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Enjoyment Of Life Is Not Based On Enjoyable Circumstances. It Is An Attitude Of The Heart, A Decision To Enjoy Everything Because Everything - Even Little, Seemingly Insignificant Things - Have A Part In The Overall "big Picture" Of Life.

-Joyce Meyer

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Enjoyment Of Life Is Not Based On Enjoyable Circumstances. It Is An Attitude Of The Heart, A Decision To Enjoy Everything Because Everything - Even Little, Seemingly Insignificant Things - Have A Part In The Overall "big Picture" Of Life.

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Purpose Of Life

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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.

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If You're Fighting Moodiness And Depression You Don't Want To Hang Around A Bunch Of Other Moody And Depressed People.

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.

Don't Ever Be Discouraged With Yourself Because You Have Not Arrived At Success, But Instead Be Pleased That You Are Pressing Toward It.

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.

If Satan Can Defeat You In Your Thoughts Then He Can Defeat You Anywhere Else As Well.

We Almost Always See Only What's Wrong With Other People And Not What's Wrong With Us.

The One Thing Everybody's Looking For Is Unconditional Love. We All Need Somebody To Love Us Just The Way We Are

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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.

As A Global Society, We Do Not Have To Agree, Endorse Or Condone The Lifestyle Choices Of Others. However, History Has Taught Us That We Equally Cannot And Should Not Excuse Those Who Would Hide Behind Religion Or Misuse God's Word To Justify Bigotry And Persecution.

Lifestyle Choices

The Biggest Black Eye That You Can Give The Devil Is To Give God Your Pain And Let Him Turn It Into Gain.

If God Is In Fact Separated From The Government, Then We Can Never Possibly Have A Godly Government. There's No Way For America To Be Good If She's Not Godly.

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Wanting Someone

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I'm Jealous. I'm Mad. I Feel Bad. But One Day, I Woke Up And I Thought, You Know What? This Is Wearing Me Out. And I'm Not Getting Anywhere. So, I Decided That Even Though I Did Not Have A Good Beginning, I Made A Decision That I Was Going To Let Go Of What Lies Behind And I Was Going To Have A Great Finish.

Humility Is Not Something That Comes Naturally. But It Is A Cardinal Virtue That Should Be Pursued More Than Any Other.

Personally I Am Always Looking For God To Show Me Where He Would Like Me To Give Or Make A Difference In Someone Else’s Life. I Wake Up Every Day And Ask God How He Would Like Me To Be A Blessing To Someone That Day.

Everything God Ever Asks You To Do, Even If It's Difficult, He Asks Because He Has Something Great In Mind For You.

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Frustration Is A Sign I Am Acting Independently. The More You Try Your Own Way, The Tighter The Doors Will Stay Closed.

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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.

An Affirmation To Say Everyday: The Healing Power Of God Is Working In Me Right Now. Eveyr Day I Get Better And Better In Every Way.

If I'm A Blessing To You, Then Either God Will Put It On Your Heart To Bless Me, Or He'll Use Somebody Else To Bless Me. If I'm Friendly With You, Then I'll Have Friends. If I'm Merciful With People, The Bible Says I'll Get Mercy Back. If I'm Not Judgmental, Then People Won't Be Judgmental With Me. And It Works Also With Finances. If You Give To Help Other Hurting People And You Give To The Preaching Of The Gospel, Because You Love God, Then God Takes Care Of You.

I Can't Do Anything About My Past, But I Can Do A Lot To Cooperate With My Destiny. I Am Re-created In Christ Jesus, Born Anew, That I Might Do The Good Works That He Laid Out For Me And Live The Good Life.

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Go Beyond What You Feel Like Doing And Do What's Right. Every Time You Do What's Right When You Don't Feel Like It, You Are Growing.

You Will Never See The End, If You Give Up In The Middle

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The Power Of God Is Available To You Today To Help You Do Whatever You Need To Do And With A Smile On Your Face!

If You Know How To Worry, You Know How To Meditate. It Means To Think Of Something Over And Over.

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Sometimes I Just Sit Still And Enjoy God's Presence.

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God Is A Great God! I Want To Encourage You To Expect Great Things From Him.

Life Is Not Fair; God Is.

You Can Be Pitiful, Or You Can Be Powerful, But You Can't Be Both

Our Joy Does Not Have To Be Based On Our Circumstances.

One Of The Best Gifts We Can Give Ourselves Is Time Alone With God.

When Jesus Comes To Live In Our Hearts, The Seed Of Holiness Is Planted.

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.

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.

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.

My Teachings Are My Life.

Prayer Doesn't Just Change Things - It Changes Us. If We Are Diligent In Seeking God, Slowly And Surely We Become Better People.

As A Christian, Instead Of Concentrating On How You Feel, Focus On What You Know To Be Truth From The Word Of God.

If You're Gonna Be Free, You Gotta Stop Caring What Everyone Thinks.

If We're Really Honest With Ourselves, Most Of Us Will Admit That We Want To Impress People, And This Is What's Causing Us To Do What We Do.

Satan Gains More Ground In The Believer's Life Through Unforgiveness Than Any Other Thing, So Be Sure You Let Go Of All Offense And Pray For Those Who Have Hurt You. It May Be Hard, But It Is The Best Thing You Can Do For Yourself And The Kingdom Of God. Don't Stay Angry At Anyone Today Because It Will Hurt You More Than It Hurts Them.

Education Levels The Playing Field, Allowing Everyone To Compete.

When Doubt Comes Against Us, We Have To Lift Up The Shield Of Faith. We Do This When We Open Our Mouth And Say What God's Word Says, Rather Than Grumbling And Complaining About The Problem.

God Doesn’t Want Us To Live Timid, Shy, Weak, Wimpy, Fearful, Boring Lives. He Wants Us To Be Bold, Con Dent And Courageous, Unafraid To Try New Things. And It Never Ceases To Amaze Me What God Will Do Through A Person Who Simply Steps Out In Faith.

If God Can't Get You To Obey Him Concerning Your Money, He Won't Get To Anything Else You Got.

Don't Depend On Other People As The Source Of Your Happiness Or For Approval.

If You Can Believe The God Who Is Perfect Loves You Then You Can Believe That You Are Worth Loving.

If You Can't Control What You Think, You Will Not Be Able To Control What You Do.

Some Christians Feel Guilty When They Are Doing Something That Isn't 'spiritual.' Somehow Or Another, They Feel The Need To Hurry Through The Grocery Store, Dash Through The House Cleaning, And Rush Through All The Daily Aspects Of Life That Seem Irrelevant To Their Faith.

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.

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.

Too Often We Spend Our Time In The Past Or The Future. We Need To Learn To Live Now - Mentally As Well As Physically And Spiritually.

Learn How To Enjoy Where You Are On The Way To Where You're Going.

Each Time We Act To Improve The Life Of Another Person, We Send Forth A Ripple Of Hope In What Appears To Be A Hopeless Society.

Without Joy In Your Life You Are Powerless.

Sometimes New Opportunity Means New Opposition. Not Everything God Asks Us To Do Will Be Comfortable.

I Need To Keep Pressing On Until I Am Thoroughly Thankful.

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!

God Is Not Obligated To Anoint What He Does Not Initiate.

I've Been Studying The Bible For A Long Time. I Remember That After The First Five Years Or So Of Diligently Studying The Word, I Didn't Feel Like I Had Made Any Progress. There Were A Lot Of Things In My Life That Were Out Of Order, And I Didn't Feel Like I Was Getting Anywhere.

The Only Answer To Fear Is Faith In God, Knowing He Loves You Unconditionally And Individually.

If We Know God Is For Us, Then It Shouldn't Matter How We Feel, Or What Other People Think Of Us.

There's No Happier Person Than A Truly Thankful, Content Person.

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.

Faithfulness Is Not Doing Something Right Once But Doing Something Right Over And Over And Over And Over.

Trusting God Brings Life.

Food Is Not The Problem. It's What We Do With Food That Becomes The Problem. That's Why We Need To Learn To Keep Everything In Our Lives - Especially Our Eating - In Proper Balance.

A Relationship With Christ Changes Your Heart. It's Not About Your Head. It Changes Your Heart. Jesus Comes To Live In Your Heart, And Even If A Person Does Good Works, But They Do Them Without Christ, Most Of The Time, Their Motives Are Wrong For Why They Do Them.

Peter Was The Only One Who Walked On Water Besides Jesus, But He Was Also The Only One Who Got Out Of The Boat. Until You Make A Decision To Believe, And Then Act On It, Nothing Will Happen.

The More We Keep Our Mind On Ourselves And Our Wants, The More Unhappy We Become. God Wants Us To Love Others And Meet Their Needs.

I Can Honestly Tell You That Without God I Would Not Be Who I Am Today. He Has Done Such An Amazing Work In My Life And I Want Everyone To Have The Same Freedom.

Do You Know Something? The Minute That Blood Sacrifice Was Accepted, Jesus Was The First Human Being That Was Ever Born Again. Now That Was Real - It Happened When He Was In Hell.

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.

Depression Begins With Disappointment. When Disappointment Festers In Our Soul, It Leads To Discouragement.

Stop Giving Someone Else The Job Of Making You Happy.

A Lot Of Times, People Make Other People Responsible For Their Joy: 'you're Not Making Me Happy, You're Not Doing This, You're Not Doing That.'

Your Joy Comes From How You Think, The Choices That We Make In Life.

We Cannot Know God Apart From His Word.

When You Feel Down, Go Be A Blessing To Somebody Else.

I Believe That A Trusting Attitude And A Patient Attitude Go Hand In Hand. You See, When You Let Go And Learn To Trust God, It Releases Joy In Your Life. And When You Trust God, You're Able To Be More Patient. Patience Is Not Just About Waiting For Something... It's About How You Wait, Or Your Attitude While Waiting.

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.

The Word Of God Is Different Than Other Words Because God's Word Is Stuffed Full Of Power And Anointing.

Everything Doesn't Have To Feel Good To Be God

In Christ, It's Never Too Late, You're Never Too Old... It's Never "too Anything" For Him To Work Positive Change In Your Life.

God Wants To Help Us... He Loves Us... We Are His Children. But He Will Not Force His Help On Us At Any Time. He Sees Us When We Struggle And Fight And Complain Our Way Through Things. And I Believe It Breaks His Heart, When All We Have To Do Is Ask Him For Help.

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.

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