“Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary. But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]. 1 Corinthians 9:26,27”
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Joyce Meyer
“I’d rather believe for a whole lot and get half of it than believe for a little bit and get all of it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Whatever people think of us is between them and God and not our concern.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it]. Mark 11:23,24”
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Joyce Meyer
“Satan frequently steals the will of God from us due to reasoning. The Lord may direct us to do a certain thing, but if it does not make sense - if it is not logical - we may be tempted to disregard it. What God leads a person to do does not always make logical sense to his mind. His spirit may affirm it and His mind reject it, especially if it would be out of the ordinary or unpleasant or if it would require personal sacrifice or discomfort.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We must meditate on what God has done in our life instead of what we are still waiting on Him to do.”
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Joyce Meyer
“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
“The peace Jesus gives operates in good times or bad, when you are abounding or being abased. His peace operates in the middle of the storm. It”
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Joyce Meyer
“Any day that we don’t give up puts us one day closer to success.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If you feel pressed, confused, controlled, or stressed about something, then it is not of God; that is not how He works. Instead, the Holy Spirit will gently “reveal, (declare, disclose, transmit)” the truth to you.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Worrying does not move the hand of God, but faith does. Exchange worry for trusting God and you will see progress.”
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Joyce Meyer
“When we maintain an attitude of thanksgiving, we close the door to grumbling and complaining—which seem to be ever-present temptations in our lives.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Jesus did not worry, and we do not have to worry either!”
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Joyce Meyer
“The absence of pain means death, so when something no longer bothers you, you've died to that thing.”
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Joyce Meyer
