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The Spirit-Controlled Woman: An Enduring Classic for Our Changing Times

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Beverly LaHaye's book is an excellent guide for the woman looking to regain or strengthen her spirituality. The author helps the reader to recognize her own temperament (or personality base) and determines the strengths and weaknesses of her temperament. By first recognizing her weaknesses, a woman can then work to improve her faults, bringing more tranquility and peace into her life. LaHaye encourages readers to seek spirituality through God and the Bible, and she shows how the search can transform their lives. She gives specific recommendations to become a more spiritual, and thus a more tranquil and happier, person. I would highly recommend this book to all women, especially those who are experiencing unhappiness and turmoil in their lives.

This book has two versions, the original and a newer one. I had the original which is what I am reviewing and ordered it for a friend and got the newer version which is not as good for what I wanted it for. So I took it back and found the original at Amazon...yeah! It is wonderful. It brings the Holy Spirit into daily life where it belongs and really lets you know your faults and how to intenitionally and intensively pray about them and with the Holy Spirit's help, controll them! A Must have.

This book by Beverly LaHaye though written some years back has some practical help for the Christian woman to be what God has called her to be. The book begins by giving the 4 basic temperaments of women and some character traits and positives and negatives of each temperament. This allows us to see our strengths and our weaknesses so that we can work with the Holy Spirit to become Christlike. The book covers many areas of how a wife needs to interact with her husband and her attitude toward him. There is also insight and some instruction for growing spiritually. This book is helpful to the Christian wife.

This book is full of practical advice for women who desire to be under the control of the Holy Spirit. It uses the concept of 4 personality types: melancholy, phlegmatic, choleric, and sanguine. Beverly LaHaye exposes the strengths and weaknesses of each personality type, and addresses them with scriptural truths. She covers many areas of vital importance to the Christian woman: single life, marriage, homemaking, parenting, menopause, pain, love life, and Christian service. While I do not agree with the psychology based backdrop of the book, it is filled with helpful, scripturally based nuggets of wisdom; and practical help for temperamental weaknesses.

In her book, The Spirit Controlled Woman, Beverly LaHaye offers helpful and practical insights into the Spiritual life of a woman. She weaves together the strengths and weaknesses of the four personality traits in light of the Word of God. This book also offers much insight into how a woman can relate to her friends, co-workers, spouse, and children. It has plentiful spiritual and practical proofs that the Spirit controlled life can indeed be attained.

For the most part, I found this book to be very disappointing. I had a hard time getting through the book and didn't really feel like I learned much of anything. I also feel that the title is very misleading. I bought this book expecting to learn about about walking in the Spirit/being led by the Spirit. But this book devotes only a single chapter to those subjects. Another concern I had about this book is that I felt it wasn't biblically based. My recommendation is to skip this book. A much better book on this subject is "Grace Walk" by Steve McVey