Spiritual Growth Love

If you love Jesus but are unhappy, disappointed, frustrated, disillusioned, or just plain burned-out with church or religion, I have good news for you. There is a problem with church, but it’s neither your fault nor God’s fault and you’re not required to “try harder” to fix it. Furthermore, you’re not alone. More and more evangelical Christians sense that church and religion are somehow at odds with a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. God has already given us the “way of escape.” His answer has always been hiding in plain sight in the New Testament.

Relentless Love is a well-written, inspiring, encouraging book for believers that describes the relentless way God pursues humans with His love. Thom Gardner does a good job of balancing real life examples and scripture to back up his points. The book paints a clear picture for believers who may be struggling with the concept of the kind of love God has for his people. The compassion and passionate love of God for his chosen people shine through the message of this book, and believers and nonbelievers alike will benefit from its message.

For all who are displaced. For all who are weary of the way things are. For all who long for a more beautiful world. Preemptive Love founder Jeremy Courtney has seen the very worst of war. He's risked his life saving lives on the front lines. He's come face to face with ISIS, been targeted by death threats, and narrowly escaped airstrikes. Through it all, the most powerful thing he's learned is this: We're not just at war with each other. We're at war with ourselves. But the way things are is not the way they have to be.

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.

Who does Jesus love? The stranger who looks strange. The driver who cuts us off in traffic. The person online who thinks differently than we do. Loving people is hard. Especially when it involves the difficult people in our lives and those different from us. We say we love others, but really we don’t. Instead of loving, we hurt, belittle, and overlook people. Which is precisely why we need to learn how to love — from Jesus and from one another.

Do you feel like you're stuck? Do you feel alone? Do you live in fear that your struggles might push others away? Do you wonder if your faith is a fraud because of the emptiness in your soul? Are you weary of trying to play by the rules and pretend that everything is okay? In Love Well, Jamie George confronts the popular heresy that God's children are meant to live a life absent of pain, sorrow, or conflict. On the contrary, Jamie passionately describes brokenness as a divine gift and a necessary God-ordained path to experiencing true joy and genuine redemption.

Worship and praise are not rituals we perform, they are responses to God's love. The result is seen in heavenly changes in the world around us. Our world changes by His presence. As we worship Him and manifest His life we prophetically destroy the strongholds of every enemy. Love wins! God speaks and life happens! This is the way of worship and praise as God moves among us! Worship is the fruit of experiencing God's presence in our lives. When we see who He is in our lives, we cannot help but worship Him. We love Him because He first loved us.

Ever feel like your life has been smashed into pieces? Joelle understands...at six, a tragic house fire took her sister Maria's life and disintegrated her family. Consumed with grief, she disconnected herself from God and rebuilt her identity as an actress, model, and CEO. But when her dream trip to Hollywood blew up, a hotter fire ignited. It stripped her bare, exposed lies she believed about her identity, and burned her idols to ashes. Out of her ruins - blazing brighter than her brokenness - she encountered Jesus and He redeemed every broken piece in her life.

Do you have what it takes to give God ultimate love? This is the important question Bukky Agboola challenges all of us to explore. God desires that love become our highest goal. Giving God Ultimate Love will help you. Discover the meaning and source of ultimate love. Learn how Jesus and others expressed ultimate love. Gain practical insights into obedience, worship, and love.

Do you long to live the abundant life that Jesus promised his followers? If so, then you will want to weave the threads of beauty, truth, life, and love into the tapestry of your life. When these essentials are each present in some measure in our relationships, ministries, vocations, and life choices, then we are more likely to find ourselves living a good and abundant life with God.

Are you living a life of fear, dissatisfaction, and insignificance despite your efforts to do all the right things? Do you view your world through “lenses” tainted by emotional scars from your past? Chances are you’re seeing God, yourself, and others through clouded lenses.

Knowing God’s love produces wonderful fruit. God takes the initiative to reveal his heart of love and compassion for his children.

If we call someone extravagant, we’re usually thinking about his spending habits and luxurious way of life. So to use that word for a homeless man who had only one change of clothes—an itinerant teacher who depended on others for food and shelter—seems a stretch. Yet Jesus was the most extravagant person who ever lived. Carole Engle Avriett invites you to redefine your notion of “extravagant.” In this study of ancient customs and ways of life, you’ll gain an understanding of the cultural context of the Scriptures and of twelve key characteristics of God's nature.

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.

I confess. I am in a relationship with Jesus. The daily time I share with him in his word, is my lifeline. I don’t think I could make it, in times like these, without a life-application relationship with Jesus.

Discover the 14 secrets to a lasting and loving marriage. In this fresh, insightful marriage book, Dr. Kim talks directly to couples, showing you that marriage isn't just meant to make you happy but to make you holy. Over the years, through his ministry, he's conducted countless couples surveys. He knows what you struggle with and what areas of marriage scare you. He knows what you want and what you don't want. By looking at 14 major areas of marriage, Dr. Kim shows couples how to stay on the right track.

Zealous Love is a response to some of the world's urgent needs in light of Christ's great love. Through first-hand accounts and up-to-date facts about eight global issues, Zealous Love uniquely provides readers with the information, inspiration, and involvement they crave to personally make a difference in their world.

Many Christians misunderstand and trivialize the biblical meaning of love and miss the transformation that God wants for them. We may practice the disciplines without grasping the life that Jesus desires to give within us. Through many years of spiritual formation teaching, coaching, and spiritual direction, I have found that both pastors and lay folk seem to simply blow past the central teaching of Scripture that love forms the heart of the Gospel message.

Healing, Wholeness, and Wellness are your birthrights. God did not design any of us to live a life full of Fear, Lack, and Unhappiness. However, many of us find ourselves living in this state on a daily basis so much so that it’s become the normal way of living.