“Let peace be the umpire in your life, deciding with finality every question that arises in your mind (see Colossians 3:15).”
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Joyce Meyer
“Discouragement destroys hope, so naturally the devil always tries to discourage us. Without hope we give up, which is what the devil wants us to do. The Bible repeatedly tells us not to be discouraged or dismayed. God knows that we will not come through to victory if we get discouraged, so He always encourages us as we start out on a project by saying to us, “Don’t get discouraged.” God wants us to be encouraged, not discouraged.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others or position in life will keep us permanently secure. The outside approval we seek becomes an addiction. We work to get approval and it feels good for a short while; then we find that we need more and more. True freedom never comes until we fully realize that we don’t need to struggle to get from others what God freely gives us: love, acceptance, approval, security, worth, and value.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Everything that God calls us to do, He will help us do.”
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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
“If you turn things over to God, you will finally find the power you need to break free.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If I am doing the best I can and people don’t approve, what they think will have to be between them and God.
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Joyce Meyer
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head. Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. (Romans 12:20–21)”
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Joyce Meyer
“Your presence is a present to the world. You are unique and one of a kind. Do not ever forget, for even a day… how very special you are!”
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Joyce Meyer
“Encouraging someone and speaking truth into someone’s life when God asks you to do so are healthy and wonderful things—but it’s never right to make a quick, dismissive judgment. Our judgments based on external appearances don’t have all the information and wisdom that”
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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
“If you accept what people call you, you will start to believe it. Find your identity in Christ, not in what others say.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Trust in Him How relaxed are you? Your answer is directly related to how much you trust God. It may take you many years, like it did me, to fully trust Him, but each day will be better and better as you trust more and learn to relax.”
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Joyce Meyer
