Your Utmost Is Not Enough: Trusting God Even When Life Doesn't Make Sense - Softcover

Gilmore, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1737100800 ISBN 13: 9781737100805

Publisher: Sequoyah Trails Press, 2021

Synopsis

Trusting God is easy when everything is going your way.

But what happens when life doesn't go as expected?

The book of Proverbs teaches, "the hand of the diligent makes rich" and “by [wisdom] your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life." But what if you are diligent and wise and tragedy still strikes? What if you get laid off? Your spouse cheats on you? What if you become ill?

How will you respond when life gets messy? When you reap what you didn't sow?

The truth is you can do everything right—serve your neighbor, study the Scriptures, give to the church—and still have tragic and horrible things happen to you. In fact, I almost guarantee it will happen.

But rather than becoming disillusioned, we can prepare ourselves for the coming winter by strengthening our faith in order to cling to God when times get rough. Because they will.

In Your Utmost Is Not Enough you will discover:

• How to grow closer to God by developing habits that short-circuit the primitive side of your brain.
• How to avoid common pitfalls of the Christian life like pride and self-justification.
• A practical guide to receiving God's blessings.
• What the Bible really says about prosperity.
• How to reconcile suffering with belief in a benevolent God.
• Advice for coping with adversity.
• A deeper understanding of the significance of Jesus's life, death, and resurrection.
• The secrets of effective Christians.

Philosophical without forsaking the practical, Your Utmost Is Not Enough helps provide a more complete picture of suffering and prosperity in relation to the Christian life.

Don't forsake giving your utmost, but don't expect it to be enough.

About this title

About the Author

ANDREW GILMORE writes for people who crave a deeper relationship with God but might not know where to begin. His aim is to inspire readers to live by faith by tugging at their heartstrings one moment and making them laugh out loud in the next. When he's not writing, you can find him eating way too much barbecue, wrestling with his kids, or watching really bad movies. He and his wife Katie live in Norman, Oklahoma with their four children. Learn more about Andrew at andrewgilmore.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sequoyah Trails Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1737100800
• ISBN 13: 9781737100805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 201