Some questions it discussed were.
Why does the Bible warn about the deceitfulness of sin?
What must I have for my life to be meaningful and happy?
Do I love God whole-heartedly or are there other loves in my heart that clamor for my attention?
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone
This book discussed how we often find ourselves trapped in habitual sin. Idolatry lies at the heart of every sin. It helped me uncover hidden idols in my life.
Some questions it discussed were.
Why does the Bible warn about the deceitfulness of sin?
What must I have for my life to be meaningful and happy?
Do I love God whole-heartedly or are there other loves in my heart that clamor for my attention?
Some questions it discussed were.
Why does the Bible warn about the deceitfulness of sin?
What must I have for my life to be meaningful and happy?
Do I love God whole-heartedly or are there other loves in my heart that clamor for my attention?
She's Got Issues: Seriously Good News for Stressed-Out, Secretly Scared Control Freaks Like Us
We've all got our issues. We deal with our "issues" every day in one form or another, but after a while, they start to feel normal. But we have access to the power of Christ who can help us transform our everyday weaknesses into our greatest strengths. In this book, Nicole shows you how to let God freely shape your character--and transform your life from ordinary to abundant.
Monday, August 19, 2019
The Bondage Breaker
Before reading this book I had little concept of how to deal with the devil. This book really explained to me how to put on the full armor of God which I really didn't understand how to do it. The book was divided into three parts. The first part was about having the courage to face the devil. Satan is like a little yapping dog. You have to out truth him by believing, declaring, and acting upon the truth of God's word. The most powerful weapon that the devil can use against you is the pride of believing I can take care of my own life by being the God of it. Having humility is a great tool against this. Pride says "I did it all by myself". Humility says "I resisted the devil by the grace of God". The devil will do anything to cloud your perspective to keep you isolated from God. It also talked about the strong power of prayer.
The second part talked about the schemes the devil uses, how to recognize them, and how to stand firm in your faith against them. The power of temptation is a stronghold you have that has taught you to live independent of God. There are three main temptations the devil uses lust of the flesh, the lust of eyes, and pride of life. Lust of flesh refers to physical appetite and gratification. Lust of the eyes refers to self-interest and test the word of God. Pride of life refers to self-promotion and self-exaltation. Satans other tools involve accusation when you cross the line of temptation. This book also explained the difference between conviction by the spirit and condemnation by the devil and how pride affects us and keeps us isolated from God.
The third section talked about how to walk free from the devil's influences. Freedom depends on what you believe, what to confess, forgive always, renounce bad influence, and forsake sin. Faith doesn't create the reality it responds to reality. So the more you know about God the bigger your faith. This section talked a lot about forgiveness, rebellion vs submission, pride vs humility, bondage vs freedom, and lots of prayers on different topics. Then how to help others find freedom as well.
This book was excellent! It really helped me to understand what tactics satan uses and how to defend myself against them. I recommend this book to Christians and Non-Christians as well to deepen their faith.
The second part talked about the schemes the devil uses, how to recognize them, and how to stand firm in your faith against them. The power of temptation is a stronghold you have that has taught you to live independent of God. There are three main temptations the devil uses lust of the flesh, the lust of eyes, and pride of life. Lust of flesh refers to physical appetite and gratification. Lust of the eyes refers to self-interest and test the word of God. Pride of life refers to self-promotion and self-exaltation. Satans other tools involve accusation when you cross the line of temptation. This book also explained the difference between conviction by the spirit and condemnation by the devil and how pride affects us and keeps us isolated from God.
The third section talked about how to walk free from the devil's influences. Freedom depends on what you believe, what to confess, forgive always, renounce bad influence, and forsake sin. Faith doesn't create the reality it responds to reality. So the more you know about God the bigger your faith. This section talked a lot about forgiveness, rebellion vs submission, pride vs humility, bondage vs freedom, and lots of prayers on different topics. Then how to help others find freedom as well.
This book was excellent! It really helped me to understand what tactics satan uses and how to defend myself against them. I recommend this book to Christians and Non-Christians as well to deepen their faith.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Everyone needs a relationship that is meaningful and healthy. The problem with relationships now is most people don't how to communicate because we don't know our partners love languages. There are 5 love languages.
1) Words of Affirmation
2) Quality Time
3) Receiving Gifts
4) Acts of Service
5) Physical Touch
You take a simple test and you will discover what your main language is and your secondary. All of us show love is all the love languages but we have two that we receive more love in. Using the tools from the book you can learn how to speak your lovers love language.
1) Words of Affirmation
2) Quality Time
3) Receiving Gifts
4) Acts of Service
5) Physical Touch
You take a simple test and you will discover what your main language is and your secondary. All of us show love is all the love languages but we have two that we receive more love in. Using the tools from the book you can learn how to speak your lovers love language.
Sunday, June 16, 2019
The Last Battle The Chronicles of Narnia #7
Shift an ape persuades Puzzle, a donkey, to dress in a lion's skin to pretend to be Aslan. Shift also deceives many of the Narnians to serve the Calormenes and cutting down Talking Trees for lumber. To get money for the good of Narnia.
Narnia has had peace and prosperity since the reign of King Caspian. Tirian and Jewel the Unicorn set out to stop the trees from being cut down. They find two Narnians abusing a talking horse and kill them. Awaiting for punishment for their crime they discover that they are deceiving everyone. He then accuses the ape of lying. Tirian is tied to a tree. Then Jill and Eustace arrive in Narnia. They release the King and rescue Jewel. Puzzle, realizing that he doesn't want to deceive anyone anymore joins them. Tirian also learns that Shift has unintentionally summoned the actual Tash ( a God) to Narnia Farsight the eagle arrives to help, bearing news that Roonwit and the Narnian army have all been killed in battle. They advance on the stable to expose the truth of the deception. Shift plans to force them into the stable to meet Tash.
Outside the stable, most of the remaining Narnians are all either killed, captured and sacrificed to Tash. All the kings and queens bear witness to the end of the world. All the inhabitants, living and dead, gather outside the barn to be judged by Aslan; the faithful enter Aslan's Country while those who have opposed or deserted him become ordinary animals and vanish. The vegetation is eaten by dragons and giant lizards, and Father Time calls the stars down from the skies into the sea as it rises to cover Narnia. The land freezes when Father Time puts out the sun and the moon. Peter closes the door, and Aslan leads them to his country.
They find they are in a new, "real" version of Narnia. They move up a waterfall to gates where they are greeted by Reepicheep and meet other characters from the earlier novels. They find they can see a real England, parallelling the real Narnia.
This was very good and a well-done version of the 7 book series.
Narnia has had peace and prosperity since the reign of King Caspian. Tirian and Jewel the Unicorn set out to stop the trees from being cut down. They find two Narnians abusing a talking horse and kill them. Awaiting for punishment for their crime they discover that they are deceiving everyone. He then accuses the ape of lying. Tirian is tied to a tree. Then Jill and Eustace arrive in Narnia. They release the King and rescue Jewel. Puzzle, realizing that he doesn't want to deceive anyone anymore joins them. Tirian also learns that Shift has unintentionally summoned the actual Tash ( a God) to Narnia Farsight the eagle arrives to help, bearing news that Roonwit and the Narnian army have all been killed in battle. They advance on the stable to expose the truth of the deception. Shift plans to force them into the stable to meet Tash.
Outside the stable, most of the remaining Narnians are all either killed, captured and sacrificed to Tash. All the kings and queens bear witness to the end of the world. All the inhabitants, living and dead, gather outside the barn to be judged by Aslan; the faithful enter Aslan's Country while those who have opposed or deserted him become ordinary animals and vanish. The vegetation is eaten by dragons and giant lizards, and Father Time calls the stars down from the skies into the sea as it rises to cover Narnia. The land freezes when Father Time puts out the sun and the moon. Peter closes the door, and Aslan leads them to his country.
They find they are in a new, "real" version of Narnia. They move up a waterfall to gates where they are greeted by Reepicheep and meet other characters from the earlier novels. They find they can see a real England, parallelling the real Narnia.
This was very good and a well-done version of the 7 book series.
An Exceptional Hound
This is the second book in the Ryland Creek Saga. Jason, Bobby, and Tara are 3 friends that decide to learn how to coon hunt with the guidance of Nathan Ernst, with his coonhound Seth and somewhat eccentric Uncle Arthur. But the woods hide a powerful spirit bear Scar Paw. Scar Paw creates some danger for everyone. They have to learn how to rely on each other and the exceptional hound to save the day. Very good.
Trusting God: A Girlfriends in God Faith Adventure
This book was very good! It was a 12 week Bible study about how to trust God and at the end of each chapter, it had discussion questions and exercises. It really showed me what does trusting God really look like? I also learned about the Girlfriends in God ministry team. Highly recommend.
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