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We need a backbone, not a wishbone.

Joyce Meyer

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Joyce Meyer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 4
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St. Louis
Missouri
Pauline Joyce Hutchison
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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.
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We cannot know God apart from His Word.
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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.
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I used to let other people's struggles affect my happiness. If they weren't happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn't happy, I didn't want anyone around me to be happy.
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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.
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We may not know what to do, but it is sufficient to know the One who knows. We all like specific direction however, when we don't have it, knowing God is faithful and ever true to His promise, and that He has promised to be with us always, is comforting and keeps us stable until His time is right to speak to us more specifically.
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Stop labeling people just because they're not like you.
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God's mercy is fresh and new every morning.
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There's a part of you - the born-again part, your spirit - that's dead to sin. That's why it bothers you now when you sin. The 'wilderness' part of you - your soul - is your unrenewed mind, out-of-control emotions, and stubborn will.
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If you know how to worry, you know how to meditate. It means to think of something over and over.
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Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.
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Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.
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Teenagers are people too!
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If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn't mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else's bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?
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Forgiveness is nothing more and nothing less than an act of self-healing-an act of self-empowermen t.
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It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home!
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Whatever is making you so angry, it's time for you to give it to God and get over it.
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Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people.
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It is impossible to be both selfish and happy.
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God is with you, and He'll help you make spiritual progress-strengthening and encouraging you to keep on keeping on during rough times. It's easy to quit, but it takes faith to press on to victory.
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