C.F. Joyce Quotes

We can get excited by thinking about what all we have or can have, OR we can get discouraged by thinking about what all we don't have.

Grace is not the freedom to sin; it is the power to live a holy life.

Our problems are God's opportunities.

I've discovered that when we take time to renew our minds with God's Word, we learn how to think like God thinks, say what God says, and act like He wants us to act.

If you make a mistake, it doesn't mean you're a mistake.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn't think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

I got kicked out of my church and lost all of my friends, but I realized that I had to obey God and not man.

I want to dedicate the rest of my life to spreading the love of Christ. Because God has done so much for me and has given me this platform to speak into millions of lives, I feel it is my duty...

People often ask me how I keep my priorities straight in life and I tell them that it is done by constantly straightening them out!

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!"

Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.

Unity increases power.

If you're missing joy and peace, you're not trusting God.

Unforgiveness is spiritual filthiness, so get washed in the water of God's Word to forgive and stay clean.

I just think overall there's not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

I believe it's easy to serve God if we learn to hear from Him before we struggle to do things for Him that He never asked us to do.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God.

I would never censor something to please someone. I don't play games.

It only takes one person to make a change...Let it begin with you.

In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in.

His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another.

Wow! you might actually have to act like a Christian sometimes!

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

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.

[T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable.

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

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

You can enjoy anything if you make up your mind to.

Patience is a fruit of the spirit that grows only under trial. It is useless to pray for patience. Well, actually I encourage you to pray for patience, but I'll tell you what you'll get TRIALS!

Today is a brand new beginning for me!

I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned for me.

If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says WOE to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home!

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

I can tell you from experience that God's help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

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.

We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy.

Too many Christians live their lives like slaves - to the devil - because they believe his lies more than they trust God.

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.

Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.

Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

The truth is God created us to have relationship with us. He wants to love us and take care of us, and He wants us to love Him. That's where our walk with Christ has to start.

Real life is the life that's in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you're in relationship with.

. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful.

For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain?

The denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives.