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Dealing with the Rejection and Praise of Man

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Bob Sorge is an incredibly gifted writer. He has a testimony that has caused him to draw closer to the Lord. I have read just about every one of his books and each one is better than the next. This book is great if you suffer with desiring praise from man or if you are crushed when you are rejected by man. It is a quick read and very revalatory!

This book ushered me into a whole new way of "rejecting" the praise of man and looking only to my Father for affirmation, which is absolutely necessary for ANY believer to learn. His insights on this subject is incredible and this book changed my life.

It is only 80 some pages, but it is packed with serious truth and wisdom! You can't afford NOT to buy this book! :-)

Truly enjoyed this book. It really convicted me to stop feeding off the praise and rejection of men. A true eye opener. I've been able to gain back some power in my life, more self-assured.

As one who is a people-pleaser, this book opened my eyes to see how I need to seek God's approval instead of man's. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in church ministry and anyone who tends to want to please others.

So good!
Humility is so often much too overlooked! We need to become LOWER so that He who is HIGHER has a place to pour all of that great Blessings etc. into! And I want all that He promises to give, AMEN!!!

This book is very informative and "in your face." It will help you grow into the place God has for you and learn to get past the praise and or rejection of man.

This book opened my eyes on a few issues that we as people in a carnal world may have. Issues like desiring the praise of others and not being able to accept rejection. The book basically tells you to take focus off of yourself and place if only upon God. I only give this book three stars because there were redundancies and pages that were just uninteresting. However, the main goal of the book is positive and it does give scripture to back it's information up. It's an ok read.

As I read many Christian books I am finding to my disappointment that not all of them automatically receive a 5 star, WOW review.

The topic of this book is highly relevant and important for a believers. Clearly a noble pursuit for the author.

I am about 2/3 through the book now, and I have found some pronouncements by the author so far that truly surprise me:

1. At one point, the author states that he can't remember ever being rejected by anyone purposefully. In my experience I certainly can. We all know that people can be evil. Even as a child, I can remember being deliberately teased and rejected by other kids. Please. Where does that kind of a statement fit from an author who is professing some level of expertise on the subject?

2. Christian counselors are going against scripture when they try to build trust with people they work with. What? Are we not supposed to have intimacy, closeness, and friendships with others? Why be married if the other person is eventually going to disappoint us? Just ridiculous. God is my judge, but my friends', and my wife's opinions matter to me. Also, my reputation is important to me.

3. The author rejects people all the time - even when he doesn't know it. That just doesn't make sense. Of course, some people who have trust issues cannot receive love well, and it is an imperfect world, but as long as I am responsible in my relationships and interactions, love never fails. If somebody finds that they are often rejecting others, then they need to examine why that happens.

There is a certain rigidity and pronouncing in this book that makes me uncomfortable with it.

It's very difficult to have to be critical of a fellow Christian's work, but I must also be honest and true as well in my assessment.

I haven't yet written a book myself. But, I have noticed two things that are important as far as I can see it. First, people need to be careful, and to test what they write before it's published. Second, many books are written that lack brevity. Some books could more usefully just be articles instead.

I will finish the book indeed, since the topic is so relevant and some very good points are made. But just to swallow everything whole with a blanket 5 star review because the author is a Christian. It's just not a safe thing to do. Talk about trust. How can I trust the author in this case, if he's sure to disappoint me. Why read the book in the first place? Only God knows.

Addendum: I finished the book. Good general message about not embracing the opinions of man, but too much hair splitting here for my tastes.

The apostle Paul said at one point that to boast, is to boast only in the Lord. That's enough said for me. Thank you Jesus!