Quotes by Joyce Meyer

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

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.

[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.

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

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

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

We need a backbone, not a wishbone.

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

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.

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

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 cant, you will grow into the person He gave you the potential to be!

If youre fighting moodiness and depression you dont want to hang around a bunch of other moody and depressed people.

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.

Where the mind goes the man follows.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.