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Summary: This is the best book, besides the Bible, I have ever read!!
Review: This book has help me understand how a closer walk with the Awesome God of the Bible is all about!
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Summary: Deserves a 6 star rating
Review: This book is one of the best in Christian literature. The main point the author brings across is that we can put all our trust in God and live in perfect peace knowing all is within God's abounding providence. I found it to be a blessing to read and I will probably read it over again and again in the future. It is full of spiritual insights and appeals to the mind as well as the heart. Hannah W. Smith maintains a victorious and glorious Christian life is not only attainable but God's purpose for us. Do yourself a big favour and read this book through. You will thank God afterwards. Another great book is Brother Lawrence's "The Practice of the Presece of God". Both of them are life changing.
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Summary: Hope for the Discouraged Christian
Review: This book says too much for me to be able to express it here. I have been so excited in my spirit because of what this book teaches. Contrary to what a previous reviewer thought, this book does teach happiness through holiness, but not just holiness that comes from imitation of holy standards, but by having truth faith in the One who changes us. It teaches holiness by the power of holy grace, by trusting the Spirit of Christ in complete faith, without works. For one is not saved by works, and as Gal. 3 teaches, one is not perfected nor kept secure in the faith by works. All, and I mean ALL, spiritual growth in holiness comes through what 2 Peter 1 refers to as partaking of the divine nature through knowing God more, and this knowledge is not textbook knowledge. No, it's knowledge that comes from gazing at the glory of God in the face of Christ. HOliness comes from gazing at Christ Jesus and "falling in love" with His inexpressible beauty, not by listing the rules of Christian living and trying to build good habits. That's just psychological law and is contrary to grace. When you read this book, you will much better understand what power for holiness-based happiness is available for the believer even here on earth. This book teaches correctly that Christian mediocrity is an oxymoron. God intends for His people to live powerfully holy lives even before getting to heaven.
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Summary: What Can I Say?
Review: This book says too much for me to be able to express it here. I have been so excited in my spirit because of what this book teaches. Contrary to what a previous reviewer thought, this book does teach happiness through holiness, but not just holiness that comes from imitation of holy standards, but by having truth faith in the One who changes us. It teaches holiness by the power of holy grace, by trusting the Spirit of Christ in complete faith, without works. For one is not saved by works, and as Gal. 3 teaches, one is not perfected nor kept secure in the faith by works. All, and I mean ALL, spiritual growth in holiness comes through what 2 Peter 1 refers to as partaking of the divine nature through knowing God more, and this knowledge is not textbook knowledge. No, it's knowledge that comes from gazing at the glory of God in the face of Christ. HOliness comes from gazing at Christ Jesus and "falling in love" with His inexpressible beauty, not by listing the rules of Christian living and trying to build good habits. That's just psychological law and is contrary to grace. When you read this book, you will much better understand what power for holiness-based happiness is available for the believer even here on earth. This book teaches correctly that Christian mediocrity is an oxymoron. God intends for His people to live powerfully holy lives even before getting to heaven.
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Summary: Life Changing
Review: This is a must read for all Christians. It is Biblically sound and will change the way you live. Instead of having to try to perform all the time, we must learn to have faith and let God take over. Ignore the one bad review, the reviewer missed the boat on what Hannah Smith was saying.
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Summary: God is Enough!
Review: This is a timeless testimony of God's sufficiency and goodness in the lives of His children. It will challenge you to "go deeper" in your relationship with Christ and help you avoid the pitfalls of legalism, superficiality and mediocrity. If intimacy in your walk with the Lord is something you desire, then Hannah Whitall Smith's "little book" will take you on the joyous journey that Christians throughout the centuries and all over the world are experiencing everyday! For an even greater appreciation of Hannah's "divine calling" in writing this book, please read her biography, "Hannah Whitall Smith" by Marie Henry.
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Summary: A very unhappy volume, I'm afraid...
Review: This unhappy volume -- which has led many to the brink of despair -- poses the question, "What must the Christian DO in his quest for VICTORY?" The answer lies in one word--- NOTHING. For sheer distortion of scripture, Hannah Whitall Smith's teaching surely takes some beating. (Incidently, it is well known that she died in great misery.) The very title of the book in itself betrays a fundamental misconception. God calls Christians, not to happiness, but to holiness. Of course, to be holy is of necessity also to be happy, but we are to seek after holiness. This is all so typical of the man-centered and subjective age in which we live. We are all self-centered by nature and and it even infects our Christianity. We are not excited by teaching that centers on the glory of God or the call to godly living. But people flock in great numbers to hear about "Victory for me", "How to succeed in my life" and a host of other forms of self-help psychobabel offered up as "Christianity."...
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Summary: A wonderful guide book to walk your through daily challenges
Review: What I enjoyed the most about this book is not so much that it's a great read, but that there is something in it for almost any crises or problem that you may come up against. In two days time, I personally had a situation that I was dealing with, and I found a chapter that not only described exactly what I was going through, but she then proceeded to give detailed instruction of how to work it out. The following day I was talking to a friend about a problem she was having and she found a perfect answer for her situation. Reading this book is like talking to a very wise friend. It's very interesting as well as instructive.
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Summary: wonderful book
Review: Whether you're a new christian or someone who isn't, this book is for you! From beginning to end it's for everyone. It is an easy to read book with so much excellent writing on how blessed we are to be living this exciting Christian life. This is on the top of my list of favorites!
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Summary: a readable, creative, inspired foundational overview
Review: Written, unbelieveably, well over 100 years ago, by a woman, this book captures the essence of the interior life we can have through and with Jesus Christ. It is creative and original, it causes you to put the book down and ponder her inspired and biblically founded insights. It is a book of truths- "secrets". It is one of the best books on the Christian life ever. Get it!
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