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A Lifeline to the Peace and Joy You've been Looking for What if
prayer was more than just something you mumbled before going to
sleep, or said quickly when your team takes the field or you're
about to take a test? What if prayer was a gateway to the best
relationship you've ever had? An energizing, joy-filled,
peace-giving connection to God? This devotional provides regular
readings to help connect you to God through prayer. It also
contains journaling prompts and questions that will bring the
concepts of Worried about Everything to life, taking you to the
next step in your faith. Join pastor/author Chad Veach as he guides
you day-by-day to a closer walk with God. You'll be so glad you
did.
Courage isn’t something that comes naturally to most. The only way to truly be brave is to walk in the confidence that comes from knowing God and relying on him to be your strength.
When you spend time with him, he will fill you with peace and hope for the future. When you finally see yourself as God sees you, you will recognize the talents and abilities you have been blessed with and start operating in the fullness of those gifts.
Be encouraged with truth as you spend time with God, reflecting on these devotions, scriptures, and prayers. Let him show you that you are beautiful, you are strong, and you were created with a purpose. Take courage in God’s love for you and be ready to conquer each day!
What would your world look like if you prayed every day?
Every believer who sincerely desires an intimate relationship with God must discover
the transformational power of prayer. This one-hundred-day devotional, inspired by
Mike Bickle’s best-selling book Growing in Prayer, will give readers daily inspiration,
knowledge, and guidance to help them cultivate deeper intimacy with God through
prayer.
Each day contains a quote on prayer from a classic Christian author, a passage from a
chapter in Growing in Prayer for reflection, a Scripture verse or reference, a prayer
starter, a suggestion for practical application of the principle being taught, and lines
for journaling.
This devotional will help energize a prayer life that has become routine, stale, or
nonexistent and will be a welcome resource for believers who desire to grow in
prayer.
“At twenty-one I was as far from hopeful as anyone could get. Maybe as far as you are now.”
These are the words of Christina Baker as she considered her traumatic life: from childhood abuse to troubled teen years, to a descent into substance abuse, she resonates with a lost world who understands first-hand how easy it is to lose hope. Then, just as she was about to go to jail for drug possession, the Hero of Hope, Jesus Christ, came into her life and set her on a completely new path.
If you are weary and doubting, Christina understands. Hope in 60 Seconds will help you to:
- Be encouraged and empowered by someone who has been in a similar place of discouragement and discovered Christ’s authority and love
- Learn how Jesus establishes hope and begin to experience it first-hand in the darkest of circumstances
- Grow in your ability to connect with Jesus and find the hope you have longed for all of your life
- Prove that a connection with Jesus is the ultimate source of hope
The message of Cristina’s life is Jesus, the hope we need and hunger for—a hope that will stand secure in the face of brokenness, loss, sickness, abuse, a brain tumor diagnosis, injustice, and death. In Hope in 60 Seconds, she shares the steps of her journey to encounter, receive, and walk in the hope of Jesus, and offers readers powerful wisdom for how they can take the same journey for themselves.
This ESV Prayer Journal will guide you in a study on the gospel
over 6 weeks, leading you to write and pray about how to understand
and articulate the gospel message.
'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.' This ancient
prayer has been known and loved by generations of Christians for
hundreds of years. It is a way of entering into the river of prayer
which flows from the heart of God: the prayer of God himself, as
Jesus continually prays for his people and for the world he loves.
Simon Barrington-Ward teaches us how to use the Jesus Prayer as a
devotional practice, and opens up the Bible passages that are
crucial to understanding it. 'Written out of long experience, Simon
Barrington-Ward's book is one of the clearest, practical and most
timely introductions available.' David Runcorn, author of
Spirituality Workbook: A guide for explorers, pilgrims and seekers
'"Can't anyone teach me how to pray?" Millions of people today are
asking the same question. There is a sense of the necessity of
prayer - we have to pray. But how?' Prayer is central to Christian
faith; indeed, as Timothy Keller notes in his introduction, it is
the main way we experience deep change. Yet so many people struggle
with prayer - a struggle that the author himself has shared. This
wise and inspiring book is the fruit of those struggles, offering a
real and glorious vision of what it can mean to seek God in prayer.
Keller begins by giving a theological underpinning of what prayer
actually is - both conversation and encounter with a personal God -
before describing how we can learn to pray, and then deepen that
prayer. Finally he gives detailed, practical suggestions on how to
make prayer a part of the reality of daily life.
In this final book written before his death, C. S. Lewis continue
to challenge readers to revisit the power of prayer in our everyday
lives. Within twenty-two letters between fictitious correspondents,
Lewis shares his understanding of the role of prayer in our lives
and the ways in which we might better imagine our relationship with
God. As with all his bestselling works, C.S. Lewis once again
communicates deep wisdom through profound story.
"I know dogs in my life the way I know people and cats and trees
and landscapes. Dogs help me shape my thoughts, feelings, and
prayer life. Dogs have taught me attributes I feel in myself when
reflecting and praying. "Dogs have shown me the spirit of being
loyal, glad, overwhelmed, protective, committed, vigilant, patient,
kind, energetic, discerning, forgiving. Unfolding these attributes
of dog life opens my own spiritual being. My relationship with dog
mirrors my relationship with God." In Dog Psalms the reader can use
a dog's attributes to speak to God.
If we're honest, most of us feel bored, distracted, or discouraged
in prayer. We look for resources to give us the "right" words or
teach us the "right" technique and are disappointed when they don't
seem to help. What we fail to realize is that prayer isn't a place
for us to be good or right, and it isn't a place for us to perform
or prove our worth. It's a place for us to be honest, present, and
known--a place for us to offer ourselves and receive God. Spiritual
formation experts Kyle Strobel and John Coe want to show you what
you've been missing when it comes to prayer. In this down-to-earth
book, they show you how to fearlessly draw near to a holy God, pray
without ceasing (and without posturing), and delight in the
experience of being fully known and fully loved. Each chapter ends
with prayer projects or practices to help you see a difference in
your prayer life, starting now.
Every person has a mission and a God-given potential to impact the
world, whether they recognize it or not. But the stuff of life—the loss
of a job, the death of a friend or a loved one, the inability to focus
due to bad moods or self-sabotaging tendencies — presents challenges
and traps us in a helpless, hopeless loop of anxiety and fear.
These are the kinds of things we face that turn on the dark for any
thoughts of a future.
In this book bestselling author and pastor Levi Lusko gives a
step-by-step process to take back your life, which includes
- a new introduction and perspective from Pastor Levi
- stories and testimonies from those whose lives have been
changed by his messages, and
- an action plan with journaling space to turn your thoughts
into real change.
With a unique blend of message and practical tools, using themes and
teachings from his bestselling Through the Eyes of a Lion and the more
recent I Declare War, Lusko gives readers an interactive forty-day
journey of learning how to think right so they can live right.
This ESV Prayer Journal will guide you in a study on peace over 6
weeks, leading you to write and pray about finding peace with God,
other people, and within our own hearts and minds.
Outreach 2022 Recommended Resource (Spiritual Growth) All fruitful
doing must begin with being. For many Christians, it's easy to be
swept up into the fast pace of modern life, desiring to do much for
God. But we struggle to slow down and be with God. According to
pastor, Enneagram teacher, and author AJ Sherrill, being with God
is what empowers doing for God. Sherrill shares his own journey
from "busy" Christianity to the ancient paths of contemplative
practices. He equips readers to integrate rhythms of stillness,
silence, and solitude, offering step-by-step guidance and examples
of finding solitude both personally and on retreats. Sherrill warns
that making these changes appears absurd in a society where time is
money, productivity is central, and hurry is a way of life. He
guides readers gently through the beginning and often confusing
stages of contemplative practice. Citing timely insights from the
world of neurology and mental health, he shows that solitude is
crucial not only for Christian growth but also for holistic
flourishing. Foreword by Rich Villodas. Readers will emerge,
centered in Christ, well on their way to this goal: slow down, pay
attention, be still, and be loved.
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