Table Of ContentChapter 1: What in the World is Going On? Chapter 2: The Greatest Thing in All the World Chapter 3: Loving People who are hard to love Chapter 4: The Character of Love Chapter 5: Becoming a Peacemaker Chapter 6: The Danger of Anger Chapter 7: Disagree Agreeably Chapter 8: Avoiding Strife Chapter 9: Love is Not Easily Offended Chapter 10: Are You Angry at Yourself? Chapter 11: Can't You Be More Like Me? Chapter 12: Please Accept Me! Chapter 13: Adjust Yourself to Other People Chapter 14: Let It Go Chapter 15: For the Love of God Chapter 16: The Armor of Light Chapter 17: What is Your Opinion? Chapter 18: It Is Just Too Hard Chapter 19: We Are All Created Equal in God's Eyes
SynopsisWe're never going to be able to prevent people from saying or doing things that hurt our feelings. We will always have opportunities to get offended. But if we do things God's way, we can choose to save ourselves a lot of misery and hardship. This doesn't mean we allow people to abuse us. No, there is a time for confronting people and dealing with situations. However, the Bible commands us to love our enemies and forgive those who have wronged us, even when it feels impossible.Everything the Lord asks us to do in the Bible is ultimately for our good. 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. Because whatever the Lord commands us to do, He is going to give us the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish it-and that includes loving and being good to difficult people! God's love flowing through us is strong enough to melt even the hardest hearts, so use kindness as a weapon to overcome the meanness in people., Renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers to love the people in their life who are hard to love. We're never going to be able to prevent people from saying or doing things that hurt our feelings. We will always have opportunities to get offended. But if we do things God's way, we can choose to save ourselves a lot of misery and hardship. This doesn't mean we allow people to abuse us. No, there is a time for confronting people and dealing with situations. However, the Bible commands us to love our enemies and forgive those who have wronged us, even when it feels impossible. Everything the Lord asks us to do in the Bible is ultimately for our good. 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. Because whatever the Lord commands us to do, He is going to give us the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish it--and that includes loving and being good to difficult people! God's love flowing through us is strong enough to melt even the hardest hearts, so use kindness as a weapon to overcome the meanness in people. A Study Guide is also available for purchase.