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Stripped: When God's Call Turns From "Yes!" to "Why Me?"
Do you want to live a life that is greatly used by God? Do you long to make a difference in the world? In Stripped , Lina explains the process that God uses to transform you into a person who is ready to receive all that God has planned. You will 1. Pain is not the enemy—it’s the very road God uses to make you stronger. 2. The Christian life isn’t easy, but God’s presence is your guarantee for joy no matter what you’re going through. Lina helps you to think biblically about your calling and dreams and uncovers the truth about the transformational power of the gospel. Stripped is a book for every person who longs for more but is often surprised that the road usually begins with pain—the pain of being stripped. Stripped is about the broken and surrendered life, about understanding the stripping process that must take place for sold out Christians to be used by God to build His kingdom. In it you
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240 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2013
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March 29, 2020
Such a timely read for me. Love Lina's teachings, this book didn't disappoint. Recognizing there is a purpose for our sufferings, He is working it all for our good. "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness" James 1:2-3.
December 17, 2013
Are you doing what God called you to do? As a pastor I have be repeatedly over the years ask to describe my call to ministry. That is a part of the language of ministry but I think most people don’t think of what they do as a call. I have often thought it would be healthy if we all thought about what we do in life as responding to what we are called to be and do. This is a story of an emergency doctor that has answered a call to ministry while remaining a doctor in a hospital ER room.
Too often when we respond to what God is calling us to do we expect it to be easy or to be rewarded in some way. This book will help you understand that answering God’s call comes with a call to trust and endure through the tough times believing that God is still faithful to you. As we allow God to strip away our own desires and shortcoming we make room for God to mold us into the person he would have us be.
Using great illustrations from the ER and the need for sometimes painful intervention and trust in those that know what they are doing she takes you into the wilderness of life that God uses to shape us into he would have us be. Too often we respond to the call of Jesus and know exactly what we want him to do for us rather than what we can do for him.
The truth is if we want to experience the depth of what God has for us we will only discover it as we strip away our own way of doing things and begin doing them in the way of Jesus. Often this includes a season waiting and especially in our society we don’t like to wait but want it done now. God’s time is not our time and God’s way are not our ways. Too often we run out of patience waiting for God to make things happen, a reoccurring Biblical story, and try to do it on our own. There are no shortcuts to God’s will.
You will journey through the scriptures and have a chance to look at the Biblical story and I hope you will do what I did and read the Bible alongside this book and allow the two of them to challenge and shape you as your mind is made new.
I recommend this for those that are going through a difficult season but maybe even more for those that are right now on the mountaintop of life so that when you enter the next valley you might just have a new perspective.
Abujamra is an emergency room doctor and also does full-time ministry in her church and that is a fascinating part of the story as well. Whatever our call in life when we call ourselves Christian we have an opportunity to impact the world for Christ wherever we are.
Too often when we respond to what God is calling us to do we expect it to be easy or to be rewarded in some way. This book will help you understand that answering God’s call comes with a call to trust and endure through the tough times believing that God is still faithful to you. As we allow God to strip away our own desires and shortcoming we make room for God to mold us into the person he would have us be.
Using great illustrations from the ER and the need for sometimes painful intervention and trust in those that know what they are doing she takes you into the wilderness of life that God uses to shape us into he would have us be. Too often we respond to the call of Jesus and know exactly what we want him to do for us rather than what we can do for him.
The truth is if we want to experience the depth of what God has for us we will only discover it as we strip away our own way of doing things and begin doing them in the way of Jesus. Often this includes a season waiting and especially in our society we don’t like to wait but want it done now. God’s time is not our time and God’s way are not our ways. Too often we run out of patience waiting for God to make things happen, a reoccurring Biblical story, and try to do it on our own. There are no shortcuts to God’s will.
You will journey through the scriptures and have a chance to look at the Biblical story and I hope you will do what I did and read the Bible alongside this book and allow the two of them to challenge and shape you as your mind is made new.
I recommend this for those that are going through a difficult season but maybe even more for those that are right now on the mountaintop of life so that when you enter the next valley you might just have a new perspective.
Abujamra is an emergency room doctor and also does full-time ministry in her church and that is a fascinating part of the story as well. Whatever our call in life when we call ourselves Christian we have an opportunity to impact the world for Christ wherever we are.
November 28, 2014
An excellent book that reflects not on the many difficulties of the Christian life, but on the opportunities to better love and trust God. The author does an excellent job of reminding us that God is enough and that the stripping process serves a good purpose in our lives, even if we cannot yet see the good ahead.
September 9, 2014
This is a great eye opening book, it points out in many ways what a Christian can expect to go through and does go through to get closer to God. Ms Abujamra doesn't pull any punches and shows (through the examples of her own life) the trials and tribulations He may put one through to strip the pride away in order to be closer to Him. An excellent book and I am glad I won it from Good Reads.
December 3, 2014
Will encourage, motivate and invigorate your walk. Dr. AbuJarma is a fun and dynamic speaker and her book reflects all the challenges we encounter as Christians.
April 8, 2015
This is a question I have been struggling with for some time - a wonderful exploration of a painful, and often avoided, topic
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