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Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can make it happen. Thankfully, He doesn't expect us to make ourselves holy. He just wants us to learn to depend on Him to make us holy.


Joyce Meyer

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JOYCE MEYER Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.
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JOYCE MEYER Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.
JOYCE MEYER Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.
JOYCE MEYER The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are.
JOYCE MEYER If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you c...
JOYCE MEYER [T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably an...
JOYCE MEYER Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.
JOYCE MEYER I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my fu...
JOYCE MEYER frustration, complication and misery are available in abundance, but so is God's grace.
JOYCE MEYER I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned fo...
JOYCE MEYER I am not where I need to be, but, thank God, I am not where I used to be.
JOYCE MEYER Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many...
JOYCE MEYER As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if...
JOYCE BROTHERS There is such a thing as bad publicity.
JOYCE BROTHERS I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know abo...
JOYCE BROTHERS I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped...
JOYCE BROTHERS The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie ...
JOYCE BROTHERS Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty ...
JOYCE BROTHERS Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The han...
JOYCE BROTHERS Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabi...
JOYCE BROTHERS Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeli...
JOYCE BROTHERS No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.
JOYCE BROTHERS Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
JOYCE BROTHERS Virginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they...
JOYCE BROTHERS The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the...
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