Book Review: The Power of Agreement by Ron Phillips

God’s secret for your successful relationships with friends and family and in the workplace (and co-authored by Ronnie Phillips Jr.)

First the things I liked about this book. There were plenty of scriptures included to back up points. There were plenty of basic truths included. Most of the stories were interesting and encouraging because the authors were open and genuine with them.

The information as to why we need agreement and what it looks like (that is, what it is and how it plays out) were very solid.

The information on how to implement or how to produce the agreement seemed weak to me. And in general there were too many “musts” and “shoulds” throughout the book.

I disagreed with some of the marital advice and I found the information on spiritual warfare inadequate.

Also there were several times where I felt frustrated as I read this book, some of the time from what I already shared negatively, and also when I read the account of the author and co-author’s God encounter stories. They both had their own seemingly sovereignly inspired God encounter through nothing that they did or did not do (at least by what they shared). No one praying for them was even mentioned so I felt frustrated that there was nothing shared that could steer me into having any sort of similar encounter.

Overall I found this book to be good, not great, and not bad. I sincerely think that people newer to the faith would find a lot of useful information in here but those that have been saved for decades and/or have done decades of Bible study might find it a little lacking as I did. But also anyone in general who knows nothing about what agreement is or what it looks like would benefit from this book.

To purchase your own copy of this book go here:The Power of Agreement: God’s Secret to Your Successful Relationships with Friends, Family, and at Work

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Charisma House Publishers through their blogging for books 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 Commision’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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Book Review: The Power of Agreement by Ron Phillips — 1 Comment

RosalieG on July 13, 2014 at 1:50 pm said:

Interesting you said there were too many ‘musts’ and ‘shoulds’ in the book. I just looked at the link and in ‘search this book’ saw just how many ‘must’ ‘should’ and ‘very’ words there were, and there were a lot.

I am still learning in my writing, but on my last eBook I did a word search of those very words (and a few other) on my last edits to ensure I hadn’t used them because words like must and should are controlling words that turn people off.

Using a search tool is so easy, all writers should use it.

You have me intrigued about which parts about marriage and which parts of their spiritual encounter you struggled with. I won’t be reading the book and on a scan I didn’t pick anything specific up.

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