Quotes from Joyce Meyer

Giving 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.

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

Everybody wants to be loved. God already loves you; all you have to do is believe and accept it.

I've discovered that when we take time to renew our minds with God's Word, we learn how to think like God thinks, say what God says, and act like He wants us to act.

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

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

It's just human nature to try and figure things out. So, when we're in the midst of a situation, we usually try to reason our way through it.

I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out.

All of our problems start in our minds.

Do you know something? The minute that blood sacrifice was accepted, Jesus was the first human being that was ever born again. Now that was real - it happened when he was in Hell.

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.

God wants to speak to you on a one-to-one basis every day. He wants to lead you to the good things He has in store for you.

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

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

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

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.

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

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

I have learned from personal experience that putting trust in God means there will be some unanswered questions. That was a hard lesson for me because I naturally want to understand everything... to know what's going on so I can feel like I'm in control.

Wisdom always waits for the right time to act, while emotion always pushes for action right now!

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