Download or read book Spiritual CPR written by Todd Phillips and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you could bring life to someone who was dead or dying, would you? There are many books that explain "how" to share faith and other books tell us "what" to share with people--but few books explore the "why." What the church needs is a compelling "why" to get out of their comfort zone and change the world with the gospel. The church, for centuries, has used Matthew 28:19-20, "Go and make disciples...baptize...and teach..." as the clarion call of the church to tell the world about Jesus. "Christians, as a community, seem not to know the 'why' of evangelism. They see evangelism as just digging another hole. They are not told that each thrust of the shovel digs deeper into a ground soaked with an eternal water; an eternal well-spring of true life for the non-believer and a virtual fountain of youth for the believer who shares his faith. The purpose of this book is to show that there is an inescapable connection between those who share their faith and those who experience complete joy. Spiritual CPR will help Christians realize that the sharing of their faith produces a spiritually abundant life.
Download or read book Believing God Day by Day written by Beth Moore and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moore's popular "Believing God" is now available in a 365-day format, helpingbelievers take the Lord at His Word throughout the year.
Download or read book Thoughts for Each Step Every Day written by John Graham and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity must have food and drink each day in order to survival. Humanity must pause for a time of rest each day in order to maintain the strength to perform the task of the following day. Humanity must enter into some type of relationship with another person each day unless he began to feel isolated and inferior. Just as the physical and psychological aspects of man must have certain needs met each day, so must the spirit of man. We may go with the fl ow for awhile, but deep within the confi des of humanity is the soul. And that soul must experience and enjoy a renewal. Such renewal is found in a daily relationship with the Creator of life. Man must pause from his daily routine and purposefully focus on the Word of God which in turn will enrich, encourage and enable him to face each circumstance and condition that a days activities may confront him. The Bible declares, they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 4):31 KJV). Within the pages of this daily devotional, you will fi nd strength, stability and satisfaction awaiting you each step of every day.
Download or read book The Spiritual Road written by Richard A. Haynes and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spiritual Road: Helping Others Grow Spiritually There is a process of spiritual growth. Do you know what it is? Can you guide others along its path? The Spiritual Road: Helping Others Grow Spiritually overviews this process with a step by step approach using nearly sixty real-life vignettes, clarifying charts, over 250 documented scripture citations, supportive Christian music from fifth through the twenty-first centuries as well as referencing important spiritual authors. Dr. Haynes writes for all Christian helpers including Bible study and church leaders as well as pastors, spiritual directors and small group facilitators. In addition to encouragement and increased understanding of spiritual growth, spiritual helpers will also receive a toolbox to assist with the on-the-road spiritual difficulties including types of prayer, effective forgiveness, dealing with pain, spiritual Dark Nights, subversive words and demons from the unconscious. Those familiar with psycho-social and faith developmental theories will appreciate, Dr. Haynes' comparisons with the process of personal spiritual growth. Endnotes and a bibliography as well as general and scriptural indexes round out this extensive work. The book's overall purpose is to assist Christians to grow in their personal relationship with God and in mature Christ-likeness in order to affect the Community of God in the world. Richard A. Haynes is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), receiving his Doctor of Minister degree, with distinction, from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois in spirituality and small groups. Dr. Haynes has served as a spiritual director for over twenty-five years, was founder and executive director of Paraclete Retreat Center, Inc. for eighteen years and retired after twenty-nine years in pastoral ministry. In retirement, he continues to provide spiritual guidance in person and through Skype ([email protected]). He and his wife, Patricia, live in south-central Indiana and have one married adult son.
Download or read book Hearing God Through Physical Disorders written by Fred C. Frost and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearing God Through Physical Disorders is written to educate and inspire readers to take charge of their health and listen to what God is telling them about their spiritual lives. As a pastor over churches and pastors, this book is a must-read. In this book Pastor Frost gives the answer to so many questions that pastors have.Dr. Ann L. Hardman, Ann Hardman Ministries I was introduced to nurse Fred Frost and Pastor Fred Frost during late nights on duty in the ER. As medical co-workers and more so as fellow brothers in Christ, I can say Fred is the real deal as a nurse and as a believer in Christ. This fascinating book could only be possible from a man who lives the life Fred lives. He knows medical pathology, and he knows the Lord Jesus. Hes crafted a very insightful work, using one of Gods most amazing creations, the human body, to teach invaluable spiritual principles for those who desire to honor God with their lives. Its worth reading!Dr. James Dell Crosby, M.D., Bullock County Hospital, Medical Director of Mercy Medical Ministry Pastor Fred Frost is uniquely gifted with special motivation and powerful insight as a result of many outstanding years of pastoral care and hospital emergency room health care. Its amazing how he combines his pastoral and medical experiences and studies to produce such a book with both sound biblical and proven medical treatment. I highly recommend, endorse and support the ministry, work and writing of this author!Bishop G. F. Austin, Diocesan Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 9th Episcopal Diocese of Alabama
Download or read book All Things Spiritual written by Phillip Eldridge Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short quip referred to in conversation and seen often in descriptive writing as well as various and sundry speeches is in reality on shaky ground when taken apart. The truth has been the object of the search of man since he became serious with his ontology from earliest recorded history and finds its way in most academic institutions with each Latin phrase in its logo. Matter has always been taken for granted but until recently (1939) with the declaration of the Physicists community in Copenhagen, Denmark has acknowledged that indeed there is no final field theory for locating reality. In this book I will attempt to speak to this lack of reality by delving into the state of being, or lack thereof, I will refer to as spirituality and the Native American priority given to the Great Spirit and the answer they give to one's ontology (why one is here) known as their vision quest. We will investigate spirituality as that encounter we all must deal with in our religious medium for finding some sense of meaning and its answer to our need for respect. I'll look at the Judeo/Christian offering of the image of God and the spooky-goings-on-at-a-distance stipulated by Albert Einstein as well as the implications of Galileo's insightful declaration in the 17th century that all meaning begins with experience (spirituality) and ends with experience, that spirituality is all that there is and to offer proposals based upon purely logic alone is meaningless as regards reality. Spirituality in the best sense of the word is your taking serious your honor as well as that of others. This could be seen as the First and Greatest Commandment and the Second like unto it Thy neighbor as thyself. This work is the culmination of 15 years of writing and a lifetime of seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness having all these things being added unto me. (Matthew 6:33) Now to have all these things added unto you is to be quickened with eyes to see and ears to hear things/matter as they are and not from the might-makes-right syndrome or the what’s-in-it-for-me modus operandi. This quickening power is the mighty-hand-of-God as opposed to the hand-of-God revealing the nature of truth, God's righteousness as being no respecter of persons, time, place or thing and doing so unconditionally. This is indeed the Final Field or the Truth of the Matter.
Download or read book The Breath of God written by John Miller and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to live so close to God in daily fellowship that you metaphorically feel His breath refreshing your life? Are you ready to launch out into the deep with God? Raise your sails and prepare to have them filled with the breath-wind of God’s empowering Spirit. Drawing from Biblical insights and personal testimonies after 30 years in ministry, John and Melissa Miller invite you to accompany them on this adventure of learning to walk in the spirit. A powerful resource for your personal life or small group studies.
Download or read book Ordinary Hero written by Neil Cole and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians today are on a rescue mission. Each of us is called to get involved in God's plan to make disciples. A former California lifeguard, Neil Cole weaves together his personal experiences of saving lives with biblical principles for how to make and multiply disciples. Cole shows how to create Life Transformation Groups that can help a Christian grow in a safe and transparent relationship with one or two other spiritual pilgrims. Full of heroic and even humorous stories, Ordinary Hero captures readers' imaginations and hearts and doesn't let go until they want to make a difference and know how to go about doing it.
Download or read book Discipling as Jesus Discipled written by Dann Spader and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to make disciples, but not quite sure how? Learn from the Master. Making disciples is tough. To walk someone from no knowledge of Christ to a deep, transforming relationship… that’s a challenge. But it’s our job. In Discipling as Jesus Discipled, you will be equipped to follow Jesus’ masterful strategy of making fishers of men. Through an interactive study of Jesus’ prayer in John 17 and various “mission trips” in the Gospels, you’ll learn: Three words that capture how Jesus made disciples Seven disciplines of a successful disciple-maker How to make the Great Commission a way of life Strategies for making disciples who make disciples You have one life, but when you impart it to others for the sake of Christ—and in the way of Christ—your life will multiply for the glory of God. Ready to learn from the Master?
Download or read book Spirit Inspired written by R. Crafton Gibbs and published by R. Crafton Gibbs. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My primary purpose is to reveal the presence of the Living God as the Christ Savior in humankind, Inspiring Christian Action in fulfilling the Will of God.
Download or read book Our Witness to the World written by Tony Evans and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise Wisdom from a Pastoral Veteran The Kingdom Pastor’s Library is a new series that brings you a succinct, complete pastoral philosophy and training from Tony Evans. Our Witness to the World teaches you how to equip every member of your church to go out into their neighborhoods for effective outreach. It also demonstrates how important social impact is for spreading the gospel. Faithful. Powerful. Practical. Become a Kingdom Pastor Today.
Download or read book The Church of the Perfect Storm written by Leonard Sweet and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is heading into a “perfect storm” of cultural forces. Will you sink beneath the waves, or ride the winds of the Spirit? An array of cultural forces is coming together to present the church with unprecedented challenge and unequaled opportunity. Such “category 5" realities as postmodernism, postChristendom attacks on belief in God, and the threat of global warming have coalesced to make a “perfect storm” that will leave people uncertain of their place in the world, and all they have previously believed in. Like the disciples when Jesus calmed the storm, the church can cower and cry out for relief. Or, when everything is spinning and whirling in the wind, the church can go out to meet the storm, embrace the gale, . . . and pass out kites. From the Circuit Rider review: "Like other books Sweet has written and compiled, The Church of the Perfect Storm is thought-provoking and compelling. The material flows in such a way that allows readers to grasp the gravity of the situation. However, as with most futuristic material, there is also a sense in which readers may want to know: 'Okay, now what? Where do we need to steer this ship? Are mainline and evangelical churches so off-course as to fail to weather the rising tides that are here and soon coming?' Readers of this volume may enjoy the description of a post-Christendom world, but they may also want to know more about the prescription for the days ahead. (Click here to read the entire review.)
Download or read book Live Like Jesus written by Dann Spader and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to make disciples, but not quite sure how? Learn from the Master. Making disciples is tough. To walk someone from no knowledge of Christ to a deep, transforming relationship… that’s a challenge. But it’s our job. In Live Like Jesus, you will be equipped to follow Jesus’ masterful strategy of making fishers of men. Through an interactive study of Jesus’ prayer in John 17 and various “mission trips” in the Gospels, you’ll learn: Three words that capture how Jesus made disciples Seven disciplines of a successful disciple-maker How to make the Great Commission a way of life Strategies for making disciples who make disciples You have one life, but when you impart it to others for the sake of Christ—and in the way of Christ—your life will multiply for the glory of God. Are you ready? Learn how to implement the Like Jesus series into your small group, ministry and church to build a culture of disciple-making. Use the Like Jesus App and Digital Access platform for videos, assessment, engagement, real-time metrics are more, download today: https://LikeJesus.church
Download or read book For Love s Sake written by Jessica J. Davis and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Love’s Sake weaves the real-life stories of two young women—Jessica J. Davis and Mary the mother of Jesus—into a supernatural adventure. Both women took big leaps of faith to journey deeper into the heart of God. Jessica leaves middle-class America the day after high school graduation to travel throughout Africa ministering to the poor. She discovers how the vibrant land and amazing people reveal the upside-down nature of God’s Kingdom. Mary was called to bridge Heaven and earth by bringing life to a new movement of God into the world around her. They both experience great joy and profound sorrow. For Love’s Sake opens the camouflaged “back door” of missions—living in outrageous fellowship with God—onto roads packed with heavenly encounters, miracles, and the reality of suffering in war zones. With captivating transparency, For Love’s Sake is a wide-open stare into one woman’s fascinating trek with the poor, a brutal attack and threat on her life, and her honest reflections of the good, the bad, and the ugly underside of a life laid down for love.
Download or read book From Weeds to Wisdom written by Deborah Ruth Reaves and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you in need of Spandex grace? Would you like to see in spiritual 3D? Experience a unique look at faith in From Weeds to Wisdom. Just as Moses's life was completely changed because of a burning bush, so our lives can be changed because of a despised weed, the quietness of snow, or the accumulation of junk. Oftentimes, we see the ordinary as just the backdrop of our world, while God has strategically placed situations there to play a major role in how we see life. When Deborah R. Reaves asked God to open her eyes to the spiritual insights around her, the illustrations God revealed brought her a new understanding of God and her faith. The modern-day parables of her devotions will inspire you to take a fresh look at your experiences and discover how God is moving in them. Awaken your heart to the imprint of God through From Weeds to Wisdom and grow in your Christian walk.
Download or read book At the Feet of Jesus written by Joanna Weaver and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You were made for more than serving God; you were made to know Him. Intimacy with God—to know Him and be known by Him. It is what our hearts desperately need, but somehow life conspires to keep us busy and distracted. For anyone who struggles when it comes to daily devotions, At the Feet of Jesus extends an irresistible invitation to set aside your duties and find the amazing peace and incredible joy that come from time alone with Him. Drawn from Joanna Weaver’s beloved Bethany trilogy, each reading in this 365-day devotional includes a Bible reading passage and reflection question. All-new material and “Going Deeper” sidebars are also woven throughout. Discover for yourself the riches that come from spending a portion of each day alone with God. At the feet of Jesus—where true life begins! Includes a unique One-Year Bible Reading Guide.
Download or read book An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches written by Ray S. Anderson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the emerging church movement is looking for a theology, Ray Anderson offers clear and relevant theological guidance for it in this timely book. Reaching back through time, Anderson roots an emergent theology in what happened at Antioch, where Saul (Paul) and Barnabas were set apart for a mission to establish churches outside of Jerusalem--among Gentiles who had to be reached in their own cultures. He shows how the Lord Holy Spirit himself revolutionized and inspired how the message of salvation was offered to others, and provided a model to follow. Explaining that an emergent theology is messianic, revelational, kingdom-coming and eschatological, this book adresses many of the concerns of those looking for a church that is contemporary, yet true to the gospel. If you wrestle with the challenges that face the church in these "postmodern" days, you will benefit from this book.
