Author: Deborah Stricklin
Publisher: Bridge Logos
Published: 2019
Paperback: 176 pages, Large Print Edition, 124 pages, Kindle Edition
This book is available on Amazon.com, ChristianBook.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, BooksaMillion.com, and other outlets.
Description
We often try to avoid the painful trials in life. After all, we would prefer to live our Christian lives from victorious moment to victorious moment. But the apostle Peter has challenged us to look at our trials differently:
Instead, be very glad-for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world. (1 Peter 4:13, NLT)
As we embrace our partnership in Christ's suffering and fully surrender our lives to His purposes, this wonderful joy in Christ is ours!
What Others are Saying
Surrendering selfishness enhances a marriage. Surrendering unforgiveness leads to a healthier life. Surrendering dogmatism will unfold new horizons in relationships. Surrendering our finances to the Lord brings heavenly abundance. And surrendering to His will saves us from unnecessary heartaches and detours in life. Deborah Stricklin constructs a masterful exposition of Peter’s life—his life learnings, heartaches, teaching, struggles, and admonitions extracted from his first letter. You will find the author’s transparency refreshing and her biblical applications relevant to our lives today. Surrender—there is Joy in Surrender.
—Samuel R. Chand, Author, Speaker, and Owner/Consultant at Samuel R. Chand Consulting
Deborah Stricklin passionately puts her heart into whatever is before her. Her work in authoring this book is no exception. As I read Joy in Surrender, my first thought was, “I cannot wait to put this book in the hands of every person on the World Missions Ministries Council, the leadership of WMM, and each and every missionary in our fellowship.”
—Barbara A. Carter, MD, Member, World Missions Ministries Council, International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Reading Joy in Surrender was deeply stirring. As readers we get to peek over the shoulder of someone who has spent many hours in the presence of the Almighty. You and your world will be better for taking the time to read this book.
—Sheila Harper, Founder/President, SAVEONE
Deborah Stricklin offers to us a veritable guidebook on how to grow strong in the grace of God and the greatness of His purpose and power in every season of life. I highly recommend Joy in Surrender as an antidote for the “feel good faith” of our day and an answer for those seeking a real and resilient faith that produces eternal results.
—Dale Evrist, Senior Pastor, New Song Nashville