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How do we practice real conversation with God? Instead of prayer
becoming an agenda of our needs for God to handle, how can we
experience his presence as part of our everyday life? How do we
hear what he is saying back to us? As we explore the disciplines of
prayer and listening through these six sessions, we will draw
closer to God in everything that we do.
Reading the Bible is one of the most important spiritual
disciplines we can engage in. Why is Bible study so significant?
How can our attitude and approach affect what we get out of our
reading? Learning to immerse ourselves in God's thoughts through
study and meditation allows us to go deeper into God's Word and
live in a more Christlike way. This six-session LifeBuilder Bible
Study from Jan Johnson helps us do just that. Previously published
as part of the Spiritual Disciplines Study Series
Most Christians have experienced the "laundry list" phase of
spiritual life, in which praying means giving God an agenda of
needs to handle. But how do you move to having real conversation
with God? How do you hear what God is saying back to you? How can
you make your experience of God's presence part of everyday life?
In this six-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study, Jan Johnson covers
the disciplines of prayer and of practicing God's presence. Going
deeper in these areas will help you to draw closer to God in
everything you do. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies
have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking
questions--making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for
individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old
and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Lectio divina is a practice of Scripture reading that treats the
Bible not only as a text to be examined, but also as the living
Word of God spoken anew to us. Traditionally, Lectio Divina has
four separate steps: read; meditate; pray; contemplate. Experienced
Bible teacher Jan Johnson presents forty Scripture meditations
organised topically, giving us the tools we need to practice Lectio
Divina on our own. Each meditation can be used both individually
and in group settings, and includes: An introduction to the
meditation encouraging a time of quiet preparatory exercise; the
complete passage from Scripture with explanations, context, and
background to the text, help to enter and absorb the text; space to
contemplate the passage, respond to God in prayer and rest in his
presence; and an exercise to implement the ideas of the passage in
our daily lives. Meeting God in Scripture moves us beyond merely
understanding what the text meant in its original context to a
direct spiritual encounter with Christ.
How can we hear and understand God's voice? For over thirty years,
Dallas Willard's Hearing God has helped thousands of readers learn
to develop a conversational relationship with God. Now Hearing God
Bible Study guides you deeper into biblical texts and themes that
are woven throughout Willard's beloved book. With these six
easy-to-use studies, written by longtime spiritual formation author
Jan Johnson, you will encounter what Scripture says about listening
to God and what it means for you today. As companions to the IVP
Signature Collection, IVP Signature Bible Studies help individuals
and groups explore and apply biblical truths found in classic
books. Each session features quotations from Hearing God matched
with Scripture passages, reflection questions, and application
ideas that will equip readers to connect the text to their own
lives. A leader's guide is also included.
To encounter Jesus daily and have a relationship with Him changes
everything, our focus becomes eternal. Experience Jesus in such a
way that His love-drenched, others-focused nature shapes your
character. The spiritual practices in each chapter will challenge
you to go deeper with Him.
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Luke (Paperback)
Brian Chung, Bryan Ye-Chung, Jan Johnson
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R428
Discovery Miles 4 280
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Come and experience the Scriptures in a fresh and life-giving way.
"Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I
also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most
honorable Theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of
everything you were taught." -Luke 1:3-4 In this collaboration
between Alabaster Co. and IVP, the full text of the Gospel of Luke
is presented alongside beautiful full-color photographs and guided
meditations by Bible teacher, author, and spiritual director Jan
Johnson. Carefully designed as a practical, study-focused version
of Alabaster's other bible books, the Alabaster Guided Meditations
invite readers into deeper reflection by incorporating the church's
ancient lectio divina and visio divina traditions. Though the
intersection of New Living Translation Bible passages, photography,
thoughtfully designed layouts, and meditations, readers are invited
to experience the Gospel of Luke anew.
Jan Johnson guides you through 61 carefully chosen selections from
renowned author Dallas Willard's best selling book, Renovation of
the Heart . With each selection, you'll progress through Dr.
Willard's plan for renovating the complete person.
Each provocative reflection includes a thoughtful, meaty selection
by Dallas Willard along with Jan's illuminating personal stories,
plus suggestions for making the concepts come alive in your own
experience.
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John (Paperback)
Brian Chung, Bryan Ye-Chung, Jan Johnson
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R463
R377
Discovery Miles 3 770
Save R86 (19%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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Come and experience the Scriptures in a fresh and life-giving way.
In this collaboration between Alabaster Co. and IVP, the full text
of the Gospel of John is presented alongside beautiful full-color
photographs and fourteen guided meditations by Bible teacher,
author, and spiritual director Jan Johnson. Carefully designed as a
practical, study-focused version of Alabaster's other bible books,
the Alabaster Guided Meditations invite readers into deeper
reflection by incorporating the church's ancient lectio divina and
visio divina traditions. Though the intersection of New Living
Translation Bible passages, photography, thoughtfully designed
layouts, and meditations, readers are invited to experience the
Gospel of John anew.
Spiritual disciplines connect us to the God who wants to transform
our souls. We discover these time-tested practices in the Bible as
we look at the everyday ways Jesus related to God. These companion
studies and exercises will help you to explore sixteen core
practices. Three segments on each practice (a total of forty-eight
sessions) allow space to go beyond superficial understanding and to
begin to live in a new way. Jan Johnson, a seasoned writer in both
the areas of spiritual formation and Bible study, has created a
unique mix of inductive Bible study, guided meditation and
transformational exercises spanning all the styles of learning and
offering something for everyone. You can use this book effectively
on your own or with a group. Discover what it means to live in the
grace and light of God's transforming presence. Also available: The
Spiritual Disciplines Bible Studies series of eight titles offers
these studies in six-week guides with notes for leaders included.
Explore silence service secrecy prayer listening Bible study
Scripture meditation community submission reflection confession
fasting simplicity worship celebration
This book gives you the opportunity to surrender to God's presence
and enjoy just being with Him. Find contentment, peace, and
encouragement from practicing spiritual disciplines, and learn
simple, tangible insights into practicing God's presence in
everyday life.
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Matthew (Paperback)
Brian Chung, Bryan Ye-Chung, Jan Johnson
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R382
Discovery Miles 3 820
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Come and experience the Scriptures in a fresh and life-giving way.
In this collaboration between Alabaster Co. and IVP, the full text
of the Gospel of Matthew is presented alongside beautiful
full-color photographs and fourteen guided meditations by Bible
teacher, author, and spiritual director Jan Johnson. Carefully
designed as a practical, study-focused version of Alabaster's other
bible books, the Alabaster Guided Meditations invite readers into
deeper reflection by incorporating the church's ancient lectio
divina and visio divina traditions. Though the intersection of New
Living Translation Bible passages, photography, thoughtfully
designed layouts, and meditations, readers are invited to
experience the Gospel of Matthew anew.
Jan Johnson's second guide book begins where the first left off,
with an ambitious goal of including all that was left out of the
first in touring Galveston, Texas. Readers will travel the Island's
streets from the port to the gulf, meandering in and out of the
East End before walking two areas: one of the downtown "Arts and
Entertainment" Post Office District and the Broadway Cemetery.
Driving west to the airport through middle-class neighborhoods, the
driving guide will lead you "Down the Island" to Jamaica Beach,
then return you via a circuitous route to the very eastern tip of
the Seawall. Along the way, happy wanderers will encounter the
usual colorful and somewhat infamous characters who pepper the
Island's past set among many vintage images.
Which activities give you energy and connect you with God? Do you
know what behaviors are life-draining for you, separating you from
God? Simplicity is about choosing the engaging, relational life we
were meant to live. It means shedding obligation and pretension. It
means spending time energy money in ways that help us become
clear-headed. It means being intentional about what we do and how
we live. These choices allow God's power to move through us and
bless others as we have space to do good. In each chapter Jan
Johnson provides small experiments with simplicity as well as
questions for discussion or reflection to get you started. Come and
discover the unhurried rhythms of grace.
Jan Johnson offers an innovative Advent small-group study built
around a careful contextual reading of scripture combined with the
imaginative reading approach introduced by St. Ignatius. The title
Taste and See hints at how readers are invited to experience the
stories of the season with their senses. Drawing on that experience
of scripture, participants then consider how these stories speak to
their own lives.
Strong tradition and creativity flourish in the home of Emma
Aileen Morgan, a young woman with three sisters who all come of age
in the turbulent 1960s. When she moves away from home and becomes a
professional dancer, Emma's physical strength and external
confidence thrust her forward. But inside she is carrying emotional
confusion rooted in childhood experiences she hasn't shared with
her sisters.
An ill-destined marriage, betrayal, and unexpected losses cause
Emma to question why her life has brought her so much adversity.
The breaking down of her old life cuts a new path. Answers come
through inner guidance when she starts remembering and documenting
her nightly dreams.
Emma chooses to step into an alternative relationship and further
changes her life direction by leaving the dance world to study the
healing arts. Revelations and metaphysical experiences catapult her
onto a conscious spiritual path that transforms the way she looks
at the world. Her self-inquiry and change shake the foundations of
her intimate partnership.
Jan Johnson sheds a light on the stories we tell, the beliefs we
cling to, the power of dreams, and the process of spiritual
awakening. In this account of her search for her own truth, Johnson
offers tools that have the potential to help readers find their own
higher understanding.
Strong tradition and creativity flourish in the home of Emma
Aileen Morgan, a young woman with three sisters who all come of age
in the turbulent 1960s. When she moves away from home and becomes a
professional dancer, Emma's physical strength and external
confidence thrust her forward. But inside she is carrying emotional
confusion rooted in childhood experiences she hasn't shared with
her sisters.
An ill-destined marriage, betrayal, and unexpected losses cause
Emma to question why her life has brought her so much adversity.
The breaking down of her old life cuts a new path. Answers come
through inner guidance when she starts remembering and documenting
her nightly dreams.
Emma chooses to step into an alternative relationship and further
changes her life direction by leaving the dance world to study the
healing arts. Revelations and metaphysical experiences catapult her
onto a conscious spiritual path that transforms the way she looks
at the world. Her self-inquiry and change shake the foundations of
her intimate partnership.
Jan Johnson sheds a light on the stories we tell, the beliefs we
cling to, the power of dreams, and the process of spiritual
awakening. In this account of her search for her own truth, Johnson
offers tools that have the potential to help readers find their own
higher understanding.
Parents die. At any age, the loss of a parent marks a profound and
often overlooked transition in life. When the parent leaves a young
child to grow up without guidance, nurturing, goading, and love,
the event becomes a landmark, a defining moment.
When authors Leslie Simon and Jan Johnson Drantell learned of their
common experience of losing a parent at a young age, they set out
to discover the experiences and effects that unite those who have
lived through this same signal event. "Every tragedy has its before
and after," they write. "One day a child's life feels normal, the
next it feels as if the world has torn apart."
This is a rent that can never be repaired, a wound that despite the
passage of time and the coming of age never truly heals. In "A
Music I No Longer Heard, " Simon and Drantell have collected the
voices of seventy men and women who share this poignant life's
journey. "Even three or four years later," the noted filmmaker Ken
Burns remembered, "my wish would be that my mother would come back.
I think I just submerged the fact that she had died."
As life progresses, the authors point out, every new experience is
filtered through the lens of loss. The dead parent remains a
vibrant presence in these lives: "My relationship with my father
doesn't seem finished, or sealed." Or in the words of another, "I
feed myself with memories of my mother. I think about her and it is
just a wonderful feeling."
Most of all, these children of loss experience adulthood
differently, always compensating in some way when choosing a mate
or a career, in developing the ability to trust and to love, and in
the willingness to take risks and live life to the fullest. "Maybe
my dad's death, in some small way," one woman wonders, "helped me
to wake up and see what the world is, what the world could offer."
What emerges from these stories is a moving portrait of the many
and various ways that the death of a parent shapes one's life. "A
Music I No Longer Heard" will be therapeutic for those who have
lost a parent and will enable those who have not to understand the
complex emotions that surround this all too common experience.
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