Uninvited Bible Study Guide: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely By Lysa TerKeurst
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Lysa TerKeurst is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the New York Times best selling author of Univited The Best Yes Unglued Made to Crave and 18 other books Her newest book It s Not Supposed to be This Way is scheduled for release in November of 2018 Lysa was recently awarded the Champions of Faith Author Award and has been published in multiple publications such as CNN and Fox News online Additionally she has appeared on the Today Show as one of the leading voices in the Christian community Each year Lysa is a featured keynote presenter at than 40 events across North America including the Women of Joy Conferences and the Catalyst Leadership Conference She has a passion for equipping women to share their stories for Lysa TerKeurst is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the New York Times best selling author of Univited The Best Yes Unglued Made to Crave and 18 other books Her newest book It s Not Supposed to be This Way is scheduled for release in November of 2018 Lysa was recently awarded the Champions of Faith Author Award and has been published in multiple publications such as CNN and Fox News online Additionally she has appeared on the Today Show as one of the leading voices in the Christian community Each year Lysa is a featured keynote presenter at than 40 events across North America including the Women of Joy Conferences and the Catalyst Leadership Conference She has a passion for equipping women to share their stories for God s glory through Proverbs 31 Ministries annual She Speaks Conference and writer training program COMPEL Words That Move People Connect with Lysa on social media lysaterkeurst or at site_link site_link This book was great I d never heard of it but stumbled across it on display at the bookstore Parts of it were incredibly relatable for me some very familiar feelings and actions It gave me a lot to think about 145 This is not a Gospel driven book Many Christian women authors today seem to want to use our depravity to make sure we know we re not alone and almost make us feel okay about our feelings however ungodly they may be This book is no exception to that While there were a few chapters that spoke to me by the end I just wanted so badly for her to use my sinfulness my depravity my lonely left out feelings to remind me of why I need Christ and drive me toward self forgetfulness and gospel centeredness Instead she tries to comfort the sinner in their sin adding to the self focus that s already rampant among Christian women in our present day 145 2 5 stars. Book uninvited bible study guide review I read The Best Yes by Lysa Terkheurst a while ago and I really found it helpful so I thought I d pick up her new book I generally think that Terkheurst is a good writer but this book really fell flat for me I think for a few reasons. Book uninvited bible study guide pdf 1 This was not a great time in my life to read this book I was trying to remember my own past rejections as I read and trying to evaluate whether the book would have been helpful to me in those times when I was feeling rejected in the past or when I face it again in the futurebut I really didn t get much out of it I can t tell if this is because the book really wasn t as helpful as it should have been or if it was just that I am not currently feeling rejected which might make it hard to relate to what she was saying. Self help uninvited bible study guide pdf 2 The book didn t seem focused I felt like she was trying to be too broad with the subject of this book Feeling unlovedless than left out and lonely are pretty different problems in my opinion each of which probably deserves it s own book There are different types of rejection and I felt like she lumped them all together and tried to address them all at once I think we would have been better served as readers if she broke it down a little clearly. Uninvited bible study guidez I probably should have just known she was going to try to tackle all this from the subtitle of the book but I went into this book thinking the topic was rejection because I heard Terkheurst speak about it before I picked it up However I kept losing track of what we were even talking about and I had to remind myself that Oh yeah this book is about rejection As a reader I find it annoying when I keep having to remind myself what the author is talking about It felt all over the place to me and I felt she was really stretching trying to make some of these topics fit under the umbrella of rejection It wasn t what I expected 3 I was frustrated at how she used Scripture in some places in this book To clarify I did like a lot of the verses she included and thought they could be helpful so I m not picking on every Scripture use in this book But there were a few places where I just thought huh For instance she has a chapter about abundance and scarcity I ve heard her speak on this before and it is an interesting psychological concept but she explained it poorly and over spiritualized it She included a quote that referenced the story of Joseph and the famine in the Bible and the quote implied that there was abundance in all the world before this not true there were at least a couple famines before Joseph Genesis 26 1 and then blamed all the scarcity in the land on Pharaoh which isn t an accurate representation of what happened at all. Pdf uninvited bible study guide printable In another chapter she writes about Jesus being tempted in the wilderness but she talks about how Jesus was feeling rejected at this time and I don t know where she is getting that While I like the idea of applying Scripture when we are feeling rejected it was a stretch to use that story to illustrate her point The passage is talking about temptation not rejection. Kindle uninvited bible study guide review Another example is when she is using the olive tree as an illustration in Chapter 15 talking about being crushed and how God can use that to bring about good in our lives but then she includes 2 Corinthians 4 8 which says we are pressed but not crushed Following that is a confusing monologue about being crushed but at the same time we re not crushed and I honestly had no idea what she was trying to say any The whole thing was self contradictory. Book uninvited bible study guide questions And somewhat related she also used the words revelation and divine insights in a few places where she was really talking about her own insights and I didn t like that The Bible is our revelation from God and the only writing that is divinely inspired. Uninvited bible study guidez 4 Too much romantic spiritual language This is a personal pet peeve but I get tired of the romantic analogies of our relationship with Jesus Jesus is our God not our boyfriend To reduce our speech about him to romantic terms takes away some of the power of the fact that we are loved and valued by the Creator of the Universe. Uninvited bible study guidez So for something positive Terkheurst s writing is engaging which is always a plus and her personal stories really add color to her topics This book missed the mark for me but I wouldn t say I didn t enjoy it at all Overall I know what she was trying to do in this book but it felt like too much bread not enough butter ie she was stretching too much out of her topic and definitely stretching with some of her Scripture applications Use discernment with her Scripture applications if you do read this one but I don t know I wouldn t say I recommend this book and honestly I don t know if I ll pick up another book by Terkheurst She lost some of my trust with point 3. Bible study kindle unlimited I wish I could have had this book a couple years ago It would have saved me so much hurt But I didn t and that s okay God brought me through and helped me work through it In her book Mrs TerKeurst walks through how to overcome the pain of past or present rejection and how to in turn live loved If you ve ever tasted that bitter sting of being rejected I strongly recommend you pick this book up As she points out not tending to these wounds just allow a seed of bitterness to grow in your heart You need to quit ignoring the problem and address it and Mrs TerKeurst helps you do just that. Self help uninvited bible study guide pdf Now this book will not replace going to a counselor if that is what you need But it has helped me in so many ways Mrs TerKeurst writes in such a relatable fashion she shares her heart and her struggles She reminded me that I wasn t alone And that I wasn t the only one who had ever felt this way She was encouraging and uplifting I thought I would have gotten this review up sooner except I had to keep going back and re read chapters This isn t some casual afternoon read this book provokes thought and requires time to soak it all in I could barely make it through a couple chapters at a time Normally that would be a bad thing but not this time I have faced a lot of rejection this year Maybe now that the wounds have started to heal I ll write about it But until then I can t recommend this book enough If you re hurting at least use this book as a starting place Spend time in the scriptures she lists and definitely pray God will work wonders on your heart through Mrs TerKeurst if you ll let Him He did just that for me Thank you Lysa for being bold enough to write this book I can t thank you enough I received this book from BookLook Bloggers in return for an honest review of my opinions which I have done Thanks 145 This book was a little unfocused It seemed to touch on every topic and yet not really say anything To sum it up God loves you so you should live your life feeling loved If you don t feel loved that s a problem The solution Know that God loves you Which isn t wrong it s just incredibly simplistic and not overly helpful. Book uninvited bible study guide TerKeurst also took a few verses out of context and read into Bible stories a bit than I believe is wise There were a few good nuggets but nothing that I haven t seen elsewhere so I wouldn t recommend slogging through this book to find them. Ebook uninvited bible study guide free I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley 145
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