Joyce Meyer Quotes: LOVE   The flesh – Soul (Mind, Will, & Emotions) and your body.   When you are born again it is where God dwells. God does something to your spirit. God cleans that area up. Inside where Jesus lives is totally – Richeous, holy, a new heart and new desire. Your spirit wars against the flesh and the flesh wars against the spirit. Believe, Receive = Believe.   Love: God wants us to be rooted in his love. He wants us to be securely in his love of God. He wants us to have such confidence in his love that nothing, no body’s opinion, no body’s judgement, no body’s criticism, the lack of compliment, lack of pats on the back. Although we would love to have that, it’s not even wrong to pray for that, because we all need encouragement. If we don’t get it we will still remain stable, and stead fast. Aren’t you tired of what everybody else doesn’t give you, controlling you?   John 13:34 I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.   You have to get the conditions off it. When you give you get thanks from God. Give even when everyone doesn’t seem thankful. It is just your flesh acting up. You don’t give to get. You give to help other people not to receive. John 15:12 This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you.   Give up what you want for other people. People cannot make you happy. If you trust in God he will work through people to make you happy. People forget about God making them happy.   John 15:17 - This is what I command you: that you love one another.   1John 3:10-11 By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God’s will in purpose, thought and action] is of God: neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow believer in Christ). For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another. 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another for love is (springs) from God: and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him].   1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking: it is not touchy or fretful or resentful: it takes no account of the evil done to it[it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose). It will be fulfilled and pass away: as for tongues they will be destroyed and cease: as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].   Getting up every morning and trying to do what is right. Am I pursuing a strong Love walk? Striving daily to treat people right. What people are or are not doing for me.   Get myself off my mind and treat people right. We have to be concerned how we treat people.   1John 3:14 We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in [spiritual] death.   There are different levels you must love your enemies. A Dead Life; Misery                          No Joy                          Mad all the time                        No peace          Upset all the time          Selfish                          Self centered                             No righteousness                       Never caring about anybody else.   It is a life style change; on purpose. Who knows what it speaks to people when you give to them. Many times it isn’t that they cannot get it themselves but the: Encouragement that they need. Love that they need. Example that they need. * Just by really listening to people, they will tell you what they need. 1 John 3: 16-17 & 18 By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us: and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [in him]. But if anyone has this world’s goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and fellow believer in need yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him? Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).   For love to flow it has to grow; It has to get out of your heart. People say “well my heart is right.” Mouth               word                 Actions             decisions                       Pocketbook   We can’t have a right heart with no action.   1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love endures long and is patient and kind: love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride): it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking: it is not touchy or fretful or resentful: it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness’, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out of becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away: as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease: as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].   Love is seen in our behavior. We can control ourselves if we want to strong enough. You can because you can with people you want to impress. Love is not touchy; where every other thing you say will be taken the wrong way. Don’t be hard to get along with. Don’t store it up; now you owe me. God’s mercy is new everyday. You have to learn to give to other people: To go first                     Give last piece of candy. You do it for God; you may never get thanked, or have it be noticed or have someone even care. You can’t really walk in Love the way God wants us to if we don’t keep it in the fore front of our thinking. Give him glory he will glorify you. We try and provide the best for ourselves and end up with the worst and don’t understand. It is the little things that we don’t do. It is not walking in love, integrity, and in excellence. We try and take care of ourselves instead of following Godly principals. Philippians 1:9 and this I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more and extend to its fullest development in knowledge and all keen insight {that your love may display itself in greater depth of acquaintance and more comprehensive discernment} So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what is excellent and of real value [recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach] the day of Christ [not stumbling nor causing others to stumble].   James 1:19 Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak slow to take offense and to get angry. Anger tells you that you’ve been abused or mistreated: Don’t let the sun go down on your anger” the Bible says James 1:20 for man’s anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires. Anger is just not right. When you feel anger say help me God help me help me. You make people angry too. Ecclesiastes 7: 9 Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. Meek attitude; it is good for me to not get my way all the time. You don’t really see temper (except once in Galatians in the amplified Bible).  You do see “self” in the Bible. Temper is a manifestation of self. Self is the Problem. I’m not getting, and I mad about it. You’re not treating me like I think you should treat me. I’m mad about it. My circumstances are not making me comfortable and I’m mad about it. You get what I wanted and I’m mad about it This just doesn’t seem fair to me and I’m mad about it. Temper and Anger are the rudest and the crudest of all emotions. (She quoted from a book the deeper life) The selfish person has an opinion on every subject. Considers his own opinion and own convictions infallible.   What is right for me may not be right for someone else. My opinion is right for me, and in what I would do. How foolish it is to tell people “If I were you ”It’s none of my business. If someone asks you to help them with something and you end up telling them how to do it, then you are not serving them but serving yourself. Romans 14:1-5 As for the man who is a weak believer, welcome him [into your fellowship], but not to criticize his opinions or pass judgment on his scruples or perplex him with discussions. One [man’s faith permits him to} believe he may eat anything, while a weaker one [limits his} eating to vegetables. Let not him who eats look down on or despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains criticize and pass judgment on him who eats: for God has accepted and welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on and censure another’s household servant? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he shall stand and be upheld, for the Master (the Lord) is mighty to support him and make him stand. One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike [sacred]. Let everyone be fully convinced (satisfied) in his own mind.   Unless the Bible gives an iron clad specific instruction about it; it is none of my business. We need ot get out of every bodies business.   Love always believes the best: Making a list of the wrong things that someone has done to you; the more a person hurts you the more they owed you and then you would try and make them pay you back. Love wants things to turn out good for other people. Love rejoices when they do Love never gives up on people You have to change how you think about people. The root of our trouble, the root of our difficulty begins with our thought life. Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved! How long shall your iniquitous and grossly offensive thoughts lodge within you? So how long will you have these offensive thoughts in your mind and in your heart. When you l believe the best you are able to let go of each thing that occurs that maybe hurtful in a relationship. Say I don’t believe they are out to hurt me Maybe so and so doesn’t even realize how that sounded. People really want to be given a break. I believe so and so’s heart was right. I don’t believe so and so understood how there actions affected me I don’t believe so and so would hurt me on purpose So and so doesn’t really understand, so and so’s not really trying to hurt me Men are logical and women are emotional. How can you expect a male to understand how you feel when he has never felt this way. Period Had a baby Hormones went right, left and one staid in bed. Keeping negative records mentally causes bitterness and resentment, and unforgiveness and opens the door for Satin to work in our life. If we keep records of the good, positive things people do and say; oh we don’t mess with those. We need to pay attention to the good things people do, and not the bad things.       Example she gave of a negative list on Dave. He watches a lot of sports; she doesn’t like sports Rarely buys me gifts. Doesn’t give flowers; 3-4 times in 36 years of marriage Always corrects the details when she is talking. She tells the meat of the story. Opinionated etc. etc. etc. Positive record: He quickly forgives her when she behaves wrongly toward him. He just lets things go. Dave always pick up after himself Dave tells her everyday of her life he loves her. He tells her she looks nice Dave let’s her buy anything she wants that they can afford. Willing to take her anywhere she wants to go even when he is comfy cosy on the couch. She believes she could ask him to go get popcorn at the movie theater and he would go. It would be very few times he would say no. Stable in his moods He takes care of himself physically He is protective of me; she always feels safe   STOP KEEPING RECORDS OF WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE AND START KEEPING RECORDS OF WHAT YOU DO HAVE.   You should be glad someone is putting up with you. Love Covers people’s faults and failures   1Peter3:8 - He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know him]. For God is love.   Love doesn’t expose, bring up over and over or blame.   Every time someone makes a mistake you don’t have to mention it.   We would be surprised what God would change if we walked in love.   We should pray about some things, and cover some things, instead of making a big deal out of them. You will never be in a perfect relationship with a perfect person. The problem is pride; we think we do ever thing right.   Matthew 18:21 &22 Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times.  Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven! [Gen.4:24]

Attitudes of the Heart A Thankful Heart   When they went into the Promised Land no more Manna fell. In other words, to live in the Promised Land you have to come up to a new level of responsibility. Because so many of you, it’s time for the next level of your walk with God; it’s time for a new breakthrough in your life. You have been going around the same mountain long enough. It is time to come to come to the next level but it is going to require a new level of responsibility. With authority..How many want authority over the Devil? How many want authority when you pray? You want Heaven to hear your prayers. With authority comes responsibility. You cannot have one without the other. I want to carry a very strong anointing on my life. Now I know that I am anointed, the Bible says there is an anointing that abides. It is one thing to have the anointing it is another thing to have that being released through me. Amen. Mary had sweet perfume in her battle but the alabaster box had to be broken for the perfume to be pored out.   We have good things in us, because Jesus is in us. But, this outer box has to be broken. Listen to me and listen well. Part of this outer box is attitudes. It is very possible that some of you could come to a whole new attitude with your walk with God if you would loose a couple of the bad attitudes. Numbers 14 We are going to see why they wandered around in the wilderness.   1And all the congregation cried out with a loud voice, and {the] wept that night.   2 All the Israelites grumbled. Everyone say the word grumbled and deplored their situation, accusing Moses. (Say accusing say blaming. Now let practice, say grumbling, accusing, blaming.) (Say grumbling, accusing, blaming, murmuring, complaining.)   And Aaron, to whom the whole congregation said, Would that we had died in Egypt! (Say negative. Depressed, ridiculous.) Or that we had died in this wilderness! 3Why does the Lord bring us to this land to fall by the sword? (say negative). Our wives and little ones will be a prey (say negative). Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?(say cowards, say quiters) [Acts7:37:39] It won’t take you long at all to figure out why those people stayed in the wilderness 40 years. The thing have to understand, if we do what they did, then we will stay where they stayed.   Numbers Chapter 20 1And the Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. And the people dwelt in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.   2 Now there was no water for the congregation, and they assembled against Moses and Aaron. (Why is it that when one of our needs are not being met immediately we start blaming somebody else.)   3And the people contended with Moses, (say strife, because that is what contention is)and said, Would that we had did when our brethren died [in the plaque]before the Lord! [Num.16:49]   4And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock? (say negative, depressing, sour)   5And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates. And there is no water to drink. (Say ungrateful, unthankful, complaining, murmuring, grumbling, faultfinding.) 6Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces. (Some of us better be glad that God has somebody praying for us.)Then the glory of the Lord appeared to them.   Numbers 21 4 And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient (Say impatient, depressed, much discouraged) because [of the trials] of the way.   One of the things we have to learn is to learn to be thankful in all things. We don’t have to be thankful for all things but you have to be thankful for all things. [In all things] In every situation, be thankful. The Bible says, “I will bless the Lord in all times, his praise will continually be in my mouth.”   5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses. Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? They kept singing the same old sad song, over and over and over; Rain drops keep falling on my head, nothing works out for me. Continue verse - For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and we loathe this light (contemptible, unsubstantial) manna. Say ungrateful, , murmuring, complaining grumbling, faultfinding, accusing. Watch verse 6 God got fed-up-with-it.   6Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died. They got a revelation, why do we have to wait until our situation is so desperate and finally woke up.   7And the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord, that He may take away the serpents from us”. So Moses prayed for the people. Oh, revelation! Why do people have to wait till there is such disaster and devastation in their lives and take responsibility and say we have got a problem and it’s not everybody else’s fault.   So the attitude that I have chosen to preach and teach about today is a thankful attitude. Because I will tell you something, a person that is a thankful is a powerful, powerful person. You would be amazed; being thankful can pull you out of depression, being thankful can save your marriage. It is amazing in a marriage if you showed gratitude to people for the things they do and not just murmur on what they don’t do.   I believe being a grateful person on your job, showing gratitude all the way through to your superiors and those in authority over you can save your job during a layoff. People just like people who are thankful. Your drawn to people who have that appreciative, grateful, thankful attitude. Nobody likes a murmurer, nobody likes a faultfinder, nobody likes a grumbler, and nobody likes a person with a critical spirit. I really believe, we have to be not like the world, we have to not find the things we don’t like, and concentrate on those. We need to just lift those up to God, pray about those things, we need to concentrate on the good things. We need to magnify the.. make the good things in a relationship bigger than the bad things. Make the good things about your home bigger than the bad things; Make the good things about your job bigger than the bad things,   If you don’t like your job there are probably a lot of people who would like to have it. Lets’ put a few things into perspective tonight: Just remember the homeless family that has no bed. Should you get stuck in traffic don’t despair there are people in the world who have no automobile. If you have a bad day at work, think of the man who has been out of work for three months. Should you despair over a relationship that is in trouble, think of the person who has never known how to love and be loved. Should you greave over the fact that your boss denied your request to work a four days week so you could have a three day weekend. Think of the woman in dire states that is working 12 hours a day 7 days a week for 10 dollars in a third world country just so she can feed her kids. You know many of you, and I am not exaggerating, there are many people in here today that make more per hour than some men in India for a whole month. Should your car break down leaving you a mile from assistance, think of the paraplegic that would love to have the opportunity to take that walk. So if you notice a new gray hair in the mirror, think of the cancer patient having chemotherapy that wishes they had some hair to examine. If you find yourself discouraged because you can’t decide what your life’s calling is, be thankful because there are those that didn’t live long enough to think about it. If you find yourself in other peoples bitterness, ignorance, smallness, and insecurities, remember things could be worse you could be them.   I Thessalonians 5:18 I really believe if we can have a good healthy reverential fear of grumbling, murmuring and complaining it would bring people into a brand new level in their walk with God. I think that a lot of people never enter the promised land just because they never stop being negative and complaining about a few things in their life that are not the way they want them to be. And I’ll tell you, this is something that you have to work at. Some people may be born thankful but I wasn’t one of them and so, I have to stand my ground and be determined that I not going to grumble and find fault. Yesterday we went to eat lunch and we got ready to leave the restaurant, it was pouring, absolutely, buckets of rain. We had one little umbrella that had been in the trunk of the car and when Larry got it out the wind caught it, and tore it up. So there really wasn’t any umbrella, and I really needed to get back to my room to get some rest and study. So we decided to try and dodge the rain drops, so when I got to my car the valet had the drivers side unlocked but my side was locked. I am trying not to get my hair wet because I didn’t want to have to wash it and start all over. Finally I got into the car and Dave said “attitude, attitude, attitude, attitude. Then he said something funny “look in front of you” and I looked up, and there were all kinds of women from the meeting with their umbrellas just watching me. Sometimes it is hard to remember that. Think, well God I don’t like the rain but I am grateful I can run. All I could remember at the time was getting wet.   I Thessalonians 5:18 18 Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], Now that is two different things. There are people who will tell you that they are thankful but they never, ever, ever tell you they are thankful. Continue verse for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will}.   We are encouraging you today to have a thankful attitude. I always say, “That when we complain we remain.” In other words, complaining about were we are at will not help us get to where we want to be. But when we praise God, we are raised out of our difficulties and promoted to a higher level. Praise is very powerful.   To know more check out “Attitudes of the Heart”.   A Thankful Heart