I was so excited when I received this book to review. I received the first book, Voices of the Faithful, as a Christmas present a couple of years ago and enjoyed every minute of it. I absolutely adore reading stories from missionaries all over the world. I always find them awe-inspiring and uplifting in my own spiritual walk. For that reason, I was thrilled when I was given the opportunity to review Voices of the Faithful: Book 2. Book 2 was just as wonderful and inspiring as the first book.
Each day begins with a Bible verse and is followed with a few paragraphs written by a missionary about a story that goes along with the month’s theme. It ends with a prayer to close it all up. This book is written to be a daily devotional book and I believe it would be wonderful to go through it as a family. It could be easily read aloud with everyone gathered around. It easily opens the floor up to awesome discussions about world missions and what God is doing in other parts of the world.
However, I enjoyed reading this book a few stories at a time. I would often sit down and read 5-10 stories at a time Once I started I couldn’t put it down for a while. I just loved absorbing all those stories and learning more about God’s word through them. My ony complaint about this book is that the stories were not long enough. Every time I would read a story I would want to know so much more about the missionary, the people, and the situation. I would feel like I was left hanging in so many ways. My appetite has definitely been whetted for more missionary stories.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in going on missions, who feels called to pray for missionaries, or anyone who is just beginning to learn about what God is doing out there. Go out and get this book for yourself and for your friends. You won’t regret it.
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