Joyce Meyer Quotes & Sayings

Even if you think the grass is greener on the other side, you're going to have to mow that side too. — Joyce Meyer

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people! — Joyce Meyer

Be it unto you, even as you believe.
In God's economy, we believe first and then see. — Joyce Meyer

The thing about secrets is they keep you in a prison. Once you share, WHOOSH, there is a release. — 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

Excellence is going the extra mile. — Joyce Meyer

The Israelites' slavery in Egypt is the equivalent of our slavery to sin. God sent Moses to deliver them from bondage, and He sent Jesus Christ to set us free. — Joyce Meyer

Too many Christians live their lives like slaves - to the devil - because they believe his lies more than they trust God. — Joyce Meyer

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives. — Joyce Meyer

The best thing you can do about yesterday is to forget it. Whether you succeeded or failed, it's over. It's time to look ahead. — Joyce Meyer

Start believing the Word of God over our feelings. The truth always overrides our feelings. Find the truth in the scriptures. — Joyce Meyer

Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging. — Joyce Meyer

We all get weary sometimes, and we tend to think that life is what makes us weary. — Joyce Meyer

Everyone knows how to smile. Its one of the greatest gifts God has given us. A smile makes people feel good, and people look so beautiful when they smile. — Joyce Meyer

Don't allow yourself to be upset and disturbed. Hold your peace because without it you have no power. — Joyce Meyer

Over the years, I've learned that a confident person doesn't concentrate or focus on their weaknesses - they maximize their strengths. — Joyce Meyer

Nobody on their death bed ever worried about their bank balance. — Joyce Meyer

Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word. — Joyce Meyer

As you pray for the Holy Spirit to make you aware of thoughts that come into your mind that don't line up with God's Word, you'll begin to realize when those thoughts come and you can renew your mind with the Word. — Joyce Meyer

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

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. — Joyce Meyer

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn't know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn't even smell like smoke. — Joyce Meyer

The more thankful you are, the happier you will be! — Joyce Meyer

This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. PSALM 118:24 — Joyce Meyer

Worrying does not move the hand of God, but faith does. Exchange worry for trusting God and you will see progress. — Joyce Meyer

Sowing and reaping is a spiritual law ... Sow generously and you will reap generously. — 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

It pleases our heavenly Father when we acknowledge and confess to Him our inability to run our own lives. That is what we are doing when we say, "Father, help me! I need You!" — 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. — Joyce Meyer

Satan can control you if you let outward things determine your security. — Joyce Meyer

Succumbing to a lifetime of guilt is just another form of approval addiction. ARE — Joyce Meyer

No matter what other people may have told you that you are not, God delights in telling you in His Word who you are in Him - loved, valuable, precious, talented, gifted, capable, powerful, wise, and redeemed. I encourage you to take a moment and repeat those nine things out loud. Say, "I am loved, valuable, precious, talented, gifted, capable, powerful, wise, and redeemed." He has a good plan for you! Get excited about your life. You are created in God's image and you are amazing! — Joyce Meyer

I am not going to let negative people control my mood. They have problems and they are not going to give their problems to me. — Joyce Meyer

Everything God ever asks you to do, even if it's difficult, He asks because He has something great in mind for you. — 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! — Joyce Meyer

All of us have the privilege and responsibility of choosing our attitudes, no matter what circumstances or situations we find ourselves in. The key word here is choosing. Attitudes don't just happen; they are the products of our choices. — Joyce Meyer

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time. — Joyce Meyer

Take responsibility for your anger and learn to deal with it - process it and bring closure to it, and that will relieve the pressure. — 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. — Joyce Meyer

And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always]. COLOSSIANS 3:15 — Joyce Meyer

When I walk in love, I am not so caught up in how I feel, but I care more about what is going on in the lives of others than what is going on in mine. — Joyce Meyer

If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you. — Joyce Meyer

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. — Joyce Meyer

I think we need to get smart enough to do what's going to help us and not just continue to do things that are going to hurt us. It's pretty easy to read something or hear about it in a message, but it's that personal application of that where it's just you, God, and your problems, that are going to give you the power to get stronger and stronger. — Joyce Meyer

KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL! For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good - whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1 Peter 3:10 — Joyce Meyer

Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it. — Joyce Meyer

It is better to dream big and get half of it, then dream small and get all of it. — Joyce Meyer

If you feel pressed, confused, controlled, or stressed about something, then it is not of God; that is not how He works. Instead, the Holy Spirit will gently "reveal, (declare, disclose, transmit)" the truth to you. — Joyce Meyer

Love gives life purpose and meaning. — Joyce Meyer

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people's throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness. — Joyce Meyer

Forgiveness is a CHOICE, not a feeling. — Joyce Meyer

Grace keeps us from worrying because worry deals with the past, while grace deals with the present and future. — Joyce Meyer

If we do our best, God will do the rest. — Joyce Meyer

When they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding and behave unwisely. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:12 — Joyce Meyer

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it. — Joyce Meyer

Don't live like there's no tomorrow because tomorrow always comes. — Joyce Meyer

BY DEVOTING THE TIME AND EFFORT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP WHAT GOD HAS PLACED YOU, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF FULFILLMENT. — Joyce Meyer

You never really know yourself until you see yourself under pressure. — Joyce Meyer

If your thoughts have convinced you that you can never do anything right, you'll tend to make more mistakes than normal and have a high rate of failure. — Joyce Meyer

When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts. — Joyce Meyer

If you can't learn to enjoy your life when you have problems, you may never enjoy it because we'll always have problems. — Joyce Meyer

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually. — Joyce Meyer

If God can't get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won't get to anything else you got. — Joyce Meyer

Complain and remain. Praise and be raised. — Joyce Meyer

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves. — Joyce Meyer

It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire. — Joyce Meyer

Prayer makes tremendous power available (James 5:16). Don't let your prayer life reflect weeds of inconsistency or neglect. — Joyce Meyer

God has picked you out to pick you up. — Joyce Meyer

Prayer of Thanks Father, help me to love and appreciate the person You created me to be. I thank You that I don't have to compare myself to others in order to be accepted. You created me with a unique and wonderful purpose. I'm thankful that to You, I am special and beyond compare. — Joyce Meyer

It is easy to get into the flow of the world and just float along in the worldly boat with everybody else. One thing is for sure - no one will be lonely on the broad way. There will always be lots of company because many people are going that way. The — Joyce Meyer

What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did. — Joyce Meyer

We all need God's power in our lives, and prayer is the dynamic that releases His power, sometimes in dramatic ways. — Joyce Meyer

The best way to have the last word is to apologize. — Joyce Meyer

If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak. — Joyce Meyer

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - Saint Francis of Assisi — Joyce Meyer

God has never promised a life without suffering, but He has promised to comfort us and give us the strength to carry on. He has also promised to work good out of everything that happens to us if we love Him and continue wanting His will in our lives (Rom. 8:28). — Joyce Meyer

God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point. — Joyce Meyer

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life. — Joyce Meyer

Years later I read a statement that said, "A tot of people have a wishbone, but they don't have a backbone." I thought, That's the truth. Wishing won't get us anything. We have got to dig in and do whatever we have to do to get — Joyce Meyer

Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we must choose to resist negative thoughts and be determined to rise above our problems. We must decide that we're not going to quit. When we're bombarded with doubts and fears, we must take a stand and say: "I'll never give up! God's on my side. He loves me, and He's helping me! I'm going to make it!" — 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. — Joyce Meyer

Means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. 1 Corinthians 10:13 — Joyce Meyer

God is not asking us to not have anything or even to give away every single thing that we have. He is asking us to share with people who have less than us, which I do all the time. — Joyce Meyer

The devil is no longer looking for an open door in your life. He will take any crack you give him. — Joyce Meyer

Listening is an important key to HEARING. — Joyce Meyer

You need to have an "I am" and an "I can" attitude. Fill your thoughts and your words with these confessions daily, and then you will bring more joy into your life! I am a new creation in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17). I can live in perfect peace (see Isaiah 26:3). I am slow to speak, quick to hear, and slow to anger (see James 1:19). I can do all things through Christ, Who strengthens me (see Philippians 4:13). I am more than a conqueror in Christ (see Romans 8:37). I can have the mind of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 2:16). I am dead to sin and alive to righteousness (see Romans 6:11). I can overcome evil with good (see Romans 12:21). Power Thought: All efforts to train my mind and my mouth to think and speak more like God work — Joyce Meyer

Because of what Jesus has done, I love and accept myself. — Joyce Meyer

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well. — 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

People are born to be free; it's a gift from God. — Joyce Meyer

Be Yourself "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - RALPH WALDO EMERSON But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor. - Galatians 6:4 For — Joyce Meyer

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

The one thing everybody's looking for is unconditional love. We all need somebody to love us just the way we are — Joyce Meyer

When you spend time with God, it becomes evident. You become calmer, you're easier to get along with, you are more joyful, and you remain stable in every situation. Spending quality time with God is an investment that yields rich benefits. — Joyce Meyer

Remember God is not surprised by your inabilities, your imperfections, or your faults. He has always known everything about you that you are just now finding out, and he chose you on purpose for himself. — Joyce Meyer

The conscience can be a strong guide in life if we allow it. — Joyce Meyer

We should choose our thoughts carefully. We can think about what is wrong with our lives or about what is right with them. — Joyce Meyer

One of the best aids to freedom is asking God for a lot of help-and asking often. — Joyce Meyer

God is Good ... Jesus is Lord
Be Good to Yourself and each Other
J-Jesus..O-Others..Y-Yourself — Joyce Meyer