First Line Friday #31: Dry Bones Dancing by Tony Evans

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Title:  Dry Bones Dancing
Author:  Tony Evans
Genre:  Christian Living/Personal Growth

  〰First Line〰

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One day someone like you or me paused long enough to look back on his life and land upon this realization:

• First I was dying to finish high school and start college.
• Then I was dying to finish college and start my career.
• Then I was dying to get married and have children.
  
• Then I was dying for my children to grow up and get out.
• Then I was dying to retire.
• And now, I'm just dying...and suddenly I realize I've forgotten to live.
  

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Synopsis:  (From Goodreads) 

God’s Spirit once took the prophet Ezekiel to a vast valley filled with brittle, parched-dry bones—a potent picture of widespread spiritual dryness. But by the Word of God proclaimed through Ezekiel’s mouth, those piles of bones took on sinew and flesh and skin, then were infused with life-giving, wind-driven breath from the Spirit of God. A sweeping vista of skeletons was turned instead into a force of fired-up warriors ready to do battle for the Lord. A transformation just as dramatic is what God wants to generate in our individual lives today and in the life of His church.

Dry Bones Dancing is about escaping religious dryness to move on to true spiritual passion. The results will be an experience of supernatural power and peace in the presence of God as you are invited to go deeper and see God’s character and glory as never before.

Broken . . . Whole
Parched . . . Flourishing
Dry Bones . . . Dancing

Is the landscape of your spirit all too desert-like? Then it’s time for a change. It’s time for a miracle. And God is ready to give it to you.

Author and speaker Dr. Tony Evans boldly declares the God’s people are not meant to dwell in a lifeless valley. But if we are to embrace pure joy and rich passion once again, God requires a humble heart. Evans shows desert-dwellers how to pinpoint what brought them there in the first place—and how to get out.

Experience spiritual nourishment and vitality once again. And get ready…

…to dance! 

Story Behind the Book

After many years of ministering to Christians burned out by religion and spiritually dry, Tony Evans searched the Scriptures for answers to share with everyone who is seeking to rekindle their passion for God. He found the perfect passage in Ezekiel. Through his study of the story, he bolstered his own spiritual passion, and now he shares it with those seeking to be rebuilt and reenergized by and for God.

 〰First Thoughts〰

Is spiritual "dryness" preventable?  It's it due to doing some things but not doing others?  Or is "the dark night of the soul" an inevitable part of the Christian experience?  As I continue to work on my own spiritual growth and opportunities to help others present themselves, these issues are most likely going to come up and I want to be ready.

I've read a couple of Evans' books and have listened to many of his sermons and Bible studies.  I find his presentation both spiritually enriching and loaded with practical application.  I anticipate that this volume will be just as enjoyable.

So, what's the first line of the book you're currently reading?