“• The effect of laughter on the body is immediate. Laughing actually lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hormones, and increases muscle flexion. • Laughter increases your resistance to infections. • Laughter also triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, and produces a general sense of well-being.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We must take responsibility for our responses to daily events, especially the little offenses that tempt us to be angry.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. —HEBREWS 11:1 You can close your eyes and see a disaster or you can choose to see victory.”
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Joyce Meyer
“It’s very hard to think negative thoughts about someone you’re taking to the Lord every day. You’ll be amazed at how God will change your heart toward that person; your thoughts and ultimately your actions could very well change the way he behaves.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I am not going to let negative people control my mood. They have problems and they are not going to give their problems to me.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We need to be able to step back from our situations and see them from God’s perspective. Then we need to make decisions based on what we know rather than on what we feel.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Power Thought: God is faithful; my hope in Him is unwavering.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser. The rest I leave in Your hands lord. Grant me favor with You and with men and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.”
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Joyce Meyer
“What imagined deficiency or handicap in your life is holding you back?”
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Joyce Meyer
“There are two kinds of pain: the pain of change and the pain of never changing and remaining the same.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Even when things are coming against me and things aren’t working out the way I’d like, I still want to display the character of Jesus Christ.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Our past may explain why we’re suffering, but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Thomas Edison said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
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Joyce Meyer
“A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you don’t change it, you won’t go anywhere.”
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Joyce Meyer
