About the Book
Book: From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone: How Jesus Urges Us to Take Leaps of Faith for His Kingdom
Author: Cecil Taylor
Genre: Christian Living
Release date: March 6, 2024
The innate human longing for comfort is undeniable. However, Jesus challenges us to step beyond the boundaries of our comfort zones and venture into the profound realm of faith, aptly described as trust zones by Cecil Taylor. These are the spaces where we dare to take risks in service of Christ’s Kingdom. In this enlightening exploration of the Bible, Cecil Taylor delves into 12 narratives of Jesus encouraging individuals to forsake their comfort zones in favor of trust zones. Through insightful interpretation, he unveils the valuable lessons these stories impart for contemporary followers of Jesus.
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"From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone:How Jesus Urges Us to Take Leaps of Faith for His Kingdom" by Cecil Taylor is a book that talks about how our comfort zone is different and much more difficult than our comfort. So the title definitely fits the book. This book covers action and how we view our sins and other's sin as well as other subjects. There is a section of trusting Jesus in a crisis. There is lots of Scripture passages and
explanations. This book isn't written in a text book style so it is easy to follow and understand. Each section ends with a summary. This summary has " A Big Thought" from the section and "Core Passage and the Key verse and retells "The Comfort Zone" and The Trust Zone".
About the Author
With more than 30 years’ experience as an adult Sunday School teacher and as many in youth ministry, Cecil Taylor has impacted lives in local churches throughout his adult life. He founded Cecil Taylor Ministries to broaden that impact, teaching Christians to live a 7-day practical faith through books, video studies, and speaking engagements. His ministry is cross-denominational, focused on the common struggle Christians face in putting their faith into practice and applying scripture and faith principles to life situations.
From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone has won the 2024 Living Water Award (nonfiction, third place) from the Blue Lake Christian Writer’s Conference. This is the fourth award that Cecil has been presented across his three books.
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Comfort zones can be positive. Not only do we feel good about ourselves, but we also can be effective and efficient. We can find a groove. We may even be able to mentor others and cause a ripple effect of good.
But comfort zones can fool us. Our comfort zones can become invisible. They can limit us and tell us not to take risks. Comfort zones can keep us from going all-in on what Jesus has to offer us.
As I read the Gospels, I see how Jesus frequently pushed people out of comfort zones and into his trust zones, where they would take leaps of faith for the sake of his kingdom. Similarly, Jesus calls us out of comfort zones today, inviting us to take risks while deepening our faith.
A woman who read From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone said one of the most gripping moments in the book is when I shared my own story of going all-in for Jesus. I had grown up in the church as a preacher’s kid. Throughout decades of my adult life, I was a leader in my church, a highly committed volunteer, someone others might think was all-in for Christ.
But I wasn’t all-in, though I fooled myself into thinking I was. In a time when I asked for more comfort zone, Jesus gave me a trust zone: to forget about volunteering so much and to focus on giving my heart to God. I was busted, as I foolishly thought I had hidden from God that I wasn’t fully yielding control of my life. I didn’t know what Jesus would ask of me, so I held him at arm’s length. My prayers zeroed in on what was comfortable for me rather than what the Holy Spirit was beckoning me to do.
Since that moment, my life has changed. I believe your life needs to change, too, if you’re feeling comfortable. It’s time to get uncomfortable, to overcome your desire for certainty, and to inspect the ways in which you have limited the Spirit’s power to work through you. I invite you on a journey to identify subtle comfort zones that you never knew you had and to uncover trust zones that will take your faith to new levels while mightily serving Christ. I invite you to the experience that is From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone: How Jesus Urges Us to Take Leaps of Faith for His Kingdom.
Blog Stops
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Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, June 16
Artistic Nobody, June 17 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, June 17
Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, June 18 (Author Interview)
Lots of Helpers, June 18
Beauty in the Binding, June 19 (Author Interview)
Texas Book-aholic, June 20
Guild Master, June 21 (Author Interview)
Locks, Hooks and Books, June 22
A Reader’s Brain, June 23 (Author Interview)
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, June 24
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, June 25 (Author Interview)
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, June 26
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, June 27
Fiction Book Lover, June 28 (Author Interview)
Giveaway
To celebrate his tour, Cecil is giving away the grand prize package of a copy of the book and a $50 Amazon gift card!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/2ca3c/from-comfort-zone-to-trust-zone-celebration-tour-giveaway
3 comments:
This sounds like a really interesting read! Thanks so much for sharing it.
This looks like a book I will thoroughly enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds like a great book and one that I would really like.
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