JOYCE ... on mistakes and failures: “Refuse to spend your days focused on your mistakes. Don’t sit around thinking and talking about past failures. Let them go, and allow God to bring beauty from those ashes. Take hope in the knowledge that God redeems every situation. He can use the mistakes of your past to prepare you for your future. The mistakes you made, the lessons you learned, the forgiveness you received – God can use it all.”

JOYCE ... on running out of time: “Some people say that God shows up at the last second, but I don’t believe that. I believe God shows up at the perfect second! God is not rushing to beat a deadline. He isn’t saying, ‘Oh, I’ve got to hurry up. I’m almost out of time!’ The opposite is true; He is divinely orchestrating His perfect plan for your life. As you study the Word of God, you see phrases like ‘in due time’ (1 Peter 5:6), ‘at the appointed time’ (Habakkuk 2:3), and ‘at the proper time’ (Galatians 4:4). These phrases describe a Master clock-builder [God] who accounts for every second, and always knows the right thing to do at the right time.”

JOYCE ... on waiting: “I didn’t even start the ministry that I have now until I was 42 years old. I had been teaching the Bible for 10 years before that – five years in home Bible studies, and five years in someone else’s ministry – but I didn’t start our ministry until I was 42. I want to encourage you to trust that when God gets you where He wants you to be, and He gets you in the condition He wants you to be in, He can fast-track your success. [...] Just because you’re 30 (or 40 or 50 or whatever) and you don’t know yet what God is going to do with you ... it’s not over! We must refuse to live our lives trying to figure everything out all the time. I’ve learned this firsthand.”