“Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what’s right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what’s right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you’re growing spiritually at that particular moment.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You will invest in something as you live your life, so make sure it is something that will pay dividends you will enjoy.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Satan can control you if you let outward things determine your security.”
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Joyce Meyer
“There are times when God leaves huge question marks as tools in our lives to stretch our our faith.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I had an unconscious, vague sort of understanding that God loved me, but the love of God is meant to be a powerful force in our lives, one that will take us through even the most difficult trials into victory.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Habakkuk 3:19 says that the way we develop hind’s feet (a hind is an animal that can climb mountains swiftly) is “to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon” the “high places [of trouble, suffering or responsibility]!” The way God helps us make spiritual progress is by being with us to strengthen and encourage us to “keep on keeping on” in rough times. It’s easy to quit; it takes faith to go through.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Life is easy and full of joy when you depend on God and His leading. Pray for God to lead you to where He wants you to be—even if that means embracing change.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Many people say “my life stinks”. Well, your life will stink if you spend today thinking about tomorrow.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You may have heard the saying, “Refusing to forgive is like drinking poison and hoping it kills the other person.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.”
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Joyce Meyer
“and decide you really do want a hot fudge sundae! Go ahead and eat it. It is continual excess that causes trouble—not occasional liberties. God created a wide variety of foods for us to eat. Every good food God made, you can eat.”
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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
“We are partners with God. Our part is to trust Him, to know His Word and believe it,”
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Joyce Meyer
