This book was encouraging and really deserved more study than what I was able to give it.
Each chapter Mrs. Swope engages the reader in a personal way and offers hope and promises from God's Word to overcome any insecurity or doubt (not good enough, such a failure, don't have anything special to offer, worry, inconsistent walk with God).
I especially liked the resource in Chapter 12 where she pairs what we may say to what God says and the promises in the Word.
I gained new insights about Mary and Martha and Gideon.
Other tidbits:
WORRY= worry only robs rest from you
Mary had a listening heart while Martha had a listing heart (where she told Jesus what to do)-pg. 170
I like this statement by Mrs. Swope on pg. 174, "Sometimes we can get into the habit of serving God more than we are seeking Him and we end up distracted and depleted."
She quotes a story from Zig Ziglar's book Raising Kids in a Negative World about Carnegie and how he looked for the gold nuggets in each person who worked for him (pg. 119).
She also includes insight from Lysa TerKeurst's book Living Life on Purpose how God utilizes each experience in our lives for His perfect purpose. Mrs. TerKeurst compares our individual life events to baking ingredients and how some taste yummy by themselves while others taste gross/bitter by themselves. But mixed together, they rise into a beautiful cake. So Jesus wants to use all of our experiences to make us complete and used for His glory. (pgs 150-151)
Beautiful prayers with Scripture woven in them at the end of each chapter
Study guide questions are included after each chapter so a perfect choice to discuss with a small group.
*Highly recommend.
I borrowed this book from a friend.
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