Friday, July 31, 2020

A Life of Listening by Leighton Ford

Here is the book summary:

The Christian life is a life of listening. In this memoir, lifelong minister of the gospel Leighton Ford tells his story as a personal history of listening for God’s voice. Beginning with his earliest memories, he recounts the different ways God has spoken to him, and the different ways he has learned to listen. Through the joys of ministry, first as an international evangelist, often in partnership with Billy Graham, and later as a leader of the Lausanne Movement and a mentor of emerging leaders, he remembers God's voice proclaiming, instructing, reassuring. Through the pain of deep loss, he remembers God's voice calling out to him, even in the deafening silence. What emerges is not just an account of a long and faithful life of Christian service, but a picture of the Christian lifethe life of listening. What will it sound like, Ford asks, when God speaks to you?

And now, my review:
This book was not what I was thinking it was going to be and yet I’m a huge life-story lover and I was privilege to be able to read A Life of Listening by Leighton Ford.  It was like sitting across the table from a fellow follower of Christ who shared the ups and downs of walking this earthly life in Christ.  Some of these things seemed a bit easier than others.  Yet, God is faithful to use them all.  I especially loved the transparency in the process of living humbly.  I loved reading about how the Lord reveals things to him along the way and the changes that occur.  I found it to be such a drink of fresh, clear water.

I received this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Listening-Discerning-Voice-Discovering/dp/0830845739/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1596202746&sr=8-2



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