Hours of Power: My Daily Book of Motivation and Inspiration

by Robert H. Schuller

Robert H. Schuller is an American treasure. For fifty years, he has been providing encouragement and guidance to both the millions of television viewers of the Hour of Power and the readers of his distinguished collection of bestselling books. For the first time, this daily companion offers the best of this extraordinary pastor's words of wisdom. Dr. Schuller has handpicked these 366 meditations from such notable works as Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do; Life's Not Fair, But God Is Good; If It's Going to Be, It's Up to Me; Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking; Be Happy Attitudes; You Can Become the Person You Want to Be; and Turning Hurts into Halos and Scars into Stars. With each day, you will discover the enduring wisdom of Possibility Thinking and learn how to make every hour of every day count. Filled with uplifting motivation and sage advice, this attractive collection is an ideal gift and the perfect yearlong companion as you strive to become the person you are meant to be.

391 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. He was ordained as a minister, who rocketed to stardom in 1955 preaching from the roof of a concession stand at the drive-in movie theatre, displaying a passion and a marketing towards other people.He had been incorporating elements of psychology, into each of his messages and for many in the Christian community, he was serving up a "feel-good gospel" and that the money he was spending on buildings was to be put to better use by giving it to the poor.

Reviews

[Alexandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I give up on this book. It feels like half-baked fluffy Christian motivation without any true substance. Reading about being a “Possibility Thinker” echoed a lot of prosperity gospel teachings that aren’t even Biblical - they just mention God or take a Bible verse out of context and call it “Christian” writing.
Some of the ideas just rubbed me the wrong way, like:
“Through the power of imagination I actually trimmed forty pounds of unsightly fat from my body.”
And my PERSONAL not-favorite:
“Treat ideas like newborn babies: treat them tenderly, they can die pretty quickly.”
I’m sorry, WHAT?
I won’t even quote the passage that compared ideas and dreams to ABORTIONS - but it’s okay, because Schuller says dreams are immortal even if they are aborted! (What is with this guy and comparing dreams to babies?)
I got to July in this book before deciding that I didn’t want to read any more nonsense. The days that actually inspired me were few and far between. I won’t even get into the countless grammatical errors and mistakes.
There are so many amazing Christian devotionals about chasing your God-given purpose. This isn’t one of them.

[The_J · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Path to keeping God in a part of your daily life

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I have the 50th Anniversary Edition in beautiful gold leather, b/c it needs to be sturdy to withstand all my readings. I have also underlined profusely with a ruler and special gold scrapbooking pen to preserve the pages. It is truly full of comfort, inspiration and motivation.

[Jade Handy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading it daily every year!