“don’t be overly concerned about what other people think of you and your decisions. Most of them are not thinking about you as much as you might imagine that they are anyway.”
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Joyce Meyer
“But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). Galatians 5:16”
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Joyce Meyer
“If our thoughts are going to affect what we become, then it should certainly be a priority that we think right thoughts.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Proverbs 15:15: “All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].” I realized at that time that most of my life had been made miserable by evil thoughts and forebodings. Yes, I had circumstances that were very difficult, but even when I didn’t, I was still miserable because my thoughts were poisoning my outlook and robbing me of ability to enjoy life and see good days. Even if nothing bad was happening at the time, I always vaguely sensed that something bad was about to happen. Because of that I was unable to really enjoy my life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Too often that is our problem. We get ourselves into a mess and then try to get ourselves out by some miraculous method. Then we make another mess and try to do the same thing again. We go from one mess to another, never wanting to take responsibility for our own mistakes. What we need to do is to get some balance and start exercising self-discipline. We cannot walk in stupidity and spend our whole life ignoring the consequences. God has given us wisdom, and He expects us to use it
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Joyce Meyer
“Proverbs 23:7 says that as a person thinks in his heart, so is he.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Wow! you might actually have to act like a Christian sometimes!”
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Joyce Meyer
“Don't just learn from God's Word, but believe it will change your life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If something is wrong in your life, don’t spend the rest of your days feeling bad about it… do something about it!”
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Joyce Meyer
“Many people in the world are trying to find God, and what we show them is much more important than what we tell them. It is, of course, important that we verbally share the gospel, but to do so and negate what we have said with our own behavior is worse than to say nothing.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We can become so secure in Christ that as long as we know our heart is right, we know whatever people think of us is between them and God and not our concern
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Joyce Meyer
“Calm down, stop trying to figure out the answers, and turn your focus to God.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The only thing that truly satisfies the longing within is to know God more intimately today than we did yesterday.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances.”
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Joyce Meyer
