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 enlarge | Author: C. J. Mahaney
Creator: Joshua Harris
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Category: Book
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1590523261
Dewey Decimal Number: 241.4
EAN: 9781590523261
ASIN: 1590523261
Publication Date: September 30, 2005
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 With an open heart, this book will open your eyes! March 20, 2008
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Short, consise, well-versed, advice on living a life of humility, not as the world sees it (weakness, shyness), but as seen through the eyes of God. True greatness is achieved through true humility.
And C.J. Mahaney systematically lays out a blueprint for God's plan for our life. God's plan; not our plan. This is the key to understanding true humility; understanding that we must be servants, as Christ demonstrated, in order to remain on the path that God has chosen for us.
Are you willing to lay all at the foot of God in order to let him transform you in to a creature that is successful; at home, at work, at play. God wants success for his people, but he desires humility.
A continual reference to one key point in this book is that God gives grace to the humble. Well, as we all know, God's grace is all we have to begin with because we are nothing without him, but now we see that there is something that we can do to draw God's gaze and bring grace to our lives. What a true relief. Through true biblical humility, we can attract God's gaze, draw his attention and receive blessings beyond which we have already, through grace, received. How humbling, how encouraging, how exciting!
I have suffered many setbacks in my life, inlcuding 10 years in darkness after I turned my back on God, but this book, the first that I read when I truly dedicated my life to the Lord, has led to such a great understanding of what God has for us, for me.
C.J. Mahaney uses real-life analogies and stories to relate the message that is repeated throughout God's word, and he backs all of that up with scripture.
I cannot more highly recommend a life changing book, especially for a new Christian; this book will provide the foundation for all future endeavors in your life in God's will. This book helped me to understand that I was self-centered, egocentric and selfish; even with my wife and daughters who I love and thought I would do anything for. It helped me to find the places, deep inside, that I needed to change in order to effectively humble myself in every facet of my life.
I still suffer trials, to be honest, I feel that I suffer more since I became a true Christian, but I see them as a blessing, a gift, an opportunity for me to, as it says in James, grow in faith. James 1:2-3 (not referenced in the book, but so very valid here) states; "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance" (NIV). What an encouragement! What a blessing! GRACE!!!
Please, read this book. The chapters are short enough for a devotional period and the results, if you are receptive to God's word, are remarkable.
Humility, despite what the world believes, is the key to happiness both here and in the hereafter.
How to be humble in # easy steps. January 14, 2008
Ok, so it's not quite that simple, nor does the book claim that. However reading this book has given me a fresh prespective and desire for humility. As someone who is now striving for humility as well, I highly recommend this book. I learned of this book while listing to a podcasted sermon on humilty. The pastor was not one who often expressed the gift of humilty and he stated that much of his message came from this book. So there you go!
Incredibly Helpful book December 7, 2007
As I have observed with all of CJ's books and teaching, this book shows the marks of the Spirit producing a man after God's own heart.
This book was probably one of the shortest books I have read in a long time, but it may prove to be one of the most influential on me during this season of my life. Being one of the guys who Collin Hansen's CT article described as Young Restless and Reformed, I have seen an increasing love for theology and the Sovereignty of God, yet a disconnect between a theology that emphasizes God's grace as so supreme and a lack of humility like the force of my attitude is truly what is in control. CJ's book was very helpful to put a more accurate frame how I see my life and the lives of others. "I am not a humble man, but a proud one, but I am a man who by God's grace am pursuing humility."
Oh how if each of us could get a tiny grasp of this in our own lives, how much more God glorifying would our interactions be with one another, even over hotly debated theological topics.
Thanks CJ for the courage to write this book. May God blow his breath on it to do many things to make Jesus look good!
A great book with a practical approach! November 24, 2007
I have not finished this book yet, but I am close. The author writes in such a way that makes the reader feel as if he is setting with the him having a down-to-earth discussion on practicing humility. This is the first book I have purchased authored by CJ Mahaney and I plan on checking out some of his other works.
Small, yet powerful... October 16, 2007
I haven't wanted to read this book for the mere fact that I am selfish and didn't want to be that convicted of my prideful attitudes. It wasn't until one of my elders read the book and told me what impact it had on his thoughts and attitudes of his daily walk, that I decided to pick up the small, but towering book of truth.
CJ Mahaney has put together a very strong book that seems to come from the outworking of his previous works which focus on Christ and His cross. This seems as though it is the natural outflow of his writings on "Christ our Mediator" and also "The Cross Centered Life." CJ comes to this conclusion and outworking by writing the book "Humility: True Greatness."
The book is broken into three parts:
Part I: Our Greatest Friend, Our Greatest Enemy: The Battle of Humility Versus Pride
In this part CJ comes out and helps define what humility is and what pride is. He then walks through the implications, promises and perils of both.
Part II: The Great Reversal: Our Saviour and the Secret of True Greatness
This is classic Mahaney. Pointing us back to our Saviour. It is as although he has "defined" humility and pride in the first part he cannot truly define humility without coming back to the Saviour and the cross. Mahaney shows some ways that the Christ shows humility to his disciples in Mark 10 and also through the great redemptive plan in the cross. This is where you start to simply understand your need of humility to truly walk in the ways of Christ and this is where I started to ask, "give me some ways to understand this practically" and that is what Mahaney delivers in the third part of the book.
Part III: Our Great Pursuit: The Practice of True Humility
Mahaney really lays out some great practical ways to come to an understanding of humility in our lives and ways to see the pride in them as well. He lists out for most of the book, as this is by far the longest part, practical ways to be humble and ways to continually point out prideful parts in our lives.
All in all, this is a very hard book practically to read, as I have found all of Mahaney's books to be, but very easy for any layman to pick up and walk through. Very challenging without being a cry from the high towers of holiness as this book is read and written through the eyes of someone you feel is having the very same struggles you are in the subject that is being written, yet someone who has much knowledge to share on how to "accomplish" the set thesis.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs to understand this subject, and if you feel you don't need to understand this subject...you really need to read this book, cause you are missing the point...
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