Joyce Meyer Ministries · 1943–
The official Joyce Meyer devotional is published at:
https://joycemeyer.org/everydayanswersJoyce Meyer (born 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a charismatic Bible teacher, author, and the founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries. She survived a difficult childhood that included years of sexual abuse by her father — an experience she has spoken about openly and which shapes much of her ministry to those carrying trauma. After her own conversion experience in 1976, she began teaching small Bible studies, then preaching at Life Christian Center, and eventually launched her own ministry that grew into a global media operation. Her flagship television and radio broadcast — Enjoying Everyday Life — reaches an estimated 700 million households across over 100 countries in dozens of languages. She has written over 130 books, with combined sales exceeding 30 million copies. Her ministry, Hand of Hope, runs a global humanitarian arm providing food, water, medical care, and disaster relief in more than 60 countries. Meyer's teaching style is direct, personal, and often centered on overcoming psychological barriers — fear, shame, codependency, negative self-talk — through biblical truth. Her conservative evangelical theology is grounded in personal experience and the Holy Spirit's work in everyday situations. She is among the most influential female Christian teachers in the world, despite controversy in some Reformed circles regarding aspects of prosperity teaching.
Conversational, personal, application-focused. Each devotional typically draws from a Bible passage and applies it to specific emotional or psychological challenges (anxiety, anger, comparison, shame). Distinctive emphasis on the renewing of the mind (Romans 12:2), believer's authority in Christ, and the practical work of the Holy Spirit in everyday life.
Passages Joyce Meyer returns to most often, with their typical theme:
“You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.”
“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”
“The mind is the battlefield.”— Title of her best-known book (1995).
Joyce Meyer publishes daily devotional content at joycemeyer.org/everydayanswers. Her ministry also offers a free daily email devotional, the Joyce Meyer Ministries app (with daily readings), and the Battlefield of the Mind devotional book series. Her flagship broadcast Enjoying Everyday Life is available on television, radio, and through her ministry's streaming platform.
Joyce Meyer (born 1943) is a charismatic Bible teacher, author, and the founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Her flagship broadcast Enjoying Everyday Life reaches over 700 million households worldwide. She has written over 130 books with sales exceeding 30 million copies. Her humanitarian arm, Hand of Hope, operates in over 60 countries.
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind (1995) is Joyce Meyer's best-known book, with over 5 million copies sold. It applies Romans 12:2 ('be transformed by the renewing of your mind') to common patterns of negative thinking — fear, shame, anxiety, comparison — and teaches biblical methods for renewing the mind. A companion devotional and study guide series has followed.
Joyce Meyer is an ordained minister (ordained by the General Council of the Assemblies of God) and a Bible teacher. She does not pastor a local congregation but operates through her ministry organization, with teaching delivered through broadcast media, books, conferences, and online platforms. Her ministry headquarters is in Missouri.