“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
“It is very helpful for us to remember that “hurting people hurt people.” I don’t think very many people wake up every day with the thought in mind of purposely seeing how much they can hurt everyone in their life, yet that is often exactly what they do. Why? Usually because they are hurting and have unresolved issues in their own life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The pathway to freedom from negativity begins when we face the problem and believe God will work good out of it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Pray for your enemies, and bless those who mistreat you” (see Matt. 5:44).”
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Joyce Meyer
“One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes that we have.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Great character is not developed through ease and convenience but through doing NOW what needs to be done no matter how difficult it”
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Joyce Meyer
“If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. JOHN 8:31–32”
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Joyce Meyer
“And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it… ISAIAH 30:21”
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Joyce Meyer
“Our lives are going to be less than God’s best if we are consumed with “self.” Self-centeredness keeps us from seeing the needs of others and causes us to miss the blessings that come when we serve. We don’t have to totally forget about our own needs. But we can chase selfishness away by not always thinking about our needs first.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If we are truly listeners and givers, we will try to help others receive what they need and be a blessing to them. But often our problem is that we spend far too much time trying to bless ourselves and not nearly enough time trying to bless someone else.
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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
“your life will not get straightened out until your mind does.”
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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
“Power Thought: I begin my day with an attitude of praise—praying and listening for God’s voice.”
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Joyce Meyer
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you to show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike]. Matthew 5:44–45”
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Joyce Meyer
