Ninety Days of God's Goodness: Daily Reflections That Shine Light on Personal Darkness

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Ninety Days of God's Goodness: Daily Reflections That Shine Light on Personal Darkness

by Randy Alcorn (Goodreads Author)

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Daily Assurance in the Face of Life’s Hardest Struggles

When life throws challenges at us, our view of God’s presence can become cloudy. If God is good, why is there so much evil and suffering? In times of hardship, it’s easy to lose sight of God’s purpose, goodness, and love.

90 Days of God’s Goodness helps disperse the fog—little by little, discovery by discovery, day by d...more

Hardcover, 320 pages

Published February 8th 2011 by Multnomah Books (first published February 2011)

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Dec 01, 2011 Nicki M rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I have not enjoyed listening to this audio at all and have found it quite depressing. It is very repetitive and the overall theme to me is stop feeling so sorry for yourself, accept that what you’re going through is inconsequential compared to what God suffered on the Cross. I thought I was going to be listening to a very encouraging devotional that would have me marvelling and basking in God’s goodness, but I ended up feeling more and more frustrated and angry about what I was hearing. There se...more

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May 19, 2011 Timothy rated it 5 of 5 stars

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God is good. He is *good*. This seems to be the most obvious of truths. We all believe this, right? Not really. Despite that we *know* it to be true, we often find ourselves in our hearts having doubts. Now, don't misunderstand me, doubts are not wrong by themselves. In a way, they are a type of temptation. We are tempted to distrust God's goodness or purposes. Like all temptations, just having doubts is not a sin. Acting on them, however, is very much a sin.

How can we get past these horrible do...more God is good. He is *good*. This seems to be the most obvious of truths. We all believe this, right? Not really. Despite that we *know* it to be true, we often find ourselves in our hearts having doubts. Now, don't misunderstand me, doubts are not wrong by themselves. In a way, they are a type of temptation. We are tempted to distrust God's goodness or purposes. Like all temptations, just having doubts is not a sin. Acting on them, however, is very much a sin.

How can we get past these horrible doubts that seem to afflict us? Through much prayer, and daily reflecting on God's Holy Word. Perhaps it's a sign of the times, as they say, that to pray and read the Bible sounds trite. Our culture has fallen, but doubt is not a sign of falling. Giving into doubts is.

An example from my own life. When I was in Iraq with the Army, I saw the most astounding poverty imaginable. I was filled with heartache that increased when I returned home. I sometimes have wondered the reason why. Why? Why have I and so many others been born into a free, rich, society where (despite some real setbacks and problems) Christ is still preached and people can hear and study the Word. Why is it that I was born in such a land, and others in some parts of the world are born into poverty, oppression and lacking a knowledge of Christ? I'm not special, so why?

Wondering was not the sin. Dwelling on it and doubting God and His purposes was the sin. That is something that I, and I imagine many others, have to work on. In Randy Alcorn's book that I previously reviewed, *If God is Good*, I talked about how Alcorn deals with these themes.

In this little book, *90 Days of God's Goodness*, he again deals with these explores this subject by drawing from Scripture, other theologians, and his own previous works and arguments. Indeed, to analyze just how well the structure of the book works, two attributes of Alcorn's writing style is helpful to discern.

First of all, Alcorn is a "building block" author. He constantly builds one book on the other on the other, and so on. He does so to perfect his arguments as much as a fallible man can perfect them. He also relies heavily on Scripture to make his points. Not that he will not delve into exercises of logic as his obvious inspiration C. S. Lewis would, but he relies more heavily on Scripture and secondly on the words of other theologians.

In this way, Alcorn is effective. He constantly develops his arguments, searching the Scriptures and other Christians' commentaries thereof, to make sure he is right with God's Word. Second to this, he also realizes that he is limited in his abilities. Too many authors today seem to think that are the equal of Lewis, Tozer, Sproul, and others in writing, logical thinking, and persuasion. Often, they are not. Alcorn seems to realize that he has some talents here, but his talent for story-telling, narration, and analogy are the tools that the Lord has given him, not logic. Therefore, he relies more on these.

The book is broken down, as the title says, into 90 day increments. These are short devotionals. Unlike the devotionals in Our Daily Bread, these devotionals are actually thought-provoking. They are not quick blurbs that you read and go about your own way, but read and then think on. I am not even a large part through, but I am already enjoying the edifying pieces.

The usefulness of the slim volume comes in how one approaches it. If one is looking for some deep, weighty theological tome to completely explain an issue, then this is *definitely not* for them. What this is designed for is to keep one inspired and grounded in the timeless truths of Scripture by quickly pointing to those same truths. For the more detailed theological works, go to Alcorn's other books, in particular Heaven and the aforementioned If God is Good.

This book has been, and is, a useful and edifying volume of daily devotionals. I highly recommend it.

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I received this book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers. I am obligated to read it and give a review on my blog and on a commercial web site such as Amazon.com. Waterbrook Multnomah emphasizes their desire for honest reviews, whether positive or negative, in order to help them create a better product. The opinions above are my honest viewpoint. I want to thank Waterbrook Multnomah for allowing me to review this book, and thank you all for reading this.(less)

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Apr 18, 2011 Abbie Riddle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If you are a fan of Randy Alcorn this is another winner of his! This book is a light is distress and devastation. In it's pages Randy Alcorn carefully reveals the goodness of God even in the darkness of the times, even in suffering and heartache, even in the valleys of life. Through these short inspirational devotions the reader is drawn into the debt of God's heart. They are invited to come face to face with the deep still well of compassion that God has for his people. You can not help but fal...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Amanda rated it 5 of 5 stars

So far I'm loving this book -- it's about dealing with suffering. If you study about God's goodness, it will strengthen your faith for when times of suffering do come in your life.

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Randy Alcorn is the founder of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching biblical truth and drawing attention to the needy and how to help them. EPM exists to meet the needs of the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled and unsupported people around the world.

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