Love Out Loud by Joyce Meyer (Book Review)

Title: Love Out Loud: 365 Devotions for Loving God, Loving Yourself and Loving Others
Author: Joyce Meyer
Publisher: Faith Words

About the book: Jesus said, "You must love the Lord your God with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." - Luke10:27

If one had to choose a single verse in the Bible that is a formula for successful living, this would be the one to live by, says Joyce Meyer: love God, yourself and others - in that order.

Many Christians get mixed up about love. They know they should love God and others, but many do not understand that loving oneself is one-third of God's equation. They mistakenly think of it as selfishness or self-aggrandizement.

Joyce Meyer believes that this misconception is one of the greatest pitfalls in the Christian journey. Loving oneself in a balanced, healthy manner is essential in order to have healthy relationships with God, ourselves and others.

Drawing upon her previous work and teaching series as well as original devotions, the author of Power Thoughts examines the three loves that we've been commanded to exhibit.

My thoughts:  What better thing to immerse yourself in learning about, for a year no less, than love.  With a devotion for every day of the year, Joyce Meyer once again is able to to hone in and give us nuggets to ponder each day. 

Each devotion is just a page long, beginning with a scripture, followed by words of wisdom from Joyce, and ending with some direction on who to love for that day (God, others or self) and some leading in how to do that.

Whether you are looking for a devotional for yourself or for someone you love, this would make a great gift.  I think it is applicable for a man or woman, or a mature teen looking to grow their relationship with God. 

You can find Joyce Meyer online at http://joycemeyer.org/ on Facebook, or Twitter.

~I received a complimentary copy of this book from Faith Words in exchange for my review.~

Love Out Loud

Publisher/Publication Date: Faith Words/Nov 2, 2011

ISBN: 978-0-446-53847-3

368 pages

Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer - Giveaway!

Battlefield of the Mind (Commemorative Edition)

by Joyce Meyer

A war is raging.
Your mind is the battlefield.

Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger, and feelings of condemnation . . . all these are attacks on the mind. If you suffer from negative thoughts, take heart! Joyce Meyer has helped millions win these all-important battles -- and she can help you, too. In her most popular bestseller ever, now newly updated, the beloved author and teacher shows you how to change your life by changing your mind. She teaches you how to deal with thousands of thoughts you have every day and focus your mind to think the way God thinks. And she shares the trials, tragedies, and ultimate victories from her own marriage, family, and ministry that led her to wondrous, life-transforming truth -- and reveals her thoughts and feelings every step of the way. Now it's your turn to:

• Gain control over your mind and find freedom and peace
• Recognize damaging thoughts and stop them from influencing your life
• Be patient with yourself even when you make mistakes
• Arm yourself with the Word of God, praise, prayer, and other powerful spiritual weapons
• Overcome your mental "wilderness" -- the bad attitudes and excuses people use that keep them from God -- and find undreamed of happiness and fulfillment.

Don't surrender to misery another day. Find out today how to guarantee your victory in your Battlefield of the Mind!

To celebrate the publication of 3 million copies of BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND, FaithWords is publishing a special commemorative edition of BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND, complete with an additional introduction and updated material. Additionally, this is the first time the book will be offered in Hardcover, and the commemorative edition will feature an update of the cover (see to the right) and a ribbon marker inside. It’s beautiful packaging for a remarkable and inspiring book.

I have two copies of Battlefield of the Mind to giveaway to two of my readers. This giveaway is open to US/Canada only - no PO boxes.  It will end at midnight CST, May 6, 2011.

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Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Publisher/Publication Date: Faithwords, April 13, 2011
ISBN: 978-0892968947
304 pages

First Wild Card Tour: The Confident Woman Devotional by Joyce Meyer

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Joyce Meyer

and the book:

THE CONFIDENT WOMAN DEVOTIONAL: 365 Daily Inspirations

FaithWords (November 22, 2010)

***Special thanks to Sarah Reck, Web Publicist, Hachette Book Group for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than eighty inspirational books, including The Secret to True Happiness, 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny, and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings, as well as a complete video library. Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.


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Product Details:

List Price: $15.99
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: FaithWords (November 22, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446568880
ISBN-13: 978-0446568883

Please press the BROWSE INSIDE THIS BOOK button to read the FIRST chapter:

Eat the Cookie. . . Buy the Shoes (and win the book!)

Eat the Cookie. . . Buy the Shoes:

Giving Yourself Permission to Lighten Up

by Joyce Meyer

Engrained in our culture is the belief that unbending discipline is the only sure way to success. You must go to the gym five times a week, never order the dessert, and don't even think about buying that dress you keep staring at in the store window. Breaking from such a regimented lifestyle is a sign of weakness, right? Wrong!-and Joyce wants to tell us why...

Though setting rules in our lives are important, it's just as important that we break them from time-to-time. Structure is a powerful tool, but when diverging from your own goals is seen as catastrophic, it can have a hugely negative effect on us. Balance is a core value in life and every once in awhile we deserve to indulge in a guilty pleasure or two. So don't feel bad about straying from your goals every once-in-awhile and in fact, embrace it: eat the cookie and buy the shoes!

Listen to an excerpt

Giveaway

I have three copies of this book to giveaway courtesy of Hachette Books. For your first entry (MUST DO THIS ONE FOR ANY OTHER ENTRIES TO COUNT) how do you give yourself a break? Do you ever do anything special just for you? Please leave your email address.

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Each entry must have it's own comment. (Seven entries total.)

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It ends May 3.

Hearing From God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer (Book Review)

Title: Hearing From God Each Morning
Author: Joyce Meyer
Publisher: Faithwords/Hachette Book Group

My thoughts: This is a wonderful little devotional. Each day starts with a Bible verse followed by a message from Joyce. These messages come from three of her books - How to Hear From God, Knowing God Intimately, and The Power of Simple Prayer.

It's all summed up with 1-2 sentences at the end. Each day's devotional is only one page, so you can make it as quick or as long as you want, depending on how much time you have.

Most morning for me are rushed, but it has been nice to start out with these quick messages because I find myself thinking about them all day.

~I was provided this book for review from Hachette Books.~

Hearing From God Each Morning
Publisher/Publication Date: Faithwords/Hachette, Jan 8, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-446-55785-6
384 pages

Winners of Hearing From God Each Morning

I have 5 confirmed winners for Hearing From God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer.

EllyBean
LeeP
gahome2mom
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Congrats winners!

Win The Confident Woman by Joyce Meyer

The Confident Woman:
Start Today Living Boldly and Without Fear
by Joyce Meyer

What keeps women from being their best? Joyce has been helping women better themselves by helping identify emotional barriers and physical, mental, and spiritual obstacles in their lives for years. Now she provides another answer-confidence.

Our society has an insecurity epidemic, women in particular. Compensating by pretending to be secure-a common response-only leads to feelings of shame. Lack of self-confidence causes great difficulty in relationships of all kinds, and in marriage instances can even lead to

divorce.

In THE CONFIDENT WOMAN, Joyce explores the seven characteristics of a woman with confidence, which include a woman who knows she is loved, who refuses to live in fear, and who does not live by comparisons. Joyce explains that confidence stems from being positive in your actions and living honestly, but most importantly from having faith, in God and in ourselves.

Now in paperback, this #1 New York Times bestseller encourages women to boldly embrace all that God created them to be by finding their true confidence.

Giveaway

I have five copies of this book to giveaway courtesy of Hachette Books. For your first entry (MUST DO THIS ONE FOR ANY OTHER ENTRIES TO COUNT) leave a comment telling me what you would do if you had all the confidence in the world (and money/resources was not an issue) and leave your email address.

For additional entries you can sign up to follow (old followers let me know), Twitter or post it on your blog. Each entry must have it's own comment. (Four entries total.)

This giveaway if for U.S./Canada only - no PO boxes and will end Feb 9th! Good luck!

Hearing From God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer - Giveaway! - CLOSED

Hearing From God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer

Start a new habit with the New Year and begin each morning with one of these daily devotions from Joyce Meyers!

In the hustle and bustle of today's busy world, sometimes it's hard enough to hear yourself think, much less take a minute to stop and listen for the voice of God. But learning to recognize God's voice and the many ways in which He speaks is vital for following His plan. This devotional; drawing from How to Hear From God, Knowing God Intimately, and The Power Of Simple Prayer shows the reader through a daily reminder, how God speaks through their own thoughts and feelings, their dreams, and the words of other people.

Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than eighty inspirational books, including The Secret to True Happiness, 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny, and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings, as well as a complete video library. Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.


Joyce on Twitter
Joyce on Facebook

I have five copies of this book to giveaway courtesy of Hachette Books. For your first entry (MUST DO THIS ONE FOR ANY OTHER ENTRIES TO COUNT) just tell me why you would like to win this or who you would like to win this for.

For additional entries you can sign up to follow (old followers let me know), Twitter or post it on your blog. Each entry must have it's own comment. (Four entries total.)

This giveaway if for U.S./Canada only - no PO boxes and will end Jan 19th! Good luck!

Any Minute audiobook winners!

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They have each won an audio copy of Any Minute by Joyce Meyer and Deb Bedford. All winners have been emailed and responded. Congrats!

Any Minute - New Audiobook Giveaway!

I have 3 copies of the audiobook Any Minute by Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford to give away courtesy of Hachette Books!

About the book: Sarah Harper is driven to achieve success no matter what the cost. She wants to do good and not hurt the people she loves--especially children and her husband, Joe--but her desire to succeed in her career too often leaves little time for family.

One cold, autumn afternoon, all of that changes when Sarah's car plunges off a bridge and into a river. She is presumed dead by those on the "outside," but Sarah's spirit is still very much alive. What she discovers on the other side transforms everything about Sarah's view of life--past, present, and future.

When Sarah is revived, she is a changed woman. And the unsuspecting world around her will never be the same again.(from Barnes and Noble website)

About the authors: Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than seventy inspirational books, including The Confident Woman, I Dare You, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny,and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings as well as a complete video library.

Joyce's Enjoying Everyday Life^® radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.

Deborah Bedford is a career fiction writer who began her professional life as a journalist in a Colorado mountain town. Deborah and her husband, Jack, have two children and live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Any Minute
Publisher/Publication Date: Hachette Audio, June 2009
ISBN: 9781600246302
Read by Ellen Archer

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