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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
EAN num: 9780785288299
ISBN number: 0785288295
Label: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: November 14, 2006
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Waking the Dead leads readers to understand how to live from the heart, care for their hearts like the treasures of the kingdom, and give from fullness instead of emptiness. This message also shows how living from the heart can energize people to love God and others in a way they've never experienced, revealing to them life's purpose: fighting for the hearts of others.
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Here is my "book report" on Waking the Dead, by John Eldredge, a book which has played a pivital role in transforming my personal walk with God. He begins by making the point that we do not see our own situation clearly. There are two vital truths that we must wake up to. One is that God's intentions toward us are truly good. Because we were designed to give Him glory, God's happiness and our happiness are linked together.
The second truth is that we were born into a world at war. The new life God intends for us is being brutally opposed by the forces of darkness. Spiritual warfare does not consist merely of the occasional power encounter, and it isn't relegated to the mission field. It is the true nature of the reality in which we live. Recognizing this could naturally make us want to shrink back in fear. We don't want to become casualties of war, but we fail to realize a vital truth about who we really are and the role God designed us to play in this battle.
Eldredge makes a compelling argument that the heart of a believer is good. God has taken away our hearts of stone and given us new hearts of flesh. Our true nature has been transformed and redeemed. Though we still battle temptation, it does not originate from within our true identity as new creatures in Christ Jesus. When we are assaulted by the desire to sin, we need to tell ourselves, "This isn't coming from my heart because what my heart truly wants is to obey God." The fears that too often threaten to immobilize us come, not from our own hearts, but from the enemy who doesn't want us to realize our true potential as weapons in the hands of our God.
Eldredge goes on to discuss the means by which our hearts can be set free and we can reclaim the unique glory which God intended to reflect from the heart of each one of us. We must learn to trust our God enough to be weapons He can wield for His own glory. We must recognize that we were made for this purpose and to fulfill it is our hearts' deepest desire.
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came damaged but amazon made it very easy to return and they sent out a new one quite promptly. it is a good read.
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"Waking the Dead" by John Aldredge centers around letting God awaken our heart and letting Him set us free to be the men He wants us to be. While the book still uses a bit of contemporary movies (The Matrix, for example), there seems to be less of that than in an earlier book by Aldredge - "Wild at Heart". Also, the author seems to refer the Bible more than he did in "Wild at Heart".
Particularly interesting to me were the chapters entitled:
1. Walking With God.
2. Receiving God's Intimate Counsel.
3. Deep Restoration.
4. Spiritual Warfare - Fighting for Your Heart.
While the other chapters were okay, I personally liked the four listed above better.
Still, a good book for challenging and encouraging men to let God wake them up and be the men God wants us to be.
Recommended.
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So this is the fourth book I've read by John Eldredge (The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We'Ve Only Dreamed of, The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer To The Heart Of God (Walker Large Print Books), Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul) and I have to say that I would be unable to differentiate between the message of all four of his books. I'm not trying to brag about reading four of his books; I am trying to say that I am easily taken in by a fancy new cover and a clever title. Maybe I could pick up on the differences between the books if I had a highlighter and tons of time - but I don't have a highlighter, so I won't.
Eldredge's biggest argument is the that heart is where true life can be found, and that Satan is after our hearts. In this book he offers yet another illustration for his main premise, basically interweaving his message with movies and stories. This is probably the last Eldredge book I will read, since I already know the theme of the subsequent book: Your heart is under attack and you must fight to save it.
I did like this quote from the book: "It's the famished heart that falls for seduction." This is true in everyone's life.
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I stumbled upon this book by accident, oops, there are no accidents. It was meant to be that my nephew showed me this book as he was passing through my town.(he is a Cobra Helicopter pilot, heading off to Iraq in March). I opened to a few pages and knew that I needed to order this book right away. The right time in my life for this read...I couldn't put it down. It was written with humour and sincerity. It touched upon many thoughts that have been brewing in my being for years...validating what sometimes I thought were whimsical ideas floating aroundin my head. It is my opinion that this author was clearly touched by the Holy Spirit. I felt as though the author kept his writing in biblical truth. I thank him for his gift of writing and sharing very intimate feeings he has about nature, famiy and life. A very, very good read.
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