Growing With Purpose

Growing With Purpose
Written by Jon Walker
Published at Zondervan

About the book
Growing with Purpose elevates God’s grace to its proper place, above sin, where love always triumphs over lists of rules, where no one is forgotten, and where everyone gets more than a second chance. This one-year devotional is an unusual and compelling combination of conversational pictures, humorous prose, and practical suggestions firmly planted in biblical theology.

Who is Jon Walker?
Jon Walker has worked with Rick Warren for many years, first as a writer/editor at Pastors.com, later as vice president of communications at Purpose Driven Ministries, and then as a pastor at Saddleback Church. He's also served as editor-in-chief of LifeWay's HomeLife magazine and founding editor of the Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox. His articles have appeared in publications and websites around the world. You can learn more about his ministry at http://www.gracecreates.com/.

My Thoughts
Here’s another devotional that I got the opportunity to review. It is one-year devotional (however, there are no dates at the top of the devotions!) that will help you to go deeper in understanding God’s plan for your life. The author, Jon Walker, has worked closely with Rick Warren (remember the Purpose Driven Life and Purpose Driven Church?) in the past. This devotional will help Purpose Drive Life readers and others to discover God’s grace and grow in His love.

Each devotion has only one page and starts with a scripture at the beginning. Then the author writes about something that will make you think. Part of devotions I think is that they make you think and ponder about what you have read and see how you can apply it in your life.

This little book will bring your stories from the author or his family, prayers to read, stories from past events, life stories and so on. At the end, I sense that the reader would have grown to become more like Jesus and realize that God has indeed a plan for his/her life. Too often, we have a tendency to think that we are not worth it but it isn’t the case.

This devotional would make a wonderful stocking gift for the coming New Year. It would be a good book to go through during each day of 2010. And be prepare to grow with purpose in your life as you discover God’s plan for you!

This review was possible because I receive a copy of Growing with Purpose from Zondervan.

Growing with Purpose is available everywhere even at amazon.ca and indigo.ca.