The Cause Within You by Matthew Barnett
Today I have had the pleasure of reading The Cause by Matthew Barnett and I am on page 51. It is obvious the date on my camera is off b/c this book just came out in 2011. Today is 6/1/2011
I am reading the background of how the Dream Center got started and what they do. I do not want to spoil this book so I am going to say that it’s a wonderful read.
Instead of celebrating such a great success in Matthews Ministry he goes into the streets of L.A. and lives among the skid row people, the homeless to bring back “His Fire For The Lord” and his original passion to help people: not build a church.
Page 53 is Chapter 5\Discovering the Cause of a Lifetime; where I hope Matthew walks me through “how to find my own cause.”
With all that said, I pray that you pick up this book and let me know what you think of it. Have a great week and bless others anyway you can with what you have today in your hands.
Be a blessing~ Jackie Paulson
Final Review:
The Cause Within You by Matthew Barnett
The genre for this book is very inspirational, guiding, spiritual, and very thought provoking.
If you are searching for meaning and purpose to your life this book will help guide you to finding it. “Discover the cause God has for you.”
Matthew Barnett is co founder with his father, Pastor Tommy Barnett of TheDream Center in Los Angeles. His father is also the senior pastor of the historical Angelus Temple.
When Matthew Barnett sees someone with a need, he sets out to fill it and that includes searching for hurt people that need healing.
Quote: “Tonight is the 15th Anniversary of the beginning of The Dream Center, in which we help to restore the shattered dreams and empty lives of broken people.” Page 3
The story unfolds by Matthew spending the night of his 15th Anniversary on the streets of Los Angeles, with the homeless community who suffer.
Quote: “I’d been praying all night that the Lord would give me somebody to help, and then He delivered Annette to me.” Page 26
God wants us to enjoy serving others by doing what we are naturally talented at. If you have a talent that comes naturally to you God will bless it; as he did with Matthew Barnett.
At the end of each chapter Matthew writes, “WHAT I’VE LEARNED.” These pointers will help you to find exactly what it is that you are naturally great at doing and guide you along your path to finding it.
This is book would be a great group study as it has questions at the back of the book for discussion, loaded with scriptures.
Matthews other book includes “The Church That Never Sleeps.”
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Sounds like a good book I need to read!
Thanks for pointing the book out!
Enjoy the read and be blessed.
Happy June to you!
The cause within us is never to be the source of someone’s misfortune and never pass up the opportunity to perform a charitable act. That’s religion, philosophy, meaning and purpose in 23 words not a book. There is no charge for this. Except I charge everyone to so live.
Thanks for caring to make a comment and I will have to check out that article in esquire.
It was in esquire magazine, that I read an article written by a photojournalist who was living the life of the displaced workers of L.A. reminiscent of the Hoover-villes of the great depression. It was a sad riveting read but the story needs to be told because this should be going on in our country.The book you are in the midst of reading sounds like it is trying to spread the word. I hope that the book continues to be a great read.