FOREVER RUINED FOR THE ORDINARY
by: Joy Dawson Read what Jack Hayford and Bill Bright have to say about this book. “There are no higher qualifications for writing on the subject of hearing God;s voice than Joy Dawson’s. I not only say this as her pastor, but as a leader concerned over two issue: – That this subject be developed thoroughly and Biblically. – That this subject cease being subjected to scorn by some in Christ’s body”. Dr. Jay W. Hayford, Chancellor / Pastor, The King’s College and Seminary, The Church on the Way, Van Nuys, CA. “This exciting book explains the revolutionary truth of how any believer can have an intimate relationship with and personally communicate with the Creator of the universe! Be prepared for a dramatic change in your life because this truth is revolutionary! No one can explain it better than the gifted, godly Joy Dawson.” Dr. Bill Bright, Founder and President Campus Crusade for Christ International Do you want to: – Know how to hear God’s voice? – Discover 24 ways He communicates? – Discern between God’s voice and other voices? – Know why God delays answer to prayer? – Guard against all presumptions? – Have explanation and insights into difficult questions?
FRESH POWER
What Happens When God Leads and You Follow Now with Study Guide by: Jim Cymbala The sequel to Cymbala’s best-selling Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire and Fresh Faith reveals what it means to be constantly transformed by the Holy Spirit. Dramatic stories from the Bible and the life of the Brooklyn Tabernacle fill each page. This softcover edition includes a study guide. We Need God’s Power Drawing examples from the Bible and from the sidewalks of New York City, Fresh Power shows what happens when the Spirit of God moves in our midst. He longs to reveal the mind of God to us and to release heaven’s limitless resources to meet the desperate needs around us. Fresh Power will expand your vision for what God can and will do, and inspire you to pray like never before for God’s power in your church and in you.
GOD’S PURSUIT OF MAN
by: A.W. Tozer Although written two years after the publication of The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer’s God’s pursuit of Man sets forth the biblical truth that before man can pursue God, God must first pursue man. A “prequel” of sorts, God’s Pursuit of Man speaks fervently of God’s desire for man to be saved and the action He takes as He “invades” the human soul. Tozer then explains how it is through the power and promise of the Holy Spirit that we can truly understand the mystery of the triune God.
HANDLE WITH PRAYER
Unwrap The Source Of God’s Strength For Living. by: Charles Stanley THE BEST-SELLING GUIDE TO THE POWER AND PRACTICE OF PRAYER Prayer is essential to the life of every believer. It connects us with our heavenly Father and opens the door for Him to move in our lives, to impact our circumstances, and to help us make wise choices. Yet few of us would claim to enjoy a satisfying proter life. So how can we begin to cultivate a prayer life that truly makes a difference? Handle with Prayer is a definitive guide for making prayer a part of your everyday life. Popular author and teacher Dr. Charles Stanley reveals that prayer is the ultimate resource for every believer. Inside, he shares: • How we can pray with authority • How we can receive answers to prayer • Why prayers can seem to go unanswered • How to pray in God’s will • How we can pray for others Uncover God’s solution for whatever you may face, and discover how life is best handled with prayer. Thirteen-Session Leader’s Guide Included: Session Goals know the focus of each session, and learn how prayer is tied into each message. Preparation specific and helping tips to organize your group’s study time. Discussion key talking points to help guide your group’s discussion. Activities reading, skits, prayers, and individual reflection questions to keep your group thinking about the power of prayer between sessions.
HEALING FOR DAMAGED EMOTIONS
by: David A. Seamands Whether through our fallen temperament, willful disobedience, or as victims of the hurtful actions of others, many of us struggle with crippling emoting, among them perfectionism, depression, and low self worth. The pain of such emotions is often present with us even through the incidents and relationships that caused the hurt may be long past. ‘Healing For Damaged Emotions’, first published in 1981 and since translated into over 15 languages, has helped over a million readers worldwide deal honestly an successfully with their inner hurts. Through the realistic, scriptural approach that Dr. David Seamands brings to this deeply personal subject, you too can find healing and then become an agent of healing for other strugglers.
HOW TO READ THE BIBLE BOOK BY BOOK
A Guided Tour From the Authors of the Best-Selling How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by: Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart Product Details for How to Read the Bible Book by Book This book helps people read the Bible as a whole by showing how each book fits into the grand narrative of Scripture. A Guided Tour from Genesis through Revelation Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its key elements and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Written by two top evangelical scholars, this survey is designed to get you actually reading the Bible knowledgeably and understanding it accurately. In an engaging, conversational style, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart take you through a given book of the Bible using their unique, progressive approach: • Orienting Data – Concise info bytes that form a thumbnail of the book • Overview – A brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes and important landmarks in the book • Specific Advice for Reading – Pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing • A Walk Through—The actual section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger landscape of the book and how its various parts work together to form the whole. Here you are taken by the hand and told, “Look at this!” How to Read the Bible Book by Book can be used as a companion to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. It also stands on its own as a reliable guide to reading and understanding the Bible for yourself.
HOW TO READ THE BIBLE FOR ALL ITS WORTH
Over Half a Million Sold/Third Edition by: Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart Biblical interpretation for both beginning and experienced Bible readers. Changes to the new third edition include: updated language, new foreword, improved diagrams, substantial rewriting of several chapters to make them more user-friendly, and updated list of recommended commentaries and resources. Your Guide to Understanding the Bible. Understanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your 21st-century life. More than half a million people have turned to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth to inform their reading of the Bible. This third edition features substantial revisions that keep pace with current scholarship, resources, and culture. Changes include: •Updated language •A new authors’ preface •Several chapters rewritten for better readability •Updated list of recommended commentaries and resources. Covering everything from translational concerns to different genres of biblical writing, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth is used all around the world. In clear, simple language, it helps you accurately understand the different parts of the Bible—their meaning for ancient audiences and their implications for you today—so you can uncover the inexhaustible worth that is in God’s Word.
I WAS JUST WONDERING
by: Philip Yancey Best-selling author Philip Yancey here gathers forty-four of his most insightful and stimulating columns written for Christianity Today. Exploring a diverse range of topics that touch on the fields of history, science, religion, ethics, and more, Yancey offers readers short, penetrating observations on the universe, the earth, the church, and the Christian life. Originally published in 1989, this revised and updated edition of I Was Just Wondering offers a level-headed, honest journey into questions that are just as important and challenging to readers today.
I, ISAAC, TAKE THEE, REBEKAH
Moving From Romance To Lasting Love by: Ravi Zacharias WHAT DOES I Do REALLY MEAN? Is it possible to have a great marriage? This book says an unequivocal yes! “Love is still what people long for. It’s still the theme of dreams,” says best-selling author Dr. Ravi Zacharias. Couples around the world yearn for the joy and security found only in lasting, loving marriages. In his travels, Ravi has heard men and women in many cultures express their dreams of lasting love. In response, he has discovered a treasure trove in the biblical account of the betrothal and marriage of Isaac and Rebekah, whose love story forms the framework of this fascinating book. In its pages you find the secrets to the kind of courtship and growing marital relationship that offer true happiness. I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah reveals several vital principles of a godly marriage such as: • Striving for purity • Preparing the heart and mind for a healthy marriage • Learning the value of prayer • Practicing kindness in your relationship Whether you are seriously dating, contemplating marriage, or committed to making your marriage strong, the insightful, Bible-based counsel this book provides will offer you strength and wisdom as you move from romance to lasting love.
IN HIS IMAGE
by: Dr. Paul Brand, Philip Yancey THE VOICE OF GOD IS A HEARTBEAT AWAY In Fearfully & Wonderfully Made, Philip Yancey and Dr. Paul Brand revealed how God’s voice is encoded in the very structure of our bodies. In His Image takes up where its predecessor left off, beckoning us once again inward and onward to fresh exploration and discovery. Yancey and Brand show how accurately and intricately the human body portrays the Body of Christ. In five sections—Image, Blood, Head, Spirit, and Pain—the acclaimed surgeon and the award-winning writer unlock the remarkable, living lessons contained in our physical makeup. This Gold Medallion Award-winning book will open your eyes to the complex miracle of the human body, and the even more compelling spiritual truths that it reflects.
JESUS DRIVEN MINISTRY
by: Ajith Fernando In spite of good intentions, too many Christian workers today Burn out, suffer moral lapses, or just get discouraged and quit. How can you avoid failing as a Christian leader? Ajith Fernando Believes that much ministry failure results from neglect of the basics of the faith. Too often today’s church is riveted on ministry Technique to the neglect of leadership lifestyle. In Fernando’s Own words:” Perhaps the greatest need in the training of leaders. Today is to provide guidelines to help them live as biblical men and women. In this book, Fernando identifies the foundational elements that allow you to be both effective and joyful in your service. He shows from Jesus’ own ministry that relating to the people you minister to, retreating from busyness to prayer, being affirmed and empowered by God, discipline younger leaders, and gaining strength from God’s Word must be at the heart of your ministry. Rich in Scripture and full of stories from Fernando’s own years of ministry, this book will help men and women commit themselves afresh to those vital basics of ministry that make for long-term service that is both fruitful and joyful.
JIM CYMBALA FRESH FAITH
by: Dean Merrill Pastor Jim Cymbala calls us back to a fiery, passionate preoccupation with God that will restore what the enemy has stolen from us: our first love for Jesus, our zeal, our troubled children, our wounded marriages, our broken and divided churches. Born out of the heart and soul of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, the message of Fresh Faith is illustrated by true stories of men and women whose lives have been changed through the power of faith. Cymbala writes, “Real faith is produced when our hearts draw near to God himself and receive his promises deep within.” That kind of faith can transform your life—starting today, if you choose.
JIM CYMBALA FRESH WIND, FRESH FIRE
by: Dean Merrill Pastor Jim Cymbala believes that Jesus wants to renew his people—to call us back from spiritual dead ends, apathy, and lukewarm religion. Cymbala knows the difference firsthand. Thirty-five years ago his own church, the Brooklyn Tabernacle, was a struggling congregation of twenty. Then they began to pray . . . God began to move . . . street-hardened lives by the hundreds were changed by the love of Christ . . . and today they are more than ten thousand strong. The story of what happened to this broken-down church in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods points the way to new spiritual vitality in the church and in your own life. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire shows what the Holy Spirit can do when believers get serious about prayer and the gospel. As this compelling book reveals, God moves in life-changing ways when we set aside our own agendas, take him at his word, and listen for his voice.
LEADERSHIP LIFESTYLE
by: Ajith Fernando The church today needs leaders-men and women who are more than just managers of people, money, and organizational charts. In our pursuit of growth and prosperity, we may have lost sight of clear biblical principles of how we should find and train leaders for the church and the world. From the timeless Book, the Bible, come timely answers! The author, Ajith Fernando, a third-world Christian, examines principles of leadership taught in the letters to Timothy from the Apostle Paul, the leader of leaders. The philosophies and principles drawn from the bible, applicable to every generation, might surprise some people today. This book is destined to be a trendsetter, a clear call to a return to the biblical perspective of leadership-which is not corporate management but leaderdership drawn from the models of parenthood and servanthood.
Leading on Empty
Wayne Cordeiro found himself paralyzed by burnout. He had been in ministry for 30 years, and 10 years after founding what is now the largest church in Hawaii, he found himself depleted. Wayne took a season out of his growing ministry to recharge and refocus on the truly important. He was able to get back in touch with his life, get back in proper balance, and re-energize his spirit through Christ in a way that propelled him forward to greater levels of service. Wayne first gave this message at a recent Willow Creek Leadership Summit, where it was the highest-rated presentation by those in attendance. Pulling no punches, Wayne talks about the walls leaders must break through and how to move on with integrity. Included are ways to care for oneself physically and emotionally as well as spiritually.
Letters to the church by francis chan
If God had it His way, what would our churches look like?
In his most powerful book yet, Pastor Francis Chan digs deep into biblical truths, reflections on his own failures and dreams, and stories of ordinary people God is using to change the world.
As Chan says, “We’ve strayed so far from what God calls Church. We all know it. We know that what we’re experiencing is radically different from the Church in Scripture. For decades, church leaders like myself have lost sight of the inherent mystery of the Church. We have trained people sitting int he pews to become addicted to lesser things. It’s time for that to change.”
When Jesus returns, will He find us caring for His Bride-even more than for our own lives? Letters to the Church reminds us of how powerful, how glorious the Church was and calls us to once again be the Church God intended us to be.
LIBERATING PRAYER
Finding Freedom By Connecting With God by: Neil T. Anderson HAVE YOU HEARD FROM GOD LATELY? Trying to stay mentally focused in prayer is a common struggle for Christians. Tempting and distracting thoughts can plague their devotional lives. Is the enemy challenging your focus? What if you’re hearing from God and don’t know it? Maybe prayer is more about listening than talking. Dr. Neil T. Anderson explains this confusion and shares how you can find mental peace. His thoughts on prayer will change your devotional life. In this book you will discover how to: • be still and know that He is God • pray and be led by the Holy Spirit • make prayer a dialogue instead of a monologue • resolve personal and spiritual conflicts through prayer • overcome the trials of life when heaven seems silent Every Christian is a child of God with the same access to their heavenly Father. Liberating Prayer shows that prayer is a relationship and will set you free from meaningless rituals and stagnant devotions.
LIFE WITH GOD
by: Richard Foster LIFE WITH GOD is Richard Foster’s first major new work for nearly a decade and is of similar magnitude to his classics: PRAYER, CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE and STREAMS OF LIVING WATER. The starting point of LIFE WITH GOD is that so many of us want to make the Bible the foundation of our way of life, but struggle to make sense of this huge, apparently disjointed book. Why is that Christians try so hard to place the Bible at the centre of their lives, but in reality get very little from it in terms of genuine life-transforming practice? Richard Foster believes that it is because we fail to grasp the overriding coherent message of the Bible – that all of Scripture is unified around the theme of living a vibrant and dynamic life with God. Breaking up history into fifteen epochs that reveal the unfolding of God’s plan for seeking out a relationship with us, Foster sees the Bible as ‘the loving heart of God made visible and plain.’ Readers will discover a whole new way to read Scripture, making it a doorway to a lifestyle we can master, rather than merely knowledge we understand.