Wow! I enjoyed this book more than any I've read in a long time. While Priscilla Shirer writes in an easy-to-read style, there was so much I wanted to absorb, I found myself going back and re-reading large portions of the book, looking up the verses referenced, and taking notes.The book is based on Ephesians 3:20-21, and the author unwraps the verse one or two words at a time. Just a few of my favorite excerpts: "Sometimes His best work is not what He does FOR us but what He does INSIDE us." "God doesn't HAVE power; He IS power. He is the all-powerful One." and "When we become a gathered group of testifying brothers and sisters - truly praying, truly believing, truly supporting each other, truly rejoicing - the world around us won't be able to keep from hearing about it and gathering around to see it. And God in heaven will bask in the glory, then draw all men unto Himself."This is one I will definitely be re-reading. Title: GOD IS ABLEAuthor: Priscilla ShirerPublisher: Broadman & HolmanSeptember 2013ISBN: 978-1433681912Genre: Nonfiction / Christian Life / Women’s IssuesGot an IMPOSSIBLE situation? The anxiety it brings can wake you in the middle of a needed night’s sleep and then stalk you in the middle of broad daylight. It can sneak up on you and cast a cloak of fear and concern over your shoulders that you can’t seem to shake no matter how hard you try. It can take you down. Squash all hope. Stop you in your tracks.IMPOSSIBLE. IMPENETRABLE. UNCHANGEABLE. Maybe so . . . until God gets involved. No matter the details of your circumstance, His raw power potential and immeasurable ability refuse to cower in the face of any challenge. Nothing is impossible with God. Nothing. Not even that thing.This is the uplifting, well-reasoned answer from New York Times best-selling author Priscilla Shirer—not a denial of life’s adversities and troubles, but a biblical reminder that God is always up to great things, even when His great things are greater then instant remedies and visible change. He is a God who cares . . . and a God who CAN. Believe it. Experience it. God Is Able.GOD IS ABLE. This is something I had to learn time and time again. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer. When our drain field had to be replaced and we didn’t have that kind of money. When my husband had to have dentures and we didn’t have money for that. Time and time again I would lay awake fretting and stewing and worrying and yet, God came through. Because GOD IS ABLE. Written in a friendly, approachable style, Ms. Shirer engaged me completely as a reader. I was sent this book to review (by the publisher) and didn’t currently have an It to talk about. You know, the big issue that has you picking up the book. I had just come out of another scare where God came through. But I had to keep reading. This book will be useful for anyone facing something that they are stressing about whether God can handle it or not, or well, anyone to have on their shelves or church library shelves, because we’ll all face those times over and over and over when we can’t completely hand it over to God. Great book. Highly recommended. $12.99. 176 pages. 5 stars.
What do You think about God Is Able (2013)?
understanding how the "its" in my life are changed by God's working for his glory was a great help
—Yazmin
This is a great reminder using Ephesians 3:19-20
—Zee
