“Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don't deserve it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“There are some things that we can do something about, but there are a whole lot of things that we can't do anything about. If it is something we can't do anything about, then we need to let it go and keep our joy. We need to hold our peace - and our tongues - do what is right, and let God work on our behalf.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that “if a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Those who try to hang on when God is trying to move on will always be miserable”
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Joyce Meyer
“Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make. Contentment does not mean that we never want to see change or improvement, but it does mean we can be happy where we are and will do the best we can with what we have. It also means we will maintain an attitude that allows us to enjoy the gift of life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“God says in Zechariah 4:6, “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit” (NKJV).”
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Joyce Meyer
“If you focus on your problems or your frustrations, your attitude is going to be negative and defeated. But when you put your focus on God and His promises for your life, your attitude will immediately change.”
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Joyce Meyer
“God abundantly supplies all my needs; I will get out of debt; the Lord takes pleasure in my prosperity; God gives me favor; He opens right doors for me and closes wrong ones; God wants to bless me, and I’m willing to take it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Asking for something is easy… being responsible for it is the part that develops character.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I will say positive, hopeful things no matter how I feel.”
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Joyce Meyer
“People cannot change people. Only God can get inside a person's heart and cause him or her to want to change.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says WOE to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Forgive as often as you must and don’t put limits on it.”
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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
