This isn't a "Let go and let God" book. Not in the least. Swindoll takes us through twelve chapters showing that temptation is real, adversity is real, all of us struggle with it, and it is how we respond that will allow us to hold our head high. Using the power of scripture to provide lessons and strength in times of adversity, it is more how you carry on and how you keep moving forward than self-flagellation, sin, pity and despair.
As one of the other reviewers noted, the book really is well summarized in 8 areas:
1. The best way to overcome misunderstanding is to turn the person over to the Lord.
2. Rely on God's strength instead of your own in times of stress.
3. God's goal for us is to glorify Him through our lives.
4. God specializes in making the seemingly impossible possible.
5. Principles of temptation and methods to overcome temptation.
6. The 5 types of mistakes we make and why mistakes in and of themselves are not necessarily sinful.
7. The importance of waiting on God.
8. God is able to handle our inabilities for His glory - including patience, anger and the like.
Our lives are a task, not a vacation. Swindoll will bring home good solid Christian teachings to believers and non-believers of every denomination.
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