Joyce Meyer Quotes

When you turn your life over to God, you don't give up the drama; you give up the cheap drama.

When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.

Be patient. Let God answer your question on His schedule, not yours.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.

If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

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.

It's funny how God will change your plans for you when he's ready.

To be able to lean back on my faith and to realize that God's plan is way bigger than mine. You have to trust in that.

I trust God's timing. I'm a very spiritual person, and a lot of times, we want things on our time, and we come up with our own plans of what we want to do with our lives, but God be like, 'Haha, you're funny. That's cute. Anyways, this is what you're going to do,' and I've learned to just sit back.

God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.

So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.

If Jesus heals instantly, praise Him. If Jesus heals gradually, trust Him. When Jesus heals ultimately, you will understand.

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

The first step on the journey of faith is to recognize that everything is moving onward to something else, inside us and outside... We see that a self-image we've been holding doesn't need to define us forever, the next step is not the last step, what life was is not what it is now, and certainly not what it might yet be.

We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.

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

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.

Faith is all about trusting God even when you don't understand His plan.

I realized that my life was to be one of simple, childlike faith, and that my part was to trust, not to do. I was to trust in Him and He would work in me to do His good pleasure. From that time my life was different.

I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy.

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

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

I hope to grow up and see myself accepting myself and accepting time going by and everything falls.