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Why, God, Why?: How to Be Delivered from Confusion
Say Goodbye to Confusion -- and Hello to Joy!
Are you confused? Is there something happening in your life today that you don't understand? Do you wonder why your life had to be the way it was? Do you find yourself asking, Why, God, why? This very question once tormented bestselling inspirational author Joyce Meyer, until she realized that waiting for the answer only stole her peace and robbed her joy. Now you too can end confusion and bring happiness back into your life. Let Joyce Meyer show you how
End your enslavement to trying to figure everything out
Learn to be dependent on a trustworthy God
Stop worrying about yesterday or tomorrow
Rescue your mind from the traps of the flesh and teach it to think spiritually.
If you're asking "Why, God, why?" you're asking the wrong question. This wonderful, indispensable book will help you to find the way to God and enjoy life as never before!
Are you confused? Is there something happening in your life today that you don't understand? Do you wonder why your life had to be the way it was? Do you find yourself asking, Why, God, why? This very question once tormented bestselling inspirational author Joyce Meyer, until she realized that waiting for the answer only stole her peace and robbed her joy. Now you too can end confusion and bring happiness back into your life. Let Joyce Meyer show you how
End your enslavement to trying to figure everything out
Learn to be dependent on a trustworthy God
Stop worrying about yesterday or tomorrow
Rescue your mind from the traps of the flesh and teach it to think spiritually.
If you're asking "Why, God, why?" you're asking the wrong question. This wonderful, indispensable book will help you to find the way to God and enjoy life as never before!
56 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2003
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About the author
Joyce Meyer
1,668 books3,926 followersJoyce Meyer is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's leading Bible teachers. Through Joyce Meyer Ministries, she teaches practically and candidly, openly sharing her experiences and helping millions of people to apply biblical principles to their situations and ultimately find hope and restoration through Jesus Christ. Her book Battlefield of the Mind has been a perennial bestseller, teaching people how to win the war in their minds and “think about what they think about.”
Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life program is broadcast to millions worldwide in 114 languages. She has also authored over 150 books, which have been translated into over 170 combined languages, including Battlefield of the Mind, which has sold over 7 million copies across the globe. We’ve also distributed over 43.5 million books around the world.
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Joyce discovered how to overcome the emotional pain of her troubled past and experience true joy, hope, and healing by applying God’s Word to her life. Her passion is to help others do the same. For more than 40 years, Joyce has held conferences across the United States and around the world, teaching God’s Word and sharing the message of Christ with millions. Joyce also encourages millions each day through social media and online efforts and resources at joycemeyer.org
Joyce’s passion to help people who are hurting is the foundation of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Each year, Hand of Hope provides millions of meals for the hungry and malnourished, installs freshwater wells in poor and remote areas, provides critical relief after natural disasters, and offers free medical and dental care to thousands through their hospitals and clinics worldwide. Through their Project GRL initiative, they rescue women and children from human trafficking, provide safe places where they can receive an education and nutritious meals, and seek to let all girls everywhere know they are loved and valued by God.
In 2023, Joyce founded Hope Mountain Ranch, an 800-acre refuge in Mount Pleasant, Utah. Inspired by her own personal journey, Hope Mountain Ranch is a place where people can experience the transformative power of God and find hope and healing. It also serves as the hub for Joyce Meyer Ministries’ outreaches across the United States.
Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life program is broadcast to millions worldwide in 114 languages. She has also authored over 150 books, which have been translated into over 170 combined languages, including Battlefield of the Mind, which has sold over 7 million copies across the globe. We’ve also distributed over 43.5 million books around the world.
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Joyce discovered how to overcome the emotional pain of her troubled past and experience true joy, hope, and healing by applying God’s Word to her life. Her passion is to help others do the same. For more than 40 years, Joyce has held conferences across the United States and around the world, teaching God’s Word and sharing the message of Christ with millions. Joyce also encourages millions each day through social media and online efforts and resources at joycemeyer.org
Joyce’s passion to help people who are hurting is the foundation of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Each year, Hand of Hope provides millions of meals for the hungry and malnourished, installs freshwater wells in poor and remote areas, provides critical relief after natural disasters, and offers free medical and dental care to thousands through their hospitals and clinics worldwide. Through their Project GRL initiative, they rescue women and children from human trafficking, provide safe places where they can receive an education and nutritious meals, and seek to let all girls everywhere know they are loved and valued by God.
In 2023, Joyce founded Hope Mountain Ranch, an 800-acre refuge in Mount Pleasant, Utah. Inspired by her own personal journey, Hope Mountain Ranch is a place where people can experience the transformative power of God and find hope and healing. It also serves as the hub for Joyce Meyer Ministries’ outreaches across the United States.
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January 12, 2026
Let me grab my tissues now 🤧
I say this everytime but this is therapy to me! When I read her books I'm lighter, peaceful and relieved. What a wise woman! Her words have a way of reaching my roots.❤️🩹
Some of my fave quotes:🌷☁️
Confusion is caused by trying to figure out or locate an answer to a situation that only God seems to have.
Reasoning is labor and takes you into
confusion, not rest.
Whatever tomorrow holds for me, He holds tomorrow and me in the palm of His hand.
Reasonings either trap us in the past or try to push us into the future.
Worrying about yesterday or tomorrow steals today. You have been given grace for today.
The past is the past. Whether the past had victory or defeat, it is still the past. It is gone. Live today!
Nothing will work when we are out of God’s timing trying to make something happen.
When you feel confused, let that be a warning signal to you that you are handling something the wrong way.
The nature of the flesh is “to try to figure things out.” The nature of the Spirit is “to trust God to reveal the answer in His timing.
I say this everytime but this is therapy to me! When I read her books I'm lighter, peaceful and relieved. What a wise woman! Her words have a way of reaching my roots.❤️🩹
Some of my fave quotes:🌷☁️
Confusion is caused by trying to figure out or locate an answer to a situation that only God seems to have.
Reasoning is labor and takes you into
confusion, not rest.
Whatever tomorrow holds for me, He holds tomorrow and me in the palm of His hand.
Reasonings either trap us in the past or try to push us into the future.
Worrying about yesterday or tomorrow steals today. You have been given grace for today.
The past is the past. Whether the past had victory or defeat, it is still the past. It is gone. Live today!
Nothing will work when we are out of God’s timing trying to make something happen.
When you feel confused, let that be a warning signal to you that you are handling something the wrong way.
The nature of the flesh is “to try to figure things out.” The nature of the Spirit is “to trust God to reveal the answer in His timing.
August 12, 2018
i bought this cute little book at a thrift shop. it was simple, straight to the point, and helpful. excited to find out she lives in st. louis and offers many other books and resources.
August 8, 2007
"Learned to stop asking and start trusting..."
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April 29, 2013I read this during a difficult time. Quick read & helpful
March 3, 2025
Before all the self-help books on mindfulness and other issues, there was the Bible and its teachings. This short book takes on some of the issues of today, our constant worries and ruminating about the past and mainly the future, and applies the Bible and its wisdom on them. A really interesting take.
November 7, 2025
We bought it randomly three or four years ago from a university bazaar. I didn’t read it until now, maybe it just wasn’t the right time.
I added it here because it holds sentimental value; someone special bought it for me back then.
" قد لا يتعجل الله الامور ولكنه لا يتأخر ابداً"
I added it here because it holds sentimental value; someone special bought it for me back then.
" قد لا يتعجل الله الامور ولكنه لا يتأخر ابداً"
March 27, 2018
Amazing!!
Joyce brings things to an understandable level so you are able to get the most from the teaching. I always enjoy anything by Joyce.
Joyce brings things to an understandable level so you are able to get the most from the teaching. I always enjoy anything by Joyce.
August 3, 2020
I love these short books by Joyce Meyer, short and power packed with information. When I purchased her other book, When, God, When? I had to double it up and get the other one, Why, God, Why? I highly recommend both of these books.
March 25, 2022
Encouraged to spend more time with God and less time trying to figure things out. Be content with not knowing everything
December 27, 2025
Very short, but got so very much out of this!
August 20, 2016
Why, God, why? is a question I often used to ask when in trouble, but I think this book made it clear that if we are trying to figure everything around us out, then we loose our peace and we end up in confusion, which steals our joy. This book teaches how to trust and be dependent on a faithful and trustworthy GOD, who knows everything! We read this book together in the family and it helped us realize that God knows what, when and why it's happening.
June 5, 2012
EXCELLENT READ
July 5, 2013
Very insightful and provides a solid framework for meditation, moving forward and trusting God.
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August 1, 2016This book will help you come closer to trusting God and freeing yourself from worry and confusion.
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