Here at the Christian Book Club we are entering our last week with “Your God is Too Safe”. I have really enjoyed the book and I have enjoyed reading your comments. Thank you for your comments! This week we will be reading chapter 18 – 22 and the Epilogue. I have really gotten a lot out of the exhortations towards the spiritual disciplines. I liked how Chapter 17 talked about dead space. We seem to have so little quiet times in our lives. I did a quick overview of this weeks chapters. You will find some great stories and illustrations throughout. I look forward to your comments.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NIV)
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.
I hope we will all, like Habakkuk, pray and praise will all of our hearts, regardless of circumstance.
Next week we start with Max Lucado’s “Numbers of Hope 3:16″. If you don’t have your copy you need to get one. Later on this year we are going to read another book by Mark Buchanan called “Holy Wild” so I am sure we will be challenged once again. Have a blessed week!
We are continuing to read Your God is Too Safe on the Christian Book Club. I wanted to discuss Chapter 16. It’s about confession and the importance of having a safe person to talk with. I have encouraged people in our church to have as a priority in their lives, the making of a few relationships with people that they can be completely open and honest with. You need at least one of these people in your life, and if you are really blessed you have two or three. When people ask me how to find these people I tell them it starts with being a person who is safe.
The power of confession is huge. When something that has long been in darkness is finally brought to light there is so much freedom. It is the amazing paradox, that which we struggle to keep hidden is what keeps us in captivity. In getting the deepest, darkest, most shameful secrets of our lives into the open we can begin to experience the life God intended for us.
I love the story at the end of the chapter about the King of Prussia.
“Prisoner, why are you here?”
“I robbed a man, Your Majesty.”
“And are you guilty?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Frederick called the guard over. Pointing at the man who confessed, he said, “Release this man immediately. I will not have this scoundrel thief kept here where he might corrupt all these other fine, virtuous, and innocent men.”
That is a great story! I plan on making a little change to the site this weekend, so if you come to the site and it looks different don’t think you have gone to the wrong place. Blessings.
I can’t believe how quickly this month is going by. As I have said I am really enjoying Your God is Too Safe. Each chapter seems to give me something new to think about. Your comments have also helped me to see things that I missed in my reading. That is why I enjoy reading books like this in a Christian Book Club setting.
This week we will be reading and discussing Chapters 13 – 17. We are moving into “The Holy Wild”. I just did a quick preview scan and I think we are in for some very interesting reading. I look forward to reading your comments. Don’t forget that you can comment on each others comments. If you get a chance this week, try to do that for one another. Just use the Reply to This Comment tab. If you are new to the site your first comment has to be moderated by me. That is done so that spammers can’t get in and put garbage on the site. After I approve your first comment, your following comments will just pop right up.
It is time to get ready for June’s book which is Hope 3:16 by Max Lucado. I am looking forward to the book. I haven’t read it yet, but Max Lucado is an excellent writer and speaker. If you ever get to go to a conference where he is speaking you will enjoy it. If you need to order the book I will give you a link to do that here.
Thank you all for your participation. I hope you are enjoying this club as much as I am.
Your God is Too Safe – Week 3
I can’t believe how quickly this month is going by. As I have said I am really enjoying Your God is Too Safe. Each chapter seems to give me something new to think about. Your comments have also helped me to see things that I missed in my reading. That is why I enjoy reading books like this in a Christian Book Club setting.
This week we will be reading and discussing Chapters 13 – 17. We are moving into “The Holy Wild”. I just did a quick preview scan and I think we are in for some very interesting reading. I look forward to reading your comments. Don’t forget that you can comment on each others comments. If you get a chance this week, try to do that for one another. Just use the Reply to This Comment tab. If you are new to the site your first comment has to be moderated by me. That is done so that spammers can’t get in and put garbage on the site. After I approve your first comment, your following comments will just pop right up.
It is time to get ready for June’s book which is Hope 3:16 by Max Lucado. I am looking forward to the book. I haven’t read it yet, but Max Lucado is an excellent writer and speaker. If you ever get to go to a conference where he is speaking you will enjoy it. If you need to order the book I will give you a link to do that here.
By Max Lucado
Thank you all for your participation. I hope you are enjoying this club as much as I am.