BOOK GIVEAWAY --FREE YOURSELF TO LOVE--The Liberating Power of Forgiveness

Monday, March 02, 2009

As a Pastor for many years I have read, studied, prayed about and had a lot of experience with people who live miserable lives because they cannot forgive.

Jackie Kendall's excellent book, Free Yourself to Love--The Liberating Power of Forgiveness, is the best book, next to the Bible that I have ever read on the subject of forgiveness. As a survivor of severe childhood abuse, Jackie Kendall is an expert on forgiveness. A counselor deemed her family "one of the top-ten most dysfunctional in America."

In this passionate and empathetic book, Jackie examines the six most common excuses people use not to forgive and shares her own struggle to learn this vital life skill. She has been involved with ministry for twenty-five years, working as a teacher, counselor, conference speaker and author. She works with several athletic teams, including the Atlanta Braves and Pro Athletes Outreach.

In the movie Seems Like Old Times, Charles Grodin makes a classic statement to Goldie Hawn: "If you can't learn to give up the past, you'll have to give up the present." This book will help you to realize that if you live in a perpetual state of victimization you will never receive all that comes with each new day. The theme song for people who can't forgive is whining. Quoting Jan Silvious regarding bad events in our lives, Jackie Kendall says, "This is one event in a lifetime of events."

This book will help you realize that we all offend at some time. And that forgiveness is never optional for the Christian. Jackie points to Psalm 39:5 as a good perspective on life: "You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath." Measuring the width of her hand she found it to be three and three-quarter inches. She then said,"Don't let anyone use up your three inches." Good advice.

This marvelous book will free you to love. There is liberating power in forgiveness!
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The generous folks at Hachette Book Group are allowing me to host this book giveaway for five (5) copies!

• Winners are restricted to the US and Canada. No PO Box mailing addresses, please.

• I must have a way of contacting you, so be sure to leave your email address in your comment

• I'll close the comments at 6 PM EST March 8th and pick the five winners. I will contact the winners via email to get their mailing information. The winners will have three days to respond. If I do not hear from them within three days, I will select another winner(s). If you're interested, just say so in a comment with that all-important email address in code. Example of email in code: you [at] your email [dot] com.
  

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click Book Room Reviews March 2-8.