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IN INDIA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD Shawn, a partner from Allentown, PA, had the opportunity to witness some of the outreaches her partnership is making possible in India.
I was amazed at how little food it took to feed so many children at the feeding program in Ghatkesar. Or that something as basic as free medical care
in Kolkata could reach to the hearts of so many. I partner to help meet people’s needs, but ultimately it’s about leading them to Christ. And that’s what I witnessed in India. Become a partner today. Not only will you be able to change the lives of others, it will absolutely change your life too!
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I never had any doubt that the ministry was doing what it said it would do. But seeing the programs gave me a greater passion I could have never expected.
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART DEAR FRIENDS, I wrote Battlefield of the Mind sixteen years ago, and it has been my most popular book. Why do you think that is? I believe it’s because most people can relate to it so well. I wrote that book as a result of my journey through some serious issues in my own life. But even though the details may be different, we all go through similar trials. And we all need to realize that a lot of our problems—and their solutions— start in our mind.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, I fought the battle in my mind and learned to take control of my thoughts and attitudes. It wasn’t easy—but it was well worth the fight! In place of anger, fear and all kinds of turmoil, I now have peace, confidence and fulfillment in my life. In my article A New Way to Think (page 18), let’s reflect a little more on what may possibly be the greatest fight any of us will ever face. Like I said, it may not be easy, but I believe when we recognize and understand the power of our thoughts, half the battle is already won. We can win this fight! Change your mind and change your life.
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You see, the condition of my marriage and family and basically, my whole life was partly the outcome of the way I had been thinking—my “wilderness mentality.” But thankfully, God guided me through my wilderness. The main thing I needed to understand during that time was that I would never change
my life until I changed my mind! And that’s when I began to gain and maintain victory.
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From tent-lined streets in Haiti, to a sacred river used for bathing in India, partnership helps turn these pictures of poverty into visions of possibility.
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Just as we choose good, nutritious foods for our body, we can learn to choose good, positive thoughts for our mind.
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As any farmer knows, the growth of a crop only happens when the right ingredients are present. To harvest plentiful fields, the farmer has to begin by planting the right seed in rich topsoil where sunlight and water can help the seed sprout, mature and bear fruit. If any of the ingredients (seeds, topsoil, sunlight or water) are missing, the crop won’t grow.
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1) Teachability Arrogance crowds out room for improvement. That’s why humility is the starting point for personal growth. As Erwin G. Hall said, “An open mind is the beginning of self-discovery and growth. We can’t learn anything new until we can admit that we don’t already know everything.”
“Put the lessons you learn into practice so your insights mature into understanding.”
Growth as a leader involves temporary loss. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, or relationships that have lost their meaning. Whatever the case, everything we gain in life comes as a result of sacrificing something else. We must give up to go up.
3) Security To keep learning throughout life, you have to be willing, no matter what your position is, to say, “I don’t know.” It can be hard for executives to admit lacking knowledge because they feel as if everyone is looking to them for direction, and they don’t want to let their people down. However, followers aren’t searching for perfection in their leaders. They’re looking for an honest, authentic, and courageous leader who, regardless of the obstacles facing the organization, won’t rest until the problem is solved. It took me seven years to hit my stride as a communicator. During those years I gave some boring speeches, and I felt discouraged at times. However, I was secure enough to keep taking the stage and honing my communication skills until I could connect with an audience. Had I been insecure, the negative evaluations of
others would have sealed my fate, and I never would have excelled in my career.
4) Listening Listen, learn, and ask questions from somebody successful who has gone before you. Borrow from their experiences so you can avoid their mistakes and emulate their triumphs. Solicit feedback and take to heart what you’re told. The criticism of friends may seem bitter but, when heeded, it can save you from falling victim to your blind spots.
5) Application Knowledge has a limited shelf life. Unless used immediately or carefully preserved, it spoils and becomes worthless. Put the lessons you learn into practice so your insights mature into understanding.
Higher and Higher These ingredients are crucial for anyone who is serious about their own personal growth and leadership development. I encourage you to cultivate these five traits in your life. Tend to them daily. Be patient. One day, you will suddenly notice your leadership abilities have grown like a mighty oak tree that’s been nurtured with water, sunlight and tender-loving care.
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Adopting a beginner’s mindset helps you to be teachable. Beginners are aware that they don’t know it all, and they proceed accordingly. As a general rule, they’re open and humble, noticeably lacking in the rigidity that often accompanies experience and achievement. It’s easy enough to have a beginner’s mind when you’re actually a beginner, but maintaining teachability gets trickier in the long run especially when you’ve already achieved some degree of success.
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If someone has hurt you, don’t spend the next ten years of your life hurting yourself by hanging on to the offense. Most likely, that other person isn’t even thinking about you, while you dwell on the incident for years. That only hurts one person—you. You see, when you forgive someone, you are helping yourself.
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Now, I want you to not only understand the importance of forgiveness, but I’ve also put together six ways to detect unforgiveness in your own heart. If you’ll use these six points of reference, areas of unforgiveness lingering in you will be exposed—and you’ll be one step closer to your personal promotion from God.
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CHARACTER are you ready to get rid of unforgiveness?
1). Unforgiveness always keeps score. In Luke 15:29, the elder brother of the prodigal son said, “Look! These many years I have served you.” Peter wanted to know how many times he had to forgive someone. Unforgiveness is always looking at the score. But 1 Corinthians 13:5 says, Love takes no account…. It doesn’t count up the evil done to it. Back in the early days of our marriage, when Dave and I were fussing and fuming at each other, I would bring up stuff that happened years before and Dave would say, “Where do you keep all that stuff?” Well, I had a place, and it was all in there eating at me. And every new thing Dave did wrong, I would add to this list, and it kept growing until it became a bitter giant in my heart.
2). Unforgiveness always boasts of its own record.
If someone who has hurt you gets a blessing, it grates on you…at least it did for me until I learned how to forgive. Forgiveness is a decision—not a feeling.
“When you forgive someone, you are helping yourself.” When you pray for people who have hurt you, it’s a choice. But there’s healing in that for you. Bless and do not curse them means to speak well and not evil of them when that person is not around. And be good to them in various ways as wisdom allows.
3). Unforgiveness always complains.
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6). Unforgiveness is always envious and jealous when angry at someone who gets blessed.
In Luke 15:29, the older brother of the prodigal son says, “These many years I have never done wrong.” Judgment always says that I always do good and others do bad. An unforgiving spirit keeps us out of the Father’s house.
“You never do anything for me.” Ever catch yourself thinking that about someone? This attitude only sees what others aren’t doing and doesn’t see what they are doing. God’s Word clearly shows that He does not like complaining. And if you’re continuously using your mouth to complain about some incident of offense, you won’t get past it. Don’t waste time by complaining.
I want to encourage you today to make a decision to start living a lifestyle of forgiveness and refuse to be offended. A forgiving lifestyle helps you become more like Christ. As you learn the importance of forgiveness and begin to practice forgiving others, your heart will heal from bitterness, and your personal growth will lead you to the promotions God has planned for you.
“I do all the work.” Workaholics are particularly susceptible to this one. Sometimes people who work all the time and don’t know how to enjoy their life get jealous when other people are enjoying life. Is there someone who aggravates you when you see them having a good time? If yes, you could have unforgiveness toward them.
5). Unforgiveness always alienates, divides and separates. When the kids are acting up, we say “my husband’s kids” or maybe something like, “What are you going to do about your son?” Those are divisive statements. Maybe you have a coworker who you stay away from as much as
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Poverty. The word alone doesn’t do it justice. Once you see it with your own eyes a part of you begins to understand what it can really do. But it also ignites a spark in your spirit calling you to something greater…doing more to help those in need.
We witnessed Haiti’s busy streets lined with tents… one after the other. More than a million homeless. Speechless, we watched a young mother wash her naked baby in the storm runoff along those very medians. But when you have nothing else to wash with, what do you do?
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We saw the same thing during our Festival of Life in India in October 2010. Small spouts along the sides of the roads were the source of bathwater for many. And in another part of Kolkata, hundreds of men and women bathe, brush their teeth, and perform worship rituals in the “sacred” Hooghly River. Stairs that lead down to the river—called ghats—are seemingly treated as an open
When we encounter this type of poverty, our hearts break. Especially when we realize that there is so much more we haven’t even seen. Yes, there is incredible beauty and joy found in Haiti and India, but poverty is ripping apart individuals, families and communities. With conditions like these and the overwhelming need to feed, clothe, care for, rescue and treat, you might wonder if there is any answer to poverty.
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toilet. In a November 2009 article of The Times of India, the writer says of the Hooghly, “The panoramic view of the Howrah Bridge, as it stretches across the Hooghly, is lost in the stench from the filth and grime that numbs the senses.”1
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… We believe there is…partnership Why Partnership Works
It’s a simple concept really. One person can make a difference on their own, but can never do as much as 2 or 3 or 10…or 10,000 can do. That’s partnership. God actually designed us to work that way. Ephesians 4:16 says, From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work (NIV). It’s amazing what can happen when people come together in partnership to meet a need. It opens the door for God to reach beyond those dire physical needs straight to the person’s heart. That’s why we share their stories with you, hoping to give you a glimpse into the lives saved and restored by God through your partnership.
Recently a few partners traveled with us to India to witness these stories firsthand. Here’s what some of them had to say…
Shawn; Allentown, PA “What I do doesn’t seem like enough. These people are hungry and thirsty and need food and water. That’s something I take for granted. Water and food are such basic needs. Seeing these programs makes me want to go home and get everyone I know involved. Joyce Meyer Ministries has more than 300 feeding programs, but we need a million more.”
John; Austin, TX “Being in India and seeing what these people go through shows me just how big of a bubble I actually live in. If everyone could see what is happening here for even just one minute, they’d want to be a part.”
Georgia; Austin, TX “I got to pray with a little girl who’s eight years old and was in the hospital with AIDS. She’s only two years younger than me. Getting to pray with her showed me that God can do anything. I want to go home and get my friends together to make jewelry to sell so we can help even more kids who need it.”
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“What amazes me so much is the joy you see on the people’s faces at the outreaches. They’re people just like you and me—they just need some extra help. I came here just to serve, but seeing it with my own eyes made me want to give more regularly. I thought I had to give a huge amount every time, but what I’ve found is that every little bit helps.”
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There’s no way to fully understand just how powerful partnership truly is, but what we’ve encountered time and time again is it really does work. Lives are being changed, futures redefined and Christ’s love is spreading to the ends of the earth. Suddenly, what once looked like hopeless poverty is turning into something completely new…
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Possibilities. In Matthew 19:26, we can see Jesus’ heart about possibilities. He says, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” How great is that? With God ALL things are possible. That means no matter how overwhelming the poverty may appear, God is using things like partnership to create possibilities where there are seemingly none.
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We see these possibilities when we meet little girls like Sruthie—full of joy when her circumstances say otherwise. Her family is extremely poor. Without the feeding program in Ghatkesar, India, she wouldn’t be able to eat. But every time someone gives, projects like this continue to be possible. Sruthie is not only receiving a meal, she’s learning about the beautiful promises found in the Bible. Something we know she’ll take home to her Hindu family. At just five years old, she has an endless amount of possibilities in front of her.
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1. “Hooghly: River of Shame,” http://timesofindia.indiatimes. com/city/kolkata-/Hooghly-River-Of-Shame/articleshow/5262501.cms, accessed November 3, 2010.
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I’ve been studying the mind for a long time and one of the most life-changing scriptures I’ve found is Proverbs 23:7, For as he thinks in his heart, so is he….
Renewed, God-like thinking is vital to a successful Christian life. The Bible says that God loves us, but think how many of God’s children struggle to believe it. I have learned that if we never meditate on God’s Word, we will never experience the depth of His love for us. The love of God is meant to be a powerful force in our lives, one that will take us through even the most difficult trials into victory.
If you’re a believer, you probably think some Scripture-based thoughts throughout each day, but think about this. Are you mixing them with negative thoughts or just any random thoughts that come into your mind? For most of my life, I didn’t think about what I was thinking about. I simply thought whatever fell into my head. I had no revelation that Satan could inject thoughts into my mind. Much of what was in my head was either lies Satan was telling me or just plain nonsense. The devil was controlling my life because he was controlling my thoughts. It is tremendously uplifting to think on the goodness of God and all the marvelous works of His hands. Mark 4:24 says, …Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought joycemeyer.org | MARCH/APRIL 2 0 1 1 | 19
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If you struggle with negative thinking, it’s important for you to come to grips with the fact that your life won’t change until your thinking does.
The Bible presents a lot of detailed instruction on what kinds of things we should think about. Philippians 4:8 alone tells us to think about what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, honest and worthy of praise. We’re to think about things that build us up, not tear us down.
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I spent a lot of years unhappy because the minute I woke up in the morning I started thinking negative, sad, depressing things. Now I can truly say I am fully satisfied since the Holy Spirit has helped me operate out of the mind of Christ (the mind of the Spirit) that is within me.
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Maybe you’ve spent years thinking wrong thoughts based on a warped, dysfunctional past, but that can change today.
Just as our physical lives are dependent on good health and nutrition, our minds are dependent on God’s Word and positive thinking—and we need to choose our thoughts carefully.
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Joyce teaches more about the mind on the Enjoying Everyday Life television broadcast April 11-15. Check your local TV listing for stations and program times in your area or visit www.joycemeyer.org/tvlistings.
and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.
What a great scripture! It tells us the more time we spend thinking about the Word, the more power and ability we will have to walk in it. It also says the more we read and listen to the Word, the more revelation knowledge we will receive to understand it. In the flesh we are lazy and want to receive from God without any effort on our own part, but that’s not the way it works. A person will only get out of the Word what he is willing to put into it.
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The devil will try his hardest to stop you during the process of renewing your mind. He knows that once you have the ability to discern his lies from the truth of God’s Word, he’s lost his ability to control your thoughts. So he will attempt to stop you through discouragement and condemnation. But there is a scripture that can help you with that too. Romans 8:1 says, Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation…for those who are in Christ Jesus…. Don’t criticize yourself when you have setbacks or bad days. Just get back up, dust yourself off and start again. I repeat: Don’t criticize yourself. Your complete victory will come, but it will take time because it will come just as the Bible says, “little by little.” In the meantime, instead of thinking negatively, think like this: I refuse to be discouraged. I refuse to be condemned. Father, the Bible says You don’t condemn me for my sins but that You sent Jesus to redeem me from them. I’ll be fine and today will be a great day. Help me choose my thoughts today. There is victory in having a cheerful, positive, God-like attitude.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BE POSITIVE Some people are afraid to be positive or hopeful because they’ve been hurt so much in life. They don’t think they can face the pain of disappointment yet again, so they do their best to protect themselves from being hurt by refusing to hope or believe that good things can happen for them. That is a lie that Satan desperately wants you to believe.
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Remember Proverbs 23:7: For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…. When I really began to study the Word and trust God to renew my mind, one of the first things I realized was that my fear of hope had to go. The pathway to freedom begins when we face the problem without making excuses for it.
I can’t promise you that things will always turn out exactly the way you want them to. I can’t promise you that you’ll never be disappointed again. But, even in disappointing times, if they do come, you can hope and be positive. No matter how negative your thoughts are or how long they’ve been that way, I know you can change because I did. It took time and “heaping helpings” of the Holy Spirit, but it was worth it. It will be worth it for you too. Whatever happens, trust in the Lord—and be positive!
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This is why it’s important to pray about possible temptations ahead of time. We all have weaknesses. One of mine happens to be impatience. Although I’ve made progress, if the enemy is able to push the right buttons, I struggle with impatience, so I ask God for help in this area.
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Think about what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and what the result will be. We can win over temptation by being wise—using common sense. For example, if you spend more money than you make, you’re going to have financial problems. If you eat more calories than you burn off, you’re going to gain weight. Proverbs 5:1,2 says, My son, be attentive to my Wisdom [godly Wisdom learned by actual and costly experience], and incline your ear to my understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for you], That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. Temptations will come. You need to be ready with a wise answer.
2. Believe That You Can Resist Temptation
Many people know where they struggle but automatically think, Well, I always give in to that one. It’s a lost cause. People say things like, “I can’t just eat one cookie; I have to eat a dozen.” I don’t mean to be rude, but that’s silly. If you’re a Christian, think about this: You’re born again, baptized in the Holy Ghost, full of the God who created the universe, and you’re telling me that a cookie is bossing you around? Your words are so important. Stop saying “I can’t” all the time. Start believing that you CAN resist temptation. First Corinthians 10:13 says, For NO[emphasis mine] temptation (no trial regarded as something that would entice us to sin, [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man….
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4. Avoid the Scenes of Temptation
Who do you hang out with? Who do you listen to? This is extremely important, because what you watch, listen to, and read has a big effect on your life. If you’re a man who is tempted by pornography, you need to avoid the people, places and programs that set you up to fall in this area. Now, I’m not saying that we need to be religious prudes who put blinders on like the Pharisees. But we do need to be careful about who we spend time with and how we spend our time.
5. You Can’t Trust Yourself Too Much
Out of the five, this is the most important. Many times, people have problems with temptation because they lean on themselves instead of God.
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“come back to bite you?” Since the Garden of Eden, that old snake the devil has been using temptations to get people sidetracked and in trouble. Do you struggle with temptation? We all get tempted, but the Bible says you can resist any and every temptation that crosses your path. Addictions, anger, gossiping— there are too many temptations to count. You have the power to stay one step ahead of the devil and defeat temptation. Find out how with these four teachings from Joyce, including Five Ways to Win over Temptation.
The apostle Paul asks, “Do you really think that after receiving the Holy Spirit through the grace and mercy of God that you’re now going to reach perfection by dependence on the flesh?” (See Galatians 3:3) You cannot change yourself alone. If you finish reading this and say, “OK. I’m going to change this,” you’re already setting yourself up for failure. Instead, you need to say, “God, I’m going to start praying about my struggle with temptation. I’m going to study this area, and God, I need You to help me because I can’t do it without You.”
With God, All Things Are Possible
God wants to help you overcome temptation. You just need to ask Him for help and allow the Holy Spirit to work in your life. Remember, temptation is going to cross your path again. But with Christ, you can resist it and live in victory.
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Our world is deeply confused about gender, and many people would very much like to believe that society created all differences between men and women. I wonder if these folks have ever been parents. Little boys and little girls are so different. Just last week, I pulled up to my buddy’s house to give him a ride to work. He has a little boy of six and a precious girl of three. The boy was hiding behind the bushes, armed with water balloons. As soon as I pulled up, he began his attack. This is so true to boyhood. Little boys play games of battle. They want to be Jedi knights. They want to be heroes. My friend’s daughter also had water balloons, but she had nestled hers in the grass and covered them with blankets. They were her “babies.” She wanted to protect and nurture them. This is so true to little girls. Little boys don’t have tea parties. They don’t call friends and chat for hours on the phone. They don’t play dress up or wedding day. Deep in our souls we bear the image of God – either as men or as women. Now, I am not casting men and women in rigid categories. Of course a woman needs to be brave and a man needs to be tender. Some boys prefer to read books and some girls love to climb trees. But the scripture makes it clear that male and female are different, and you can see these differences every day of your life. I’m not ever going to get a pedicure. Stasi, my wife, is never going to go bow hunting.
What Men Really Need Out of Life One of the secrets to understanding men is this: A man wants to feel powerful. Every boy and man are basically looking for the answer to one question: “Do I have what it takes?” This fuels a man’s search for success, victory and validation. It also explains his worst fear: Failure. Because failure feels like the verdict on him, the final sentence on his life. He is not a man. He doesn’t have what it takes. Women don’t fear failure nearly as much as they fear rejection and abandonment. Because every little girl and every woman is searching for answers to a different question: “Will anyone choose me? Am I worth fighting for? Am I beautiful?”
“Deep in our souls we bear the image of God – either as men or as women.” Notice how differently men and women typically look at money. When a husband and wife sit down to pay the bills, emotions can run high. Because for him, money is an issue of success or failure. But for her, money is an issue of security. The more we accept these differences as good and Godgiven, the more we will understand the men and women in our lives, and how we can better love one another. Tell a man he’s got what it takes. Tell a woman she’s worth fighting for.
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In this issue, we’re talking about how to fight the battles in our mind. Read these verses and answer the questions below.
[Satan] does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him...for he is a liar [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false.
1. It is important to establish the understanding that Satan is a liar. He influences our thought life. So, whenever we are thinking negative, accusing, self-abusive thoughts, we need to determine whether they are coming from him. List some of your thoughts that may have been influenced by the enemy.
I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable— absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. ROMANS 8:38,39 (MSG)
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
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UNSHAKABLE ME Receiving God’s Grace Instead of Frustration
“Believe it or not, God’s supernatural, life-changing grace is always available to you…in every situation… every day of your life.”
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Whether it’s the big things or the little things that are more difficult for you to take—life can get frustrating really fast. That’s why, when you’re in the middle of a tough situation, it’s important to be able to step out of the picture and see things from a different point of view.
Even if you’ve been a Christian for a long time and have heard a hundred or more messages on grace, you’re probably still learning how to apply it to your life.
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Grace is God’s power to help you do whatever it is you need to do to get through this life.
unsaved. When people look at you and see what you’re going through, God wants them to be wondering, How on earth can they deal with the situation they’re in and still have so much peace and joy?
For example, if God asks you to stay in a difficult marriage or in a difficult position at work or in ministry, He’s going to equip you with a special ability to get through it with an attitude of peace and joy.
When your circumstances are lousy, when you don’t get a breakthrough as quickly as you’d like, or when people are mistreating you, there is a way for you to stay happy—and it’s by the grace of God.
I believe the attitude we live with—the level of joy, peace and stability we receive through Christ—is what ministers a message to the people around us.
Grab Ahold of the Grace Overflow
Basically, it’s yours for the taking.
What Exactly Is Grace?
There are times in your life when God will ask you to do something that’s just incredibly difficult for you, but God is not about to let you suffer for no reason.
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Can I tell you something? When God asks you to do something, there’s no point in saying you can’t, because He will never ask you to do anything He hasn’t already given you the power and ability to do. All you need to do is get into agreement with Him and say, “God, if you say I can do it, I will.” Believe me, He will run to give you the grace you need to get through it.
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FEB. 28 – MARCH 1 Do You Have What It Takes to Join God’s Secret Service? On Monday and Tuesday, find out how you can live a life with more adventure than any spy story with this new teaching from Joyce.
MARCH 2 – 4 Partner Programs: Getting Things Done for God
Wednesday and Thursday, see how our partner programs in India are blessing many people. And on Friday, we look at a partner program at the St. Louis Dream Center.*
MARCH 7 – 11 How to Improve Your Prayer Life
On Monday and Tuesday, Joyce teaches part one of Seven Hindrances to Prayer. On Wednesday, Joyce talks about A Day to Heal and Restore. And on Thursday and Friday, your study on prayer wraps up with part two of Seven Hindrances to Prayer.
MARCH 14 – 18 Are You Struggling with Temptation?
Temptations happen—count on it! But they don’t have to pull you down. On Monday and Tuesday, Joyce teaches Staying One Step Ahead of the Devil. On Wednesday and Thursday she asks, What Is the Real Problem? And on Friday, The War for Man’s Soul.
MARCH 21 – 22 Hey Ladies! Need Help Figuring Out Men?
On Monday and Tuesday, Joyce talks with renowned Christian relationship teachers John and Stasi Eldredge on how to understand men better. These programs will help improve your understanding of the men in your life.
MARCH 23 – 25 Do People’s Actions Frustrate You? Here’s the Cure. Learn how the power of forgiveness overcomes other people’s hurtful behavior. On Wednesday, there’s The Going-Through Test. And on Thursday and Friday, The Forgiveness Test.
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This week, Joyce explains in her teaching Unleashing the Power of Faith how God’s power enables you to increase your faith to a surprisingly greater level.
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How to Walk Closer to God
Is your walk with Jesus what you want it to be? If you want to walk closer to God and increase your intimacy with Him, check out this week’s programs, as Joyce talks with bestselling author John Eldredge and teaches The Value of Spending Time with God.
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Help Someone Find Salvation
If you know someone who doesn’t know Jesus Christ, this week’s teachings from Joyce will be a great opportunity to introduce them to the Savior. All this week, Joyce will be teaching This New Life in Christ.
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Living a Righteous Life
Find out how you can live a life that’s pleasing to God and lifts you up to a new level of excellence. This teaching is titled Right Standing with God.
APRIL 24 – MAY 14
God Wants to Set You Free
This week, two new teachings from Joyce will help you learn how to be satisfied with who God created you to be and experience a new sense of freedom unlike any other. Be sure to check out Free in Christ and Happy to Be Me.
MARCH 28 – APRIL 1 Learn the Secrets to Exceptional Living
Sometimes we have a dream, but there’s a large obstacle that gets in the way. On Monday and Tuesday, learn how to find a miraculous breakthrough that leads to reaching your dream with Joyce’s Roll Away the Stone. On Wednesday, Joyce expands on this further with Unleashing the Power of Faith. And on Thursday and Friday, you’ll hear how Joyce overcame her own personal obstacles in her testimonial One Life.
APRIL 11 – 15 Is Your Mind Working for You?
Cast your vote for the best of Enjoying Everyday Life! Visit us online February 28 – March 18 to select your favorite program, and we’ll air the winning lineup this summer. Visit our Viewers’ Choice page at joycemeyer.org/viewerschoice.
The mind—a marvelous gift from God—sometimes needs fine-tuning. On Monday and Tuesday, see Getting Your Mind Off the Road Behind You. On Wednesday and Thursday, Taking Responsibility for Your Journey. And Friday is about Learning from Your Mistakes. Are your thoughts causing insecurity? On Monday and Tuesday, Leaving the City of Regret—Guilt will help anyone struggling with guilt. On Wednesday, find peace of mind with the teaching Moving Beyond Worry and Anxiety. Then on Thursday, start developing godly self-confidence. The Cure for the Insecure.
APRIL 22 What Easter Is All About
A great program for someone who doesn’t yet know Christ, this special holiday message on Easter is from Joyce’s teaching A New Beginning in Christ.
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Eliminating Mental Stress kicks off this week of programs that address the common struggles stress brings to us all. On Tuesday, Joyce explains how to Hold Your Peace. On Wednesday and Thursday, discover how asking the simple question Why Am I in a Bad Mood? brings you relief. And on Friday, Give Your Soul a Vacation will recharge your batteries.
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READ ALERT! JOYCEMEYER.ORG/ EVERYDAYANSWERS Are you looking for an article on a specific topic? Or just want something uplifting to read? Find new articles by Joyce at joycemeyer.org/ everydayanswers.
• Answers for DebtFree Living • Getting God’s Help with Stress • Abuse and the Miracle Recovery • Overcoming Grief and Loneliness • Change Your Life with Your Thoughts
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with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (see Mark 12:30,31 NIV).
PALM SUNDAY Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a donkey colt. The people waved palm branches and shouted, “Hosanna! Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!” (see John 12:13).
WEDNESDAY A woman poured expensive perfume over Jesus’ feet and wiped them dry with her hair. Jesus said, “She has done a good and beautiful thing” (see Mark 14:6,7).
MONDAY Jesus over-turned the money changers’ tables at the temple (see Luke 19:46). TUESDAY Jesus taught the greatest commandments: “Love the Lord your God
THURSDAY During the Last Supper, Jesus served His disciples bread and wine saying, “Take. Eat. This is My body….” and “This is My blood [which ratifies] the new covenant… which is being poured out for (on account of) many” (Mark 14:22, 24).
FRIDAY Jesus was tried and crucified. The first day. SATURDAY The disciples mourned over Jesus’ death. The second day. RESURRECTION SUNDAY The women visited Jesus’ tomb on the third day to fi nd the stone rolled away. Jesus later appeared to His disciples, assigning them the Great Commission. He was then taken up into heaven to sit at the right hand of God. (See Mark 16.) I am the resurrection and the life…. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die…. —John 11:25,26 (NLT)
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“As I read the book, it was like a lightbulb went off. I began to understand my attitude and why it was difficult for me to change, and also “I was having a hard time keeping my mind my dad and other people. I began practicing on the Lord, so I went to Wal-Mart to get an the teaching in the book, and experienced a inspirational book. I walked to the book aisle change in my attitude. I started choosing right and there was Battlefield of the Mind. I knew thoughts…now my life is very different and I’ve the Lord had sent me there to get your book. I come a long way. ” hated reading but I started and kept reading for —Annette; Marietta, GA
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