An Instrument for God's Purpose

An Instrument for God's Purpose
Author: David DesBois
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2012-02-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1105556379

Maturity as a child of God is a process. This is a work book to keep track of that process. Along with many techniques to achieve your goals of walking closer with God. God's number one purpose is a close personal relationship with you. The second is to move with you and through you to reach the lost. The joy of being a part of His great plan and helping others to enter Heaven is yours. This book will help you in the process and bless your relationship with God and your brothers / sisters in our Lord.

Jesus Needs a Body

Jesus Needs a Body
Author: Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Publisher: Bookbaby
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781483597256

The biblical principle that Jesus needs a body to work through on this earth is a life-changing revelation. Nowhere is it more evident than in the life and ministry of Dr. Elizabeth R. Vaughan. Throughout the years of her career as an eye surgeon, medical missionary, and humanitarian, the miracles and healings have been abundant and still abound today!Jesus Needs a Body will help encourage every believer in how they, by faith, can be used of God to facilitate His miracle-working power and share His amazing love. God wants us to realize how critical we are to His ability to function on this earth. The reality is, Jesus needs a body...your body.

Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands

Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands
Author: Paul David Tripp
Publisher: Resources for Changing Lives
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780875526072

We might be relieved if God placed our sanctification only in the hands of trained professionals, but that is not his plan. Instead, through the ministry of every part of the body, the whole church will mature in Christ. Paul David Tripp helps us discover where change is needed in our own lives and the lives of others. Following the example of Jesus, Tripp reveals how to get to know people and how to lovingly speak truth to them. - Back cover.

The Purpose Driven Life

The Purpose Driven Life
Author: Rick Warren
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310329337

Discover and fulfill your God-given purpose by joining the more than thirty-five million others who have embarked on a spiritual journey that started with this #1 New York Times bestselling book by Pastor Rick Warren. Before you were born, God knew what your life had in store for you. His hope for you is to discover the life he created just for you--both here on earth, and forever in eternity. Let Rick Warren guide you as you learn to live out your true purpose. The Purpose Driven Life is more than a book; it's a road map for your spiritual journey. Combining thoughtful verses from Scripture with timely stories and perspectives from Warren's own life, The Purpose Driven Life will help you discover the answer to one of life's most important questions: What on earth am I here for? Throughout The Purpose Driven Life, Warren will teach you to spend time getting to know yourself and your creator in order to live your life to the fullest. Unlocking your true purpose will also reduce your stress, simplify your decisions, increase your satisfaction, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity. Designed to be read over the course of forty-two days, The Purpose Driven Life will help you see the big picture, giving you a fresh perspective on the way that the pieces of your life fit together. Every chapter of The Purpose Driven Life provides a daily meditation and practical steps to help you uncover and live out your purpose, starting with exploring three essential questions: The Question of Existence: Why am I alive? The Question of Significance: Does my life matter? The Question of Purpose: What on earth am I here for? Each copy of The Purpose Driven Life also includes thoughtful discussion questions, audio Bible studies that go along with every chapter, and access to a supportive online community, giving you the opportunity to dive even deeper into each life-changing lesson.

The Word of God for the People of God

The Word of God for the People of God
Author: J. Todd Billings
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802862357

This book fills a real need for pastors and students. Though there is currently a large body of material on the theological interpretation of Scripture, most of it is highly specific and extremely technical. J. Todd Billings here provides a straightforward entryway for students and pastors to understand why theological interpretation matters and how it can be done. / A solid, constructive theological work, The Word of God for the People of God presents a distinctive Trinitarian, participatory approach toward reading Scripture as the church. Billings's accessible yet substantial argument for a theological hermeneutic is rooted in a historic vision of the practice of scriptural interpretation even as it engages a wide range of contemporary issues and includes several exegetical examples that apply to concrete Christian ministry situations.

The Purpose Driven Church

The Purpose Driven Church
Author: Rick Warren
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2007-09-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310294088

The issue is church health, not church growth—if your church is healthy, growth will occur naturally. So how do we make healthy churches, driven by purpose? In order for any church to thrive, it must be built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus Christ. In this classic of Christian church stability, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren unpacks this proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to grow: Warmer through fellowship. Deeper through discipleship. Stronger through worship. Broader through ministry. Larger through evangelism. Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Warren will show you how to concentrate on building people and let God build the church. In other words, healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church. And The Purpose Driven Church will show you how to do that. “The Purpose Driven Church has brought focus and direction to more pastors and church leaders than you can count. What a gift!”—John Ortberg, bestselling author.

Becoming an Instrument

Becoming an Instrument
Author: Travis L. Matthews
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2023-04-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1664271155

Saint Barnabas did not disappear after the quarrel with Saint Paul. This happy, loveable servant of the Lord knew God’s purpose for life, defiantly obeyed the spirit of the Lord, and overcame opposition, failure, rejection, and hardships to obtain an eternal reward through faith in Jesus. Travis L. Matthews celebrates Saint Barnabas’s accomplishments and argues he should be more highly regarded. He explores his motives, conduct, and accomplishments. The portrait he conveys is a great servant of the Lord. Barnabas was an ambassador for Christ who knew God’s purpose, recognized the time, and made contacts to accomplish God’s will. Barnabas changed the world by helping people make transitions in turbulent times. Two apostles trained by Barnabas were instrumental in developing Christianity into a worldwide faith. Saint Barnabas became an instrument of God to facilitate the transition from Law to Grace. By completing his mission, the message of salvation was brought to the world and Jesus became the Lord of our lives.