My Prayer Closet (2011)
Under the Tower of Babel (1995)
Solomon wrote there will be no end of the writing of books. If he lived now, he would decry the endless cacophony of electronic verbiage. Page after page of endless, mindless tripe. People selling something; people saying something. No body reading anything! If the page doesn't have pictures, [click] the viewer is gone. Everyone is looking for entertainment. No one is looking for substance. But we keep on writing and we think someone will read it. Oh, how we deceive ourselves -- convinced of our own immortality. Words, words, words . . . - cominus
Book Review: Obeying the Voice of God
by Jack MacDonald as told to Donnie MacDonald
ISBN 978-0-9778545-1-6
This book begins with an episode of a showdown between the author and a cult leader. The Holy Spirit gave Jack the leading to make a most audacious claim. Jack obeyed and God reaped a great victory in the small town where he was ministering.
Then he rewinds the clock with a brief history of his life; growing up in a single parent home and coming to faith in Jesus Christ in his teen years. The book is written from the viewpoint of an Assembly of God minister, and he writes about speaking in tongues. But there is much in this book to be gained even if the reader is a staunch Baptist. The message of the book is what can happen in and through a life that is yearning to follow God and listen to the Holy Spirit.
Jack writes about his experiences in Vietnam; how God used him to minister and how God saved his life, over and again. He writes how God moved him to change his career from farming to ministering. Every step of the way, he gives examples how God used him when he listened and obeyed.
His ministry work did not pay well but he wrote how God used the skills he had to provide for him and his family. Even better, he demonstrated that even though God gave him these skills, it was not the skills that provided, it was God who was his provision. This is a message we all need to grasp: even if we say we trust God to provide, we often fall back on our faith in our own abilities and it is easy to forget though God may use our skill, it is He alone who provides – and it is He who gave us the skill, in the first place.
After many anecdotal episodes of God’s hand in his life and how God used him when he listened and obeyed, he wraps up the book with admonitions to fellowship with other believers, the importance of unity among the brothers and listening to the Holy Spirit.
This is a fun book and it is full of practical examples on improving your walk with God. Though it is 350 pages, it is a fast read with large print and lots of blank pages. You will enjoy walking with the author and experiencing the life of one who yearns to follow God. It will encourage you to listen, and maybe you might hear God’s voice in your life and see what He will do when you obey.
About the author: cominus