| Title | : | Joyful Surrender: 7 Disciplines for the Believers Life |
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| ISBN | : | 0800729471 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780800729479 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1982 |
- discipline the mind, body, possessions, time, and feelings
- overcome anxiety
- change poor habits and attitudes
- trust God in times of trial and hardship
- let Christ have control in all areas of life
Elliot masterfully and gently takes readers through Scripture, personal stories, and incisive observations of the world around her to help them discover the understanding that our fulfillment as human beings depends on our answer to God's call to obedience.
Joyful Surrender: 7 Disciplines for the Believers Life Reviews
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2018: Read it with my 14yo daughter and it was a good one to discuss with her.
2013: Very good.
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
"Discipline is the disciple's "career." It defines the very shape of the disciple's life."
"Discipline is the wholehearted yes to the call of God."
"There are truths that cannot be known except by doing them." (p.38)
"A young woman asked the great preacher Charles Spurgeon if it was possible to reconcile God's sovereignty and man's responsibility, "Young woman," said he, "You don't reconcile friends." (p.41)
"We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves." (p.44)
"The natural mind prefers argument to obedience, solutions to truth. Its immediate response, when the truth is presented, is no. No way. It refused to be nailed by truth." (p.63)
"Maturity is the ability to carry the unanswered question in faith, holding to the Word by which we live." (p-66)
"The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that." (p.69)
"The disciple steps forward through the narrow gate." (p.75)
"There is always enough time to do the will of God. For that we can never say, "I don't have time."" (p.99)
"Frustration is not the will of God. Of that we can be quite certain. There is time to anything and everything that God wants us to do. Obedience fits smoothly into His given framework. One thing that most certainly will not fit into it is worry." (p.101)
"People wish they had more leisure time. The problem is not too little, but too much of it poorly spent." (p.102)
"If the work is soaked in prayer, the beauty will be there, the work will be established." (p.126)
"Feelings, like thought, must be brought into captivity. No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple." (p.133)
"Choices will continually be necessary and -let us not forget- possible. Obedience to God is always possible." (p.142)
"Do not try to fortify yourself against emotions... The discipline of emotions is the training of responses." (p.145) -
Own.
Eliot here packs a punch. None of this seems very revolutionary, yet all of it is meaningful. She uses the scripture as a measuring rod and puts our thoughts, deeds, words, actions, even our feelings up against it. She shows our deficiencies with grace, she gives corrective lenses and suggestions to turn to Christ in all things. He is the author and perfecter of our faith - he wrote, lived, finished, completed, ran the race perfectly and so is glorified. His example is what we follow, His Spirit along with the Word is our teacher. Listen, trust, obey. It's much easier said than done! But, there is grace for all things. Praise be to God.
She writes in a generally readable, colloquial style. Not fancy, but plain. Reading is deceptively easy, until you consider living as she instructs.
Note that I began this a year ago. I'm working to finish previously begun books and clear out my "currently reading" shelf. The deficiencies are all in me, not in the book.
One to re-read and give to my daughters ... later. -
This was my third reading of the book. Every time I read it, I walk away with a different perspective. Clearly, the book hasn't changed since I bought it over a decade ago. But my circumstances and spiritual maturity are constantly changing, and it's so loaded with spiritual help that I always come away richer. To be mentored by Elisabeth Elliot is a true joy. The fact that she passed into eternity during my third read is both sweet and sad. But whether she is here or there, she continues to minister to me and others with grace and truth. I so appreciate her admonition to trust and obey in Discipline: The Glad Surrender. Discipline is the way to the freedom our hearts are looking for, even though the world shouts at us otherwise. Coupled with trust, obedience (a glad surrender) is, I'm convinced, the path to take.
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2019: Still one of my all-time favorites from Elisabeth Elliot. Dearly love this book.
2014: Excellent. Favorite chapter was on the discipline of work. This book is worthy of a regular, yearly reading. Highly recommend. A few favorite quotes:
"There is always enough time to do the will of God. For that we can never say, "I don't have time."" (p.99)
"Frustration is not the will of God. Of that we can be quite certain. There is time to anything and everything that God wants us to do. Obedience fits smoothly into His given framework. One thing that most certainly will not fit into it is worry." (p.101)
"People wish they had more leisure time. The problem is not too little, but too much of it poorly spent." (p.102) -
A great read - something that stands out is just learning from Elisabeth Elliot's example and seeing a woman of the faith carry out her love for the Lord in every aspect of her life. If I had to summarize: discipline can be difficult. One might think that freedom is doing what you want to do without restraint, but true freedom is discovered through discipline, when you are able to be self-controlled and see the fruits of the Spirit. Discipline must be a glad surrender from the ways of our flesh and selfishness. As a Christian, I am called to take up my cross and follow Him, and this isn’t supposed to be an easy task.
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So much good stuff here. I read it in short bits as part of my daily devotions. I would recommend this especially to millennials and Americans who struggle with boundaries and authority. I love that she kind of takes the hard line on a lot of things. She doesn't deal with all potentials and excuses of each specific situation. She just says obey Christ and discipline your body. The end. Stop whining. I will definitely be recommending this to friends.
The biggest "problem" I had with this book were all the whacky translations she used for her Scripture references.
I found this quote so applicable for today's world, "In my case, the 'house' is tall; it is Anglo-Saxon, middle-aged, and female. I was not asked about my preferences in any of these factors, but I was given a choice about the use I make of them. In other words, the body was a gift to me. Whether I will thank God for it and offer it as a holy sacrifice is for me to decide." p 46.
"It is amazing how frequently things that are called disagreements prove, upon examination, to be simple dislike. 'I don't agree with you' often means nothing more than 'I don't like what you say.'" p 67
"Christ calls us to do that (what we cannot), and to be that (what we are not). He is asking us to walk on water. Peter succeeded in doing that, but only for a few steps, only for those seconds when his gaze was locked on Christ's, his mind set, as it were, on 'things above'. But when he looked around, he sank." p 62
"If I am to love the Lord my God with all my mind, there will not be room in it for carnality, for pride, for anxiety, for the love of myself. How can the mind be filled with the love of the Lord and have space left over for things like that? " p. 79
"'My burden is light,' Jesus said. It is the addition of burdens that God never meant us to carry that weighs us down." p. 104 -
First sentence: Early in the morning I sit on a window seat in a beautiful stone cottage on a remote hilltop in south Texas. It is springtime.
Elliot selected seven (mostly spiritual) disciplines to focus on in this one which was originally published in 1982. Those seven disciplines are: body, mind, place, time, possessions, work, and feelings. She defines discipline as 'the believer's answer to God's call.'
When Elliot stays on task, she offers some good insights to living the Christian life. When Elliot gets off task--which is more often than I'd prefer--she tends to ramble. For example, she often rambles on and on about where she is when she's writing a specific chapter. Her insights into where she is, what time of day it is, her current view, her feelings of the moment, etc--these don't offer anything of worth, in my opinion. Though I suppose you could argue that they reveal her humanity. (But do we really need a reminder that authors are human and have lives to live?)
Before she settles down to her subject--disciplines for living well--she seems to have several chapters about free will. (Six-ish chapters to be exact). Before reading this one I'd never considered if Elliot was "Reformed" or not. (I am Reformed.) There were some iffy statements that could definitely be construed as NOT Reformed or "free will-y" as I like to say. But I'm unwilling to say for sure--context, context, context always matters. Perhaps she is speaking not of a call to salvation but of a call to live holy lives. If she's speaking of sanctification and sanctification alone perhaps there is (some) truth in what she writes.
In writing of the disciplines, she's not out to make easy friends. Some of what she writes is on the harsher side. For example, in her chapter on discipling the body she makes some harsh-sounding statements about weight. One can easily get the impression that in Elliot's mind to be fat is to be sinning against the Lord. It isn't just gluttony she addresses but also sloth.
But often she does have helpful/truthful insights.A renewed mind has an utterly changed conception, not only of reality, but of possibility. A turn away from the kingdom of this world to the Kingdom of God provides a whole set of values based not on the human word, but on Christ's. (62)
The deliberate decision to think Christ's thoughts by allowing Him to remold the mind leads to a different way of seeing, which in turn leads to a different way of behaving toward others. (62)
Reality is often evil. There is a common belief that a frank expression of what one naturally feels and thinks is always a good thing because it is honest. This is not true. If the feelings and thoughts are wrong in themselves, how can expressing them verbally add up to something good? It seems to me they add up to three sins: wrong feeling, wrong thought, wrong action. (64)
The work of God is appointed. What was given to the Son to do was the will of the Father. What is given to us to do is also His will. There is always enough time to do the will of God. (100)
Feelings, like thoughts, must be brought into captivity. No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God. (133)
The world says, "Go with your feelings and be honest."
The Bible says, "Go with your feelings and die."
The world says, "Deny your feelings and you're dead."
The Bible says, "But if on the other hand you cut the nerve of your instinctive actions by obeying the Spirit, you are on the way to real living. (140)It is the will that must deal with the feelings. The will must triumph over them, but only the will that is surrendered to Christ can do this. (141)
Our love will be shown by obedience, not by how good we feel about God at a given moment. (143)
What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing. (143)
This one definitely kept me thinking.
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This is a reprint of Elliot's 1982 book, reprinted in 2006 as Discipline. Discipline is our answer to God's call, she says. It is how we fulfill God's purpose for us. God provides the means but we must choose to do it.
Reading Elliot's book is like sitting across from someone while enjoying a cup of coffee. Her style of writing is very free flowing and informal. At times she writes about her life as a disciple. At other times she is clearly teaching from the Bible. She shares her thoughts on a number of topics, such as fasting, sexual control, thinking, honoring, time, possessions, work, emotions, and more. She essentially writes about one's attitude toward those topics rather than how we are to be living them to the glory of God. There are no practical steps nor particular strategy included. I have to admit I skimmed over some paragraphs.
Some young modern readers may be unfamiliar with some of the concepts Elliot relates. Under the topic of honoring, for example, Elliot writes that the wife's submissiveness to her husband is the appropriate way to honor him. Elliot also challenges readers to be at the Lord's disposal, to realize we are God's servants. Those are not exactly popular teachings today.
Elliot does have a way with words. In her chapter on time she writes, “There is always enough time to do the will of God.” (1415/2348)
This would be a good book for readers who are looking for the thoughts of a Christian reflecting on a lifetime of being a disciple. You will not find specific information on the seven disciplines.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher.. My comments are an independent and honest review. -
I haven't read a book by Elizabeth Elliot since college. I would say by far this one is my favorite by her. I would recommend to girls between the ages of 17-23(and up) to make this one a priority to read. I really enjoy her style of writing it is still personal and convicting without a lot of fluff. Written beautifully and with tack at the same time not beating around the bush .
She has some opening chapters on what discipline is and a few others followed by chapters on the following:
Discipline of the Body
Discipline of the Mind
Discipline of the Place
Discipline of the Time
Discipline of the Possessions
Discipline of the Work
Discipline of the Feelings
This is definitely one that should be read slowly and thought about, not rushed read. It can change how you see your faith/walk with God and how to have discipline in your life.
"When discipline becomes a glad surrender, 'Every day we experience something of the death of Jesus, so that we may also know the power of the life of Jesus in these bodies of ours'." -
O carte simplă în cuvinte, dar foarte bogată. O carte care te face să înțelegi că Dumnezeu ne oferă atât de multe daruri- timp, putere de muncă, oamenii de lângă noi, trupul nostru, chiar și lucruri materiale- dar toate acestea ne sunt oferite ca daruri. Ceea ce noi trebuie să învățăm să facem e să le privim în primul rand ca daruri, ca binecuvântări- care ne sunt date nu pentru meritul nostru și care ne pot fi totuși luate în orice moment- și să învățăm să le folosim în scopurile pentru care au fost facute- de a-I aduce slavă lui Dumnezeu, de a-L sluji pe Dumnezeu și pe cei din jur, iar lucrul acesta nu vine din firea noastră, nu vine natural, ci vine prin disciplină.
Autoarea explică cum Dumnezeu ne-a dat libertatea de a alege, dar singurul mod de a capitula cu bucurie este prin disciplină.
>Când disciplina devine o capitulare cu bucurie “purtăm întotdeauna cu noi, în trupul nostru, omorârea Domnului Isus, pentru ca și viata lui Isus să se arate în trupul nostru muritor”(2 Corinteni 4:10). -
I usually enjoy Elizabeth Elliot’s books but I found this one much harder to engage with. It felt a bit in-cohesive to me and I had a hard time following what felt like many scattered thoughts jotted down on pages. Good thoughts, yes, but definitely not my go-to book on this subject in the future.
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I love how this book points out that discipline is imperative to being a disciple of Christ.
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"In our age of instant gratification and if-it-feels-good-do-it attitudes, self-discipline is hardly a popular notion. Yet it may be one of the most important lost virtues of our time."
This is THE best book I read in 2019. No, it is the best book I've read in a long time. And I am not exaggerating when I say that it is one of the very few books that I call "life-changing".
I love Elisabeth Elliot’s writing style. It is personal, yet not overly emotional, sophisticated and simple at the same time, filled with personal examples and always, always, always based on the Bible with scripture references instead of making up her own ideas of Christianity (as many modern Christian leaders like to do). The book is well structured and easy to understand. The late Elisabeth Elliot talks about things that are simple but not easy. Yet, she speaks the truth and it is very convicting. I really love how she does not beat around the bush but says things as they are. She is honest, straight forward, always gentle, never harsh. She is wonderful! I wish I had the read book when she was still alive.
In her book, Elliot speaks about a topic that has become very old fashioned and almost a taboo in our society: discipline. Discipline has almost become unmentionable in our times where we rather want to feel good instead of do good.
I cannot do this book justice with my review, no matter what I say. But let me say this: I got to read a free ARC and I loved it so much that I bought it and I am lending it to my friends.
If you feel like you are stuck in your Christian life or that something is missing, read Joyful Surrender with an open, searching, and praying heart. I am always wary about "new life-changing theories" because if it is new and hasn’t been before … how can it be true and stand the test of time? However, this book contains old, biblical truths. It can show you the way to finding freedom in surrender.
Thank you NetGalley and Revell for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. -
I think - though six months into 2022 - that surrender is my word of the year. I feel already due for another read of this book because there was simply so much meat in this short little book. Elizabeth Elliot, so pithy and punchy, lays out the Christian walk clearly, without any fluff or nonsense. The Christian life is as simple (and as hard) as this: lay down and surrender your life to Jesus; allow Him to harrow your soul and breakdown the roots of idle affections that have yet to be given over to Him.
I think of the hymn... "I have decided to follow Jesus ... the world behind me, the cross before me; no turning back, no turning back." -
I’ve dedicated this year to rereading all the books which have meant something to me in my life. It was a joy to begin this challenge with a second read through of Elliot’s “Disciplines”. I will say i think I loved it more the first time I read it, but there were still so many things to be gleaned. Her chapter on discipline of emotions and feelings is possibly my favorite I’ve read on the topic.
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My whole goal this year has been to grow in self-control: self-control of my schedule, my emotions, and my habits. I've read many GREAT books on the subject, prayed nightly for heart change, ...and failed daily. I struggled to change for more than a day at a time: the selfishness is strong with this one!
I read this book as part of that quest, despite a friend's warning that its focus isn't so much "self-discipline" per se as much as it is the Christian life in general: Elliot hones in on the fact that the word "discipline" comes from the word "disciple" and proceeds to spend the rest of the book talking about how disciples should act.
And this book has helped me more than all the others. It is the most practically life-changing parenting book, habit book, and "I need to get control of my emotional outbursts" book I have read this year. It both encapsulates the heart of the other material I've read and goes beyond it.
At first, it was still only four stars: I had benefited from Elliot's unique, no-nonsense approach to discipleship, but her meditative prose style lacked a clear arc for each chapter, and I sometimes found her personal anecdotes beside the point. But the truths from each chapter had a way of sticking with me ALL DAY, informing each decision. And Elliot builds steam all the way to the end, culminating in three final chapters that bring everything home, simultaneously humbling and exalting my vision. So by the end I knew: this is not the self-discipline book I was looking for, but this is the one I needed. It's a treasure trove I will open regularly to spur me on to disciplined pursuit of good works: the works I have before me right now, today. -
This is a great book about surrendering ourselves fully to Christ and the work that God has prepared for us to do. I think Elliot beautifully portrays the reality of discipline as a Christian - it is our duty and joy to spend and be spent for Christ as He was immeasurably more for us. And yes, it takes effort to be disciplined - it doesn’t often come easily - but since it is only by God’s grace that we can do anything for Christ, we can fully trust that God will work our obedience out for His glory and our best.
Some quotes I really enjoyed were:
“Discipline is not my claim on Christ, but the evidence of His claim on me. I do not ‘make’ Him Lord, I acknowledge Him Lord.”
“If I am to love the Lord my God with all my mind, there will not be room in it for carnality, for pride, for anxiety, for the love of myself. How can the mind be filled with the love of the Lord and have space left over for things like that?”
“Not even the tiny dewdrop lacks the care and attention of the Lover of all. Shall I then think of any detail of my earthly life, even so little a thing as a minute of one of my hours, as without meaning? How shall I answer to my Master for my time?”
“It is Christ who is to be exalted, not our feelings. We will know Him by obedience, not by emotions.” -
Another great addition to my books on the topic of Christian Living. Mrs. Elliot gives practical, Scriptural guidance in specific areas of life (e.g.: body, mind, time, possessions, work, etc.) to followers of Christ for pursuing holiness with self-discipline. 2 Corinthians 4:10, 16-17 (CSB): “We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.” Discipline is a gift of and from God the Holy Spirit, who enables us to gladly and humbly to submit to and glorify Him, which is our created purpose.
“The man who has accepted the rule of the Spirit in his life will accept spiritual discipline. In accepting the discipline of his Master, he will willingly discipline himself. This is the sign of spiritual maturity...” - from Ch. 13 in “Discipline.” -
I now see why Elisabeth Elliot is highly lauded! While not my favorite book on this topic (Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray holds that spot), I very much enjoyed Elliot's writing on the subject of surrender. Each chapter focuses on a different area of our lives that we should be submitting to Christ, full of Scripture and experiences from her own life.
There were some organizational issues, with abrupt transitions within the chapters, but the informational was solid and Biblical. There were also some formatting issues, but this is likely because I read this as an ebook on Hoopla. -
Wow. This book speaks plainly about incredible being of God and what it looks like to live a counter-cultural, life of discipline and submission. Submission has never looked more beautiful. Understanding another piece to the grace and majesty of the Lord makes it wonderful.
“When discipline becomes a glad surrender, ‘every day we experience something of the death of Jesus, so that we may also know the power of the life of Jesus in these bodies of ours.’
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My 25-year-old daughter recently reminded me about this book when she told me how much she had enjoyed it. After scouring my shelves, I found the old copy I had read at her age, and it was just as helpful and encouraging in my 50s as it was in my 20s.
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So, so wise and convicting. Highly recommend.
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Upon beginning a reading challenge for the new year, I randomly picked up this book because it I respected the Author but more so because it was nearest in my reach at the time. Reading and writing about spiritual disciplines can be hard because of different tensions Scripture presents about works, righteousness and "being who you are". Often books of the like finish most sentences with what I call a gospel caveat. "You SHOULD read your Bible every day, but if you don't, there is grace. And if you don't pray and eat like junk, too, there's grace for that as well." Though this is true (there actually IS grace for those things), the primary thrust of a book discussing healthy practices for the Bible believing christian should be unapologetic, thorough, kind and firm. Elliot's book is a refreshing and satiating combination of all of those traits. It is gracious while urgent.
Elliot at this point is aged and has been through more in the way of suffering than most in an entire life. She has also experienced the fruits from spiritual labor which gives way to her clear and unapologetic tone. I would compare her to that of a grandmother that women in the church go to for advice and prayer. Her points are largely drawn from Scripture then bolstered by various experiences.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book-
"As a child in a Christian home, I did not start out with an understanding of the word, discipline. I simply knew that I belonged to people who loved me and cared for me. That is independence. They spoke to me, and I answered. That is responsibility. They gave me things to do, and I did them. That is obedience. It adds up to discipline. In other words the totality of the believers response is discipline...We might say that discipline is the disciple's career. It defines the shape of the disciple's life. Obedience, on the other hand, refers to specific action." pg 17
"A young woman asked the great preacher, Charles Spurgeon if it was possible to reconcile God's sovereignty and man's responsibility. 'Young woman,' said he 'You don't reconcile friends.'" pg 43
"The kind of thinking I refer to is the destructive kind- anxiety-producing thinking, taking thought for the morrow in the manner forbidden by Jesus; or that most deadly kind of all, brooding over bad memories... We need to be careful lest our eagerness to expose our inner darkness becomes an exhibition or even a celebration that will gain for us acceptance with those who really do love darkness rather than light." pg 61,63
"The natural mind prefers argument to obedience, solutions to truth. Its immediate response, when the truth is presented is no. No way. It refuses to be nailed to the truth... It is amazing how frequently things that are called disagreements prove, upon examination, to be simple dislike." pg 67
"Christianity teaches righteousness, not rights. It exmphasizes honor, not equality. A Christian's concern is what is owed to the other, not what is owed to himself." pg 83
"Many of the things we do 'after work,' unless we are demoniacally selfish people, are work, too, often for others. Are they do different in God's eyes? I doubt it. The work assigned to me includes writing and speaking, forms of service often labeled 'full-time christian' but my service to God also includes housework and correspondence and being available to help family and friends do things that need doing." pg 124
"Remember they(feelings) are given to us as part of our humanity. Do not try to fortify yourself against emotions. Recognize them; name them, if that helps; and then lay them open before the Lord for his training of your responses. The discipline of emotions is the training of responses." pg 151
I highly recommend this wise book as counsel for both men and women, young and old as a trained and proven testimony of how the Lord uses our efforts to sanctify us and grow us. -
"Resolve is not a mood."
I think all women need an E.E. pep talk now and then. I really enjoyed the chapter on disciplining our emotions most of all. -
When I heard of the sad passing of Elisabeth Elliot, I felt the sudden urge to read one of her books. The Glad Surrender was given to me over 25 years ago, and I can't remember ever actually taking the time to read it before—better late than never! What an absolute gem this book is. With highlighter in hand, I made my through the pages, underlining precious quote after quote. "In a deep mystery, hidden in God's purposes for man before the foundation of the world, lies the truth of man's free will and God's sovereignty." Beautiful! This dear lady was bold, no doubt about it. The Glad Surrender focusses on a life of discipline—time, work, possessions, mind, place, body, stating that "Discipline is the believer's answer to God's call." It's wonderfully practical, and gives some insight into the life of this mighty woman of God. I thoroughly recommend The Glad Surrender—prepare to be challenged!
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JOYFUL SURRENDER was originally published in 1982 and in 2006 with the title of Discipline.
My mom used to be a huge fan of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot and followed her books and her story and I grew up hearing about how they risked their lives in South America. I was kind of afraid of being called as a missionary -- what if I died? But Elisabeth Elliot points out in the book that is the best thing there is - to be called to die for the cause of Christ.
The writing is across-the-dining room table friendly and she brings up some good points to consider. Our Wednesday night prayer service is also studying Spiritual Discipline and this would be a valuable companion to this study.
Excellent for small groups, themed Sunday School classes or individual studies. Grab your copy of JOYFUL SURRENDER today - or check the shelves for a copy of Discipline - and start reading today.
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Elisabeth Elliot is one of my favorite authors. I may have said that before, I'm not sure. She doesn't hold back the honest truth but her writing is so full of grace. This book was so timely in that a group I lead was talking about self-control when I was reading this and I was able to tie in some of what Elisabeth said.
At its core, this book is about the concepts of being a slave to Christ or to flesh. Are we going to surrender to our Master? What does that look like practically in our lives? Elliot gives examples from her own life and the lives of others who went before her. It's not easy but it's necessary. I'm not doing so well on these myself, but that's why sanctification is a journey, right?
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An excellent read. Elisabeth Elliot is stunning.
I started this book thinking that it was going to be a basic book about what it means to live a disciplined Christian life in terms of praying, reading the Word, etc... however I was pleasantly surprised to see that it far surpassed my expectations! The main, over-arching theme of the book is living under the Lordship of Christ in every aspect of life. Whether that be the discipline or work, time, feelings, place.. it shows us that we can take very deliberate steps to ensure that every part of our lives is lifted up for the honor and glory of God.
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simple and profound
I love Elisabeth Elliot. She reminds me of my grandmother in her direct, no nonsense, distant Germanic mannerisms.
And I can't help but admire a woman faithful enough, to live among the very violent tribe who murdered her husband in a remote jungle with a small child. The gospel is daring, and so is Elisabeth Elliot. But you wouldn't see that in this book. What is evident in "The Glad Surrender," is how Elisabeth Elliot achieves a faith so complete.
I highly recommend the documentary "Beyond the Gates of Splendor" which tells the story of the death of 5 American missionaries and their families, and what happens after.
