All god wants us to do is do what he asks us to do. Joyce Meyer More Quotes by Joyce Meyer More Quotes From Joyce Meyer If you're holding on to an offense, then you haven't forgiven the person who hurt you. Unforgiveness finds excuses to talk about what people have done to us, and we'll tell anyone who will listen. There's a difference between sharing your testimony to help someone and talking about what's been done to you because you are angry about it. Joyce Meyer differences hurt talking Get up every day, love God, and do your best. He will do the rest! Joyce Meyer cancer motivational inspirational Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree. Joyce Meyer strong beautiful order I don't want to spend my whole life talking about the promised land without ever getting there. I want to live in it. Joyce Meyer land want talking You're worth something because God says you're worth something-not because of what people think or say about you. Joyce Meyer affirmation people thinking You can't fulfill all the expectations of everyone you know, so you might as well go ahead & disappoint them & get it over with. Joyce Meyer disappoint expectations might Our world has created a false unrealistic image of what women are supposed to look like and act like. But the truth is that every woman was not created by God to be skinny, with a flawless complexion and long flowing hair. Not every woman was intended to juggle a career as well as all of the other duties of being a wife, mother, citizen, and daughter. Single women should not be made to feel they are missing somenthing because they are not married. Married women should not be made to feel they must have a career to be complete. We must have the freedom to be our individual selves. Joyce Meyer our-world daughter mother God is more concerned about your heart than your performance. If your heart is right, your performance will eventually catch up. Joyce Meyer concerned performances heart Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you. Joyce Meyer reactions Excellence - Take what you have and do the BEST with it. Joyce Meyer do-the-best excellence Fear tries to get us to give up but faith takes us all the way through to victory Joyce Meyer victory giving-up fear If we are to receive the blessings God wants to bestow upon us, we must be willing to give Him the messes in our lives. Joyce Meyer religious christian god Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had. Joyce Meyer habit sometimes long 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. Joyce Meyer our-words victory lines Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn't. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway. Joyce Meyer certain choices way So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time. Joyce Meyer results habit 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 mother father thinking Be hopeful at all times and walk in faith, but above all seek love an walk in it. God is love, and when we walk in love we show Him to those we come in contact with. Joyce Meyer religious christian god As believers, our joy and peace are not based in doing and achieving, but in believing. Joy and peace come as a result of building our relationship with the Lord. Joyce Meyer christian faith god Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say. Joyce Meyer criticism religious people