156 Quotes & Sayings By Joyce Meyer

Sadly, many people don't make it through the storms of life. Or they give up or they start doing and saying foolish things and abort the journey altogether. It is easy to begin, but God is looking for people who will finish. The apostle Paul declared the stand that he would take in order to complete his journey:, But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy. Acts 20:24 . Joyce Meyer

Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference(a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive]. ( Colossians 3:13 ) Joyce Meyer

You can fight the feelings of depression by reminding yourself of blessings in your life. You can listen to music or sing. Even getting your mind off yourself by doing something kind for someone else will help immensely. Don't forget that our moods are connected to our thoughts; therefore, I urge you to take notice of what you're thinking about when you feel depressed. You may find the source of your problem. Joyce Meyer

If you are facing a new challenge or being asked to do something that you have never done before don’t be afraid to step out. You have more capability than you think you do but you will never see it unless you place a demand on yourself for more. Joyce Meyer

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better. Joyce Meyer

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

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. Joyce Meyer

[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. Joyce Meyer

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

The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are. Joyce Meyer

Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it. Joyce Meyer

We need a backbone, not a wishbone. Joyce Meyer

No matter what you do, 10% of the population will not like you. Joyce Meyer

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. Joyce Meyer

We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are. Joyce Meyer

Are you living up to your potential? God made you with potential - potential for greatness! If you do what you can do, and trust Him to do what you can't, you will grow into the person He gave you the potential to be! Joyce Meyer

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

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. Joyce Meyer

Where the mind goes the man follows. Joyce Meyer

The more we focus on who we are in Christ, the less it matters who we were in the past, or even what happened to us. Joyce Meyer

I am not where I need to be, but, thank God, I am not where I used to be. Joyce Meyer

Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage. Joyce Meyer

The facts about our past are powerless against the blood of Jesus and the Truth of His Word. Joyce Meyer

We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence Joyce Meyer

The Holy Spirit knows precisely the right timing in our lives. I always say, "Only the Holy Spirit knows when you are ready for what." In other words, the Spirit of the Lord is the only One Who knows what it will take to help you, and when you are ready to receive help. Joyce Meyer

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. Joyce Meyer

The mind is often an area where "people play around with sin". Joyce Meyer

Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do. Joyce Meyer

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

You can enjoy anything if you make up your mind to. Joyce Meyer

Patience is a fruit of the spirit that grows only under trial. It is useless to pray for patience. Well, actually I encourage you to pray for patience, but I'll tell you what you'll get TRIALS! Joyce Meyer

Today is a brand new beginning for me! Joyce Meyer

I like to describe worry or anxiety as spending today trying to figure out tomorrow. Let's learn to use the time God has given us for today! Joyce Meyer

May 30 word: Example"People believe a lot more of what they see you do than what they hear you do. That's why it is important that we take the responsibility to set a good, Biblical example. How we live in front of people and even behind closed doors at home is essential to being an effective witness. Joyce Meyer

God wants you to be delivered from what you have done and from what has been done to you - Both are equally imporant to Him. Joyce Meyer

Maybe you don't just have one Goliath. Maybe you have his whole family! Joyce Meyer

Frustration, complication and misery are available in abundance, but so is God's grace. Joyce Meyer

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

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. Joyce Meyer

Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don't deserve it. Joyce Meyer

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

Satan frequently steals the will of God from us due to reasoning. The Lord may direct us to do a certain thing, but if it does not make sense - if it is not logical - we may be tempted to disregard it. What God leads a person to do does not always make logical sense to his mind. His spirit may affirm it and His mind reject it, especially if it would be out of the ordinary or unpleasant or if it would require personal sacrifice or discomfort. . Joyce Meyer

Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter! Joyce Meyer

Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself. Joyce Meyer

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting. Joyce Meyer

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude. Joyce Meyer

I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life. Joyce Meyer

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it. Joyce Meyer

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul. Joyce Meyer

I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It's no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that's going to go, 'Yeah, give me some of that?' Joyce Meyer

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life. Joyce Meyer

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing. Joyce Meyer

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn't mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else's bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery? Joyce Meyer

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude. Joyce Meyer

It's like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf... most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord. Joyce Meyer

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. Joyce Meyer

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying. Joyce Meyer

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you. Joyce Meyer

Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents. Joyce Meyer

It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health. Joyce Meyer

At school I pretended I had a normal life, but I felt lonely all the time and different from everyone else. I never felt like I fit in, and I wasn't allowed to participate in after-school activities, go to sports events or parties or date boys. Many times I had to make up stories about why I couldn't do anything with my classmates. Joyce Meyer

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation! Joyce Meyer

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. Joyce Meyer

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless. Joyce Meyer

God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by grace, which is also God's power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it's all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely. Joyce Meyer

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting. Joyce Meyer

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them. Joyce Meyer

I used to let other people's struggles affect my happiness. If they weren't happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn't happy, I didn't want anyone around me to be happy. Joyce Meyer

God's mercy is fresh and new every morning. Joyce Meyer

I've been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn't want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Joyce Meyer

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you. Joyce Meyer

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man. Joyce Meyer

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed! Joyce Meyer

Learning to live for others isn't something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it. Joyce Meyer

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution. Joyce Meyer

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity. Joyce Meyer

When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.' Joyce Meyer

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today! Joyce Meyer

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem. Joyce Meyer

It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home! Joyce Meyer

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God. Joyce Meyer

It's amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they're doing. I've learned to take notice of those things and if it's something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life. Joyce Meyer

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try. Joyce Meyer

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person. Joyce Meyer

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be. Joyce Meyer