The Uncommon Woman: Making an Ordinary Life Extraordinary - Softcover

Susie Larson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802452795 ISBN 13: 9780802452795

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

While our culture places great emphasis on comfort, security, control, and success, there are deeper rewards for those who take hold of God's promises and reach out in the Name of Christ. Adventure, faith, miracles, and a deep knowledge of Jesus Christ. This is what Susie calls her readers to realize.

Author and speaker Susie Larson makes her message graspable, accessible, and doable. Her stories, scriptural devotionals, and study questions set the stage for a first-hand experience of God's heart for personal freedom, for the plight of the suffering, and for a conviction to get involved with His work among those in need.
While the book's primary focus is on the reader's journey into freedom, it clearly conveys our shared responsibility to 'seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, [and] plead for the widow' (Isaiah 1:17, nrsv). This is God's expectation for those who truly know Him.

When we live in bondage to our fears, insecurities, shame, guilt, despair, or sinful appetites, we live self-focused lives. But when we embrace our freedom in Christ, our hearts are released from captivity and we view everything around us as tools to bring that same freedom to those who desperately need it. This book is for the woman who wants to grow stronger in her walk of faith and who wants to gain a greater view of God's heart for the world. May she be provoked, to be as free as God meant her to be. And as a result, may she become an advocate for the freedoms of others.  

Each chapter includes devotional insights, justice quotes, anecdotes, pra

About this title

About the Author

SUSIE LARSON is an author, national media voice for Moody Radio, national speaker, and the host of the daily LIVE talk show, Live the Promise with Susie Larson. Susie connects weekly with thousands of women through her radio program, devotional blog, and her daily faith questions on Facebook. She comes with a passion to see women everywhere strengthened in their faith and mobilized to live out their high call in Jesus Christ. For more information, go to www.faithradionet.com. Susie is madly in love with her husband of 26 plus years, her 3 grown sons, her beautiful daughter in law, and, her pit-bull, Memphis.

From the Back Cover

"Do you have it in you to take the uncommon road?"

says Susie Larson as she challenges you to fight against the ordinary and move toward the extraordinary. Guiding you through scenarios in which victory is found in the difficult task of responding in faith, Susie walks with you as a friend. Her experiences have shown her that to fight the current of that which is ordinary, you must look to the Lord, who stoops to make the common great.

Susie explains the distinction between a common and uncommon woman is often tied to their reactions to circumstances. The common person reacts with pat answers; she casually dismisses others in their moments of weakness; she stays on the low road to build her case.

But the uncommon woman responds to God's love. She covers another's weakness, she chooses her battles wisely, she seeks the high road. She knows that Jesus is alive and active and willing to change her life. And where she walks, then, becomes holy ground.

Perhaps you don't think you can be extraordinary. Maybe you do not believe you can be a godly influence on all those around you. The Uncommon Woman will show you how to be uncommon in your circumstance, regardless of the situation. Each chapter includes biblical teaching, personal illustrations, and a "what about you?" section to give you a chance to reflect on what you've read.

Take a chance. Dare to be uncommon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802452795
• ISBN 13: 9780802452795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198