Top 908 Quotes & Sayings by Joyce Meyer - Page 13

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make. Contentment does not mean that we never want to see change or improvement, but it does mean we can be happy where we are and will do the best we can with what we have. It also means we will maintain an attitude that allows us to enjoy the gift of life.

I imagine that it saddens the heart of God when we murmur and complain, instead of being thankful after He's been so good to us.

When discipline is sown, like a good seed, it yields a harvest of things that fulfill and satisfy us-things that make us happy and release peace and joy in our lives.

Be patient with yourself even when you make mistakes.

Grace is not the freedom to sin; it is the power to live a holy life.

Enjoyment of life is not based on enjoyable circumstances. It is an attitude of the heart, a decision to enjoy everything because everything - even little, seemingly insignificant things - have a part in the overall "big picture" of life.

When you walk in love, you give up your right to be right.

You can look at a person's attitude and know what kind of thinking is prevalent in his life... It's better to be positive and wrong than negative and right!

It is impossible to be both selfish and happy.

God does not always call us to go back physically to a place we have been. But if for example we have a difficult time submitting to a boss with a certain personality God may call us to continue working with someone who has the same personality until we master the situation in a godly way. God does not want us to be on the run He wants us to confront our fears and frustrations in order to find peace in Him.

You can get over a broken past if you decide to believe that there's nothing in your past that can keep you from having a great future.

We don't always help people by doing everything for them. That type of behavior can actually contribute to their problems because it helps then never take responsibility on their own.

Our problems are God's opportunities.

Satan can control you if you let outward things determine your security.

Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying

If we didn't have to stand against temptation, we'd never know our own spiritual strength.

If you're gonna be free, you gotta stop caring what everyone thinks.

If you make a mistake, it doesn't mean you're a mistake.

[T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable.

Addictions - Run to Jesus instead of running to your addiction.

I can honestly tell you that without God I would not be who I am today. He has done such an amazing work in my life and I want everyone to have the same freedom.

Regret is distress over a desire unfulfilled or an action performed or not performed.

I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us.

Satan will battle you with doubt and unbelief, but God has victory waiting for you if you'll keep trusting and believing Him.

There is no power in your name or my name, but there is awesome power in the name of Jesus because of everything he represents.

I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do -- and not worrying over what you can't do. A confident person is open to learning, because she knows that her confidence allows her to walk through life's doorways, eager to discover what waits on the other side. She knows that every new unknown is a chance to learn more about herself and unleash her abilities.

Your worst day with God is still better than your best day without Him.

Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing that matters most- a personal relationship with God.

You can have Jesus in your spirit and an outrgeous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called it's called religion. That's what it's called dead dry religion......Jesus said you are a bunch of white washed tombs full of dead men's bones, and I tell you if that didn't describe me I don't know what did, because on Sunday mornings I dressed it up and took it to church.

Do what you don’t want to do to get what you want to get.

There is something you can do that no one else can do just like you so love your life!

It's amazing how much information is coming at us most of the time through technology, the media and the busyness of the world around us. I've decided that the world probably isn't going to change, so I have to change. I'm learning how to keep my mind on what I'm doing, rather than thinking about several things at once or what I want to do next.

You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion.

I always asked for forgiveness for my sins right away but I never accepted it until I felt right that I had suffered enough to pay for it. God revealed to me what I was doing how much unnecessary pain I was causing myself. He even showed me that what I was doing was an insult to Jesus that in essence I was saying Lord the sacrifice of Your life and blood was good but not good enough. I must add my work of feeling guilty before I can be forgiven.

I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.

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.

Let's face it: None of us are ever going to get to the place in life where we have no more disappointments. We can't expect to be sheltered from every little thing. Disappointment is a fact of life--one that must be dealt with.

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.

When someone gives you offense, it doesn't mean you have to take it.

Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.

Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end.

If you can't learn to enjoy your life when you have problems, you may never enjoy it because we'll always have problems.

We must guard against allowing anger to drag us into sin.

I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men but is a gift from God.

If you're fighting moodiness and depression you don't want to hang around a bunch of other moody and depressed people.

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.

God isn't keeping a record of each time we fall, but He is excited about our progress, and we should be excited, too!

Food is not the problem. It's what we do with food that becomes the problem. That's why we need to learn to keep everything in our lives - especially our eating - in proper balance.

Listening is an important key to HEARING.

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.

If I believe the Bible, then I don't believe that a gay lifestyle or a homosexual lifestyle is the right way to choose to live. I believe that there's something so much better.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

God is not there just for emergencies.

I'm jealous. I'm mad. I feel bad. But one day, I woke up and I thought, you know what? This is wearing me out. And I'm not getting anywhere. So, I decided that even though I did not have a good beginning, I made a decision that I was going to let go of what lies behind and I was going to have a great finish.

Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair all day, because it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.

I got kicked out of my church and lost all of my friends, but I realized that I had to obey God and not man.

Anybody who comes together in a large group and they all believe the same thing, they're going to generate a certain amount of power. The Bible says one puts 1,000 in flight, and two 10,000, and so on and so forth. And so even if me and somebody else got into agreement about something, we would have more power than each of us by ourselves.

I've been so mistreated by male authority in my life that I had a terrible time in my marriage trying to be a submissive wife. I wanted to rule the roost in everything. And it wasn't even really that I was rebellious; I was afraid of being hurt. And I think that a lot of people that choose these alternative lifestyles, I think it's because they've been hurt somewhere along the line very badly.

Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others will keep us permanently secure.

You may get an emotional thrill when you first buy something, but emotions are fickle. You buy that one thing you think will complete your happiness, but after awhile the feeling goes away and you have to go to the next thing. You just keep going from purchase to purchase looking for the one thing that will finally satisfy. But stuff can't satisfy.