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Defined By Christ (2010)

by Toni Sorenson(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1598119699 (ISBN13: 9781598119695)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Covenant Communications Inc.

review 1: A beautiful book that takes the question "What think ye of Christ?" and changes it to "What does Christ think of you?" That's a very personal and profound question to answer and I thought this author did a very good job at it! My personal favorite part-"Consider these facts: Albert Einstein's teacher told his parents that he would never amount to anything of worth. A coaching staff cut Michael Jordan from his high school basketball team. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney for lacking creativity. Beethoven's piano teacher called him a "hopeless composer." Steven Spielberg was deemed by counselors to be "learning disabled." Winston Churchill failed sixth grade; he was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became prime minister at the age of si... morexty-two. After one of his many defeats, Abraham Lincoln wrote to a friend, "I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on earth." You get the picture. We cannot trust others to determine our worth. We can't even trust ourselves to determine our worth. We have to train ourselves to listen, believe, and act on the only voice that matters-Christ's voice. He says, "Come follow me." If we do that, we will end up where He is. Think about that! I promise you that your worth in God's estimation is infinite. The fact that you are here on earth at this time is no mistake. You are here now because you are deemed worthy and needed. You have a work to do that no one else on earth can accomplish like you can. Even when you mess up cataclysmically, there is hope. There is forgiveness. There is a future so bright you'll have to wear mega-powered sunglasses just to glimpse it. Our Father in Heaven and our Savior stand ready to cheer us on, to pick us up when we fall, and to carry us across the finish line if we've worn ourselves out in the cause of the kingdom. It's time to stop worrying about our worth, to stop measuring ourselves against someone else, to focus instead on the Ultimate Example of both humility and confidence. It's time to stand taller, to smile wider, to live higher, and to follow Christ in doing what He does best: being about His Father's business."
review 2: I am not sure I would actually say I 'liked it' with this book, but because the fundamental message is important and beautiful, I give it the 3 stars.The title comes from the scripture 'What think ye of Christ?' and she realized that it was just as important to ask 'What does Christ think of me?' His opinion of us is the only one that really matters.The author wants you to know that God the Father and Jesus Christ love you. Period. Regardless of anything and everything - which is a truth that is sometimes difficult to grasp for some people. I have actually never felt that I 'wasn't worthy' or didn't deserve God's love - I have a basic and unshakable belief that He DOES love me! But Sorenson's message is aimed unerringly on those who feel that God loves everyone but themselves.I had a few points that I flat out disagreed with, but, again, the bottom line message is good.Lastly, the book is not really helpful - in some ways even harmful - to those who have clinical depression. less

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