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Risk: Are You Willing to Trust God with Everything? (The Every Man Series)

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A men's pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, and founder of Every Man Ministries, author Kenny Luck finds potent stories of men who have faced down their fears, defeated their foes, and risen to the challenge in myriad circumstances. Men will love this book, simply because Luck writes with a pulse on what matters to men most and shows them how to achieve their hearts' desires. Written at times in an offhandedly disarming way, Luck will draw in men from a diverse readership as he tells intriguing and beguiling stories of real men who've made mistakes, taken a beating, and then emerged stronger for the struggle.

As his title infers, life is a risk. So whether a man wants to engage or not in the hardships found at the workplace, in the home, or within his own heart, he will be forced to make a decision. Life doesn't allow anyone an "opt out" clause. Luck challenges men of faith to pour all they have (and want for the future) into Christ's strong, faithful and able hands. By not making choices that honor God on a moment-by-moment basis, Luck tells readers that they are choosing --- and their decisions are making an eternal impact for either good or evil. With their absence or presence, men ultimately decide what type of impact their individual lives will have on their spheres of influence --- no lightweight matter here.

According to Luck's definition of "risk," becoming a masculine, courageous man of God involves four key components. Foundationally, men must have an accurate picture of who God is: "...when our concept of Him is diminished, so is courage for Him." Next, men need to find their identity in Christ, as a son of God; only then are they willing to step out of comfort zones and be different, becoming the unique person God can use. Third, faithful men will sacrifice for Christ on the deepest personal and professional levels, understanding the privilege of this cost. Finally, Luck says that God's men will begin visionary kingdom-building for God, not themselves.

Each chapter discusses a similarly vital element of creating a life that God uses effectively. Luck opens every section with poignant stories followed by biblical entreaties to obey and honor God's commands. Some of the hot topics Luck forges through with admirable skill and enthusiasm are: becoming vulnerable enough to expose personal (private) Achilles' heels, developing a loyalty that is tenacious and persevering, using strength and energy for pursuing God with passion, and allowing God to recast a fresh vision for the future that includes professional and personal goals.

Young men and old, those new to the faith as well as seasoned followers, will find substantive resource and wise counsel. Luck's transparency and his willingness to treat subjects with a bold candor will be especially appealing to men who are seeking real answers to life's difficult dilemmas.

--- Reviewed by Michele Howe

This manuscript fell so much in line with some of my recent reviews.
How to gain a deeper appreciation of GOD in our daily walk, seeing GOD's direction in our decisions after we pray for "something" and RE-constructing a few sidesteps in the way we approach lifes valleys were just a few of Luck's objectives in this book.
Luck laid out an aggressive yet, thought provoking groundwork for us to follow as CHRISTian men each day.

Many of his instructions add enough weight to our conscience after we put the book down, to DRIVE us to pick it back up & go over it AGAIN the next day.

"RISK" should greatly inspire the reader; it certainly inspired me.

"Risk" by Kenny Luck is a great challenge to men to take godly chances and risks to be the men that God wants us to be.

Among the points covered include:

1. Questions to ask yourself to know if you are contributing to God's kingdom.
2. God wants to use our successes and failures for His glory.
3. As you being to take more risks, God will increase the scope and scale of the risks you need to take for Him.
4. To be fruitful, God will need to sometimes prune us.
5. A self-sufficient and proud heart fuels discontent and damages our relationship with God and others. On the other hand, gratitude leads to contentment.
6. Sometimes we will be asked by God to delay or divert our prosperity so that others may know God's love.
7. The greatest weakness a man can have is to be unaware of weakness.

Read and be encouraged and challenged to be the man God wants you to be!

Recommended.

Kenny Luck captures the stories of Risk to help today's Christian man see how to put his life in God's hands and accomplish more for the kingdom than ever before. I encourage any man who wonders how to be God's man to pick this up. Risk it all for Him and your rewards will be more than you can imagine!

GREAT READ! WE ARE USING THIS WORKBOOK TEXT ALONG WITH THE MAIN BOOK FOR ALL OF OUR BIBLES STUDIES.

I have been reading the paperback version of this book and it's great! I recently purchased a Kindle and wanted to continue reading RISK on my Kindle. I have only read through 1/2 of chapter 11 and discovered many misspelled words and bad formatted text. It appears the book was scanned for the Kindle but not proofed for the Kindle. Get a hardback or paperback on this book.

If you take little risk for the Lord how do you know what He wants to do in your life. This book is excitingly written to get you out of your comfort zone and into God's zone where He wants you to truly experience Him.

A great kick in the butt for me to trust God and be the man that He wants me to be.