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We Can Never Make Ourselves Better By Trying... Praying More Or Longer, Studying More Of The Word, Performing Good Works, Etc. Don't Get Me Wrong... It's Not Bad To Do Any Of These Things. In Fact, It's Good. It's Just That Doing Them In God's Power Is The Only Way Those Things Will Have Any Real And Lasting Effect In Our Lives.

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Joyce Meyer

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We Can Never Make Ourselves Better By Trying... Praying More Or Longer, Studying More Of The Word, Performing Good Works, Etc. Don't Get Me Wrong... It's Not Bad To Do Any Of These Things. In Fact, It's Good. It's Just That Doing Them In God's Power Is The Only Way Those Things Will Have Any Real And Lasting Effect In Our Lives.

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Willing To Change

I’m Living Now In My Reward.

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We Are To Enjoy What We Have While We Have It, But We Are Never To Get To The Point Where We Think We Could Not Love Without It.

There Are Times When God Leaves Huge Question Marks As Tools In Our Lives To Stretch Our Our Faith.

I May Not Be Where I Want To Be, But Thank God I Am Not Where I Used To Be.

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New Level, New Devil.

Trust And Faith Bring Joy To Life And Help Relationships Grow To Their Maximum Potential.

There's Nothing That You Can't Overcome With God On Your Side.

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Grace Is God Doing For Us What We Could Never Do And What We Will Never Deserve.

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I Am Amazed That People Want To Ask Me Questions About God's Work In My Life. The Interviews Are A Great Way To Share God's Life-changing Message And I Pray That God Continues To Open This Door For Christians.

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Choosing An Attitude Of Faith Will Release Peace Out Of Your Spirit And Into Your Soul.

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Passionate Desire

Seek His Face And Not His Hand.

Just Deciding To Forgive Isn't Enough Because Willpower Alone Won't Work - We Need Divine Strength From God. As He Gives Us The Strength, We Need To Pray For Our Enemies And Bless Them. Praying For Those Who Have Hurt Us Is Vital To Successfully Forgiving Them.

We Can Approach God's Throne With Boldness Because We Are Confident In The Power Of What Jesus Accomplished For Us At The Cross.

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Self Pity Is The Most Miserable Party To Go To, Because, In Case You Haven't Noticed, You're The Only One Who Is There.

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If You Will Do What You Can Do, God Will Do What You Cannot Do.

[the Notion Of Separating Church And State With Such Policies As Disallowing Prayer In Public Schools] Is A Deception From Satan.

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

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.

Giving In To Fear Alters God's Best Plan For Your Life.

If We Are Ever Going To Develop An Ability To Hear From God And Be Led By His Spirit, We Have To Start Making Our Own Decisions And Trust The Wisdom God Has Deposited In Our Own Heart.

Nobody Likes To Have Trouble. The Moment We Get A Hint That It's Coming, A Common Response Is, 'oh No! Not Again!'

If You're Strong Enough On The Inside, You Can Handle Anything That Comes At You On The Outside.

Your Emotions Are Very Unstable And Should Never Be The Foundation For Direction In Your Life.

Small Beginnings Are The Launching Pad To Great Endings.

Small Beginnings

The Only Way To Break The Chains Of Fear And Doubt Is To Know In Your Heart That God Loves You-no Matter What.

God's Mercy Is Fresh And New Every Morning.

We Are Not Filled With The Spirit Of God To Do Easy Things. He Fills Us With His Spirit So We Can Do Impossible Things.

Impossible Things

When I Was A Teenager, I Didn't Get To Do A Lot Of The Things That Other Kids My Age Were Doing Because My Dad Was Very Controlling And He Wouldn't Allow Me To Go To School Activities, Like Games And Dances. So I Didn't Have Positive Expectations For My Future Or Really Dream About What I Could Do With My Life. I Was Just Trying To Survive Until I Could Get Out On My Own.

You Have A Great God Who Loves You And Cares About You. Be Full Of Hope That Something Good Can Happen To You. God Is A Master At New Beginnings. He Loves Fresh Beginnings, He Makes All Things New.

It's So Easy To Settle For Less Than God's Best For Us Because We Don't Always Feel Like Taking Responsibility For Our Behavior Or Putting Forth Some Effort To Do What We Need To Do So We Can Accomplish Great Things For God And Help People. But The Cost Of Settling For Less Is Actually Harder Than Being Completely Obedient To God's Will.

Trusting Him To Work Out Your Circumstances Instead Of Using Your Own Might And Power Will Bring Deep Satisfying Joy Into Your Life.

Real Life Is The Life That's In You, Not Your Circumstances, Like Where You Live Or What Job You Have Or Who You're In Relationship With.

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.

Do What You Don’t Want To Do To Get What You Want To Get.

Make Happiness A Habit. Be So Happy You Drive The Devil Stark-raving Mad.

When We Trust God More Than Our Feelings, It Confuses The Devil. I Mean, When He Throws You His Best Shot And He Can't Budge You From Believing God, He Won't Know What To Do With You Anymore.

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

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

Many People Say “my Life Stinks”. Well, Your Life Will Stink If You Spend Today Thinking About Tomorrow.

To Know And Experience What God Can Do, We Must First Realize And Acknowledge What We Cannot Do. We Must Get Our Eyes Off Of Ourselves And Our Limited Ability, And Totally Onto Him And His Infinite Power.

Don’t Wait Around Waiting For God To Do Something That He’s Already Given You The Power To Do.

Don't Just Let The Devil Use Your Mind As A Garbage Dump.

Breaking Old Habits And Forming New Ones Always Takes Time, But It Is Worth It In The End.

Peace Is One Of The Most Precious Gifts God Has Promised His Children.

When It Comes To Our Everyday Habits, It's Important To Ask: 'am I Putting God First?'

Don't Try To Change People. It Won't Work, And They Will End Up Resenting You. Only God Can Change People!

Five Minutes Of Communication Can Save A Year's Worth Of Turmoil And Misunderstanding.

Addictions - Run To Jesus Instead Of Running To Your Addiction.

So Many People Live With Anger And Unforgiveness, And Many Of Them Are Christians.

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

I Didn't Really Understand The Importance Of Little Things. I Didn't Really Understand That It Was The Little Foxes That Spoil The Vine. And If We're Not Faithful In Little Things, That God Will Never Be Able To Make Us Ruler Over Great Things.

Start Believing The Word Of God Over Our Feelings. The Truth Always Overrides Our Feelings. Find The Truth In The Scriptures.

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.

Don't Be Afraid Of Change, Because It Is Leading You To A New Beginning.

It's Like A Jar Of Salad Dressing Sitting On A Shelf... Most Of The Seasoning Settles To The Bottom Of The Bottle. But When You Shake That Bottle Up, All The Ingredients Mix Together And Then The Dressing Can Add Flavor To A Salad. In The Same Way, We Can Stir Ourselves Up And Regain The Reverence, Respect And Awe We Once Had For The Lord.

Commit To Stop Making Excuses. When We Make Excuses, We Lie To Ourselves And Continue Bad Habits.

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