“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
“But if we want God’s peace and joy, we can’t waste our time trying to be people-pleasers.”
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Joyce Meyer
“God is not necessarily looking for people with amazing abilities, but He searches for availability and a person who is willing to simply do whatever He asks them to do. If we will lift our hands to God and say, “I am available to do whatever You want me to do,” we will have peace and joy as we journey through life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“They want a miracle to correct their lack of discipline
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Joyce Meyer
“One of the ingredients of forming good habits and breaking bad ones is focusing on what you want to do and not on what you want to stop doing.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11”
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Joyce Meyer
“Those who are easily offended and touchy are insecure.”
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Joyce Meyer
“From the fruit of his words a man shall be satisfied with good. PROVERBS 12:14”
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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
“I am not going to let negative people control my mood. They have problems and they are not going to give their problems to me.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We can’t control what other people do and how they decide to treat us, but we can control our response to them. Don’t let other people’s behavior control you. Don’t let them steal your joy; remember that your anger won’t change them, but prayer can.”
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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
“I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.”
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Joyce Meyer
“For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. —EPHESIANS 6:12”
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Joyce Meyer
“You may have heard the saying, “Refusing to forgive is like drinking poison and hoping it kills the other person.”
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Joyce Meyer
