Give It All to Him: A Story of New Beginnings

By Max Lucado

Book Overview

This story, excerpted from Next Door Savior, will become the Easter giveaway book for churches next spring-in the vein of He Did This Just for You.

In this story a woman gives her garbage of shame to the trashman; an old man hands over his heavy bag of regrets. Hundreds walk to the landfill and find it filled with trash.

Give it to me. Tomorrow. At the landfill. Will you bring it? He rubs a moist smudge from her cheek with his thumb and stands. Friday. The landfill.

You can't live with this, he explains. You weren't made to.

For individuals and churches, here is a beautiful story of a Savior who can take all our garbage on his shoulders-and amazingly, still stand!

In addition to this story, Max explains in easy-to-understand language what Christ did for us and how to turn in our old baggage and exchange it for new life in him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849944783
• ISBN13: 9780849944789
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Give it

Give It All to HimMax Lucado is the "Nora Roberts" of the religious genre. Makes a great gift. Find a comfortable chair, kick back and enjoy a good read that will help you understand better God and how you relate to HIM. Just cannot go wrong when you read anything by Max Lucado. Rate this as a "10".

This really hits the nail on the head. I didn't even realize there was a nail.

While small, it's perfect. I had no idea it would be the description of my life. The garbage I've been carrying around and didn't even realize. This was put in such an easy to understand and perfect way. I'm buying more to give as gifts, not because friends are in bad places, but just because anyone can use this no matter where they are!

Powerful !!!!

Give it all to Him is a small, easy and VERY POWERFUL book! I highly recommend this book to any Christian struggling with an obstacle or burden in their life. Max Lucado's use of imagery just makes the picture jump off the page. You begin to see yourself in the story he is sharing. For those who are not saved, this book shares Gods amazing grace and mercy. It explains the price Jesus paid and the everlasing life and eternal love we have with him. I just cant think of another word other then WOW! It is an amazing and simple read. I will hang on to this book and re-read it time and time again. One of the best I have read in quite a while. VERY good.

Overcome Emotional Buildup

"Worry divides the mind," Lucado tells us on page 15. In fact the two words in the Bible for worry are "merizo" to divide and "nous" the mind. Combined, they become "merimnao" which means worry he tells us. Resentment is another negative emotion that he compares to cocaine because if its addictive nature. He points out that resentful people are in the habit of sharing their misery with everyone.His "Good Riddance" chapter explains the solution to toxic emotions, i.e., that Jesus Christ had those unhealthy elements annulled when His hands were nailed to the Cross. This chapter is so clear in making a case for how to receive God's abundant life promise. This book is a large does of encouragement in a small package.

another winner from Lucado

Have you allowed some trash to accumulate in your life? Are you carrying the weight of past or present hurts, anxiety, anger, lust, guilt, greed? We allow small fragments of mental trash to clutter our lives until we are carrying around sacks of it. We can't quite explain how it all got there, and aren't quite sure how to get rid of it.Based on one of the stories from Next Door Savior, here Lucado expands the story by dividing it into several scenes and weaving powerful lessons into each section. It is a beautiful story of how God's grace allows us to "take out the trash" by giving the burden to Jesus.What makes this story truly effective is that it does much more than advise the reader to "give it to God" and leave it at that. It clearly illustrates the extent of Jesus' sacrifice for us. We aren't called to simply acknowledge our trash, then continue to drag it along with us. We are called to give our burden to Jesus, and to accept God's offer of a new beginning. If you are ready to take out the trash in your life, start by reading this little treasure.Larry Hehn, Author of Get the Prize: Nine Keys for a Life of Victory