“Staying angry at someone who has hurt you is like taking poison hoping that your enemy will die.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The problem comes when we try to take the gift God has given us and use it to do what someone else is doing instead of developing our own potential.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to like you.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Put your expectations on God, not on people.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Calming down is a decision. It has nothing to do with feelings. It is an act of obedience, and we do it to honor God because He lives in our house, and He’s saying: “I want it—I want some peace in this house. I want it quiet in here. I want you to be full of peace.”
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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
“If you accept what people call you, you will start to believe it. Find your identity in Christ, not in what others say.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Do yourself a favor and forgive anyone that has anything against you. Do it as an act of faith and trust God to change and heal your emotions. Pray for your enemies and never say another unkind thing about them. It is the only way you can move past the pain and begin to heal.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If we have to wait to see how we feel before we know if we can enjoy the day, then we are giving feelings control over us. But thankfully we have free will and can make decisions that are not based on feelings. If we are willing to make right choices regardless of how we feel, God will always be faithful to give us the strength to do so. Living the good life that God has made ready for us is based on our being obedient to His way of being and doing. He gives us the strength to do what is right, but we are the ones who must choose it… God won’t do it for us.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If I continue trying to do what only God can do, I will make myself miserable.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Mary can’t control her actions because she doesn’t control her thoughts.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Fear tries to get us to give up but faith takes us all the way through to victory”
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Joyce Meyer
“Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!”
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Joyce Meyer
“We only have one life to give, and we should be careful who and what we give it to.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could never do on your own with any amount of struggle and effort.”
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Joyce Meyer
