Unquenchable
Carol Kent
Zondervan
Summary:
Where is your faith today---first sparks of faith, bright blue flames,
radiating heat, raging bonfire, red-hot coals, cooling embers, cold grey
ashes? Is your love for God burning so brightly that you are consumed
by its passion? Are those who surround you drawn to its radiance and
warmed by its heat? Are sparks flying from you, spreading a wildfire
faith that ignites passion in others?
Or has your passion cooled, your light dimmed, or your fire been quenched?
Throughout history God has chosen fire to represent his awesome power, his judgment and wrath, his protection, and his Shekinah glory: the flaming sword guarding Eden, the burning bush, the pillar of fire, the fiery furnace, the chariot of fire, the burning coal, the flame upon the altar, the lake of fire, and the flaming eyes of the Son of Man upon the throne---these are only a few of the images he has seared into our minds that we might know him more fully.
God is the source of that first flicker that sparked your faith and one day you will stand in his holy presence, look into the flaming eyes of Jesus, and see his burning love for you face to face. But between that first flicker and that heavenly meeting, there is life to be lived on this earth. The challenge we all face is that life can dim our fire or even quench it, whether by the soggy mist of the mundane, or the quenching downpour of crisis.
Carol Kent has discovered that God's Word is filled with the secrets of nurturing his fire in our lives, sometimes painfully so, other times even undetected, refining, purifying, cauterizing, healing, and ultimately reshaping us into the image of his Son.
Author and speaker Carol Kent will take you into God's word, and into your own story, to reveal the true power of the fire God has placed in you, to fan the flames of your faith, stir your passion, and embolden you to spark wildfires that will spread to forever change the landscape of this world beyond your wildest imagination.
God's fire is in your life. Fan the flames. Burn brightly. Start a wildfire!
Or has your passion cooled, your light dimmed, or your fire been quenched?
Throughout history God has chosen fire to represent his awesome power, his judgment and wrath, his protection, and his Shekinah glory: the flaming sword guarding Eden, the burning bush, the pillar of fire, the fiery furnace, the chariot of fire, the burning coal, the flame upon the altar, the lake of fire, and the flaming eyes of the Son of Man upon the throne---these are only a few of the images he has seared into our minds that we might know him more fully.
God is the source of that first flicker that sparked your faith and one day you will stand in his holy presence, look into the flaming eyes of Jesus, and see his burning love for you face to face. But between that first flicker and that heavenly meeting, there is life to be lived on this earth. The challenge we all face is that life can dim our fire or even quench it, whether by the soggy mist of the mundane, or the quenching downpour of crisis.
Carol Kent has discovered that God's Word is filled with the secrets of nurturing his fire in our lives, sometimes painfully so, other times even undetected, refining, purifying, cauterizing, healing, and ultimately reshaping us into the image of his Son.
Author and speaker Carol Kent will take you into God's word, and into your own story, to reveal the true power of the fire God has placed in you, to fan the flames of your faith, stir your passion, and embolden you to spark wildfires that will spread to forever change the landscape of this world beyond your wildest imagination.
God's fire is in your life. Fan the flames. Burn brightly. Start a wildfire!
Thoughts:
Carol Kent's newest book draws us in like a moth to a flame. It takes a look at the lives of believers who have walked through fire and become purified as a result of the flames. She shares the stories of those who have faced crisis of belief when they feel the last flicker of hope has gone out. Carol even provides insight into her personal family struggles showing it is possible to find beauty from the ashes of circumstance.
You won't find trite words or vague explanations in these pages. Every story and thought-provoking discussion question is chosen as though it is kindling to a fire: nurturing the flame within hearts. Carol reminds us that we are not alone. She is walking beside you as an encourager with the tools needed to help you burn more brightly.
Rating: 3/5
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