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"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.
You want a vibrant, empowering connection with Jesus and this book will point the way. Whether youre launching or rebooting your secret place, lay down the essential building blocks that will give your prayer life longevity. Take the 20/20 challengedevote 20 minutes a day to prayer for 20 days. Discover the delight of an abiding relationship with Jesus and launch a prayer habit that will continue to grow all your days.
The Scriptures teach clearly that God desires to live in
intimate fellowship and communion with mankind. He wants us to
enjoy His love, peace, joy, and companionship and to rest in His
redemption, experiencing the perfect harmony and contentment and
fulfillment of purpose for which He created us. God's original
purpose for creating mankind was simply for us to enjoy
relationship with Him, the kind of fellowship that the first
couple, Adam and Eve, enjoyed in the Garden of Eden, when God
walked with them in the cool of the evening (Gen. 3:8).
Then, sin entered the human experience and separated all mankind
from that divine fellowship. But when we place our faith in
Christ's sacrifice for our sin, we are redeemed by the blood of
Christ and justified in the sight of God. But that is not the end
of the matter; it is only the beginning. God's intention is that we
be completely restored--spirit, soul, and body--to the divine rest
found in His redemption, He wants us to experience that mystery of
intimate communion with our Creator/Redeemer.
In this book we will discuss four important aspects of
fulfilling the deepest desire of the human heart--to know God
personally and intimately in the way God's great, loving heart
intended. To know the love of God that brings true heart
contentment, we need to walk in the understanding of these divine
principles:
The biblical basis for all prayer is resting in His
redemption.
The biblical basis for all Christian living is resting in His
redemption.
The biblical basis for total forgiveness is resting in His
redemption.
The biblical basis for divine contentment is resting in His
redemption.
Your life can be transformed when you allow Him to make them a
reality to your heart. The love of God can fill your heart and make
you a victorious lover of the Christ. You will be ruined for any
lesser, temporal pleasure or love once you taste more deeply the
wonders of resting in His redemption.
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