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Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You QUOTES

Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You QUOTES

1 " Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference(a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive]. ( Colossians 3:13 ) "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

2 " Take the helm and sail your own ship. Don't just get into the boat with nobody at the helm and merely hope that the waves of life take you somewhere good. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

3 " You can fight the feelings of depression by reminding yourself of blessings in your life. You can listen to music or sing. Even getting your mind off yourself by doing something kind for someone else will help immensely. Don't forget that our moods are connected to our thoughts; therefore, I urge you to take notice of what you're thinking about when you feel depressed. You may find the source of your problem. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

4 " Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

5 " I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

6 " [T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

7 " If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

8 " The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

9 " Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

10 " The three most harmful negative emotions are anger, guilt, and fear. And anger is number one. It is also the strongest and most dangerous of all passions. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

11 " Good relationships require a lot of hard work, education, and willingness to meet each other’s needs. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

12 " If we have to wait to see how we feel before we know if we can enjoy the day, then we are giving feelings control over us. But thankfully we have free will and can make decisions that are not based on feelings. If we are willing to make right choices regardless of how we feel, God will always be faithful to give us the strength to do so. Living the good life that God has made ready for us is based on our being obedient to His way of being and doing. He gives us the strength to do what is right, but we are the ones who must choose it… God won’t do it for us. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

13 " You will invest in something as you live your life, so make sure it is something that will pay dividends you will enjoy. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

14 " You can always tell God how you feel and ask for His help and strength, but talking about negative feelings just to be talking does no good at all. The Bible instructs us not to speak with idle (inoperative, nonworking) words (see Matt. 12:36). If negative feelings persist, asking for prayer or seeking advice is a good thing, but once again I want to stress that talking just to be talking is useless. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

15 " Hannah Whitehall Smith, the author of The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life, said, “God disciplines the soul by inward exercises and outward providences.” What she means is that God will put into our hearts the right thing to do in every situation, but if we choose not to do it, then He will allow our circumstances to become our teacher. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

16 " I can patiently wait for the things I want in life, trusting God to bring them in His timing. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

17 " Remember that we cannot judge the moral value of any action by how we feel. Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

18 " No matter what you might be going through right now, I encourage you to make a decision that God will bring you through, and you do not have to be afraid of lack in any area of your life because God is faithful. "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

19 " A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22) "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

20 " If someone hurts you, cry a river, then build a bridge and get over it. Unknown "

― Joyce Meyer , Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You