Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle of Your Mind

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Joyce Meyer’s all-time bestselling book: * Shows you how to control the thousands of thoughts you have every day * Helps you to recognise damaging thoughts that can influence your life * Identifies the ‘Wilderness Mentalities’ that hold us back * Demonstrates how to focus your mind to think the way Jesus thought Joyce shares the trials, tragedies and ultimate victories from her own marriage, family and ministry that have led her to amazing, life-transforming truth, and reveals her thoughts and feelings every step of the way.

And it seems like Joyce feels if you're following her suggestions and you're still not happy, then you must not be doing it right; you just don't have enough faith. 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. Overall I think this book will hold itself as essential reading for christians and particularly new ones in the years to come.While it certainly offers some helpful advice and speaks truth at times, the foundation on which it is built is simply not compatible with Christianity and will almost certainly mislead the incautious reader. If someone is going through a temporary rough time, such as after a divorce, this book might be helpful.

This book truly makes you analyze your ow approach to life, but also gives you tools to understand the inner workings of other's minds that cause them to act and speak the way they do. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning about how to cope with problems as a Christian. I figure this is the time now, that God knew my heart was open and ready to read these words and let them wash over my mind and emotions. The book is broken down in chapters, each dealing with an aspect of the mind and the many ways we allow certain factors to control our thinking and consequently our behavior.

Another example of the way the spirit and the mind work together is the gift of tongues with interpretation. If, on the other hand, we renew our mind according to God’s Word, we will prove out “the good and acceptable and perfect will of God” for our lives. I must've recognized this early on because at the top of page nine I scribbled "Reminder: take what you can use and leave the rest.

Positive thinking helps; I've seen it work in others and I've seen it work in me sometimes, but it waxes and wanes. She teaches how to deal with thousands of thoughts that people think every day and how to focus the mind the way God thinks. 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. Admittedly like many others here I not a big fan of televangelists, I appreciate their tremendous work in reaching to an audience that would never consider for themselves going face to face with people in a christian church. It has helped me deal with issues of anxiety -- of worrying too much, particularly about things I can't control anyway.Some chapters weren't exactly what I deal with (like a passive mind chapter) and then some are completely talking about me (like a wandering mind), so it's nice to have such a range of topics to glean from. Though I was not impressed with Joyce's writing style, I appreciated her insights, and her knowledge of the Bible.

I find it odd that someone chose to have the white king submitted, while the black king stands victorious over him.

Meyer offers a mash-up of common sense and New Thought metaphysics dressed up in Christian-sounding language. I strongly believe so many people's problems come from the simple refusal to just grow up and take responsibility for our thoughts and actions. One thing I've learned from this Bible study is that I'm quite different from the majority of the rest of the group.