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Wikipedia Summary for Joyce Meyer
Pauline Joyce Meyer (née Hutchison; June 4, 1943) is an American Charismatic Christian author and speaker and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Joyce and her husband Dave have four grown children, and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered near the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.
As you work through your grief, you may have times when you simply need to get your mind off of what you're going through because you have done everything you can do about it; there is nothing else you can do except wait for the full healing to come.
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.
Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now!
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Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now!
Too many Christians live their lives like slaves -- to the devil -- because they believe his lies more than they trust God.
If we are addicted to people's approval, we will always experience pain when that approval is withdrawn -- as it always is.
People often ask me how I keep my priorities straight in life and I tell them that it is done by constantly straightening them out!
I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.
Compromise means to go just a little bit below what you know is right. It's just a little bit, but it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.
I think that one of the things that Christianity really needs, and the church really needs, is credibility. People need to be able to trust us and they need to believe we really want to help them and that it's not just, I'm-doing-this-for-me type thing.
You can't fulfill all the expectations of everyone you know, so you might as well go ahead and disappoint them and get it over with.
I was mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember until I left home at the age of eighteen.
The Bible has the answers to our everyday life. Many times people don't realize how practical it is.
Don't waste your life waiting until everything is perfect before you start enjoying it.
Faithfulness is not doing something right once but doing something right over and over and over and over.
Helplessness is a place of power if you're helpless before God. Ask God for help in everything you do.
God doesn't do good things for us because we are good and we deserve them. He does good things for us because He is good and loves us.
I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us.
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.
It is amazing the quality of human beings that are in this world if we can just get past people not dressing the way we want them to dress.
Turn your situation over to God because He can do more in a moment than you can do in a lifetime. -- Joyce Meyer.
Sometime we get so addicted to murmuring about the past and blaming the past for everything that we miss our whole future. You're not going to enjoy your future, and you're not going to enjoy your right now, if all you can do is be guilty and ashamed and afraid of your past.
We've all got our own brand of problems. You can be pitiful or powerful. Take your pick.
The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.
Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.
Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God's acceptance and approval of us.
Sowing and reaping is a spiritual law...Sow generously and you will reap generously.
Many people say my life stinks. Well, your life will stink if you spend today thinking about tomorrow.
If we didn't struggle through some things, we would never develop the strength and stamina we need to survive in this world.
God's unconditional love is a very difficult concept for people to accept because, in the world, there's always payment for everything we receive. It's just how things work here. But God is not like people!
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.
The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships.
I'm amazed sometimes by the Christians who don't really believe that God wants to help them and bless them.
If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says woe to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it.
A demonstration of sincere concern can be a strong building block of love.
If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.
Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to kill the flesh is to starve it; to stop feeding it.
You have a great God who loves you and cares about you. Be full of hope that something good can happen to you. God is a master at new beginnings. He loves fresh beginnings, He makes all things new.
You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. It may be right around the corner. Don't quit!
One of the best aids to freedom is asking God for a lot of help-and asking often.
I believe a lot of people that are gay, had even had problems like I had in the past. I think they've been hurt by somebody from the opposite sex, and they don't know how to function right in those relationships.
If we continue to believe God and place our trust in Him, bad things ultimately give way to better things.
One of the best ways to walk in love is to be a blessing to other people or simply to help them.
The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.
Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.
Many Christians suffer because they're too busy seeking carnal knowledge instead of the Word of God.
Faith is not the price that buys God's blessing, it is the hand that receives His blessing. The price was paid for us by Jesus Christ on the cross.
I never get tired of hearing the great testimonies of people whom God has touched. I pray that the changes God has done in me will then be done in others.
As believers in Christ, we are part of Him-God the Father decided before the foundation of the world that anyone who loved Christ would be loved and accepted by Him.
Make sure you are doing what is important to God-not just what is important to everyone else you know.
Words are containers for power.
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Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry.
Stop comparing yourself to other people; you are an original. We are all different and it's okay.
Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don't complain about what you don't have.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, we will never lose our value in God's eyes.
Faith is a decision we make about where we are going to put our trust.
Forgiveness is not a feeling -- it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.
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Forgiveness is not a feeling -- it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
If you are facing a difficult task don't put it off. If you do it will just keep tormenting you.
Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die.
If you can't learn to enjoy your life when you have problems, you may never enjoy it because we'll always have problems.
Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
Your fellowship with God flows freely when you're willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.
God's perfect, unconditional love and faithfulness are what brought me through all of the healing, restoration and breakthroughs I desperately needed so I could become what He created me to be!
Love and Self-control are the bookends of the fruit of the Spirit. Remove one of them and the rest fall over.
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.
God is a good choice to lean on. He has a proven record of faithfulness to those who commit their lives to Him.
It is really not what we have in our hand that gets the job done, but it is God's power filling what we have in our hand.
Do you look forward to going to church, or is it something you do out of obligation?
God doesn't help those who help themselves; He helps those who can't help themselves!
God is able to do anything. All things are possible with Him, but we must not quit praying.
Anything that God wants you to have, there's no devil in hell and no person on earth that can keep you from having it if you just won't quit and give up.
Why wouldn't we run to God. He's sooo good. God's not mad at anybody. He just wants to help us be the best that we can be.
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.
I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men but is a gift from God.
The only way to break the chains of fear and doubt is to know in your heart that God loves you-no matter what.
I teach and believe that God wants his people to be blessed. If we give and we are a blessing to other people, that God promises in his word that he will take care of us. Actually, says he'll open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing so great that we can't contain it.
God's grace will never be available to you to become another person. He created to be you -- the best you you can be! Forget about trying to be someone else.
Forgive the person who badly hurt you long ago and also the stranger who stepped on your toe in the grocery store.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.
My heart is to help hurting people. I teach people God's Word so they can overcome their problems and avoid some of the tough lessons I had to learn.
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