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our age of instant gratification and ifitfeelsgooddoit attitudes, selfdiscipline is hardly a popular notion, Yet it may be one of the most important lost virtues of our time, In Joyful Surrender, former missionary and beloved author Elisabeth Elliot offers her understanding of discipline and its value for people of all times, She shows readers how to

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.
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 AngloSaxon, middleaged, 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.

"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

"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

"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,

"'My burden is light,' Jesus said, It is the addition of burdens that God never meant us to carry that weighs us down, " p.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 selfcontrol 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

Many thanks to Revell for a copy of this book in exchange for my review.

: Still one of my alltime favorites from Elisabeth Elliot, Dearly love this book.


: 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.

"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.

"People wish they had more leisure time, The problem is not too little, but too much of it poorly spent, " p.

"In our age of instant gratification and ifitfeelsgooddoit attitudes, selfdiscipline 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, 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 "lifechanging",

I love Elisabeth Elliots 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 lifechanging theories" because if it is new and hasnt 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 love how this book points out that discipline is imperative to being a disciple of Christ, 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, .