Book Review – Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World by Dr. David Jeremiah

Following on from his best selling ‘What in the World is going On?’, Dr. David Jeremiah seeks to show us in his latest book ‘Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World‘ how we can confidently survive these most troubled of times.

Job losses. House foreclosures. Credit crunch. Financial meltdown. Recession. All of us have either been directly affected by one or more of these, or know somebody who has. What are we to do now?

Dr. Jeremiah suggests a practical ten point survival strategy. Stay calm. Stay compassionate. Stay constructive. Stay challenged. Stay connected. Stay centered. Stay confident. Stay consistent. Stay committed. Stay convinced.

A chapter is allocated to each of these strategies with anecdotes and scriptural quotes reinforcing his teaching. Of these ten chapters my favorite is chapter eight ‘Stay Consistent’ where the author defines consistency as ‘the act of living true to what you believe regardless of the cost’. He says that one of the biblical essentials for getting through times like these is to live a life of solid consistency – to be one person through and through, to be an example of tough-minded integrity that does not throw out the game plan just because things have gotten tougher.

Of all the many Bible verses used through the book, perhaps the one quoting the words of Christ to his disciples in the upper room “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27) is the one we all need to take to heart.

I found ‘Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World‘ to be an easy read and a book that was hard to put down. If you are a Christian seeking reassurance that everything is going to work out OK this book will certainly help to assure you.

Disclosure: as a Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger I was provided with a free copy of this book for me to review.

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