{"id":8337,"date":"2014-06-26T21:44:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T02:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2014-06-27T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T04:56:08","slug":"book-review-undaunted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=8337","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Undaunted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/e41a2b42-3079-11e3-b0a1-005056b06a0e-2624723.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8341\" alt=\"e41a2b42-3079-11e3-b0a1-005056b06a0e-2624723\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/e41a2b42-3079-11e3-b0a1-005056b06a0e-2624723.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/e41a2b42-3079-11e3-b0a1-005056b06a0e-2624723.jpg 400w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/e41a2b42-3079-11e3-b0a1-005056b06a0e-2624723-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/e41a2b42-3079-11e3-b0a1-005056b06a0e-2624723-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t read this book unless you are ready to do something awesome for God&#8217;s glory and the good of others. \u00a0So grateful for <a href=\"http:\/\/christinecaine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Caine<\/a> and her authenticity in writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Undaunted-Daring-what-God-calls\/dp\/0310333873\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Undaunted<\/em><\/a>&#8230;a conversation between her and God discussing what it means to really follow Him. \u00a0This book particularly speaks to young ladies, but I believe that every believer can identify with the struggle to run hard after Christ in a world that would lead you to believe that anything else would be a more worth pursuit. \u00a0My favorite part of this book is all the spots where Christine intentionally demonstrates what it means to take every thought captive and replace it with the truth of God&#8217;s word. (2 Corinthians 10:5) Run hard after Him&#8230;undaunted!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already promised my copy of this book to a friend, so I hope you&#8217;ll buy a copy for yourself and a friend! \u00a0I highlighted several things while reading and have posted my notes below&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God doesn\u2019t call the qualified. \u00a0He qualifies the called.<\/li>\n<li>The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. \u00a02 Timothy 1:7<\/li>\n<li>Just as life will upend you, so will love.<\/li>\n<li>Why is it always so hard to choose first what God says about us? \u00a0Why do we listen to the voices of others more than his? \u00a0If our goal is to be undaunted, then we should be especially diligent to not let the lies and foolish thoughts of others daunt us. \u00a0Labels, insults, attempts to overwhelm and limit and thereby control us\u2014these have no place in the life of the believer. \u00a0God has freed us, and if we\u2019re to live undaunted, we can\u2019t allow the maneuvering of others to force us back into bondage.<\/li>\n<li>When there is a fight between your heart and your head, experience has taught me that the best thing to do is pick up your Bible and remind yourself of what God says.<\/li>\n<li>If God created us to do good works of eternal significance, he would not create us ill-prepared for those tasks.<\/li>\n<li>We have no strength of spirit or wholeness of heart to set anyone else free because we are not free or healed ourselves.<\/li>\n<li>Take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. \u00a0Philippians 3:12<\/li>\n<li>God steps in and promises to be strong when we are weak. \u00a02 Corinthians 12:10<\/li>\n<li>You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. \u00a0Genesis 50:20<\/li>\n<li>How can you convince others of the wonder of God\u2019s promises if you doubt them yourself?<\/li>\n<li>My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways\u2026For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. \u00a0Isaiah 55:8-9<\/li>\n<li>Beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. \u00a0Isaiah 61: 3<\/li>\n<li>A spiritual exchange took place; I magnified the Lord instead of my disappointment. \u00a0I began to remember his mercies more than my hurt.<\/li>\n<li>Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. \u00a0From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. \u00a0Psalm 61:1-2<\/li>\n<li>I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. \u00a0Psalm 27:13<\/li>\n<li>The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy, I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. \u00a0John 10:10 TO THE FULL<\/li>\n<li>Jesus doesn\u2019t do triage. \u00a0He leaves the healthy ninety-nine safe in their pen while he goes out into the night looking for the one who\u2019s lost, sick, depressed, disappointed, wounded, enslaved. \u00a0And when he has found it, he lays it across his shoulders and in celebration calls together his neighbors, saying, \u201cRejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.\u201d \u00a0Luke 15:6<\/li>\n<li>No matter how the treasure of a soul comes to be lost, our job is to go and rescue and save what is precious. \u00a0Were you blameless when Jesus came for you?<\/li>\n<li>The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. \u00a0He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free. \u00a0Luke 4:18<\/li>\n<li>The only difference between the Samaritan and the religious people was that the Samaritan actually crossed the street. \u00a0The Samaritan was willing to have his plans interrupted so he could assist the man. \u00a0The Samaritan stooped down to lift up the broken one. \u00a0Stopping and stooping are different. \u00a0Compassion is only an emotion\u2014until you cross the street. \u00a0Compassion means action. \u00a0You go to them.<\/li>\n<li>Cultivating a Heart to Cross the Street<br \/>\n1. \u00a0Be Sensitive to the Spirit of God<br \/>\n2. \u00a0Live Aware<br \/>\n3. \u00a0Simply Step into the Moment<br \/>\n4. \u00a0Pray for a Heart Change<br \/>\n5. \u00a0Be Open<\/li>\n<li>God is with us (Romans 8:31)<br \/>\nGod is in the business of making miracles where humans fail (Hebrews 13:5-6)<br \/>\nGod told us to go into all the world (Matthew 28:19-20) and he\u2019d shown me a part of the world so dark and hidden I hadn\u2019t even known it was there, and he was not letting me forget it.<\/li>\n<li>When you decide enough is enough, that the darkness of this world must be lit with the hope of Christ and his transforming love, and that you are a conduit of that love, you will not rest.<\/li>\n<li>When Jesus said to go into all the world (Matthew 28:19), he didn\u2019t mean to wait until morning, or until you get the right job, or find the perfect spouse, or have raised the kids right, or have your house in order, or find a spare weekend. \u00a0Christ brought us light in the darkness so that we can reach everyone living a nightmare now. \u00a0He longs to shake us awake so that we can shout out the truth\u2014that humankind is made for eternity but trapped in time, and time is running out. \u00a0He means for us to be a lantern in the darkness. \u00a0He means for us to find and rescue others because we know what it is to be lost and then found, hurting and then healed.<br \/>\nHe means for us to walk into the gap where he\u2019s thrown down the cross, to walk like him, to walk with him.<br \/>\nUnwilling to stay asleep.<br \/>\nUnafraid of the dark.<br \/>\nUnflinching in the face of disappointment.<br \/>\nUnstoppable in the face of the difficulty.<br \/>\nUndaunted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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