Download or read book Becoming a Face of Grace written by Ed Khouri and published by Illumify Media. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Becoming a Face of Grace, Ed Khouri expands the meaning of grace-helping readers explore it as the basis for attachment to God and other people. A study guide is included.
Download or read book Putting a Face on Grace written by Richard Blackaby and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete the Cycle of Grace How sweet the sound–it saved a wretch like you. It’s amazing. But has God’s grace changed you? Is it changing others through you? Richard Blackaby explores what may be causing you to miss out on an abundant life of grace, and how simply knowing about it is a far cry from embracing a grace-filled lifestyle. Once you fully experience and grasp its essence, you can’t help but “practice” God’s undeserved favor by passing it on to everyone around you. Grace shares a close relationship with love, is never static, and is always searching for those willing to receive it. This book focuses on pointed and practical life application so that you can attain the power of gracious living today! Let God’s Grace Flow Through You God’s grace is so boundless, so contrary to human nature, and so unconditionally given that you will never understand it… …until you give it away. Get ready to be washed in pure joy, renewed by a fresh sense of gratitude for the rich, undeserved favor God continually bestows upon you. Dr. Richard Blackaby explores what it means to make God’s grace a lifestyle and how it will become personal, practical, and recognizable in your life. You’ll discover: What genuine grace is and what it is not The power of life words and the devastation of death words The secret to establishing a grace-filled home How to recognize grace-giving opportunities Ways to extend grace when you don’t think you can Unable to deny His unconditional love, or even to keep it to yourself, soon grace will have a face. And the reflection in your mirror will tell its story. Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound It’s a living, breathing testament to the depth of God’s love. You don’t deserve it, but you’ve got it. So, what are you doing with God’s amazing grace? Many Christians sing of its sweet sound, but fail to extend it to others–missing the point entirely. Putting a Face on Grace provides practical ways you can become a conduit of God’s grace to those around you. Dr. Richard Blackaby’s personal stories will have you nodding in agreement, laughing with empathetic understanding, and eagerly embracing a new life worth passing on. You will become the essential element that keeps God’s life-giving grace flowing. And if you think you’re unworthy of such an honor, that’s good. That’s grace… Story Behind the Book Much has been said about God’s grace. Observing it, defining it, soaking it in. But little has been said about bringing it full circle, to the point where we freely receive and give it on a daily basis. This is what lifestyle grace is all about. Richard Blackaby’s book hits a market in need, and “reinvents” grace for us all–exploding our understanding of this tremendous gift and bringing it into a new, tangible dimension.
Download or read book Becoming a Face of Grace written by Edward Khouri and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscovering Grace-based Relational Discipleship and Transformation. This is a beta copy for test groups.Understood for all its fullness, grace is nothing, if not relational. It's rarely experienced when combing the dusty shelves of theological libraries compiled over centuries by Post-Reformation scholars. In its most profound form, grace is a relational truth experienced (or not) in the context of our face-to-face interactions with others. That's why finding grace reflected to us in the faces of other people and becoming a face of grace to those around us are primary themes of this book. Expressed face-to-face, grace defines the relationship we have with God, as well as the relationship we have with others. If grace is to be more than a theological vocabulary word, you and I must get off of the island of our individualistic, Western mentality. To get back home, we will need a GPS--one guided by grace-based attachment that grows our God-given identity and transforms all of life. While Grace makes healthy relationships last, fear makes unhealthy behaviors and relationships hopelessly tangled. In this book, we'll also expose the roots of addiction, including Codependency, and trace a pathway back to wholeness. After every chapter, you will find a section called, "Making it Stick." More than just for drill, these pieces have been designed to expand your understanding through practice and personal application. Each "Making it Stick" section includes the following elements: A Face of Grace. Grace is not an abstract theological concept--it is a relational reality that can be shared when people interact, face-to-face and in an ongoing relationship. Each Face of Grace tells the story of my relationship with people who demonstrated grace toward me; something in their faces told me that I was special to them. (Many of them are about people who shared grace with me before I even understood what it was.) As you read stories about my Faces of Grace, I hope it will help you remember and recognize those important people that God has placed in your own life. And, as you do, my prayer is that your face will increasingly reflect that same grace to others you meet along the way. To do this is to become like Jesus Brain Moment. Advances in neuroscience confirm what Scripture teaches: we are designed for relationships rooted in grace. In each Brain Moment section, I'm thrilled to share ever-expanding brain research findings to provide insight into the chapter subject. These are meant to enhance what you and I already understand about Biblical truth. Daily Confession. Every chapter includes a Daily Confession. Perhaps you are familiar with the concept. For our purposes, each confession is not about our sinful guilt or innocence on a topic. Here, we use it to acknowledge a biblical truth that relates to our identity; each is designed to affirm and help us recognize how key truths in Scripture's apply to us. Scripture Reflection. If we want to grow to be more like Christ, we must engage with Scripture. Research indicates that it is non-negotiable--spiritual maturity just can't happen otherwise. With that in mind, every chapter contains a passage of Scripture for you to engage with God, prayerfully. Journaling and/or Discussion Questions. These questions are designed to help you go deeper to apply the themes of this chapter and your Scripture Reflection exercise in your life. Homework. Unlike school work, these homework assignments are created to be refreshing. Each is set up to help you continue to apply this week's lesson, engage with God, prepare for the next chapter, pay attention and pray for others--especially those around you who need God's grace.
Download or read book Breathe Underwater written by Janalee B Smith and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'd been holding my breath for years, and I couldn't do it anymore. There was a glimmer of hope in the possibility of a third option. Option One: Sink. Option Two: Swim. Option Three: Breathe Underwater?" Like many who grew up in the Church and accepted Christ at a young age, Janalee understood grace for salvation, but had no idea how to apply that grace for living. Unwittingly buying into a self-focused "gospel" of works, she was holding her breath while waiting for eternity, living in survival mode, and finding it harder and harder to keep up. This is the story of how God called her bluff and invited her to embrace the full gospel of grace. Grace does not come naturally to us who are living in the "meantime" between salvation and future glory. We find it easier to focus on sin management and coping skills rather than face the source of our problem: the spiritual bondage of our hearts. With compassion, humor, and a humble respect for Scripture, Janalee interweaves her own story with the truths that God has taught her about confronting lies, judgments, unforgiveness, and wounds that hold us back from a grace-filled life. The crucible of pain teaches us to dive deeply into our union with Christ in order to find abundance - to breathe underwater.
Download or read book Losing Face Finding Grace written by Tom Lin and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1996-12-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be Asian and Christian? Tom Lin provides twelve inductive Bible studies for Asian Americans, exploring themes of personal identity, parental expectations, perfectionism, shame, grace and more.
Download or read book Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia written by John Dunlop, MD and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There Is Hope . . . When a patient is diagnosed with dementia, it impacts not only the patient but also those who care for them. It can be devastating to watch loved ones lose the independence, personality, and abilities that once defined them, knowing there is no cure. How should Christians respond to a diagnosis of dementia? Experienced geriatrician Dr. John Dunlop wants to transform the way we view dementia—showing us how God can be honored through such a tragedy as we respect the inherent dignity of all humans made in the image of God. Sharing stories from decades of experience with dementia patients, Dunlop provides readers, particularly caregivers, with a biblical lens through which to understand the experience and challenge of this life-altering disease. Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia will help you see God's purposes as you love and care for those with dementia.
Download or read book Grace in Practice written by Paul F. M. Zahl and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace in Practice is a challenging call to live life under grace -- a concept most Christians secretly have trouble with. Paul Zahl pulls no punches, contending that no matter how often we talk about salvation by grace, in our "can-do" society we often cling instead to a righteousness of works. Asserting throughout that grace always trumps both law and church, Zahl illuminates an expansive view of grace in everything, extending the good news of grace to all creation. Conversationally written and filled with fascinating insights, Grace in Practice will reward any Christian who seeks to understand the full measure of God's grace and the total freedom it offers.
Download or read book Living in the Balance of Grace and Faith written by Andrew Wommack and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Bible teacher and host of the Gospel Truth broadcast, Andrew Wommack takes on one of the biggest controversies of the church, the freedom of God's grace verses the faith of the believer. Wommack reveals that God's power is not released from only grace or only faith. God's blessings come through a balance of both grace and...
Download or read book The Operation of Grace written by Gregory Wolfe and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Operation of Grace collects a decade's worth of essays by Gregory Wolfe taken from the pages of Image, the literary journal he founded more than a quarter century ago. As he notes in the preface, his Image editorials, while they cover a wide range of topics, focus on the intersection of "art, faith, and mystery." Wolfe believes that art and religion, while hardly identical, offer illuminating analogies to one another--art deepening faith through the empathetic reach of the imagination and faith anchoring art in a vision beyond the artist's ego. Several essays dwell on how aesthetic values like ambiguity, tragedy, and beauty enlarge our understanding of the spiritual life. There are also a series of reflections that extend Wolfe's campaign to renew the neglected and often misunderstood tradition of Christian humanism. Finally, there are sections that contain more personal meditations arising from Wolfe's involvement in nurturing and promoting the work of emerging writers and artists. The Operation of Grace demonstrates once again why novelist Ron Hansen has spoken of Wolfe as "one of the most incisive and persuasive voices of our generation." .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }
Download or read book Being Grace written by June Hyjek and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Grace intends to raise awareness about Scoliosis, both the emotional and physical aspects, though the story of a young giraffe named Grace. Take a journey to self-acceptance with Grace, who suffers from being different from the others. Join Grace as she learns that all that matters is what she believes, not what others say. She finds joy in just being herself, and accepts that all she can do is be "Grace."
Download or read book Call It Grace written by Serene Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Theology is a place and a story. Theology is the place and story you think of when you ask yourself about the meaning of your life, of the world, and the possibility of God." So begins Serene Jones's epic work of raw truth, fierce love, and spiritual teaching as muscular as the fractured soul of this century demands. From her abiding Oklahoma roots to her historic leadership of a legendary New York seminary, her story illuminates the deep fault lines of this age--and points beyond them. With a voice that is at once frank and poetic, humble and prophetic, intimate and practical, Jones makes complex teachings around hatred, forgiveness, mercy, justice, death, sin, and grace understandable and immediately applicable for modern people. Excavating the wisdom of great theological voices--Soren Kierkegaard, Reinhold Niebuhr, John Calvin, James Baldwin, James Cone, Luce Irigaray, Saint Teresa of Avila--she brings them to life with an intimacy and vividness that illumines our lives and our culture now. At the same time, and with great beauty, Call It Grace reveals Serene Jones as a towering voice of a new, and urgently necessary, public theology for this century.
Download or read book Visions of Vocation written by Steven Garber and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vocation is more than a job. It is our relationships and responsibilities woven into the work of God. In following our calling to seek the welfare of our world, we find that it flourishes and so do we. Garber offers here a book for parents, artists, students, public servants and businesspeople—for all who want to discover the virtue of vocation.
Download or read book The Other Half of Church written by Jim Wilder and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could brain science be the key to spiritual formation? Why does true Christian transformation seem fleeting? And why does church often feel lonely, Christian community shallow, and leaders untrustworthy? For many Christians, the delight of encountering Christ eventually dwindles—and disappointment sets in. Is lasting joy possible? These are some of the questions Michel Hendricks has considered both in his experience as a spiritual formation pastor and in his lifetime as a Christian. He began to find answers when he met Jim Wilder—a neurotheologian. Using brain science, Wilder identified that there are two halves of the church: the rational half and the relational half. And when Christians only embrace the rational half, churches become unhealthy places where transformation doesn’t last and narcissistic leaders flourish. In The Other Half of Church, join Michel and Jim's journey as they couple brain science with the Bible to identify how to overcome spiritual stagnation by living a full-brained faith. You'll also learn the four ingredients necessary to develop and maintain a vibrant transformational community where spiritual formation occurs, relationships flourish, and the toxic spread of narcissism is eradicated.
Download or read book Paul written by Charles R. Swindoll and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the life of Saint Paul, discussing his religious teachings and travels.
Download or read book Is It Just Me written by Grace Valentine and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered if you’re the only one who’s hurt, struggling, lonely, and confused? It’s not just you. Grace Valentine wants you to know one thing for sure: You’re not alone in your struggle. You’re not the only one feeling freaked out by the future. You’re not the only one dealing with crap. You’re not alone! Many women joke about having trust issues—laughing at their struggle because it feels common but secretly feeling there is no hope. Grace Valentine was one of them. In her twenties, she realized her trust issues were not humorous because, in reality, hers were trust issues with Jesus, her community, her family, and herself. And they were destroying her faith. Grace told herself she was simply being realistic, but the truth was, she was entangled with doubt and lies. In Grace’s second book, Is It Just Me?, she’ll walk you through how to handle rejection, stop joking about your issues, and find peace and healing for your scars by answering five deeply felt questions: Am I the only one who is tired, overwhelmed, doubting, and fearful? Am I the only one who feels hurt and lonely? Am I the only one who still is struggling to find my purpose? Am I the only one struggling to trust that God is there? Am I the only one confused about how to be an adult? Grace’s prayer is that as you journey with her through early adulthood, you’ll remember you have a Savior who loves you, flaws and all. By learning to trust in God’s design and His plans for your future, you’ll find you have everything you need to thrive in your twenties—and beyond.
Download or read book Everyday Grace written by Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost in Motherhood The Memoir of a Woman who Gained a Baby and Lost Her Sh t written by Grace Timothy and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as Mum Face. Best described as The Wrong Knickers for mums, in this wry, resonant and darkly funny memoir, journalist Grace Timothy explores motherhood as an issue of identity.
