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Jesus Is Better by Hugh Houston

Aug13

No Longer A Slave To Sin

Jesus Is Better Than Porn by Hugh Houston talks about his thirty year battle with pornography and his battle plan to beat his addiction. The words and advice can apply to any sin in our lives.

This book is full of helpful suggestions to break the cycle of sin, beginning with confession. Once we confess, we can then be held accountable to somebody else who will help us. We need to set boundaries. If we know we have a weakness in one area of our lives, we must avoid that area. Everything Hugh Houston says is backed up with scripture. Sin is not a new problem. It has been around forever.

Each chapter ends with questions designed to help us focus on what we need to do to defeat our sin. Wise words are included from well known Christian writers such as C.S. Lewis, Dallas Willard, Viktor Frankl and more.

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Unconstrained: Loving God With Abandon by Kyle McNutt

Aug11

Did You Learn To Love?

Unconstrained: Loving God With Abandon by Kyle McNutt is a marvellous and powerful book that delves into scripture, analyses and explains it with the aim of helping us draw closer to God.

The content of the book is explained in the title – it is all about loving God with every part of your life. Do we love God with our time? Our finances? Our pursuits and passions? With every fibre of our being? If not, why not? God desires every part of us. God is not just for Sundays in church. God is for 24/7. He wants to do life in partnership with you. We must give the driving seat of our lives over to God.

Loving God is not just a nice idea or a suggestion. Loving God is a commandment that will improve our lives.

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Desperate Prayers For Desperate Times by John Eckhardt

Aug7

Yes And Amen

Desperate Prayers For Desperate Times by John Eckhardt is a powerful tool to help us in our prayer life. We must believe that “When we pray, He hears you.” Prayer is our lifeline to God. Prayer draws us closer to Him. John Eckhardt says “if you learn nothing else, learn how to pray.” Jesus prayed desperate prayers in the Garden Of Gethsemane. Likewise we too must learn from Him.

Prayer is our key to overcoming. When we pray, we must fix our eyes on Jesus. If we lower our eyes, we see our problems. So lift your eyes and see God.

We must persist in our prayers. We may spend years in the wilderness but the promised land is coming. If God has said He will act, then He will act but it is all in His timing.

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A Prisoner’s Perspective by Mike Savage

Jul11

Search And Rescue

A Prisoner’s Perspective by Mike Savage is a memoir about learning to trust and rely on God. Mike Savage is very open about his years spent in prison, his issues on trust, insecurities and his search and rescue by God.

Mike Savage had a Christian upbringing but it was only in prison where he met God. Reaching rock bottom has a way of focusing one’s life. Mike Savage learnt to trust and rely on God at all times.

The author is also very open about his trust issues with his wife, convinced she would leave him. Both Mike Savage’s wife and God are faithful.

A Prisoner’s Perspective is a powerful and open memoir about coming to faith and living out that faith whilst under lock and key.

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