“Some people think they have discernment when actually they are just suspicious..
Suspicion comes out of the unrenewed mind; discernment comes out of the renewed spirit.”
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Joyce Meyer
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Stay on Course Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. PROVERBS 4:25- 27 Jesus knew what His purpose was. He disciplined Himself to stay on course, living His life to fulfill that purpose for which He came. As Christians, we need to follow in His steps and focus on our purpose. We were bought with a price to live our lives in such a way that we become the salt of the earth, the light of the world (see Matthew 5). We are to lay down our selfish, self-centered lifestyles, and gear our lives toward doing something for the betterment of someone else. Then we will experience that “joy unspeakable, and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8).”
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Joyce Meyer
“Have you ever gone to the furniture store to buy a chair without sitting in it? Have you ever purchased a car without test-driving it? Of course not, and God also tests us to reveal the quality of our faith. No matter what we think of ourselves, we find out what we are truly like in times of difficulty. Good times don’t bring the worst out of us, but hard times do. That is why God says these difficult times are good for us. They allow us to see what is in our character that needs to be changed. They also give us opportunity to use our faith, and faith only grows through our using it. As we choose to learn to trust God instead of getting upset about something, we experience His faithfulness, which, in turn, increases our faith for the next time we need it. The more we use our muscles, the more they grow—and our faith is the same way.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Make a list of your blessings and read them out loud anytime you feel yourself starting to sink emotionally.”
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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
“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
“Praying before you have an emergency is like putting money in the bank. If you have money set aside, then a car problem you were not expecting does not need to upset you. You have provided a way to continue living a simple, joy-filled life before you experienced a need. Start today getting some prayers in reserve. Fill up your prayer tank and you will avoid constantly living in crisis mode.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Prayer makes tremendous power available (James 5:16). Don’t let your prayer life reflect weeds of inconsistency or neglect.”
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Joyce Meyer
“As children of God, one of the privileges we have is believing the impossible.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The pathway to freedom from negativity begins when we face the problem and believe God will work good out of it.”
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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
“Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!”
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Joyce Meyer
“Just because you feel fear doesn't mean you can't do it. Do it afraid”
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Joyce Meyer
“nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in”
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Joyce Meyer
