I was asked to review Joyce Meyer’s newest book called,
The Mind Connection (releases
9/1/15). Mind you, I am not a Joyce Meyer follower per se. I don’t get her
television programming nor have I heard her speak. But I have reviewed a few of
other her books. You can read them here:
Get Your Hopes Up!
You Can Begin Again
Let God Fight Your Battles
I enjoyed these titles and I think their timely message
speaks to people today.
However, The Mind Connection is a disappointment. [Click to Tweet]
It feels a lot more like positive thinking rather than the Hope of Christ. The writing is simplistic and doesn’t have the same voice as the previous titles I mentioned. To be honest I had a difficult time staying focused while reading it and didn’t finish.
It feels a lot more like positive thinking rather than the Hope of Christ. The writing is simplistic and doesn’t have the same voice as the previous titles I mentioned. To be honest I had a difficult time staying focused while reading it and didn’t finish.
Let me share a little of The Mind Connection with you.
Thoughts
like on page 29:
“Insufficient
funds can pressure the best of us, but we can weather the storm if we think right
during the difficulty. Avoid thinking the worst and try thinking the best.
If
you have lost your job, then aggressively look for another job, all the time
expecting it to be better than the last one.
If
you need money, be willing to work at anything until you are able to do what
you truly desire to do. When we resist laziness and apathy, God gets on board
and makes amazing things happen…”
Or
this on page 51:
"Put
God First:
I
don’t know how anyone can be consistently happy if they don’t believe in God.
Oddly enough, some people who don’t believe make it their mission in life to
try to diminish the faith of others. They are unhappy and they want to make
others unhappy too…"
Page
52 continues…
“It
was quite life-changing for me when I realized that God wants each of us to be
thoroughly happy and to fully enjoy life.”
Chapter 18 has some good content:
Thinking
about what God thinks about You is the title of chapter
18. I gleaned some good things, partly because I think I am in a place where I
need to hear its message. We can go our whole lives thinking things about
ourselves that others have said about us. But, they are not the truth. Here is
a bit from those pages:
Page 192 begins:
“There
are many voices that try to shape the way we think about every part of
ourselves—our appearance, our abilities, our potential, and our identity. But
those voices can be misleading…
The
Bible teaches that our true identity, worth and value of a believer is found in
Christ…Wrong thinking about ourselves can lead to what I refer to as a case of
“mistaken identity.”
Page 194:
"We
may not do everything right, but God views us as right through our faith in
Jesus and His work on the cross for us.”
My Thoughts about The Mind Connection by Joyce Meyer: [Click to Tweet]
Overall, the book's content feels strained. There are bits of
good wording but most of it reads like a stranger wrote it – someone not
totally connected to its message. So, my suggestion is to skip this title. I
think Joyce has similar themes that are better articulated in her other resources.
I do believe there is a mind-body-spirit connection,
but caution as to how much is our responsibility to control is a fine line. It
is God who is in the mind and heart transforming business. And that, I believe
happens when we know Him and His word more intimately.
Thanks for allowing me express my opinion,
Jeanne
Don't feel like you have to take my word for it. You can find more information about The Mind Connection by Joyce Meyer on Amazon:
Don't feel like you have to take my word for it. You can find more information about The Mind Connection by Joyce Meyer on Amazon:
Thanks for giving this truthful opinion. I'm not a Joyce fan, but I know many people who are.
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Susan
Thanks, Susan for reading my post. It isn't easy to review sometimes but this one just didn't strike me.
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