Joyce Meyer Quotes

Prayer begins where our power ends.

My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things.

Leave the rest to the gods.

I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

If you want to run the show, God will let you. If you want to pull all the strings, that's up to you. If you want to insist that what you are doing is the way it should be done, even when you are not getting anywhere, go right ahead. God will let you run yourself ragged, if you choose to do so. Unfortunately, you may not always be aware that you are in God's way. . . . God has no need to prove to you what God can do.

Sometimes we need to get over ourselves and actually realize that sometimes, God has a better plan. God's ways are higher than ours.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs; that just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

When we stop playing God, God can play through us.

Even in my prime, I need God in my life because without God, we're nothing.

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

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

It's in God's hands.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

I trust the flow of life.

The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.

Let the universe show us what it is.

You can't control everything.

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God's gonna untangle that from you. He's going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

I've always thought of faith as an acknowledgment of not being the biggest thing in the universe.

In the recovery world, it's a higher power that helps you. You have to turn your life over to something greater. Anytime I tried to control my life, I had screwed it up.

I always ask God if it is his will, and if so, then let it be. Whatever comes out of it I will accept it. That's the message I got and that's why I'm here at Hull.

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