Joyce Meyer has put out a new devotional book titled "Love Out Loud" (Check it out here). The book is a 365 day devotional focusing on loving God, yourself, and others. It looks fantastic and from the sample I got to read, I think its perfect for Valentine's Day! It will get you jump started on your 365 days of love that we are attempting here on Woman of Joy. Valentine's Day should be every day for believers because we know the greatest love to exist!
Joyce Meyer attempts to answer the question "what is life really about" by helping you to focus on major commandments given to believers:
1. LOVING GOD
(Greatest command given and foundation of the Christian belief)
2. LOVING YOURSELF
(to quote Joyce Meyer "you can't give away something you don't have", in order to love others you must love yourself)
(Greatest command given and foundation of the Christian belief)
2. LOVING YOURSELF
(to quote Joyce Meyer "you can't give away something you don't have", in order to love others you must love yourself)
3. LOVING OTHERS
(expressing God's love means we cover others in love)
Loving God means we enjoy being in His presence. Could you spend an entire day just enjoying God and all he has presented before you in His creation and not ask for ONE single thing from Him? What about a week? Joyce mentions in her book that God asked her at one point not to ask for any earthly things until He told her otherwise. Can you imagine? As Joyce did, you would have to retrain your thoughts to focus on who God is and not what He is doing or not doing in your life. Joyce came out of that time spending more time praising, thanking, and loving God than she had before.
God promises that He will give us all that we need, He knows before we ask. And if we diligently seek Him, not what He can give or do for us, but seek Him and who He is, He will give us the desires of our hearts.
As you continue in your day, week, month...ask God to remind you to seek His presence above all else. Before you ask for earthly things, spend time worshipping and thanking God for who He is.
(expressing God's love means we cover others in love)
Loving God means we enjoy being in His presence. Could you spend an entire day just enjoying God and all he has presented before you in His creation and not ask for ONE single thing from Him? What about a week? Joyce mentions in her book that God asked her at one point not to ask for any earthly things until He told her otherwise. Can you imagine? As Joyce did, you would have to retrain your thoughts to focus on who God is and not what He is doing or not doing in your life. Joyce came out of that time spending more time praising, thanking, and loving God than she had before.
God promises that He will give us all that we need, He knows before we ask. And if we diligently seek Him, not what He can give or do for us, but seek Him and who He is, He will give us the desires of our hearts.
As you continue in your day, week, month...ask God to remind you to seek His presence above all else. Before you ask for earthly things, spend time worshipping and thanking God for who He is.
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