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| Dear Jesus: Seeking His Light in Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Young
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 26176
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 6.2 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 140410495X
Dewey Decimal Number: 242
EAN: 9781404104952
ASIN: 140410495X
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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 Best book I've bought yet! August 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Honestly I couldn't go a day without reading this one. Helps me through the day! A good friend recomended it to me and it's my fuel to get going in the morning!
Dear Jesus and Jesus Calling - 2 separate books August 4, 2008
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Dear Jesus June 16, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Outstanding Book!!! It seems to be the answer that I need every time I open it.
 Putting words in God's mouth May 11, 2008
6 out of 19 found this review helpful
Looking past the cushioned hardcover binding, ribbon page marker, and pastel pages, what caught my attention was the fact that each entry includes a first-person statement from God/Jesus to the reader which reflects what God "said" to Ms. Young. As she puts it in her introduction: "I wrote Dear Jesus in the same listening-to-God mode that I used with Jesus Calling. I've continued to write with the help of Christ's Spirit, who guides my thinking while I listen in His Presence. I believe the Bible is the only infallible Word of God. My writings are based on that absolute standard, and I try to ensure they are consistent with Scripture" (page 7).
While what Ms. Young writes may or may not be in line with biblical truth, it seems to me she has taken the very dangerous step of putting words in God's mouth. Add to that her claim that she wrote with the guidance ("help") of "Christ's Spirit," and it could easily be construed that she is putting her writing on a level very near that of Holy Spirit-inspired Scripture (Ms. Young's "infallible disclaimer" notwithstanding).
While I rejoice in the fact that the Holy Spirit is alive and well and active in the life of every true believer who earnestly seeks God's will, it seems to me Ms. Young has made the same mistake as many of our brethren on the charismatic side of the aisle: the claim to have received direct, extra-biblical revelation from God.
I suppose what I find most bewildering is the fact that Ms. Young could very easily have made the exact same points without presuming to speak for God. To use a random example, rather than having God/Jesus say: "Beloved, I know how difficult it is for you to control your thoughts. Your mind is a battleground, and evil spirits work tirelessly to influence your thinking: even deceiving you with intrusive thoughts at times. Your own sinfulness also finds ample expression in your thoughts ... " (pages 116-17), she could have written something along the lines of: "As revealed in God's Word, the Bible, controlling our thoughts can be very difficult. The mind is a battleground, and evil spirits work tirelessly to influence our thinking: even deceiving us with intrusive thoughts at times. And our own sinfulness also finds ample expression in our thoughts ... " --- with appropriate Bible verses to follow. While such an approach may not be as experiential, it does have the distinct advantage of pointing the reader toward God's inscripturated truth rather than his/her own thoughts and feelings under the guise of "listening to God."
Ms. Young confesses that "the Bible is the only infallible Word of God." Considering the fact that ours is a world in which increasing numbers of people profess a strong desire for things "spiritual" while simultaneously rejecting anything that even hints at orthodox Christian truth, it seems to me we would be much better off with lots more of the infallible and lots less of the fallible.
Love this book! February 10, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is the second book by Sarah Young that I have read and this book is equally as good as the first. I was delighted to hear/see that she had written another and that it was available on Amazon.com, where I now do most of my buying. The passages are short and sweet but very insightful and provide the reader with sustanance for a full day. I ended up ordering 7 books and gave them to all my friends. They, too, are thrilled with this book.
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