Joyce Meyer Quotes

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

God can show you just what you need to give, even if you don't know exactly why you're giving it. That's why we should always seek God and prepare to give Him our very best.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

I often say 'I didn't write the script, but I'm learning to live it out with the best of my ability for the honor of God, with dignity, with grace, with favor, embracing His word.'

Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me.

Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough consecration, the ability of self-littleness, an absolute losing of one's self in God's glory and an ever present and insatiable yearning and seeking after all the fullness of God.

It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me.

Every day, no matter what I'm doing, I say, 'Lord, I'll do the best I can, and You do the rest.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?

My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.