Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World: What on Earth Should We Do Now?

by David Jeremiah and Dr. Jeremiah, David

Book Overview

"Let not your heart be troubled . . ."Confidence can be hard to come by these days. People are losing their jobs, their houses, and their life savings at an unprecedented rate. Violence, natural disasters, and moral depravity seem to be skyrocketing. In the midst of all this chaos, we need to know . . . what on earth should we do now?In the follow-up to the "New York Times" bestseller "What in the World Is Going On? "Dr. David Jeremiah brings a message of hope and confi dence from the priceless counsel of the Word of God. He answers our most urgent questions, including: How can we weather this storm with a calm heart?What does it truly mean to "wait on the Lord"?What is Jesus saying to our chaotic world today?How on earth did we get into this mess?Can we take a broken world and rebuild it into something fruitful?"Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World" shows us all that with the power and love of Almighty God, we can live with confidence in this age of turmoil.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849919622
• ISBN13: 9780849919626
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

`Living With Confidence in a Chaotic World` Dr David Jeremiah

Our world as we know it is soon fading away. Everywhere we turn we see chaos (hence the title). It's the worse it's ever been. Even worse than the Great Depression of the 1930's. So what is one suppose to do? I find it comforting that Dr. Jeremiah uses scripture all throughout this book. He also reminds us of the children's song `Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so`. Do we really believe Jesus loves us? Who/what are we putting our faith in? As for myself, am I calm or am I in turmoil. I am reminded that Jesus is the `only` way to heaven. He is the way, the truth and the life. I found this book to be challenging, in that it made me ask myself "How much, if any, faith do I have in Jesus? Am I able to rest calmly in Him? How am I responding? This book reminds me how much Jesus loves and cares for me. He knows my name and carries me through the worst of it all. I need not worry. There is no need to be afraid. Note: I was not paid to give this review. I received `Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World` as a part of the Thomas Nelson book reviewers program for bloggers.

Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World

I recently had the privilege of reading Dr. David Jeremiah's "Living With Confidence In A Chaotic World". It kept my interest from the very beginning. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of dealing with life's current situations. Dr. Jeremiah reminds us to Stay Calm, Compassionate, Constructive, Challenged, Connected, Centered, Confident, Consistent, Committed, and Convinced. For each attribute we are to display, he provides very interesting true stories and little known facts, as well as solid Scripture to back up and cement it all. My favorite part of the book came toward the end when he began to empasize that we are to be ready. He pointed out that we do not know the exact time- day, month, or year the Lord is coming but we do know that we are in or are very close to the season of our Lord's coming. He told an interesting story where one man say that he 'stays ready to keep from getting ready'. That really touched something within me. Basically, what I got out of the book was to keep our eyes on Jesus. He truly does have everything under control. When trouble comes along it is such a temptation to focus on the situation, and that is when we start to feel helplessly lost and hopeless. When you focus on the Word of God and on growing as a Christian, then you are able to gain the correct perspective once more. Dr. Jeremiah reminds us of all of this in such an eloquent way. I highly recommend this book. I am confident that you will close this book feeling renewed and having greater confidence in Our Lord and Savior. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [...]

We Can Do It!

Living With Confidence In A Chaotic World by Dr. David Jeremiah A must to read!!! A book that is well-written and easy to understand. Living With Confidence In A Chaotic World by Dr. David Jeremiah, a New York Times best-selling author, takes us through a journey on how we can cope with the many problems we face while living in this "chaotic" world. Dr. Jeremiah states that today we live in a world that has torn down integrity, purity, honesty, respect, national pride, ideals, dreams, our sense of shame, and national pride. He states that the way to cope with these problems is to study GOD's Word and do what GOD tells us to do in HIS Word. He states that if we study GOD'S Word and do what GOD'S Word tell us to do, we will develop faith, confidence, patience, love, and diligence, all of which will make it possible for us to overcome the problems of today's world. This book is very inspirational for it motivates one to take the action it prescribes.

Is God's Alarm Clock About to go Off?

It took a couple of chapters before I finally got interested because it wasn't like most of Dr. Jeremiah's books. Well read in current events and behind-the-scenes action in the world, he delivers a textbook of how to react to the chaos swirling around us and the turmoil yet to come. His main concern is that the church (as a whole) and believers, in particular, need to wake up to what's going on around us. We need to prepare ourselves now for the persecution that lies ahead. Make up your mind now, he advises, before you are confronted. Know what you will stand for and be prepared for the fall-out. This is an eye-opener. We know we are to be prepared for Christ's Second Coming, but now Dr. Jeremiah tells us how. Each chapter identifies what we need to do to be prepared for the rest of our lives on earth and the rest of eternity in heaven. This is a concise how-to book that tells it like it is. It is also written for believers and non-believers. The one quote that stands out which is the theme for the book is, "The love of God is the one thing that can and will turn this world upside down. Let's get to work." I recommend everyone who is concerned about their future and the future of the world read this book. I think it will comfort believers and give us hope. It will also spur you on to evangelism with compassion.

Staying Where You Need To Be....

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Dr. Jeremiah's previous book, "What in the World is Going On", and his follow-up is just as well crafted and easy to read. Plus, it brings the focus back to God and what He's doing rather than what is going on around us. Dr. Jeremiah writes about waiting on the Lord, something I have a very hard time doing. I find myself in a season of 'all I can do is wait' and it is not comfortable, but necessary. He also discusses the things Jesus had to say about the world we live in...things said over 2,000 years ago that apply clearly to today. Through these words, we are encouraged to do several things: Stay Calm, Stay Compassionate, Stay Constructive (this needs to echo through our government and our media!), Stay Challenged, Stay Connected (unfortunately, the church seems to be fragmenting--a good chapter for church leadership)... ...Stay Centered, Stay Confident, and Stay Consistent. We can't sway with popular opinion or political correctness. If ONE more person accuses me of being a racist because I disagree with White House politics... ...whoops! Forgot to stay calm and compassionate! See how needed this book is to the church of today? I highly recommend "Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World" to you. As one who is banned from watching the news in my house:-), this is a timely book for me. Trust me, you can know how things are going to turn out, and yet get distracted by the world's events to the point of panic if you don't stay grounded in Christ and His Word. Something else I love--Dr. Jeremiah doesn't sugar coat anything--he's a straight talker who knows his Bible and knows how to teach us to apply it to daily living. I'm giving this one five out of five bookmarks, with a lantern as a keychain... ..."Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path". Remember this.