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Book Club Part II

因各有各忙﹐過了三個多月才有第二次的book club meeting, 還要一次傾兩本書! 都算是一項挑戰。但因大家都熱衷於分享﹐所以得著很多。

Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
起初知道會看這本書都有點保留﹐因為這位Houston Lakewood Church 的牧師是出名專講Prosperity Gospel, 不知道他的信息會否很片面。其實看的時候是有點覺得像在看self help book, 因為他講很多positve thinking, self esteem 之類的東西。我們都覺得他是難以置信地正面﹐有姊妹說the book is too happy for me。但無可否認﹐書中有很多concepts 都係一個好好的提醒。對自己而言﹐最大的是關於信心的。作者說到you are going to become what you believe, self fulfilling prophecy, e.g 如果Sarah 能早點相信神的應許﹐可能Isaac 就會早點出生...這點是自己必需突破的地方﹐因為一向都慣了作最壞打算。 其他的keypoints 還有: enlarge your vision, develop a healthy self-image, discover the power of your thoughts and words , let go of the past, stand strong against opposition and adversity, live to give and choose to be happy, 都算不錯。

Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels
一本Tiger 姐介紹既好書。我要好好記得:
God is willing and able to answer our prayers.
Don't focus on the mountains, focus on God!
Pray from the heart, pray specifically, mean what we say!
Slow down to pray.
Journal. Don't live an unexamined life.

下次再會會在九月﹐要看Andy Stanley 的Louder than Words, 好期待﹐因為未聽過這書與作者﹐希望會有意想不到的收穫。

posted by 板板子 @ 9:40 PM