult background, sexual abuse from my father.

And so I felt really, really bad about myself.

Just lived with condemnation all the time.

Felt like God was mad at me all the time.

I mean, I always say, if I didn't feel wrong, I didn't feel right.

You know, that was... Feeling wrong was my normal.

And I always felt like God was mad at me for something, although I didn't know what it was.

And so when I started hearing messages in church, I...

I tried to go home and do every one of them.

I tried to change.