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Summary: "This book really helped me understand myself"
Review: "By using her own experiences Joyce brings out important points on how we think and how by being controlled by your emotions can keep you in a certain type of bondage. I now understand much better how this subject relates to true freedom in Christ.
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Summary: "This book really helped me understand myself"
Review: Emotions, what a powerful tool God has equiped us with. I find myself reading a portion of the book and then going back and re-reading it, because of how it has spoken to me. I am reminded of an illustration she uses in the first part of the book talking about emotions and how messed up they can be. She talks about different sizes, shapes, and colors of shoe strings and how they are all knotted together. She further tells how you don't just straighten them out all at once, it is a process of untangling the strings, one-at-a-time. How clever! Our emotions do get all tangled and knotted, and we think we can just fix them all at once. Not so! I pray that you will read this and realize, as I have, that God gave us emotions and we are to hand them over to Him and let him teach us how to manage them as he originally had planned.
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Summary: Wow! What an inspiration!
Review: Emotions, what a powerful tool God has equiped us with. I find myself reading a portion of the book and then going back and re-reading it, because of how it has spoken to me. I am reminded of an illustration she uses in the first part of the book talking about emotions and how messed up they can be. She talks about different sizes, shapes, and colors of shoe strings and how they are all knotted together. She further tells how you don't just straighten them out all at once, it is a process of untangling the strings, one-at-a-time. How clever! Our emotions do get all tangled and knotted, and we think we can just fix them all at once. Not so! I pray that you will read this and realize, as I have, that God gave us emotions and we are to hand them over to Him and let him teach us how to manage them as he originally had planned.
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Summary: An atheist can read these books too
Review: I am an atheist, a baptised Catholic turned non-believer. But I must admit, watching Joyce on the television with her direct no bologna methodology, I am swayed by her teachings because she speaks what she truly believes in, and its like having the mother I never had give me a good talking too. But, I'm too staunch in my belief to recant my atheism. I believe we are accountable for our own actions in this life which is a message I enjoy listening to in Joyce's teachings. Don't go blaming "God" for everything. Sooner or later, a person has to take it upon themselves to shape up and stop waiting for the Holy Spirit to do it for them. Like Joyce says in her Character of God teachings, you can be forgiven over and over, but eventually there has to be a point where someone close to that person says, enough, it's time to pay for some of those 'sins'. I found this book to be very helpful, even though of course, written with Christian guidance and scripture, nonetheless effective methods to help one learn to take their emotions in hand, and as always, take responsiblity for your actions and reactions. I really recommend Joyce to everyone of every faith or nonfaith. She's the mom you never had - tough love.
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Summary: Super-Inspiring!
Review: I had been watching Joyce Meyer on television for many years. Her background of abuse and emotional turmoil was something that drew me to her. Emotionally, I had no connections. Not long ago I was in a season of emotional winter. Everything looked dark, cold and dreary. I had confessed many scriptures, read many books, but could not shake off my winter of discontent. I hate to admit it- but I was depressed. During this season I joined a book club and "Managing Your Emotions" was one of the books I selected. When it arrived I was a little hesitant to open it because I did not know how it was going to challenge me. I started reading it and I was able to identify with some destructive cycles that I was going around in. I was always getting my feelings hurt, feeling rejected, feeling alone and unwanted. Joyce went through those cycles especially in dealing with her husband, Dave. As I read the book I started to realize that if she overcame all of those things then I could too. There was no quick fix but she had to get in the word of God and start to believe what God said about her. She believed that God loved her and that he had good plans for her. She had to confess the scriptures daily and over a period of time she learned how to manage or take control over her feelings. One thing that she mentioned in her book that was extremely powerful for me was the fact that God gave us these emotions but we needed to know when to express them. I learned that I could get angry, only I should not stay in anger because it produces bitterness. This book really helped me and reading it was like a therapy session. Everyone who is breathing, has friends, families, children, co-workers etc. can benefit from reading this book. It might not be for you but it can help you to help someone else. It is information we all can use. (1-26-2004)
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Summary: SPIRITUAL THERAPY
Review: I had been watching Joyce Meyer on television for many years. Her background of abuse and emotional turmoil was something that drew me to her. Emotionally, I had no connections. Not long ago I was in a season of emotional winter. Everything looked dark, cold and dreary. I had confessed many scriptures, read many books, but could not shake off my winter of discontent. I hate to admit it- but I was depressed. During this season I joined a book club and "Managing Your Emotions" was one of the books I selected. When it arrived I was a little hesitant to open it because I did not know how it was going to challenge me. I started reading it and I was able to identify with some destructive cycles that I was going around in. I was always getting my feelings hurt, feeling rejected, feeling alone and unwanted. Joyce went through those cycles especially in dealing with her husband, Dave. As I read the book I started to realize that if she overcame all of those things then I could too. There was no quick fix but she had to get in the word of God and start to believe what God said about her. She believed that God loved her and that he had good plans for her. She had to confess the scriptures daily and over a period of time she learned how to manage or take control over her feelings. One thing that she mentioned in her book that was extremely powerful for me was the fact that God gave us these emotions but we needed to know when to express them. I learned that I could get angry, only I should not stay in anger because it produces bitterness. This book really helped me and reading it was like a therapy session. Everyone who is breathing, has friends, families, children, co-workers etc. can benefit from reading this book. It might not be for you but it can help you to help someone else. It is information we all can use. (1-26-2004)
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Summary: Incredibly helpful
Review: I have struggled for pretty much my whole Christian life with finding balance emotionally. I seem to swing between two extremes. I either go numb and try to deny my feelings or I dwell too much on my feelings and allow them to overwhelm me. This book gave me hope that things could be different and that I'm not alone in my struggles. I very much appreciate the personal stories and struggles Joyce shares in this book. Especially since I could relate to so many of them. I truly believe that God has given Joyce Meyer a powerful gift for words and a great anointing on her ministry. This book has truly changed my life. The advice she gives is both practical and biblical. This book is a must read for any Christian who is struggling to overcome emotional hurts and struggles. I definitely intend to read more of Joyce Meyer's books in the future.
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Summary: Super-Inspiring!
Review: I love this book! Joyce Meyer's words are sincere, passionate, and straight to the point. This book really opened my eyes to the way I was living my life. It empowered me, gave me hope, and convinced me that although we may not deserve everything that happens to us in our lives, we can do things to increase our chances of making it better. This book as well as this other tremendous book called "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato helped me understand this and take responsibility for my own life. Thanks to these books, I am now living a new life! Thank you Joyce! I hope that many people become inspired by these types of books!
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Summary: This book is a life-saver!
Review: I was recommended this book by my counsellor at church when I was dating and going through turmoil, so I bought it and immediately it began ministering to me. It was like it was written just for me, like Joyce got inside my head and heart and knew what I was thinking and feeling. Through Joyce and her book, God has saved my life and my relationship with my boyfriend. I realize a lot of negative emotions I'd been carrying around like a stinking bag of rotten garbage, were my imagination and a manipulation of my emotions. Get your emotions under control; otherwise you will live a miserable life if it's controlled by mere feelings!
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Summary: Awesome, Clear Teaching On Learning Self Control!
Review: Joyce Meyer is an amazing, annointed teacher whose casual style and relatability is so attractive. This book, like all her teaching, is written as if you were sitting in the room with her having a chat. She tells it like it is and teachs from God's Word with principles to manage your emotions as Jesus did. If you ever get depressed or angry or sad or frustrated when you don't want to - Joyce will set you straight and help you live a life controlled by the Spirit and not your emotions.
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