Spiritual Growth Love

Do you feel stuck in your faith? Are you searching for purpose? Do you desire a more authentic life? If your faith experience has been in the Western church, you have probably missed an essential part of spiritual growth without even knowing it. For decades the church has been focused on personal piety instead of the needs of the world around it. But Christians have not been entrusted with the story of the Gospel to simply manage building campaigns and run church programs. Rather, we are meant to bring the world the message of hope and love.

John Piper invites you to experience deeper intimacy with God through these thought-provoking and soul-enriching meditations. Whether you are just discovering the divine richness of Scripture or have long been a passionate student, you’ll find a deeper understanding of God and renewed insight for your journey.

Even when you follow all the rules, life can go very wrong.... Dennis Mansfield and his wife, Susan, planned for and expected every parent's dream, but instead lived every parent's nightmare. This haunting memoir tells the story of a father who diligently followed all the parenting rules that he learned from conservative Christian "experts" - yet life with his son Nate went terribly wrong when the young man died at 27 of drug-related causes.

Al contar historias nunca antes reveladas sobre su vida personal - incluyendo sus retos espirituales y experiencias al borde de la muerte - , Nick detalla ejemplos de la manera en que ha compartido su fe con los demás, desde familiares y desconocidos hasta presidentes y primeros ministros. En este fascinante y conmovedor libro, nos ofrece ideas innovadoras para que podamos ayudar a otros a caminar en fe también.

Go on a journey from broken heart to wholehearted love…. God is inviting you to return to love. If you say yes, he will use every season of your life to transform you and fill your heart with gold, especially your desert seasons. He will use the rollercoasters of life to build your faith in his faithfulness. He says you are worthy and wanted, no matter what you’ve done. He deeply delights in you.

Alcanzar el conocimiento de lo que somos es reconocer que somos una unidad indivisa con Dios, en Cristo. La reunión de nuestra naturaleza humana con la divina, o mejor dicho el hacernos conscientes de ello, es aceptarnos tal como somos en verdad. Somos una nueva humanidad. Un nuevo ser en el que se reúne lo humano, lo crístico y lo divino en una sola realidad santa. Vivir en armonía con esta verdad nos permite vivir en paz con nosotros mismos, y por ende con los demás y el mundo entero. Somos Cristo humanado.

Every relationship needs plenty of love and laughter. But how do you keep the fun going when the road gets hard? Viral video creators Kristin and Danny Adams' journey has involved more "heated fellowship" than their hilarious lip sync videos might lead you to think.

Six circles of relationship formed around Jesus in his time on earth. In the outermost circle, the Crowds who were curious. Next, the Five Thousand who were needy, while the Seventy worked and served in Jesus’ ministry; then came the Twelve who walked with Jesus, the Three who suffered and celebrated with him, and finally the One who sat beside him at the Last Supper. In The One Jesus Loves, you will learn about each of the six circles, and what it takes to move further in, closer and closer to Jesus.

Do you feel like you love Jesus unconditionally? Do you love Him the way He loves you? We may want to know how to love Jesus, yet are unsure if we have the capacity or ability to truly love the way Jesus loves us. Aaron Taylor's church has experienced firsthand the reality that dramatic transformation comes when you allow God’s agape (unconditional love) to wreck you. He wants every believer to experience this transformative love that has changed his own live forever. Come as you are, and drink deeply of the love of God.

Irresistible Love will help you on your journey to draw closer to Jesus. It’s your invitation to hitchhike with an author who has spent decades counseling and encouraging millions of men, women, and students of all ages in their quest for intimacy, inner peace, purpose, and fulfillment.

According to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, God raised up Methodism in order to spread the central teaching of entire sanctification. The church has offered an unbalanced understanding of the gospel for too long. This book calls all Methodists—the spiritual descendants of the Wesleyan revival, regardless of contemporary denominational expression—back to who we have been at our best. Perfect Love provides an in-depth explanation of entire sanctification and helps listeners pursue all that God has for us.

In a time where the world seems more lost and confused, it’s important that we see clearly through the veils of illusion, and the truth of God’s love. These song lyrics that I’ve written are filled with the Divine Mother’s nurturing, and the Holy Father’s strength, while I reach out for the peace, joy, and love of my return, to the ultimate source of that love, to finally be home with God.

Forming deep relationships with God and with others is the most important aspect of mortal life, and yet one of the most vexing problems many face during their time on this Earth is the lack of love - the inability to receive and give love as the savior did. In Filled with His Love, Russell T. Osguthorpe, former Sunday School General President, addresses the question of how we can increase our capacity to give and receive love so that we can have secure, healthy relationships with God and with others.

Our world is shouting for more love and less hate. But this cry is rooted in a terrible misunderstanding: one that fuels the divisiveness and disunity that is destroying our world. In A Deeper Love, Seth unveils this mistaken view of love and shines light on what it really means to grow in authentically loving God and people. As it turns out, hate isn’t really the problem at all. Rather, we often settle for cheap substitutes and misdirected loves. Now more than ever we must grow in understanding and walking in a deeper love.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to A Father's Love: My Journey with God and learn about the author's journey with God in Christianity.

Con este tipo de reflexiones, en este libro Sri Sri Ravi Shankar disipa muchas dudas y devuelve la sonrisa a cualquier persona. Los temas sobre los que se enfoca son a Dios le encanta divertirse, la verdadera intimidad, cuatro pasos hacia una vida práctica y espiritual, la verdadera risa, la naturaleza de los sentimientos, la naturaleza de Dios, y los locos. Como es habitual, los mensajes de Sri Sri Ravi Shankar son profundos, pero expresados con palabras sencillas y livianas.

Reconocer la sabiduría del amor en cada uno de nosotros es un modo de aceptar la realidad divina que nos constituye. Todos somos sabios a nuestro modo y dentro del saber del amor es donde conocemos nuestra esencia. Nadie nos puede responder a la pregunta de qué somos, salvo nuestro corazón por medio de la sabiduría que habita en él. Esa sabiduría no procede del mundo sino del cielo.

There's no better feeling than knowing you are loved, yet many of us struggle to accept God's abundant, unconditional love for us. 100 Things God Loves About You includes 100 Bible verses and reflections about how high, how deep, and how wide God's love is for each of His children.

In this six-session Bible study, Karen Ehman helps you rediscover the life-changing joy that comes from putting others first. In a culture that tells us a me-first, you-second way of living is the key to happiness, Ehman explains that the key to moving forward in almost every facet of your life is to embrace backward living. Listen, Love, Repeat gives you both the encouragement and practical, daily ways you can reach out to others with both planned and random acts of kindness.

Every Christian cherishes the famous passage in Galatians 5:22-23 that lists the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These are the marks of godly character that we strive to display. But has it ever occurred to you that these are also the characteristics of God? Can it be that God loves us with the fruit of the Spirit? And only when we are secure in that love can we display it to others? Jessica Thompson wants to take you deeper into the love that your Heavenly Father has for you.