Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally

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Joyce’s programs, Enjoying Everyday Life and Everyday Answers with Joyce Meyer, can be seen around the world through television, radio, and the Internet. The author's openness, honesty, and self life examples all through the chapters makes this book unique. It is a long and sometimes difficult process but it brings us closer to Christ and the way He who had no sin, came down and removed all our sins. One of the things we can do is pray for them, if possible help them if they need help and forgive them with our whole heart and even love, not necessarily feeling love but loving them as fellow human beings who might have problems of their own. She references, often, in this book that part of her drive to teach others about the power of forgiveness has to do with the abuse she endured from her father and she has insight into the difficult nature of forgiving because of the lived experience of being abused and abandoned by both of her parents.

A major scripture verse discussed in this book was John 13:34, that stated that we must love one another like He has loved us. This book would be best to reread and to actively read a chapter a day or week and put it into practice. This book is loaded with practical steps and spiritual truths that will aid readers in their pursuit to love themselves, their families, their communities and the rest of the world the way Jesus does. Some thought provoking highlights from the book include being reminded that Jesus considers how we treat others as how we treat Him.The spiritual warfare that we are experiencing requires us to mediate on truths that will empower us to do good and to love no matter the circumstances.

One of the most insightful teachings in the book is the one about offense and how to deal with it directly head on. Maybe it’s an unfriendly coworker, a nosy neighbor, someone in your family, or an ex-husband or ex-wife. Joyce also explores the function of love in relationships and how to adjust and become adaptable in relationships. Christians can make a difference in the world and that includes learning how to love people we think hard to love. Her points were still scripture based and it didn’t detract from the argument, so not a big deal, just make sure you read with your brain engaged.Disclaimer: I receive complimentary books from various sources, including, publishers, publicists, authors, and/or NetGalley. We are made up of so much more than flesh and blood and we are fighting a very real and constant battle against evil. Loving People Who Are Hard to Love" by Joyce Meyer is a powerful and thought-provoking book that offers practical guidance and biblical wisdom on how to love those who are difficult to love. I always find a Joyce Meyer book to be relevant for our day and she didn’t let me down with her new book.

He compared to how if we did an act of kindness to someone else, then it was like we did it for Christ. Joyce Meyer has written over 100 books and is one of the most influential Evangelical Christians of our time in addition to being someone who has a passion for helping hurting people. Joyce shares practical principles for handling finances in ways that make it an asset, not a liability. Before Christ left the earth for the last time He sent us the Holy Spirit to live in every one of us as our comforter, guide and strength for the rest of our lives.I've only given this book three stars as I felt like the ideas weren't as helpful as I'd hoped and the practical suggestions did not arrive until the very end. We have to be willing to see our own faults and recognize that we are undoubtedly hard to love at times. Well, they must be having a difficult day and probably didn’t even realize they were being rude to me.