Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You (Hardcover)

by Joyce Meyer (Author) "At those times it is harder to obey God..." (more)
Key Phrases: ordinary impulses, emotional addictions, calm delight, Holy Spirit, Word of God, Apostle Paul (more...)

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God Gave You Emotions On Purpose! Our emotions play a vital role in living happy, healthy, successful lives. All emotions, from love and joy, to anger and fear, have an important part to play in understanding ourselves and others. They help us discover the wonders of this life as well as warn us when we are in danger. But this diversity of feelings is meant to complement our life, not determine it! In this life-transforming book, Joyce Meyer reveals powerful truths from God's Word that will help you learn to manage all of your emotions in the right direction. Through hilarious illustrations and real-life applications, Joyce delivers the keys to keeping your emotions in the proper place while allowing the Spirit of God to lead and direct you. Dynamic scriptural insights are included on topics such as: -How not to be led by feelings. -Co-dependency. -Forgiveness. -Mood swings. -Healing for damaged emotions. -Depression. -And much more! Don't allow your feelings to determine your destiny! Instead, manage your emotions to compliment and enhance your attitude for a joyful, victorious life!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: FaithWords (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446532029
• ISBN-13: 978-0446532020
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,560 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SPIRITUAL THERAPY, January 26, 2004

By	H (Brooklyn, New York, USA) - See all my reviews

I had been watching Joyce Meyer on television for many years. Her background of abuse and emotional turmoil was something that drew me to her. Emotionally, I had no connections.

Not long ago I was in a season of emotional winter. Everything looked dark, cold and dreary. I had confessed many scriptures, read many books, but could not shake off my winter of discontent. I hate to admit it- but I was depressed. During this season I joined a book club and "Managing Your Emotions" was one of the books I selected.

When it arrived I was a little hesitant to open it because I did not know how it was going to challenge me. I started reading it and I was able to identify with some destructive cycles that I was going around in. I was always getting my feelings hurt, feeling rejected, feeling alone and unwanted. Joyce went through those cycles especially in dealing with her husband, Dave. As I read the book I started to realize that if she overcame all of those things then I could too.

There was no quick fix but she had to get in the word of God and start to believe what God said about her. She believed that God loved her and that he had good plans for her. She had to confess the scriptures daily and over a period of time she learned how to manage or take control over her feelings.

One thing that she mentioned in her book that was extremely powerful for me was the fact that God gave us these emotions but we needed to know when to express them. I learned that I could get angry, only I should not stay in anger because it produces bitterness. This book really helped me and reading it was like a therapy session.

Everyone who is breathing, has friends, families, children, co-workers etc. can benefit from reading this book. It might not be for you but it can help you to help someone else. It is information we all can use. (1-26-2004)

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What an inspiration!, September 23, 1998

By	[e-mail] Jeannine Turley (Stephenville, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You (Hardcover)

Emotions, what a powerful tool God has equiped us with. I find myself reading a portion of the book and then going back and re-reading it, because of how it has spoken to me.

I am reminded of an illustration she uses in the first part of the book talking about emotions and how messed up they can be. She talks about different sizes, shapes, and colors of shoe strings and how they are all knotted together. She further tells how you don't just straighten them out all at once, it is a process of untangling the strings, one-at-a-time. How clever! Our emotions do get all tangled and knotted, and we think we can just fix them all at once. Not so!

I pray that you will read this and realize, as I have, that God gave us emotions and we are to hand them over to Him and let him teach us how to manage them as he originally had planned.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, Clear Teaching On Learning Self Control!, August 13, 1998

By	"cheeseburgerboy" (Norwood, Tasmania, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Your Emotions: Instead of Your Emotions Managing You (Hardcover)

Joyce Meyer is an amazing, annointed teacher whose casual style and relatability is so attractive.

This book, like all her teaching, is written as if you were sitting in the room with her having a chat. She tells it like it is and teachs from God's Word with principles to manage your emotions as Jesus did.

If you ever get depressed or angry or sad or frustrated when you don't want to - Joyce will set you straight and help you live a life controlled by the Spirit and not your emotions.