Enfrente a sus gigantes

David, first King of Israel, has been the subject of untold works of art: painting, sculpture, cinema, poetry, and prose, from Michangelo to Veggie Tales. Some describe his greatness; some describe his weakness; all describe a truly incredible life.But what does David’s life mean to me, today, in the midst of the pressures and pain of the 21st century? That is the subject of this great read by Max Lucado. Each chapter of the book is a chapter from David’s life, from his encounter with Goliath to his life on the lam to his victories to his downfall with Bathsheba. With each glimpse into David’s strengths and weaknesses Lucado winsomely shows how we can apply insights from his life to our own. The truths presented are all Biblical and God-centered, although he sometimes draws out a point he wants to make a bit beyond where the Bible actually points.There are some helpful study questions with practical applications in the back of the book. Overall, Facing Your Giants is an encouraging and helpful “applicational biography” of a very famous life.

A Very Good Read.

In Facing Your Giants, the author Max Lucado impresses once again with his devotional style study of the life of David with his failures and successes. He is a Biblical figure whom God himself proclaimed “a man after his own heart” (Samuel 13:14). David, first King of Israel, has been the subject of untold works of art, painting, sculpture, cinema, poetry, and prose, from Michelangelo to Bible cartoons. some describe his weakness; all describe a truly incredible life.Lucado is known for his encouraging books, and this book is no exception. The book works as small biography, showing us chronologically how the events in David’s life happened. While most of the chapters are each a self contained lesson it does permit us to how one event lead to another. As usual he chooses a catchy theme for Christians to follow.Too often in our lives, we focus on the overwhelming stresses in our lives, fear, failure, doubt, a shady past, etc. Whatever it may be we all have giant hovering over us in our way. He uses the life of David to vividly illustrate this truth. In the beginning of the book, Lucado the word-smith paints a portrait of tiny David and how he stood firm against a nine-foot giant, against all odds, in the midst of others’ doubt, and dropped the behemoth with one stone hurled from a sling, the simplest of weapons. Lucado cleverly and effectively shows that David’s focus was on God, not the towering threat that loomed over him. This is how we should live our own lives, with our focus on the Master, on the one who sits upon the throne and guarantees our success if we just trust in Him. Max Lucado very rarely brings anything new to the table. That’s certainly the case here. There is very little I haven’t heard before. But he always puts such a fresh, encouraging spin on things, I always see things in a new light. And even when admonishing us, he still does it gently. I appreciate Lucado’s ability to take a minimal narrative that’s found in Scripture and paint color around it. He’s able to inject life and emotion into people that can be minimized when you read the straight text without taking time to ponder. In addition, he easily moves the historical event into today’s world and relates it to situations more familiar to us. It’s full of many small one-liners and brief sentences that are POWERFUL! Lucado’s style is easy to read and can be done in a devotional type format. applying to anyone who has a ‘giant’ still lurking around. One of the trademark saying from the book by Lucado is, “Focus on your giants, and you stumble. Focus on God, and your Giants tumble.” There are some helpful study questions with practical applications in the back of the book. Overall, Facing Your Giants is an encouraging and helpful “applicational biography” of a very famous life.

"Focus on Giants-You Stumble. Focus on God-Your Giants Tumble." Max Lucado once again writes a great book helping us to see that no matter what we face in this life God is there to see us through. David a man who made many mistakes in life was still seen as "a man after God's own heart" because after the poor decisions that he had made he would always repent and refocus his life on God, his creator. Many lessons can be learned from this book.

The kind of book you can sink your teeth into! We all have so many giants we have to face, only God can walk along with us to help face and "beat" your giants down.

Based on the biblical story of David and Goliath in the Old Testament, Max tells us that we can face the giants in our lives just like what David did. After you have read this book, you will feel that all your PROBLEMS are not problems at all!

Excelente audio libro, digno de volver a escuchar otra vez

Edificante y profundo mensaje que estoy seguro marcará a quien lo escuche. Además que su narración es fabulosa. Realmente el autor es un genio y sabe como llegar a las personas a través de su mensaje.

Excelente! Libro valiosas enseñanzas ! Si súper recomendado. Aprende a enfrentar tus gigantes con la Palabra de verdad

Es un libro interesante, vemos como el poder de Dios transforma al mas pequeño, David fue elegido por Dios desde chico enfrentaba retos en el nombre del Todopoderoso. Vemos como la enseñanza de enfrentar tus gigantes literal, representan los problemas cotidianos en la vida, pero si tenemos nuestra confianza en Dios el nos respalda y lo que nos propongamos se hará si es su voluntad. A hora veo los problemas desde otra perspectiva o desde otro Angulo y mi confianza a crecido para gloria de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Amen.

Me ha encantado el libro me a parecido muy instructivo

Excelente aporte, enseñanzas y verdades que sirven de ayuda para afrontar cada desafío en esta tierra

Muy claro, y te lleva a una reflexión teniendo en cuenta todo el consejo de Dios.

I learned a lot about David that I didn't know.

Excelente lectura espiritual de la vida de un gran lider

Excelente llaudiolibro, para aprender algunos secretos espirituales, en autoridad para declarar.

Muy inspirador y confrontador con la vida cristiana mediocre que llevamos, convincente demostrando la sabiduría que Dios le dio y lleno de esperanzas.

Muy buen libro, siga adelante con su ministerio, Dios lo bendiga

Max Lucado nos conduce a nuestras propias batallas a través de la vida de El Rey David. Expone los principales acontecimientos de este hombre ungido y su semejanza con cada uno de nosotros. ¿Dificultades? David las tuvo igual que tú y salió adelante con la ayuda de El Señor ¿Caídas? David las conoció y Dios estuvo con él... No sólo es un libro de aliento, es un texto de exortación a mantenerse en los caminos de Nuestro Padre para evitar trágicas consecuencias que pagar.