The Bible
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
Run, Baby, Run by Nicky Cruz
Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger
The Character of the Lord's Worker by Watchman Nee
Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill
C.T. Studd: Cricketer and Pioneer by Norman Grubb
God’s Pursuit of Man by A.W. Tozer
The Bravehearted Gospel by Eric Ludy
Wrestling Prayer by Eric Ludy
Rees Howells: Intercessor by Norman GrubbThe Power of Prayer and the Prayer of Power by R.A. Torrey
God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
When God Writes your Love Story by Eric & Leslie Ludy
Bruchko by Bruce Olson
Bruchko and the Motilone Miracle by Bruce Olson
Crazy Love by Francis Chan
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoffer
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper, Wayne Grudem, et. al
Places I have been:
Spain
England
Haiti
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Tennessee
Colorado
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Highlights of 2012
- Working with Betel
- Visiting my dear friend Irina for the first time
- Touring the city of Oxford, eating at the Eagle and Child (pub where C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and their friends used to meet), and seeing Blenheim Palace (birthplace of Winston Churchill)
- Attending my cousin Ben's wedding
- Attending my sister's graduation Summa Cum Laude with her associate's degree
- Going kayaking and jumping off the rope swing
- Attending my cousin Vanessa's graduation from veterinary school
- Going to visit Johnny and Megan and Jackson and seeing their house for the first time
- Hiking up Grandfather Mountain
- Visiting our local jail to do a women's Bible study
- Participating in our church's fun VBS program
- Selling my first car
- Attending Ellerslie's basic semester of discipleship training in Colorado
- Going water skiing and spraining my MCL in my knee
- Hiking up Pilot Mountain on crutches
- Celebrating my 30th birthday/going away party at the Nerren's
- Going to Haiti
- Coming home for Christmas
- Visiting Rosie and Mike in Wisconsin
- Delightful times with my siblings, playing games, laughing, and being best friends
Well! You sure have had an amazing year!!!
ReplyDeleteOut of all the books you read, which were the top 3, and why?
ReplyDeleteOooh, good question. It's hard to pick 3! I will leave the Bible at the top and give you my #2, 3, and 4 choice.
Delete• Wrestling Prayer by Eric Ludy, because it ignited my prayer life and set me to praying in earnest, and believing God in prayer, and seeing prayers answered, when I had always rather disliked prayer.
• The Character of the Lord's Worker by Watchman Nee, because it was so deep, and out of the box, and full of true insight into the way an effective Christian worker ought to be.
• The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, because it made it so simple and explained in such simple and childlike terms how to abide in God's presence every single moment.
Some of the others would have been quite as high up there on the list, if not for the fact that they were re-reads, so the year that I read them, they would have probably made the top 3.