In Quiet Times with God, Joyce Meyer has written a brand-new yearly devotional to help readers into spending daily time with their Creator. She begins the book by sharing the importance of having quiet time and making special time to be alone with God and learning and listening to what He is trying to tell us. Each day included a scripture verse, a section called dig deeper, a thought to consider, and a short reminder from Joyce on applying it to our daily living. Some of the topics she discussed was: choosing if you want to be pitiful or powerful, fearfully and wonderfully made, who you are in Christ, laugh on purpose, have a can-do attitude, God’s timing, trusting God in tough times, living in peace, the armor of God, moving past pain, do it afraid, forgiveness, and much more.
One of my favorite topics was the one on pitiful or powerful. In this one, Joyce looked at John 5:6,8. This one discussed the man lying at the pool of Bethesda for 38 years and he was waiting for a miracle. Jesus asked him if he wanted to truly get well. He commanded him to get up and walk. She shared that we get to choose if we want to be pitiful or powerful. But we can’t do both. A number of us struggle with self-pity and we feel sorry for ourselves. Joyce shared how she was mistreated and abused physically, emotional, and sexual by her father. For many years, Joyce asked herself why and struggled with different issues from the abuse. But thankful God gave her beauty for her ashes and she was able to overcome it and help others going through similar stuff. She encouraged readers to give up our self-pity and blame and bitterness. We can choose to let go of the past and walk on into new beginnings alongside with God.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to read a new devotional. I immensely liked how in the book she included encouragement and tried to teach readers how to live in their daily lives. I enjoyed how she tried to relate the scriptures to today’s times to assist readers into understanding the scriptures. I liked how she covered many different scriptures and key principles from the Bible. I enjoyed how she wanted believers to understand who they are in Christ and to receive His love and to reach and share the hope with others. I also truly believe if readers will take the quiet time with God and try and connect with Him by reading His Word and this book has the power to help lead you into getting closer to the Father.
"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”
If you would like to purchase a copy of Quiet Times with God, check it out on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Times-God-Devotional-Inspirations/dp/1455560286
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