WHATEVER OR WHOMEVER WE ASCRIBE STRENGTH TO ENDS UP BEING OUR "GOD."
Never ascribe strength wrongly. Be aware that we are always ascribing strength to someone or something. Don't ascribe strength to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, or the pride of life. Ascribe strength only and always to God alone. Mis-ascribing strength repels The Power.
1.The Power is God’s limitless strength. It never weakens. It never ceases. It never fails. It continually loads us with the benefits of salvation every second of every day: forgiveness, healings, deliverance from all forms of destruction, crowns of lovingkindness, and renewal of our youth.
2. Man’s strength is always limited. It always bails out - - eventually. It always weakens - - gradually. It always surrenders - - ultimately. It always fails - - sooner or later.
3.The Power works by overcoming evil with good. The Power of God fathers the fatherless, husbands the widows, befriends the lonely, sends plentiful rain, leads captivity captive, gives gifts even to the rebellious, confirms the inheritance of the weary, breaks all chains of bondage and commands His strength to be ours.
4. Key Verses:
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. Ps. 68:19.
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. Ps. 68:28.
I've read this book eight times. When I keep the truths in this book fresh in my heart and mind, I find my spiritual life deepens. The power of God described in this book awakens in me the desire to put my first and best hope toward Him for everything. Readers will be especially stirred by the realization that in every circumstance of life we are already putting our first and best hope in someone or something. In the book's four chapters, the author beautifully showcases God's unlimited and immeasurable strength as the only strength that can fulfill our weaknesses. Chapter Two elevated my understanding of God's power and how to let Him strengthen me. Chapter Three is very enlightening about what repels God's power from our lives. Personally, I believe God is thrilled with this book. - a customer
Normally I'm not one to write reviews, especially of spirituality based books such as this. However, this one was certainly good enough to earn my recommendation. Richard Murray yet again creates another well written book explaining his religious views to the rest of the world. Yet one cannot simply call them views. By the end of the book, Murray has effectively made his views into facts (Truth would actually be a better word when any religion is concerned). Murray's strength lies in his writing. He doesn't use grand eloquent language that only college professors and televangelists use when speaking to large crowds. Rather, he opts to use a more personal language, sounding like a close friend or father figure having a conversation with the reader as if he were in the room. He has written some good things before, but seems to have truly found his voice in his latest work. The easy to understand language is one of this book's greatest features. It's a feature that is becoming rarer and rarer in spirituality-based books. But simply being a well-written book would not work if what it was saying was meaningless. Here is where the book shines greatest. Murray raises some very interesting questions and answers about man-made strength (or lack thereof) and God's role in our lives. The book was mainly written as a Christian response to the bestseller "The Secret." Rather than attack said book and offer no real solution to it, Murray actually manages to create a solid, believable response that not only manages to denounce "The Secret" without coming off as a "better-than-thou" high-minded Christian, but also comes up with a logical (and quite obvious, once the reader thinks about it. I don't mean that to discourage the reading of this book, but am merely saying it gives the reader a "Why didn't I think of that before" feeling.) alternative to the "strength is in the self" mentality of the numerous "Secret" books and their countless clones. All in all, I would greatly recommend this to anyone who is open-minded enough to see what the Christian perspective is on the various self-help books in the vein of "The Secret."
Also, though I have yet to find any of them here on Amazon, I would also recommend most of Murray's older material as well. It's unpublished at the moment (soon to change from what I've heard), but his biggest hit "Lift Up Your Jawbone" has become very popular in numerous churches and bible studies throughout the nation, is essentially required reading for anyone wishing to further his or her relationship with God.
