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Fearless Faith by Joan Hufman

Dec28

An Enabling Book

Fearless Faith by Joan Huffman is a great little book that explores how to live out our faith in spite of our fears.

Knowing God means we should be able to live fruitful and fearless lives. We all have areas of our lives that cause us to fear. “Fear cripples us.” Joan Huffman examines various topics that make us fearful – giants, talents, brokenness, scars, etc – She gives pointers as to how we can overcome our fears by trusting in God. “My fear was great but God was greater.”

Each chapter opens with a Biblical passage and closes with questions designed for self examination, to enable us to live out our fearless faith.

A wonderful book. I will end with a quote that Joan Huffman included from Ernest Hemmingway that really says it all:

“Courage is grace under pressure.”

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Right In The Middle But Left Out by Jeffery Trees

Dec27

Evil Exists

Right In The Middle But Left Out by Jeffery Trees is a book about a little written about subject – incest and its effect on family members down the generations.

The cycle of sin needs to be broken. The past needs to be faced no matter how painful.

Jeffery Trees has written a firsthand account of what it is like to be married to a victim of incest. To be walking in the dark, stumbling around, trying to make sense of his newfound knowledge. “I leaned on Christ as the only source of my sanity.” What else can you do but turn to God?

There are raw emotions of pain, of hurt, of anger, of total disbelief – how could those meant to protect the innocent be so evil? It is natural to question even God’s goodness. “How could God allow it to happen?”

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Be Brave: Saving Lives With Your Problems by Zack Quilici

Dec21

An Honest Testimony

Be Brave: Saving Lives With Your Problems by Zack Quilici is a brutally honest account of a messed up life that was going nowhere. A life that needed to know God and be transformed by Him. “I don’t think I’d ever have met Him, if it wasn’t for my lousy decisions up to the point of my salvation.”

Zack Quilici urges us all to be brave and to share our stories to help others. We learn from our experiences and can help others by sharing and walking alongside them. He quotes Carl Lenz “I’m using my pain as a platform and not a prison.”

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The Greatest Gift by Julia Wilson

Dec11

My Thoughts

What does Christmas mean to you? Parties and presents? Sleigh bells and Santa? Festivities and food? Children waiting excitedly. Mum and Dad frantically preparing, preparing for the day when everything must be perfect. So much to do. So much pressure. No time to pause.

Let me take you back – back to that first Christmas. An uncomplicated affair. A young man and his heavily pregnant wife searching for a bed. No room at the inn. A bed amongst the animals. The Baby born in a lowly stable. No fuss. Amid the smell and noise of the animals, the King was ushered into the world.

This Baby – born with His eyes on Calvary. For you. For me.

Do you see Him?

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