80+ Joyce Meyer Quotes On Faith, Love and Forgiveness

You may have been given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it.

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.

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

You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty, and insecurity.

Put your expectations on God, not on people.

When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.

One mistake does not have to rule a person’s entire life.

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.

Character is doing what you don’t want to do but know you should do.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don’t live in a perfect world.

We must not use our past as an excuse to stay in bondage.

Stop determining your worth and value by what others say. Be determined by the Word of God.

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

God’s mercy is fresh and new every morning.

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

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don’t be discouraged, just be willing to change.

Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.

You can be pitiful or powerful, but you can’t be both.

Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances.

Just because you go to church doesn’t mean you’re a Christian. I can go sit in the garage all day and it doesn’t make me a car.

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once to get over the fear of doing it. Twice to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

If you don’t learn to control your thoughts, you will never learn how to control your behavior.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don’t live in a perfect world.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves.

During a storm, hope gives us the ability to look at things as they are and still be confident that something better is coming.

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

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 of messes with your health.

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

Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

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

Faithfulness is not doing something right once but doing something right over and over and over and over.

Nobody can be set free from a problem until they’re willing to admit they have one.

We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulations. That’s why we have the gift of faith.

Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.

Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.

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

Don’t just learn from God’s Word, but believe it will change your life.

Spiritual people don’t float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

Everything is subject to change except God Himself.

If you stay busy thinking about the right things, the devil won’t be able to fill your mind with wrong things.

Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God says.

Hope is a 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.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.

The great thing about an attitude is that it’s yours and you can change it.

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once to get over the fear of doing it. Twice to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Everywhere you look you see people searching for love… but they’re looking in the wrong places. God is love, and they will never find what they’re looking for until they find Him.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror.

When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.

Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

You can be pitiful, or you can be powerful, but you can’t be both.

It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.

We’re not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

Learn how to enjoy where you are on the way to where you’re going.

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

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.

So what if you’re not perfect? Nobody else is either.

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.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

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

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.

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

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

Addictions – Run to Jesus instead of running to your addiction.

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

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

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

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

Forgive the person who badly hurt you long ago and also the stranger who stepped on your toe in the grocery store.

Romans 6 – Our flesh is the instrument that Satan works through. When we say no to the flesh, we say no to the devil.

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.

There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

The best way to get along with people is to not expect them to be like you.

Where there is a rotten root, there will always be rotten fruit. We must be rooted in Jesus Christ.

Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

There are two kinds of pain: the pain of change and the pain of never changing and remaining the same.

We must guard against allowing anger to drag us into sin.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

God cares about everything that concerns you, so feel free to talk to him about everything.

Come to me all who are weary and heavy burden..” Go to the throne, not the phone. The people on the other end aren’t qualified to fix your problems, they don’t know what they’re doing either!!