Joyce Meyer : (16) " I like to work and am a focused person. " - Joyce Meyer " Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing. " - Joyce Meyer " Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God. " - Joyce Meyer " I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn’t want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. " - Joyce Meyer " We live in an imperfect world, and imperfect people surround us every day. " - Joyce Meyer " Jesus didn’t die for us so we could pretend to be something we’re not. " - Joyce Meyer " 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 " When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him. " - Joyce Meyer " I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success. " - Joyce Meyer " Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live. " - Joyce Meyer