By Joyce Meyer I'LL ADMIT IT . When I first began ministering more than thirty years ago, I was pretty scared and insecure. Today, it is more widely accepted to be a woman preaching the Gospel. But at that time, it wasn't very popular at all to do what I was doing. As a result, I was afraid of being rejected. In fact, I would often bend over backwards to speak and behave the way I thought was expected of me. I so much wanted to gain other's approval. There was just one problem: I was attempting to win favor of people, not God. I was performing in order to attain natural favor ... and it didn't work! You see, I hadn't yet learned this one very important lesson: When God calls someone to do something, He also place His supernatural favor upon them to do it. Supernatural Favor vs. Natural Favor - In those early days, I knew nothing about supernatural favor. I didn't know that favor is actually a part of grace. In fact, the words "grace" and...