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Facing Your Giants: A David and Goliath Story for Everyday People By Max Lucado ( Thomas Nelson )
Release Date: 2006-11-21
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List Price: $24.99
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Product Description
Giants. We must face them. Yet, we need not face them alone. This profound look at the life of David digs deeply into the defeats he suffered, and the victories he won, as he faced the giants in his life. When David focused on God, giants tumbled. But when David focused on giants…he stumbled. Goliaths still roam in our world. Debt. Disaster. Dialysis. Divorce. Deceit. Disease. Depression. These super-sized challenges swagger and strut into our lives, pilfering our sleep, embezzling our peace and robbing us of our joy. And while these giants try to dominate our lives, we know what to do! We've learned what David learned, and we do what David did. We become God focused. We pick up five stones. We make five decisions. And we take a swing.
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 It was good! ( vkuzy )
I enjoyed this book very much. It was not very deep in terms of its content, but it was good! It made me want to learn more about the main character (King David), and helped me view him from a perspective I never looked at him before.
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The story of David
This book is dedicated on the life of David. A glorious but flawed man. In the reading of the bible I never really "got" David. How could God support him so much when he failed in many ways by his sins and he was a soldier who ran from Saul and resided with the enemy when he lost his faith in God. David forgot to pray. David was successful in so many ways, yet he failed morally in others. For instance, Batheesheba. He ignores his family and focuses on the country. He has many wives and many children. All who seem to be placed on the backburner. In the end with the insurrection of his son and he is banished from his own city. David has days of depression and days of victory, but he is human. Each time that he turns away from God. His Goliath, his giant comes to rule and rips apart his life. David is just like us.
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Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado
This is an extremely well written, uplifting book based on Biblical principals. It explains Christian concepts in a very clear and easily understandable way and is very encouraging and useful for dealing with everyday life. I highly recommend it.
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 Read the Bible
Max is a great writer. I'm sure he is a great pastor, husband, father. This book is well written. The reason I gave it one star is because on page 181 there is a 26 word prayer to becaome a Christian. The problem is that Max doesn't mention repentance. I believe that the bible teaches that without repentance there is no forgiveness of sin. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says that cheap grace is the preaching of salvation without the need for repentance...Tell me what you think of..The Palace Theatre
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This book is Wisdom
I think this book is amazing. The life of David was one filled with the good the bad and the ugly. Yet through it all he knew exactly who was guiding him. It is an amazing reminder to me that when my life is not exactly as I pictured or had hoped, I have the ultimate father I can turn to for exactly what I need at that moment. Max Lucado spoke to my heart, he reminded me that Christians are not weak and meak. We are warriors for God we stand against Goliath every day and understand our all powerful God will give us authority when we need it, strength when we are weak and moments to dance and laugh. Thanks for this awesome book. My prayer is peace to anyone who reads this book.
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