Book Review : Essentials for Life By Marcia Ford

Title: Essentials for Life :: Your Back-to-Basics Guide to What Matters Most
Author: Marcia Ford
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Rating: Excellent

In Essentials for Life, the author has explained 50 most important essentials of life. Further she says, these essentials are not intended to offer the final word on the crucial issues of life, but they cover ground that people of faith recognize as vital to a fruitful life with god and other people.

In this series of essentials, i loved reading all of them. Every essential has a unique meaning and each include a key life-guide principle, quotes and an interesting fact.Each discussion offers hope, a sense of peace and well-being by focusing on life with an eternal perspective.

The essentials, which i loved reading the most are ::

* Meaning of life.
* Commit your life to God.
* Trust God in Every Situation.
* Talk Things Over with God.
* Learn to Forgive.
* Face the Future Fearlessly.
* Overcome the Fear of Failure

And the list goes on......

The content offers spiritual truth and it is written in such a way that you are gripped from the beginning to last.

Overall, "Essentials for Life" is an Excellent book. I highly recommend this book.


Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Book Review : The Map By David Murrow

Title: The Map :: The Way of All Great Men
Author: David Murrow
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Rating: Good

The Map is a spiritual growth book written by David Murrow.It talks about a map that leads to Christs path.

The Map is laid out in two parts.In the first part, Murrow himself discovering a "map" hidden in the Gospel of Matthew, given to the Apostle by Jesus himself.
The existence of such a map and clues to its whereabouts are found in an ancient scroll titled the Three Journeys of Jesus.
This map describes three journeys: the journey of submission, the journey of strength and the journey of sacrifice.

At the end of the first part of the book, Murrow acknowledges the story is fiction and explains how he stumbled on the Map and its lessons.Second Part of The Map is an explanation of his fiction story.
He analyzes several Biblical heroes, such as Paul, David, Moses and Samson and relates their stories to the map.

Overall, "The Map" is an Good book.Itis a pleasant read and never bores.


Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Book Review : Buried Alive By Roy Hallums

Title: Buried Alive :: The True Story of Kidnapping, Captivity, and a Dramatic Rescue
Author: Roy Hallums
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Rating: Excellent

Buried Alive is a true story written by Roy Hallum about his kidnapping, torture and finally his rescue. The author discusses spending 10 months in captivity in Iraq and his dramatic rescue by US Forces.

In November 2004, Roy Hallums was kidnapped from his office in Baghdad and was held hostage.The next ten months were the darkest of his life. Hallums spent most of his time in a concrete pit beneath a farmhouse, constantly bound and blindfolded.A small pipe in the ceiling provided the room’s only oxygen – and its only link to the outside world.He describes how Kidnapping has become a booming industry in Iraq. Kidnappers main vision behind was to throw out the invaders, to spread fear and most important to raise the funds for insurgency.And After the 311 grueling days of captivity he was rescued and it was his faith that helped him to survive.

The story is written in such a way that you that you are gripped from the beginning to last, mostly because it really happened.It is an well-crafted non-fiction Story and an easy flow that makes it impossible to not get pulled into the flow.

I would highly recommend this book to everyone.


Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”