Jennifer Dukes Lee
Paperback | Pages: 259 pages Rating: 4.19 | 534 Users | 57 Reviews
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| Title | : | Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval - and Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes |
| Author | : | Jennifer Dukes Lee |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 259 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2014 by Tyndale Momentum (first published March 21st 2014) |
| Categories | : | Christian. Nonfiction. Christian Living. Christian Non Fiction. Self Help |
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We all want someone to think we're sensational. We desire to be recognized, to be valued, to be respected . . . to be loved. Yet this natural yearning too often turns into an idol of one of God's most precious gifts: love itself. If you, like so many of us, spend your time and energy trying to earn brownie points--at work, home, and church--all the while fearing that, at any moment, the facade will drop, and everyone will see your hidden mess . . . then love may have become an idol in your life. In this poignant and hope-filled book, Jennifer Dukes Lee shares her own lifelong journey of learning to rely on the unconditional love of God. She gently invites us to make peace with our imperfections and to stop working overtime for a love that is already ours. "The Love Idol" will help us dismantle what's separating us from true connection with God and rediscover the astonishing joy of a life full of freedom in Christ.Be Specific About Books Toward Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval - and Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes
| ISBN: | 1414380739 (ISBN13: 9781414380735) |
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Wonderful, challenging, engaging! Jennifer Lee has hit a home run with this book. Very few people do not struggle with finding their worth in the approval of other people. Our worth and value should only be found in Christ. I recommend this book to everyone!This book had me captured from the first page. I grew up much like the author--in a home full of love and security. Even so, like her, I had made other people's love and affirmation and high opinion of me into an idol until keeping up the perfect facade became a terrible burden for me. Soon after that "love idol" of mine led to what could have been terrible consequences (but wasn't, thanks to God's grace) I found this book. It has helped me (is still helping me!) to find my affirmation in Jesus,
A topic I could identify with...a style I couldn't. A speaker I heard recently quoted from the introduction about battling "the inner critic who bruises, the mirror that accuses, and the mental playback that oozes with bad history." Like a film trailer that captures the best parts in the teaser, turns out those were the words that resonated the most for me. No offense meant...hers is an important message.
While this book did an incredible job identifying exactly what my problem it, that's all it did for 4 weeks, identify. It read more like a memoir than a self-help. Don't get me wrong, it did an incredible job identifying the Love Idol and why/how it can be a problem in your life, but I was hoping for a little more on the strategy for overcoming side. That being said, I have still recommended it to several of my girl friends.
[Jesus] didn't go to all the trouble of validating my worth merely so I could feel better about myself... In the end this has nothing to do with me at all. This really is all about Jesus. And Jesus is calling us to respond, in His name, so that when we show up in heaven, we can stand before Him completely poured out and breathless, with flushed cheeks, all in the name of love.Love compels us to step outside of our own comfort zones and straight into the heart of Jesus, straight into our
An average book dealing with an important issueWhat does three stars for this book mean? More importantly what doesn't it mean? It doesn't mean it's a bad book, but the that the writing is average. It doesn't mean it contains horrible advice, it's actually good advice, but I didn't find it's delivery compelling. And it doesn't mean you shouldn't read the book, different people will react to the book differently, and I think this book will be life changing for many.Like Jennifer, I'm a recovering
Disclaimer: I read this as someone who has struggled with her faith all my life and who is just now trying to start going to church again. I really liked the theme and idea behind this book. It is definitely something I have always struggled with in my life, worrying about being accepted and using others opinions of me to determine my worth.With that said, there were some parts where I had a hard time staying engaged or that seemed repetitive, which almost caused me to stop reading the book
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