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" The more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me. "
Joyce Meyer
People
Think
Me
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" 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! "
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" We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life. "
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" I tell people, and it's the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won't make me a car. And you can sit in church till your bottom is flat and that won't make you a servant of Christ. "
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" The great quest of life has always been to discover truth. "
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" The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don't live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow. "
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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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" Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life. "
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" 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! "
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Live
Life
" Some Christians feel guilty when they are doing something that isn't 'spiritual.' Somehow or another, they feel the need to hurry through the grocery store, dash through the house cleaning, and rush through all the daily aspects of life that seem irrelevant to their faith. "
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Spiritual
Doing
" If you know how to worry, you know how to meditate. It means to think of something over and over. "
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Over
You
" Everything is subject to change except God Himself. "
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Everything
Subject
" Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life. "
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Choices
Joy
" We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy. "
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Marriage
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" Sadly, the truth is, there aren't many people who can be put in high positions who won't start thinking highly of themselves. "
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Thinking
Truth
" God doesn't love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face. "
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Face
God
" Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man. "
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" It's amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they're doing. I've learned to take notice of those things and if it's something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life. "
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Joy
Amazing
God
" 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. "
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" I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them. "
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" Now, we can't stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time - if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him. "
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" If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future. "
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" I believe we live in a love-starved society. Everywhere you go there are probably people who haven't had the right kind of love in their lives. "
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" We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That's why we have the gift of faith. "
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Faith
" 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. "
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You
Trust
Best
" The most effective prayers are usually the simple prayers. "
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Most
Simple
" Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity. "
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" Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut. "
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