Life Wide Open: Unleashing the Power of a Passionate Life

by David Jeremiah

Book Overview

Most Christians sense that something vital is missing from their walk with the Lord. We are easily discouraged and bogged down in busyness, boredom, mediocrity, and routine. In this energizing new book, Dr. Jeremiah opens our eyes to how we can live a life that exudes an attitude of hope and enthusiasm . . . a life of passion . . . a life wide open

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591450659
• ISBN13: 9781591450658
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Challenge to Live Passionately for God

"Life Wide Open" centers around living a life of passion for God and not settling for mediocrity. Among the points covered in the book include: 1. Examples of people who lived or currently live passionate lives (Billy Graham, Hudson Taylor, George Beverly Shea, Cliff Barrows, etc.). 2. Living for a passion for knowing God more intimately. 3. Living a life of passion means that you take risks instead of settling for your own personal comfort and happiness. 4. When you passionately pursue life, there will be obstacles in the way (particularly people who want to dampen your enthusiasm, self-pity). 5. Enjoy the journey - don't be so focused on the goal that you forget to enjoy the process of either attaining or coming close to attaining your goal. 6. We never fully arrive until we reach heaven through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 7. Passionate people have initiative instead of watching life pass them by. Be encouraged and challenged to live passionately for Christ and make a positive impact in this world for His glory! Now get going! Highly recommended!

Inspiring! Motivational! Instructive! Exciting!

Dr. Jeremiah is on an adventure and he's sharing the passion with fellow-travelers. The journey is filled with significance and this book sheds light on some of the mysteries of the ongoing adventure of a life well-lived, i.e., the abundant, eternal life granted by Jesus Christ. Some of the insights of a book of this nature could only be penned by an author who writes from experience. No pie-in-the-sky, theoretical perspective here, Dr. Jeremiah shares principles he's experienced first-hand from God's Word, the Bible. In reaching the crescendo, his excitement is contagious as he tells us, "I want to be a pioneer who pushes further and further into that last frontier--the transformaing presence and power of God." He goes on to tie his passion with that of fellow travelers from previous generations, when he adds, "for above all, I want to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." One of the sections that particularly spoke to me was on opened doors. There's a connection between seeing an open door from God and pursuing the opportunities within that door. "God's open doors are often disguised as problems" he tells us. Something happens to us in the process of seizing those God-given opportunities. It is God's way of changing us. This book is packed with encouraging insight for an immediate hands-on application. It will help you to discover your "God dream" and pursuit it with passion.

Truly Awesome Book!!

I was inspired by every chapter. Every time I picked up the book I was encourged. My attitude toward my work has greatly improved and I am now excited to go to work as God gave my job and I now have a renewed passion for my work. This is a great book!!

More than an inspiration

First, let me comment on the fantastic cover. The bright colors and sharp design alone kept me returning to the content. :)There is nothing complicated about this book. It's a simple read -- Dr. Jeremiah's style is casual and encouraging, not at all intimidating as you might think a book written by a Bible scholar would be. It is practical and down-to-earth, but also exciting and stimulating. It cheers the reader on like a football coach on the day of the championship. And at the end I was ready to run off the sidelines and on to victory! I recommend this book to everyone who desires a fuller, more passionate life.

One Word--Passion

If you have found your spiritual life to have grown stale; if you have reached that dreaded plateu, David Jeremiah's latest book will infuse you with a hunger to live more passionately for the God who loves you and sent His Son to die for you.I have read other books by Jeremiah in the past, and while doctrinally sound, seemed to lack a bite to them. This book, however is written with a free and easy style that draws the reader further into the core of the subject. You'll be inspired by the fresh anedotes and stories that permeate Life Wide Open and you'll be challenged by the Scriptural application that can and should motivate you to greater service for the King.We all should live for God not because we have to or because we want rewards or because its better than the alternative. Those are all valid reasons, but the core of our faith should a unrequitting love for the Savior, who loved us enough to die for us on the cross. I would urge you to take some time and read this book. And I applaud Dr. Jeremiah for inspiring newfound passion in believers through his latest work and study.