Greater Devotional: A Forty-Day Experience to Ignite God's Vision for Your Life

by Steven Furtick

In Greater, Pastor Steven Furtick challenged us to dream bigger, start smaller, and ignite God’s vision for our lives. In this devotional designed for daily guidance, you’ll begin your journey toward the greater life God wants for you.  Over the next forty days of teaching, scripture readings, and prayer, your life will change. You’ll find the confidence to believe that nothing is impossible with God, the clarity to see what He’s calling you toward, and the courage to take your next step. Dream bigger. Start smaller. Ignite God’s vision for your life.

Genres: Christian, Devotional

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Steven Furtick is the founder and lead pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, named by Outreach magazine as one of the top 10 fastest growing churches in the nation. In four years, Elevation has grown to more than 6,000 people in regular attendance in three locations. Steven holds a degree in communication from North Greenville University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Holly, have two young sons—Elijah and Graham—and make their home in the Charlotte area.

Reviews

[A.C. Cuddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

“In Greater, Pastor Steven Furtick challenged us to dream bigger, start smaller, and ignite God’s vision for our lives. In this devotional designed for daily guidance, you’ll begin your journey toward the greater life God wants for you.

Over the next forty days of teaching, scripture readings, and prayer, your life will change. You’ll find the confidence to believe that nothing is impossible with God, the clarity to see what He’s calling you toward, and the courage to take your next step. Dream bigger. Start smaller. Ignite God’s vision for your life.”

Dream bigger. Start smaller. Ignite God’s vision for your life. That says it all for the devotional written by Steven Furtick as a companion to his book Greater.

Are you meant for more? Is this all there is? That is the question that plagues so many of us. Spend the next 40 days on a journey from “The Muck of Mediocrity” to “Great Calling, Great Cost”. Over the next 40 days spend time with God and His Word and let Him show you how He wants to expand your world. Begin to discover the amazing vision that God has for your life. This is not a devotional meant to make you all warm and fuzzy… it’s a devotional that will set the spark that will have you on your journey for your Greater destiny.

This is the third book that I have read by Mr. Furtick. The first, “Crash the Chatterbox” and the second “Greater” (see the links to the reviews below). All three of these books are on my second read list for 2015.

Read my review of “Greater” here: http://titus3.wordpress.com/2014/08/2...

Read my review of: “Crash the Chatterbox” here: https://titus3.wordpress.com/2014/03/...

For more information, go to: http://stevenfurtick.com/

Author’s Bio: Steven Furtick is the founder and lead pastor of Elevation Church. In just under seven years, Elevation Church has grown to more than 10,000 people in weekly attendance, meeting at seven locations in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group bloggers program. 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 http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/wa... : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

*Reviews of this book were posted at the following locations:
Amazon, Christian Book, Deeper Shopping, Goodreads, and to be featured on my blog at http://titus3.wordpress.com

[HickNoir · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t know how I feel about Furtick’s urging to burn some CDs, but I’m pleased to say that I was happy to read a book written by one of my most favorite preachers. Furtick’s sermons and preaching style, the music of Elevation Worship, and his guest pastors at Elevation Church are really big parts of my testimony, my story on how I came to make Jesus the Lord of my life. I’m biased. But honestly this is a good book.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent, tactical book. Easy to read and honest encouraging advice.

[Jean Carlo Jasmin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Devotional Insight

I have used this devotional book for my lent 2019 fasting service and I am very grateful for Pastor Steve and his administration for insights.

[Kamden]

this book was amazing I felt like it changed my life as a Christine

[Simone Bernard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful.

[Nicole M. Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Devotional

The concepts definitely relate to everyday life. I enjoyed the guided scriptures, they help. I will be reading it again.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summary: Steve Furtick, lead pastor of the Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, uses examples from the Bible to demonstrate and inspire readers to seek out God's vision for their lives. Furtick uses Biblical leaders such as Elijah and John the Baptist to show what a true follower of Christ is like.

My Reflection: I've spent years trying to find a book that explains how to listen for God's calling. It seems that so many devotionals I've read are busy telling me what I'm doing wrong and what I need to be doing more of buy by the end they haven't explained how I can turn my life around and do what is write. One area specifically that I've tried to find guidance in is learning to listen to God. I've recently viewed Pastor Francis Chan's devotional series Prayer, which teaches the viewer how to pray but Pastor Furtick's devotional takes the use of prayer further by explaining how we listen for God's voice.

I appreciate how short each daily devotional was but how powerful the message was. Many daily devotionals in I read (usually by Joyce Meyer) have a great message but only hit the surface. Pastor Furtick's message hit me deep every time I opened the book. It didn't take the end of the book for me to start changing some of my daily habits and replace them with more spiritual habits. I found myself thinking about the daily messages throughout the day. I cannot dsay this book turned my life around but I can say that it has given me a different perspective about my faith and has helped me open my eyes to the plans God has for me.

Each daily devotional is introduced with a scripture, as most devotionals are, but these scripturs were often times verses that followed after the verses we are most familiar with. One in particular explains how many wait and meditate for what God is calling us to do. Pastor Furtick elaborates by showing how the verse continues and that it is important that we understand things won't be handed to us unless we work for them.

This devotional was a great read and one I plan on reviewing over again. I would recommend it to anyone who is struggling wih listening for the spiritual calling but also to anyone in general who wants to find a relationship with God.

FTC Disclaimer: I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

[Karen Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father." John 14:12

Greater Devotional challenges the reader to believe John 14:12 and to act upon this promise of Jesus. Steven Furtick asks the reader to dream of greater works but to start with the small things, the foundational things that build toward the greater.This devotional takes the reader from "The Muck of Mediocrity" to "Great Calling, Great Cost" in 40 days.

Each day has a Scripture reading, a reflection, and a prayer focus. Unique to this devotional, each day includes a pithy tweet, like "God has to bruise you before He can use you" or "Every step you take is a victory. A chance for celebration."

This book came to me at a time of bruising. I was able to recognize the small steps that had been taken and the greater impact that they had together. Through reflection, I celebrated the small steps.

"The call to be greater is the call to walk with God Himself."

I highly recommend this book for those who are ready to grasp the promise of Jesus to do greater works.Steven Furtick urges us to

"Dream big.
Start small.
Ignite God's vision for your life, starting today."

Won't you take the challenge?

I received this book from Blogging for Books for my honest review.

[Karen Klein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note: Received a copy of this book from BloggingforBooks.com in exchange for an honest review.

I started reading this devotional for the purpose of reviewing it. I was really liking it though, so I put it down and decided that I would use it for February's devotional. It's a fantastic devotional, written in a way that everyone can understand. The author gives you a scripture reading for the day and then a Prayer Focus at the end of the day's writing. I really like the idea of this prayer focus because it really does help you zero in on what you can pray for that particular day. There is a companion book, "Greater" that I would also like to read prior to starting the devotional.

I'll be looking for more from this author.

[Mariah · Rating 3 out of 5]

After looking at some of the other reviews for this devotional, I was skeptical to try it. I'm all for reading material that helps me draw closer to God, but when it's skimpy like this I feel like I would be more productive reading on my own. It feels as though the chapters are just someone telling you how you feel rather than relating things to scripture. The Twitter retweet was a nice design touch, but it would have gone along better if the author wasn't retweeting things from his own book... To improve, Furtick could have retweeted influential church leaders, like those from the Ramp or IHOP.

I received this book from Blogging for Books in return for an honest review.