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Book Review: Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney

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  This is a quick read. It is somewhat repetitive, so it successfully reinforces points made throughout the book well.  I confess. I struggle with prayer and intimacy with God. It hasn’t been too great. So pray for me.  The youth pastor at my church gave me a copy because he knew I would be blessed by this book. This is what I was looking for: a book explaining how to pray through the Scriptures.  Do you ever notice in your prayer life, repeating the same old things with the same old words. I notice it in my life, and used to think I was so “un-Spiritual”. And maybe I was or maybe I just didn’t know how to pray very well. Whitney points out that this method, done correctly is a fail proof method, because you are literally praying through the Bible itself. As you pray through Scripture (often Psalms is a good starting place), he guides you into an approach that is extremely simple.  It’s easy to work through. Essentially go through a passage verse by verse and as...

Book Review: You’ve Got Libya by Greg Livingstone

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This book was completed in first draft format in 2010 and finalized and published in 2014. It is an autobiography on the very fulfilled life of Greg Livingstone.  Livingstone had a rough childhood, a mother who was in a dubious occupation and a father who was not in the picture. He eventually was fostered by a Christian family. Read the book to find out more…  I will not reveal much else except long story short, God has used Greg Livingstone immensely. Livingstone became a missionary and recruiter for reaching the Muslim world for Christ and founded a unique Mission agency which has sent thousands of Christians to unreached people groups among many Muslim nations. If you want a book about a person who kept running the race, never taking a break, this is a book for you. Greg Livingstone was always All-in. He was completely committed to what God has called him to, the Muslim people. Greg Livingstone is open to confess sin and freely acknowledges his own weaknesses and such langu...