Showing posts with label Mark Batterson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Batterson. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Chase The Lion by Mark Batterson




   How big is your dream? Or another question is: how large is your courage?
   Books cross my desk from time to time that expand the region of concepts. This is one of them.
   The point is we need to consider our approach to life. Will we play it safe or venture out and stretch? Will we stop fearing failure and dream big dreams which may scare us?
   Our dreams should push our faith and provide an opportunity for God to show up and show His power.   Most of the time we just act as though all the Christian life is about if getting up each morning and on Sunday we go to service and sit and listen to the sermon.
   Batterson suggests it is best lived as a life of dreams.
   This is not a text book. Rather it is a dream casting. In the 218 pages plus notes we are urged to think big. A change of pace + change of place = change of perspective. The outcome isn’t the issue. It is the obeying that is important.
    This is the book for those who need the encouragement to try new things. It will give you the fuel for your tank and the assurance you need that someone has your back.
   This book was sent to me free from blogging for books.com(http://www.bloggingforbooks.com) for the purpose of a review. There was no requirement that I like it. But I do. You will like it also.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson

        It should be the desire of every Christian to have a deeper walk with God.  A life  of adventure is what is offered to those who do. It seems that most of  us have no idea where we are going most of the time nor how we can add more adventure to our walk.
            It was the Celtic Christians who have named the Holy Spirit the Wild Goose They called Him this because you can’t tame or control the direction of a wild goose. So it seems to be when you follow God.
            Batterson  uses  people from the  Bible to illustrate cages we place around us that keep us from pursuing God. They were open to God to break away from their cages which limited them.
 The six cages he mentions are cages of Responsibility, Routine,  Assumptions, Guilt, Failure and Fear,.  Each Bible character moved as the Holy Spirit directed them and overcame the cage. I am sure we can too.
            We need more books like this one to help us realize what we can be doing with our lives. This book interested me and caused me to reconsider my cages. Batterson held my attention in his eight chapters. I felt he convey sound Biblical truth.
            This book is recommended for those who need a call to action.
            I received this book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah for this review. Opinions expressed are mine and not those of the publisher.