![“…explores the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger…”Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Joyce Meyer focuses on the most destructive, insidious one of all: anger. It is responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers. It destroys friendships, marriages and families, not to mention peace of mind. Anger is especially hard to handle for many Christians who have learned from childhood that "good Christians don't get angry." Meyer argues that properly handled, anger is an alert system that something is wrong and needs to be resolved.In her latest book, she delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger.Why forgive? Joyce explains that forgiving is the only thing that can free one from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life.Meyer understands that life will never be fair, but that is not a reason to let anger destroy our well-being and health. This is her guide to navigating that thorny territory and finding true peace. ](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/a7/7c/a77c3716ad90fcb71359d5ab14e34c53.jpg?itok=O12DtJ0o "“…explores the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger…”Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Joyce Meyer focuses on the most destructive, insidious one of all: anger. It is responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers. It destroys friendships, marriages and families, not to mention peace of mind. Anger is especially hard to handle for many Christians who have learned from childhood that "good Christians don't get angry." Meyer argues that properly handled, anger is an alert system that something is wrong and needs to be resolved.In her latest book, she delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger.Why forgive? Joyce explains that forgiving is the only thing that can free one from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life.Meyer understands that life will never be fair, but that is not a reason to let anger destroy our well-being and health. This is her guide to navigating that thorny territory and finding true peace. ")
!["Words are a big deal. They are containers for power, and we have to decide what kind of power we want our words to carry," says Joyce Meyer in Change your Words, Change your Life."I believe that our words can increase or decrease our level of joy. They can affect the answers to our prayers and have a positive or negative effect on our future. ... One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have."Building on the premises of Power Thoughts and Living Beyond Your Emotions, she examines the tremendous power of words - which are the vehicles that convey our thoughts and emotions - and provides a series of guidelines for making sure that our talk is constructive, healthy, healing and used to achieve good results.Topics include:• The Impact of Words• How to Tame Your Tongue• How to be Happy• When to talk and when not to talk• Speaking Faith and Not Fear• The Corrosion of Complaints• Do you really have to give your opinion?• The importance of keeping your word• The power of speaking God's word• How to have a smart mouthIn a 'Dictionary of God's Word' at the end of the book, Joyce provides dozens of scripture verses, arranged by topic, that she recommends reading and saying out loud to help you experience the positive, healing changes you need in your life ](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/04/8c/048cd4021702a980f5737944eda67546.jpg?itok=VLC-ePLB ""Words are a big deal. They are containers for power, and we have to decide what kind of power we want our words to carry," says Joyce Meyer in Change your Words, Change your Life."I believe that our words can increase or decrease our level of joy. They can affect the answers to our prayers and have a positive or negative effect on our future. ... One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have."Building on the premises of Power Thoughts and Living Beyond Your Emotions, she examines the tremendous power of words - which are the vehicles that convey our thoughts and emotions - and provides a series of guidelines for making sure that our talk is constructive, healthy, healing and used to achieve good results.Topics include:• The Impact of Words• How to Tame Your Tongue• How to be Happy• When to talk and when not to talk• Speaking Faith and Not Fear• The Corrosion of Complaints• Do you really have to give your opinion?• The importance of keeping your word• The power of speaking God's word• How to have a smart mouthIn a 'Dictionary of God's Word' at the end of the book, Joyce provides dozens of scripture verses, arranged by topic, that she recommends reading and saying out loud to help you experience the positive, healing changes you need in your life ")
Joyce Meyer examines the power, energy and influences of words in her new release, ‘Change Your Words, Change Your Life,’ that complements her other books, Power Thoughts and Living beyond Your Feelings. She quotes Proverb 18:21, “…the power of life and death are in the tongue” to support her teachings.
To further illustrate the power of words, she gives two examples. The first, a new father who hears “Da-da” for the first time and begins to cry and, “When God said…” (Genesis 1:3) words God used to speak the world into being.
She likens “…our words to a movie screen that exposes…” a person’s thoughts and attitudes to the world and reveals what that person “…thinks wants and feels.” She also says readers learn a lot about themselves if they pay attention to the words they use. For example, consider whether your word choices reflect a positive, constructive attitude or a negative, destructive point-of-view.
The insightful chapter on how words become self-fulfilling prophecies in “seedtime and harvest” is worth the cost of the book. Just as farmer’s sow seed they later harvest, Joyce says, the words we sow are powerful “spiritual seeds” harvested in the lives, souls and spirits of others as well as ourselves.
Emotionally battered children, who’ve only heard they’re no good and will never amount to anything carry such words into adulthood where they turn into self-fulfilling prophecies. Other examples of negative thoughts begin with, “I can’t…I’m a failure…I’m a loser…It’s always my fault…they think I’m boring…I can’t change…He/she doesn’t like me…I hate…” When we repeat anything to ourselves or others often enough the words become truth.
Then there’s the childhood rhyme, “"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” With the advance of technology and the Internet that’s no longer true, if it ever was since words today are used to communicate in ways never before imagined. Such as with cell phones, texting, instant messaging, blogs, FaceBook, Twitter and other facets of social media. Such devices and mediums have led to what Joyce calls a “word explosion” that makes words “cheap, quick, irrevocable and viral.”
She wants readers to realize and understand the power of their words. When they do, they can transform their lives because, “where the mind goes, the mouth follows.” One of the author’s favorite “Joyce-isms,” she’s so well known for.
Besides the power of words, readers learn how to tame the tongue; “fast” their words, speak faith and not fear in addition to teachings on encouragement, complaining and how not to let Satan speak through you.
The entire book is worth reading and referencing, especially the Appendix: A Dictionary of God’s Word that completes the book. This small topically arranged dictionary, excellent for quick reference, begins with “When you…” Whether the need is for help or strength to continue, themes include anger, confidence, discouragement, depression, fear, rejection, betrayal and more with targeted Scriptures.
Joyce’s powerful book has the potential to change lives for anyone who understands and implements her wise and practical advice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOzahO9QZW4 Joyce on the power of words…
‘Change Your Words, Change Your Life’ by Joyce Meyer, FaithWords, 2012, Hardcover, 320 Pages, 978-0446538572, $22.99
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!["Words are a big deal. They are containers for power, and we have to decide what kind of power we want our words to carry," says Joyce Meyer in Change your Words, Change your Life."I believe that our words can increase or decrease our level of joy. They can affect the answers to our prayers and have a positive or negative effect on our future. ... One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have."Building on the premises of Power Thoughts and Living Beyond Your Emotions, she examines the tremendous power of words - which are the vehicles that convey our thoughts and emotions - and provides a series of guidelines for making sure that our talk is constructive, healthy, healing and used to achieve good results.Topics include:• The Impact of Words• How to Tame Your Tongue• How to be Happy• When to talk and when not to talk• Speaking Faith and Not Fear• The Corrosion of Complaints• Do you really have to give your opinion?• The importance of keeping your word• The power of speaking God's word• How to have a smart mouthIn a 'Dictionary of God's Word' at the end of the book, Joyce provides dozens of scripture verses, arranged by topic, that she recommends reading and saying out loud to help you experience the positive, healing changes you need in your life ](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/20/12/201203bf59bc7b5d39309337d5b2800f.jpg?itok=KbnaeAli ""Words are a big deal. They are containers for power, and we have to decide what kind of power we want our words to carry," says Joyce Meyer in Change your Words, Change your Life."I believe that our words can increase or decrease our level of joy. They can affect the answers to our prayers and have a positive or negative effect on our future. ... One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have."Building on the premises of Power Thoughts and Living Beyond Your Emotions, she examines the tremendous power of words - which are the vehicles that convey our thoughts and emotions - and provides a series of guidelines for making sure that our talk is constructive, healthy, healing and used to achieve good results.Topics include:• The Impact of Words• How to Tame Your Tongue• How to be Happy• When to talk and when not to talk• Speaking Faith and Not Fear• The Corrosion of Complaints• Do you really have to give your opinion?• The importance of keeping your word• The power of speaking God's word• How to have a smart mouthIn a 'Dictionary of God's Word' at the end of the book, Joyce provides dozens of scripture verses, arranged by topic, that she recommends reading and saying out loud to help you experience the positive, healing changes you need in your life ")
![“…explores the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger…”Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Joyce Meyer focuses on the most destructive, insidious one of all: anger. It is responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers. It destroys friendships, marriages and families, not to mention peace of mind. Anger is especially hard to handle for many Christians who have learned from childhood that "good Christians don't get angry." Meyer argues that properly handled, anger is an alert system that something is wrong and needs to be resolved.In her latest book, she delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger.Why forgive? Joyce explains that forgiving is the only thing that can free one from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life.Meyer understands that life will never be fair, but that is not a reason to let anger destroy our well-being and health. This is her guide to navigating that thorny territory and finding true peace. ](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/52/41/5241b574eb272184d39d7e19d54a9b31.jpg?itok=Qk0ywWld "“…explores the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger…”Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Joyce Meyer focuses on the most destructive, insidious one of all: anger. It is responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers. It destroys friendships, marriages and families, not to mention peace of mind. Anger is especially hard to handle for many Christians who have learned from childhood that "good Christians don't get angry." Meyer argues that properly handled, anger is an alert system that something is wrong and needs to be resolved.In her latest book, she delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger.Why forgive? Joyce explains that forgiving is the only thing that can free one from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life.Meyer understands that life will never be fair, but that is not a reason to let anger destroy our well-being and health. This is her guide to navigating that thorny territory and finding true peace. ")
![“…a flexible program that turns thoughts into habits, and habits into success…”Joyce Meyer has a knack for coining phrases-her fans call them Joyceisms-and one of her best loved is "Where the mind goes, the man follows." This was the basis for Battlefield of the Mind, and in her latest book, Meyer provides "power thoughts," bringing the reader to a new level of ability to use the mind as a tool to achievement.In Power Thoughts, she outlines a flexible program to turn thoughts into habits, and habits into success. Sections include:· The Power of a Positive You· 5 Rules for Keeping Your Attitude at the Right Altitude· More Power To You contain bulleted keys to successful thinking in each chapter· The Power of PerspectiveNobody has more of a "can-do" attitude than Joyce Meyer. Now you can, too.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/18/74/187440230f72a9dc4a79ea3ae5199134.jpg?itok=KoTDO2JS "“…a flexible program that turns thoughts into habits, and habits into success…”Joyce Meyer has a knack for coining phrases-her fans call them Joyceisms-and one of her best loved is "Where the mind goes, the man follows." This was the basis for Battlefield of the Mind, and in her latest book, Meyer provides "power thoughts," bringing the reader to a new level of ability to use the mind as a tool to achievement.In Power Thoughts, she outlines a flexible program to turn thoughts into habits, and habits into success. Sections include:· The Power of a Positive You· 5 Rules for Keeping Your Attitude at the Right Altitude· More Power To You contain bulleted keys to successful thinking in each chapter· The Power of PerspectiveNobody has more of a "can-do" attitude than Joyce Meyer. Now you can, too.")
![“…filled with practical advice and life-changing promises from God's Word to quickly and easily apply to your own life…”In her dynamic new devotional, Trusting God Day by Day, international speaker and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer provides you with powerful "starting points" for every day of the year. Each day's devotion is filled with practical advice and help from Joyce along with life-changing promises from God's Word that you can quickly and easily apply in your own life. The world wants you to place your trust in your circumstances, your success, your talents and the opinions of others. But God's called you to rise above the world, and put your full trust in Him - to believe and apply what He's promised in His Word more than anything else. Living this way won't just happen - you have to be intentional. But where do you begin? We all need help to make good choices, battle worry, overcome anxiety and keep a positive attitude. Using this devotional, readers will learn to grab hold of life this way, day by day, with trust in God.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/d5/35/d535cc4246058e23ac4da398ddcd33e4.jpg?itok=AyQFpE-o "“…filled with practical advice and life-changing promises from God's Word to quickly and easily apply to your own life…”In her dynamic new devotional, Trusting God Day by Day, international speaker and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer provides you with powerful "starting points" for every day of the year. Each day's devotion is filled with practical advice and help from Joyce along with life-changing promises from God's Word that you can quickly and easily apply in your own life. The world wants you to place your trust in your circumstances, your success, your talents and the opinions of others. But God's called you to rise above the world, and put your full trust in Him - to believe and apply what He's promised in His Word more than anything else. Living this way won't just happen - you have to be intentional. But where do you begin? We all need help to make good choices, battle worry, overcome anxiety and keep a positive attitude. Using this devotional, readers will learn to grab hold of life this way, day by day, with trust in God.")
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