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

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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’m still figuring myself out as a young person and this book definitely wasn’t what I thought it would be. Her book Battlefield of the Mind has been a perennial bestseller, teaching people how to win the war in their minds and "think about what they think about. I don’t believe anyone gets up in the morning and thinks, I just can’t wait to see how many people I can make miserable today. The author's openness, honesty, and self life examples all through the chapters makes this book unique.

She admitted to how she would choose the cans with the smallest dents and she used this exampled to display how the take the same approach with regard to dealing and choosing people we associate with. It is a very helpful, easy to read and very encouraging book that helps to change your perspective about difficult people and help to be more loving and compassionate towards them. And, always remember, love is so much more than a 'feeling', it is being kind and treating people the way we want to be treated.

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 took my time reading this book, because I wanted to reference all the scriptures of the bible as I went along, I learned a lot about myself, people, and behavior.

Have patience, it may take a long time to get a break through with a difficult person, it may never happen.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. In fact, when we choose to love our enemies and forgive those who have hurt us, we are actually helping ourselves more than anyone else. Through personal anecdotes and biblical references, Meyer encourages readers to look beyond the surface and see the value and worth in all people, regardless of how they may treat us. I know that I desire for others to show me a lot of grace of mercy and give me the benefit of the doubt when I’m having a bad day or hurt their feelings without realizing it.

Joyce’s passion to help hurting people is foundational to the vision of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. That could be because of the tradition I’m from, the fact that the meaning of these verses are contended or several other factors. Nevertheless, reading it helped me realize that rather than a focus on others, the work needs to continue in me as I decide to do what is right, work to forgive others, and attempt to be more of a light rather than contribute to the darkness that is all around us.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 paid a lot of money for the very best care available for her abusive father, along with the mother who abandoned her.