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

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God who created us in His image wants us to remember that He sent His only begotten Son to live among us teach us God's ways and then die on the cross for all of us to be saved from all sins and give us the way of life we should live when He was resurrected and rose from the grave to sit at the right hand of the God, the Father. This book is loaded with practical steps and spiritual truths that will aid readers in their pursuit to love themselves, their families, their communities and the rest of the world the way Jesus does.

I personally believe that showing loving to someone who doesn’t deserve or expect it is absolutely one of the most powerful things we can do. Joyce’s passion to help hurting people is foundational to the vision of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries.

However, the Bible commands us to love our enemies and forgive those who have wronged us, even when it feels impossible. But oftentimes, the reality of living this way is more challenging or can seem impossible, because many people are just hard to love. Finally, while I really appreciated this book, I found a few points that I disagreed with how the scripture was used, which is my primary complaint. He compared to how if we did an act of kindness to someone else, then it was like we did it for Christ.

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. I've only given this book three stars as I felt like the ideas weren't as helpful as I'd hoped and the practical suggestions did not arrive until the very end. I also think that there are so many great reminders in this book on how to lean on God in the midst of the challenges and remain joy and peaceful in the Father.

It reassured me that Love is about educating and re-educating myself with the word of God in the Bible. I’ve enjoyed so many of Joyce Meyer’s books, and although this one offers loads of wisdom and reveals why it’s hard to love some people, I didn’t really learn anything new.

This is particularly hard with the amount of rhetoric about the pandemic, how people ought to live with everyone's loud and differing opinions, and how we don't seem to agree on matters of social justice and how to live out what Jesus would want and do.As we humble ourselves and ask the Lord to change us, it’s amazing how it will transform our relationships and our attitude toward others. Joyce has authored more than 100 books, which have been translated into more than 100 languages and over 65 million of her books have been distributed worldwide. 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.