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Learn how to positively handle the disappointments of life and discern the comforting truth found in God's Word. Includes a 4-week Bible study.
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Through the Psalms, women can learn how to positively handle the disappointments of life, discern the comforting truth found in God’s Word, and be encouraged to deal with the waves of trials, depression, and discouragement.
• Includes a 4-week Bible study
A Deeper Kind of Calm
ISBN-13:
9781600060755
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.25
Cover: Paperback
144
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$12.99
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Available in Spanish
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A book to build your faith while life is difficult
This book on steadfast faith in the midst of adversity is a relatively small book and only 103 pages, however it is full of deep insights and I found myself putting it down and picking it up over and over in the past few months. Using a deeper study of 4 Psalms to show how to not only survive the difficult times in life, but use them to move closer to God, Dillow helps the reader to build a stronger faith and a different viewpoint to hold them firm in life’s storms. The 4 key Psalms that are explored deeply are: 77: remember what God has done, 46: hide in His presence, 63: cling to him and 84: praise him for all we cannot see, to help us find comfort in our suffering.
A short, easy read, the points are illustrated with examples from her own life and the lives of her friends. This lends an authentic and realistic feeling to the book. This is not an author who sits calmly in her safe office and theorizes on how people ought to react to crisis. This is a woman who picks a lonely rocky crevasse to tuck herself into for personal devotional time during times of crisis. I can definitely recommend this book both as a gift for a hurting friend, and for a devotional or bible study. I hope to go back over it again using the group bible study section at the back with a group of friends at some point in the future.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
Posted by
Lori Daily
on
7/14/2011 5:45:29 PM
Pefect timing in my life!
In this four- week devotional entitled A Deeper Kind of Calm: Steadfast Faith in the Midst of Adversity, the reader is invited alongside the writer on a quest to know the unfathomable peace of God regardless of whatever circumstance we find ourselves in or in spite of our emotions that reel about us and cloud our minds. It is a journey to contentment that serves as a follow-up to her previous book, Calm My Anxious Heart.
At the time I received this book to review, I was busy packing and cleaning. My husband was helping me as much as he could while continuing to job search while at the same time training the new employee who was his replacement. Our precious little ones, too young to understand what was going on but knowing that something certainly was up, turned into adorable and breathing forms of cling-wrap. We have since moved from Colorado to northern Missouri, are living in a rental and have prospects but no actual job (or income). I am tempted to excuse my fears and impatience, but this book has encouraged me to face them as sins and to look fearlessly at the face of the One who hold our future and us in His loving hand! Our Lord is sovereign and good, and as I found through reading the stories given in this book taken from the life of the author and her acquaintances, He is near! This book has encouraged me to turn from discouragement to joyful excitement and I hope that it will do that same for you.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Navpress Publishers. 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.”
Posted by
Elizabeth Bailey
on
6/9/2011 9:55:35 AM
Gentle Reassurance of God's Presence
“A Deeper Kind of Calm” is a relatively short, easy read. It lends itself well to a devotional type of study, and is a meditative look at several very well-chosen Psalms. Dillow breaks her book up into sections, one Psalm per section, each of which shows the reader a different aspect of turning to God in times of trial, and finding strength in our pain.
Dillow illustrates her points well, using her own trials, as well as the challenges and tragedies that others have faced. Her examples and descriptions, and how she relates them to the Psalms, seem very heartfelt, and the tone of the book is very personal. One of the things that touched me about this book is how Dillow explains that sometimes when deeply distraught and in need of intimate, alone-time with God, apart from the distractions of life, she will retreat to the mountainous area behind her home. She will slip herself bodily into a just-big-enough crevice in the rocks, where she is basically walled in by the stone of the mountainside.
I found that to be a very personal thing for her to share, as if it were a glimpse into the personal devotional time of a woman who is very close to God. This particularly related to the section of the book that is devoted to Psalm 46, with the theme of “hide in His presence.” I appreciated that she was willing to share something so personal, something that seemed almost to give the author’s faith a child-like innocence. I definitely recommend this book. I do feel that it is a very personal book, one that would lend itself better to personal devotion and study, rather than to group study. Please note this book was given to me free of charge by NavPress Publishers, in exchange for my honest review. The opinions stated here are my own.
Posted by
Pidjen
on
6/6/2011 7:21:56 PM
So Helpful
This book arrived in my mailbox at the time I needed to read it. My Grandfather and our friend Blake had just died within a few weeks of each other. I needed some help dealing with all of my emotions and this book helped me so much. From the very first page of Chapter 1 named, My Valley of Weeping, I knew this book was going to serve me well. Dillow guides us through the Psalms to help us deal with the Valleys of Weeping in our lives. Even though I had a lot of "why" questions during this time in our life (still do) this book helped me to find my way to God instead of turning away from Him.
I have always turned to Psalms when I need help in some area of my life. Since the book breaks down into four different chapters from Psalms, as stated above, I now have more specific Psalms to turn to in my times of need. There is also a 4-week bible study included at the end of the book to do on your own or with a group.
Final Thoughts:
I recommend that if you are facing any trials in your life and you're wondering how you can find God in the midst of those trials you should read this book. It was a wonderful guide for me during a difficult time. I also recommend another book I have read by Linda Dillow called Calm My Anxious Heart: A Woman's Guide To Finding Contentment.
Highly Recommended.
Posted by
Jackie
on
6/2/2011 7:27:57 PM
Wonderful!
In this four- week devotional entitled A Deeper Kind of Calm: Steadfast Faith in the Midst of Adversity, the reader is invited alongside the writer on a quest to know the unfathomable peace of God regardless of whatever circumstance we find ourselves in or in spite of our emotions that reel about us and cloud our minds. It is a journey to contentment that serves as a follow-up to her previous book, Calm My Anxious Heart.
At the time I received this book to review, I was busy packing and cleaning. My husband was helping me as much as he could while continuing to job search while at the same time training the new employee who was his replacement. Our precious little ones, too young to understand what was going on but knowing that something certainly was up, turned into adorable and breathing forms of cling-wrap. We have since moved from Colorado to northern Missouri, are living in a rental and have prospects but no actual job (or income). I am tempted to excuse my fears and impatience, but this book has encouraged me to face them as sins and to look fearlessly at the face of the One who hold our future and us in His loving hand! Our Lord is sovereign and good, and as I found through reading the stories given in this book taken from the life of the author and her acquaintances, He is near! This book has encouraged me to turn from discouragement to joyful excitement and I hope that it will do that same for you.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Navpress Publishers. 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.”
Posted by
Elizabeth Bailey
on
5/15/2011 1:59:57 PM
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