Comments on: You Can’t Fake Hard Things

By: Joanna

Joanna — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:27:28 +0000

Wow.
Firstly, I think that you two are so wise, and that what a blessing it is that God chose that you be here at these difficult times.
I just graduated High School (Homeschool graduations are the best and plan to attend college in the fall. I got your book, Do Hard Things, as a present, and I must say it is challanging me.
The whole “faking” is so relevent, I’ve done it myself. Recently, I’ve had to give up something in my life that I valued very greatly, simply because God told me. It was so hard, and I did it, but was completly miserable and unhappy…then I realized that I wasn’t TRUSTING HIM. I was trying to do it all on my own, and feeling the martyr all the while, but it wasn’t true submission. I have since repented and asked for peace and patience, knowing that God will provide as always.
I say all that to say this: Trust isn’t something anyone else can do for you, its a descision you have to make everyday. To live real, faith hope and love have to be present in everyday life.
~Joanna
P.S. I just think that you guys are awesome. And I am still looking for my “Hard Thing” to do in these teen years.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:06:21 +0000

that is an amazing question the verse that come to mind thanks to my youth pastor is (Romans 12:1-2). “I Beseech you therefore, bretheren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrafice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be ye not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” this is what we must do. not only live for God by showing it on the outside. we must be transformed on the inside. true you have people that will change their outside by trying to be perfect, like models for magazines and tv. true they try to get the so called perfect look but if you meet some of them their not all that perfect. so to live for christ we must live for him all the way through our life.not only on the outside but inside as well. and this is not easy trust me. I’m far from perfect. I have a long way to go to get to perfect, but I got as far as trusting God for alot.

By: Reggie Smith

Reggie Smith — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:58:13 +0000

wow! this is so true, faithfulness is when no one is looking and it will show when everyone is looking. encouraging and convicting!!!

By: Sarah Pena

Sarah Pena — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:38:43 +0000

Wow Brett. This was a very good article. I went to the link you gave Kelsa and read it. I got soo upset. At the end of the article he said that the man who played in “Chariots of fire” as Eric Liddell is a homosexual. That is just too bad. “Chariots of fire” is one of my favorite movies and now I don’t think I can watch it anymore.

I have a question for anybody to answer. If a person gives in to torture and denounces their faith, does that mean they are going to go to hell? I wouldn’t think it would but I want someone elses opinion.

God bless!

Sarah.

By: Liberty

Liberty — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:31:58 +0000

What an awesome article and movie!!!!!!!!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:52:30 +0000

That is so true. I just started reading your book today and was all gun ho on wanting to be part of the rebelution thinking I needed to do something BIG or get involved in someway, but after reading this I was reminded of the most important thing. It starts with the LITTLE things which build to the BIG things. By dedicating my life to follow Christ in everything I do- schoolwork, obedience to my parents, being kind to my brothers. Its the little things I often forget about that help change the world.

By: Tori

Tori — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:37:01 +0000

God bless the reader

By: Ben Brown

Ben Brown — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:50:24 +0000

Wow… All of you are soo right. I find one of the most encouraging things is reading about Christians who did do really big things for God. Some died, but through their death, God used their witness to affect many people, and even me today as I read about them. Also, I’ve really been pondering this poem lately by John Donne which I find quite amazing:

Death, Be Not Proud

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:59:05 +0000

Wow! Thank you guys for that post!!! I’ve been reading the book “Jesus Freaks: Martyrs” and have been thinking about a lot of the same stuff. Your post was very eye-opening into a lot of stuff! I praise the Lord for what He is doing through you guys! Thank you!

By: Elisabeth Gruber

Elisabeth Gruber — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:31:05 +0000

Oh my goodness! Brett, did your guys’ niece die??!!!! (that is an honest question)

In some ways, I think that living for Christ is harder than dying for Him… true, most of us dont want to have to experience a painful death (or death at all, really), but death would be the last thing we have to overcome to at last see heaven… whereas with life, we still have to face challenges and obstacles…plus eventual death (unless Jesus comes back first).

David Peyton: I also had been reading Fox’s Book of Marty’s a while back… it is amazing (in a bad way) the persecution the early church endured… another book about martyrs is “Jesus Freaks: Martyrs” by DC Talk; it has martyrs’ stories through the ages… they also have a volume II about Revelutionaries.

It is so inspiring to see how the early church endured their persections; it makes whatever I’m going through seem so trivial… it also though reminds me to pray for fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are in Christian-hostile areas worldwide…

~Elisabeth J. Gruber