“An addiction is something that controls people—something they feel they cannot do without or something they do to alleviate pain or pressure. It is what people run to when they are hurting or feel lonely. It comes in many varieties, such as drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, shopping, eating, work—and yes, even approval. Like any addict, insecure people look for a “fix” when they get shaky. They need someone to reaffirm them and assure them everything is all right and they are acceptable. When a person has an addiction the things they are addicted to are on their mind most of the time. Therefore, if a person is an approval addict, he or she will have an abnormal concern and an abundance of thoughts about what people think of them
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Joyce Meyer
“Don’t run to the phone, run to the throne.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Great relationships are one of the most precious treasures in life, but we must feed them regularly by putting time into them. If you find you have no time to develop and maintain strong, intimate relationships with God, with yourself, and with your family and friends, then you are absolutely too busy.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The facts about our past are powerless against the blood of Jesus and the Truth of His Word.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Trust in Him God chose you and loves you unconditionally. Thank Him for His love and ask Him to help you trust His Word and the people in your life who love and accept you for the gift that you are.”
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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
“Faithfulness is not doing something right once but doing something right over and over and over and over.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Common people with uncommon goals who make an uncommon commitment can help an uncommon number of people who can also lead other common people to do uncommon things. Develop your potential to the full. And as you do, lead others in developing theirs. Be all you can be. Then help someone else be all they can be.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Quitting is not an option for the confident woman. She must decide what she wants or needs to do and make up her mind that she will finish her course.”
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Joyce Meyer
“At this moment, each one of us is as close to God’s throne of grace as we choose to be.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Encouraging someone and speaking truth into someone’s life when God asks you to do so are healthy and wonderful things—but it’s never right to make a quick, dismissive judgment. Our judgments based on external appearances don’t have all the information and wisdom that”
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Joyce Meyer
“Don’t cry out to God for change, and then be afraid of it when it comes.”
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Joyce Meyer
“It is unwise to refuse to face reality; however if our reality is negative we can still have a positive attitude toward it.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Father, I thank You that You love me. I thank You that I am always accepted and never rejected. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.”
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Joyce Meyer
