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Worry Pursuing a Better Path to Peace by David Powlison [P & R Publishing,2004]
Worry Pursuing a Better Path to Peace by David Powlison. Published by P & R Publishing,2004, Paperback
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First published March 1, 2004
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David A. Powlison
142 books217 followersDavid Powlison, MDiv, PhD, (1949–2019) was a teacher, counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He wrote many books and minibooks, including Speaking Truth in Love, Seeing with New Eyes, Good and Angry, Making All Things New, God's Grace in Your Suffering, Safe and Sound, and Take Heart. David was also the editor of The Journal of Biblical Counseling.
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September 7, 2023
Was so very good points in this book and laid out very well. It allowed me to look at my worry and then to turn to Jesus in the midst of that and put all my trust in him!
June 3, 2017
This is a counseling booklet on the topic of worrying. It is a part of a series published by Presbyterian and Reformed called “Resources for Changing Lives” which feature booklets on various biblical counseling issues. While some of the booklets in the series could be very specific and tailored for particular individuals going through certain issues such as A.D.D, OCD, self-injury and suicidal thoughts, I thought this booklet on worry would definitely be useful to a larger amount of people since every one of us struggle with worrying in one degree or another about something.
In this book the author David Powlison focused on Luke 12:22-34 as his primary passage in addressing the worrying heart. I appreciated that this booklet was based upon a passage of Scripture since you can never go wrong in biblical counseling when you base your counsel upon a passage that explicitly addresses a specific problem. This minimizes the risk of “proof-texting.” By “proof-texting” I mean taking verses out of context to make it say what one wants it to say. Powlison does a good job principlizing from the passage and also drawing rightful application from it.
I thought the booklet had good use of questions that is helpful to probe one’s own heart. I also thought it was interesting that Powlison had a section in the booklet titled “You’ve Got Plenty of Good Reasons to Worry!” I admit at first I was cautious but his point here is not that there are good reasons for ungodly worries. Instead Powlison goes for the issue of the heart by asking “Why do you worry?” Powlison makes a great observation that “Anxiety and control are two sides of the same coin” which means that “When we can’t control some, we worry about it” (12). Whatever the reasons one might have for worrying the next section is the “meat” of the book which gives us better reasons not to worry from Luke 12:22-34. The author points out seven promises that Jesus makes. I think it is good to study them, highlight what the author wrote in this section that stood out, meditate on these promises from Jesus and also regularly review them.
After reading this booklet myself I thought this was a helpful resource for Pastors to assign as a reading assignment for someone whom they are counseling concerning worrying. As often is the case for biblical counseling even the counselor would be greatly edified by this work. An excellent tool in the biblical counselor’s tool belt.
In this book the author David Powlison focused on Luke 12:22-34 as his primary passage in addressing the worrying heart. I appreciated that this booklet was based upon a passage of Scripture since you can never go wrong in biblical counseling when you base your counsel upon a passage that explicitly addresses a specific problem. This minimizes the risk of “proof-texting.” By “proof-texting” I mean taking verses out of context to make it say what one wants it to say. Powlison does a good job principlizing from the passage and also drawing rightful application from it.
I thought the booklet had good use of questions that is helpful to probe one’s own heart. I also thought it was interesting that Powlison had a section in the booklet titled “You’ve Got Plenty of Good Reasons to Worry!” I admit at first I was cautious but his point here is not that there are good reasons for ungodly worries. Instead Powlison goes for the issue of the heart by asking “Why do you worry?” Powlison makes a great observation that “Anxiety and control are two sides of the same coin” which means that “When we can’t control some, we worry about it” (12). Whatever the reasons one might have for worrying the next section is the “meat” of the book which gives us better reasons not to worry from Luke 12:22-34. The author points out seven promises that Jesus makes. I think it is good to study them, highlight what the author wrote in this section that stood out, meditate on these promises from Jesus and also regularly review them.
After reading this booklet myself I thought this was a helpful resource for Pastors to assign as a reading assignment for someone whom they are counseling concerning worrying. As often is the case for biblical counseling even the counselor would be greatly edified by this work. An excellent tool in the biblical counselor’s tool belt.
February 5, 2016
A helpful, realistic, Biblical little book on how and why we can trust God when we worry. Complete with a proposed 'game plan' to help us to turn to God when we find ourselves worrying, this is a practical book rooted in Jesus' promises which I would recommend.
October 20, 2012
I love this book, it help to see where I need to put my faith. I hope it helps you as much, as it did me!
November 25, 2024
Great little book.
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