Tuesday, September 15, 2009

You Were Born For This by Bruce Wilkinson



Angie's Take: I admit it. I love books like this that shift my thinking and grow my faith. I like to be challenged to live a bolder faith life. That's scary! Sometimes it feels like I don't know how and that's even scarier. A practical book that helps me understand how to live out my faith every day...now that builds my confidence!

Check out this cool video with Bruce.

Summary:

His New York Times phenomenon The Prayer of Jabez changed how millions pray. Now Bruce Wilkinson wants to change what they do next.

Anyone can do a good deed, but some good works can only happen by a direct intervention from God. Around the world these acts are called miracles—not that even religious people expect to see one any time soon. But what would happen if millions of ordinary people walked out each morning expecting God to deliver a miracle through them to a person in need? You Were Born for This starts with the dramatic premise that everyone at all times is in need of a miracle, and that God is ready to meet those needs supernaturally through ordinary people who are willing to learn how Heaven works.

In the straightforward, story-driven, highly motivating style for which he is known, Wilkinson describes how anyone can help others experience miracles in such universally significant arenas of life as finances, practical help, relationships, purpose, and spiritual growth.

You Were Born for This will change how readers see their world, and what they expect God can do through them to meet real needs. They will master seven simple tools of service, and come to say with confidence, “I want to deliver a supernatural gift from God to someone in need today—and now I know how!”


Author Bios:
One of the world’s foremost Christian teachers, Bruce Wilkinson is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Prayer of Jabez. He is also the author of numerous other bestsellers, including A Life God Rewards, Secrets of the Vine, and The Dream Giver. Over the past three decades, Wilkinson has founded several global initiatives, including organizations that recruited and trained thousands of Americans to address hunger, AIDS, and poverty in Africa. Bruce and his wife, Darlene, have three children and six grandchildren. They live outside Atlanta.

David Kopp has collaborated with Bruce Wilkinson on over a dozen bestselling books, including The Prayer of Jabez. He is an editor and writer living in Colorado.


Get your copy here:
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperlisbn=9781601421821&ref=externallink_mlt_youwerebornforthis_sec_0728_01

2 comments:

L. Diane Wolfe said...

And I loved The Prayer of Jabez! Will have to look for this one.

L. Diane Wolfe “Spunk On A Stick”
www.circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com

AngBreidenbach said...

I did too. I had my son read it in homeschooling back when he was in junior high. Now he's a college guy!

I do love this book. I think it really opens our minds to the bigger things in our purpose-filled lives and gets our minds off the inconsequentials.
Angie