The Love Revolution

In her recent book, The Love Revolution, she invites us to join a radical movement with the potential to change the world. She reminds us that "nothing will change in our world unless each one of us is willing to change," and challenges us to "overthrow the dominance of selfish, self-centered living in our lives." Using practical teaching and personal examples, Joyce communicates a powerful biblical principal: God's love ought to flow radically out of His children, in a way that impacts the world. She sounds the alarm, calling people to an aggressive, sacrificial love that gives and serves regardless of the cost. She encourages an active love that is intentionally expressed and compels us to look constantly "for new and better ways to bring love into this world." This is not your usual love book. It's not just a collection of scriptures and good ideas packed into an easy-read. It is instead, a "manual," which addresses social issues, individual struggles, and the deficiencies of the church in this area. It offers the reader practical, doable suggestions for being an active part of the Love Revolution. I was thoroughly inspired and highly recommend it.

Joyce Meyer's latest non-fiction release is a call to Christians to stand up and ACT. Meyer wants to wake us up to the injustice and suffering going on around the world. She calls us to to a part of what she calls the "Love Revolution" whose creed is this: "I take up compassion and surrender my excuses. I stand against injustice and commit to live out simple acts of God's love. I refuse to do nothing. This is my resolve. I am the Love Revolution." I was struck by what Meyer had to say in this book. She began, on page 1, with statistics that quite simply broke my heart. 963 million hungry people; more than 1 billion people earning less that 1 dollar per day; 30,000 children a day dying because of poverty - 11 million each year - and most are under the age of five. After reading these statistics and many more that Meyer includes on page one and beyond, I was hooked. I wanted to know how to be a part of this revolution, how I can possibly make a difference and impact the lives of these hurting people around the world. Meyer's answer: Love. After sharing about needs of people around the world and then drawing our attention to those with needs in our own communities and even our own families, Meyer shares ways to reach out and make a difference. Some of the things she shares are as simple as allowing another driver to take a parking space that you were both waiting for (and doing so with a smile on your face) or mowing the lawn for an elderly neighbor. She includes a chapter on how to "find out what people need and be a part of the solution." She calls us to look inside ourselves and ask ourselves tough questions like, "How selfish am I?" and "How much am I truly willing to help others?" These are tough questions to have to face the answers to - most of us aren't as unselfish or as giving as we wish we were. Overall, "The Love Revolution" delivers exactly what it promises - ways to find a need and act in God's love to be a "part of the solution." If we would all read this book and live up to it's call, what a different place this world would be!

Pray that prayer every day, what can I do for you Jesus? What can I do for everyone else? If everyone did that instead of living selfishly, Joyce Meyer believes we would have a whole lot more happier people. So do more kind things for people, smile when you see someone, forgive as you have been forgiven and the list goes on and on. While I agree wholeheartedly with a major part of this book some of it like our dress, we shouldn't put on our best for the Lord. I don't think entertainment is a part of the worship service either. But to each his own. Still, if everyone was kinder, and more loving, as our Lord has commanded us to be, the facts would show a different story. Read the book, the facts are in there and I am so glad that I was able to read and it will make me change the way I do a few things. Thank you for the food for thought!

This is a great book, a must read for every Christian and really everyone. This subject is one I am most passionate about! There are over 2000 scriptures where God is speaking about the poor, needy and orphans, this is the one issue most on God's heart. And therefore it should be the priority for His people, the poor are the ones most dear to the heart of God and should be for His people also. The book is about getting it, understanding the heart of God, aliening our hearts with His, understanding our responsibility to the poor and needy. Moving from a selfish life, a self centered life, to one of love for others. Having our hearts break over the things that break God's heart. At this books core is the story of author, Joyce Meyer and how she finely got what God says about our duty to the poor and needy, how she was changed and how her ministry changed also when she got hold of Gods passion for the poor and needy. This book is about her encouraging others to get that same passion, to get Gods heart for the needy, and take action as she did. To understand our calling to take care of the poor and needy, do something, to act on what God said, to walk the talk as they say.. Ted Kennedy was asked once how he could have such an obsession with the condition of the poor being he grew up with privilege, so much wealth. Kennedy replied with a question; asking reporter if he had never read the bible?.He got it. And it dictated his life, his work, the focus of all most every bill he authored in the senate (I'm know fan of Kennedy's political stance, but admired his passion for the poor and social justice.). This is what Joyce wants for her readers, that just as it took hold of her and her life, for it to take hold of her readers and change them.. In Matthew 25 Jesus said He will separates the sheep from the goats of those who call Him Lord, and says to the sheep, that being the ones that have fed the hungry, clothed the naked, given drink to the thirsty, and visited those in prison, visited the sick. Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: But He said woe to the goats those who did none of these things. This is an issue God does not take lightly, this book is about being found a sheep in Jesus' story.

In Matthew 25 Jesus separates the sheep from the goats, and says to the sheep that they have fed Him, clothed Him, and visited Him in prison, among other things, but woe to the goats who did none of these things. Joyce Meyer's "The Love Revolution" is about being one of those who help others, and she inspires us and shows us how we can do what the Lord desires of us in showing kindness, even in very small ways, to make a difference for good. The statistics Meyer cites are devastating, especially when it comes to children and the horrific abuse leveled against them around the world, from being sold into prostitution to being used as a labor force (or as soldiers in Uganda) as small children. These statistics instead of depressing us, can make us realize how blessed we are, no matter what our problems, and that we are always able to give of ourselves, even if it is only an encouraging word, to others in need. Walking in God's love isn't a "warm and fuzzy feeling," and often means doing something you'd rather not do, and giving something you'd rather keep, but the rewards are always great, when we do His will. Meyer says that the root of the problem is human selfishness, and urges us to do something, anything, because doing nothing is addictive, and we can sink into our comfortable lives and let the moment slip by. Instead we should say, "what can I do for You today Lord?" Joyce Meyer is a singular voice on television, and her great speaking gifts translate well as a writer. She is smart, unique, and with the help of the Holy Spirit manages to hit the nail so often squarely on its head. Meyer's life experiences have lead her to be a strong and incredibly helpful voice for women, but men also benefit from her insights. Known as "one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers," Meyer has written several bestsellers, and I'm sure "The Love Revolution" is destined to reach the top of the charts too.