Discovering Our Spiritual Identity

Author: Trevor Hudson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830868569
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
Each chapter in this workbook by Trevor Hudson is peppered with "holy experiments," simple practices that bring you into God's presence and help you experience life as his beloved. At the end of each chapter is a set of questions which are ideal for discussion with one or two spiritual friends or a small group. A Renovaré Resource.

Beloved

Author: Demi Thompson
Publisher: Renown Publishing
ISBN: 9781945793776
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Whoever and wherever you are, God is pursuing you. Are you wondering about God's plan for your life? Are you curious about what He desires from you? Once you come to Christ and receive His amazing gifts of forgiveness and salvation, His pursuit of your heart and life is only beginning. As you grow in the understanding and practice of your faith, you can live in a powerful, personal relationship with your Lord as His new creation. Demi Thompson is a wife, mother, and most importantly a Christ-follower who has walked through the valley and on the mountaintop with Christ. In this practical, conversational book, she shares life lessons that have transformed her own heart, life, and ministry. Be uplifted as you learn how to: - Appreciate and communicate the fundamentals of your faith - Understand the potential in seasons of suffering - Cultivate and treasure your personal time with God - Withstand spiritual warfare - See yourself as God truly sees you At the conclusion of each chapter, application-focused questions, a suggested action step, and a journal prompt make this an ideal book for either personal devotions or a small group setting. Whether you're just starting your spiritual journey or find yourself struggling to stay the course, Demi Thompson offers practical guidance and personal encouragement for connecting more deeply with Christ. Delve into your copy of Beloved today and begin discovering-or rediscovering-how to live your identity in Him as never before.

Holy Spirit, here and now

Author: Trevor Hudson
Publisher: Struik Christian Media
ISBN: 1415322538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Do you long for something more in your relationship with God? Are you struggling to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit? Are you ready to embark on a Spirit-propelled adventure of restoration, renewal and transformation? When we do not experience God’s life within us, our Christianity can deteriorate into a lifeless system of rules and empty rituals. If this describes you at the moment, know that you are not alone. Many spiritual seekers are tired of a superficial faith and yearn to know the fi re of God’s presence burning in their hearts. In Holy Spirit Here and Now Trevor Hudson shares his personal journey and offers practical guidance to help you experience the Holy Spirit moving in your ordinary life. Some of the common hurdles he addresses are: Feeling that the Holy Spirit is only available to religious professionals, but not to you Being put off by negative past experiences with people attempting to push you into an experience of the Holy Spirit Having a sense that something is lacking in your relationship with God Feeling that experiences of God’s Spirit are far removed from our everyday lives Believing that experiencing the Holy Spirit is a once-off event rather than a lifetime journey. Trevor Hudson encourages you to allow every part of your life – your emotions, body, soul, relationships, career – to become an arena where the Holy Spirit can work. This is what it means to be truly fi lled with God’s Spirit.

Questions God Asks Us

Author: Trevor Hudson
Publisher: Struik Christian Media
ISBN: 1415310092
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
Instead of always looking for answers in the Bible, Trevor Hudson suggests that we start thinking more carefully about the questions that God asks. God desires a conversational relationship with us, and He shows this desire by asking questions. God also gives greater dignity to us by allowing us to wrestle with the questions rather than if we are simply given answers. Questions God Asks Us presents ten questions – five from the Old and five from the New Testament – which God had asked and is still asking us as well. They include: Where Are You? Where Is Your Brother? What Are You Doing Here? Who Do You Say I Am? Do You Want to Get Well? Why Are You Crying? There is a much greater power to transform us in a question than there is in a straightforward answer – each chapter includes a section with practical suggestions to answer God’s question and discover this for yourself. It also includes discussion questions for study groups.Questions God Asks Us is bound in a handy gift format with beautiful full-colour images printed on gloss art paper.

Transformed Into Fire

Author: Judith Hougen
Publisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 9780825428906
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
A powerful call to intimate and passionate communion with God in a culture of lukewarm faith and apathetic spirituality.

God's Beloved Queer

Author: Rolf R. Nolasco
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532606761
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
The book re-centers the conversation back to what I believe anchors our identity and inspires our ways of being, living, and loving. That is, we all are beloved children of the Triune God whose image and likeness we bear—hence, we all are God’s beloved queers primed to flourish in more ways than we can ever dare to imagine for ourselves. I have drawn from a wide range of disciplines—pastoral theology, spirituality, counseling psychology, affective neuroscience, anthropology—to offer a more nuanced description of what it means, as queer folks, to be sacred icons of God like everyone else, offering multifarious windows into the spacious, gratuitous, and transforming love of God. It also explores with penetrating detail the inner psychological and spiritual terrain of our queer lives, along with spiritual practices that will help support our flourishing.

Transformed Into Fire

Author: Judith Hougen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780825427541
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
There are moments in every Christian's life when we hit a "spiritual glass ceiling." In those frustrating moments, we wonder, why do others experience love and intimacy with God but not me? The remedy is not a checklist of actions but a personal, powerful call to come home, to come out of the cold, to forsake the false self--our old identity--driven by pursuit of security, esteem, and power. Transformed into Fire explores the profound spiritual depths found within the routine of daily life through thediscovery of our true selves in Christ. You are invited to journey toward the warm embrace of the Father where being and doing, prayer and action become a fiery response to His intimate love.

Renovation of the Heart

Author: Dallas Willard
Publisher: Tyndale House
ISBN: 1615214550
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
As Christians, we know that we are new creations in Jesus. So we try to act differently, hoping this will make us more like Him. But changing our outward behavior doesn’t change our hearts. Only by God’s grace can we be transformed internally. Renovation of the Heart lays a biblical foundation for understanding what best-selling author Dallas Willard calls the “transformation of the spirit”—a divine process that “brings every element in our being, working from inside out, into harmony with the will of God.” This fresh approach to spiritual growth explains the biblical reasons why Christians need to undergo change in six aspects of life: thought, feeling, will, body, social context, and soul. Willard also outlines a general pattern of transformation in each area, not as a sterile formula but as a practical process that you can follow without the guilt or perfectionism so many Christians wrestle with. Don’t settle for complacency. Accept the challenge Renovation of the Heart offers to become an intentional apprentice of Jesus Christ, changing daily as you walk with Him.

Hidden in Christ

Author: James Bryan Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830895450
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
In this unique introduction to the hidden life in Christ, James Bryan Smith walks readers through a thirty-day immersion in Colossians 3:1-17. Each of the thirty short chapters hones in on a single word or phrase from this life-changing passage, followed by a simple daily practice, a prompt for reflection and small group follow-up questions.

Seeking God

Author: Trevor Hudson
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 0637002814
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Jesus promised, “Seek and you will find!” Do you long for a transforming encounter with the living God? Jesus assures us that those willing to become seekers will find what their hearts most deeply desire. The promise is clear. Those who seek God consistently, faithfully, and passionately will not be disappointed. They will find God and all those good things that accompany God’s Kingdom. Profoundly influenced by his long friendship with Dallas Willard, and his experience guiding people through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius for the last thirty years, Trevor Hudson offers you a practical tool kit for your seeking journey. You search for God does not have to take you to a remote mountain top as God wants to meet us right where we are in our everyday lives. Reading the wisdom contained within the pages of Seeking God will help you to move beyond insight and knowledge and encounter the presence of the living God as a reality in your daily life.