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“When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.”

People Ifs Giving Mean I Can Helping Asks Television

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?”

Ifs Firsts Littles Important Bigs Together Goal Realizing Steps Focus Normal Projects Handle Organized First Steps Big Things Small Things Finishing Get It Together Large Things

Author: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?'”

People Ifs Knows Want Giving Looks Mean Christian Culture Attitude Wonder Christianity Color Hair Give Me Dresses Yeah Western Attractive Do You Know Western Culture

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If you're in a workplace you don't like right now, be encouraged because God will use it for your good. Think about it this way: He wants you to be a light in the darkness - and He's putting His confidence in you!”

Ifs Thinking Way Want Use Light Darkness Right Now Gods Will Workplace Be Encouraged Darkness To Light

Author:Joyce Meyer

“My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not.”

Ifs Mean Persons Home Father Results Mad Atmosphere Unpredictable Unstable Manipulative

Author: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!”

Ifs Want Matter Today Past Sin Walks Happened Love You Victory Promise Right Now No Matter What God Love Faith In God God Loves You Walk By Faith Good Future Victory Over Sin

Author:Joyce Meyer

“In my relationship with God, I've learned that if I follow a 'formula' for how I spend my time with Him, then I'm just accomplishing a checklist of things I feel obligated to do to please Him. This makes my spiritual life more about doing what I need to do to fulfill an obligation than something meaningful.”

Ifs Needs Feels Spiritual Please Meaningful Obligation I've Learned My Time Formulas Spiritual Life Relationship With God Checklists

Author:Joyce Meyer

“My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.”

Ifs Knows Persons Happens Remember Father Taught Grew Grew Up Negative Atmosphere Expecting No Point

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.”

People Ifs Want Needs Giving Hard Helping Stuff Praying Organized Hard Times Surroundings Praying To God Clutter

Author:Joyce Meyer

“There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren't worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.”

Ifs Happens Effort Upset

Author:Joyce Meyer

“What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we're too religious, we won't be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him.”

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Author:Joyce Meyer

“Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.”

Ifs Men Wanted Wife Needed Dad Truth Is Authority My Dad Determined Submit Ministry Submissive

Author: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.”

People Ifs Way Want Used Struggle Opposites

Author: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?”

Ifs Knows Should Mean Use Decision Attitude Judgment Misery Bad Decision

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If we are hungry enough for God, we will find a way into His presence. We should be so hungry for the presence of God that we absolutely will not go out of our house or tackle any kind of project until we have spent some time with Him.”

Ifs Way Should Kind Enough House Projects Hungry Presence Of God

Book:Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year

Source: Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year

“If you're not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your 'today.' The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that's yours in Christ. Don't let it go.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Today Joy Speak Christ Worry Careful Stealing Let It Go Creeps Greatest Gifts Peace And Joy

Author: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.”

People Ifs Want Feels Trying Joy Can Do Realizing Add I've Learned Want Me Just Listen

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God's Word.”

Ifs Want Lines Serious Victory Destruction Our Words Want To Be Happy

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Satan can control you if you let outward things determine your security.”

Ifs Security Determine Satan

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to "kill the flesh" is to starve it; to stop feeding it.”

Ifs Way Trying Habit Flesh Feeding Bad Habits Detrimental Good Habits

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.”

Ifs Should Enough Christian Evidence Accused Convicts

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.”

Ifs Thinking Angel Average Determined Excellent Our Society Acceptable Harvest Reap

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.”

Ifs Giving Real Helping Purpose Alive Helping Others Get Up Live Your Life

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Justified means just as if you've never sinned.”

Ifs Mean Justified

Author:Joyce Meyer

“It is amazing the quality of human beings that are in this world if we can just get past people not dressing the way we want them to dress.”

People Ifs World Way Want Humans Past Human Beings Quality This World Dresses Dressings

Author:Joyce Meyer

“I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.”

Ifs Believe Littles Half Bunch Better Off

Author:Joyce Meyer

“You can enjoy anything if you make up your mind to.”

Ifs Mind Choices Enjoy Make Up Your Mind

Author:Joyce Meyer

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

People Ifs Want Fighting Bunch Moody Depressed People Moodiness

Author:Joyce Meyer

“You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion.”

Ifs Knows Soul Spirit Jesus Mess Your Soul Outrageous

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If you are a believer married to an unbeliever I want to tell you that the greatest witness that you can be to them is to try to be the same all the time. Don't let the way they act control you. Dave didn't let my actions control him. He stayed happy, and that just made me madder, because unhappy people just want to make other people unhappy, but it finally broke through to me that he's got a stability and a joy and a peace that I did not have.”

People Ifs Way Want Trying Made Action Joy Married Believer Unhappy Witness Broke Stability Dave Unbelievers Unhappy People

Author:Joyce Meyer

“You can have Jesus in your spirit and an outrgeous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called it's called religion. That's what it's called dead dry religion......Jesus said you are a bunch of white washed tombs full of dead men's bones, and I tell you if that didn't describe me I don't know what did, because on Sunday mornings I dressed it up and took it to church.”

Ifs Knows Men Said Soul Spirit Jesus Church White Morning Bones Bunch Mess Your Soul Dry Sunday Tombs Dead Man Sunday Morning Describe Me

Author:Joyce Meyer

“You can control yourself if you really want to. I'll tell you how I know you can control yourself. If you were in a full fledged emotional temper tantrum in your house and I knocked on your front door..... Come on! Let me tell you what, you would get control of yourself, and it would only take a few seconds.”

Ifs Knows Want House Doors Fronts Emotional Let Me Seconds Temper Self Control Front Doors Tantrums Temper Tantrums

Author: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.”

People Ifs Knows Want Bigs Company Greed Woe Big Companies

Author: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.”

Ifs Dog Position Authority

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If you look at your circumstances you will put off doing what God is telling you to do. It can seem like the worst time to do whatever God says to do. BUT there is an anointing on "now" if God has told you to act.”

Ifs Looks Seems Worst Circumstances Anointing Worst Times

Book:Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing

Source: Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing

“If you can believe the God who is perfect loves you then you can believe that you are worth loving.”

Ifs Believe Perfect Love You Perfect Love

Book:Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing

Source: Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing

“God does not always call us to go back physically to a place we have been. But if for example we have a difficult time submitting to a boss with a certain personality God may call us to continue working with someone who has the same personality until we master the situation in a godly way. God does not want us to be on the run He wants us to confront our fears and frustrations in order to find peace in Him.”

Ifs Way Want May Doe Has Beens Running Certain Order Difficult Situation Example Masters Personality Frustration Boss Godly Difficult Times Finding Peace

Author: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.”

Ifs Thinking Done Fear Challenges Steps Demand Capability New Challenges

Author:Joyce Meyer

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

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Author:Joyce Meyer

“Do you feel disappointed because something you planned didn’t work out If so you can get re-appointed today. In God there are never any dead-ends only detours. Don’t ever give up. Just keep trying until you succeed.”

Ifs Giving Feels Trying Ends Today Succeed Giving Up Work Out Disappointed Keep Trying Dead Ends Detours Don't Ever Give Up

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Don’t waste another day of your life grieving over something that you cannot do anything about. Let God give you a new beginning. Your mistakes are not enough to stop God if you don’t let them.”

Ifs Giving Enough Mistake Waste Grieving New Beginnings Another Day

Author:Joyce Meyer

“If you are facing a difficult task don’t put it off. If you do it will just keep tormenting you.”

Ifs Difficult Tasks Difficult Tasks

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too–maybe even yours.”

Ifs Want Perfect Busy Perfect Life Wanting Someone

Author: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.”

Source: Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

“Sometime we get so addicted to murmuring about the past and blaming the past for everything that we miss our whole future. You're not going to enjoy your future, and you're not going to enjoy your right now, if all you can do is be guilty and ashamed and afraid of your past.”

Ifs Whole Past Enjoy Can Do Missing Right Now Blame Guilty Ashamed Your Future Your Past Murmuring

Book:The Confident Woman Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations

Source: The Confident Woman Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations

“Lord, what if I miss You? What if I miss You? What if I miss You? Oh, I'm so scared! God, what if I miss You? He answered simply, "Joyce, don't worry; if you miss Me, I will find you.”

Ifs Lord Worry Missing Scared What If Joyce Miss Me You Miss Me

Book:How to Hear From God: Learn to Know His Voice and Make Right Decisions

Source: How to Hear From God: Learn to Know His Voice and Make Right Decisions

“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.”

Source: Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle of Your Mind

“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!”

Ifs Persons Made Grows Can Do Greatness Potential For Greatness

Author:Joyce Meyer

“Many people say “my life stinks”. Well, your life will stink if you spend today thinking about tomorrow.”

People Ifs Thinking Wells Today Tomorrow Stink

Author:Joyce Meyer

“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.”

People Ifs Knows Wells Problem Bigs Would Be Kids Jobs Happiness House Grows Growing Up Married Bigger Blame Clean Maids Not Happy Big Houses

Author:Joyce Meyer

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