The very nature of God is love. This book quotes various passages from Scripture that illustrate the extent of God's love. God's love is vast, boundless, extravagant! How shall we measure it? How shall we respond? It is individual It is everlasting It precedes time It is irresistible How should we respond to God's extravagant love? Extravagantly!
As Christians, we experience great joy in knowing God through Jesus and great hope in the promise of an eternity spent with God. Yet we still get weary in this life and can feel discouraged. Whether it's personal disappointment, opposition or just the costly grind of church life that gets us down, we all need help to keep going. This wonderfully encouraging book by Bible expositor Richard Coekin will spur you on to live by faith in Jesus as you examine the witnesses of Hebrews 11. The refreshing honesty of their stories will help you manage your expectations in a world of lies and spin. They will remind you of the glory and blessing that await you at the finishing line. And they will encourage you to see that Jesus is the real Hero of the faith and that His Spirit will enable you to endure through exhaustion, opposition and discouragement. Ideal for private devotional reading for those in need of refreshment, a timely gift for a discouraged Christian friend, and useful background reading to a small-group study of Hebrews 11.
'Well done good and faithful servant.' Every ministry leader wants to hear these words when they meet their Lord. But what does successful ministry look like? There are many books on leadership strategies and church structures, but this one looks at what matters most: the character and attitude of church leaders. It recognises that the spiritual health of the church leaders in large part determines the spiritual health of the congregation and therefore the success of the ministry. In this short, punchy, challenging and at times surprising book, Rico Tice draws on decades of experience in church leadership to call fellow pastors and others with oversight of areas of church ministry to define success biblically, fight their sin, lead themselves and serve their churches. It will be a battle, but one worth fighting because personal holiness and godly leadership matter eternally. A must-read on pastoral leadership for pastors, elders, worship leaders, youth leaders and anyone else with a leadership role in church ministry.
Discover for yourself the amazing and compassionate love of God. You will discover that no problem is too great or too insignificant for your Father in Heaven. The author illustrates how the loving compassion of God enables us to overcome insecurity and the devastating effects of some of life's most painful experiences.
Have you determined your unique “why” for existing on planet earth? Instead of coasting along, hoping everything will somehow work out, it’s time to take control and actively participate in the course of your life. When we envision a joyful, gratifying, hope-filled future, we can better flesh out our purpose and allow it to shape our goals, inspire us to service, and guide our daily decisions. Find Your Purpose in Life helps readers understand the power of purpose and the many pathways of purpose, then guides them to pursue their passions with purpose. Dr. Gregory Jantz believes that our most essential purpose is to honor and enjoy God each day. With this principle as our True North, our unique vocational, family, creative, and social purposes become clear. He emphasizes that our purpose is rooted not only in what we’re good at but also in our true desires. It’s important to examine how past obstacles may have dampened our deepest longings, then commit to freely pursue them. Throughout the book, Dr. Jantz weaves in probing questions and helpful exercises for clarifying the why and how of our unique purpose. Packed with encouragement to forge a new path ahead, Find Your Purpose in Life inspires and motivates readers to reconnect with their passions and embrace their God-given calling.
Charles Spurgeon unwraps God's gift of hope as he presents us with strong encouragement and a powerful tool for surviving daily struggles and temptations. This book will renew and strengthen your walk with Christ as you discover how to weather difficult personal storms, experience God's secure protection, receive daily strength and encouragement, turn painful memories into blessings, and build a solid foundation of faith and trust. No case is too desperate for God. There is no problem He cannot overcome. Hope in God can see you through your greatest difficulties and meet every longing of your heart.
What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart? This is one of the questions the Apostle Paul addresses as he writes to the church in Corinth. He's not after some superficial outward tinkering, but instead a deep rooted, life altering change that takes place on the inside. In an age where pleasing people, puffing up your ego and building your resume are seen as the methods to make it, the Apostle Paul calls us to find true rest in blessed self forgetfulness. In this short and punchy book, best selling author Timothy Keller, shows that gospel humility means we can stop connecting every experience, every conversation with ourselves and can thus be free from self condemnation. A truly gospel humble person is not a self hating person or a self loving person, but a self forgetful person. This freedom can be yours...