Title: When You Need
a Miracle
Author: Linda Evans Shepherd
Pages:
Year:
Publisher: Revell
Note: I received a
complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review. Follow my other reviews at http://seekingwithallyurheart.blogspot.com/ and on twitter @lcjohnson1988
The
book written and reviewed here covers a multitude of subtopics under the main
thread of receiving miracles from God.
The chapters have such titles as: Need a miracle? The Trust Factor, The
Love Factor and many others. Topics
cover such things as spiritual warfare, prayer, drawing near to God and
praise. Within the chapters Scriptures
are noted as well as quoted, at the end of the chapter “Miraculous Prayer” and
“Scripture to Ponder.” There are also
within each chapter various prayers written by the author that she continues to
pray in her time with the Lord. Linda
also has a website which she reiterates at the end of the chapters for further
aid to the reader.
The
author writes about being in the Word of God daily and how important it is to
the believers’ growth, I highly concur.
Linda also shows prayer as another avenue that all believers have to
connect with the Lord in any and all situations. She also shares her personal experiences and
testimony as well as the stories of others who have experienced God working in
their lives. It is apparent to anyone
who reads this book the Linda reads from a variety of authors and teachers,
which is encouraging in that we can see she never stops reaching to learn.
The
reader may want to exercise caution when reading this book for a couple
reasons. Please don’t look at the book
as a way to get from God what you want, it doesn’t happen that way. Second, the prayers in the book might be a
place to start but not the end; prayers should be from the heart by the
prompting of the Spirit. Also remember
that we have the Lord and the Spirit who pray for us always, we aren’t to pray
to get but to connect and obey the will of God.
Finally, seeking miracles is not the focus of any believer, God is our
sole focus. Study His Word in depth till
your race is finished, you will grow more than any words can convey. Understand too that to this reviewer us being
reconciled and able to have a relationship with a holy God who loves us long
before we loved Him, is a miracle in that we could never have done this for
ourselves.
Let us
all seek to love the Lord, seek His face as well as be obedient followers
thereby showing Him as well as others our love for Him. My rating of this book is 2 stars.