40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life: Living the 4:8 Principle

Who wouldn't want joy, especially joy that grows, develops, and transforms one's life? Based on Philippians 4:8, I thought this book would be merely think good thoughts, it was so much more. Tommy Newberry in 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life provided practical steps and tools to build joy in my life. After 40 days I found myself more joyful, more hopeful, and more resilient in living life. He doesn't deny the existence of problems as too many self-help gurus do. He provides practical steps for building life through the best and the worst. Looking for a great book to start off your new year with some positive steps of growth? Check out 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life. Tommy provides not only good words, but good reflection questions and even more some next steps and daily prayers to harvest a crop of joy in living. Each daily reading was a good realignment to joy in my life. Some of my favorites were Day 11, "Harboring Gratitude" and the Joy of Appreciation and Day 17: Hunting Rats: The Joy of Being Battle Ready and my absolute favorite was Day 40, Occupy God Street: The Joy of His Presence. Now that I am in my day 41 and beyond, I look forward to living a joy-filled life and am grateful to have a joy-filled resource to return to time and again. I give 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life 5 out of 5 stars. Thanks Tommy for building my Joy reservoir, hopefully to overflowing!

If you are sad or depressed or anxious get this right now. It’s likely due to your thought patterns!! Don’t get me wrong there are chemical things at play- I’m a combat vet, so I get it. But this book is such a valuable tool to get your thinking re-aligned. Learning how to change that mental channel is so helpful. The fact that it’s a day-to-day lesson makes it sink in. I plan to re-read every year! I have already purchased this for my son, my husband, my mom, my sister, and a few friends! I believe in it. It’s incredible! The key to success is- open the book & do it. Start every morning with it. Put down the phone (preaching to myself) & do this! You will thank me. The people that I know that I’ve actually finished this have been changed forever by it. My friend told me “You will read it when the time is right for you, it finds you when you need it most”, but that time is probably today!

"40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life" offers a biblically based plan for changing your thought patterns which in turn will lead to postive changes in your life. That was my experience after reading Mr. Newberry's first book "The 4:8 Principle". Based on the biblical passage Philippians 4:8, the first book emphasized that you are free to choose your thoughts and if you train your mind to focus on what is good, positive and uplifting, what happens in your life will reflect these thoughts. But this process of changing the way you think takes time and practice before it becomes a habit. That is where the new book comes in. "40 Days" is just that. A 40 day plan that offers insights and a practical plan day by day to change the way you think. It is a great way to start off your morning by reading and then putting that day's plan into action throughout the day. Forty days is such a significant time period in many cases in the Bible (Jesus spent 40 days in the desert being tempted, the flood of Noah's time lasted 40 days, Moses was on Mt. Sinai receiving the law for 40 days). It is also a time period that if the lessons of the book are followed each day for 40 days,this new way of thinking can become a habit. So I hope you will read this book, apply it's lessons and see what happens. You have nothing to lose and so much to gain.

Great book! Doing as a bible study and great discussions!

If you’re stuck in a constant state of low self esteem, negativity, depression, anxiety, or anything else dragging you down, this book could change your life. I’ve always struggled with tending to think negative, depressing thoughts. It wasn’t until I decided to pick up this book that I truly realized the damage it was doing in my mind, body, and spirit. After reading this all the way through, I can truly say that it has changed my life. It has changed the way I view myself, the way I process difficult events, the way I handle negative thoughts, and because of that, has even drastically changed my relationships. No price is worth bettering your thought life and mental health, and I know that this book could be a step in the right direction for anyone willing to pick it up. I loved all of the thought provoking exercises each day and that the book gave me space to journal. This is a must if you’re ready to take back control of your mind!

40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life is a book of inspiring principles. I wanted to read it because I recently realized that because of some of the things I've gone through in my life, I lived in survival mode. So I wanted to begin the process of attaining the tools to thrive in this life. This book is my first step. I've enjoyed it quite a bit and love the exercises as they enable me to think about what I've read and apply it to my life. Therefore I own the knowledge and it's not something I just read. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is because some of the information is redundant. I'm not sure if that is because he is trying to drive specific messages home, or he ran out of material. Still 4 very strong stars.

I really like this book. It’s really easy to read before bed or early in the morning. Very quick daily devotional. My only con is the book cover? I think it’s a little cheesy (haha)

So ein gutes Buch, sehr praktisch mit täglichen Übungen!

Changes your mindset to look for the positive in life.

Not religious but I actually loved doing these daily activities to focus myself in a more positive mindset every morning. There are lessons you can take away from this regardless of whether or not you believe in God.

On my Favourites list.

A very good additional resource to what was covered in the 4:8 Principle by the same author. Although there is some redundant / duplicate material, there is also new content as well. And this book is organized into brief chapters that you can use as daily meditations. I found this book better than the 4:8 Principle for that reason. However, both of these books, along with Success Is Not an Accident are all on my recommended reading list.