Keys to Successful Living

Now isn't that a title straight from a magazine cover! Did a little research on the author - Derek Prince. Talk about a firestorm! He was involved in some crazy kind of 'submit to your church leaders NO-MATTER-WHAT' type of teaching for awhile. Fortunately I can gladly say 2 things.

1. He later publicly apologized for having been a part of this movement.

2. This book has nothing to do with that. Phew!

In truth, this is a good little book. (It is little - 126 pgs and is only a tad larger than my average sized lady's hand.)
"Keys to Successful Living" takes a closer look at the 12 "Let us" phrases in the book of Hebrews and truthfully, even though it was a titch on the dry side, I got some real nuggets of insight out of this read. Well done Mr. Prince. There's a great flow to the book and it's the sort of book that, if you wanted to get the most out of, you could pick at really slowly. What I mean is, read a bit - til you get to something you know you aren't doing, and just camp there with God until you work it out.

The last chapter is review of the 12 points he made and admittedly I didn't really read that part. I also didn't memorize the 12 "Let us" phrases the way he wants you to either. I'm a poor pupil.Everything in the book was biblically sound and I found myself thinking, "Yeah, I needed to be reminded of that." more than just a time or two. These are keys to successful living. :)

I would recommend this book with the following caveats:

1.I can't say I recommend the author on a whole given the possibility of poor teaching that might have been written during his "personal revelation is equal to Scripture" phase.
2.This book isn't a laugh or thrill a minute.


BTW, I got a free copy in exchange for an honest review.