“There was a time not too far in the past when a person’s word was his honor; to not keep one’s word was unthinkable.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Years may wrinkle your skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles your soul.”
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Joyce Meyer
“he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love”
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Joyce Meyer
“It is impossible to be both selfish and happy”
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Joyce Meyer
“SEPTEMBER 5 Stay Out of Strife He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed. PROVERBS 28:25 Probably 80 percent of the places we visit in our ministry have church members who are riddled with strife. Strife is the devil’s tool against us. It takes personal self-control to stay out of strife. If you want to keep peace, you can’t always say everything you want to say. Sometimes you have to control yourself and apologize even when there is nothing in you that wants to do so. But if you sow the godly principle of harmony and unity today, a time will come when you will reap the blessings of all it can bring to you.”
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Joyce Meyer
“TO SEE A RELEASE OF OUR POTENTIAL, WE MUST DISPLAY STABILITY.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Many people say “my life stinks”. Well, your life will stink if you spend today thinking about tomorrow.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Like most parents we had some kind of issue with each of our children. Two of them struggled getting through school, one was very messy, and another was an extreme perfectionist and put tremendous pressure on herself. The good news is they all made it and are doing fine. Some of them took a little detour and made some bad choices, but they learned from them and came full circle back to what they were taught. God’s Word states that if we train them in the way they should go, when they are old they will not depart from it (see Proverbs 22:6). If you are concerned about one of your children, just cling to that promise I just mentioned.”
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Joyce Meyer
“now is love—real love. I have discovered that lonely and hurting people often don’t expect you to meet their needs . . . they simply want to be loved and understood. If you’re in need of real love, receive it from God right now. Then let it flow through you to bless others. JANUARY 18 God Has Not Forgotten You God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 NIV The world is full of people struggling with trials and temptations and looking for a way out. If you have ever felt pressed on every side and couldn’t find an escape, or confused and didn’t know what to do, you know what a desperate and lonely feeling that can be. The Word tells you God is faithful and He will provide a way for you, but He doesn’t always show us the way immediately. That is when you must wait . . . and trust. Waiting on God purifies your faith and builds character in you. You may not like waiting, but God’s way is perfect! So be assured God has not forgotten you. Trust Him, and in His time He will reveal His perfect plan for you. While you’re waiting, don’t forget to enjoy your life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“walk in the fruit of the Spirit, acting the way we should act. I believe there are different levels of faith. One level of faith gets us delivered from trials, but another level of faith takes us through trials. Some people may think that the delivering kind of faith is the greatest. Personally, I don't agree. I don't think it takes nearly as much faith to pray and get delivered from something as it does to continue to walk in belief in God's delivering power when it is not being manifested. It is in those testing times that we grow in faith
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Joyce Meyer
“I can patiently wait for the things I want in life, trusting God to bring them in His timing.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Whatever we gain by the works of our own flesh, we will have to maintain the same way we gained it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I frequently say we should let God out of the Sunday-morning box we try to keep Him in and allow Him to invade our Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday too.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.”
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Joyce Meyer
“By dwelling on how inadequate we thought we were, we are continuing to block what God has for us by not being open to receive from Him.”
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Joyce Meyer
