Promises for Your Everyday Life

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Becoming One Means Enjoying Each Other

'beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear. '
1 Peter 3:2

You can have such fun in your marriage when you begin to enjoy each other. Do you know that God did not put you together to be miserable? He didn't put you together to fight, pick on each other or try and change each other.

The Bible says specifically that a woman is to enjoy her husband, but I believe this scripture applies to both sides of a marriage. However, I rarely hear a woman say, "You know what? I really enjoy my husband," or hear a man say, 'I'm enjoying my wife.' But in marriage, God wants us to enjoy each other. He wants you and your spouse to laugh and have fun together. I realize it's not always easy.

Marriage definitely has its challenges, but despite your differences, ask God to show you wonderful things about your spouse. Ask Him to help you see your spouse the way He does, because He loves them and died for them just like He did for you. When you have God's perspective of each other, joy will just naturally fill your heart, and you'll be able to enjoy your spouse.

Prayer Starter: God, I want to enjoy my spouse. Even when marriage is difficult, help me to find joy and have fun with them by seeing them the way You do.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Don't Meditate on the Little Disappointments

'I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways. '
Psalms 119:15

Deep hurt doesn't just come from huge disappointments, like when we fail to get the job or promotion we really wanted. Deep emotional hurt can come from a series of minor annoyances and frustrations. That's why we must know how to handle the small, daily disappointments and keep them in perspective. When you focus on something continually, it's called meditation.

The little frustrations that come up every day are annoying on their own, but when they pile up, it almost seems impossible to meditate on anything else. But instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. Life might get you down, but you don't have to stay down. God is ready, willing and able to pick you up.

When disappointment weighs on you, you can either let it press you down, or you can use it as a stepping-stone to better things. Choose to face disappointment at its onset by meditating on God's ways. He has better things for you, and He will help you defeat disappointment.

Prayer Starter: God, like Psalm 119:15 says, I will meditate on Your Word, not the little disappointments that try to press me down. Life can be discouraging, but Your Word is so encouraging, I know I can overcome the discouragement by looking to You!

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Choose Better Thoughts, Reap a Better Life

'The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. '
Proverbs 18:21


This scripture clearly says that death and life are in the words we speak. It's so important that we learn to control our mouths, but we need to make sure we do it the right way. I think some people try to control their mouths but do nothing about their thoughts.

That's like pulling off the top of a weed, unless the root is dug up, the weed always comes back. You'll never control your mouth unless you first learn to control your mind. We're constantly tempted to think wrong thoughts, but we don't have to accept them.

We have a choice! We can purposely choose right thinking so that we can then choose right speaking. You can choose life-generating thoughts by hearing, reading, thinking and talking about God and His Truth. What's inside you will find its way outside, so when you fill your mind with good, positive, powerful, life-giving things from God, positive, powerful, life-giving words will naturally follow.

Prayer Starter: Holy Spirit, I want to change my thoughts so that I can speak life-giving words. Help me fill my thoughts with Your Truth so that my words reflect You.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Be in the World, Not of It!

'I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one . They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. '
John 17:15-16

Many people today are living in a perpetual state of overloaded, stretching themselves to the limit. As a result, they're on the verge of collapse. Even the atmosphere seems to be charged with all kinds of stress, pressure, discouragement and negativity. But the good news is that, as Christians, although we may be in the world, according to John 17, we are not of the world.

We don't have to operate by the world's system, reacting like the world. Our attitude and approach should be entirely different. The world responds to difficulties by being upset and discouraged, but Jesus said in John 14:27 (AMP) that we should stop allowing ourselves to be agitated, disturbed or upset. This verse indicates that our attitude can be different from the world's.

I've noticed that the right attitude and approach can completely turn a situation around. The right attitude opens the door for God to work supernaturally and help you. The right attitude is what allows you to be in the world but not of it, even when you're surrounded by it.

Remember that Jesus has deprived the world of its power to harm us, and because we are in Christ, we are able to approach the challenges we face in life in a calm, confident manner.

Prayer Starter: God, You said that even though I am in the world, I don't have to be of it. I choose Your attitudes and mindsets today. Even in the midst of this world, I choose to respond with Your peace and the mind of Christ.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Confess Your Faults to People You Trust

'For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light. '
Luke 8:17

Why don't we ever talk about our faults and weaknesses? Why don't we want to bring things like that into the open? It's because we're afraid of what people will think. We're afraid of being rejected, misunderstood, or unloved by those we care about or that they might have a different opinion of us if they really knew all about us. But confessing our faults is important for emotional healing.

The Bible says that all hidden things will eventually be disclosed, so we might as well share our hurts and weaknesses today with people that we trust. When I finally worked up the courage to share with someone about the abuse from my past, it was incredibly difficult emotionally. But now when I talk about my past, it's as though I'm talking about somebody else's problems.

The process of confessing the pain and weaknesses in my life brought healing and restoration. Pray and ask God to show you who you can trust, and then commit yourself to a relationship of openness and honesty with them. As you share together, you will bring God's healing to each other.

Prayer Starter: Holy Spirit, show me who You've placed in my life that I can share my faults, weaknesses and hurts with. I want to open the door to greater healing in my life and in theirs.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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The High Cost of Low Living

'For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? '
Matthew 16:26

Satan tempts us to live a low life, but God tempts us to come up higher. One of the worst mistakes we can make is to get complacent, thinking that what we have right now is okay. A mindset of low expectations holds us back because God can only do through us what we believe for. Be careful not to get in an 'okay place' spiritually. I don't want to be average because I don't serve an average God. God is a God of excellence, and I want to follow His example.

And like the scripture above says, we can gain all the world has to offer and end up forfeiting the blessed life He has for us. Low living has a high cost. Nothing is worth giving up the wonderful, peaceful, joyful, righteous, holy life we can have in Christ here on earth. If you spend your life resisting the will of God and living your way, you're living the low life. God wants you to be blessed, but He doesn't want you trying to provide it for yourself. He doesn't want you to seek things or put things ahead of Him.

Remember that as we seek first God and His kingdom, all of the blessings He has in store for us will come. And that's living the high life!

Prayer Starter: Lord, I don't want to settle for a low life. Help me to keep my focus on You, so that I can live the high life of Your kingdom today.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Courage to Be Yourself

'In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me? '
Psalms 56:4

Are you tired of playing games, wearing masks or trying to be someone other than yourself? Wouldn't you like the freedom to just be accepted for who you are, without the pressure to be someone you really don't know how to be? Would you like to learn how to embrace your uniqueness and resist the pull to be like everyone else?

If you're going to overcome insecurities and be the person God's called you to be, you must have the courage to be different. Unhappiness and frustration happen when we reject our uniqueness and try to be like each other. You're going to have to take a chance on not being like everyone else. You must ask yourself, am I a people pleaser or a God pleaser?

It's not worth it to try and please man, because God didn't make you to live for other people's approval. God knew what He was doing when He made you. You are a unique individual, God created you the way you are! It's time that you dare to accept yourself as different and stop being insecure about who you are.

Prayer Starter: God, I will not fear man. You did not design me to live for the approval of others. Today, I dare to be different. I want to be a God pleaser, living as the unique individual You created me to be.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Do Unto Others

'All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets. ' Matthew 7:12

I'm sure we lose a lot of blessings we never even know about simply because we fail to do for others what we would like to have done for us. We always want to be blessed by others, but do we take the initiative to unselfishly bless them first? If your marriage, family, or friendships aren't what you would like them to be, you could literally turn them around by adopting this one principle right now.

You may have been waiting for your spouse to do something for you. Maybe you have even been stubbornly refusing to help a friend because you want them to help you first. Living this way can be selfishly comfortable, but things will never change until you decide to actively change them.

It's time to swallow your pride and save your relationships. Instead of sitting around, focusing on yourself, waiting for blessings to come your way, it's time to actively make sacrifices and serve the people God has placed in your life. Be a servant and make others the focus. Instead of feeling rejected and ignored, you'll be amazed at how your relationships improve when you treat others the way you want to be treated.

Prayer Starter: God, I have nothing to gain by living a selfish life. Instead of waiting for people to be good to me, I'm going to be good to them first, treating them the way I want to be treated.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Love Yourself So You Can Love

'The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” '
Mark 12:31

Others It's tough to enjoy life when you don't like yourself. People who haven't learned to accept and get along with themselves tend to have more difficulty accepting and getting along with others. I personally spent years having a hard time getting along with people, until I finally realized through the Word of God how my difficulty with other people was actually "rooted" in my difficulties with myself.

The Bible says a good tree will bear good fruit, and a rotten tree will bear rotten fruit. Likewise, the "fruit" of our lives comes from the "root" within us. If you're rooted in shame, guilt, inferiority, rejection, lack of love and acceptance, etc., the fruit of your relationships will suffer.

However, once you have a revelation of God's unconditional love for you and begin to accept yourself and others, eventually these new roots will produce good fruit, and your relationships will thrive.

What are your roots planted in? Examine your heart today and pray that God will firmly plant you in the soil of His love, so that you can genuinely love yourself and then love others. Make sure you are rooted in Him today.

Prayer Starter: God, I want to be rooted in Your love for me. Without Your love, I can't love myself or others, so I receive it today.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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Receive God's Grace

'But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. '
Romans 5:15

Grace is the power of God to live the way He's called you to live. God, however, won't give us the grace to be disobedient. If He's telling us not to do something that we decide to do anyway, we'll experience the painful loss of His anointing. Grace equals ability. God gives us grace to match our call. When we do our own thing, we do it on our own.

When we follow His leading, He always supplies the grace and the energy to do what He's calling us to do. The best part is that while we do have to choose to receive His grace, we don't have to do anything to earn it. When you choose to follow God's call, He's ready and willing to help you.

Jesus died to cover your sins so that you can walk righteously before God with access to the Holy Spirit who can help you navigate everyday life. I urge you today to make sure you're in a position to receive His grace and ability. If you're trying to pursue your own path, tell God that you want to follow Him and ask Him for help. He will always be faithful to provide His grace to you

Prayer Starter: Holy Spirit, I can't live life successfully without Your grace in my life. I want to follow Your call, and I ask You to help me to daily live the way You want me to live.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​

 

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God Can Use Your Greatest Trials for Good

'You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. ' Genesis 50:20

God spoke this to my heart awhile ago: "Joyce, you see to the end of your nose (which isn't very far), and you assume that anything that doesn't feel good isn't good. But I see from beginning to end because I am The Beginning and The End, and I know many things you don't know." We know in part, but God knows all.

In Genesis 50:20, Joseph is speaking to his brothers, who had severely mistreated him. When they threw him into a pit and sold him into slavery, they thought they were working against him, but really, God had a plan to use those trials to promote Joseph to a place of great influence. Sometimes the very things we think are awful turn out to be a great blessing.

The greatest trial can develop in you the greatest faith. You might be at the bottom of a pit, but God has a plan to use that pit to promote you in His call on your life. Remember, God can see all, and He will use those trials for your good.

Prayer Starter: God, I can't see 'past my nose,' but I trust You because I know that You see all. I believe that You can take my trials and bring good out of them.

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional​