“Words can poison, words can heal. Words start and fight wars, but words make peace. Words lead men to the pinnacles of good And words can plunge men to the depths of evil
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Joyce Meyer
“Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter!”
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Joyce Meyer
“God is on our side, and His grace is sufficient to meet our every need.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Years later I read a statement that said, “A tot of people have a wishbone, but they don't have a backbone.” I thought, That's the truth. Wishing won't get us anything. We have got to dig in and do whatever we have to do to get”
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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
“The Bible says our warfare is with the devil, not with people (Ephesians 6:12).”
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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
“We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are.”
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Joyce Meyer
“As we look then at these two powerful tools of the enemy, we see that doubt causes a person to waver between two opinions, whereas unbelief leads to disobedience.
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Joyce Meyer
“The quality of our life is greatly affected by the time we spend with God, and it should have a place of priority in our schedule.”
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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
“You can have Jesus in your spirit and an outrgeous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called it's called religion. That's what it's called dead dry religion......Jesus said you are a bunch of white washed tombs full of dead men's bones, and I tell you if that didn't describe me I don't know what did, because on Sunday mornings I dressed it up and took it to church.”
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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
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. Sugar Ray Robinson”
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Joyce Meyer
