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Live Fearless A Call to Power, Passion, and Purpose By Sadie Robertson Book Review







In Live Fearless, Sadie Robertson explored the topic of fear and how we can live courageously through whatever we may encounter. Sadie opened up about her life and how she was once very excited about being asked to be on Dancing with the Stars. They said they choose someone else who was close to her age already. Two days later, they changed their minds and they still wanted her but she would be a week behind everyone else. Sadie admitted that she was so afraid that she considered backing out of Dancing with the Stars. Her little sister eventually encouraged her by asking her if she was listening to fear or was she listening to herself. Sadie also had never danced in her life before the show and she was afraid of what people would think about her dancing. She eventually decided to complete on the show and she went on place second in the competition. 



She also shared about her experiences with being asked to Winter Jam and how she didn’t wanted to and her mom helped to talk her into in it. Sadie was afraid of public speaking and she had experienced extreme anxiety. She did a question and answer session with the founder of the event, Eddie Carswell. On the eighth day, after asking God to remove the power of fear over her life, she had freedom and peace about speaking. She decided to speak alone for the first time. 



I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is living with fear in their life. This is an awesome book to teenagers and college aged students. I would also recommend it to adults too! I really do believe Sadie Robertson is a Christian teen trendsetter. Her book contained numerous scripture verses to encourage believers. I really liked how she included a special section at the end of the book of some of the verses. She also had prayers included in each chapters to help readers in their spiritual journey. I can see that she experienced great fear in her life and she relied on God to help her get through her different fears. I loved the story of the “plankton” and how even the lowest creatures of the ocean have a purpose in life. Many readers will be encouraged by how Sadie describes what we can learn from planktons. If you’re looking for a new book about living fearless, then read this one! 



"I received this book free from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers book review bloggers program."



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Chazown by Craig Groeschel Book Review

Craig Groeschel teaches readers in his book called, “Chazown” how to find their vision for their life. For many readers they might be wondering what a Chazown is. Chazown (pronounced khaw-zone) defined in the Hebrew language is a dream or a vision. Craig leads us in defining God’s vision for your life. You have the power to choose what you do with your own life. He helps identify your vision and how to find out what God is telling you to do with your life. He provided examples from his own life about how he began his call to ministry. Craig will show you how to find your core values and what you stand for in your own life. He also teaches you how to find out your spiritual gifts that can be used to further Christ’s kingdom. He will lead readers to uncover and relook at what has happened in your past and how that works in determining your vision for your life. He will help you tie together your spiritual gifts, your past, and your core values to find your Chazown.

In Chazown, Craig will explore with you and encourage you to continue or gain a relationship with Christ. He will show readers how health has a big part to play in your vision. He will give you advice on your finances. He wants you to have good relationships with the people in your life.

He instructs you to write down and keep a journal after each section of the book. He provides exercises to help you find your vision, your core values, your past experiences, and your spiritual gifts. He encourages readers to make goals and stick with them.

I liked the book because it helped me to discover how to redefine my vision and continue on to what God has called me to do. I kept a journal and tried to answer all the questions that Craig listed after each section of the book. Sometimes the questions will make you stop and think and that is fine. You just need to have a vision for your life.

Craig strongly persuades you to read and listen to this verse from the Bible. “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 KJV

I would recommend the book to every teenager, college student, and adult. I would recommend this book especially if you don’t have a vision for what God wants you to do with your life. It is so important to know which direction of your life you would like to go. Even if you have a vision this book will help you to stay determined and keep following your vision. It will help anyone to tap into God’s will for your life.

The book also has a neat interactive website to help you in your process to finding your vision. This website has great resources for you to use.

Check it out below:

http://www.chazown.com/

Read Chazown Chapter One:

http://www.multnomahemails.com/wbmlt/pdf/Chazown_Craig_Groeschel_Chapter1.pdf?ref=BloggingforBooks_Chapter1Link

Check out Craig Groeschel Describing His Book Chazown:


Chazown by Craig Groeschel is available on Amazon.com for purchase:


“I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review”.

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