Download or read book Beyond Love and Devotion written by Shyamal S. Shodhan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems and thoughts that are an ode to the domain of the heart, Beyond Love and Devotion cajoles and inspires the reader to look at love as a synonym of the infinite, a soliloquy of an all pervading love. The expression of the relationship between the lover and the beloved is an overriding theme of Shodhan's work. Strongly reminiscent of the devotional Bhakti tradition of Hinduism and the mystical Sufi poets, at times his writings express the pain and agony of separation, at other times offering an insight into the profound bliss of communion. These poems and writings follow no obvious course; they flit effortlessly and seamlessly from one seeker to another, staying true only to the path: the journey of love. Discarding all explanations and transcending the norms and conventions of society, a lover's whispers to his or her Beloved offer a primordial combination of lyrical eloquence with a mystical revelation. This is a journey that is timeless, appealing to the hearts of all those aspiring for love and beauty.

Download or read book Love Like That written by Les Parrott and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can the Bible teach us about unconditional, everlasting, life-changing love? Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Les Parrott as he shows us that we all deserve Love Like That. In this authentic, practical book, Dr. Parrott provides a simple plan to improve all of your relationships--with spouses, family, friends, coworkers, and even strangers. Dr. Parrott takes proven findings from psychology and sociology and blends them with biblical teaching to reveal five transformative ways of relating to people demonstrated by Jesus himself. In Love Like That, Dr. Parrott gives you the tools you need to love like Jesus, because when you do: you become less detached and more mindful you become less exclusive and more approachable you become less judgmental and more grace-full you become less fearful and more bold you become less self-absorbed and more self-giving Dr. Parrott teaches us that loving like Jesus can be a daily reality for anyone who chooses it. Why? Because this love isn't elusive. It isn't pie-in-the-sky. It isn't out of reach or relegated to untouchable saints. It's real. Jesus gives us practical examples of how to love in extraordinary ways. And you're likely closer to it than you know. Praise for Love Like That: "From the first vulnerable sentence, this heart-felt message from Dr. Parrott will compel you to not only be a better person, it will show you exactly how you can do just that." --Dave Ramsey, #1 bestselling author and radio host "Refreshingly honest and incredibly practical. This book is for everyone who wants to love like Jesus but never thought they could. I've personally benefited from this helpful book, and you will too." --Lysa TerKeurst, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and bestselling author of Forgiving What You Can’t Forget "With an incredible blend of contemporary social science and a deep understanding of Scripture, Les Parrott's writing will help you see beyond what you may be tempted to settle for. And he'll show you the way, step-by-step, to realizing the kinds of relationships we all long for." --Lee Strobel, New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Christ

Download or read book Gentle and Lowly written by Dane C. Ortlund and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians know that God loves them, but can easily feel that he is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. As a result, they focus a lot—and rightly so—on what Jesus has done to appease God’s wrath for sin. But how does Jesus Christ actually feel about his people amid all their sins and failures? This book draws us to Matthew 11, where Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart,” longing for his people to find rest in him. The gospel flows from God’s deepest heart for his people, a heart of tender love for the sinful and suffering. These chapters take readers into the depths of Christ’s very heart for sinners, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of who Christ is and encouraging readers with the affections of Christ for his people. His longing heart for sinners comforts and sustains readers in their up-and-down lives.

Download or read book Lady in Lingerie written by Penelope Sky and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I refuse to let this woman have any power over me. She's just my prisoner. But once my Muse is in trouble, I'll do anything to save her. Anything to protect her. She was supposed to inspire me, please me. She was never supposed to care about me. Or make me care about her.

Download or read book Love and Devotion written by Susan Scollay and published by MacMillan Art Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on classic Persian tales and poems of human and divine love that transcend time and place.

Download or read book Beyond Love The Fullfillment of Love and Marriage written by Halim Ozkaptan PhD and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how love develops our spiritual and better nature and is the basis of happiness. God's love permeates the world and sustains it. We share a part of God's spirit and consciousness. His reality is love which we reflect and strive for. When we are loved and love another, our spiritual nature flourishes and is manifested in our behavior. Marriage is the home of love, mutual devotion and support. Through your love and devotion for each other, you achieve your finest potential. A deep and abiding love ultimately leads to sacrifice for one another. The happiness and welfare of your loved one is your happiness. When you have reached this stage of selfless love, you have found the essence of God's love. You will be beyond love and a part of God's everlasting spirit of love. You have realized that love is the only reality. All factors related to the development and sustainment of love and marriage, including issues such as adultery and divorce are discussed.

Download or read book Liberating Love Daily Devotional written by Sandhya Rani Jha and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the world is scary and comfort is in short supply, Sandhya Rani Jha’s Liberating Love Daily Devotional provides a daily message of encouragement. In 365 “love notes from God,” dated for each day of the year, hear the voice of our loving God connecting your life with the Bible’s many stories of imperfect people facing real challenges. Drawing from all 66 books of the Bible, each devotion includes scripture, a brief meditation, and a word of hope, encouragement, and challenge that will help you foster a deeper relationship with God and with the great diversity of God’s beloved children. If you’ve never found a devotional for your inclusive values, Liberating Love is for you.

Download or read book Reckless Devotion written by Heidi Baker and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for a revolutionary year with Heidi & Rolland? Whether stopping for the one in a dusty village in Mozambique or reaching out to the world, Heidi and Rolland model--and invite everyone into--the radical love that thrills God's heart. Energized by their work on the frontlines of ministry, the Bakers weave together miraculous stories, Scriptures, encouraging devotional thoughts and prayer to take you through the year. Every day is a fresh invitation to live fully devoted to God. When you surrender to Him and allow His presence to grow in you, you will find, like the Bakers, that you don't become less of yourself; you actually become more fully the person He has always intended you to be. Join Heidi and Rolland for an unforgettable year of sold-out, passionate, reckless devotion to the One who loves you more than you can imagine. "All God wants is my laid-down love, my reckless devotion. He is asking the same from you."--Heidi Baker

Download or read book Listen Love Repeat written by Karen Ehman and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our culture is self-obsessed – in our schedules, relationships, and especially online. (Can you say selfie?) But in this near-narcissism, people are less content than in decades past. Why? Because we forgot the joy that comes from putting others first. Doing so requires us to live alert, listening for “heart drops,” hints from those in our lives who need a helping hand or a generous dose of encouragement. Living alert lifts our own spirits, showing us that blessing others blesses us even more. Listen, Love, Repeat offers biblical teaching and suggests doable actions that are simple, heart-tugging, sentimental, even sneaky and hilarious. This message: • Presents scriptural examples of those who lived alert, including Jesus, who noticed those who least expected to be seen. • Explains the role of good works for followers of Christ. They aren’t our ticket to heaven but they are our marching orders on earth. • Gives creative ideas for showing love to friends and family, and suggests practical ways to reach out to the lonely, the marginalized, the outcast, and the odd duck. Additionally, it helps you comfort the grieving, showing what you can do when you don’t know what to say. • Provides inspiration for blessing the “necessary people” in your life, those often-overlooked souls who help you get life done every day, and teaches you how to hug a porcupine by genuinely loving the hard-to-love. As we scatter love, we create a safe space where we can openly share the gospel. We get to see lives changed right before our eyes. Most importantly, Listen, Love, Repeat will enable you to live a life that is full of kind deeds, not to selfishly shout, “Hey! Look at me!” but to humbly implore, “Will you look at Him?”

Download or read book Beyond Devotion written by Łukasz Cybulski and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is one of scarce studies of religious literature of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth conducted by scholars from both Poland and Lithuania. What makes this endeavour important is mainly the will to overcome the frontiers and strains of the modern world that encourage exploring separateness instead of the realities of deep mutual interdependency. Łukasz Cybulski and Kristina Rutkovska analyse secular and religious writings of secular authors as well as those belonging to the clergy and religious orders. Their main interest lies in exploring the different genres of early modern Polish and Lithuanian sermons and novels, and in tracing this heritage to its social and literary context through the works' material presence in manuscript form and in print. Other papers in this volume give insights into the origins of vernacular translations of the Holy Scriptures and the controversies surrounding them, as well as into the written testimonies of religious devotion and conversions. The aim has been not only to confront different kinds of texts and experiences, but to situate this heritage in its social and confessional context.

Download or read book Darqlands written by Dean Cracknell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...welcome to The Darqlands. A novel of seven chapters and a series of annexes, addendums and appendices concerning stuff and things too confusing to elaborate on. The Darqlands are a land wrought from the raw Despair of disolutioned souls stolen from the Wakinglands. Seven displaced souls walk the Wakinglands looking for clues. This is their story...

Download or read book The Love Respect Experience written by Emerson Eggerichs and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fifty-two week devotional that will appeal to both wives and husbands as they seek to listen to what God has to say to them." -- Back cover.

Download or read book Beyond the Battle written by Noah Filipiak and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All men face some degree of temptation or discontentment. Here is your guide to get you past frustration into freedom. We live in a culture where 55% of married men and 70% of single men look at porn at least once a month and over half of all marriages end in divorce. To understand why that is we have to look beyond the battle to the root of both the problem and the solution... Most books for men on how to defeat lust and improve their relationships with the women in their lives preach a plan for trying harder, thinking better, and battering their behavior into submission. The problem with this approach: no matter how strong we are today, the battle continues tomorrow, and nothing ever seems to change in the long run. In Beyond the Battle, author and pastor Noah Filipiak shows you why symptom-based behavior management approaches offer short-term solutions. Instead, he unpacks the keys to a gospel-centered, long-term victory, helping you win the war against temptation and entitlement. Beyond the Battle is an accessible, effective, man-to-man resource for individual or small group use that will guide you toward freedom from sexual temptations by connecting you more deeply to Jesus—to his sacrifice and sufficiency. Filipiak addresses deep questions of marriage, singleness, and sexual temptation like: What's really the worst enemy in a man's marriage? How are my assumptions about my wife contributing to the problem? How does a corrected understanding of God's grace change my outlook on marriage or singleness? This book turns typical "purity" strategies on their head by addressing head-on our sense of self-entitlement and our self-seeking tendencies, showing how to look to God—instead of to women—for intimacy, approval, acceptance, and validation. Includes free access to 7-week small group video curriculum plus an option 40-day devotional.

Download or read book Beyond the Light Is the Love of God written by Lorna Gallimore and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have questions about the essence and nature of God, then the answers you seek may be found in this book. Here you will find the truth of God's love for you, and learn that God is only, and always was, a God of love. You are invited to let go of the notion of a punishing, vengeful God, and instead discover the loving, benevolent God that loves you unconditionally. If you are searching for answers, this book will help to transform your thoughts and change your views. You will learn how precious you are and come to understand the beauty and majesty that is truly who and what you ar. This book reminds and reaquaints you with the divintiy within yourself. It is free of doctrin, and the knowledge contained within it was given to the author by an angelic group known as the Brotherhood of Light.

Download or read book Essence of Devotion written by Sirshree and published by WOW PUBLISHINGS PVT LTD. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ATTAINING DIVINITY · Have you ever wondered who or what God is? · Do you have the thirst to know the supreme truth? · Do you wish to rise above lower consciousness and ascend towards divinity? If yes, then this book is your answer. The journey towards divinity (or truth or supreme consciousness) comprises of two major paths: Knowledge (gyan) and Devotion (bhakti). Actually, both are essential to reach your destination. Some people feel that knowledge is sufficient. But there is the possibility of developing an ego of knowledge and thereby getting stuck in the cosmic illusion once again. Devotion is what will help you to remain established in the liberated state. Devotion gives you the power to easily overcome the obstacles to liberation—the mind, its ego and various tendencies. It helps you to lead a truly successful and peaceful life amidst these chaotic modern times. It adds joy and music to your journey towards the supreme consciousness. With the help of beautiful stories and examples, this book tells you everything about devotion; including what is devotion, its various aspects, its numerous benefits, as well as indications on how to develop devotion and reach the heights of devotion. With practice, you progress from the first to the tenth level of devotion, where you realize that divinity and you are not two different entities—both are one. Such bliss! But you then separate from divinity once again. Why? Only because you love the experience of devotion so much! Such is the sweetness or essence of devotion.

Download or read book Another Insane Devotion written by Peter Trachtenberg and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the mysteries of love and marriage, pleasure and obligation--through the lens of cat ownership

Download or read book Devoted written by Marjorie Jackson and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is good with a God who is great! What’s a girl to do in a changing world full of darkness, distractions, pressure, lies, and uncertainty? Is it really possible for a twenty-first-century young woman to live a life in direct contrast to culture’s ever-changing standards? The answer is yes! With a Lord like Jesus, guidance like the Holy Spirit’s, and that powerful weapon we call the Holy Bible, God’s truth is ours to live out. Come learn along with talented young author, Marjorie Jackson, in this devotional about letting our love and dedication to Jesus penetrate every area of life—our relationships, our decisions, our standards, our convictions, our priorities, our everything. Whether you’re a long-time Christian or you’ve still got your spiritual training wheels on, get ready to dive into God’s Word and discover what it truly means to be a young woman of God who is completely, joyfully, beautifully different. Special Features Include: Unique Hand-Lettered Art Pages for Coloring Key Scripture Verses Personal/Small Group Study Questions