Biblical Teaching on Ambition Offers Surprising, Discerning Insights

What drives a person to seek significance on this earth? Is it okay to want to feel important? Is ambition wrong?

With his usual warmth, humor, and candor, beloved pastor and author R. T. Kendall explores what makes a human tick--and why it is important to know. Ambition, he states, is not inherently good or evil. It is a gift, and one of the main ways God motivates his children to do his will.

Readers will delight in self-discovery as they
Become aware of their hidden motives
Understand what it means to be objective about themselves
Learn patience before judging others
Channel their ambition into actions that please God

The greatest satisfaction, Kendall contends, comes from experiencing praise that God alone can give. Whatever their level of ambition, readers will discover honor and significance as God means for them to enjoy it. This, says Kendall, is true fulfillment and success.

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From the Back Cover

***Is it wrong to be ambitious? To want to succeed? To strive for earthly significance?

*With warmth, humor and candor, beloved author R. T. Kendall explores the life-changing concept that ambition might actually be a gift.

On this journey of self-discovery, you'll learn that ambition is not always something you have to overcome in order to serve God. Rather, it can be one of the primary ways God invites us to be part of His story.

Discover honor and significance as God designed them to be, and experience praise that He alone can give.

"Finally, a book about ambition based on godly principles. R. T. Kendall does it again with his insight into what should motivate us to 'win the gold.'" --Joni Lamb, co-founder and vice president, Daystar Television Network

"Here is R. T. Kendall in good form: fresh, original, wandering into all the ins and outs of his subject, sometimes provocative, always thought-provoking, sometimes amusing, but always with holiness. Teaching at its best." --Dr. Michael Eaton, Chrisco Fellowship of Churches; co-pastor, Chrisco Central Church, Nairobi, Kenya

"Motivated by a desire for readers to really know and feel the approval and joy that can only come from God, Finding Your Heart's Desire is also an effort to create an awareness of our heart aspirations. Kendall draws from his vast experiences, biblical truths, and the wisdom of so many before him to pen this book. It focuses on causing readers to really think through their core ambitions and motives, with a desire of leading them to understand others better, and to understand their position before God.
This is truly a unique book with a distinct perspective to offer on the subject of God-centered ambition and motivation." --CBA Retailers+Resources

About the Author

Dr. R. T. Kendall, a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oxford University (DPhil), is a protege of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. He was the senior minister of the historic Westminster Chapel in London for 25 years. The author of numerous bestselling books, he conducts conferences all over the world and writes a bimonthly column for Ministry Today. Kendall has been interviewed on many media outlets, including Focus on the Family and In the Market with Janet Parshall. He and his wife live near Nashville, Tennessee.