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A Guidebook to Waking the Dead: Embracing the Life God Has for You

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I love this book...and the guidebook. This isn't a typical study guide that asks obvious questions that can be easily discerned from just reading the text. It's not a "mindlessly answer the questions" kind of guidebook. No, this one makes one think...and causes one to digest and process the lifechanging truths in the book. I personally enjoyed reading the authors sharing their hearts because it made me feel "normal"...and it made the authors feel human. This book and guidebook are among my most favorite books and most lifechanging.

I am always baffled when I read reviews like the one below. Eldridge's message is so relevant today. I've worked through many workbooks where I sometimes wish I knew how others feel. Sometimes, I just need a jump-start because some of us are dealing with these issues for the first time. I might suggest that if the author's answering of the questions are that loathesome to you, why are you reading his book to begin with?

This journal is a great companion to the book "Waking the Dead." Upon first reading the book I wasn't completely captured by it, but the journal really explores the book in a deeper way - great for group discussion or individually.

I read Wild at Heart when it first came out even though I'm a woman. I'm a wild-at-heart woman who knows that the Lord desires to have us "run with abandon" toward Him. This book was inspiring even with some gender distractions ... I might recommmend that the person who read this book and deemed it worthless might back up if s/he is really seeking an exciting relationship with the Lord and read Divine Romance or Journey of the Heart and be daring enough to let The Lover look into his heart!

This book is co-written with Craig McConnell. It is a good book that will help you take Waking the Dead to a whole new level. It follows the book chapter by chapter and is in a nice easy format to use. Each chapter begins and ends with a check on 'Where is your heart now?' Kind of checking in on where you are. When I worked through this with my buddy Pastor Bob, this was our check in where we were. While working through this, we both went through hard times; I lost a job I loved and his wife was let go and spent a long time off of work, right after they bought a new house. This book helped us process those events and many others in our presents and our pasts.

This workbook has fewer subsections than the Wild At Heart Field Manual, The areas are the:
· Heart Monitor
· A First Reaction
· The Big Ideas
It used pillows/clouds for Big Ideas to outline where the chapter will go and then has sections for each. To Clarify goes deeper than the book on specific points or outlines them in a deeper level.

As a workbook there is lots of space for answers, even going back and writing answers again and again, each time you work through it. Bob liked a new feature and I did not, for some of the tougher questions have examples from members of the Ransomed Heart team. Bob liked those because they gave you more food-for-thought when you were unsure how to answer. I found them annoying because I often took the question a different direction they did, and if I read them first, it often limited how I perceived the questions.

Overall this book is an excellent resource for working with the book Waking the Dead and for growing into a deeper understanding of your life in Christ.

This guidebook really guides you getting deeper into the material. Personal Notes from John and Craig give you a view of their lifes. Good personal questions that invite to think about and lead on a journey.

Really great stuff!

I highly recommand it!


Norbert, Germany

This book has set me on a great spiritual adventure. If you like mythic movies and tales this book will speak to your heart and open a different way of looking at the battle we are facing as Christians. The chapters are divided in such a way that each one builds on the one before while creating a common thread that is easy to apply to our own journey.

I find the guidebook to Waking the Dead is helping me to review each chapter, dig a little deeper into my own experience as I answer the questions and also helps me lead my small group discussion. I like the added comments in here that were not in the main book because they give me an idea of what someone else was experiencing and gets me thinking about my own experiences. Kind of 'priming the pump' if you will. Very helpful. Worth taking the extra time!

I enjoyed reading this book and taking in the information to apply to my own life. I want to live the life Christ wants for me to the fullest and realize that every day is a battle and I must be prepared in order to get through and never give up!

This Guidebook is a must have companion to Waking the Dead. John Eldredge and Craig McConnell use portions of the book and poignant questions to guide you though the topics discussed in each chapter and how it relates to your heart. Prayer and listening for God's revelations to you are stressed. Both authors give their personal reactions to some of the questions in each chapter. They practice what they preach and are honest and real. Reading Waking the Dead is a wonderful, life changing book, ~ the experience becomes personal by completing the Guidebook.

Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive