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don’t fail to walk in love

It is difficult to keep showing love to someone who never seems to appreciate it, but we are not responsible for how others act; we are only responsible for our own actions. Make the decision to do what is right no matter what anyone else does, and you will be a happy person. Don’t fail to walk in …

—p.38 Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally The Character of Love (25) by Joyce Meyer
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God forgives and forgets our sins

I want to say again: The best way not to remember the evil that has been done to you is to forget it as quickly as possible. Don’t keep a mental list and keep reminding yourself of the things that have been done to you, or you will never get over them. God forgives and forgets our sins, which is wh…

—p.35 The Character of Love (25) by Joyce Meyer
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it is what we think of ourselves that really matters

We are never truly free until we feel no need to impress anyone. If and when we reach that point, then we can rest internally and live without concern about what people think of us. We know that what they think is between them and God, and that what they think cannot hurt us. It is what we think of…

—p.70 Disagree Agreeably (64) by Joyce Meyer
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it is how we treat people

Having a desire to please God doesn’t mean we will enjoy loving people who are hard to love. Remember, love is much more than a feeling. It is how we treat people. God isn’t asking us to let people abuse us, but He is asking us not to give up on them simply because they are difficult to deal with. …

—p.20 Loving People Who Are Hard to Love (13) by Joyce Meyer
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God loved you when you were hard to love

When you find yourself faced with someone who is hard to love, thinking about how God loved you when you were hard to love will help. The first step toward loving people who are hard to love is to pray for ourselves to have a godly attitude and to remember that God loved us when we were hard to lov…

—p.17 Loving People Who Are Hard to Love (13) by Joyce Meyer