We can never make ourselves better by trying... praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don't get me wrong... it's not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it's good. It's just that doing them in God's power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer

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— Joyce Meyer

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I was tormented with guilt for years and years. In fact, it was so bad that if I didn't feel wrong, I didn't feel right!

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