{"id":13596,"date":"2020-11-10T07:28:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=13596"},"modified":"2020-11-10T07:28:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:28:20","slug":"book-review-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=13596","title":{"rendered":"Book Review | What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.test\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled-354x500.jpg 354w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Greear-cover-scaled.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor <a href=\"https:\/\/jdgreear.com\/\">J.D. Greear<\/a> asks a powerful question with his latest book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Are-Going-Your-Life\/dp\/1087709296\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Y4T71MNVSJ4L&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=jd+greear+books&amp;qid=1605011066&amp;sprefix=greear%2Caps%2C151&amp;sr=8-1\">What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?<\/a><\/em>.  I am a firm believer that God put each of us on this earth with a plan and a purpose for our lives.  I believe this is realized when we pursue His &#8220;calling&#8221; to spend our one and only life for His glory and the good of others.  This book is a super quick read, but it is singularly focused on the Great Commission and what it means to Live Sent.  I highlighted several things while reading and have posted those notes below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cWhat we do in life echoes in eternity.\u201d Maximus Decimus Meridius, <em>Gladiator<\/em>\n<\/li><li>Eternity is real. The gospel is true. People\u2019s souls matter. Your life counts. Don\u2019t waste it. p. 4\n<\/li><li>The call to leverage your life for the Great Commission was included in the call to follow Jesus: \u201cFollow me,\u201d he told them, \u201cand I will make you fish for people\u201d (Matthew 4:19). p. 6\n<\/li><li>\u201cI have but one passion\u2014it is He, it is He alone. &nbsp;The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ\u2026I desire only to preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.\u201d Count Zizendorf, Leader of the Moravians, p. 12\n<\/li><li>\u201cOnly one life, \u2019twill soon be past; only what\u2019s done for Christ will last.\u201d C.T. Studd, English cricketer, p. 14\n<\/li><li>How many of those things that occupy so much of your energy, time, and focus will you actually keep forever? p. 14\n<\/li><li>\u201cHe is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.\u201d Jim Elliot, missionary to Ecuador, p. 15\n<\/li><li>Life is short. Eternity is forever. We only get a brief moment in time to use the former to transform the latter. p. 16\n<\/li><li>Only when we live cognizant of death will we think wisely about life. p. 25\n<\/li><li>For what will it benefit someone if he Gaines the whole world yet loses his life? &nbsp;Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life? Matthew 16:26, p. 29\n<\/li><li>Every follower of Jesus is called to leverage his or her life for the Great Commission. p. 36\n<\/li><li>Here\u2019s how I\u2019d summarize pursuing the will of God in your career: whatever you\u2019re good at, do it well to the glory of God, and do it somewhere strategic for the mission of God. p. 38\n<\/li><li>Ordinary people are the tip of the gospel spear. p. 42\n<\/li><li>Not all Christians go overseas, but all live sent. p. 45\n<\/li><li>\u201cLong gone are the days when [we should be] content with a bunch of people who sing out loud, don\u2019t divorce, and give to missions. &nbsp;I now want to know I can drop off any member of my church in a city and that person could grow in Jesus, make disciples, and help start a church.\u201d &#8211; Francis Chan, p. 51\n<\/li><li>\u201cI have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God\u2019s hands, that I still possess.\u201d &#8211; Martin Luther, p. 65\n<\/li><li>God only raises to life what you first offer up in death. p. 69\n<\/li><li>The Six Premises of an Eternal Worldview\n<ul><li>1. &nbsp;All people have heard about God and rejected him. (Romans 1:18-20)\n<\/li><li>2. &nbsp;God has rightfully condemned all. (Romans 3:12)\n<\/li><li>3. &nbsp;In grace, God has made a way of salvation for all. (Romans 3:21-22)\n<\/li><li>4. &nbsp;People have to hear about this gift to receive it. (Romans 10:14)\n<\/li><li>5. &nbsp;We are the only ones from whom they can hear it. (Romans 10:14-15)\n<\/li><li>6. &nbsp;The task is urgent. (Romans 1:14, Acts 17) p. 119\n<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor J.D. Greear asks a powerful question with his latest book, What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?. I am a firm believer that God put each of us on this earth with a plan and a purpose for our lives. 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