Christianity
164 Articles & Excerpts
Emotional People
Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You by Joyce Meyer An emotional person is someone who is easily affected with or stirred by emotions. It is good to know ourselves and our personalities. Some people are more emotionally led than others, and knowing this can prevent lots of heartache and pain in life.
Emotionless
Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You by Joyce Meyer Someone who is emotionless is lacking emotion - unable to show emotion; one who feels no emotion, or very little emotion. Many times when people have been hurt badly in their past, they develop a hard core within and build up high walls without to protect
The Mind Is the Battlefield
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind by Joyce Meyer From this Scripture we see that we are in a war. A careful study of this verse informs us that our warfare is not with other human beings but with the devil and his demons. Our enemy, Satan, attempts to defeat us with strategy and deceit
Timing and Trust
When, God, When? : Learning to Trust in God's Timing by Joyce Meyer In this chapter the Psalmist is saying that he trusted God to deliver him, and he trusted Him to do it at the right time. Trust requires us to say, My times are in Your hands (paraphrase). I have learned that trust requires us to accept that some question
Self-Acceptance
How to Succeed at Being Yourself: Finding the Confidence to Fulfill Your Destiny by Joyce Meyer Do you like yourself? Most people don't like themselves, you know. I have many years of experience with people, trying to help them be whole emotionally, mentally, spiritually and socially I felt it was a major breakthrough when I simply discovered
Looking over Your Shoulder
Who Can You Trust? Overcoming Betrayal and Fear by Howard E. Butt, Jr. Have you ever walked down a dark street at night in an unfamiliar city? You feel apprehensive and uneasy; each footfall behind you seems menacing; you quicken your steps. You tend to look over your shoulder, hyperalert for any danger lurking in the shadow
Jesus and Peace
Be Anxious for Nothing: Study Guide by Joyce Meyer Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you… JOHN 14:27. Jesus' statement above is worded as though He willed us His peace. Jesus left us His peace.
Emotionalism
Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You by Joyce Meyer The term emotionalism is used to describe a tendency to rely on or place too much value on emotion. Often it is defined as an excessive display of emotion. An emotionalist is one whose conduct is ruled by emotion as opposed to reason.
How Not To Be Led By Your Feelings
Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You by Joyce Meyer There are several definitions of the word emotions. According to Webster's dictionary, the root source of this term is the Latin ex-movere, meaning to move away. I find that definition very interesting because that is what carnal, uncrucified emotions try
Abuse
Beauty For Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing by Joyce Meyer Some of the terms Webster's Dictionary uses to define abuse are: (verb) - misuse; to use wrongly; to hurt by treating badly; mistreat; to use insulting, coarse or bad language about or to; revile; (noun) - wrong, bad, or excessive use; mistreatment
Facing Fear and Finding Freedom
Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone by Joyce Meyer So many people today have an unhealthy need for affirmation and are unable to feel good about themselves without it. These 'approval addicts' spend their time in a constant struggle with low self-esteem and emotional turmoil-which leads to major problems
God Loves You!
Life in the Word Devotional by Joyce Meyer God loves you! You are special to Him. God doesn't love you because you are a good person or do everything right. He loves you because He is love. Love is not something God does; it is something He is. It is His nature. Gods love is pure and ever flowing.
The Power of Being Positive
The Power of Being Positive : Enjoying God Forever by Joyce Meyer Many years ago, I was an extremely negative person. My whole philosophy was this: If you don't expect anything good to happen, then you won't be disappointed when it doesn't. So many devastating things had happened to me over the years that I was afraid
Eat Right, Feel Right
Eat and Stay Thin: Simple, Spiritual, Satisfaction Weight Control by Joyce Meyer God told Adam and Eve, You can eat all the other fruits you want, but leave this one alone. That is the same message He is giving us today: You can eat all of the good things I have provided for you, but it is going to be better for you if you leave
Love Your Neighbor As You Love Yourself
How to Succeed at Being Yourself: Finding the Confidence to Fulfill Your Destiny by Joyce Meyer While I was seeking answers to my problems, the Holy Spirit opened up to me Galatians 5:14 in a way I had never seen or heard before. I was experiencing marriage problems. My husband and I were not getting along - it seemed we couldn't agree on anything
The Weapons of the Word
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind by Joyce Meyer Here Jesus tells us how we are to win the victory over the lies of Satan. We must get the knowledge of God's truth in us, renew our minds with His Word, then use the weapons of 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 to tear down strongholds and every high and lofty thing
The Price for Catering To Emotions
Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You by Joyce Meyer The Amplified Bible tells us that to live by the flesh is to cater to the appetites and impulses of the carnal or fleshly nature. Now we have all been at banquets and other events which were catered. It is always fun to be catered to, to have our wants
The Flesh Wants To Do Crazy Things!
Eat and Stay Thin: Simple, Spiritual, Satisfaction Weight Control by Joyce Meyer Genesis 2:16 was one of the first Scriptures God used to bring about a major change in my life when I first began to read and study His Word. Applying that Scripture brought victory in an area I had struggled with since childhood - controlling my weight.
God's Word for You
Being the Person God Made You to Be by Joyce Meyer During my vein's of ministry, I have. discovered that most people really don't like themselves. This is a very big problem, much bigger than one might think initially. It is certainly not God's will for His children to feel this way.
Seek “a Word” from the Lord
The Battle Belongs to the Lord: Overcoming Life's Struggles Through Worship by Joyce Meyer When Jehoshaphat was told that the -ites were coming against him, the first thing he did was fear. But then he did something else: He set himself to seek the Lord. Determined to hear from Him, he even proclaimed a fast throughout the land for that very
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