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Joy X 150
You've
got to believe in Joy! It's found at least 150 times in
the Bible.
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Endorsements
"What
a joy reading Carol's insights on life! Carol writes about
thought-provoking truths she has learned from her life
experiences. Her challenge to the readers is that the
only way we are going to live overcoming lives and really
be a witness of the love of Jesus is in spending time
with God daily in His Word and in prayer, then walking
out what we have read.
"She challenges us to go against the tide of society's
mind-set. Defiant Joy is just what it says: We choose
to defy, conforming to the attitudes of the world around
us. It is a decision that we make to have self-control,
to be kind, to think about others instead of just ourselves,
to be patient and to live a life that exemplifies Jesus
to those around us."
- Sharon Daugherty
Victory Christian Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Carol has captured the essence of what women need
to live in peace with God, their families and themselves."
- Donna Russo
Executive Director
Kingdom Bound Ministries
"Carol McLeod is a beautiful woman of God who I looked
to as a mentor in college. Her godly example as a wife,
mother and minister has always been an inspiration to
me. She truly is a gift to the Body of Christ. You will
be enriched and encouraged as you read her latest book."
- Lisa Osteen Comes
Lakewood Church
Houston, Texas
Lisa Osteen Comes serves as an Associate Pastor of
Lakewood Church, under the leadership of her brother,
Pastor Joel Osteen. Her husband Kevin, is the Administrator
of Lakewood Church, and they have three children--twin
girls, Catherine and Caroline, and a son, Christopher.
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ABOUT CAROL...
"Carol challenges us by her practical, yet inspiring
teaching of the Word. Her teachings are unbelievably
applicable. I can always go home and apply them that
very week."
"Carol is so genuine. Whenever I am at Bible Study,
I just feel so loved and accepted."
"I am tired of over-spiritual, irrelevant woman's
Bible Studies. You know, the same old Proverbs 31 woman
all over again. But when Carol teaches, she gives us
substance . . . something that I can take home and chew
on for days."
"She talks about her
weaknesses so freely. I immediately knew that she understood
what I go through every day."
"Carol has a way of ministering to young moms.
She makes young moms believe that "I can do this!
What I do is important to God!"
"Since going to Bible Study and being influenced
by Carol's way of living, I walk right up to young moms
on my street and say, "You're doing a good thing!
You are such a great mom!" When someone builds
you up - you feel like you can do it!- Melissa - age
43
"Carol is always hugging everybody. She will stay
until 11:00 if she needs to . . . to pray for the women.
It's like she sees my heart before anything else."
"Even before I met Carol, I felt like I knew her.
I just couldn't wait until the meeting to hear what
she has to say."
"The joy that Carol talks about isn't bubbly or
shallow. This is the kind of lifestyle that works when
the baby is crying, when the bills aren't paid and when
your teenager is having a nervous breakdown. The joy
that we get from His presence takes us through the wilderness
and through the valley."
"Carol has made me believe that there can be joy
in every situation. That I can don't have to be an emotionally
volatile woman. But she doesn't just teach it...she
lives it."
" I love Carol's style. She combines strength and
action with a softer, feminine edge. It's a great example
for me. She's not an inch deep and a mile wide"
"She told us we can be a leader with world influence
while being a mom with home influence. That I can have
fun and not take life so seriously."
ABOUT "ROOMS OF A WOMAN'S HEART"...
"Carol's teaching, "The Rooms of a Woman's
Heart", changed my life. It helped me to know myself
better and to know God better. Now I know that He not
only lives in my heart, but that He has a plan for my
heart."
"Carol uses a lot of visual aids in her teachings.
When she was teaching about the Dining Room of your
heart and compared it to the wilderness, the scene that
she set took my breath away. It made the presence of
God so alive in my wilderness."
"When Carol took us into the nursery, I thought
about that scene from "Father of the Bride 2",
when Steve Martin sees the nursery for the first time.
The expanse of the nursery in my heart, where God gives
me vision and dreams, is breathtaking! I have never
heard this before! The perspective is amazing!"
"What better way to understand a woman's heart
than to compare it to the warmth of a home, a place
so central to a woman's life."
ABOUT THE JUST JOY MEETINGS...
"One of the amazing things about Bible Study is
that the church sanctuary is filled with women of all
ages. We have teenagers, young moms, career women, empty
nesters, grandmothers and even great-grandmothers! Carol's
teaching style embraces all ages. People trust her.
She is very real."
"Even though our Bible Study is huge, it still
feels like a small group."
"I brought my friend from across the street to
Bible Study. She was so impressed with Bible Study and
couldn't believe that Carol would actually come up and
talk to her and ask her questions about her life. My
friend said, "I would trust Carol with my kids.
She has got to be the best mother ever. I want to be
a mother just like her." - Marie - age 28
"Carol had hundreds of post cards ready for the
women at Bible Study. We were supposed to take a stack
and hand them out to the women in our world. We had
a blast giving those post cards to everyone in our world!
I learned that you can have fun while sharing the love
of Jesus with your world!"
"Carol's teachings are life-giving and real. I
believe that if a non-Christian came in and listened
to Carol, that person would relate to her and understand
what she was talking about."
"The end of every teaching has a personal charge.
I always know what I need to do when I go home. It gives
me focus for the week."
"Her teachings are jammed-packed with relevant
scripture. Suddenly the Word of God has come to life
for me. I am reading my Bible again with new energy!"
"Just
Joy has been the most intense, uplifting, encouraging,
satisfying and life changing experience for me! You
can't seem to get enough and when you leave that night's
teaching, it keeps drawing you in for more! The move
of God through the Word is powerful and it will truly
transform your life. Just Joy is a place for hope, real
friendship and victory in every single area of your
life ... it sure has been for me!" - Colleen
"I cannot begin to tell you what an experience
it was for me to attend the Bible Study series "Women
of the Bible." I gained spiritual strength as we
studied their lives. Through Carol's teaching, you actually
get a visual picture that enables you to connect with
these women of the past." - Renee
"Last fall, Carol mentioned that we should all
have a prayer partner during one of her teachings. I
began praying with a friend every Saturday morning on
the phone. Since then, we have had prayer after prayer
answered, from my husband starting to go to church with
me to a pet being miraculously healed! The power of
praying together with great faith is amazing! God is
so good!" - Penny
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