Thought Provoking Bible Study

The Power of Knowing God by Kay Arthur (40-min Bible Study) Review

True to Kay Arthur’s study material, she probes the reader to dig deep into their soul to get closer to God. She’s an excellent teacher and the material is well organized and thought out as your journey to strengthen a relationship with Him progresses.

However, if I do find Kay’s method of scribbling symbols in your bible a bit over the top. Once you’re finished with her suggested ‘highlights’, your bible is a bit hard to read and not much can be done if you review the same scripture for another topic later because you’ve already marked stuff for that particular study.

I do recommend that if you are going to be as extensive in note taking as she suggests that you create your own journal on the topic at hand and write out the scriptures mentioned for that one study. At least then you’d have topical journals all kept in one place to review for later use without having to search for stuff you ‘knew’ was in there but just can’t seem to find when you need it. Leave the bible writing for simplistic highlighting and more general note taking so you can actually read the words later.

Otherwise, great study, loaded with useful information from cover to cover and plenty of room for small group discussion or intimate private time with God reflecting. Kay never fails to bring key scriptures to the table and she’s true to form in this study as well. Enjoy!

I received this book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group in exchange for my honest review.

The Necessity of an Enemy Book Review

I liked it. I felt the author had a lot of good points to make regarding why we have an enemy and how not to think of our challenges as punishment or in a negative perspective but as opportunities to glorify God and push through them with a different attitude.

I’ve always felt that when people say God won’t give us anything we can’t handle, it was a misquote. What scripture tells us is that He won’t give us what we can’t handle withOUT Him! This book reflects that belief for me.

In all things we are to give thanks and that includes the difficult times because scripture does tell us those are the times He uses to help us grow. We cannot grow if we are never challenged to move forward. Any Christian living in the Word knows and understands this truth. The author sheds new light on how to accept this and praise God while enduring it.

I recommend this book to anybody who finds the difficult times too difficult to see God through it all.

I received this book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group in exchange for my honest review.