“You can control yourself if you really want to. I'll tell you how I know you can control yourself. If you were in a full fledged emotional temper tantrum in your house and I knocked on your front door..... Come on! Let me tell you what, you would get control of yourself, and it would only take a few seconds.
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Joyce Meyer
“There is a difference in a person’s “who” and their “do.” God may not always be happy with what you do, but He is always pleased with who you are.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Trust in Him If you are going through a difficult time right now, don’t be discouraged and run away. Trust God to be with you, and He will give you the grace and the wisdom to get through it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“My purpose in life is to do right and to glorify God.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary. But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]. 1 Corinthians 9:26,27”
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Joyce Meyer
“Love Yourself Today: “Lord, I pray that I will continue to grow to love and accept myself in godly ways so the criticism and judgment of others will not hurt me or affect me negatively.”
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Joyce Meyer
“My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8”
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Joyce Meyer
“Power Thought: I begin my day with an attitude of praise—praying and listening for God’s voice.”
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Joyce Meyer
“It is impossible to be both selfish and happy”
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Joyce Meyer
“I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. JOHN 16:23–24 NIV”
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Joyce Meyer
“There was a time not too far in the past when a person’s word was his honor; to not keep one’s word was unthinkable.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Staying angry at someone who has hurt you is like taking poison hoping that your enemy will die.”
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Joyce Meyer
“God is excited about your future, and I hope you are also. Don’t let the discouragement of the past steal the amazing future that is yours.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11”
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Joyce Meyer
“Say something that will help you, not something that will hinder you. Say, “I can do this with God’s help.”
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Joyce Meyer
