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Original Design: Set Free to be Who God Created
You can’t simultaneously be who God created you to be and the person Satan molded you into.
We are perfectly designed by God. He drafts our blueprint with distinct characteristics, traits, gifts, and talents and stamps it on our spirit before we are born. Unfortunately, Satan often succeeds at concealing our true identity when we are young. He uses an array of influences such as our family, our culture, and even the Church to wound and scar us. This not only stifles God’s original design, but we end up engraved with Satan’s trademark. We don’t realize that we’ve been altered because much of Satan’s work is either subtle or completely invisible.
The Refiner’s fire can expose the HIDDEN SECRETS of the heart!
Do you think the past can’t be changed because the damage is done? Spiritual destruction can be undone because in Christ, you have redemption from all of Satan’s work, including the impact it has on your heart, the reactions it produces in you, and even his work that becomes a part of who you are.
In this book you will witness how God’s truths destroy the lies of the enemy and heal the unseen wounds of the heart. You will discover in a radical way how God can break the spiritual bondage that holds you captive. Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal where your blueprint has been distorted and allow Him to restore you back to God’s original design. Only then can you be who God created you to be and do what He created you to do. This is your true freedom in Christ!
We are perfectly designed by God. He drafts our blueprint with distinct characteristics, traits, gifts, and talents and stamps it on our spirit before we are born. Unfortunately, Satan often succeeds at concealing our true identity when we are young. He uses an array of influences such as our family, our culture, and even the Church to wound and scar us. This not only stifles God’s original design, but we end up engraved with Satan’s trademark. We don’t realize that we’ve been altered because much of Satan’s work is either subtle or completely invisible.
The Refiner’s fire can expose the HIDDEN SECRETS of the heart!
Do you think the past can’t be changed because the damage is done? Spiritual destruction can be undone because in Christ, you have redemption from all of Satan’s work, including the impact it has on your heart, the reactions it produces in you, and even his work that becomes a part of who you are.
In this book you will witness how God’s truths destroy the lies of the enemy and heal the unseen wounds of the heart. You will discover in a radical way how God can break the spiritual bondage that holds you captive. Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal where your blueprint has been distorted and allow Him to restore you back to God’s original design. Only then can you be who God created you to be and do what He created you to do. This is your true freedom in Christ!
- GenresNonfiction
260 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2016
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About the author
Denise Buss
2 books14 followersDenise Buss works as a nurse practitioner, but also has a Bachelor's degree in Christian ministry. God directed Denise to write her first book, Original Design: Set Free to be Who God Created, to share her experience of deliverance and healing with others.
Denise’s desire is for God to use her labor of love to transform the walking wounded into mighty soldiers for Christ. She believes this can only occur when God’s truths pierce the heart and replace the lies and deceptions hidden within. Once the heart has been delivered from the works of Satan, the captive is free to be who God created—His original design.
Denise’s desire is for God to use her labor of love to transform the walking wounded into mighty soldiers for Christ. She believes this can only occur when God’s truths pierce the heart and replace the lies and deceptions hidden within. Once the heart has been delivered from the works of Satan, the captive is free to be who God created—His original design.
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July 11, 2016
Original Design : Set Free to be Who God Created by Denise Buss is an autobiographical account of a three year period in Denise' life where she experiences much emotional healing.
Denise's story begins with an emotional crisis where she is suicidal. She is about forty at this time. Her relationship with God had started well enough but now has grown distant. Nevertheless she has a pastor friend, Ed who she calls and asks for prayer. This relatively small step towards God begins an amazing journey which continues for the next few years.
Ed and Denise meet together regularly, sometimes several times a week for several hours. God reveals many of Denise's false beliefs which stem from childhood traumas. The devil had been able to use the pain of her childhood to plant his lies. Over time Denise gradually replaces these lies with God's truth but the book illustrates this is not as easy or simple thing to do. Lies which have been part of our lives for decades are hard to dislodge. Nevertheless through Denise's persistence, Ed commitment and God's enabling power, Denise experiences many break throughs and healing. So much so she senses that God has returned her to his 'original design' for her life.
Denise was fortunate to have such a good friend in Ed who was available to spend so much time praying with Denise. So while the book offer much hope for healing, it's also a challenge as to how we ministry to people with deep emotional problems. Are we prepared to spend this much time helping someone in need? Is it sustainable? Are there other way of ministering that we should be considering?
I found Denise story easy to read, though towards the latter stages it became a little repetitive. I was also disappointed with the ending. Our journey with God never ends and he always has new things to teach us, so it can be difficult to find a good place to end a testimony. For Denise, she believes she is about to face another challenge but the book finishes before this eventuates. It made for a slightly unsatisfying ending.
Despite these minor issues, overall I found it an amazing and absorbing read.
With thanks to Denise for providing a free book for review.
Denise's story begins with an emotional crisis where she is suicidal. She is about forty at this time. Her relationship with God had started well enough but now has grown distant. Nevertheless she has a pastor friend, Ed who she calls and asks for prayer. This relatively small step towards God begins an amazing journey which continues for the next few years.
Ed and Denise meet together regularly, sometimes several times a week for several hours. God reveals many of Denise's false beliefs which stem from childhood traumas. The devil had been able to use the pain of her childhood to plant his lies. Over time Denise gradually replaces these lies with God's truth but the book illustrates this is not as easy or simple thing to do. Lies which have been part of our lives for decades are hard to dislodge. Nevertheless through Denise's persistence, Ed commitment and God's enabling power, Denise experiences many break throughs and healing. So much so she senses that God has returned her to his 'original design' for her life.
Denise was fortunate to have such a good friend in Ed who was available to spend so much time praying with Denise. So while the book offer much hope for healing, it's also a challenge as to how we ministry to people with deep emotional problems. Are we prepared to spend this much time helping someone in need? Is it sustainable? Are there other way of ministering that we should be considering?
I found Denise story easy to read, though towards the latter stages it became a little repetitive. I was also disappointed with the ending. Our journey with God never ends and he always has new things to teach us, so it can be difficult to find a good place to end a testimony. For Denise, she believes she is about to face another challenge but the book finishes before this eventuates. It made for a slightly unsatisfying ending.
Despite these minor issues, overall I found it an amazing and absorbing read.
With thanks to Denise for providing a free book for review.
May 24, 2017
I received a copy of "Original Design" in exchange for an honest review. This non-fiction Christian book is basically a testimony of one woman's fight to overcome the negative thoughts in her life. I really enjoyed the read. Born again and Spirit Filled, the author still struggled with wrong thought patterns and learned behavior from her past. This book is her journey with the help of a pastor friend to over come those things. I give it four stars, I really liked it. Good for teens and up.
June 25, 2016
Wasn't quite what I expected it to be ...
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