Thursday, October 15, 2009

Extraordinary


Ready for a stimulating, thought provoking book? Then grab a copy of Extraordinary by John Bevere.

Bevere is convinced we were all "meant for more" and he spends page after page citing and explaining Scripture to prove his point. God gives us the goods to live above the norm and accomplish remarkable feats. Whether we do so or not depends upon the disposition of our hearts.

Because we love God, we naturally want to please Him. What better way is there to do so than to appropriate the grace we've been given? How do we that? Through deep and abiding faith. Extraordinary contains a wealth of word pictures drawn by Bevere to illustrate his points. I especially liked his "pipeline of faith." A river of God's grace runs by our heart field. In our heart field there are sections called "Forgiveness of Sin", "Healing", "Living Holy", etc. The believer can tap into that river of grace by using his "pipeline of faith" to empower forgiveness of sin, but shut off holiness, healing, etc. because he never bothers to run a "pipeline of faith" to those sections. (pg. 152-153)

Bevere's explanation of body, soul and spirit is also one of the best I have seen. It gives new light to Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."


Extraordinary



New from WaterBrook Press.
I have one copy to give away.

For more about John Bevere: www.messengerinternational.org

2 comments:

sam said...

oo...ooo...pick me...

nymrsb said...

@sam: I'll put it in the mail next week :)