Showing posts with label Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Topic: Leave Your Worries Behind [Joyce Meyer Devotional 4 January 2020]


Topic: Leave Your Worries Behind [Joyce Meyer Devotional 4 January 2020]

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. — Philippians 4:7 (NKJV)

Did you know that when you have lost your peace of mind you have the power to regain it? Any time you find that you are worrying, fretful, or anxious about anything, release the problem to God through a simple heartfelt prayer and purposely think about something in your life that is good!

Friday, January 3, 2020

Topic: New Opportunities [Joyce Meyer Devotional 3 January 2020]


Topic: New Opportunities [Joyce Meyer Devotional 3 January 2020]

Do not remember the former things, or ponder the things of the past. Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing…. — Isaiah 43:18-19 (AMP)

In today’s scripture, God says He is doing a new thing. As you move into the future He has for you, you will encounter all kinds of new opportunities, and challenges. The days ahead will be full of new expe­riences, things you have never done before. You may not know how to do them, but you will learn. Everything you are doing today was new to you at one time—and look, now you can do it.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Topic: Prayer as the First Option, Not the Last Resort [Joyce Meyer Devotional 21 November 2019]


Topic: Prayer as the First Option, Not the Last Resort [Joyce Meyer Devotional 21 November 2019]

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. — Matthew 7:8

One day I woke up with a throbbing headache. I walked around with that miserable headache almost all day, telling everybody I met about how terrible I felt—until I finally realized that I had complained most of the day and had never taken the time to simply pray and ask God to take the pain away.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Topic: Get in the Flow [Joyce Meyer Devotional 20 November 2019]


Topic: Get in the Flow [Joyce Meyer Devotional 20 November 2019]

You cause them to drink of the stream of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light. O continue Your loving-kindness to those who know You, Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart. — Psalm 36:8–10 (AMPC)

I have never been much of a swimmer. I may not be the best at fighting the current, but I can float. It is wonderful just to trust the water to keep us up and go with the flow. We can trust God to keep us afloat through the rapids and lead us to still waters.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Topic: Self-Acceptance [Joyce Meyer Devotional 13 November 2019]


  Topic: Self-Acceptance [Joyce Meyer Devotional 13 November 2019]
For those whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. — Proverbs 3:12 (AMP)

Perhaps you have been struggling with accepting yourself. You see the areas in yourself where change is necessary. You desire to be like Jesus. Yet it is very difficult for you to think or say, “I accept myself.” You feel that to do so would be to accept all that is wrong with you, but that is not the case. We can accept and embrace ourselves as God’s unique creation, and still not like everything we do.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Topic: Realistic Expectations [Joyce Meyer Devotional 7 November 2019]

Topic: Realistic Expectations [Joyce Meyer Devotional 7 November 2019]


But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — 2 Corinthians 12:9

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Topic: Jesus’ Tough Love Tactics [Joyce Meyer Devotional 17 October 2019]


Topic: Jesus’ Tough Love Tactics [Joyce Meyer Devotional 17 October 2019]

…He then said to the paralytic—”Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” — Matthew 9:6

Although Jesus had compassion for hurting people, He never merely felt sorry for them. And whenever possible he helped them help themselves. He instructed them to take some particular action, and frequently His instructions were shocking.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Topic: Run to God, Not from Him [Joyce Meyer Devotional 16 October 2019]

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. — John 6:37

When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, they tried to hide from God, and they sewed some fig leaves together hoping to hide their nakedness (see Genesis 3:7).

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Topic: The Power of Doing Good [Joyce Meyer Devotional 8 October 2019]

Topic: The Power of Doing Good [Joyce Meyer Devotional 8 October 2019]

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. — Acts 10:38 (NIV)

Monday, October 7, 2019

Topic: Today May Be “One of Those Days” [Joyce Meyer Devotional 7 October 2019]


Topic: Today May Be “One of Those Days” [Joyce Meyer Devotional 7 October 2019]

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. — 1 Corinthians 16:13

Have you ever had “one of those days” where nothing went right, yet you were hesitant to pray because you didn’t know where God might lead you? God won’t always ask you to do something; sometimes He just wants to talk to you.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Topic: Be Willing and Yielded [Joyce Meyer Devotional 1 October 2019]


Topic: Be Willing and Yielded [Joyce Meyer Devotional 1 October 2019]

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? — Romans 8:31

You do not have to depend on your own human efforts to overcome adversity and opposition or to earn favor and win promotion. When God is ready to move in your life, He will give you favor and promotion—and no devil in hell or person on earth will be able to prevent it from happening.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Topic: Enjoying the Journey [Joyce Meyer Devotional 26 September 2019]

Topic: Enjoying the Journey [Joyce Meyer Devotional 26 September 2019]

But Martha was very busy and distracted with all of her serving responsibilities; and she approached Him and said, “Lord, is it of no concern to You that my sister has left me to do the serving alone?…” — Luke 10:40 (AMP)

I believe that life should be a celebration. Far too many believers don’t even enjoy life, let alone celebrate it. Many people truly love Jesus Christ and are on their way to heaven, but very few are enjoying the trip. For many years I was one of those people…I was like Martha!

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Topic: Learning to Expect Good Things [Joyce Meyer Devotional 25 September 2019]

Topic: Learning to Expect Good Things [Joyce Meyer Devotional 25 September 2019]

All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances]. — Proverbs 15:15 (AMPC)

Shortly after I began to seriously study the Bible, I felt an oppressive atmosphere around me. Everything seemed gloomy—as if something bad was going to happen. It wasn’t anything I could explain, just a vague, dreaded sense of something evil or wrong about to happen.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Topic: You Can Be Brave [Joyce Meyer Devotional 24 September 2019]

Topic: You Can Be Brave [Joyce Meyer Devotional 24 September 2019]

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — John 1:12

“To get” means to obtain by struggle and effort, but “to receive” means to simply take in what is being offered. Our relationship with God was never intended to be complicated and based upon our own works. The more we learn how to receive from God by faith, the simpler and more enjoyable our walk with Him becomes.

Friday, September 20, 2019

Topic: Attitude Is Everything [Joyce Meyer Devotional 20 September 2019]


Topic: Attitude Is Everything [Joyce Meyer Devotional 20 September 2019]

…He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. — 1 Corinthians 10:13 (AMPC)

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Topic: Cultivate Healthy Relationships [Joyce Meyer Devotional 18 September 2019]


Topic: Cultivate Healthy Relationships [Joyce Meyer Devotional 18 September 2019]

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. — Proverbs 18:24

Everyone wants friends, and God wants us to have them. He encourages relationships throughout His Word, but it is important to have healthy, safe, and godly relationships.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Topic: Don’t Keep Records [Joyce Meyer Devotional 17 September 2019]

Topic: Don’t Keep Records [Joyce Meyer Devotional 17 September 2019]

…Love…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]. — 1 Corinthians 13:5 (AMPC)

Love forgives; it does not hold a grudge. It is not touchy, easily offended, nor is it fretful or resentful. Some people get their feelings hurt about everything. It is very difficult to be in a relationship with people like this. We have many opportunities every day to get offended; each time we must make a choice.

Monday, September 16, 2019

Topic: Let Peace Be Your Umpire [Joyce Meyer Devotional 16 September 2019]

Topic: Let Peace Be Your Umpire [Joyce Meyer Devotional 16 September 2019]

Let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts.… — Colossians 3:15 (AMPC)

I try to run my life by finding peace. If I am shopping, I don’t buy something if I don’t have peace about it. If I am involved in a conversation and find myself losing my peace, I become quiet. When I make decisions, I look at the options before me and see where the peace is. When I am trying to discern between the voice of God and the other voices that compete for my attention, I listen to see which voice or message brings the peace of God into my heart.

Friday, September 13, 2019

Topic: Don’t Quit! [Joyce Meyer Devotional 13 September 2019]

Topic: Don’t Quit! [Joyce Meyer Devotional 13 September 2019]

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. — Galatians 6:9 (AMPC)

“I’ve been a Christian for 23 years,” Cheryl said. “I’m just not getting anywhere. I’m as weak as I was when I first accepted Christ as my Savior. I still fail. I just don’t know if it’s worth it.”

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she continued to talk about her failures. “By now I know all the right things to do, but I don’t do them. Sometimes I deliberately do something mean-spirited or unkind. What kind of Christian am I?”

“Probably a growing Christian,” I said. A startled look appeared on Cheryl’s face. “Growing? Did you hear—?”

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Topic: There’s Great Value in Variety [Joyce Meyer Devotional 11 September 2019]

Topic: There’s Great Value in Variety [Joyce Meyer Devotional 11 September 2019]

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. — Ecclesiastes 5:18