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    In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
    In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
    In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
    Audiobook5 hours

    In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars

    Written by Mark Batterson

    Narrated by Mark Batterson

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    About this audiobook

    Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time...several times? These memories leave you with an ill taste in your mouth, and nothing good seems to come from them. But what if the seemingly messy pieces of your life were actually strategically positioned by God? What if you've actually been in the right place at the right time every time? In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day will help you make sense of your past. You'll begin to connect the dots to see clearly how God has been preparing you for future opportunities. With a God's-eye perspective, you'll soon be thanking Him - even for lions, pits, and snowy days.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateApr 1, 2008
    ISBN9781596445864
    In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
    Author

    Mark Batterson

    Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. One church with multiple locations, NCC owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, the Miracle Theatre, and the DC Dream Center. NCC is currently developing a city block into the Capital Turnaround; the 100,000-square-foot space will include an event venue, a child development center, a mixed-use marketplace, and a coworking space. Mark holds a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books including The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Play the Man, Whisper, and recently released Win the Day. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.

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    • 5/5
      Incredible book. The perspective presented about how to chase your dreams is incredible. The encouragement that it's ok to be aggressive and powerful sometimes. Definitely a recomendation.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book
      Recommended
      It challenges you
      Take out of the comfort zone
    • 5/5
      Wow! Pastor Mark was great from start to finish. Book is so rich in content. Pastor has such a great poetic manner in which he’ll keep you glue to the book. Very insightful material from real life experience.
    • 5/5
      Excellently written and I absolutely loved all of the examples shared throughout. ❤
    • 5/5
      Suuuuch an awesome book. It came into my life at the right time. Quotable!!
    • 5/5
      makes you want to go out and do everything you can for God.
    • 5/5
      Thank you Mark for affirming that God works in the unconventional ways of a man. Shalom!
    • 5/5
      I am not Christian, because I believe in the Dao, but this book is definitely worth the read! Wonderful messages and lessons.
    • 5/5
      Success happens when opportunity meets preparedness.

      This is such a great book. I've read it several times. Too often people miss what God wants them to do. Then there are those who know what God wants them to do, but feel inadequate for the task ahead and, as a result, either fail or never attempt to move forward in God's plans. Then there are those who chase lions...
    • 3/5
      This book had some great things to say about making the most of every opportunity, but it was incredibly repetitive. I feel like the whole book could have been condensed to one chapter. Regardless, it challenged me to view my problems and challenges as opportunities to see God.
    • 4/5
      Laced with personal stories from Batterson’s work at National Community Church (Washington, DC), In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day offers inspiration for overcoming fears, taking risks, and seizing opportunities for the glory of God. Although exegetically shallow, Batterson seizes on an obscure biblical reference (2 Sam. 23:20-21) as his central metaphor for risk, opportunity, and faith. Often times, Batterson argues, our greatest fears can become our greatest opportunities to live out the adventure of faith. B+
    • 4/5
      Any book that draws me into the story of the author - NOT just a bunch of talk about other people - but stories from the author’s real-life really brings me satisfaction in book-reading!Mark Batterson is the founding pastor of National Community Church in Washington DC. The stories from Mark’s life littered throughout the chapters of the book build the theme of the book into a more-doable lifestyle.The book revolves around the story of Benaiah from 2 Samuel 23. It’s a story of Benaiah literally jumping after a lion in a pit and killing him. Pretty gruesome, pretty intense - pretty great reminder of ‘lions’ in our lives that we need to jump on and kill!
    • 3/5
      The title of this book, based like The Prayer of Jabez on a fairly obscure passage and character in scripture, is very clever. The book calls or encourages the reader to risk more for God. But the tone is an annoying blend of perky/preachy. (It might preach better than it reads). I enjoyed about 10% of the book, and found about three pages helpful. Maybe other readers will find it more inspiring and respond more favorably.
    • 5/5
      What a gift this book is for anyone who is struggling with how to break out of patterns of living that hold you back from experiencing all the life altering opportunities God has waiting for you.