The Joy of an Uncluttered Life by Joyce Meyer Book Review

Joyce Meyer has written a brand-new devotional featuring ways to combat stress and to live your life in peace. Most of us are struggling with feeling stressed, burned out on living, frustrated that things aren’t going our way, burdened down by our problems, and much more. She shared how we can have joy, peace, and fulfillment again. She explained how at times she was so very overwhelmed and was complaining about her schedule then she realized that she was the one who was making her schedule. She revealed how even in scripture, Jesus stated that he has come to let us enjoy life and it more abundance to the fullest. 

 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters discussed how to know God is on our side. She begins by explaining how 10% of people won’t like us. Sometimes we can’t even do anything to change that. There are people who will accept us and like us. We have to remember that God is for us and it doesn’t matter who is against us. He will never leave us or forsake us. Joyce shared how we should focus on what we do have in life and not on what we feel like we are missing. One of the tips, she had for us is to focus on Jesus and don’t get upset when people don’t like us. God is for us and through Him we are able to do whatever we are called to do in life. 

 

 

Another favorite chapter was focusing on one task at a time. She explained now more effective we can be if we choose to focus on one task at hand. We can learn to stay concentrated and disciplined. She shared how in scripture we are told to not be anxious about anything. We need to learn to practice on living one day at a time and not worried about the future or what could happen. We need to learn to enjoy the current activity we are doing. This will in turn cause us to enjoy our lives more. 

 

 

I would recommend this inspiring devotional to anyone is ready to experience life more and they are tired of being burdened down by their problems. The principles enclosed in this devotional can assist you in improving the outlook on your life and help you to live it more abundantly. It was a very easy and quick daily read and you need to put into practice what you are reading to really grow. 

 

 

“I received this book free from Hachette Book Group/ Faith Words for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Uncluttered-Life-Joyce-Meyer-ebook/dp/B0CK8CNCDS/

The Pathway to Success: Letting God Lead You to a Life of Meaning and Purpose by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In The Pathway to Success, Joyce Meyer explored the real meaning of being successful and understanding what God considers success. The world thinks we are successful if we have a good career, become famous, being wealthy, and receiving recognition. Scriptures explain that we are to be in the world but not of the world. A number of people we view as successful really are struggling with addictions behind the scenes and have poor relationships. Joyce teaches readers that our identity isn’t found in what we do. It is instead found in whose we are. Our true value is in our relationship with Christ. She walks readers through how we must first discover what’s in our hearts and what our purpose is. In the book, she opened up about her journey to her ministry. She included her story about her abuse, first marriage, divorce, marrying Dave, and growing her ministry through the different stages. 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite chapter was about words and how our thought affect our success. It first begins in our thoughts and then they will produce the words that will come out of our mouths. It has been estimated that the average person has 6,000 thoughts a day and often it is mixed with both positive and negative thoughts. We get to choose which we think about on a daily basis. She explained how critical it is to be extremely careful in how we talk about things and the danger in not allowing them to match up in our prayer life. We must pray and believe that good things will happen. We can see ourselves as successful and believe it. She teaches readers on how to rely on our faith and to speak words that will exercise faith and not allowing fear to control us. I also liked how she enclosed a special section about people who have succeeded and tips on how others have been able to do so. One of the ways is turning failure into a fresh start. 

 

 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who ready to get on the path to success. In immensely loved the core message of this book and how God sees our success and what He views as being successful. I loved how she explained the importance of putting God first in our lives and how this will impact and change our entire lives. Another impactful lesson is the section on ten things God’s word says about us. These are very powerful scriptures to let get down into our spirit and let it change us. This book contains a vast knowledge of what is means to be successful. 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Faith Works for my honest review.”

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Pathway-Success-Letting-Meaning-Purpose/dp/1546029222/

Managing Your Emotions: Daily Wisdom for Remaining Stable in an Unstable World, a 90 Day Devotional by Joyce Meyer Book Review

 

In Managing Your Emotions, Joyce Meyer has written a brand new 90-day devotional to help readers to combat their emotions and not allowing them to run wild. Joyce explained how readers can live beyond their emotions and we can choose ahead of time what our tone for the day will be. This book is geared to help you make good choices.  She used Deuteronomy 30:19 as a reminder on the importance of life and death, blessing and curses, and how we get to choose. Each day contained a verse, a short story and teaching, and a prayer. 

 

 

One of my favorite days discussed how the handle emotions when we are under pressure. She explained how when we want to test something we put pressure on it to see how it works and what it will do. God does the same thing. Often times, He will allow us to encounter situations and challenges that will require us to pass the course before we can move on. She shared an example about being tested in integrity. A cashier could accidently give us back more change and we are being tested to see if we will return it or keep it as a gift. Another test could be waiting for a table at a restaurant and we get to choose to get frustrated and rude or wait patiently. She clarified how in God’s tests we don’t fail. We instead will just keep getting retested until we pass what He is trying to teach us. We can have the right mindset that we will pass this test and focus on what He is trying to teach us. 

 

 

Another favorite was about keeping our love warm. This day discussed how lawlessness will be more present and how the love for others will grow cold and this will happen near the end times. We will also see an increase in wars and rumors of wars, famines, and other calamities. If we aren’t careful, we can become to focus on ourselves and lose the call to action to love others. If we allow our love to become cold, then our negative emotions will run rampant. We are call called to love one another like Christ would. The world needs to experience His love. 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book on managing your emotions to everyone who is tired of feeling out of control and they are being led by their feelings. She explained in great detail how we can discover the path to meditating on God’s written word and letting it teach us how to live and manage our emotions. I immensely loved how she covered all the different emotions in this book. There was happiness, joy, peace, love, angry, sadness, overwhelmed, and much more. She provided the knowledge and wisdom on what she has learned from God’s word and how she applied it to her own life. The devotionals are short about two pages for each day and this book is a small compact sized book. This allows it to be easily carried around. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Your-Emotions-Remaining-Devotional/dp/1546029249/

Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life’s Pain by Joyce Meyer Book Review

 

In Blessed in the Mess, Joyce Meyer has written a brand-new book about how to blessed in the middle of all of the chaos and trouble in life we experience. We will all face challenging times throughout our entire lives. Jesus explained in His word that we would all have tribulation but we can rest assure in the fact that He has overcome the world. This book will teach readers how we can still be blessed in the mist of our messes. She looked at the Beatitudes that Jesus taught on and broke them all down to where readers can understand the passages and she tries to help readers to want to rise up and have good moral excellence. 

 

 

 

In the book, she shared with readers how she was sexually abused by her father. He was very controlling and angry all the time. He would ignore his son and would beat her mother. She grew up constantly living in fear of what could happen. Her mother knew of the sexually abuse that her own daughter was enduring and she did nothing to stop it. She later admitted that she couldn’t deal with the scandal on incest. Her father told her he was doing the abuse because he loved her. No one would help her and she learned how to survive it. When she was nine, she was visiting her aunt and uncle and they took her to church. She knew she wanted to be saved and that she was a sinner. She received Christ and was born again. She didn’t have any teachings to help her grow spiritually. She shared how she thought that once she sinned again that she lost her salvation and she would desperately try and become back into good graces. It took her many years until she was freedom from that thinking and she was able to grow deeper into Christ and His teachings. 

 

 

She also revealed how she married at 18 years old after meeting a guy on a blind date. They were married for about 5 years and he would regularly disappear. She would always take him back. He was arrested and con people. She shared how she married him because she was desperate to escape her home life. She ended up having a miscarriage and later had a son. Her husband left her again at that time and went to live with another woman and claimed the kid wasn’t his. She lost 35 pounds instead of gaining weight when she was her carrying her son. This was one of the darkest times, she has ever had to go through. We can be reminded that God promises to give us treasures and hidden riches so that we will know He is the God of Israel. Her son later grew up to become David and CEO of Hand of Hope at Joyce Meyer Ministries. This program goes a lot of good serving others. God was able to redeem and restore. She also shared how she met Dave and started her ministry. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book by Joyce to readers who are beaten down by life and they feel like there world is just in a plain mess. This resource will assist readers into having hope again and to discover their blessings in the middle of their mess. I loved how she wrote this book at 80 years old and it was very well written! I think this book is one of the best materials from her and it contained astonishing teaching to help readers. I loved how she also included personal stories throughout the book about how they deal with their own messes in their lives. One of the these included, Katie Piper and how she had acid thrown on her face from a hitman hired by a man she had dated. Another one discussed the king and spider and how a spider taught him the importance about never giving up and having patient. All the stories are inspirational and will provide readers with much needed encouragement. One of my favorite topics was steps on how to maintain a good attitude. This is powerful if readers will just remember them whenever life doesn’t go like we planned. I also loved the study of the Beatitudes and what rewards we can expect from God. I think this book would be a wonderful book to read weekly again to study the material presented to let it get reinforced into your daily life. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Mess-Experience-Goodness-Midst/dp/1546037349/

Battlefield of the Mind Journal by Joyce Meyer Book Review

The Battlefield of the Mind Journal is a brand-new journal that is meant to go along with Joyce Meyer’s most popular book titled under the same name. Many readers are constantly suffering from depression, worry, doubt, angry, condemnation, and any other negative thoughts. This is an attack on our minds. Joyce shared how spending time in God’s written word is a key factor in lining up our thoughts with Godly principles. 2^ndCorinthians 10:5 stated how we take captive of any thoughts that doesn’t line up with the knowledge and teachings of Christ. All readers are encouraged to read both books and to write down what we are thinking about. She explained how we don’t have to accept whatever thought that come into our minds, we can change it. This journal can greatly benefit readers if they will begin to daily write down their thoughts. Each day contained a quote of inspirations and teachings and room to write down our current thoughts. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would recommend this wonderful journal on helping us to change our thoughts to every reader. This would go along with both editions of the book either the one for adults and one for teens. Both could be used to go along with the journal. This book is a wonderful tool to use to change our thoughts. I also liked how it contained a blue-ribbon book mark to track your daily process. One of my favorite quotes was, “It is absolutely impossible to worry and live in peace at the same time.” This journal will greatly help readers to think about what they are worrying about and it will provide the freedom to change your thoughts. Also, right now for a limited time both editions of the book are currently on sale on Kindle. 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-Mind-Journal-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546012516/

 

 

 

E-Book Deals: 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-Mind-Winning-Battle-Your-ebook/dp/B00166J8KA/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1696084903&refinements=p_27%3AJoyce+Meyer&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Joyce+Meyer

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-Mind-Teens-Winning-Battle-ebook/dp/B074Z4VW46/ref=sr_1_15?qid=1696084903&refinements=p_27%3AJoyce+Meyer&s=books&sr=1-15&text=Joyce+Meyer

How to Talk to God by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In How to Talk to God, Joyce Meyer explored with readers on the hidden truths found in praying and taking to their loving Heavenly Father daily. This book will assist readers in learning to pray that God will teach us how to pray. Even one of Jesus disciples stated to the Lord to teach us to pray. We must remember that not everyone prays the same way and this isn’t wrong with how you pray. Some prefer to pray out loud, silently, eyes open or closed, while music is playing, quiet setting, and much more. We need to learn how to let God’s Holy Spirit led us and to follow his promptings. She explained how building a relationship with God takes time just like it takes to build a friendship. She shared that we can be as close to God as we want if we are willing to invest in our relationship. She looked at four observations, we can have about prayer. These included, remembering that prayer doesn’t have to be long, doesn’t have to be complicated, doesn’t have to be eloquent, and you don’t have to be perfect. She strongly encouraged readers to pray when they don’t know what to do, when they are sick, when someone you loves is suffering, when you want to give up, just to name a few. She also enclosed prayers we can pray when we are afraid, season of difficulty, stressed, struggling financially, worried about the future. This book contains material derived from The Power of Simple Prayer. 

 

 

Joyce opened up about how she was called into ministry in 1976. She was married and was busy raising three kids and was working a full-time job. God was directing her to quit her job and pursue a full-time teaching ministry. She struggled with quitting her job because she didn’t want to lose her income means. She would have to really trust God to provide for them. The monthly bill was exceeding 40 dollars from just relying on her husband’s income. This didn’t include any room if they needed anything extra. She decided to get a part time job but she still wasn’t following God’s directing. When she worked the part time job, she felt she couldn’t do anything right and she was eventually fired. She watched God provide for them and she shared what this taught her about obedience. This can also greatly help us to honor God and it can help to reveal our love for Him. 

 

 

I would recommend this life enhancing book on prayer to anyone who is ready to build a deeper relationship with Christ and they want to grow in prayer. I was touched by how she specified that she believes satan is trying to build a giant stronghold of cold love in believers. Yes, you read that correctly believers! He is working overtime to try and make us selfish, self-centered, and not loving others. This is truly eye opening and we can all learn to walk in love and to treat others like they matter. If we would all work on following 1^st Corinthians 13, we would see love being lived out. I also liked and appreciated how open she was in discussing forgiveness and how this is one important area that is hindering our prayers from being answered. I immensely loved how she looked at how prayer is an essential part of our day-to-day life and how we can overcome any common issues we have be facing that may be preventing us from praying.

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-God-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546016104/

 

Overcoming Every Problem: 40 Promises from God’s Word to Strengthen You Through Life’s Greatest Challenges by Joyce Meyer Book Review

 

In Overcoming Every Problem, Joyce Meyer teaches readers how they can also overcome every problem that they may face in life. The book covered 40 promises that is meant to help strength us in our walk with God. She shared how the Bible has changed her life and she has studied it for over 40 years. She explained how critical it is to study and apply what we are reading to our daily lives. Jesus died where we can have the abundant life and He will can give us blessings. She opened up about how she had dysfunctional behaviors that stemmed from being sexually abused from her father. Her mother knew about the abuse and chose to ignore it and not rock the boat. Joyce explained how she found healing and was able to even provide them with forgiveness. She begins the book by stating how Jesus is the truth and satan has come to deceive us. When we know what the Word says, then we aren’t as easily fooled by untruths. 

 

 

One of my favorite promises was on how we are all born again because of what Christ did for us. We are a new creature in Christ and old things have passed away and we will become brand new. She shared a testimony that she heard of a woman who lost her mother when she was born. Her father thought it would be good for her to connect with other women so he sent her to a convent school for girls. There she was abused by religious figures. She was kept in dark places, beaten, sexually abused, was made to go hungry. If she did get food, she was given laxatives and then beaten if she had to go to the bathroom. She hated Christians and God. She was an alcoholic and became addicted to heroin. She felt empty inside and married a man where she would feel that someone loved her. She finally cried out to God and was saved and they are both pastors now. This was an excellent example of restoration and being born again. We tend to try to fill the empty void by looking for fame, money, possessions, love in the wrong places, and anything else. Many times, we have to hit rock bottom before we turn to God. We can find peace and comfort in Jesus and receive His mercy. 

 

 

I would recommend this prevailing book to anyone who is needing an outstanding resource to assist them in overcoming every promise that they may encounter in life. I also loved how she discussed the power of praying for our enemies especially when they mistreat us. This provides an open door for God to work in their lives. This can give us incredible peace and help us to release the problem to Him and let Him work on them. Our essential part is to pray and let God take control. It was very inspiring to read about how Joyce did this for her dad for years and years until when he was 80 years old. He asked her for her forgiveness and they helped lead him into salvation. I greatly enjoyed how she broke down 40 promises that will change reader’s lives if they choose to read and follow the truths found in the Word of God. Each day contained a main verse, a short teaching, and a special highlight that we can focus on. I believe this book would be a wonderful resource to use daily for 40 days or even weeks where readers can dig deeper until the promises and live them out daily. This book is one to be reread again and again. 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Every-Problem-Strengthen-Challenges/dp/154602915X/

When Worry Whispers by Joyce Meyer Illustrated by Marcin Piwowarski Book Review

When Worry Whispers is a how to book showing children how they should deal when worrying hits them. It begins the book by stating Psalm 55:22 and how we are supposed to give our worries to God and it reminds us that God will take care of us. Many of us struggle with the what if questions and if something bad happens to us. What if we stumble and fall and get hurt. What if we made a mistake and we are laughed at and get embarrassed. What if we try something new and fail greatly. What if tomorrow turns out to be terrible and nothing goes right. Worrying causes us to live in fear and we tend to imagine the worst thing that can happen. It can even cause us a sickness such as a bad tummy ache. Joyce shared the answer to what we need to do to combat worry. We first need to talk to God and remember how He has always taken care of us. He has provided us with promises, such as how He has great plans for us. She ends the book by going back over how we need to answer the what if questions to obtain our peace.  

 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to children aged 2-9. Joyce has an excellent way in helping us teach our children about worrying and living in fear. I loved how she answered some of the what if questions and helped flip the script we are telling ourselves to help us deal with fear. I also immensely liked how they drew a dark cloud over the characters of the book that is meant to be like an invisible whisper overseeing what we are doing and telling us how we should feel. This book makes a very moving conversation starter between our kids and their worries and provides us with way to teach them how to handle them. One of the most serious ways we can use against fear is to think and ponder on God’s promises especially, when we are faced with things to worry about. This book would be a great gift to children who are burden down by the what if questions and worrying about what might happen to them. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/When-Worry-Whispers-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546012540/

Daily Devotions from Psalms: 365 Daily Inspirations by Joyce Meyer Book Review

Daily Devotions from Psalms is a brand-new devotional from Joyce Meyer. She explained how Psalms is the longest book of the Bible. It contains 150 chapters. It was written in the style of worship songs and poems. King David, Moses, Asaph, and the sons of Korah all wrote the book of Psalms. This book can assist us in learning more about who God is and how we can worship Him. Each day included a verse, a short story and teaching, and a brief prayer.

 

 

One of my favorite days discussed having peace while we are sleeping and that God will watch over us. Joyce explained how a countless number of us have trouble sleeping at night. We stay up late thinking about and worrying about all kinds of things. We believe the key to solving them is ponder over what could happen next. Instead, we could learn to pray and give thanks to God in all things and for all things. Joyce shared how when we think about the goodness of God this in turn will assist us in falling asleep. She encouraged readers to search our hearts and ask God to reveal to us if we have done anything, that we might need to seek His forgiveness. It’s extremely important to sleep with a clear conscience. We must learn to receive His forgiveness completely and sleep with ease. 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing devotional to anyone who is seeking a new devotional for the new year. Joyce Meyer has an awesome teaching method to explain the material in a language that everyday readers can understand more clearly. I loved how she described how praise confuses the enemy. One of the scriptures even stated how infants and children can praise God and it will create a stronghold and silence our enemy. This was a huge encouragement to us that praising God can stop and limit the enemies’ attacks on our lives. We can instead focus more on praising about God’s goodness and everything He has done of us and all that He will do in the future. 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Devotions-Psalms-365-Inspirations/dp/1546016163/  

Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In Loving People Who Are Hard to Love, Joyce Meyer has written a brand-new book covering the topic of love and she guides readers on how we can learn to love others who are just plain difficult to. A major scripture verse discussed in this book was John 13:34, that stated that we must love one another like He has loved us. The world is facing a crisis of a lack of love and it’s filled with hatred, violence, we have no peace, no love, and angry is more present more now than ever before. She explained how love provides us with purpose and meaning. Jesus also revealed the important of truly providing for others out of love whether it be giving clothes, food, or water to someone in need, caring for the sick, or someone who is in prison. He compared to how if we did an act of kindness to someone else, then it was like we did it for Christ. Joyce used this teaching to remind believers that the choices we make now will determine if we will be in the righteous side when Jesus returns. She encouraged believers to practice loving others daily and we can use the five love languages to do so.  

 

 

One of my favorite stories she shared was about her experience with a shopping cart filled with dented cans. There was a time that she didn’t have a lot of money and had to cut costs. One grocery store had this special cart filled with dented cans or missing labels. You wouldn’t have any idea what items you would be getting until you opened the can. It could be dog/ cat food, vegetables, fruit, applesauce. She admitted to how she would choose the cans with the smallest dents and she used this exampled to display how the take the same approach with regard to dealing and choosing people we associate with. We don’t always know what we will be getting and we can’t always read people’s labels. She explained how her husband probably didn’t realize that she had a small dent in her childhood.  

 

 

She shared how she suffered sexual abuse from her father and she didn’t obtain an apology until he was 80 years old. Her mother didn’t apologize until 30 years after she turned 18. Her abuse affected her personality and she was very controlling and afraid. She dealt with a deep issue of rejection and shame. She had a big anger problem and it surfaced in her marriage to Dave. Her husband had a strong faith and he remained peaceful and loving towards her and eventually she found healing and got closer to Jesus. Another powerful lesson was about porcupines and how they have to close to either being cold in the winter or being stuck by another porcupine quills in order to survive winter. She used to this to illustrate to us on how we may all have wounds that run deep but we are still much better off connecting with others and choosing to love. 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is struggling with loving others who are difficult. We all have that boss, coworkers, church members, family, and neighbors that are hard to love. This book contained numerous information and strategies to assist us in loving others. This book would be best to reread and to actively read a chapter a day or week and put it into practice. One of the most insightful teachings in the book is the one about offense and how to deal with it directly head on. We can instead choose to follow peace and to not be easily offended. This is one tactic satan uses a lot to keep people bound and in turmoil against each other. This is more than likely the very reason in the back of the book, she enclosed scriptures to assist readers in dealing with offenses and finding true freedom. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Loving-People-Hard-Love-Unconditionally/dp/1546016090

Confidently You by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In Confidently You, Joyce Meyer has decided to take some action against the insecurity epidemic. One of the first steps, she shared to become more of a confident person is by changing your thoughts about yourself and God. She explained how there is two types of confidence. The first one is rooted in our own human strength, personality, and abilities. This is referred in scripture as having confidence in the flesh. The second one is having a dependence on God and realizing everything comes from Him. She shared the dangers of comparison and how important it is to accept ourselves. We must embrace our strengths and weaknesses and our successes and failures. She went into detail about how God loves us just the way we are and we don’t need to compare ourselves with others. The world wants us to compare ourselves with others they use advertisement to accomplish this. We need to have the latest technology gadget, fashion trend, beauty secret to look younger, lose the extra weight, and anything else to keep up with everyone else. She explained how we are not supposed to covet and lust after whatever else someone else has. Jesus didn’t compare Himself to others. He told his disciples the greatest among them would be the one who serves others with joy. 

 

 

Joyce opened up about how she struggled with comparison and would envy the pastor’s wife and some of her friends. She felt rejected and like she didn’t fit in. It took her many years to realize that God accepts her and created her in her mother’s womb. She revealed how she believed when we compared ourselves with others, we are insulting God for what He made us to be. We instead to learn to appreciate others for who they are and to love ourselves as we are. We can make a choice to focus on our strengths and maximizing them. 

 

 

I would recommend this wonderful book to anyone who is struggling with being confident. I immensely loved how she covered what to do with our words. We can speak life and watch our words. I loved how she tried to help readers in not engaging in fearful talk. These is power when we speak what God says about us over our lives and we get in agreement with Him. I believe this will also assist us in become more confident. I     also liked how she shared she had to do things afraid in order to grow and putting her car in drive. She was very transparent in sharing how she began her ministry and was afraid to quit her job and to peach the word and many times she still felt fear but she chose to keep going. This is an awesome resource to use to living boldly and with confidence. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Confidently-You-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546013512

Be Joyful: 50 Days to Defeat the Things that Try to Defeat You by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In Be Joyful, Joyce Meyer explored the teachings of Paul and how we become more joyful. The book is meant to be studied daily like a devotional. She begins the book by sharing how Saul became Paul and was a changed man. He first was strongly against Christians and would put them in prison. She begins by looking at how Paul would begin a lot of his writings with the saying of grace and peace from God our Father. She instructs us to try and live in peace daily. 

 

 

She also looked at how worrying about things causes us to lose our joy. She compared worrying to rocking in a rocking chair and how it will lead us nowhere. In Philippians 4:6-7 we learn four ways to combat worrying. One of these ways in pray and let God handle whatever problems we are facing. Joyce explained how we need to replace our worried thoughts with thoughts about God has come through for us before. 

 

 

 

One of the most powerful teachings in the book is the topic of who we are in Christ. I liked how Joyce explained how she was a Christian for many years before she understood this truth. She saw a big change in her life when she realized who she was in Christ. Some of these included, “alive in Christ, mind of Christ, can do all things through Christ, new creature in Christ”, and much more. We could see our lives improve greatly if we really believe these scriptures verses and live them out. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book about Paul’s teaching to anyone who is living their lives burden down by their worries and they aren’t living a joyful life. I personally believe the whole world is losing their joy and they I immensely loved how she devoted two days to the scripture verses, Philippians 4:8-9 and this one discussed what we need to be thinking about. If we would focus on these thoughts our minds could change. I loved the lessons she taught in this book that are also found in scripture verses and they are all geared to help us to live a better life filled with true joy. 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Be-Joyful-Days-Defeat-Things/dp/1546029281/

Uniquely by Joyce Meyer Illustrated by Marcin Piwowarski Book Review

Uniquely is a brand-new children’s book about how God has made us. She begins by sharing the verse Psalm 139:14 and this one discussed how we are fearfully and wonderfully made and how we will praise God and His works. The book reminded us how we are one of a kind and a masterpiece made by our loving Creator. God loves us when we make mistakes and mess up. God has given us talents and gifts to use and to help others. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to all children. This book has a wonderful message that everyone needs to hear and to also live out like we believe it. I love how it teaches our children how we need to love ourselves not in a selfish way but as we are God’s chosen child. I loved how she taught children how we all have gifts and we don’t need to wish we had someone else’s gift. I also liked how it discussed what to do with others think we’re silly, weird, and they don’t want to accept us. We can choose to smile and be kind and find our true friends. I loved how colorful the pictures were and how diverse all the characters enclosed and I feel like all children will be able to relate to the message of being ourselves. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/ Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Uniquely-You-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546012486

The Power of Thank You: Discover the Joy of Gratitude by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In The Power of Thank You, Joyce Meyer explored the topic of being thankful and having gratitude of everything God has done for us. She shared how the words, “thanks and be thankful” appear in one hundred verses of the Bible. She explained how the Israelites struggled with being thankful and how they would be thankful one minute and be complaining the next. Only two men, Joshua and Caleb made it into the promise land.  This was in fact cause that the rest complained and failed to have the faith that have could conquer the land and face the giants. She also looked at the power of saying thank you and showing appreciation. She encouraged readers to express thanks in our relationships and marriage instead of just dwelling on their shortcomings. Throughout the book, she explored how Bible characters also showed their generosity. Some of these included Abraham giving him the best of the land, Joseph protecting and forgiving his brothers, Job, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna.

 

 

 

In the book, she shared how she started her ministry and how it started in her basement with eight employees. One person had to use a cardboard furniture box for a desk. They worked in her home for about three years until they were able to rent a 1,700 square foot office complex. Now, the ministry has a distribution center and a building totaling to be about 218,000 square feet. Joyce shared how she was blessed and how God was able to provide for them. She also opened up about her home life and how times have changes and she learned to be thankful for everything she has. 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready for their life to change and they are seeking the keys on how to have more joy in their life. I immensely liked how Joyce teaches readers on how to have more gratitude. One of my favorite things, she included was how she personally kept a record of unpleasant things that happened to her within eight weeks and this was on over 2 full pages in length. She explained how if she focused on all of that negative, she wouldn’t have joy or even display thanksgiving. I really liked how she did this to show how her life isn’t perfect and things happened to her in her life. We can instead choose to keep a thankful journal and write down what we are thankful for each day. I think everyone should try both ways to see the different in their attitudes between the different weeks. They can compare the lists to see which one they felt better and more joyful. I also liked how she discussed spiritual blessing and what she was thankful for and where she come from. I also liked the 30 days appendix of thank you and this was all based on different verses for each day. 

 

 

 

My Review of the My Thank You Journal:

 

I liked how the journal included a special introduction from Joyce on how to use the journal. Readers can write down each day what they are thankful for, prayer requests and recording how God answers them, and make a list of blessing that God provides. Each page also enclosed a special quote, saying, or verse. I immensely enjoyed how the book has the spring time feeling vibe to the journal. It is a nice green color and it has a lot of room to write down what we are thankful for. I also like how there a lot of pages in this journal.

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Thank-You-Discover-Gratitude/dp/1546016120/

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Journal-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546012478/