Blessed in the Mess Quotes

“and downcast, as many compromisers are. They want to be blessed, but they don’t choose to do what is right, and they live with the burden of a guilty conscience. They want the rewards of righteousness and the momentary fleshly pleasure of sin, which is not possible. People sometimes pay a high price for a cheap thrill.”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:1–3”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“God says in Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me.”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (ESV)”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. Psalm 147:3–5 (ESV)”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. Psalm 37:7–9 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“When you know who you are in Christ, you don’t need to prove yourself to others.”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“If you have never done so, I urge you to make a full surrender to God. Turn everything over to Him and get ready to be excited as you watch Him work all things out for your good. CONCLUSION All of us go through times in our lives when we say, “This situation is a mess!”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“know this from God’s Word, from my own experience, and from the testimony of thousands of other people: No matter how big of a mess you have in your life, or how big of a mess you are yourself, if you follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit and desire to be obedient to God, He will bring a double blessing into your life. Don’t think it is too late for you, because it is never too late to begin.”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“No matter what happens in a person’s life and no matter how negative or painful it may be, God can make it work out for the good of those who love Him and want His will (Romans 8:28).”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it” (Genesis 4:6–7). No one can do the wrong thing and get a right result.”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“Rick Warren says, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”36”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain

“I had to let God change me before my life would change.”
― Joyce Meyer, Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain