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Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience
We're told that freedom and opportunity are our ticket to the good
life. Get out there and follow your dreams! Be the hero of your own
story! Find your happiness! Live your best life! It seems that
limitless possibilities await anyone with vision and willingness to
hustle their way through life. The thing is, instead of resulting
in a sense of accomplishment, this limitlessness merely has us
doing more and trying harder-leaving us depleted and dissatisfied.
With life and faith. Ashley Hales invites us to a better way: a
more spacious life. Contrary to what we've believed, the spacious
life is not found in unfettered options or accomplished by our
hustle and hurry. The life we crave is found within the confines of
God's loving limits. Ashley helps us recognize that when we live
within these boundaries, we discover a life filled with purpose,
joy, and rest. This is the spacious life-finding true freedom
within the good limits given to us by our good God.
Connect your journey of discipleship with a passion for the world
to meet Jesus Christ. For many followers of Jesus, discipleship
means doing certain things to deepen our connection with Jesus
Christ. But our spiritual growth checklists are often disconnected
from the mission of reaching a lost world with the gospel message.
Taking a holistic approach that unites evangelism and discipleship,
Kevin and Sherry Harney demonstrate how God's plan for our
spiritual growth is intimately connected to his mission to the
world. Based on the teachings and reflection of their book, Organic
Disciples, Kevin and Sherry will lead you and your group through
the seven markers of spiritual maturity and how these biblical
practices can connect us with God's work of reaching people with
his love: Bible Engagement Passionate Prayer Wholehearted Worship
Humble Service Joyful Generosity Consistent Community Organic
Outreach True spiritual maturity will always lead believers outward
to engage the world with the good news and truth of Jesus. You'll
learn how to overcome the common roadblocks and false narratives
that stand in the way of spiritual maturity and how to design a
personal pathway of growth to be more like Jesus in character and
mission. Used together with the Organic Disciples book and the free
video study and online assessment available at OrganicOutreach.com,
churches and individuals can better identify where they are in
their growth journey and what the next steps are in becoming more
like Jesus.
Pastor of Angelus Temple and the Dream Center, founder Matthew
Barnett leads participants on a six-week learning experience to
understand how simple it is to make a lasting impact on their
world. It is not as daunting as we might think. World-changers
start with a heart open to the leading of the Holy Spirit and a
willingness to do as he asks. Ideal for small groups, Bible
studies, and church classes, this kit includes a copy of the book
One Small Step, a DVD with an in-depth video for each session, and
a participant's guide to help members hear the Holy Spirit's voice
and obey his nudges. Also included are small step activities to
participate in, throughout the study and beyond. Boldly embrace the
life-changing adventure of becoming the hands and feet of Jesus to
the people right outside your front door. You will soon discover
that "random acts of kindness" are not so random after all.
Life is not whatever will be, will be. It’s what you say it is! Words are the most powerful force in the universe, and you can release this ultimate creative power in your life by your words.
In this classic book first published in 1976, bestselling author and renowned faith teacher Charles Capps lays a biblical foundation for the power of words—both God’s and yours. The heavens and the earth were created as God released His power by the spoken word. In the beginning, God said, “Light be!” and light was. God planned for you to do the same. God’s Word spoken from your mouth and conceived in your heart becomes a spiritual force that releases His ability in your world.
In The Tongue: A Creative Force, Charles Capps lays out straight-forward, Scripture-based teaching to help you:
- Recognize the power in your tongue
- Align your words with God’s
- Activate creative power in you
As you speak faith-filled words into your situations, your words will position you to receive God’s best in every area of your life!
The Bible has the astounding power to transform lives. The stories
of people like Francis of Assisi, Antony of Egypt, Augustine of
Hippo, Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. vividly demonstrate
this. Why aren't more of us transformed by Scripture today? Too
often we study biblical texts without believing that God truly
inhabits this book. Scripture seeks to capture our minds, not
merely educate them. In these pages Chris Webb explains that we can
transform our Christian life by reading as lovers rather than as
theorists. This is possible by coming to the text prayerfully,
expectantly, in humility and empty-handed. When we open the Bible,
it does not say to us, "Listen: God is there " Instead, the voice
of the Spirit whispers through each line, "Look: I am here."
Reading the Bible this way can reconfigure the habits of your
heart, refresh your imagination and memory, reshape and redeem your
emotions, realign your reality individually and communally for
kingdom life, and take us beyond the Bible into a renewed way of
life. Here is the work of today--which is also the work of the
whole of life--to open your heart afresh to the living Word of God.
Joan Chittister quenches our thirst for living waters through 365
reflections on Scriptural passages -- one for each day of the year.
She begins each month with a personal story that relates to a
passage from the Bible, and continues with a meditation for each
day that reflects the chosen theme.
This Lent book offers imaginative reflections on Christ's
crucifixion. Each of the seven chapters is focused on a different
key character, who describes his or her experience of the Passion.
The nails used to crucify Christ are used as a jumping off point
for their reflections. Each character considers the questions, 'who
killed Christ' and 'who was responsible' Each chapter includes a
Biblical passage, a meditative hymn, a reflection from the point of
view of the character, and a short prayer. The book finishes with
practical suggestions on how it can be used as a Lent study course.
It is ideal for individual reflection or group study, and can also
readily be adapted for use as a Good Friday liturgy.
What does it mean to be a healer in the modern world? In this
hope-filled and profoundly simple book, Henri Nouwen offers a
radically fresh interpretation of modern ministry. Here he inspires
devoted men and women who want to be of service in their church or
community, but have found the traditional ways of ministry
alienating and ineffective. According to Nouwen, we are called to
identify the suffering in our own hearts and make that recognition
the starting point of our service. We must be willing to go beyond
our professional, aloof roles of service and leave ourselves open
as fellow human beings with the same wounds and suffering as those
we serve. We heal from our wounds.
MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A road map for discipleship with
Jesus that is powerfully transformative. Peter Scazzero learned the
hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while remaining
emotionally immature. Even though he was the pastor of a growing
church, he did what most people do--avoid conflict in the name of
Christianity; ignore his anger, sadness, and fear; use God to run
from God; and live without boundaries. Eventually God awakened him
to a biblical integration of emotional health and the spiritual
practice of slowing down and quieting your life for to experience a
firsthand relationship with Jesus. It created nothing short of a
spiritual revolution in Scazzero, in his church, and now in
thousands of other churches. In this updated edition, Scazzero
shares new stories and principles as he outlines his journey and
the signs of emotionally unhealthy spirituality. Then he provides
seven biblical, reality-tested steps to become emotionally mature:
Become your authentic self Break the power of the past Let go of
power and control Surrender to your limits Stop to breathe by
practicing rest and Sabbath Learn new skills to love well Love
Christ above all else Plus, check out the full line of Emotionally
Healthy Spirituality books dedicated to many different key areas of
life. Workbooks, study guides, curriculum, and Spanish editions are
also available.
Descubre tus dones unicos y atrevete a ser diferente con la autora
numero uno en ventas del New York Times y reconocida maestra de la
Biblia, Joyce Meyer. Dios te ha dado talentos y habilidades para
que puedas cumplir su proposito en tu vida, pero si eres como
muchas personas, es posible que aun no los hayas reconocido. A
menudo, el mundo en el que vivimos nos presiona a vivir a la altura
de una determinada imagen, en lugar de ser las personas unicas en
las que Dios nos ha creado. Por lo tanto, permite que Dios te
muestre que tienes de especial en la forma que El te hizo.
Conviertete en una persona autentica y unica, !porque Dios nunca te
ayudara a ser nadie mas que tu misma! El te ama tal como eres. Deja
que Dios te use, con todas tus fortalezas y debilidades, y te
transforme de adentro hacia afuera para hacer algo mucho mas
maravilloso que tus suenos mas extravagantes. Discover your unique
gifts and dare to be different with #1 New York Times bestselling
author and renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer. God has given you
talents and abilities so you can fulfill His purpose for your life,
but if you're like a lot of people, you may not have recognized
them yet. The world we live in often pressures us to live up to a
certain image, rather than be the unique individuals God has
created us to be, so let God show you what's special about the way
He made you. Become Authentically, Uniquely You because God is
never going to help you be anyone but yourself! He loves you just
as you are. Let God use you, with all your strengths and
weaknesses, and transform you from the inside out to do something
more wonderful than your wildest dreams.
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