Monday, August 31, 2015

Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now by Max Lucado #BookReview

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About "Glory Days":

The wilderness. Maybe you know it well.

The Israelites sure did. After all, they spent forty years wandering the desert. Victories were scarce. Progress was slow. They were free from Pharaoh but not free from fear. Saved but stuck.

Sounds a lot like midlife misery. Caught in a rut. Stalled out. Running on empty. Are you mired in the same?

You can name the day you became a Christian and escaped Egypt. But you can’t remember the last time you defeated a temptation or experienced an answered prayer. You’re fighting the same battles you fought the day you came to Christ. You’re out of Egypt, but Egypt’s not out of you.

Isn’t the Christian life supposed to be better than this?

Jesus offers abundant joy. Yet you live with oppressive grief. The epistles speak of grace. You shoulder guilt. You are more than a conqueror yet are commonly conquered by temptation or weaknesses.

But there’s good news. With God’s help you can close the gap between the person you are and the person you want to be. Like Joshua and the Israelites, you can move from a wilderness existence into a promised inheritance.

This is God’s vision for your life. You, at full throttle. You, as you were intended. You, as victor over the Jerichos and giants. You, minus the stumbles, hurts, and hate.

You and your Promised Land life.

My thoughts:

Once again Max does a tremendous job of helping me grow in my spiritual walk. I find his insights are spot on and he does it in a way that my simple mind can understand.  By comparing us to Joshua and the Israelites, Max teaches us how to claim our inheritance. We learn why we should leave despair and anquish behind, why we should believe there are better days ahead, how to make better choices by changing our mentality, by believing in your place as God's child you can overcome the feelings of not being wanted or included,  why we should let bygones be bygones in order to stop making the same mistakes, and  realize that God's Word is the absolute advisor to keep you from wavering. This is definately a book that will be read over and over.

You can learn more at the website, purchase a copy on Amazon. There is also a Glory Days Study Guide, a DVD Study Guide and a church campaign kit are available to help you get the most out of Glory Days. The Spiritual Assessment tool lets you know what your spirtual weapon of choice is.



About Max Lucado:

More than 120 million readers have found comfort in the writings of Max Lucado. He ministers at the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Denalyn, and a sweet but misbehaving mutt, Andy. Find out more about Max at his website.

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