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  1. bookwomanjoan
    Oak Harbor, WA
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    great inspiration for teens
    August 23, 2012
    bookwomanjoan
    Oak Harbor, WA
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    What does it mean to live to give? It starts with knowing the reason God put you on this earth. God has something for you to do. He has given you a gift and when you use it, it keeps in giving. Austin knows that God could do it all Himself. Yet, for some reason, God chooses people to solve the world's problems.

    Austin has written this book to help young people understand what they have been living for and what they were made to be living for. He uses the example of the boy in John 6 with the lunch to show that each person is unique. He helps his readers find out what their spiritual gifts are.

    He continues to use the idea of the lunch to teach several spiritual lessons. He has the knack of telling a very interesting story then associating a truth lesson with it. For example, oven baked, Chicago style pizza can take forty-five minutes to bake. But, "Like many good things, it's worth the wait." (124) He goes on to write about waiting for God to produce results in your giving. Like planting a garden, results might not come for months.

    Austin declares, "Nothing beats living this way! Nothing we could eat, drink, buy, play, watch, or win in life can compare to the feeling of giving ourselves away..." (11)

    His final encouragement is to start where you are. "Be willing to let Him use you and your lunch." (190)

    This is a great book for teens. Austins gives man examples of young people who are giving their lives away. He relates stories of Bible characters. And he adds just the right amount of humor.

    There are discussion questions at the end of each chapter so this would be a perfect book for a group study.

    I received a complimentary copy of this book from the LitFuse Publicity Group for the purpose of this review.
  2. VicsMediaRoom
    Irvine, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    How We Can Work Together With God!
    August 22, 2012
    VicsMediaRoom
    Irvine, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Austin Gutwein in his new book, "Live To Give" published by Thomas Nelson helps us Let God Turn Your Talents into Miracles.

    From the back cover: God doesn't need your help. But He definely wants it.

    Let's face it. God is God, and there isn't a single problem in the universe that He can't solve. But the fact is, God gave each of us unique talents for a reason.

    When we offer up the gifts He's given us, He will transform them into something bigger than we could have ever imagined. He might even work a miracle, like turning one lunch into a meal for 5,000 people. Or turning Austin Gutwein's favorite hobby into an international AIDS relief organization. What gifts do you have to offer?

    God tells us that there is nothing too hard for Him and that there is nothing that He cannot do. So here is the question, what does He need us for? God has chosen to work together with us to accomplish His purposes. When Jesus is on the mountain and He looks at the crowd that had 5,000 men not including the women and children He saw they were hungry and decided to feed them. If He had wanted Jesus could have turned the stones into bread and feed everybody but He chose to work, instead, with the lunch that a boy had. Austin Gutwein gives us the tools we could use to change our mind sets and give our talents to God the same way that boy gave up his lunch. At the end of every chapter there are study questions that will help focus all the teaching in that particular chapter. This is a great book and one that will probably be referred to often.

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    Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity Group. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
  3. Booklover10
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Very challenging
    August 17, 2012
    Booklover10
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    As I was reading this book, I found myself forgetting that a teenager wrote this book and was impressed at what this young man has learned in such little years in his life. He has grasped something that many people have yet to grasp about Christ, sadly.

    Austin talks about who we were made to give. He reminds his readers that God didn't have to use us. He is very capable of fixing things and doing things on His own. However, He doesn't want to. He WANTS to use us to accomplish His goals.

    At the end of each chapter, there are study questions that can be used in a group setting or individually. Reading through the questions, I was impressed with the thought that went through these questions. They weren't cheesy questions, but questions that were well-thought out and were written with the intention of you really thinking about it and figuring out for yourself what God is asking for you to give.

    The readers of this book will be asked over and over to answer two questions..."What is it that you HAVE been giving" and "What is it that you were meant to be giving?" He challenges age because he, too, is a young man who founded Hoops of Hope and has already written a book. His gift was playing basketball and he used that to raise nearly $3 million for AIDS relief in Africa.

    Encouragement is all throughout this book, as well as things to watch for when you give. You can see Austin's sweet spirit of giving in the pages as you're reading. You can tell that he really does enjoy giving of his time, his talent, and himself.

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    I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for my honest opinion.
  4. debs
    Maine
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Live To Give
    August 12, 2012
    debs
    Maine
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    EXCELLENT READ !!!

    This book is told by a teenager that has learned the lesson of life and is willing to share with all of us. Austin tells of how the theory of a lunch box, makes you see how your own life is based on GOD's gifts he has given you and how you are able to find them -- his explanation of the theory is very simple and easy to understand.

    Think about packing your lunch or ordering your lunch, each day when you eat lunch do others pack or eat the very same things as you? No everyone will pack different things and if eating out they will order different then you. That is how we have to look at ourselves and how GOD wants us to be, all different. If we all packed the same exact lunch then we would not accomplish what GOD has planned us to be. This is such a great theory and a way to remember we all need to use our different gifts we have and not wish we had the gifts that GOD has given to others. Austin explains how people seem to want to have what other bring in their lunch boxes and not liking what we have in ours own boxes... why is that? Let's use what GOD has packed in our lunch boxes.

    Austin uses the bible story of the little boy, a loaf of bread and feeding 5,000 people along with the story of how he (Austin) has used his giving to help the children in Zambia. This book has many examples of bible stories and verses as references.

    Each Chapter is a short read and has questions at the end for you to use as a personal study, group study or a Sunday School class.

    I would recommend this book to everyone to read, it is a great and easy read. I would suggest read thought this book once and then read it again, at a slow pace and really think and answer the questions at the end of each chapter.

    To learn more about this book go to the following link:

    http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13528976/livetogive

    To purchase this book go to the following link:

    http://ow.ly/cMKFm

    Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through theLitfues group review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
  5. richard r blake
    Bridgman, MI
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Making a Difference - Impacting Your World
    August 5, 2012
    richard r blake
    Bridgman, MI
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Austin Gutwein's uses the story of the five loaves and two fishes from Mark's gospel as the premise for his book "Live to Give: Letting God Turn Your Talents into Miracles. Eighteen year old Austin writes for teenagers challenging them to offer up their unique gifts, talents, and passions to God, allowing Him to turn them into miracles in the same way Jesus turned the young boy's offering of loaves and fishes to miraculously feed 5,000 people.

    With amazing insight Austin stimulates his readers to consider two questions: "What have I been living for? And what was I made to be living for?" Each chapter provides profound, practical, do-able action steps in response to relevant challenges from the scriptures, parallels from his personal life, and examples from real life contemporary heroes.

    Profound study questions accompany each chapter emphasizing:

    - Our individual uniqueness

    - The consequences of choices

    - Discovering, dedicating, and using spiritual gifts

    - Issues of fear, loneliness

    - The significant of the proper intake of physical and spiritual food

    Austin delivers a strong message of hope and encouragement with a challenge to make a difference and impact the world. Austin is founder of "Hoops of Hope" an organization which has raised nearly $ 3 million for AIDS relief in Africa.

    A complimentary copy of this book was provided for review purposes. The opinions expressed are my own.
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