“The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Jesus did not worry, and we do not have to worry either!”
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Joyce Meyer
“But have you learned yet that tomorrow's answers usually don't come until tomorrow gets here?”
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Joyce Meyer
“If you can believe the God who is perfect loves you then you can believe that you are worth loving.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I know the effect insecurity can have on lives because I experienced it myself. I know what it does to a person. Those who have been hurt badly through abuse or severe rejection, as I have, often seek the approval of others to try to overcome their feelings of rejection and low self-esteem. They suffer from those feelings and use the addiction of approval to try to remove the pain. They are miserable if anyone seems to not approve of them in any way or for any reason and they are anxious about the disapproval until they feel they are once again accepted. They may do almost anything to gain the approval they feel they have lost—even things their conscience tells them are wrong. For example, if a person is met with disapproval when she declines an invitation, she might change her plans and accept the invitation just to gain approval. She compromises herself for the sake of feeling approved
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Joyce Meyer
“God has never promised a life without suffering, but He has promised to comfort us and give us the strength to carry on. He has also promised to work good out of everything that happens to us if we love Him and continue wanting His will in our lives (Rom. 8:28).”
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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
“If we make a decision and then continue to go back and forth in our mind about whether we did the right thing or not, we are unstable in our ways.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We all know that we must sow seed if we are to reap a harvest (Galatians 6:7). Sowing seed into the lives of other people is one sure way to reap a harvest in our own life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Psalm 125:1–2 says: “Those who trust in, lean on, and confidently hope in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides and stands fast forever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from this time forth and forever.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Be content with what you have, refuse to focus on what you don’t have; love others; and stay hopeful concerning what you want and need.”
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Joyce Meyer
“80% of people's problems are about how they feel about themselves.”
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Joyce Meyer
“You may have heard the saying, “Refusing to forgive is like drinking poison and hoping it kills the other person.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We cannot control the temperaments we are born with; they are God’s choice. We can work with the Holy Spirit to achieve balance, but basically we are who we are.”
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Joyce Meyer
