The Courage to Change by Joyce Meyer

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The Courage to Change by Joyce Meyer
Also by this author: The Joy of an Uncluttered Life
Published by Hachette Nashville on 05/06/2025
Genres: Religion / Christian Living / Personal Growth, Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, Self-Help / Personal Growth / General
Pages: 228
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley

Change is inevitable. And sometimes it’s confusing and difficult, even when it’s good. We can’t keep change from coming, but we can allow it to transform us rather than derail us by facing it and embracing it through the lens of God’s unchanging promises to us.

We’ve all heard the saying, “The only constant is change.”  Sometimes the changes we face, both expected and unexpected, can make our lives feel ungrounded and unsteady. And when we react to change with fear, an opportunity for growth can turn into overwhelming anxiety that locks us into situations, relationships, and ways of thinking and being that prevent us from living in the fullness of who we truly are in Christ.

Beloved Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer wants us to know that even when we feel like the ground beneath our feet is shifting, we can stand firm on the promise of God’s Word that He will see us through. With her signature insight and timeless wisdom, Joyce shows us how to align our emotional reactions to changes with the truth of God’s promise that He will work all changes for good in our lives, even the most painful and difficult ones. In TheCourage to Change, you will learn how to:

• Embrace change as a necessary part of growth
• Replace a mindset of fear with a mindset of opportunity
• And live fully within the uncertainty of change while maintaining peace.

We will all face changes again and again throughout our lifetimes. We don’t have to live dreading the challenges that these changes bring. We can equip ourselves to become people of bravery, optimism, and hope in an ever-changing world, because we have God’s assurance that His character and His promises will never change.

Become a change warrior and embrace the courage to change.

The Courage to Change also contains study questions at the end of each chapter for individual or group reflection.

I’ve said before that I am a fan of Joyce Meyer’s books and that I don’t feel that she preaches prosperity gospel – at least not as we generally know it. And The Courage to Change provides more proof of that fact.

In The Courage to Change, Mrs. Meyer tackles the thing that the greater majority of the people I know¹ Including myself hate, which is change. She gives sound biblical reasoning for how to handle the various types of change in your life from changes in jobs to changes in relationships.

She quotes often from Scripture and gives both the references and the quotes. She doesn’t sugar-coat the fact that if we live outside of God’s will, our lives aren’t going to be great. We aren’t going to react well when changes come up. She talks about controlling our anger and worry, how to overcome our fear. And she talks about how it feels when we aren’t living in God’s will.

She ends each chapter with questions meant to make us reflect on what we’ve read, our lives, and what we could do or should do better.

This is one of Mrs. Meyer’s best books and I can’t wait to read more of them. I gave this 4 stars and highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn how to handle changes in their life better.