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In "Confessions of a raging perfectionist learning to be free" Amanda Jenkins talks candidly to Christian women about the areas of her life that struggle for attention and thus redirect her focus from God to other things.
She is a selfproclaimed perfectionist who is not happy when things get outoforder, She is also gaining freedom through God, This book documents her journey with God, Jenkins shares how God helped her realize the ways her perfectionism was causing her harm, She discovered that she was holding to an underlying desire to be viewed by others as being perfectly put together.


Some of the issues addressed in "Confessions of a raging perfectionist" involve vanity, money, recognition, relationships and parenthood.
In the chapter about vanity, Jenkins talks about how destructive it is to compare ourselves with anyone else.
We are beautiful in God's eyes and miss this truth when we spend our time looking around to see how we look in comparison with other women.


In the chapter about money, she talks about materialism and how easy it is to succumb to the false sense of security and comfort it claims to provide.
Jenkins says:

"If I chase after money to bring me security or comfort, no amount of it will suffice.
God wants me to rest in Him, so I'm wired by Him to rest only in Him, He's smart like that. author's emphasis"

Jenkins shows her vulnerability and shares candidly about her struggles to face and relinquish control of her addiction to perfectionism.
Her style is very conversational and she's real in her confessions no thou shalt not' attitude found here.
Jenkins admits that she's still in process, This admission is likely to encourage readers who are also still in process, Her hope is that God will use her journey to help other women on their own spiritual journeys.
This book includes a small group discussion guide,

Disclosure: This book was given to me by Tyndale House Publishers in exchange for a fair and honest review.





About the Book: Amanda is a raging perfectionist, She begins each day with a long list, “Keep the house picked up limit myself to two Diet Cokes spend special time with each of the kids work out pray avoid sugar read a chapter in a book about something very important read my Bible call my mom.
” She determines each days worth, and ultimately her own, by keeping track of her statspounds gained or lost, stuff accomplished.


That is, until God spoke into her life, waking her up to the true costs of her addiction to perfection.
Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist is more than Amandas confession its a journey of letting go of the subtle but destructive idols of her overactive inner voice and replacing them with Gods truth.
Amanda hopes her journey can inspire others to let God dig in to their own lives, uncovering the subtle lies we unconsciously live by.



My : I loved this book from the get go, Mainly because I can relate to Amanda, the check list girl, Marking things off my as my day progresses: prayer, cleaning, work, semiclean kids, bible study, and it goes on and on.
I know I am a good person, with a good heart and I have a fervent love for my Savior, but lets face it at times He gets tossed to the back burner in the process of living life till something goes wrong.
Then we pull God back out and wait for Him to fix our mess,

I laughed through this whole book, Amanda has a great writing style that is honest and refreshing.
It touches you though because its real: real struggles we can relate to, real life, real honesty, It took guts for Amanda to put it all out there, but God is using her to touch and open up the eyes and hearts of so many others that find themselves in the same spot she was/is in.
We all compare ourselves to others and sadly we should not because we are all wonderfully and perfectly made by God in His image, just as He wanted us to be.
Yet, we do. We compare our salvation testimony, our lifestyles, our spouses, ourselves and then judge our lives based on that unfair comparison.
Amanda's confessions made me take a look at my own life and to reconfirm myself to Gods standards, not other people.
He is the only one I need to please and allow to guide my life,

After the firstchapters I decided to read this book

with my teenage daughter, We made a bible study of sorts out of it and used the discussion questions in the back of the book along with our own after reviewing bible verses that Amanda mentions.
It was a profound awakening to glimpse inside my daughter and how she views herself and her surroundings because of my view, my impact on her life and it really made me take a step back and reevaluate things.
In the end I agree with Amanda whole hardheartedly "I am hugely imperfect and starting to be OK with it!"

I would recommend this book to mothers, teenage daughters, bible study groups alike.



About the Author:

Amanda Jenkins spent ten years in L, A. alongside her filmmaking husband surrounded by plastic surgery and highfalutin lifestyles, which is where she became convicted and inspired to write about her struggle with perfectionism.
Amanda attended Northwestern Bible College and graduated with degrees in Communication and Biblical Studies, She has taught Bible studies for women of all ages for the pastyears, and is passionate about communicating truth in a culturally relevant and funny way.
Today, she lives just outside of Chicago with her husband, Dallas, and their four young children, including their newly adoptedyrold son.
She is also the daughterinlaw of Jerry B, Jenkins, author of the bestselling Left Behind Series, and drops his name in the publishing world as often as possible.


Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from Tyndale House Publishers in exchange for my honest review and opinion.

I was expecting a more academic book about why perfectionists often rage when they are unable to achieve the perfection they desperately desire.
What I got instead was a candid and personal look into the struggles of one perfectionist in particular, and how she's fighting to be free.
Probably a good women's Bible study book, complete with good discussion questions, Not what I expected, but an enjoyable read, I was immediately drawn to the title of this book, While I'm not exactly a raging perfectionist, I have sometimes spent way too much time searching for exactly the right word to finish writing a sentence, or insisted on rewashing a mug from the dishwasher that wasn't quite as pristine as I wanted it to be.
So when Amanda Jenkins describes her drive for perfection, I can well understand what she means,

The strength of her book is the story of her own experience, told so informally and personally that I feel I can call her Amanda even though we've never met.
Amanda shares freely about vanity, money, recognition, parenthood, and a host of other occasions for perfectionism, I hear about her friends and some of their struggles, about raising a child with special needs, how she and her husband also adopted a child from Thailand.


Amanda intersperses her personal story with related stories and verses from Scripture, and her personal faith and relationship with Jesus shine through.
She clearly writes for an audience of primarily evangelical Christian women, and does so with the prayer that God will use her story to further their journey.
As she learns to let go, as she learns to accept herself and the imperfect reality of this world, she tells her story in an engaging and helpful way for her readers.


Discussion questions for each chapter are included at the end of the book, and these would also work well as reflection questions for journaling.


Confessions of a book reviewer: Tyndale House Publishers provided me with a complimentary copy of this book.
Got this for free on Amazon,
I enjoyed reading it mostly for the author's total honesty, I could completely identify with her to do list obsessions, projects and tasks she makes herself do although they don't really need to be done, her constant striing towards something bigger yet her being weighed down by her own petty needs and desires.
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Although I am not a Christian and this book is actually about the author's attempt to strengthen her faith, her struggles are very common in this day and age.

With every chapter, I liked this book more and more, I felt like Amanda and I tend to have similar thought patterns, so I felt right at home.
It was so encouraging to read about her progress and feel like she is so real and isn't preaching from a pedestal like she's got it all figured out.
She's in the thick of it, figuring out how to walk in freedom from perfectionism, and I loved the conclusions she came to in each chapter.
It made me feel relieved to know that she also wants to truly live for Jesus because sometimes I feel like the conclusions I come to may be crazy or going overboard in the eyes of others.
If they are, at least I'm not alone, So, I really thought this book would be about how to deal with being a perfectionist, It wasn't til I reached the end and found the discussion questions a downside of reading on a kindle is that you aren't likely to flip through the book that my opinion changed amp boosted my rating.


Each chapter addresses a place of anxiety/category about which the author feels the drive to have everything proper and done the right way.
Recommend this for a bible study group of newish Christians, If you're looking to explore deep roots of why you are constantly driven to have everything be perfect, this isn't quite the book you're looking for.
And I don't think it claims to be it's really just the author's reflections on different areas of her life.
Amanda Jenkins used this book as an outlet to be completely honest about herself and how she strived to be a perfectionist.
I definitely did enjoy reading this book more than I thought when I dived into the first chapter.
The author did a great job at looking at herself, sin and the issues she was personally dealing with.
Each chapter outlines a different scenario which I found quite interesting, Her struggle to love God and deal with her faith was really open and honest of her to write.
I received this book through Net Galley and definitely recommend to others, This book really spoke to me, Amanda is a woman so like meall of her imperfections stemming from her quest for perfectionism seem to be taken exactly from my life! I was very convicted on many levels about things I need to change in my life to live the life God wants for me.
This book was an average read, There's nothing to really complain about here, but it doesn't stand out as a book that necessarily stirs me to change.
Maybe that's not the Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist's fault, but the fact that I'm not ready to give up my perfectionistic tendencies.
This reads like a memoir, and in that genre it's decent, Read as part of the Tyndale House Summer Reading Program, The title caught my eye right off and I couldn't wait to read this book, but I was disapointed.
No new information was shared, It's the same old story of if I'd just see myself how God sees me then I won't need to be a perfectionist.
The only connection I had with this book is the authors experience with adoption, "Reasons I'm awesome:

Number of people I've judged for not being awesome:,

Faults I work hard to hide:

Ways I try to earn back my good standing with Jesus:

Resolve to fix my faults, live up to my own expectations, and be really good at humility.
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Amanda Jenkins in her book "Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist"

Amanda Jenkins has torn down her walls of perfectionism and welcomed you to join her on a humbling journey in search of grace.
I was not entirely sure of what to expect when I first picked up this book, I half expected it to be more of a book on curing over compulsive behaviors, In fact at first glance I thought I was buying a book that would help me more understand my husband and his need for everything to always be perfect and in order.
Obviously I was more focused on the books outward title and appearance, and not so much on the books description.
I was soon to find there was more similarities to Amanda Jenkins and myself then I half expected to find.

Amanda opens up each chapter with a log, such as the one above, opening up her personal life with details most of us would be too ashamed, or embarrassed, to reveal in a book for all to read.
As I ventured through her chapters on relationships, parenthood, pride, obedience happiness and so on, I found through her transparency myself saying many times over again, "Oh, that's me!".
I related to Amanda in ways I can't relate openly to other women, for fear of judgement or criticism.
Far too often women struggle to open themselves up to others due to these fears, We desire to feel connected to others, to see that we aren't the only ones desiring, and yet failing, to be the perfect wives, moms, daughters, friends, and just all around women.

Though it's hard to admit, many of us long to strip down to the bare foundations of our lives and allow ourselves to be seen for who we really are.
Amanda does this in her book "Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist", taking down her defensive walls and revealing herself for who she really is, a woman struggling, stumbling, failing, and falling down before the Lord in an emotional mess of imperfection.
She does this of course is a very tasteful, funny, honest, and also sardonic way, Displaying for you her attempts at releasing her need to be perfect, accepting herself during the times when she can't escape that she is a woman, and release isn't easy to find, and finding God's grace among it all.

For God's word says, "I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that i have already reached perfection.
But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me, No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which Go, through Jesus Christ, is calling us.
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