David Brainerd: A Flame for God (History Maker) (edition 2009)

by Vance Christie (Author)

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"...I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altogether devoted to Him; I wanted to wear out my life in his service and for his glory ..." David Brainerd Introduction by John Macarthur. David Brainerd was devoted to live for his Lord. He lived a short life but in his four years as a missionary he was blessed with a period of revival amongst the Indians to whom he had been ministering. By considering the life of Brainerd this book will be of tremendous spiritual benefit to you as you read of a young man plagued with depression and yet made so effective under God.… (more)

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Title:	David Brainerd: A Flame for God (History Maker)
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David Brainerd was a 18th century missionary to the Indians on the still fairly new continent of America. His tireless devtotion to them is a great example for those of all ages. His tragic death from tuberculosis at age 29 as well as his battle with it his whole life if chronicled here as well. This book by Christie draws heavily from Brainerd's journals and other biographies of him. This is a great read into the life of a great man of God. The candor which Brainerd writes in his journals gives a great glimpse into his whole life. (

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To my brother, Randy,
my boyhood idol,
cherished friend in adulthood,
esteemed fellow minister of the Gospel

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[Forword] David Brainerd was a living illustration of how, in order to conound the might and the wise, our God delights to use those whom the world might deem weak and foolish (1Cor. 1:26-29).

[Introduction] At the end of a somewhat discouraging Sunday of ministry, David Brainerd, one of the earliest missionaries to Colonial American Indians, wrote in his diary: 'In the evening I was grieved that I had done so little for God. Oh, that I could be "a flame of fire" in the service of my God!'

In 1649 an eight-year old orphan named Daniel Brainerd was brought from Essex, England, to Hartford, Connecticut.

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"...I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altogether devoted to Him; I wanted to wear out my life in his service and for his glory ..." David Brainerd Introduction by John Macarthur. David Brainerd was devoted to live for his Lord. He lived a short life but in his four years as a missionary he was blessed with a period of revival amongst the Indians to whom he had been ministering. By considering the life of Brainerd this book will be of tremendous spiritual benefit to you as you read of a young man plagued with depression and yet made so effective under God.

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