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Freedom to Be Ourselves

By Joyce Meyer Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God.                                                                                                            Psalm 42:5 Ask twenty-first century women, “How do you feel about yourself?” and many will confess, “I hate myself.” Or perhaps their opinion of themselves is not that severe, but they will admit they really don’t like themselves. Our world has created a false, unrealistic image of what women are supposed to look like and act like. But the truth is that every woman was not created by God to be ...

God Can Fix It

By: Joyce Meyer And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.                                                                                                             Romans 8:28 A confident woman is not afraid to get out of her boat and shake things up. I’m not talking about doing whatever you want to do, but what you think God is leading you to do. If your ...

Faith to Do It

By  Joyce Meyer For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him.                                                                                Romans 12:3 When God told Abraham to leave his home and relatives, Abraham first had to go out before God would show him the destination ( Genesis 12:1 ). As was true of Abraham,...

Take the Step

By:  Joyce Meyer [Jesus] said, Come! So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and he came toward Jesus.                                                                                                                                                                                                          Matthew 14:29 Perhaps the boat you need to get out of is your past. Sometimes we get so addicted to murmuring about the past and blaming the past ...

There Is Nothing God Can't Handle

By Joyce Meyer … With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.                                                                                                          Mark 10:27   If there are no impossibilities, then we can live in constant victory and nothing can threaten us or make us feel afraid of the future. Everything that is in the will of God will be accomplished in His way and timing. Is life too much for us? Is there anything that we just cannot handle? Not according to God, for He says through the apostle Paul that we can do all things through Christ Who is our Strength. We are ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infus...

Take Care of What God Has Given You

By Joyce Meyer Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own….                                                                                                                                                                                                      1 Corinthians 6:19 What if you went to a church and it was rundown? Peeling paint, broken doors, a...

Personal Integrity

By: Joyce Meyer When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom. The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.                                                                                              Proverbs 11:2-3 We live in a society that has so lost its sense of moral values that common decency is often not even practiced. Our world no longer honors God and is not concerned about integrity. Whether it involves cheating or committin...

Celebrate the Positive

By: Joyce Meyer For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.                                                                                                   James 3:2 Our thoughts and words about ourselves are tremendously important. In order to overcome the negative thinking and speaking that ...

Success Starts with Your Thoughts

By: Joyce Meyer We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.                                                                                 2 Corinthians 10:5 Nobody is successful in any venture just by wishing they would be. Successful people make a plan and talk to themselves about that plan constantly. You can think things on purpose, and if you make what you think about match what you actually want to do, your feelings may not like it, but they will go along. I slept great last night,...

Celebrate Life

By: Joyce Meyer The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I come that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).                                                                                                                John 10:10 It is possible to live our lives blandly going through the motions of working, accomplishing, doing, but to never truly enj...

Develop Your Gift

For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]                                                                                              Romans 11:29 If we don’t develop our potential, it won’t get developed, because no one else can do it for us. Find out what you want to do and began to train yourself for it. If you know you can write great songs, develop your gift; arrange your life so you can write songs. If you know you can lead worship, then practice, learn music, sing with all your mind and heart, and believe. Begin leading worship, even if you start with only you and the cat or you...

It Is a New Day

By: Joyce Meyer Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that way may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-times help; coming just when we need it].                                                                                                                  ...

Watch God Work!

By: Joyce Meyer Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today… The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.                                                                                       Exodus 14:13-14 We have free access to God. We can go before Him anytime we want to. We don’t need a special invitation. The throne room is always open, God is always home, He is never napping or on the phone. We can go boldly, expecting Him to meet our need and do it willingly and joyfully. No doubt millions of people pray, but the question we want answered is, how do they pray? Do they pray expectantly, boldly, fearlessly,...

Be Glad

By Joyce Meyer Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for He gives you the former or early rain in just measure and in righteousness, and He causes to come down for you the rain, the former rain  and the latter rain, as before. And the [threshing] floors shall be full of grain and the vats shall overflow with juice [of the grape] and oil.                                                                                                       ...

Looking Forward

By Joyce Meyer Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God and you will be My people…. But they would not listen to and obey Me or bend their ear [to Me], but followed the counsels and the stubborn promptings of their own evil hearts and minds, and they turned their backs and went in reverse instead of forward.                                                                                    Jeremiah 7:23-24 I believe you are going to act on these devotional readings and begin living boldly and fearlessly as a confident woman. It doesn't matter how you lived before now, this is a new beginning. Every day God’s mercy is new, and it is available for all of us today. Don’t look back; look forward! Be decisive, follow your heart, and don’t b...

Dare To Be Different

By Joyce Meyer The sun is glorious in one way, the moon is glorious in another way, and the stars are glorious in their own [distinctive] way; for one star differs from and surpasses another in its beauty and brilliance.                                                                                                                                 ...