I Saw the Lord: A Wake-Up Call for Your Heart [Hardcover]

Anne Graham Lotz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 14, 2006

When we call ourselves Christians, we expect that our love for Jesus, our hunger for His presence, our urgent longing to see Him again will be a constant, motivating force in our lives, writes Anne Graham Lotz. Yet sometimes ...in the busyness of our days or the duties of our jobs or the familiar habits of our worship or the everyday routine of our homes, the longing becomes complacency, and we sleep through opportunities to be with Him. Anne knows from personal experience that it's then, as we're drifting in comfortable complacency, that we most need a wake-up call---a jolt that pushes us to seek out a revival of our passion for Jesus that began as a blazing fire but somehow has died down to an ineffective glow. The revival we need now is not a tent meeting or a series of church services designed to save the lost. It's something completely different: authentic, personal revival. In I Saw the Lord, Anne shares the revival lessons she has carried to audiences throughout the world, showing you how you can experience an authentic, deeper, richer relationship with God in a life-changing, fire-blazing revival. It begins here. Now. Open this book and hear the wake-up call. Then get ready for the fire of revival to fall ... on you!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this book, evangelist Lotz (Just Give Me Jesus) postulates that it's possible to do everything right—go to church, pray, read your Bible, be involved in ministry—and still lack a "fire of personal revival" in your relationship with God. Exactly what that fire is and how to find it are a bit unclear, although it appears to be a strong emotional pull combined with complete obedience to God. Lotz uses the experience of Isaiah when God appeared to him after King Uzziah's death as an example of revival (at times stretching that story to make it fit her points) and recounts the revival story of a friend who had a life-changing experience at one of Lotz's revival meetings. At times Lotz's reasoning is questionable, as when she assumes that any waning of spiritual emotion is evidence of sin, or suggests that every difficult circumstance is God's way of telling us to "wake up But there's some good basic information on living the Christian life, written with great enthusiasm. (Mar.)
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In this book, evangelist Lotz (Just Give Me Jesus) postulates that it's possible to do everything right---go to church, pray, read your Bible, be involved in ministry---and still lack a 'fire of personal revival' in your relationship with God. Exactly what that fire is and how to find it are a bit unclear, although it appears to be a strong emotional pull combined with complete obedience to God. Lotz uses the experience of Isaiah when God appeared to him after King Uzziah's death as an example of revival (at times stretching that story to make it fit her points) and recounts the revival story of a friend who had a life-changing experience at one of Lotz's revival meetings. At times Lotz's reasoning is questionable, as when she assumes that any waning of spiritual emotion is evidence of sin, or suggests that every difficult circumstance is God's way of telling us to 'wake up But there's some good basic information on living the Christian life, written with great enthusiasm. (Mar.) -- Publisher's Weekly

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (February 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310262879
• ISBN-13: 978-0310262879
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of Billy and Ruth Graham, is the president and CEO of AnGeL Ministries (www.annegrahamlotz.com), a nonprofit organization that undergirds her efforts to draw people into a life-changing relationship with God through His Word. Anne has spoken on seven continents, in more than twenty foreign countries, proclaiming the Word of God in arenas, churches, seminaries, and prisons. She is the award-winning author of ten books, including her signature book, Just Give Me Jesus. In 2000 she launched her revival ministry, also entitled Just Give Me Jesus. This free event has been held for hundreds of thousands of women in more than thirty major cities in the United States, Asia, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and South America.

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenges to go beyond surface relationship with Christ, March 6, 2006

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This review is from: I Saw the Lord: A Wake-Up Call for Your Heart (Hardcover)

Great things come in small packages. And Anne Graham Lotz's book, I Saw The Lord: A Wake-up Call For Your Heart proves this. This 240-page, convicting, inspiring, yet conversational book takes you on a journey like no other focusing on Isaiah 6:1-8. It carries a punch! But Anne Graham Lotz goes on the journey with you, sharing her personal experiences, lessons learned - both harsh and easy - and rejoices with you as you see the Light as never before. Be warned: I Saw The Lord isn't a journey for those who are content with a surface relationship with Christ.

"I believe the answer is that there is more to knowing God than just head knowledge alone. I believe the kingdom of God is desperate for churches that are filled, not with good Christians, but filled with great ones - Christians whose knowledge of God has made the eighteen inch drop from their heads to their hearts. Until that drop occurs within us, we lack heart because we lack vision."

Anne Graham Lotz is highly encouraging, but asks gut-wrenching, hard-to-read questions: "What has caused you to doubt that Jesus sits on the throne? Do you feel separated from God? Have you ever felt abandoned by Him?"

Her "Just Say Yes," "Move Your Feet," and "Stay Awake" chapters were especially helpful and encouraging to me. Usually, after I write a review there's a friend or family member I pass on the book to whomever I think would benefit or enjoy the book, too. With I Saw The Lord: A Wake-up Call For Your Heart, I can't pick just one! - Leilani Wells, Christian Book Previews.com

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gentle, but bold and thought-provoking "wake-up call", March 28, 2006

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This review is from: I Saw the Lord: A Wake-Up Call for Your Heart (Hardcover)

As the daughter of the world renowned evangelist Billy Graham, author and speaker Anne Graham Lotz frequently shares in her auspicious father's spotlight --- not on his shirt-tails as it were, but because of her own skilled ability to speak and write in a similarly compelling manner. Lotz has written a number of titles entreating fellow Christians to draw closer to Jesus Christ as the meaning maker to all of life's quandaries and as the final answer to discovering true inner-satisfaction and peace amidst a troubled, war-ravaged world.

In her newest text, Lotz continues in a similar vein, challenging evangelicals to "wake-up" to the call that time is speeding by and countless individuals pass into eternity unprepared spiritually. Citing 9/11 as her own personal "wake-up call," Lotz recounts her invitation to speak on "The Early Show" mere days after the 9/11 attacks. Revisiting her thoughts and feelings from that time, Lotz reports on her on-air conversation with co-host Jane Clayson, in which she shared that it is America's moment to decide whether "we're going to implode and disintegrate emotionally and spiritually or whether we're going to make the choice to be stronger." In response to Clayson's assertion that many people were expressing indignation and anger at God, Lotz replied with an honest observation that, for the most part, Americans have been shaking their fist at God and telling Him to get out of the schools, out of the government, out of businesses, and out of the marketplace. "And God, who is a gentleman, has quietly backed out of our national and political life, our public life, removing His hand of blessing and protection."

On the heels of such a pronouncement, Lotz then begins her text in earnest as she lays the foundation for the practicalities of re-awakening a believer's heart who outwardly appears to be in tune with Christ because such said Christian quotes Scripture, prays out loud, sings hymns from memory, and has a cursory understanding of historical Christianity. Yet this person lacks the heart passion for God's Word, for intercessory prayer, for sharing the gospel, for saving a lost and dying world, and for Him alone. Pointedly, Lotz goes straight for the jugular and aims to either incite fresh passion or see complacent Christians cringing at the truthfulness of her words.

With the prophet Isaiah as her model, Lotz explores this biblical character's journey to greatness by detailing his life struggles, which she successfully pairs with modern-day life events so as to further demonstrate how alike today's believers are with historical figures and how God works in similar fashion throughout the ages with His people. Lotz urges Christians to recognize their sleeping state, wake up, open their eyes, rend their hearts, bend their knees, heed the call, move their feet to action, and stay awake for the duration. One of Lotz's strong suits is the ability to balance difficult calls to change with hope for lasting inner-transformation. She understands that Christians, on their own steam, cannot achieve (or succeed over the long haul) what the Bible calls them to do without the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit.

Fans of and newcomers to Lotz will be admonished, chastised and revived. And due to Lotz's gentle boldness, they will thank her for the upbraiding.


--- Reviewed by Michele Howe

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INSPIRATIONAL BLESSING, March 3, 2006

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This review is from: I Saw the Lord: A Wake-Up Call for Your Heart (Hardcover)

JUST FINISHING READING ANNE GRAHAM LOTZS NEW BESTSELLER "I SAW THE LORD" IT WAS SUCH A REAL BLESSING TO ME. SHE HAS SO MANY LIFE CHANGING PRINCIPLES IN THERE THAT REALLY HELPED ME TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT MY LIFE. ALOT OF THE BOOK COMES FROM ISAIAH AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK ARE EXAMPLES FROM PEOPLE THAT SHE HAS MET AND SO YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW THESE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES ARE APPLIED AND HOW THEY ARE VERY LIFE CHANGING. THIS LITTLE BOOK IS VERY SPECIAL AND HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AND I AM GOING TO RECAMEND IT TO THE BIBLE STUDY THAT I ATTEND AT MY CHURCH. PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING THIS BOOK FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE: A MINISTER, A FRIEND, A FAMILY MEMBER, OR A SOLDIER SERVING SERVING OVER SEAS OR A STUDENT LIVING AWAY AT COLLEGE. THIS TRULY IS A LIFE CHANGING BOOK A REAL BLESSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!