Being with Jesus
Title | Being with Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Branch |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 2014-11-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781500125639 |
A thirty-day journey through some favorite gospel stories, designed to help us not only grow in our knowledge of Jesus, but also grow in our ability to be with Jesus, to see his face, to hear his voice, and to know his heart.
Spiritual Rhythm
Title | Spiritual Rhythm PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Buchanan |
Publisher | HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages | 343 |
Release | 2010-08-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 031041329X |
"Abide in me," Jesus tells us, "and you will bear much fruit." Yet too often we forget that fruit needs different seasons in order to grow. We measure our spiritual maturity by how much we do rather than how we are responding to our current spiritual season. In Spiritual Rhythm, Mark Buchanan replaces our spirituality of busyness with a spirituality of abiding. Sometimes we are busy, sometimes still, sometimes pushing with all we've got, sometimes waiting. This model of the spiritual life measures and produces growth by asking: Are we living in rhythm with the season we are in? With the lyrical writing for which he is known, Mark invites us to respond to every season of the heart, whether we are flourishing and fruitful, stark and dismal, or cool and windy. In comparing spiritual rhythms to the seasons of the year, he shows us what to expect from each season and how embracing the seasons causes our spiritual lives to prosper. As he draws on the powerful words of Scripture, Mark explores what activities are suitable or necessary in each season--and what activities are useless or even harmful in that season. Throughout the book, Mark weaves together stories of young and old, men and women, families, couples, and individuals who are in or have been through a particular season of the heart. As Mark writes, "I pray that this book meets you in whatever season you're in, and prepares you for whatever seasons await. I pray that it helps you find your voice, your stride, your rhythm, in season or out. Mostly, I pray that you, with or without my help, find Christ wherever you are. And that, even more, you discover that wherever you are, he's found you."
Think, Act, Be Like Jesus
Title | Think, Act, Be Like Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Randy Frazee |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2014-12-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310514436 |
The Bible teaches that the goal of the Christian life is to become like Jesusโfor our own personal growth and for the sake of others. Every believer needs to ask three big questions: What do I believe? What should I do? And who am I becoming? In Think, Act, Be Like Jesus, bestselling author and pastor Randy Frazee helps readers grasp the vision of the Christian life and get started on the journey of discipleship. After unfolding the revolutionary dream of Jesus and showing how our lives fit into the big picture of what God is doing in the world, Frazee walks readers through thirty short chapters exploring the ten core beliefs, ten core practices, and ten core virtues that help disciples to think, act, and be more like Jesus Christ. This compelling new book can be used in conjunction with the 30-week all-church Believe campaign or read separately as an individual study. Either way, readers will deepen their understanding of what it means to not just know the Story of God, but to live it.
The Practice of Being with Jesus
Title | The Practice of Being with Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Cruz |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 2019-10-26 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781700388124 |
Most people don't spend intentional time with God. They become restless, impatient and not present to others. The Practice of Being with Jesus is a 28 day devotional to help you spend meaningful time with God, so that, you can become whole.Be the one close to Jesus. Not spending time with Jesus hurts you. Time with Him heals you. ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒThe daily structure of the book includes practices designed to train you to become aware of God's presence.๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐งThe daily devotionals, prayers, and questions will help you reflect on your life and make sure your spiritual and emotional health isn't left to chance.๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌThe book includes carefully curated verses for meditation and reading that will stop you from neglecting your Bible๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐The natural result of spending time with Jesus is that you long for Him more. You'll have a new passion for prayer after reading the book. Chris Cruz is the Young Adults Pastor at Bethel Church. He and his wife Lana live in Redding, CA with their two kids.
Start Here
Title | Start Here PDF eBook |
Author | David Dwight |
Publisher | David C Cook |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2014-04-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0781411300 |
Are you wondering what saying yes to following Jesus really means? Do you want to know more about Christianity but youโre not sure what, or how, to ask? Are you just beginning in a new faith in Jesus Christ? Then Start Here. Written by two authors who also know what itโs like to seek God, Start Here answers questions such as: If God is real, now what?What is the relationship between God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit?What does the church have to do with my life and my faith?Why did Jesus have to die?Isnโt grace too good to be true?Can I accept that Jesus is the way to God? Following Jesus isnโt about rulesโitโs all about relationship. So start here to find practical help and encouraging stories about what authentic Christianity looks like. Welcome to the journey of a lifetime. --
Being Jesus in Nashville
Title | Being Jesus in Nashville PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Palmer |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Total Pages | 189 |
Release | 2012-03-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781469758312 |
Author and former pastor Jim Palmer should be dead. Over the course of a year that included two near-death experiences, as Palmer set out to disentangle Jesus from the religious machinery of Christianity, he discovered a profound and unexpected answer to the question on his mind: โWhat would Jesus do?โ Exploring what it really means to โbe Jesusโ in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, Palmer learns that Jesus was special not because he was more divine than the rest of us, but because he was courageously more human than most. Unfortunately, this realization crystallized for him while he was hanging upside down in his overturned car, expecting to die. When Palmer was miraculously pulled from the wreckage alive, he emerged with a new courage to embrace his life as never before. In Being Jesus in Nashville, Palmer shares his personal stories, ideas, concepts, and an innovative approach to humanity as he learns that being Jesus means seeing people as they truly are; letting it happen, not making it happen; being at peace, whatever happens; putting no limitations on God; living without separation from God; following your own path; living as everyoneโs neighbor. With spiritual insight and refreshing theological glimpses, Palmer shares how he traded in his Christianity for Jesus and how this brought him closer to God.
Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus)
Title | Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus) PDF eBook |
Author | Kurt Bennett |
Publisher | Enoch Media |
Total Pages | 183 |
Release | 2020-02-11 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0984189556 |
Based on Kurt Bennett's popular-ish blog God Running, Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven-year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus' every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus' words than he was following Jesus' words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett's own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others. Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including: -Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God's love to others. -How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman's love languages (and how you can too). -The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ's extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions. -How to respond to critics the way Jesus did. -How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did. -How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat). -How Jesus didn't love everyone the same (and why you shouldn't either). -How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself--he even napped--and why you should do the same.-How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end. With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God's definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too. A life of loving like Jesus.