“Above all that I put on, I put on love. I clothe myself with behavior marked by mercy, tender hearted pity, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of myself, gentle ways [and] patience. I have the power to endure whatever comes with good temper. I am gentle and forbearing with others and, if I have a difference or a grievance with someone; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven me, I also forgive others. —COLOSSIANS 3:12-14”
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Joyce Meyer
“(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The quality of our life is greatly affected by the time we spend with God, and it should have a place of priority in our schedule.”
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Joyce Meyer
“God said that when a man and a woman are married, the two will become one flesh, but He never said it would be easy. Good relationships require a lot of hard work, education, and willingness to meet each other’s needs.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You are probably familiar with the statement, “To thine own heart be true.” One of the ways we make our lives so complex is when we veer off course and ignore what is really important to us. If we put aside our own hearts and follow what the world thinks we should and ought to do, we will find ourselves unfulfilled and empty. Life will be tasteless. We will go through the motions, but nothing will satisfy us. What do you want out of life? What do you believe God’s will is for you? Some people spend so much time meeting what they think their obligations are that they don’t even know what they want. They never ask themselves because they figure it is way out of reach. When I ask what you want out of life, I am not talking about selfish desire; I am talking about heart desire. There is something deep in your heart God has planted there.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on”
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Joyce Meyer
“Jesus did not leave Peter to drown just because he had done fine for a while and then made a mistake.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He will bring it to pass.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Patience is a fruit of the spirit that grows only under trial. It is useless to pray for patience. Well, actually I encourage you to pray for patience, but I'll tell you what you'll get TRIALS!”
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Joyce Meyer
“The things we do to serve one another are the things that bind us together.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If we make a decision and then continue to go back and forth in our mind about whether we did the right thing or not, we are unstable in our ways.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Satan takes our circumstances and builds strongholds in our lives—how he wages war on the battlefield of the mind. But, thank God, we have weapons to tear down the strongholds. God doesn’t abandon us and leave us helpless. First Corinthians 10:13 promises us that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, but with every temptation He will also provide the way out, the escape.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I know of only one way to overcome the results of a series of bad decisions, and that is through a series of good ones.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The pathway to change is to renew your mind.”
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Joyce Meyer
“God can make miracles out of messes and mistakes when we have a positive attitude and believe all things are possible with God.”
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Joyce Meyer
