Joyce Meyer Quotes

Stop giving someone else the job of making you happy.

If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.

Make happiness a habit. Be so happy you drive the devil stark-raving mad.

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

Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do

Freedom is not letting your yesterday affect your today.

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

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!

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

Patience is a fruit that only grows under trials.

I think a lot of people believe that they have to be poor to serve God, that they can't have anything. They don't really even know how to give. And one of the main principles in the Bible is you'll reap what you sew, and that if you give into the lives of others, that it shall be given back to you, good measure, pressed down and shaken together. If you go plant one tomato seed, you don't get back one tomato; you get a vine of tomatoes.

In Christ, it's never too late, you're never too old... it's never "too anything" for Him to work positive change in your life.

Seek His face and not His hand.

Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on

Put your expectations on God, not on people.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

Five minutes of communication can save a year's worth of turmoil and misunderstanding.

There is nothing as tragic as being alive and not enjoying life... Life should be celebrated!

God knows the mess we’re in when He calls us. His light shines greater through “cracked pots” than it does through those who have it all together.

So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. I'm not happy. I don't know what's wrong. If I just had another job, I could be happy. If I just get married, I would be happy. Well if I just wasn't married, I would be happy. Well, if I just had some kids, I'll be happy. I'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. If I had a bigger house, I would be happy. Well, I got a big house. Now if I just had a maid to clean, I'd be happy. Well, now if I just had a maid I could get along with better, I'd be happy.

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.

When I read the Bible, I see that we should have victory in our life and be overcomers, and I can't even control my temper. I'm impatient. I'm hard to get along with. I'm selfish and self-centered, and I don't seem to have any control over it.

Where there is a rotten root, there will always be rotten fruit. We must be rooted in Jesus Christ.

When we are overly concerned with what people think we will be controlled by the thoughts and opinions of other people.

Your body is the house you live in. If you destroy it...you have to leave!

Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.

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.

People always want to know how you know. And knowing in your heart is very hard to describe. I think so often, we're trying to understand something with our mind. But, actually, the Bible teaches us that much of what God does in our life will be difficult to understand with the mind.

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

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

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.

Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.

God will never help us be anyone other than ourselves.

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.

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

Trust means we always have questions that we don't have the answers to.

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

What does God require of us? Our part is to believe. Our work is to trust the Lord. His requirement is that we let go and let God.

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

I need to keep pressing on until I am thoroughly thankful.

One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.

Decide that you don’t mind being inconvenienced or interrupted, and God will use you to make a difference.

Never hesitate to take what you think are small things to God; after all, EVERYTHING is small to God.

One day, the idea that God loved me dropped from my head into my heart.

Don't miss out on today by living in yesterday.

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.

As believers, our joy and peace are not based in doing and achieving, but in believing. Joy and peace come as a result of building our relationship with the Lord.

The devil will give up when he sees that you are not going to give in.