The Blessings of Brokenness: Why God Allows Us to Go Through Hard Times by Charles Stanley (1997, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Charles Stanley
Language:	English
Publisher:	Zondervan
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0310200261
ISBN-13:	9780310200260

Size
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	10.4 oz

Publisher's Note
In a day when there is so much emphasis on prosperity, success, and happiness, being broken is the last thing we want. But for those who want to follow God with all their heart, brokenness becomes a doorway to greater intimacy with God and a more powerful personal ministry. According to Dr.Charles Stanley, brokenness is the path to blessing. He says, "One thing I have discovered is that brokenness brings some of God's greatest blessings and periods of time when our lives are the most fruitful". Brokenness is God's way of dealing with our self-life, our desire for independence, and for control of our own life. Stanley says that God breaks us for two reasons: to help become spiritually mature and to prepare us for ministry. And when we allow God to have his way and embrace our brokenness, we discover a new sense of freedom and power. The Blessings Brokenness helps those who are hurting make sense of why God allows us to be broken. Based on one of Dr. Stanley's most requested sermon series, this attractively packaged book offers a new view of God's purpose in our lives.

Perhaps you've already experienced circumstances so shattering you may wonder today whether it's even possible to pick up the pieces. And maybe you can't. But God can -- and the good news is, he wants to reassemble the shards of your life into a wholeness that only the broken can know.