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Do Yourself a Favor...Forgive: Learn How to Take Control of Your Life Through Forgiveness
Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Joyce Meyer focuses on the most destructive, insidious one of 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.
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.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Joyce Meyer
1,558 books3,869 followersJoyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A New York Times bestselling author, Joyce’s books have helped millions of people find hope and restoration through Jesus Christ. Through Joyce Meyer Ministries, Joyce teaches on a number of topics with a particular focus on how the Word of God applies to our everyday lives. Her candid communication style allows her to share openly and practically about her experiences so others can apply what she has learned to their lives.
Joyce’s programs, Enjoying Everyday Life and Everyday Answers with Joyce Meyer, can be seen around the world through television, radio, and the Internet. Joyce has authored more than 100 books, which have been translated into more than 100 languages and over 65 million of her books have been distributed worldwide. She teaches in cities across America as well as internationally. Joyce Meyer Ministries has offices in nine countries.
Joyce’s passion to help hurting people is foundational to the vision of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Hand of Hope provides worldwide humanitarian outreaches such as feeding programs, medical care, orphanages, disaster response, human trafficking intervention and rehabilitation, and much more – always sharing the love and Gospel of Christ.
Her latest book, LIVING A LIFE YOU LOVE, releases Spring 2018.
Hachette Book Group has sold over 30 million copies of Joyce Meyer's books.
Joyce’s programs, Enjoying Everyday Life and Everyday Answers with Joyce Meyer, can be seen around the world through television, radio, and the Internet. Joyce has authored more than 100 books, which have been translated into more than 100 languages and over 65 million of her books have been distributed worldwide. She teaches in cities across America as well as internationally. Joyce Meyer Ministries has offices in nine countries.
Joyce’s passion to help hurting people is foundational to the vision of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Hand of Hope provides worldwide humanitarian outreaches such as feeding programs, medical care, orphanages, disaster response, human trafficking intervention and rehabilitation, and much more – always sharing the love and Gospel of Christ.
Her latest book, LIVING A LIFE YOU LOVE, releases Spring 2018.
Hachette Book Group has sold over 30 million copies of Joyce Meyer's books.
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October 25, 2023
*Warning: Joyce Meyer not only shares her personal story- in detail - about her father's sexual abuse, but also shares traumatic and more horrifying stories from other people. These stories were told to share forgiveness in action and to highlight God's grace and strength, but it was difficult to read through* In "Do Yourself a Favor... Forgive," Joyce talks about Anger: uncontrolled anger, the roots of anger and what to do if you are in a relationship with an angry person. Chapter Five is about Masking Anger in several ways: the cold-shoulder, avoidance, misusing Scripture. She also talks about jealousy and how to pray for your enemies. Chapter Eleven talks about the attitudes that reveal unforgiveness: unforgiveness always keeps score, unforgiveness complains and unforgiveness continues bringing up the offense. In Chapter Thirteen, Joyce talks about mercy: mercy understands, mercy doesn't judge, and mercy believes the best. She encourages the reader to trust Jesus Christ as our Healer and to receive God's forgiveness. My take-away from this book is to: pray-pray-pray, to stay obedient to God, to choose unity and to give mercy.
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April 5, 2014
As I continue my studies on Godly characteristics, forgiveness is a major component into at least three of those God traits and is so important to God that he included it in our guide to how to pray-The Lord's Prayer. This book didn't fail to deliver.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, FORGIVE aptly shows through scripture the importance God places on forgiveness and how it affects your relationship with him, with others; and how unforgiveness hinders answers to our prayers and stunts our growth. Peace, love and long suffering are mentioned more than once in the bible as traits we should strive for. Without a doubt this book explores all these topics in decent and satisfactory detail. The other very strong component of the book was her explanation on emotions and how they help or hinder situations you might find yourself in.
I appreciated two major style points of this book. First, every point she made was backed up by scripture after scripture in which she gave the references. This definitely goes against a disturbing trend I'm seeing more often than not of bible teaching books referring to the point of scripture but not quoting it or at least giving the reference for the reader to look it up for him/herself. The second attribute that I found worth the price of the book was not only did the author say what the problems caused by lack of forgiveness; she has chapters dedicated to telling us methods of helping us achieve forgiveness.
I didn't know Joyce Meyer's personal story prior to this book. After completing this book, I feel like I got to know her. As an author, that's what you hope for. The only negative thing I can say and it's a minor point is that the audio version of this book is read by the author's daughter and not a professional performer. In my opinion, this book would have been much better served with a professional voice.
Overall a good book, great investment, and I do recommend it.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, FORGIVE aptly shows through scripture the importance God places on forgiveness and how it affects your relationship with him, with others; and how unforgiveness hinders answers to our prayers and stunts our growth. Peace, love and long suffering are mentioned more than once in the bible as traits we should strive for. Without a doubt this book explores all these topics in decent and satisfactory detail. The other very strong component of the book was her explanation on emotions and how they help or hinder situations you might find yourself in.
I appreciated two major style points of this book. First, every point she made was backed up by scripture after scripture in which she gave the references. This definitely goes against a disturbing trend I'm seeing more often than not of bible teaching books referring to the point of scripture but not quoting it or at least giving the reference for the reader to look it up for him/herself. The second attribute that I found worth the price of the book was not only did the author say what the problems caused by lack of forgiveness; she has chapters dedicated to telling us methods of helping us achieve forgiveness.
I didn't know Joyce Meyer's personal story prior to this book. After completing this book, I feel like I got to know her. As an author, that's what you hope for. The only negative thing I can say and it's a minor point is that the audio version of this book is read by the author's daughter and not a professional performer. In my opinion, this book would have been much better served with a professional voice.
Overall a good book, great investment, and I do recommend it.
February 27, 2015
Take away- Describes anger, tracts roots of that anger and how it manifests into our lives and produces only bad fruit; one being unwillingness to obey Gods command to love Him, love our neighbors and forgive everyone. Full of real accounts and supporting scripture.
March 12, 2013
Life changing.
June 25, 2016
This book had some features I really appreciated.
- The author shares personal insights into forgiveness, such as how she forgave her abusive father and how she herself had anger management problems and overcame them through the help of her loving husband.
- Chapter 10 "I want to forgive but I don't know how" offers a great guide line for reaching towards forgiveness. Desire, Decide and Pray. Choose to forgive and pray for that person is what it boils down to.
- Let emotions subside and then decide is excellent advice. A great deal of conflict would be avoided if decisions were made only when the feelings had been dealt with. I know I have a bad temper and can get really angry over small things. She doesn't give advice on how to do this but I normally ask for space.
- Another great quote from the book is "Although we are called to peace and should seek and pursue peace, to be afraid to confront people who are mistreating us is not the way to handle conflict." Excellent point, really wish she would have expounded on it.
These things were all good but they were all short. Most of her advice falls under what Bonhoeffer called "Cheap Grace", which is simply forgiving everything with no thought or discussion of Jesus Christ and His ways. While Ms. Meyer quotes scripture, she often pulls it out of context and twists what she is saying to suit her own ends. She is far from the only Christian writer to do this and I've pretty much decided I'm going to keep a bible handy when reading Christian help books since I obviously need to look things up myself rather than rely on the author.
I think the feeling I most walked away from with this book, though, was confusion. The author gave sound bites over information. For example, in chapter four she mentions she had a friend who was jealous of what God gave her. Ms. Meyer says, "Being with her became too much work for me, and sadly, I eventually started avoiding her."Later she says we should forgive and not shut people out. Which is it? If a friend is difficult do we avoid, or accept? How do we know which to choose?
She points out all she did to help her parents but admits her brother died in a homeless shelter because he made "stupid" decisions. So she saved her abuser but not the only ally she had during that time? What happened? A lot more information was needed here.
She also said, "Jesus purposely choose weak and foolish men to work with and through, so they could not take the glory that always belongs to God alone." I strongly disagree. Those men were courageous and true in ways which few others would have been. Jesus choose those twelve souls out of all the souls in all eternity because they were the twelve he felt he could use to start a global movement. From a small, conquered nation with a battered faith came a religion that would change the world - and God choose twelve ordinary men, not foolish or weak but ordinary, with which to do it.
Later in the book she tells us "I know that I have been publicly accused of things I did not do, and I really appreciated the people who said, "I don't believe that Joyce would do that." I did not appreciate the people who took what they heard, added to it, and passed ugly rumors to other people." Fair enough but she doesn't talk about how she handled that. Confrontation? Ignoring? Most of us will face this over sexual abuse or other hardships. It would have been nice to see some real advice here.
So, some good one - or two line passages that might make you think but overall no real study of the subject.
- The author shares personal insights into forgiveness, such as how she forgave her abusive father and how she herself had anger management problems and overcame them through the help of her loving husband.
- Chapter 10 "I want to forgive but I don't know how" offers a great guide line for reaching towards forgiveness. Desire, Decide and Pray. Choose to forgive and pray for that person is what it boils down to.
- Let emotions subside and then decide is excellent advice. A great deal of conflict would be avoided if decisions were made only when the feelings had been dealt with. I know I have a bad temper and can get really angry over small things. She doesn't give advice on how to do this but I normally ask for space.
- Another great quote from the book is "Although we are called to peace and should seek and pursue peace, to be afraid to confront people who are mistreating us is not the way to handle conflict." Excellent point, really wish she would have expounded on it.
These things were all good but they were all short. Most of her advice falls under what Bonhoeffer called "Cheap Grace", which is simply forgiving everything with no thought or discussion of Jesus Christ and His ways. While Ms. Meyer quotes scripture, she often pulls it out of context and twists what she is saying to suit her own ends. She is far from the only Christian writer to do this and I've pretty much decided I'm going to keep a bible handy when reading Christian help books since I obviously need to look things up myself rather than rely on the author.
I think the feeling I most walked away from with this book, though, was confusion. The author gave sound bites over information. For example, in chapter four she mentions she had a friend who was jealous of what God gave her. Ms. Meyer says, "Being with her became too much work for me, and sadly, I eventually started avoiding her."Later she says we should forgive and not shut people out. Which is it? If a friend is difficult do we avoid, or accept? How do we know which to choose?
She points out all she did to help her parents but admits her brother died in a homeless shelter because he made "stupid" decisions. So she saved her abuser but not the only ally she had during that time? What happened? A lot more information was needed here.
She also said, "Jesus purposely choose weak and foolish men to work with and through, so they could not take the glory that always belongs to God alone." I strongly disagree. Those men were courageous and true in ways which few others would have been. Jesus choose those twelve souls out of all the souls in all eternity because they were the twelve he felt he could use to start a global movement. From a small, conquered nation with a battered faith came a religion that would change the world - and God choose twelve ordinary men, not foolish or weak but ordinary, with which to do it.
Later in the book she tells us "I know that I have been publicly accused of things I did not do, and I really appreciated the people who said, "I don't believe that Joyce would do that." I did not appreciate the people who took what they heard, added to it, and passed ugly rumors to other people." Fair enough but she doesn't talk about how she handled that. Confrontation? Ignoring? Most of us will face this over sexual abuse or other hardships. It would have been nice to see some real advice here.
So, some good one - or two line passages that might make you think but overall no real study of the subject.
December 19, 2015
Some good truths, but I find her writing style somewhat adolescent, like she is speaking to young people or "less intelligent" people. It was hard to get through and I ended up skipping a lot because some topics dragged on longer than they needed to.
March 9, 2017
great read for people looking to let go of old hurts and take hold of new life
April 17, 2012
Very helpful for this time in my life.
May 2, 2014
This book offers people insights on the healing power of forgiveness.
November 9, 2021
I think this book was an excellent manual for forgiving others and ourselves. I took so much from this book and applied it to my lives and relationships. My one complaint was the amount of typos, however, who am I to judge ha ha. I valued her personal connection with forgiveness which makes her a great teacher on it. Also, there were other real life examples in this book that created further understanding. Strong words and scripture to back them up. It was great.
June 16, 2012
As usual, Joyce Meyer tells it like it is without holding back. It's one of the main reasons I like her. In her book DO YOURSELF A FAVOR.....FORGIVE, she lays it all on the table and bluntly tells us that if we're believers, true believers in and of Jesus Christ, we have an obligation to forgive those who have hurt us--regardless of how we may FEEL about it. It's all about making choices.
Interesting how Kay Warren says that CHOOS[ING] JOY is about making a CHOICE to live a life full of joy and Joyce Meyer says that forgiving is all about making a CHOICE to do so. God gives us free will. We can choose to hold on to our pain and hurt, or we can choose to forgive, doing ourselves a huge favor in the process.
I do completely agree. Of course, it isn't easy to forgive when I have been hurt to the depths of my soul, but I'm certainly not doing myself a favor by hanging on to the hurt. I'm getting more and more frustrated and angry, causing my friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances, etc. around me to want to avoid me rather than being near me. Remember: hurt people, hurt people. It's true. We don't just hurt the person who hurt us by holding on to our anger and hurt feelings, we hurt everyone around us, especially ourselves. And don't forget the heartache it causes our Lord and Savior when we choose to life in unforgiveness rather than a life full of the JOY and PEACE He so wants us to have when we choose to live in and through Him.
I find it interesting that Joyce doesn't say anything in her book that I don't already know. I mean, I have studied forgiveness before. But the truth is, even the best of us--yes, me too--hold on to our hurt and anger, even when we KNOW and feel the Holy Spirit nudging us to forgive. So whether I already know the information or not, I need to hear it---again and again and again and again....until I get to the place where I have forgiven anyone who has hurt me, especially the one closest to me who has hurt me the most--and also especially myself, my body, for the way it has betrayed me over the years.
I think that last one, more than anything or anyone else in my life, has been the hardest to forgive. My body failed me when I needed it the most and it continues to do so--in spite of whether I'm eating right and exercising or not. (I won't go in to detail here....I've written about all the things that have happened to me in previous posts, so if you're interested enough to find out, you'll have to go backwards. I especially discussed them in my blog about Kary Warren's CHOOSE JOY.)
Needless to say, whether we know the information Joyce Meyer talks about in her book DO YOURSELF A FAVOR....FORGIVE or not, until we can and do forgive every one who hurts us every time we're hurt, we need to keep reading it and re-knowing it.
Only one or two quick negatives: 1. she does, essentially, say the same thing over and over about forgiveness. It's a lot of repitition, finding a new way to say the same information. 2. She misuses subject/pronoun agreement with singular indefinite pronouns throughout the book. It's very frustrating. It doesn't take away from the effectiveness of the book as a whole, but I couldn't help notice them, and yes, marking them. 3. She has quite a few split infinitives, too. Both of these grammar issues are becoming more and more prominent in literature these days. I'm noticing that almost every modern-day book I read, these two grammar problems are fairly rampant. As far as I know, though, they're still on the books as far as grammar rules go, and, even if they weren't, they still bug the tar out of me....
I know. I know. I should focus more on the content--WHAT--Joyce Meyer says about forgiveness and then DO what she says, but I am an English teacher. Asking me not to notice grammar problems is like asking me to cut off my right arm.......
Interesting how Kay Warren says that CHOOS[ING] JOY is about making a CHOICE to live a life full of joy and Joyce Meyer says that forgiving is all about making a CHOICE to do so. God gives us free will. We can choose to hold on to our pain and hurt, or we can choose to forgive, doing ourselves a huge favor in the process.
I do completely agree. Of course, it isn't easy to forgive when I have been hurt to the depths of my soul, but I'm certainly not doing myself a favor by hanging on to the hurt. I'm getting more and more frustrated and angry, causing my friends, family, co-workers, acquaintances, etc. around me to want to avoid me rather than being near me. Remember: hurt people, hurt people. It's true. We don't just hurt the person who hurt us by holding on to our anger and hurt feelings, we hurt everyone around us, especially ourselves. And don't forget the heartache it causes our Lord and Savior when we choose to life in unforgiveness rather than a life full of the JOY and PEACE He so wants us to have when we choose to live in and through Him.
I find it interesting that Joyce doesn't say anything in her book that I don't already know. I mean, I have studied forgiveness before. But the truth is, even the best of us--yes, me too--hold on to our hurt and anger, even when we KNOW and feel the Holy Spirit nudging us to forgive. So whether I already know the information or not, I need to hear it---again and again and again and again....until I get to the place where I have forgiven anyone who has hurt me, especially the one closest to me who has hurt me the most--and also especially myself, my body, for the way it has betrayed me over the years.
I think that last one, more than anything or anyone else in my life, has been the hardest to forgive. My body failed me when I needed it the most and it continues to do so--in spite of whether I'm eating right and exercising or not. (I won't go in to detail here....I've written about all the things that have happened to me in previous posts, so if you're interested enough to find out, you'll have to go backwards. I especially discussed them in my blog about Kary Warren's CHOOSE JOY.)
Needless to say, whether we know the information Joyce Meyer talks about in her book DO YOURSELF A FAVOR....FORGIVE or not, until we can and do forgive every one who hurts us every time we're hurt, we need to keep reading it and re-knowing it.
Only one or two quick negatives: 1. she does, essentially, say the same thing over and over about forgiveness. It's a lot of repitition, finding a new way to say the same information. 2. She misuses subject/pronoun agreement with singular indefinite pronouns throughout the book. It's very frustrating. It doesn't take away from the effectiveness of the book as a whole, but I couldn't help notice them, and yes, marking them. 3. She has quite a few split infinitives, too. Both of these grammar issues are becoming more and more prominent in literature these days. I'm noticing that almost every modern-day book I read, these two grammar problems are fairly rampant. As far as I know, though, they're still on the books as far as grammar rules go, and, even if they weren't, they still bug the tar out of me....
I know. I know. I should focus more on the content--WHAT--Joyce Meyer says about forgiveness and then DO what she says, but I am an English teacher. Asking me not to notice grammar problems is like asking me to cut off my right arm.......
April 24, 2012
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR…FORGIVE:LEARN HOW TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE THROUGH FORGIVENESS by Joyce Meyers is a powerful christian living/inspirational book.”Forgiveness” what a powerful emotion. Joyce Meyer has written a powerful,guide to confront and help you resolve your anger issues and learn how to forgive with God’s help. “Forgiveness” is not only a powerful,emotional word but one that could also crumple you or bring you freedom. With her insightful “How To…” you will learn how to unmask your angry,the importance of forgiven one another,and yourself,how to understand God’s role,and how to let go and let God in. While,life is not fair,we learn this in an early age,we don’t have to let anger,and revenge,destroy our lives or take our happiness and peace. A must read not only for Christians everywhere but for anyone who needs to let things go,and learn “forgiveness”. A powerful 11 letter word.Ms. Meyers has written an insightful,powerful,guide to help you through your angry to a peaceful existence and let go of the angry….to FORGIVE. Received for an honest review from the publisher. Details can be found at Faithwords,a division of Hachette Book Group,Inc,the author’s website, and My Book Addiction and More.
RATING: 5
HEAT RATING:NONE
REVIEWED BY: AprilR, My Book Addiction and More
RATING: 5
HEAT RATING:NONE
REVIEWED BY: AprilR, My Book Addiction and More
February 10, 2016
Well it has taken me three and a half years to finish this book, but when I began reading it, it was because something had happened in my life, by someone in my family who say they love me, but when you love someone, this behavior should not happen. I was not able to walk away and shut this person out of my life, which I would have liked to do, but instead I needed to forgive them and work through the anger they had provoked in me!
This book helped me immensely and especially helped me to realize that holding onto my anger and being mean to this person who had hurt me, really wasn't hurting them at all, but I was hurting myself and making myself miserable by stewing in and reliving this event and brewing in the anger and hurt.
Aft reading this and reading the author Joyce's story, I thought if she could forgive family members for some horrible thing they did to her, then I should be able to forgive a family member who had committed a much less of a sin against me.
If you need to work through hurt and anger and you need to forgive someone, "do yourself a favor" and purchase this book, and be on your way to giving forgiveness.
This book helped me immensely and especially helped me to realize that holding onto my anger and being mean to this person who had hurt me, really wasn't hurting them at all, but I was hurting myself and making myself miserable by stewing in and reliving this event and brewing in the anger and hurt.
Aft reading this and reading the author Joyce's story, I thought if she could forgive family members for some horrible thing they did to her, then I should be able to forgive a family member who had committed a much less of a sin against me.
If you need to work through hurt and anger and you need to forgive someone, "do yourself a favor" and purchase this book, and be on your way to giving forgiveness.
February 2, 2013
First of all, I want to thank the Lord for giving me the opportunity to read this book. I read this book for about three months. I have no idea why took me so long. Anyway, back to the book. I had only read one book by Joyce before and I loved it. I also have watched her on television, which I also love doing. When I read her books, I feel as though she is preaching, but only to me and I love it. This book was about forgiveness, the thing we all have trouble with. She explained how God led her to forgive her father. I love how she uses personal experiences that we can all relate to so that we can learn from her experiences. It's no secret that I love this woman, and I am amazed at what God has done in her life. This book made me laugh and cry, and I loved it so much more than Conflict Free Living: How to Build Healthy Relationships for Life. From her, this book is my favorite...for now.;) All in all, this book was fantastic!
May 1, 2012
Meyer makes a really great case for letting go of resentment and anger and forgiving those who've wronged you. It most definitely is written from the point of view of Christian teachings and makes an excellent case for Christians to re-examine themselves and really be sure they've forgiven people for trespasses and that they are really praying for their enemies as the Bible says they are supposed to do.
And yet, even with its obvious christian angle, there is plenty that the non-believer (or active doubter) can pull from this to help them examine their own conscience and work on things they haven't let go of yet.
I'm definitely recommending it to folks who are not completely put-off by Christian writings and I'm happy to say that despite this book's having come from a smaller religious press, I was able to check it out from my public library.
And yet, even with its obvious christian angle, there is plenty that the non-believer (or active doubter) can pull from this to help them examine their own conscience and work on things they haven't let go of yet.
I'm definitely recommending it to folks who are not completely put-off by Christian writings and I'm happy to say that despite this book's having come from a smaller religious press, I was able to check it out from my public library.
July 25, 2012
Joyce Meyer always gives one room for thought, and her book on forgiveness is no different. Using a modern version of the Bible, she shares scriptures and insight that made me think about forgiveness, its importance, and how looking at it from another side can change not only my thinking, but also my application of the principals. Although the information was good, I thought some of the examples were a little long and that the final three chapters were repetitive of information she had already established earlier in the text. Still, worth reading. If I could secretly slip a copies to a few people I know and they actually read it, I think it would change their worlds as well. Unfortunately, the people who most need a book like this would never read it, or probably never find themselves with the pages.
August 7, 2012
New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer, teaches minds can be changed, tough issues overcome and lives transformed when people learn to forgive. She considers anger the primary underlying cause when a person can’t forgive with corrosive bitterness the underlying cost. Not to mention broken relationships, broken families and marriages.
In the first chapter, “It isn’t Fair,” she explores the issue of fairness and uses the example of a divorced woman whose husband left her bankrupt and whose grown children had no time for her.
She was angry and bitter with her husband, her children, her family, herself and God, however she never “…considered forgiving…” herself or asking “…forgiveness” of others. She lived “…according to her feelings.”
Meyer’s argues that life isn’t always fair…Full Review: http://tinyurl.com/bnzw83z
In the first chapter, “It isn’t Fair,” she explores the issue of fairness and uses the example of a divorced woman whose husband left her bankrupt and whose grown children had no time for her.
She was angry and bitter with her husband, her children, her family, herself and God, however she never “…considered forgiving…” herself or asking “…forgiveness” of others. She lived “…according to her feelings.”
Meyer’s argues that life isn’t always fair…Full Review: http://tinyurl.com/bnzw83z
May 11, 2012
I have to state up front that I would never have purchased this book, and in fact, I did not fully read the information before entering the contest to win it. It is an extremely Christian book. That being said, since I did win it, I felt I was obligated to read it and provide a review. So please kept that in mind. The book is like a bible study; the author provides many passages. It revolves around "forgiving" people and letting God met out any justice, in this life or the next. In between the extensive "stories" and bible quotes, there were a few good tidbits on forgiveness, but overall I just couldn't get past the religious aspects to benefit from this book.
February 20, 2016
This book had some liberating, inspiring, and moving aspects. She even forgives her father who molested her for a number of years and shares other related life experiences to whereas she had to forgive no matter how hard it may have seemed.
I also learned (and read biblical passages) on forgiving your enemies or people you do not like, or do not like you. I face that sometimes at the work or school environment but to have the courage to decide to forgive is heart-wrenching and can be difficult but also necessary as a believer of Christ.
Leisure read 2016
Adrienna Turner
Author of Day Begins with Christ & God is in the Equation
I also learned (and read biblical passages) on forgiving your enemies or people you do not like, or do not like you. I face that sometimes at the work or school environment but to have the courage to decide to forgive is heart-wrenching and can be difficult but also necessary as a believer of Christ.
Leisure read 2016
Adrienna Turner
Author of Day Begins with Christ & God is in the Equation
June 3, 2012
As always, Joyce Meyers give us a book that will help us grow as an individual while at the same time helping others in the Kingdom of God. Her wisdom and insight have helped me many times throughout my life. I highly recommend her books. Like so many of her books, this one especially gives us insight and encouragement to becoming a stronger person and Christian. She has a special insight that absolutely zeros deep into our soul to enable us to be cleansed and become stronger as an individual. Forgiveness is not something that is easy, but if we listen and learn, it is possible.
May 18, 2015
Forgive
Forgiveness is something we all struggle with and when we don't forgive, it effects many aspects of our lives. Joyce Meyer talks about ways anger and hate and holding grudges effected her personally and professionally and in her relationship with God. She also offers other examples from others and of course quotes scripture often when proving a point. Even as someone that is not immersed or strongly believes, I found many good points in the book. Worth reading for believers and non believers.
Forgiveness is something we all struggle with and when we don't forgive, it effects many aspects of our lives. Joyce Meyer talks about ways anger and hate and holding grudges effected her personally and professionally and in her relationship with God. She also offers other examples from others and of course quotes scripture often when proving a point. Even as someone that is not immersed or strongly believes, I found many good points in the book. Worth reading for believers and non believers.
September 6, 2014
I think the best part of this book was how introspective it was. The author explained in detail how difficult it was for her to forgive people in her life. Something a lot of people would not have been able to do in her circumstance.
It also made me take a good look at my life (and how good I've had it). Most of my inner turmoil is small stuff. So, it was a great to just keep things in perspective.
It also made me take a good look at my life (and how good I've had it). Most of my inner turmoil is small stuff. So, it was a great to just keep things in perspective.
May 1, 2015
Do yourself a favor and read this book!
This book is packed with powerful scriptures and insights. You'll be highlighting away as she breaks down how you only hurt yourself with unforgiveness in your heart, and how you can have the power of peace in spite of your enemies. I had to take one star off because she oftentimes related things back to her husband, which is great but there are other meaningful relationships that we have that help us grow.
This book is packed with powerful scriptures and insights. You'll be highlighting away as she breaks down how you only hurt yourself with unforgiveness in your heart, and how you can have the power of peace in spite of your enemies. I had to take one star off because she oftentimes related things back to her husband, which is great but there are other meaningful relationships that we have that help us grow.
November 20, 2025
This was a great second read of the book! I have been learning so much and being refreshed over the past month and growing spiritually by listening to Christian books and focusing on doing my best for God.. I'm thankful for my friends here and thankful for God and I hope everyone is having a great day today. Please pray for me as I'm about to be facing the first Thanksgiving without my father the first time in my life. Thanks and God bless you and your family and HAPPY THANKSGIVING
September 1, 2012
wonderful book that i will re-read continually since it seemed whenever i opened it to continue reading it would hit on something i was trying to understand how to deal with. the subject matter needs to be studied if it was not something you already knew and were living. very good read and best taken in short doses so you could ponder and imcorporate into daily life...
August 27, 2012
This is one of the best-written books on the subject of forgiveness ever! Because Joyce Meyer experienced years of horrific sexual abuse by her father, she knows the unspeakable suffering of those who have been abused and also recounts the amazing power of forgiveness. Her book is a masterpiece, and because she understands the subject so well, she writes with power and great wisdom.
September 6, 2017
It was an easygoing read that discusses making forgiveness as a part of our daily lives. While I liked the book, I felt that this was a read meant to encourage people to forgive others. It doesn't always align with Biblical teaching, but I would just read this for encouragement or as a motivator to forgive, which is often very difficult to do!
June 15, 2012
Another amazing book by Joyce Meyer. Right from the beginning I had many areas marked to write down. She helps us learn about forgiveness, how to, why we should, and how it helps us. Even though I have heard some of these points before she has a way of making the reader "get them".
August 8, 2012
Learned a lot from this book, how to let go of angry and to forgive yourself as well as others. I love Joyce Meyers' books because she uses her experiences to teach and you can relate your experiences to hers.
November 25, 2014
I love Joyce Mayers. This book of hers helped me a great deal and it can be epitomized by one citation: "Marriage is 30 percent of love and 70 percent of forgiveness". A book not only for those in a relationship, but for everyone who wants to live peaceful, joyful life.
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