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Brief thoughts on Soulprint, January 18, 2011
This review is from: Soulprint: Discovering Your Divine Destiny (Paperback)
Soulprint is the newest book to be released by Pastor and Author Mark Batterson. Once again he has crafted another excellent book. Batterson is a refreshing voice which continues to resonate with believers. His books have helped push believers to be more than who they are. Personally I have benefited greatly from his work. He writes in a clear easy to read manner that keeps you engaged. In Soulprint we find Batterson using King David as our point of connection. He uses key events throughout David's life to connect to you and me, the readers, to the truth within the pages. Batterson relates the idea of the soulprint to a fingerprint. He explains how just as there are no two fingerprints alike there are no two soulprints alike. God has created each one of us as UNIQUE individuals. The author establishes David as the example for our individual uniqueness. Sharing about David facing Goliath and how King Saul put his own armor on David; yet David couldn't wear it he had to be true to himself. Just as we need to be ourselves...no one else. David may have been a shepherd boy... but God saw more. David may have been a soldier on the run from his king... but God saw more. David may have been a king you killed a man to have his wife... but God saw more. God saw David's soulprint. David pursued God through the high-times and the low. However, he always hung onto God. Batterson wants the readers to walk away knowing that it's never too late to be who you might have been. It's never too late to discover your divine destiny. Bottom line: Excellent Book, well worth the price. A complimentary copy of Soulprint by Mark Batterson was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
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A Top Ten Book for 2011!, January 18, 2011
This review is from: Soulprint: Discovering Your Divine Destiny (Paperback)
I received Soul Print by Mark Batterson from Blogging for Books/WaterBrookMultnomah Press. I reviewed Mark Batterson's previous book last year. Primal was one of my top books of 2010. I actually did many posts and deeper study about Primal at [..] Soul Print is a book that I know will rank at the top of my 2011 books. This book is simple, profound, deep, written well, convicting and a must read for all Christians who want to grow in their personal relationship with God. From the outside, the book looks to have a "self-help" feel but in Mark Batterson's words, "Make no mistake, this is no self-help book. Self-help is nothing more than idolatry dressed up in a rented tuxedo. So let me be blunt: you aren't good enough or gifted enough to get where God wants you to go. Not without His help. But here's the good news: there is nothing God cannot do in you and through you if you simply yeild your life to Him. All of it. All of you." I learned so much and felt encouraged as Mark Batterson shares his personal story through the pages of his book. The book also has a study guide in the back of the book which is very helpful. Be sure to have a journal and a pen handy when you finish each chapter! Mark Batterson writes a wonderful book that will help you discover your divine destiny and give you the tools to put God at the center instead of self. I highly recommend this book for personal growth or group study!
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His BEST yet!, January 26, 2011
This review is from: Soulprint: Discovering Your Divine Destiny (Paperback)
In Soul Print, Mark explores the life of David - King David - of Old Testament fame and looks at how David discovered who he was created to be and how we can do the same. Mark opens the book saying, "there has never been and never will be anyone else like you. But that isn't a testament to you. It's a testament to God who created you... You owe it to yourself to be yourself. But more important, you owe it to the One who designed you and destined you." He goes on to say that we worship God when we live our life in the way God created us to live it! Here are a couple key quotes from the book... "what we think of as the goal isn't really the goal. The goal is not accomplishing the dream God has given you. The dream is a secondary issue. The primary issue is who you become in the process. We fixate on what and when and where. God's primary concern is always who. And He won't get you where he wants you to go until you become who he wants you to be." "Ultimately, all identity problems are really worship problems. Identity issues are the result of worshipping the wrong thing." Mark uses personal stories as well as examples from the life of David to help us understand how we can discover who God created us to be. I was given this book to preview, in exchange for writing a review. But even without being given the book, it is one I would have bought and would recommend that others buy. By far Mark's best book to date!
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