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Resilient: Your Invitation to a Jesus-shaped Life Paperback – 1 Oct. 2015

by Sheridan Voysey (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
Proverbs 4:23 tells us, &;Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.&; Sheridan Voysey believes that if you have a heart for God, you can build a solid foundation to withstand life&;s storms. Using the Sermon on the Mount as a starting point, Voysey delivers 90 readings that help you recalibrate your heart to that of Jesus&;who lived out everything He preached. Resilient: Your Invitation to a Jesus-Shaped Life encourages you to live boldly in the midst of life&;s challenges, with Jesus&; example as the driving force.
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  1. Print length
    237 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Our Daily Bread Publishing
  4. Publication date
    1 Oct. 2015
  5. Dimensions
    13.65 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1627073566
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1627073561
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Some days we wake to a world of crystal skies and bright possibilities. And other days it&;s to rain pelting our windows and thunder rattling our roofs. How can we stay strong when the storms of life hit&;when a spouse leaves, a client sues, unemployment strikes, or our dreams fail to come true? Is it possible not just to weather these trials, but bound back even stronger through them?
 
After facing his own fierce storm, author and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey tried an experiment&;he would read Jesus&; Sermon on the Mount every day for a month. That experiment continued a second month, then a third, as he discovered Jesus&; astounding invitation for weak people to become strong, little people to become great, all of us to find resilience by putting these radical teachings into practice.
 
Rich with stories and deep with insight, Resilient is designed to recalibrate your callings, relationships, spiritual practices, and life choices. Join Sheridan Voysey in following the One who promises this: Though the rain comes in torrents and the winds beat against you, you will stand, not collapse. You will be resilient.

About the Author

Sheridan Voysey has spent almost two decades in media as a writer, speaker, and broadcaster on faith and spirituality. He has authored numerous blog posts, articles, and books, including his most recent, a memoir calledResurrection Year. Day of Discovery produced the DVD "A Journey Through Broken Dreams" based on this personal story. As creator and former host of the radio showOpen House, Sheridan has interviewed countless personalities in various fields exploring life, faith, and culture. He engages audiences in keynote addresses and seminars both in the United Kingdom, where he currently resides with wife, Merryn, and around the world.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Our Daily Bread Publishing (1 Oct. 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 237 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1627073566
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1627073561
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.65 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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Sheridan Voysey

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Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster on faith and spirituality. He is the author of seven books, including The Making of Us: Who We Can Become When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned (March 2019), Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings, Resilient: Your Invitation to a Jesus-Shaped Life, and the award-winning Unseen Footprints: Encountering the Divine Along the Journey of Life.

Sheridan is a presenter of Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show (heard by 10 million people each day), and writes for Our Daily Bread, a devotional read by 90 million people daily. He has been featured on BBC Breakfast, BBC News, Day of Discovery, 100 Huntley Street, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, the ABC, Moody Radio, and in publications like The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Mail, and Christianity. Sheridan is married to Merryn and lives in Oxford, United Kingdom, from where he travels to speak at events around the world. www.sheridanvoysey.com

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  • Rachel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and thought provoking
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2016
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    Fantastic look in detail at the Sermon on the Mount, from Matthew's gospel. I read it is daily bite sized pieces, which gave time for reflection and opened up some of Sheridan's insight. Hopefully, with plenty of elements that I can put into practice - one small change at a time. Sometimes Q detailed focus on a small passage of the bible can be very illuminating - this certainly was.
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  • Rev. Shirley Ludlow
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2016
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    I am finding it quite stimulating
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  • Jolin S
    5.0 out of 5 stars Its a good book that allows you to reflect
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 January 2018
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    Its a good book and really eaay to read and well written.
    It allows you to reflect on yourself and indeed your heart. Its a book that you can read over and over again gaining a different perspective.
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  • Liz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for daily prayer
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2015
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    This is one of the best books to help my daily prayer life. There is depth which doesn't skim the surface of life but gets under your skin to challenge and provoke reflection. Love the accessible writing full of humour and wisdom.
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  • Danny Young
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful and excellent service and my mum was very happy with the ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2016
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    Very helpful and excellent service and my mum was very happy with the book.
    Many thanks
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  • antoinetteap
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2019
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  • Betty McNiven
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, helpful and thoroughly readable book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2020
    Resilient offers a new way of thinking about the Sermon on the Mount with great relevance today and always. His style of writing makes each reflection readable and thought-provoking and I found that it stays in the mind to be thought about over a longer period. This is a book which continues to help me on my own Christian journey.
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  • Elizabeth Charton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2020
    I've been getting up at 5 in the morning to read this book! God has been using the insights Sheridan brings from the texts to help emotionally heal and bring me closer to Him. Well worth the read.
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  • Ian Acheson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and practical reflections on walking closely with Jesus
    Reviewed in the United States on 20 October 2015
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    This is a book of 90 readings tracing the theme of resilience through the Sermon on the Mount. Some might call it a devotional or simply a book of meditations but how one defines it doesn’t really matter. It is a book that challenges the reader to invest time in Jesus words to gain understanding and with the Spirit’s help move from head knowledge to action.

    The book came about as a result of Sheridan walking through a season when he read the Sermon on the Mount every day. He began journaling and then writing some blog posts on his reflections.

    There are six sections that generally follow the three chapters of the Sermon: Your Invitation, Your Calling, Your Relationships, Your Practices, Your Choices and Your Resilient Life.

    Each reading starts with a verse, from the Sermon or other, a page and half of contemplation using a real life example or one from the Bible, and then ends with two questions to ponder and answer.

    It is a book to be read slowly to allow Jesus’ words combined with Sheridan’s reflections to percolate. To read it too quickly would miss much of the power of its content.

    I particularly appreciated section six: Your Resilient Life. Living a Jesus-Shaped life leads to resilience especially when life is tough. Voysey outlines four factors that researchers have identified as leading to human resilience: Emotional fitness, Family fitness, Social Fitness and Spiritual fitness. None of these are that surprising. Positive emotions, healthy relationships, bodies and minds plus the meaning and purpose that comes from serving someone greater than ourselves.

    Besides the quality reflection of Jesus’ words, the one aspect of these readings that sets it apart is the challenge to do something about them. As Voysey sums up at the end:

    “… a resilient life is made by putting his [Jesus] words into practice.”

    The Sermon is a guide to live a different life, be “change agents to the world”, and Sheridan’s readings have challenged me to realise that an intimate walk with Jesus will better enable me to live such a life.

    Highly recommended.
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  • Cheryl A. Fuller
    5.0 out of 5 stars Versatile, short, insightful devotional
    Reviewed in the United States on 17 October 2017
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    I use Mr Voysey’s recent book on the Sermon on the Mount as a daily devotional. After the first few days I realized there was so much rich content in each “chapter” that I often ended up re-reading the same great topic a second day. Sheridan has connected spiritual purpose with practical daily actions and excellent Scripture that usually takes me deeper on my own. I might add, one of the attractive aspects of Resilient for me is that “chapters” are bite-sized ~ only one-and-a-half Pages long. A provocative question or two draws the reader into a personal reflection...no judgment, just a query that allows room for spiritual growth. This would be a GREAT book to give as a gift for any person wanting to plumb the depths of The Beatitudes and Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. I heard Mr. Voysey interviewed on a radio program, and his charming, unencumbered manner whet my appetite to see how he weathered storms with such Grace.
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  • LeeAnn Rost
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on 28 February 2018
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    good
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  • John H. Warren
    5.0 out of 5 stars That does sound like a negative
    Reviewed in the United States on 20 October 2015
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    This is a hard book to get through. That does sound like a negative, but it isn't. Several really great things about this book:
    1) The "chapters" are written in brief, 2 pg, snippets, including verses, that expound on really, really deep Christian thought. Not just pablum that we've been exposed to as Christians over the years, but real heady, and heart-deep stuff;
    2) I've only gotten through the first 90 pages or so. I've had to re-read most of them, and include my kids now, to prompt discussion. There is tons of insight, which leads to further pondering and reflection. It's good and inspired.
    3) I've already purchased 2 copies, and will buy more to give away to friends.
    This book goes right along with the "Resurrection Year" theme, and the practical and biblical ways we need to view, handle, and still glorify God in the difficult times, our very own resurrection year(s). Great job, Sheridan!
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  • V. J.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Devotional
    Reviewed in the United States on 27 July 2018
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    I didn't know about Sheridan Voysey, until I got a booklet from Our Daily Bread..titled "when God says no"..this is a booklet concerning his and his wife Merryan's struggles with being childless. This led to me buying his book Resurrection Year (the full story of their lives during this 10 years), which led me to THIS book. The more I read Mr. Voysey's writing, the more I appreciate him. This book will help me to know and live out the Sermon on The Mount. I agree with other reviewers, read this slowly and thoughtfully. There is much food and spiritual drink here.
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