Personal Growth
Having God's forgiveness is wonderful. Spending eternity with God is great. But for now, where is the abundant life Jesus promised? Why is the Christian life such a struggle? Because getting forgiven is only half of the gospel! The rest of the gospel is not us striving on our own to be good Christians, but Christ in us, living His life through us as we rest in him.
Do you struggle with feeling as though the Christian life is more of a burden than a blessing? Sometimes our perspective of what the Bible says can leave us feeling shackled rather than free. This book asks the tough questions and brings many exciting insights that will bring you a new passion for the Christian life. It will turn your defeats into victories because you're living in God's power rather than your own.
Christian’s spiritual exercises. These principles are stated in such practical form that you will find it rewarding to read and reread them and, of course, to put them into practice. Some aspects of the Christian life and walk which may have been puzzling to you will become clear as the Spirit of God is able to make them a reality in your daily life.
Here is Watchman Nee's great Christian classic, tracing in practical terms the steps along the pathway of faith and presenting the eternal purpose of God in simple terms. Its central theme: "Christ our Life." This book is highly recommended yet is not easy reading. It's well worth the extra effort to read and understand what God has given him to pass on to us.
Nancy DeMoss has discovered an irrefutable spiritual principle: before every great movement of God there is always a time of deep repentance. Here is her moving, true account of how God created that brokenness in others—and the astonishing revival that followed.
Do you struggle with feeling as though the Christian life is more of a burden than a blessing? Sometimes our perspective of what the Bible says can leave us feeling shackled rather than free. This book asks the tough questions and brings many exciting insights that will bring you a new passion for the Christian life. It will turn your defeats into victories because you're living in God's power rather than your own.
The exciting message of freedom--from the bondage of sin, to the life of Christ--has made this book a favorite for more than a century. More than a century after its first publication, this small treasure is an uplifting guide to the true meaning of the Bible's message: We have all been endowed by our Creator with the strength and spirit to move beyond life's difficulties and attain the shining happiness that is Christianity's promise.
Looking for deeper maturity and understanding of a personal relationship with God? This book offers great encouragement and direction for every believer that desires to surrender their life completely to Christ. Andrew Murray shows the work of sanctification and how surrender rests on the shoulders of Christ himself, not us.
In this book, Watchman Nee takes an inspiring look at Ephesians and the believer's association with Christ, the world, and Satan. This book has become one of Watchman Nee's true classics. There is more spiritual guidance and affirmation in a mere 126 pages than you could ever imagine.
This book is a great resource to experiencing freedom in Christ - through pointing out sin, going deeper with God, and discovering that the way up is really down in God's world. Short book packed with Biblical truths and a must-read for Christians who are seeking a deeper relationship with God.
You've tried to fix your marriage, your kids, your job. Suddenly the light dawns. It's not your problems that need to be fixed, it's your life! The good news is that God doesn't ask you to live your life for Christ, but to let Him live His life through you. With humor and "plain vanilla talk" Bill Gillham takes a new, enlightening look at the concept of your identity in Christ.
Sub-titled "Life is too short to miss the real thing," Classic Christianity cuts to the heart of many believers' common questions. Like so many Christians, Bob George started out loving Jesus and later found himself feeling disappointed and empty. He takes the truths of the Bible and shows their life-transforming power.
"Not I, but Christ." That brief phrase reflects our complete dependency on Jesus for everything that the Christian life is about, from right standing with God, to spiritual growth, to personal well being, to practical service. In four words, it captures the essence and sweep of The Complete Green Letters.
Pastor and dynamic communicator frees readers from the “do more,” “be more” mentality and illustrates the power of resting in the finality of the cross and the reality of the resurrection.
One of the most influential spiritual books ever penned, even secular historians acknowledge the great impact Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ has had in Christian history. Madame Guyon is generally credited, even by her enemies, as being one of the best-known women in church history. Will Durant, in his 11-volume Story of Civilization, recounts the impact of Jeanne Guyon's life and writings on French history.
What if heaven wasn't just meant to be experienced after we die? What if heaven can be enjoyed here on earth--right now? Bestselling author Andrew Farley shows us how to take in the beauty of heaven no matter what our circumstances. With insight firmly rooted in the reality of pain and suffering, Andrew assures readers that heaven is not some pie-in-the-sky dream for the future--it is now.
Are you ready for real and radical transformation? God Is Enough! This message comes through loud and clear in the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. While they failed time and again, God was faithful to convict, restore and bless them. And He is able to deal with our slipping and stumbling as well. Watchman Nee uses the lives of the patriarchs to show that God is able to turn our failure into success and our weakness into strength. He does this not so much by transforming the situation as by transforming us. But God's sufficiency in the face of our failure is seen only as we surrender to Him and are changed into His likeness.
What does loneliness tell us? "Be it chronic or acute, slight or significant, loneliness is proof of our relational design. At the core of our being is this truth―we are designed for and defined by our relationships," former pastors Plass and Cofield write. "We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others. Fundamentally, we are relational souls." Our ability to make deep and emotionally satisfying connections rests on the capacity to trust, and we all know trust can be difficult. Early-life relational "programming" and patterns of attachment can serve as blueprints for relationships later in life, whether good or bad. But no matter our conditioning, God is out to reclaim and restructure the deepest terrain of the human soul by helping us shed our reactive "False Self" and put on our receptive "True Self."
The tabernacle in the wilderness, which became the center of all worship of the children of Israel during their journeyings, was designed by God Himself in heaven. It was a perfect replica of something that already existed before; it is a picture, a type, and a shadow of the Lord Jesus Christ, where God meets man, and where deity and humanity meet in one person.
Robert McGee's best-selling book has helped millions of readers learn how to be free to enjoy Christ's love while no longer basing their self-worth on their accomplishments or the opinions of others. In fact, Billy Graham said that it was a book that "should be read by every Christian."
Popular (in)courage blogger writes candidly to “good girls” and helps women see that a relationship with God is not another performance-based role, but a safe place to be yourself.
"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." Upon that fact, the Scriptures are more than emphatic, that all that is of God is in Christ Jesus; and inasmuch as the mark of all that is of God is life, then life is in Christ Jesus and in Him alone. Our object, then, is to investigate life and to note life in its components, or how the law of life works out from its beginning to its consummation, and we shall see, as the Lord enables and leads, that the components of life are sevenfold.
If you’ve ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it can feel to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. Far too often, it seems the response we get to our hurt and disappointment is to suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be