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A review by jennyp0208
Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
5.0
"In your pursuit of godliness, have you left Jesus behind?"
"If you neglect to focus on God's love for you in Christ, your Christianity will soon be reduced to a program of self improvement - just one of many methods to help you 'get your act together' ".
This is the first of Elyse Fitzpatrick's books I've read, but not the last. I love her laser focus on the Gospel message and how it applies to every part of everyday life. I benefited greatly from Part 1: How God's Love Transforms Our Identity. I definitely relate to "gospel amnesia", her phrase for how we forget who we are and seek other ways to define who we are. Chapter 10, explaining practically how to apply Gospel thinking to common big problems was also extremely useful.
Some reviewers call this book repetitive. It is. But that's kind of the point. We need to hear the Gospel again and again and again because we are so quick to forget. I read this book a chapter at a time over 6 months, finding myself rolling the ideas around in my head in the intervals between my reading. While I'm sure this is also good for a quick "fire hose" reading, I know I benefited from the slow plodding through it, letting each chapter sink deep into my heart.
"When Christ is our treasure, when we believe that His love has been set on us, then worries about success and failure, gain and loss, will diminish drastically."
"If you neglect to focus on God's love for you in Christ, your Christianity will soon be reduced to a program of self improvement - just one of many methods to help you 'get your act together' ".
This is the first of Elyse Fitzpatrick's books I've read, but not the last. I love her laser focus on the Gospel message and how it applies to every part of everyday life. I benefited greatly from Part 1: How God's Love Transforms Our Identity. I definitely relate to "gospel amnesia", her phrase for how we forget who we are and seek other ways to define who we are. Chapter 10, explaining practically how to apply Gospel thinking to common big problems was also extremely useful.
Some reviewers call this book repetitive. It is. But that's kind of the point. We need to hear the Gospel again and again and again because we are so quick to forget. I read this book a chapter at a time over 6 months, finding myself rolling the ideas around in my head in the intervals between my reading. While I'm sure this is also good for a quick "fire hose" reading, I know I benefited from the slow plodding through it, letting each chapter sink deep into my heart.
"When Christ is our treasure, when we believe that His love has been set on us, then worries about success and failure, gain and loss, will diminish drastically."