Walking with God in Relationship - Redeeming the Heart - Group Leader's Guide

Walking with God in Relationship - Redeeming the Heart - Group Leader's Guide
Author: Sarah Winbow
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 024472377X

The Walking with God series of studies encourages disciples to dig deeper in building their personal relationship with God. This book contains all the teaching notes as well as lots of hints and tips for leading a small group through the second set of studies in the series - Walking with God in Relationship - Redeeming the Heart. The aim is, through Bible study and follow up home exercises, disciples find personal healing and spiritual freedom as well as understand what it means to be a whole-hearted follower of Jesus. It is hoped that as disciples enjoy gathering and growing together regularly they will want to carry on in their journey of discipleship by completing other Bible studies in the Walking with God series or other studies within New Beginnings Discipleship. The end-goal is that some will become effective disciple-makers themselves..

Suffering and the Heart of God

Suffering and the Heart of God
Author: Diane Langberg
Publisher: New Growth Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1942572034

She's seen slave dungeons in Ghana. Genocide in Rwanda. Systemic sexual abuse in Brazil. Child abuse and domestic violence in the US. After forty years of counseling abuse survivors around the world, Dr. Diane Langberg, a world renowned trauma expert, remains certain that what trauma destroys, Christ can and does restore. This book will convince you, too, of the healing heart of God. But it's not a fast process, instead much patience is required from family, friends, and counselors as they wisely and respectfully help victims unpack their traumatic suffering through talking, tears, and time. And it's not a process that can be separated from the work of God in both a counselor and counselee. Dr. Langberg calls all of those who wish to help sufferers to model Jesus's sacrificial love and care in how they listen, love, and guide. The heart of God is revealed to sufferers as they grow to understand the cross of Christ and how their God came to this earth and experienced such severe suffering that he too is "well-acquainted with grief." The cross of Christ is the lens that transforms and redeems traumatic suffering and its aftermath, not only for the sufferer, but it also transforms those who walk with the suffering. This book will be a great help to anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse. There is no quick fix, but there is the hope for healing through the love of God in Christ.

Hearing God in Conversation

Hearing God in Conversation
Author: Sam Williamson
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0825444241

"I picked it up out of curiosity and I couldn’t put it down."--Eugene Peterson Christians are comfortable saying that Christianity is about a relationship with God. Yet many might also say that they sense little meaningful relationship with God in their own lives. After all, the foundation of good relationship is communication—-but conversation with God often seems to go only one way. We may sing of walking and talking with God in the garden, His voice falling on our ears, but few have heard that beloved voice themselves. Sam Williamson acknowledges the fundamental human longing to hear God’s voice and offers a hopeful supposition: God is always speaking—-we’ve just never been taught how to recognize His voice. Williamson handles this potentially heady topic with his characteristic straightforwardness and leavening humor. This book deftly bridges the gap between solid biblical theology and practical application, addressing topics such as how to truly pray without ceasing, how to brainstorm with God, how to navigate our emotions, how to answer God’s questions, and how to hear God’s voice for others. Hearing God in Conversation offers simple, step-by-step lessons on how to hear God. Williamson begins with Scripture meditation. He then expands the practice of listening for that voice everywhere—in the checkout line, on the job, in a movie theater, and even in silence. From there, he demonstrates how to hear God’s guidance when making any decision. By the end, readers’ eyes and ears will be opened to the limitless methods through which God speaks.

Walking with God in Relationship - Redeeming the Heart

Walking with God in Relationship - Redeeming the Heart
Author: Sarah Winbow
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0244123624

The Walking with God series of studies encourages disciples to dig deeper in building their personal relationship with God whilst, at the same time, challenging them to nurture a missionary mind set which is to see people as Jesus sees them with a heart to demonstrate His love through various means of service. The studies in this booklet are the second of the series. The aim is, through Bible study and follow up home exercises, disciples find personal healing and spiritual freedom as well as understand what it means to be a wholehearted follower of Jesus. It is hoped that as disciples enjoy gathering and growing together regularly they will want to carry on in their journey of discipleship by completing other Bible studies in the Walking with God series or other studies within New Beginnings Discipleship. The end-goal is that some will become effective disciple-makers themselves.

War of Words

War of Words
Author: Paul David Tripp
Publisher: Resources for Changing Lives
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780875526041

Paul Tripp identifies the attitudes and assumptions behind our words and shows how to develop God-honoring communication.

Help Me God! Change My Life

Help Me God! Change My Life
Author: Rhonda Jones
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2012-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781477686607

Jesus said in Matthew 6:22-23, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!" Are mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual toxins blocking God's light from shining through in your life? There is nothing more beautiful than watching the sunlight shine through a crystal clear window. That light comes through in full force without anything blocking its entrance. But imagine that same window full of fingerprints, smudges, cob webs, and dirt. Although the same sun shines ever so brightly, the debris on the window will begin to block some of that light from entering in. The toxins in our life: our fears, unbelief, depression, oppression, judgment, busyness, guilt, unforgiveness, anger, and strife (to name a few) symbolize the smudges and debris that begin to accumulate on the windows of our mind, body, and spirit that block or prohibit God's light, which represents peace, joy, abundance, love, trust, health, and faith from shining into our lives without any obstructions in the way. The more toxic we have become, the less of God's light that shines on us. It's the same as closing our eyes, so that the light of God is shut out, making our whole body partially or fully darkened and limiting what God wants to do in us and through us. Help Me God! Change My Life is a 10-week Biblie-based program that will take you through a process of examining, peeling back, and eliminating those areas in your life, those illusions, obstacles, habits, and deceptions that keep you from being content with your life and experiencing God's peace, health, and joy now. Usually, it's our own toxicity that creates the toxic situations we face. It's time to step out of that toxic pit and allow God to make your foot steps firm and plant your feet on His solid rock! The Help Me God! Change My Life Program integrates Biblical meditation and includes three Christ-Centered Meditation Scripts designed specifically to help listeners move past their conscious mind and into their heart, where according to Jones, "real healing takes place." It is also possible to purchase the companion Help Me God! Meditation CD or the 3-meditation downloads for more inconvenience. You'll find details inside the book. Jones is also the creator of the award-winning website The Christian Meditator and creator of the Christian Meditation and Relaxation CD Series that allows Christians to meditate on God in a way that completely honors their Christian faith.

My Heart--Christ's Home

My Heart--Christ's Home
Author: Robert Boyd Munger
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2010-07-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830863699

More than ten million readers have enjoyed Robert Boyd Munger's spiritually challenging meditation on Christian discipleship. Now revised and expanded, My Heart--Christ's Home leads you to examine for yourself all the aspects of your life--considering what Christ most desires for you.

Wisdom from Women in the Bible

Wisdom from Women in the Bible
Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: FaithWords
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1455557099

If you could spend a few minutes with biblical heroines Ruth, Sarah, Mary, and others, what valuable lessons would they share with you? In the tradition of Running with the Giants and Learning from the Giants, John Maxwell shares wisdom on life and leadership inspired by the Bible-this time focusing solely on the stories of nine incredible women. Learn how God blesses the promises you keep to Him, why you should follow your heart to find your hope, and how not to miss your moment with God. Read on your own or study with a group using the provided faith-building questions. You'll enjoy the journey with Maxwell as he imagines what it would be like to visit heaven and meet giants of the faith who had their lives transformed by God. You'll gain insights from: Ruth...for when you must make a decision but don't know what to do. Sarah...for when you can't understand God and impatience threatens to overwhelm you. Mary. . .for when God asks you to do something outside of your comfort zone. The women who influenced Maxwell inspired this book, and he includes the perspectives of those closest to him in this volume. They and the giants of the faith who continue to inspire them will encourage you to fulfill your destiny and leave a lasting, positive impression on your family and the world.

Peacemaking Women

Peacemaking Women
Author: Tara Klena Barthel
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441200320

Women have a strong desire for relational connections. Relationships between women can be especially enriching, but when conflict arises, they also can be especially damaging. Too many women approach conflict as if they were unbelievers-with gossip, spiteful actions, bitterness, and even hatred. In Peacemaking Women, Tara Klena Barthel and Judy Dabler offer a meaningful, lasting message to lead women out of conflict to a state of peace where they can live as representatives of Christ to one another and well as unbelievers. With advice that is firmly rooted in Scripture, the authors bring sound, practical help for women who want to know what the Bible says about conflict resolution and how to achieve peace in their relationships with God, self, and others.

Sent Together

Sent Together
Author: Brad Watson
Publisher: Gcd Books
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2015-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692529072

Jesus does not simply call us to be a lovely community together, but he sends us out to our neighborhoods, towns, and cities to declare and demonstrate the gospel. In fact, the gospel beckons men and women to take up the call of leading and starting communities that are sent like Jesus. In Sent Together, Brad Watson helps leaders discover what it means to start communities centered on the gospel and mission. By exploring the gospel motivations that send leaders to start missional communities, Watson gives readers a framework for the purpose and ways of building a community that is deepening its understanding of the gospel, while also sharing it. Sent Together will serve as a field guide for leaders and training guide for those called to start missional communities.