Category: Book Summaries

The Blessed Life

When I seek you, my God, I seek a blessed life. I shall seek you, so that my soul may live. - Saint Augustine

James Robison, Founder and President of LIFE Outreach International in Fort Worth, Texas explains that for the last 10 years, he has witnessed the undeniable, profound impact The Blessed Life message has had on the 36,000 people attending Robert Morris’ Gateway Church.

Robison explains, “I don’t believe in leading people to focus on their own gain without understanding the sheer joy of living to give and loving to share. Jesus clearly said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35), so it puzzles me when I hear ministers and evangelists place the major focus on how we can get, get, get.”

If you want to be set free in the area of giving and learn what it really means to discover the truth of “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over” (Luke 6:38), then read what Pastor Robert Morris shares.

As one very successful businessman put it, “I feel I’m like a river. No matter how much I give, I never have less; no matter how much I receive, I never have any more.” What he receives, he releases into the purposes of God.

Morris explains, “There’s no greater adventure on earth than simply living the life of generosity and abundance that is available to all of God’s people—but that so few ever dare to live. It is a journey of reward. It is the blessed life. Read on, and let the adventure begin!”

Click here to learn more from Robert Morris about “Unlocking the Rewards of Generous Living”

The Go-Giver Leader

Giving is not a strategy. It's a way of life. - Bob Burg

This month’s Proverbs focus is on Giving.  This past February, as I browsed the Barnes & Noble bookshelves, I ran across The Go-Giver Leader.  With endorsements from John Maxwell, Captain David Marquet, and Colleen Barrett, I was intrigued.

Co-Authors Bob Burg and John David Mann wrote the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Go-Giver, whose mysterious mentor character Pindar introduces the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success, which all revolve around the idea that a giving mindset is the key to a rich and fulfilling life. One of those Five Laws is the Law of Influence, which says that your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.

Burg and Mann again turn to Pindar to expand on the idea in this book with something to say about leadership.  They explain that they wrote this story and published it in 2011 under the title, It’s Not About You—a title that seemed to nicely echo the core idea of The Go-Giver: that shifting one’s emphasis from getting to giving, from a “me” focus to an “other” focus, leads to greater and often unexpected returns.

Click here to The Go-Giver Leader’s Five Keys to Legendary Leadership