One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.
— Joyce Meyer
We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy.
Fear is a spirit that produces a feeling.
If God can't get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won't get to anything else you got.
We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen.
The Word of God is active, energizing, sharp and powerful like a two-edged sword.
Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all - not in any way.
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.
I've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.
There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.
If you're not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your 'today.' The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that's yours in Christ. Don't let it go.
Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.
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.
Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.
Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!
Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us - more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings.
The day we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior is one of the greatest days of our lives. Not only are our sins washed away, but God puts His Spirit inside of us and gives us new desires.
Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.
God's mercy is fresh and new every morning.
Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others.
I pray while driving. I pray while working, and while relaxing.
When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.
Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.
There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.
Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.
I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.
If you will do what God tells you to do, there's no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.
Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.
Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents.
Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.
God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.
I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.
If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves!
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.
You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.
I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.
If you know how to worry, you know how to meditate. It means to think of something over and over.
My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.
How one life turns out is not dependent on what people do to us or what they don't do for us.
Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life.
I don't think even ungodly people realize what a society would be like that had no godly influence at all.
Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!
If you want to live in the fullness of God's anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.
You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.
Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!
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.
Satan is the master distracter. He is always working to keep us off track in our walk with God.
As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.
