Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle of Your Mind

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I can see where it would come in very handy for someone who doesn't have a great deal of education, and there's nothing wrong with that. Not everything is so cut-and-dry as "I should give the dress away, because if I keep it, I am being selfish.

To back up her ideas she continually quotes passages of Scripture out of context or twists their meaning. I was in a very dark place after a breakup due to some bad decision making and this was exactly what I needed--someone to provide encouragement as well as a push. I knew who Joyce Meyer was but hadn't watched her on tv or listened to her preach, so I didn't come in with an opinion.All was well with Joyce and I until I came to chapter 10, within which she argues that reason is an abnormal way of thinking, and that reason leads to confusion. It was hard for me to get into it after not reading it for awhile, because of the "clunky" way that Meyer uses words, also. Overall I think this book will hold itself as essential reading for christians and particularly new ones in the years to come. Happily, this isn't true; if I believed it were, I would almost certainly develop paranoid schizophrenia.

The book also gave me great tools to use to change my thought process and have a more positive outlook.

as a result of reading this book, i decided to purchase In Pursuit of Peace (also by JM) b/c reading BOTM made me CRAVE this awesome peace of mind so much that i needed to find out how to have peace in all other aspects of my life (home, work, family, relationships, etc. But what makes this book stand out is that she doesn’t pretend that this is always an easy thing to do. I don't need everything defined and expounded upon; I can get the gist without someone holding my hand, so this isn't useful to me. Joyce’s programs, Enjoying Everyday Life and Everyday Answers with Joyce Meyer, can be seen around the world through television, radio, and the Internet. Read this book and you'll know why it was on the New York best sellers list for ages and why its still a best seller more than ten years on.