Top 500 Joyce Meyer Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “We often say God is never late, but generally He isn’t early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.”

— Joyce Meyer

402. “The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.”

— Joyce Meyer

403. “Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren’t happening.”

— Joyce Meyer

404. “The best way to have the last word is to apologize.”

— Joyce Meyer

405. “Pray that God will open the doors you can’t open and close the doors that need to be closed.”

— Joyce Meyer

406. “When we trust God more than our feelings, it confuses the devil. I mean, when he throws you his best shot and he can’t budge you from believing God, he won’t know what to do with you anymore.”

— Joyce Meyer

407. “God can’t drive a parked car.”

— Joyce Meyer

408. “Don’t judge other people. For example, if you want God’s anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents.”

— Joyce Meyer

409. “I want to let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like I’m a success. That’s right. There are plenty of times when I feel like I’ve just totally messed up and failed to connect with the people I’m trying to communicate with.”

— Joyce Meyer

410. “There’s no such thing as trust unless you have unanswered questions in your life. If you know everything, theres nothing to trust God for.”

— Joyce Meyer

411. “Everywhere you look you see people searching for love but they’re looking in the wrong places. God is love, and they will never find what they’re looking for until they find Him.”

— Joyce Meyer

412. “You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!”

— Joyce Meyer

413. “There is no power in your name or my name, but there is awesome power in the name of Jesus because of everything he represents.”

— Joyce Meyer

414. “I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn’t taught by men – it’s a gift from God.”

— Joyce Meyer

415. “Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.”

— Joyce Meyer

416. “One mistake does not have to rule a person’s entire life.”

— Joyce Meyer

417. “It pleases our heavenly Father when we acknowledge and confess to Him our inability to run our own lives. That is what we are doing when we say, “Father, help me! I need You!””

— Joyce Meyer

418. “Small beginnings are the launching pad to great endings.”

— Joyce Meyer

419. “God’s first line of defense – and offense – for every situation is prayer.”

— Joyce Meyer

420. “Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.”

— Joyce Meyer

421. “If you can manage to be thankful in every situation, really believing that God is working everything out for your good, you will end up with the victory every single time.”

— Joyce Meyer

422. “The biggest black eye that you can give the devil is to give God your pain and let Him turn it into gain.”

— Joyce Meyer

423. “The way anything is developed is through practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice and more practice.”

— Joyce Meyer

424. “Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter’s wheel. You are not the potter!”

— Joyce Meyer

425. “Anger is the fruit of rotten roots.”

— Joyce Meyer

426. “Don’t just let the devil use your mind as a garbage dump.”

— Joyce Meyer

427. “Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don’t deserve it.”

— Joyce Meyer

428. “Enjoyment of life is not based on enjoyable circumstances. It is an attitude of the heart, a decision to enjoy everything because everything – even little, seemingly insignificant things – have a part in the overall “big picture” of life.”

— Joyce Meyer

429. “I’m sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.”

— Joyce Meyer

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430. “When it comes to our everyday habits, it’s important to ask: ‘Am I putting God first?’”

— Joyce Meyer

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431. “Make sure you are doing what is important to God-not just what is important to everyone else you know.”

— Joyce Meyer

432. “Satan takes our circumstances and builds strongholds in our lives – how he wages war on the battlefield of the mind. But, thank God, we have weapons to tear down the strongholds. God doesn’t abandon us and leave us helpless. First Corinthians 10:13 promises us that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, but with every temptation He will also provide the way out, the escape.”

— Joyce Meyer

433. “Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what’s been on your mind so you can think about what you’ve been thinking about.”

— Joyce Meyer

434. “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

435. “Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is ‘not complex or complicated; sincere.’”

— Joyce Meyer

436. “Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do.”

— Joyce Meyer

437. “Teenagers are people too!”

— Joyce Meyer

438. “If you’re gonna be free, you gotta stop caring what everyone thinks.”

— Joyce Meyer

439. “If you want a testimony, you are going to have a test.”

— Joyce Meyer

440. “I’m only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else’s life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there’s no point in me blaming you for what’s wrong in my life.”

— Joyce Meyer

441. “People are born to be free; it’s a gift from God.”

— Joyce Meyer

442. “Value the unconditional love of God more than the conditional approval of other human beings, and you will overcome rejection.”

— Joyce Meyer

443. “When you live in the garden of hope, something is always blooming!”

— Joyce Meyer

444. “Wisdom always waits for the right time to act, while emotion always pushes for action right now!”

— Joyce Meyer

445. “If you’re fighting moodiness and depression you don’t want to hang around a bunch of other moody and depressed people.”

— Joyce Meyer

446. “Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God’s acceptance and approval of us.”

— Joyce Meyer

447. “Don’t be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.”

— Joyce Meyer

448. “When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.”

— Joyce Meyer

449. “You may think that if someone else doesn’t change, you can never be happy. But if you change, you can be happy no matter what.”

— Joyce Meyer

450. “Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.”

— Joyce Meyer