Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl: Uncovering a Deeper Relationship with God and Living with Purpose After Sunday School Is Over

By Lysa TerKeurst

Book Overview

Is something missing in your life?

Lysa TerKeurst knows what it's like to consider God just another thing on her to-do list. For years she went through the motions of a Christian life: Go to church. Pray. Be nice. She longed for a deeper connection between what she knew in her head and her everyday reality, and she wanted to personally experience God's presence.

Drawing from her own remarkable story of step-by-step faith, Lysa invites you to uncover the spiritually exciting life for which we all yearn. With her trademark wit and spiritual wisdom, Lysa will help you:

Learn how to make a Bible passage come alive in your devotional time.Replace doubt, regret, and envy with truth, confidence, and praise.Stop the unhealthy cycles of striving and truly learn to love who you are and what you've been given.Discover how to have inner peace and security in any situation.Sense God responding to your prayers.

The adventure God has in store for your life just might blow you away.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310338808
• ISBN13: 9780310338802
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Like Jumper Cables for the Drained Christian Life

Do you ever feel like something is missing from your walk with God? Have you ever wondered if there is more to being a Christian than just church as usual? Do you go to Bible Study after Bible Study but feel like the same old insecure-striving-for-love-and-attention-losing-your-cool-over-little-things you? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then I highly recommend Lysa's newest book. Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl is a treasure trove of Lysa's signature sparkling wit mixed with her transparency and deep love for the Lord. In this book she invites us to dare to live a life of total abandon for God. Lysa tackles the question that many wonder but few dare to ask...."Does Jesus really work?". With funny and touching stories from her own life, Lysa is able to answer that question with a resounding YES! And don't worry...this is not one of those books that will make you walk away feeling guilty for all of the things you are not doing "right" in your walk with God. Personally, after reading anything Lysa writes I feel both encouraged and challenged. I walk away hungering for more of God! Okay...and sometimes I walk away holding my aching sides from laughing so hard. She's wise, and she's a hoot!!!

Great Perspective, Profound message!

This book gave me a great new perspective on what it really means to be close to God - not just by studying about Him, but by really knowing His heart. I was encouraged and challenged. I also felt that I made a new friend in the author who seems to be a wise and fun-loving woman despite the challenges of everyday life.

Tired of The Same Ole Bible Study Type Books?

Are you tired of the "same ole" type Bible Study books? I know I am. I have read a boat load of them. When I picked up this book to look at I wondered what it had that was different than all the other books in this genre that I have read. For one thing, Lysa Terkeurst and her book, Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl, gives a fresh look at approaching a close relationship with God. It was refreshing to see that someone else was tired of the "spiritual check list/to do list" of being a "good Christian". Lysa opens her life up in ways that show the reader that hunger for God does not require a perfect life or perfect actions in order for God to fold you close to His heart. The tone is open. For example, a few of the chapter titles say it all: "But I Want What She Has", "Beyond Sunday Morning", "When I Feel That I Don't Measure Up"... These are real feelings that most of us have felt. You will not be sorry you read this book. It will cause you to look at your motives and your life in ways that most devotional books don't. Lysa, I would like to thank you for everything you have put into this work. God bless you. Elaine Littau author of Nan's Journey & Elk's Resolve