Joyce Meyer Quotes

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Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

Joyce Meyer
I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

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Place your desires before God. Pray about them and trust God to give them to you if and when they're right for you.

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It pleases our heavenly Father when we acknowledge and confess to Him our inability to run our own lives. That is what we are doing when we say, "Father, help me! I need You!"

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Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.

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If we didn't struggle through some things, we would never develop the strength and stamina we need to survive in this world.

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We can get excited by thinking about what all we have or can have, OR we can get discouraged by thinking about what all we don't have.

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If we are addicted to people's approval, we will always experience pain when that approval is withdrawn--as it always is.

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If you will do what you CAN do, God will do what you CANNOT do.

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Food is not the problem. It's what we do with food that becomes the problem. That's why we need to learn to keep everything in our lives - especially our eating - in proper balance.

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One of the best gifts we can give ourselves is time alone with God.

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We don't always help people by doing everything for them. That type of behavior can actually contribute to their problems because it helps then never take responsibility on their own.

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If you are tired of living on the beaten path that everyone else walks, venture into the woods. Some people would be afraid they would get lost, but a confident woman expects to have a new experience that might be outrageously wonderful.

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When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

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There is no power in your name or my name, but there is awesome power in the name of Jesus because of everything he represents.

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It is our job to listen to God and let Him tell us what is going on and what we are to do about it - leaving the rest to Him to work out according to His knowledge and will, not ours.

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To know and experience what God can do, we must first realize and acknowledge what we cannot do. We must get our eyes off of ourselves and our limited ability, and totally onto Him and His infinite power.

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Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top.

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We often say God is never late, but generally He isn't early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.

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What does God require of us? Our part is to believe. Our work is to trust the Lord. His requirement is that we let go and let God.

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When we complain about our current situation, we remain in it; when we praise God in the midst of difficulty, He raises us out of it.

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You can't have real love without operating in forgiveness. Love keeps giving the other person another chance.

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Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we must choose to resist negative thoughts and be determined to rise above our problems. We must decide that we're not going to quit. When we're bombarded with doubts and fears, we must take a stand and say: "I'll never give up! God's on my side. He loves me, and He's helping me! I'm going to make it!"

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I want to focus on God's grace and give thanks for all the good things in my life. I don't want to focus on what I don't have.

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It is not that we don't have faith it is just that Satan is trying to destroy our faith with lies.

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The Holy Spirit showed me that when I put up walls to keep others out I also wall myself into solitary place of confinement.

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I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do — and not worrying over what you can't do. A confident person is open to learning, because she knows that her confidence allows her to walk through life's doorways, eager to discover what waits on the other side. She knows that every new unknown is a chance to learn more about herself and unleash her abilities.

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Ask God to fill your mouth with the words you need to say today. No issue is so small that it doesn't require God's wisdom.

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Whatever your situation, God wants to heal you, strengthen you, and lead you to a place where you can enjoy life again.

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I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God.

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