The Seven Laws of the Harvest

The Seven Laws of the Harvest
Author: John W. Lawrence
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 132
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780825498176

A popular presentation of God's basic laws of Christian growth that produce an abundant and effective spiritual life.

Patience: Harvesting the Spirit's Fruit

Patience: Harvesting the Spirit's Fruit
Author: Larry L Armstrong
Publisher: FaithProbe Publications
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2009-03-20
Genre:
ISBN: 0982346603

Have you prayed for more patience? Here's your answer! Patience: Harvesting the Spirit's Fruit is one of a series of books designed to lead you into self-inspection by the light of Paul's teaching in Galatians 5. The book will guide you into new depths of faithful Christian discipleship. You'll consider the patience displayed by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as they create salvation and develop your spiritual character. You'll consider the nature of immaturity. You'll scrutinize the effects impatience has on your personality. You'll reflect on the peculiar quality of patience as you learn how the virtue changes in experience and what makes a Christian's serenity different from the patience of people who don't follow Jesus. Your meditation will round out with thoughts on the art of being patient.

Counseling One Another

Counseling One Another
Author: Paul Tautges
Publisher: Shepherd Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781633420946

This paradigm-shifting book helps believers understand the process of being transformed by God's grace and truth, and challenges them to be a part of the process of discipleship in the lives of their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Counseling One Another biblically presents and defends every believer's responsibility to work toward God's goal of conforming us to the image of His Son-a goal reached through the targeted form of intensive discipleship most often referred to as counseling. All Christians will find Counseling One Another useful as they make progress in the life of sanctification and as they discuss issues with their friends, children, spouses, and fellow believers, providing them with a biblical framework for life and one-another ministry in the body of Christ.

Joining Jesus on His Mission

Joining Jesus on His Mission
Author: Greg Finke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2014-01-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781938840029

Joining Jesus on His Mission will alter the way you see your life as a follower of Jesus and take you beyond living your life for Jesus to living life with Jesus. Simple, powerful and applicable insights show you how to be on mission and recognize where Jesus is already at work in your neighborhoods, workplaces and schools. You will feel both relief and hope. You may even hear yourself say, "I can do this " as you start responding to the everyday opportunities Jesus is placing in your path.

Life on the Vine

Life on the Vine
Author: Philip D. Kenneson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1999-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830822195

Philip Kenneson digs into the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23, combining rich, theologically grounded reflection on Christian life and practice with analysis of contemporary culture. He explores what each fruit means in its biblical context, then investigates how key traits of late modern Western culture inhibit the development and ripening of each fruit.

Chasing Vines

Chasing Vines
Author: Beth Moore
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1496440854

Join bestselling author Beth Moore in her life-changing quest of vine-chasing—and learn how everything changes when you discover the true meaning of a fruitful, God-pleasing, meaning-filled life. God wants us to flourish. In fact, he delights in our flourishing. Life isn’t always fun, but in Christ it can always be fruitful. In Chasing Vines, Beth shows us from Scripture how all of life’s concerns—the delights and the trials—matter to God. He uses all of it to help us flourish and be fruitful. Looking through the lens of Christ’s transforming teaching in John 15, Beth gives us a panoramic view of biblical teachings on the Vine, vineyards, vine-dressing, and fruitfulness. Along the way you’ll discover why fruitfulness is so important to God—and how He can use anything that happens to us for His glory and our flourishing. Nothing is for nothing. Join Beth on her journey of discovering what it means to chase vines and to live a life of meaning and fruitfulness. An inspiring spiritual book for every Christian.

The Fruit of the Spirit

The Fruit of the Spirit
Author: Al L. Holloway
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2008-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0595530885

Though the schism of valuing spirituality with respect to social work practice has lessened over the years, there continues to be a gap in our understanding as to exactly what spirituality is and how one might incorporate it within social work practice? It is my contention that social workers should not only be incorporating spirituality within their practice, but also, they should become spiritual exemplars themselves. Fruit of the Spirit: A Primer for Spiritually-minded Social Workers provides some provocative notions that will spur the reader forward on his/her spiritual development. It introduces to the reader the notion of spiritual differentiation from the animalistic notion of self (which I describe as the "indifferent-heart realm"), to the development of humanistic principles ("craving-heart realm") to the ultimate experience of our purposeful journey of being fully cognizant of our spiritual selves ("pure-heart realm"). This process is exemplified with a gardening metaphor, which the reader can progress from "seeding" (awareness of one's spiritual self and the sowing of spiritual seeds), "weeding" (the structure and care of developing our spiritual selves) and the "harvesting" (the ingesting and granting of spiritual "fruits" that has been produced). Traditional knowledge of social work practice helps to elucidate the student; whereas, embracing spiritual principles is about transforming and transcending the student to higher levels. The "fruits" that are gathered are the attributes of God (e.g., love, peace, goodness, etc.). There are exercises at the end of each chapter that will assist the reader in developing his/her spirituality.

The Favor of God

The Favor of God
Author: Jerry Savelle
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441268650

The grace of God is often referred to as unmerited favor. In fact, the very meaning of grace is favor. In this extraordinary book written at a time when people need God's favor more than ever, Jerry Savelle shows how the favor of God is not only available to the believer, but also promised. Drawing from his own experience and his deep knowledge of the Scriptures, Dr. Savelle explains how to actively walk and grow in divine favor, and by doing so enjoy the practical as well as the supernatural benefits for such a time as this, when many are living in fear and uncertainty. The Favor of God will not just inspire readers. By God's grace and favor, it will empower them.

Keep Believing: Finding God in Your Deepest Struggles (2019 Edition)

Keep Believing: Finding God in Your Deepest Struggles (2019 Edition)
Author: Dr. Ray Pritchard
Publisher: Gideon House Books
Total Pages: 143
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1642041483

The biggest barrier to faith is life itself. Divorce. Cancer. Infertility. Death. There are times in our lives in which God seems very far away. We don't understand His silence. We only feel the intensity of our pain and the echoing question of 'why?' The Bible declares that God is good, but can we still believe this when our lives are falling apart? In Keep Believing, Dr. Pritchard affirms what the Bible declares: that God is good and His mercy endures forever. This is true regardless of our moment-by-moment experience. God has provided comfort in our times of struggle and healing in our times of hurt through the balm of His Word. You believed in the light of day; will you still believe at midnight? Search the Scriptures with Dr. Pritchard for words of encouragement and hope. Put your confidence in the God who sorrowfully watched His Son suffer at Calvary for your benefit. Know that the same loving heavenly Father has everything completely under control. He is with you and longs to comfort you as you struggle through your hard times. Take a tell-tale look at your devotion to the Lord and His never-ending love and commitment to you in Keep Believing. You served God in the sunshine; will you now serve him in the shadows?