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▼▲Title: Say Yes to God: A Call to Courageous Surrender - eBook By: Kay Warren Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: Zondervan Publication Date: 2010 | ISBN: 9780310332244 ISBN-13: 9780310332244 UPC: 025986332242 Stock No: WW9761EB |
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▼▲You have a plan for the rest of your life. God has a plan for the rest of your life. Are they the same? Say Yes to God--formerly titled Dangerous Surrender--will help you find the answer.
You have expectations for how your life will play out, and you hope those plans will become realities. But what if God's plan for your life is far different from what you had in mind? Can you accept that? Will you surrender your goals for God's?
Kay Warren had a plan. Together with her husband, Rick Warren, author of the megaseller The Purpose Driven Life, she planned that after her kids were grown, she'd travel the world, teaching and encouraging couples in ministry. It was a good plan. But it wasn't what God had in mind for her.
In her own startling wake-up call, Kay discovered the shocking realities of the AIDS pandemic in Africa while reading a magazine. "I want to use you!" she heard God say. That began the struggle--first to avoid God's call and then to surrender herself to God. She cried out to God, "Why are you bothering me with this? There's nothing I can do about it. I'm just an ordinary person. What could one person do about such a gigantic problem?" But God had grabbed her attention and wouldn't let go.
If you've ever struggled with knowing and doing God's will, this book is for you. With raw honesty, Kay goes straight to the heart of the matter: the bottom line is surrender. Will you say yes to God? Along the way she'll introduce you to others--people like you--who have said yes to God and have made a difference in the world. Using their skills, energy, faith, and a willingness to take risks, they became powerful instruments of change and tools in God's hands.
Giving in to God isn't easy. It's not for cowards. It's the boldest, riskiest step you'll ever take. This dangerous surrender can bring both joy and pain, both heartache and ecstasy, but it enables you to know God in a far deeper way than ever before. "I had to make a conscious decision. Would I retreat to my comfortable life and to my settled plans? Or would I surrender to God's call and let my heart engage with the cause to which he called me, one that I was pretty sure would include buckets of pain and sorrow? I felt like I was standing on the edge of a giant precipice; I couldn't go back, and yet the way forward looked like stepping into a void."
Kay Warren took that step, choosing to say yes to God. That decision transformed her life and reshaped her future. She invites you to do the same. You'll benefit most by discussing this book with others. A Readers' Group Discussion Guide is provided in the back of the book. Additional help can be found at www.kaywarren.com.
Author Bio
▼▲Kay Warren cofounded Saddleback Church with her husband, Rick Warren, in Lake Forest, California. She is a passionate Bible teacher and respected advocate for those living with HIV & AIDS, orphaned and vulnerable children, as well as for those affected by a mental illness. She founded Saddleback's HIV & AIDS Initiative. Kay is the author of Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough, Say Yes to God and coauthor of Foundations, the popular systematic theology course used by churches worldwide. Her children are Amy and Josh, and Matthew who is in Heaven; she has five grandchildren.
Endorsements
▼▲Dangerous Surrender should come with a warning labellike "flammable" or "explosive." Books this raw and real don't come along often, especially from highly visible leaders with global impact. Read it at your own riskbut take the risk!" - Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership
Kay Warren is touching the conscience of a nation. - John Ortberg, The Life Youve Always Wanted
This beautiful book is an astonishing achievement, the words of a modern-day prophet. Many chapters are stand-alone classics. Its one of the richest reads Ive experienced. It breathes the Spirit of Jesus on every pageso powerful, so well written, and so profound. - Gary Thomas, Authentic Faith
Kay Warren suffers from a case of severe compassion. Thats why I admire her. Only read this book if you want a softer heart. - Max Lucado, Facing Your Giants
Dangerous Surrender will inspire you, challenge you, humble you, make you uncomfortable, and show how God can use you to make a difference in the world. - Dennis Rainey, Growing a Spiritually Strong Family
Kays book is an unmistakable sign of a new evangelicalism thats closer to the poorand anything but safe! - Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution
Kays book forced me to clarify my calling and grapple with how much Im willing to pay to follow it faithfully. I needed to read this. - Lynne Hybels, Nice Girls Dont Change the World
Kay Warren, like it says in Robert Frosts famous poem, took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - RICH STEARNS, president, World Vision U.S.
Kays intimate portrait of brokenness reminds us of what surrender to God ultimately produces a person with Gods own heart for the hurting. It is a deeply moving story that a watching, suffering world needs to see in the church today. - WESS STAFFORD, president, Compassion International
Be careful. While reading this book, you may wrestle with an angel as Jacob did, and limp with joy in the continuing discovery of surrender and privilege in serving Jesus. - DEBORAH DORTZBACH, international director for HIV/AIDS programs, World Relief
Kay Warren is an unflagging lioness. More than simply a call to an awakening to global suffering, this book is a primer in Christlike obedience that anyone can consider. - STEVE HAAS, vice president, World Vision U.S.
If you think this is a book about how to be the wife of a successful minister, youre wrong. Its the story of someone who models the journey from self-interested religiosity to unconditionally loving Christ by embracing the lepers of our own age the victims of HIV/AIDS. - TONY CAMPOLO, professor emeritus, Eastern University
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