Joyce Meyer Quotes

Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.

Just because you go to church doesn't mean you're a Christian. I can go sit in the garage all day and it doesn't make me a car

All god wants us to do is do what he asks us to do.

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

When you put your feet on the floor every morning, Hell should shake!

We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!

We don't have to wait for something nice to happen to us, we can be aggressive and do something nice for ourselves.

If someone has offended you, start sowing forgiveness. You may need some yourself someday.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.

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

God is not there just for emergencies.

We need to do what we can do and let God do what we cannot.

All complaining comes from pride.

When you need to make a decision, don't let your emotions vote.

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.

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.

If you can help a child, you don't have to spend years repairing an adult.

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.

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

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

The words you say could hurt or help you. "Change Your Words, Change Your Life"

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.

Bad habits are our enemies because they hinder us from being the person we want to be.

Our feelings are real and they are powerful, but they are not more powerful than God and truth.

Death is not the opposite of life, it is a part of life. A part we've not yet explored and thus do not understand and it if only natural to fear what we do not understand. But with the right attitude we can make life beautiful. With this same attitude, can death not be the same? We almost always see only what's wrong with other people and not what's wrong with us.

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.

You are a preacher! Maybe not with your mouth all the time like me, but as a believer in Christ, your life is a living sermon.

God plants dreams in people's hearts. But many people do not continue all the way to the end in order to follow Him to the fulfillment of that dream. Many get started and quit get started and quit get started and quit. They do not continue because their broken heart overwhelms their hope. They do not have any inner strength to carry them through to the end. Jesus will bind up your wounds and heal your bruises. His Word is the medicine for your soul.

Do you think that every time you make a mistake, He is mad at you and won't talk to you...or that you must somehow make up for it?...Many Christians fail to experience real peace because they don't understand that they are righteous in Christ. Until people stop living according to the way they feel and stand on who they are in Christ, they will never find true happiness.

Passion is a decision about how we will approach life, before it becomes a feeling!

You cannot have a testimony without a test. Will you pass the test or have the monies?

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

Now whether you like it or not, whether you want to admit it or not, whether you want to operate on it or not, you are made the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ. Most people who go to denominational churches never ever hear that! They never hear it! Never! All I was ever taught to say was, 'I'm a poor, miserable sinner.' I am not poor, I am not miserable and I am not a sinner. That is a lie from the pit of hell. That is what I was and if I still am then Jesus died in vain. Amen?

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.

Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser. The rest I leave in Your hands lord. Grant me favor with You and with men and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.

Everyone wants to be an overcomer, but nobody wants anything to overcome.

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.

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

Fear will try to keep you from taking that first step. Don't give in to fear, do it afraid.

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

Life is what comes along after you have planned something else.

I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned for me.

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.

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.

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.

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

You need to be moving if you want God to show you which way to go.

Stop looking to everyone else to make you happy and start finding ways that you can make other people happy.