Are you controlled by fear? Is it your default reaction? In our world, financial ruin, illness, death of a loved one, or even the end of the world can consume our thoughts. Maybe you fear that you don’t matter, that God is disappointed in you, or even that God doesn’t exist. Max Lucado’s newest book Fearless addresses fear as corrosion of our trust in God. “Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts,” he writes. He discusses what the Bible has to say specifically about each of many reasons for fear and presents practical ideas on conquering those fears with God’s help, such as prayer and recalling scriptural truth and even hymns.
It’s not an overnight solution, but it’s wonderful place to begin the battle, and an excellent reference tool as each chapter addresses a different fear.
His pages are not just sprinkled but doused with scripture, particularly centered around Jesus’ numerous admonishments to “not fear.”
Lucado’s trademark colorful metaphors will cause you to digest this book slowly. It has encouraged me this week to focus on Jesus when I feel my own fears creeping into my thoughts.
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Hello,
My name is Marie and I am working with Pastor Andy Deane who recently wrote the book: Learn to Study the Bible – it teaches 40 Bible study methods. We would love to send you a free copy to see if you would review it on your site. Recently we’ve received some exciting endorsements from Dr. Catt (pastor of church that produced the movie FIREPROOF) and Pastor Bob Coy (9th Largest church in USA). If you are able to blog about this new Bible study book please let me know if an internet ebook version would be possible for you to read (saves us money to do that).
TITLE: Learn to Study the Bible
AUTHOR: Andy Deane
ISBN: 978-1-60791-576-8
PUBLISHER: Xulon Press
BOOK WEBSITE: http://www.LearnToStudyTheBible.com
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