Sadly, if we are not confident about our choices, we can easily let other peoples' comments make us feel guilty and ruin the joy we need to experience in life through doing the little things that mean a lot to us.
Joyce MeyerDonโt wait around waiting for God to do something that Heโs already given you the power to do.
Joyce MeyerGiving in to fear alters God's best plan for your life. So use the power of God's Word to do what He wants you to do...even if you have to do it afraid! The rewards are great.
Joyce MeyerStop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says.
Joyce MeyerYou're worth something because God says you're worth something-not because of what people think or say about you.
Joyce MeyerIt isn't necessary to trust God when we have full understanding and knowledge of what He is doing on our behalf... Trust is needed in those times when, for whatever reason, we are not hearing from God as clearly as we would like.
Joyce MeyerContentment 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.
Joyce MeyerServing God doesnโt mean weโll no longer have difficulties. Weโre still on the battlefield, but we donโt have to fight alone.
Joyce MeyerYou can become so manipulated and controlled by what you think other people expect you to do that you literally live under the tyranny of other people's expectations. And what I call the shoulds and the oughts. I believe that hundreds of thousands of people miss their God-ordained destiny and they never really feel satisfied, content and fulfilled, because they're so busy trying to keep everybody else satisfied with them that they don't ever get around to doing what they really want to do.
Joyce MeyerWhat's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.
Joyce MeyerAs a Christian, instead of concentrating on how you feel, focus on what you know to be truth from the Word of God.
Joyce MeyerI'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.
Joyce Meyer