- Hardcover: 172 pages
- Publisher: Multnomah Press (2 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590522753
- ISBN-13: 978-1590522752
- Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 1.7 x 21.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 587,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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We wear ourselves out trying to be smarter, bigger, the center of attention. But dynamic communicator Louie Giglio’s latest book puts success back in perspective. When John the Baptist said that he must decrease while Jesus must increase, he was expressing the secret to astonishing freedom…and incredible rest. This book will teach you the rich, meaningful lifestyle of being small. Free from the worries that used to strangle you, you’ll radiate the power of the God who is all the things you aren’t!
I am not, but God knows my name.
I am not, but He has pursued me in His love.
I am not, but I know the Creator of the universe.
I am not, but I know I AM!
If you see life as your own one-act play and history as your story, you could be in for a rude awakening when the curtain finally closes on your tiny tale—and you discover that life wasn’t all about you after all.
The real story of life is God—I AM—the main character and true star of time and eternity. He is at center stage in all of Creation, and He wants you to know Him by name. Knowing I AM means embracing your smallness in light of His greatness.
Savor the true meaning of life as you learn to work and rest in His power, spending your life for what lasts forever—the unending glory that is God’s alone.
Story Behind the Book
Louie Giglio recognizes a world and culture that keeps pushing us to be bigger, to be known, to be on top, to be at the center of everything. He encourages those who know how to right-size it all. Instead of pumping up their own programs, agendas, ideas, and plans, their goal is to keep getting smaller in order for Jesus to get bigger. Regarding themselves in relation to Jesus, they have the same goal John the Baptist had: “He must increase, I must decrease.”
I am not, but God knows my name.
I am not, but He has pursued me in His love.
I am not, but I know the Creator of the universe.
I am not, but I know I AM!
If you see life as your own one-act play and history as your story, you could be in for a rude awakening when the curtain finally closes on your tiny tale—and you discover that life wasn’t all about you after all.
The real story of life is God—I AM—the main character and true star of time and eternity. He is at center stage in all of Creation, and He wants you to know Him by name. Knowing I AM means embracing your smallness in light of His greatness.
Savor the true meaning of life as you learn to work and rest in His power, spending your life for what lasts forever—the unending glory that is God’s alone.
Story Behind the Book
Louie Giglio recognizes a world and culture that keeps pushing us to be bigger, to be known, to be on top, to be at the center of everything. He encourages those who know how to right-size it all. Instead of pumping up their own programs, agendas, ideas, and plans, their goal is to keep getting smaller in order for Jesus to get bigger. Regarding themselves in relation to Jesus, they have the same goal John the Baptist had: “He must increase, I must decrease.”
About the Author
Louie is a passionate, dedicated and innovative communicator and speaker. He is the founder of Choice Resources, the parent ministry for the successful Passion Conferences, which aim to bring together Christian students and teenagers. Formed in 1995 Louie's mission now reaches 120 campuses in the USA every year. http://www.passionnow.org He speaks throughout the world for various events and lives with his wife Shelley in Alpharetta Georgia.
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Format:Paperback
Found this a really encouraging book that puts who we are and who God is into perspective yet, at the same time, keeps God personal and not out of reach.
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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
A good reminder that life is all about God
30 Dec 2005
Format:Hardcover
Louie is an excellent communicator, and this book was no exception. It's easy to read and makes its point clearly. He also draws on Scripture without making the reader be too weighed down by Scripture references and theology.
The message Louie brings in this book is one that most churches (at least the ones I've been to) gloss over. Here's a basic summary of what he's trying to say:
- Everything in this universe is all about God (whose name is I AM, from the verb "to be").
- The story of God is an eternal story of everlasting significance.
- The story of you is a brief story like a wisp of vaper that disappears.
- So, if you want your life to count, you should join your story with His story.
It's a good book, and a fairly quick read; it'll only take a couple hours to finish. However, it's an excellent reminder that this universe is not about me; creation is all about God.
The message Louie brings in this book is one that most churches (at least the ones I've been to) gloss over. Here's a basic summary of what he's trying to say:
- Everything in this universe is all about God (whose name is I AM, from the verb "to be").
- The story of God is an eternal story of everlasting significance.
- The story of you is a brief story like a wisp of vaper that disappears.
- So, if you want your life to count, you should join your story with His story.
It's a good book, and a fairly quick read; it'll only take a couple hours to finish. However, it's an excellent reminder that this universe is not about me; creation is all about God.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Good, But Very Short
2 July 2005
Format:Hardcover
The writing is easy to follow and full of personal anecdotes. Overall, the book does a good job of showing that:
1) God is amazingly large. (There are a lot of numbers about the universe here.)
2) This is all really God's story, and that he chose for us to be in it.
3) Trying to make our names great leads to death.
I also really enjoyed the re-telling of John the Baptist's story in the context of those points.
However, the book is very short. I finished it in the same day that the UPS truck delivered it. The actual text of the book is about 140 pages, and it's 1.5-spaced. It almost seems like part of another book.
Also, don't expect to get too much "deep" theology. The book uses Biblical support for its points, but it doesn't feel like a book that really makes you stop and think.
In conclusion, the book is well-written and makes good points, but it feels like it only skims the surface of the material. It could certainly have been longer. That's why I gave it 4 stars.
1) God is amazingly large. (There are a lot of numbers about the universe here.)
2) This is all really God's story, and that he chose for us to be in it.
3) Trying to make our names great leads to death.
I also really enjoyed the re-telling of John the Baptist's story in the context of those points.
However, the book is very short. I finished it in the same day that the UPS truck delivered it. The actual text of the book is about 140 pages, and it's 1.5-spaced. It almost seems like part of another book.
Also, don't expect to get too much "deep" theology. The book uses Biblical support for its points, but it doesn't feel like a book that really makes you stop and think.
In conclusion, the book is well-written and makes good points, but it feels like it only skims the surface of the material. It could certainly have been longer. That's why I gave it 4 stars.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Learning to become small, the key to life.
27 July 2005
Format:Hardcover
Louie Giglio invites you to embrace the bigness of God from cover to cover. I completely loved this book for the many simple truths that it provides, namely to live a life that makes much of Jesus. The message the book communicates was revolutionary to me and to my friends. It was an easy read and fun to read.
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