“I have a reverential fear of God in my life, and I think we need a lot more of that. I believe that God is God, and I believe He means business. If He tells me to do something, He means it, and when He tells me not to do something, He means it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Jesus also said, …In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer…For I have overcome the world… (John 16:33).”
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Joyce Meyer
“Fear makes you feel surrounded by an enemy. Faith makes you realize you are surrounded by God.”
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Joyce Meyer
“One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence”
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Joyce Meyer
“Begin to weave and God will provide the thread.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You would be better off having nobody than the wrong somebody. (On marrying for the wrong reasons.)”
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Joyce Meyer
“You will notice in Scripture that Jesus never tried to defend Himself, no matter what He was accused of. Why? Because He knew the truth about Himself, and that was the important thing to Him. He was not addicted to approval from people; therefore, He was free from the tyranny of what they might think of Him or say about Him. He was satisfied by the knowledge He possessed of Himself. He did not need anyone else’s approval except His heavenly Father’s, and He knew He had that.
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Joyce Meyer
“The mind should be kept peaceful. As the prophet Isaiah tells us, when the mind is stayed on the right things, it will be at rest.”
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Joyce Meyer
“character simply by listening to their conversation. The more loving our words and actions are toward others, the more loving and kind our thoughts will be.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Have you ever gone to the furniture store to buy a chair without sitting in it? Have you ever purchased a car without test-driving it? Of course not, and God also tests us to reveal the quality of our faith. No matter what we think of ourselves, we find out what we are truly like in times of difficulty. Good times don’t bring the worst out of us, but hard times do. That is why God says these difficult times are good for us. They allow us to see what is in our character that needs to be changed. They also give us opportunity to use our faith, and faith only grows through our using it. As we choose to learn to trust God instead of getting upset about something, we experience His faithfulness, which, in turn, increases our faith for the next time we need it. The more we use our muscles, the more they grow—and our faith is the same way.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The Bible is a record of sin, deceit, immorality of every kind, disobedience, hypocrisy and God’s amazing grace and love. The heroes we admire were people just like us. They failed miserably at times, they sinned regularly, and yet they found love, acceptance, forgiveness and mercy to be the free gifts of God. His love drew them into intimate relationship with Him, empowered them to do great things, and taught them to enjoy the life that He has provided.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You do not have, because you do not ask. James 4:2b”
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Joyce Meyer
“The bottom line is that God is holding everything together.”
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Joyce Meyer
