“Sometimes when people feel strongly about something, that is all they preach about. That is wrong. There needs to be a balance. We need to use common sense even in our spiritual life.
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Joyce Meyer
“Proverbs 15:15: “All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].” I realized at that time that most of my life had been made miserable by evil thoughts and forebodings. Yes, I had circumstances that were very difficult, but even when I didn’t, I was still miserable because my thoughts were poisoning my outlook and robbing me of ability to enjoy life and see good days. Even if nothing bad was happening at the time, I always vaguely sensed that something bad was about to happen. Because of that I was unable to really enjoy my life.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.”
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Joyce Meyer
“The Bible says in Romans 12:21 that we overcome evil with good.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Make a list of your blessings and read them out loud anytime you feel yourself starting to sink emotionally.”
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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
“I challenge you to make up your mind right now to do something great for God.”
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Joyce Meyer
“I encourage you to examine your life, to pay attention to your thoughts and your words, and to see how much thanksgiving you express. Do you murmur and complain about things or are you thankful?”
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Joyce Meyer
“For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out
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Joyce Meyer
“When we maintain an attitude of thanksgiving, we close the door to grumbling and complaining—which seem to be ever-present temptations in our lives.”
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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
“We can get excited by thinking about what all we have or can have, OR we can get discouraged by thinking about what all we don't have.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Don’t hesitate to begin because it seems to you that you have a long way to go. It is better to spend your life moving in the right direction one step at a time than to have no direction at all. No matter what your problems may be, things can get better with God’s help.”
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Joyce Meyer
