Joyce meyer quotes

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Even if you think the grass is greener on the other side, you’re going to have to mow that side too.

The power of God is available to you today to help you do whatever you need to do and with a smile on your face!

Whatever your situation, God wants to heal you, strengthen you, and lead you to a place where you can enjoy life again.

Everything God ever asks you to do, even if it's difficult, He asks because He has something great in mind for you.

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have

An affirmation to say everyday: The healing power of God is working in me right now. Eveyr day I get better and better in every way.

God is the Source of real love, joy, peace, wisdom and everything else we all need to be the people He has created us to be.

God doesn't always give us a blueprint for our lives, but he always gives us a next step.

I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Nobody can be set free from a problem until they're willing to admit they have one.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

You're worth something because God says you're worth something-not because of what people think or say about you.

When you take time with God and listen to His voice, He renews your strength and enables you to handle life.

Every time you look in the mirror remember that God created you and that everything He creates is beautiful and good!

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

A truly humble person knows that they are nothing in themselves but they are everything in Christ.

The more you trust Jesus and keep your eyes focused on Him, the more life you'll have. Trusting God brings life. Believing brings rest. So stop trying to figure everything out, and let God be God in your life.

You know, it's one thing to say you believe. It's another thing to have your faith tested severely and come out on the other side of it still believing God.

Positive minds produce positive lives. Negative minds produce negative lives. Positive thoughts are always full of faith and hope. Negative thoughts are always full of fear and doubt.

God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by grace, which is also God's power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it's all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely.

Be truly present in the moment that you are in and don’t let life slip by unnoticed.

In the midst of your battles, never forget that God loves you and He has a plan for you.

Don't give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He's done... is doing... and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don't let yourself ever get used to it... stay amazed!

Place your desires before God. Pray about them and trust God to give them to you if and when they’re right for you.

Stop focusing on what's wrong with everyone else and start focusing on how blessed you are.

When you pray be sure that you listen as well as talk. You have things you want to say to God but He also has things He wants to say to you.

We are not filled with the Spirit of God to do easy things. He fills us with His Spirit so we can do impossible things.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

Don't give up on the people you love. Your patient love and faithfulness may be exactly what they need to make a complete turnaround.

Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can't do.

Love listens to the other person and searches for clues on ways to serve, bless and lift up that person.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.

One of the best gifts we can give ourselves is time alone with God.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

Get up every day, love God, and do your best. He will do the rest!

We must remember there are different seasons in our lives and let God do what He wants to do in each of those seasons.

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

Be hopeful at all times and walk in faith, but above all seek love an walk in it. God is love, and when we walk in love we show Him to those we come in contact with.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence

God is good, and He cannot be anything else.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

You don't have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Unhappiness comes when you try to be like everyone else rather than embracing the unique person that you are.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

I want to encourage you to place yourself totally into God's hands and allow Him to be the Manager of your life.

The great thing about an attitude is that it's yours and you can change it.

The more thankful you are, the happier you will be!

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

Turn you situation over to God because He can do more in a moment than you can do in a lifetime.

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

No matter what you’re going through there's no pit so deep that God can’t reach in and get you out.

Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.

Instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. You may have fallen down, but you don't have to stay down. God is ready, willing and able to pick you up.

If you're not at peace with yourself, you can't be at peace with anyone else.

If you want to live in the fullness of God's anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.

You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today

Words are so awesome. Words are containers for power. They carry either creative power or destructive power.

Don't be afraid of change, because it is leading you to a new beginning.

It's amazing what we lose in life by listening to fear, instead of listening to God.

Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion.

It`s important to have a relationship with God. He's the only one that can get down inside of you and heal what needs to be healed inside.

Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we must choose to resist negative thoughts and be determined to rise above our problems. We must decide that we're not going to quit. When we're bombarded with doubts and fears, we must take a stand and say: "I'll never give up! God's on my side. He loves me, and He's helping me! I'm going to make it!"

Discipline enables you to think first and act second.

Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us - more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings.

Wisdom always waits for the right time to act, while emotion always pushes for action right now!

Having a rough day? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? It's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up

You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

God hears and He sees, and you are not alone in your struggles. Remain firm and stable, for God has your deliverance planned.

Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

You don't need to know what tomorrow holds; all you need to know is the One who holds tomorrow.

God can take better care of you than you could ever take of yourself. He could open doors for you that you could never open. He can close doors that will keep you out of trouble. God can give you favor everywhere that you go.

As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.

Romans 6 - Our flesh is the instrument that Satan works through. When we say no to the flesh, we say no to the devil.

Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

As long as we complain, we remain stuck in our problems. But a thankful attitude brings deliverance and makes God smile.

God is able to do anything. All things are possible with Him, but we must not quit praying.

You will never see the end, if you give up in the middle

Peter was the only one who walked on water besides Jesus, but he was also the only one who got out of the boat. Until you make a decision to believe, and then act on it, nothing will happen.

Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says.

The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to be like you.

Some people are hurting so bad you have to do more than preach a message to them. You have to BE a message to them.

The only way to break the chains of fear and doubt is to know in your heart that God loves you-no matter what.

Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now!

Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.

Worry increases pressure; prayer releases peace.

People can't see what's in your heart - they can only see what you do.

If you don't love yourself, it's impossible for you to love others. You can't give away what you don't have.

Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable.

Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.

No matter what's going on in our lives, the victory is in refusing to quit.

Make sure you are doing what is important to God-not just what is important to everyone else you know.

Stop comparing yourself to other people; you are an original. We are all different and it's okay.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

God wants you to be delivered from what you have done and from what has been done to you - Both are equally imporant to Him.

We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That's why we have the gift of faith.

We may feel fear but we do not have to give in to it. We can do whatever we need and want to do, even if we have to "do it afraid." Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of fear.

There's nothing that you can't overcome with God on your side.

We should be reminding ourselves that no matter how many problems may be facing us, the One Who is with us is greater than all those who oppose us.

Put your expectations on God, not on people.

Your value should not be determined by how somebody else has treated you.

Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

We cannot control what others do to us, but through God we can control the way we respond to them.

You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. It may be right around the corner. Don't quit!

If you want to get over a problem, stop talking about it. Your mind affects your mouth and your mouth affects your mind. It's difficult to stop talking about a situation until you stop thinking about it.

Pray that God will open the doors you can't open and close the doors that need to be closed.

The devil is no longer looking for an open door in your life. He will take any crack you give him.

Don’t let someone who has a bad attitude give it to you.

The purpose of faith isn't always to keep us from having trouble. It is often to carry us through trouble. If we never had any trouble, we wouldn't need any faith.

Grace equals ability. God gives us grace to match our call. When we do our own thing, we do it on our own. When we follow His leading, He always supplies the grace and the energy to do what He's calling us to do.

Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have.

Don't be too concerned about what others think of you. It's what you think about yourself that matters!

You are not free until you have no need to impress anybody.

It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.