Tag: Jesus

Quotes On How To Seize Your Day

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Spirituality

‘God provides, and we choose!’- Joyce Meyer

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If you really want to seize your day, you have got to build your life on the foundation of love.

Because love is everything. When you are in love with your life, when you are creating a better you, you can do more things for yourself.

You can seize your day when you are ‘not independent from God.’ Because ‘God desires that we be dependent upon Him, not independent from Him.’

‘You may have had a bad start in your life, but you can have a great finish.’ Because it is not how you start, but how you finish that matters.

We are not perfect. ‘We don’t always make the right choices, but we can always recover from the wrong ones.’ Embrace your choices, but learn from the wrong ones.

You learn from your mistakes by focusing on what is more important to us. But ‘We should not let things be more important to us than God Himself is.’

When you believe in God, you are not afraid to face your fears, your doubt. ‘When doubt comes knocking on your door, answer with faith.

Because faith is everything. ‘We can use our time wisely by putting it into the will of God.’ Success comes from using your time wisely, when you are with the right people.

What you are doing right now is getting you ready for your tomorrow. Do not do things like there is no tomorrow. ‘We often live as if there is no tomorrow, and yet tomorrow always comes.’ There is always tomorrow. Prepare.

To prepare for tomorrow, you have got to get ready. Because ‘what we do in this life has eternal implications and significance!’ Whatever you do, do it well. Do it better than other people.

Because ‘our present life is not the final chapters; it is merely the opening one.’

Where you are right now in your life is not the end of your life. It is an opportunity to take charge of your life, to make your own decisons.

Because ‘if we don’t make our own decisions, then someone else or something else will decide for us.’ Do not let that happpen to you. ‘The only way to get your day started is to start with God.’

But God wants you to do your part. Right or wrong, good or bad, do not be scared to do your best. ‘Do the best you can and keep growing!’

You will keep growing if you ‘choose at least one thing you want to accomplish each day.’ Can you do that? What is that one thing that you want to get done? What is stopping you from doing it?

Remember, your time is limited. So use your time wisely. Because ‘each day we spend our time, and once it is spent we cannot get it back.’ If you want to grow, do not abuse your time. Because ‘your time is yours and you can put it into God’s will for your life.’

Do not complain about your time. Because you can control how you use your time. ‘Complaining is useless and changes nothing.’ If you do not know how you are using your time, ask yourself. Because ‘our time belong to us, and we can priotize it wisely if we truly want to.’

We get more done when we take care of how we use our time. Use your time wisely, but do things the right ways. Do not compromise. ‘Compromise always costs us in the long run.’

Don’t delay things. ‘Do today what you will be happy with tmorrow, and then tomorrow you won’t regret what you didn’t do today!’ Don’t waste your day. Use your day to educate yourself, to get better.

That is what wise people do. ‘The wise man always lets his mistakes educate him.’ That is why they are better than others. The wise are not afraid to face their fears, their mistakes. They know that they are learning, not failing.

The wise love what they are doing. They don’t worry about what they cannot change. Because ‘a day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.’

Instead of worrying yourself about what you cannot change, focus on forgiveness. Because ‘forgiveness is an attribute of strong people.’ And ‘God has provided total forgiveness and guilt-free living in Jesus.’

When you make mistakes, don’t get angry. Be determined to get better next time. Because ‘determination keeps us going when the going gets tough.’

Tough or not, don’t quit. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can get what you are chasing. ‘You can believe that ‘you can’, or ‘you can’t’ and either way you will be right.’ When things are tough, when people reject you, all you have left is yourself.

But do not let that stand in your way. Take your time to learn more about what you are doing. Because ‘a masterpiece is never created in a hurry.’ Don’t rush. ‘Slow down, enjoy the journey, and don’t rush. Life is too short, and rushing makes it shorter!’

Life is not about rushing ahead of others. It is about waiting for the right time. We get in trouble because ‘we don’t wait for things to happen to us; we happen to things!’

Wait for the right time, not the perfect time. Because there is no perfect time to do anything. But ‘give yourself time and room to be imperfect while you’re improving.’

Will you give yourself time to get better at what you are doing? You need it. That is what great learners do. They give themselves time to mature, to learn more about themselves. ‘The ability to move oneself to immediate action in dealing with what needs to be done is the trait of a successful person.’

And if you want to be successful, you must take responsibility for changing your life. Because ‘the only way things change is if we take responsibility to change them.’ If not, nothing is going to change.

To do that, to change yourself, you must first organize your life. Because ‘organization saves time and disorganization wastes it!’

Remember, if you want to make your dreams happen, you have got to take action. Do not just dream about where you are going, or what you want. If you are not careful, ‘your dream can become your nightmare if you don’t realize you need hard, order, and organization to see it become a reality.’

‘A better organization always equals less stress.’ That is what God wants you to do for yourself. God wants you to organize your life. ‘God loves us while we are changing just as much as He will once we have changed!’

Change is faster when we are doing it for the right reasons. If you want your change to last, believe that it will work. Because ‘anyone with true confidence has nothing to prove!’ Prove yourself to yourself, not to others.

Success is hard if you are just doing it to prove something to other people. If we are doing things to prove to other people how powerful we are, we won’t do really well. ‘We will do better in life if we desire to be useful rather than rich and famous.’

If you doing what you are doing to make a difference in the world, to help other people get what they want, then you are not proving yourself to other people. You are just doing your best. You are living your best life.

To really live well, to make a difference in the world, we must live for others. ‘If we are not living our lives to make someone else’s better, then we are not really living at all.’

But helping other people is not easy. It is better to help than not. Because ‘if we are not willing to risk what we have now, we will never find out what we could have.’

We take more risks when we love what we are doing. With passion, we can do more. Without it, we are not going anywhere. When things are tough, ‘passion keeps us going even in times when we want to give up.’

When things are tough, when you are alone, when you are chasing your dreams, stay positive. Why is that? Because ‘a positive mind leads to an energetic, enthusiastic life!’

But ‘don’t sit idly by and allow life to happen to you. Choose to live life ‘on purpose.’ Because a purposeful life is a meaningful life.

A purposeful life is an active life. It means you are not just here to waste your time, but to get things done.

To keep living, to keep doing, to keep changing, you have got ‘to keep swinging the bat.’ Do not change your mind. Because ‘God hasn’t changed His mind about right and wrong, but society has changed its mind.’

Do not change your mind. you are not a drifter. Instead, ‘offer to Jesus what you do have and watch Him multiply.’

And God will keep you in the game of life. But you must ‘make up your mind that you are going to finish no matter how long it takes.’

Remember, great things take time to grow. ‘Don’t let being ordinary stop or hinder you from trying to do something great.’ Do not give up. Follow your heart. Listen to people, but follow your heart.

But ‘don’t make the mistake of letting your mistakes cause you to give up!’ Just do your best. Yes, fear will try to talk you out of your dreams. Don’t fall for it.

‘You don’t have to struggle to change yourself because you are changed by the grace (undeserved favor and power) of God.’ Because ‘there is nothing more vital to living an effective, intentional, ‘on purpose’ life than a daily time with God.’

Just be you. You are not alone. God is with you. ‘God is very patient and will never give up on us.’ And do not give up on yourself. Because ‘we are capable of much more than we believe we are.’

When you are weak, to get yourself back up, ‘know who you are, hold your head up confidently, and enjoy the life that Jesus has provided for you.’

When we know who we are, ‘we don’t have to feel like doing what is right in order to do it.’ We just do it!

Because ‘the discipline of making the right choice no matter how one feels is the road to a successful life.’

Remember, ‘nothing good happens by accident.’ If you want to be successful, ‘you have got to take charge of your life.’

Source: Meyer, J. (2016). Seize the Day: Living on Purpose and Making Every Day Count. Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Quotes On Finding Your Purpose in Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Spirituality

‘Enjoy where you are on the way to where you are going.’- Joyce Meyer

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You are on your way to where you want to be. It is not going to be easy. But if you do not forget why you are doing it, you will get there.

The question is, according to Joyce Meyer, ‘Will you let hope be the anchor of your soul and spread hope everywhere you go?

As you go forward, as you pursue your dreams,

‘Don’t let what is happening around you make you unhappy.’ Because you are responsible for your happpiness.

‘There are ways to jump-start your gladness.’ Start where you are, with what you have, no matter how small.

‘God gives you the grace to forgive those who hurt you.’– Forgiveness is hard, but you can do it. If you do not forgive, you are hurting yourself, not them.

‘Your thoughts affect every area of your life.’ Change your thoughts, you change your feelings.

‘Trust God to work something positive out of everything that happens to you.’ Don’t dwell on what happened to you. Instead, use what happened to you to your own advantage.

‘Being thankful releases the power of the Holy Spirit in your life.’ Whatever is going on in your life, never forget to say, ‘Thank God.’

‘Being thankful for what you have is the quickest way to experience increase.’ If you want more things, then appreciate what you already have. More thanks, more things.

‘Thankful people feel less stress than those who are unhappy.‘ Happiness comes from appreciation. And unhappiness comes from ignoring what you have.

‘If you can smile, you have something to give that people need.’ Life is not about you. It is about other people. If you want to be happy, go make other people happy. Make them smile. Help them see what is possible.

‘God wants you to find your confidence and security in Him.’ Confidence comes from self-belief. And your self-belief comes from God. No matter what is happening in your life, ‘with God, all things are possible.’

‘God must work in us before He can work through us.’ The question is, ‘Will you?’

‘Are you ready to do anything God asks you to do? What is your answer? Are you willing to do your part? Remember, God is your partner. If you want things to get better for you, you must do your own part.

‘Keep doing what God has told you to do.’ Because God knows what is good for you. If it is not going to help you, God won’t give it to you. So keep working.

‘Seek God’s face, not His hand.’ Don’t move away from God. He has a great plan for your life. If you are struggling, remember who your Father is.

‘God won’t call you to do something that makes you miserable.’ God is perfect. Whatever you have, it is yours. If it is not, God won’t give it to you. Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean God doesn’t love you. He wants you to get better, to represent Him, and to make the world a better place.

‘To know what God puts in your heart, you must be quiet and still.’ If you want to hear God, you must be present.

‘God looks beyond the way things appear.’ Because God knows more than us. We are from God. Before He sees more than the ordinary things. God does not look at your face. He looks at your actions.

‘The heart is the storehouse from which you speak and make decisions.’ That is why God doesn’t look at what is going on around you. He looks at what you are doing to make things better. If you want to know someone, don’t look what they do, look at how they do it.

‘God will not shout above the noise in your life.’ God is everywhere. If you want to connect with Him, to hear Him speaks to you, then you must be there to listen. When we are still, we hear more.

‘If you walk by faith don’t be ashamed if you make some mistakes.’ When we are trying to grow, mistakes are part of the game. God is happy when we are not trying to be perfect. If you make a mistake, be happy. Learn from it, then move on.

‘Are you courageous enough to risk failure?’ Success comes from failure. God is not going to punish you for making mistakes. God wants you to grow, to succeed. To do that, God wants you to take risks. Because without risks, poverty is guranteed.

‘All your gifts must work together to see God’s will accomplished.’ When it comes to success, focus is everything.

‘Remain open for God to use you as He sees fit.’ What you are looking for in your life, God is making it right now. To get it, you must seek Him.

‘You receive everything God wants you to have through faith.’ Faith is your pillar. When you are in doubt, faith is your own way forward. Use it.

‘Resist the devil’s lies and believe the truth of God’s Word.’ What we are after is what God wants for us. But the devil doesn’t want us to have it.

‘If you have integrity, you do what you say you will.’ God loves people who have integrity, who do what they say they will do. Because integrity is everything. If you do not have it, you do not have anything. You must protect it before you lose it.

‘Satan will use high emotions to deceive you.’ That is okay. All you need to do is to focus on where you put your energy, what you think about, and what you do with your thoughts. If you can control your emotions, you can control your life.

‘You don’t have to feel bold to be bold.’ But you have got to act bold to be bold.

‘Anything you think God is speaking must agree with His Word.’ You can hear from God. But you have got to believe in what He has to say. And be willing to listen.

‘God’s voice is often not like thunder but more like a whisper.’ If you want to hear from God, you must be a good listener. Put your music down. Tell your mind that God is about to speak to you. And be there.

‘If you miss God’s direction, He will get you on the right track again.’ God is your provider. What you want is not going to come from anyone, but from God. Because He knows you. He knows who you are, what you want, when you want it, and how you are going to use it. He knows everything about you.

‘Do not expect God to tell you every move you need to make.’ God is your director. He will show you what to do, but not how to do it. So if you are really interested in your own growth, you must work with God, not against Him.

‘Do not lead your life according to what others tell you to do.’ God created you for a reason. And that reason is not to go after what other people are doing. The reason you are here is to write your own story. To do that, you must lead your life according to what God tells you to do.

‘When you do what you should be doing, you will feel fulfilled.’ Yes, it is true. Success doesn’t come from doing the wrong things. Success comes from doing the right things, the right ways.

‘God uses circumstances to help you find His will.’ Where you are right now, whatever is going on there, focus on what you can learn from it. When things are not going well, we are quick to blame other people. Do not do that. God is testing you. To pass your test, you must be patient.

‘Don’t always expect the spectacular.’ Why is that? Because God is after quality, not quantity.

‘Never doubt that God will come through for you.’ When you believe, nothing God cannot do for you.

‘Believe that God has put good things in you.’ ‘I believe that God has put amazing things in me.’

‘What you think about yourself can determine success or failure.’ What are you thinking about yourself? If you want to see positive things happen in your life, you must focus on positive thoughts. Remember, positive thoughts bring positive emotions. Do not focus on what you do not want to see in your life.

‘Believing the best allows you to keep your peace.’ Because you do not have to worry about anything.

‘Fully realize the importance of the people you associate with.’ Don’t miss this! When it comes to your success, your growth, your life, you don’t need negative people in your life. Don’t spend time with negative people. They are energy suckers. You need people who love you for who you are, not for what you do for them. Follow God, your Father. No matter what is going on in your life, you can beat it. Because you are an overcomer.

‘You are created for activity, not passivity.’ Before you make any decision, don’t forget God’s plan for your life. Do not do it alone. Do it with God. When you do something with God, your future is set. God will put you in the right place, a place where you can shine, where you can express your best self.

‘Do not lose opportunity by being lazy or refusing to do your part.’ When you don’t do your part, God won’t reward you. Because God is not lazy. God is a creator. He is a doer. If you are not going to do your part, God is not going to reward you.

‘If you know how something, you become responsible for doing it.’ That is what trying is about. If you dont try, you won’t fail. And if you don’t fail, you won’t succeed. To succeed, to make a difference in the world, you have got to do what you really know how to do, then you can teach it to others.

‘Nothing good can happen without action.’ When it comes to success, when it comes to growth, talk is not enough, but action is. To succeed in your life, you must act. To fail, to live an average life, don’t do anything. And nothing will happen.

‘A moment of prayer is better than a year of worry.’ Are you struggling to get things done? If you are, prayer alone is not going to do it. You must do these two things: 1, pray, 2, take action.

‘Christianity doesn’t begin with a do but with a done.’ God has done everything for us. But to make God proud, we must take care of what God has done for us. We must apprciate what God has done for us.

‘Respect the opinions of others even when they don’t agree with yours.’ That is how we grow. Because no one is good enough to know everything. If you are all you know, then you are all you will ever know. That is not good. Because we grow when we have the courage to be with other people, to learn from other people.

‘Be assured that God loves you unconditionally.’ God is not interested in what you are not good at. God is after what you are good. He does not care about your mistakes. He cares about who you are, who you really are.

If you want to honor God, don’t focus on what you are terrible at. Because that is not what God wants you to do. Because you are good at more things than you think.

‘It is God’s will that those who live in darkness will see the light through you.’ That is true. Because there are many people out there who are about to give up on themselves, on what they are doing. My message is: ‘Don’t do it! You are almost there. God is watching!’

‘Negative people lose their opportunities in life.’ Isn’t that obvious? Who wants to be around a negative person, let alone doing something together? I won’t.

Before you go, no matter what is going on in your life, you are not alone. God is with you. He loves you. He wants you to grow, to do great things in your life. And you can. Start right now!

Source: Meyer, J. (2024). Finding God’s Will for Your Life: Discovering the Plans God has for You. Hachette Book Group, Inc.