{"id":861,"date":"2012-08-14T16:20:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T20:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=861"},"modified":"2012-08-14T16:22:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T20:22:24","slug":"book-review-when-you-need-a-miracle-by-linda-evan-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: When You Need a Miracle by Linda Evan Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?attachment_id=862\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-862\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-862 alignleft\" title=\"WhenYouNeed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WhenYouNeed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WhenYouNeed.jpg 223w, http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WhenYouNeed-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>Publisher:\u00a0\u00a0 Revell (July 1, 2012)<br \/>\nLanguage:\u00a0 English<br \/>\nPages: 205<br \/>\nISBN-10: 080072108X<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0800721084<br \/>\nPrice: $12.99<br \/>\nPurchase:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-You-Need-Miracle-Impossible\/dp\/080072108X\/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1344974024&amp;sr=8-2-spell&amp;keywords=When+you+needa++miracle\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/when-need-miracle-for-the-impossible\/linda-shepherd\/9780800721084\/pd\/721084?product_redirect=1&amp;Ntt=721084&amp;item_code=&amp;Ntk=keywords&amp;event=ESRCP\">CBD<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/when-you-need-a-miracle-linda-evans-shepherd\/1110913690?ean=9780800721084&amp;cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-0II9zXcSp9g-_-2%3a9780800721084&amp;\">BN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<em>God makes the impossible possible every day.<\/em>&#8221; ~ Don Piper<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When we are hurt, we want a God who is big enough to rescue us from heartache and circumstances beyond our imagination. But even if we believe that such a God exists, we don&#8217;t always know how to approach him, much less how to ask him for impossible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Linda Evans Shepherd knows what it&#8217;s like to be in a desperate need of a miracle. And she knows what it&#8217;s like to receive God&#8217;s answers to her prayers. In this powerful book, she shows you how to reach out to God and simply ask. She shows how God&#8217;s answers may not come packaged in the ways we would expect, but they do come in ways that will transform our lives. Through solid biblical teaching and dramatic real-life stories, Shepherd walks you on a journey of renewed hope and the assurance that God still works miracles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BCwCcp_PxMk?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>When You Need a Miracle<\/em> is predominantly a book about prayer. Linda Evans Shepherd takes you step by step in learning how to pray and also what hinders prayers from being answered.<\/p>\n<p>She shares from a deep, personal place reflecting on some of her own life experiences. She discusses two incidents when she especially needed a miracle. One had to do with her brother and the other had to do with her daughter.<\/p>\n<p><em>When You Need a Miracle<\/em> really touched me in many ways. My heart ached in certain parts of the book. Especially when she discussed what happened to her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>But, my heart also rejoiced when the Lord answered her prayer and did a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>The chapter which spoke the most to me was Chapter Five, entitled The Forgiveness Factor. There was much truth dispelled on each page.<\/p>\n<p>In this chapter, Linda Evan Shepherd discusses a tragic situation which occurred in someone&#8217;s life. I had difficulty reading this chapter because I identified strongly with what had occurred in this person&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>When tragedy happens to people at the hand of another person, it&#8217;s not so easy to forgive. This chapter delves into the importance of forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite chapter was Chapter 7 entitled, Fighting the Enemy. I learned some very powerful prayers in this chapter which I will continue to implement in my own life.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, there is much to glean and learn from <em>When You Need a Miracle<\/em>. I recommend this book to anyone struggling in their life and desire a miracle through answered prayer.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, I want to thank Revell for sending me a complimentary copy of this book to read and review.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?attachment_id=872\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-872\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-872\" title=\"lindasheperd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lindasheperd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a> <strong>Linda Evans Shepherd<\/strong> is an award-winning author, a successful speaker, and a media personality. The president of Right to the Heart Ministries, she is the author of <em>When You Don&#8217;t Know What to Pray<\/em> and <em>When You Can&#8217;t Find God<\/em>. She lives in Colorado. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.needmiraclebook.com\/\">www.NeedMiracleBook.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher:\u00a0\u00a0 Revell (July 1, 2012) Language:\u00a0 English Pages: 205 ISBN-10: 080072108X ISBN-13: 978-0800721084 Price: $12.99 Purchase:\u00a0 Amazon | CBD | BN &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;God makes the impossible possible every day.&#8221; ~ Don Piper Description When we are hurt, we want a God who is big enough to rescue us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[16,7,93],"tags":[98,97,95,96,94],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}