"Bearing Fruit in Due Season calls upon biblical scholars to pay attention to what happens when academic biblical studies meet the worshiping Church. It also provides the keys to a treasury of feminist biblical interpretation to enrich both the makers of liturgy and all the people who worship."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
We may experience pain, suffering, and trials in our Christian walks through life, but no one has been through more battles on their Christian walk than one man--Jesus Christ. When we are facing difficult challenges and obstacles in our lives, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ can show us how to overcome and find victory in the tough times. Meat in Due Season is an inspiring devotional guide that can help fellow believers survive the storms of life, and it is a hands-on scriptural guide with one thing in mind--the Lord and how he can help his children make it through. Author and minister Victor Kennedy shares his own life experiences and offers a window into the major trials he experienced while writing--the daily devotions often reflect a situation that literally happened on that very day. By reflecting on God's Word and on the example of Christ, you too can find victory in the tough times and get a greater appreciation of your times of peace. Especially with Christ's forgiveness, you can be motivated to forgive and walk with the Lord to the peace, joy, and fulfilment that he provides along your journey.
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.
Why are so many Christians stagnant in their faith? Why do we often live as though the gospel stops at the moment of conversion? The good news of Jesus doesn’t stop the moment we get saved. In fact, salvation is only the beginning of God’s work in our lives. We often view salvation as the ending point; it’s really the beginning point. The gospel of Jesus doesn’t only justify us; it sanctifies us. When we receive the Holy Spirit at salvation, an incredible work begins to happen in us: we begin to bear fruit. When we are firmly planted in the gospel and committed to growing in Christ, He produces in us the fruits of the Spirit, the marks of a true Christian. In Bearing Fruit, Robby Gallaty walks us through the life of the Christian. Biblical, intentional, and practical, Bearing Fruit points our hearts to the gracious God who called us, justified us, and is now sanctifying us by the work of his Holy Spirit.
As well as the name of a virus, a corona is a crown, the pearly glow around the sun in certain astronomical conditions and a poetic form where interlinking lines connect a sequence. It is the perfect name therefore for this new collection of 150 poems by the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite, each one written in response to the Bible’s 150 psalms as they appear in William Coverdale’s timeless translation. The Psalms express every human emotion with disarming honesty, as anger and thankfulness alike are directed at God. All of life is here with its moments of beauty and its times of despair and shame. Like the Psalms themselves, the poems do not avoid the cursing and glorying over the downfall of your enemies, but wrestle honestly with them as we do when we come to say them.
In this final volume of his series on preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Sidney Greidanus offers expert guidance for busy pastors on preaching Christ from Psalms. Beginning with a general introduction on how pastors can interpret and preach from the biblical psalms -- and why they should -- Greidanus proceeds by discussing twenty-two psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, supplying the building blocks necessary to preach from Psalms at Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and other major days and seasons of the church year. In addition to laying out basic homiletical-theological approaches suitable for each selected psalm, these chapters also provide verse-by-verse exposition, bridges to Christ in the New Testament, and ideas for placing the psalmist's words into contemporary context.
Moms know all too well that God doesn’t promise an easy road for us—or our kids. As much as we’d love to protect them from heartaches, it just isn’t possible. This is especially true during the school year, when they are introduced to new teachers, new classmates, new concepts, and maybe even a new school that seems big and frightening. Jesus tells us, “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). With this reassurance, we try to reassure our children that no matter what, God is there and He’s on their side. And we pray. In Everyday Prayers for the School Year, author Tara L. Cole offers devotional readings and opportunities for mothers to pray for many issues concerning their children, such as: Are they making godly friends? Are their teachers kind and caring? Can they make wise choices in bad situations? Will they commit to studying? Are they being targeted by bullies? If they are unprepared for a test, will they trust God or cheat? No matter what our kids are facing during the school year, we can’t go wrong when we pray and teach them to pray too. Our prayer is that they ultimately trust Him for their salvation, but even after they become Christians, they have the daily choice to trust God when they feel like they are standing alone and the circumstances look impossible. Tara says, “My hope for this journal is that it will help moms turn their worry about their children’s school year into hope, that they take their concerns to God and walk away confident that He loves our kids more than we do. And He is in control.”
‘Riches of Heaven upon Earth!’ provides the readers with 21 wealth-making principles that will lead to the attainment of a victorious lifestyle. The book demonstrates that money is a defense, and therefore implies that anyone without a tough wall is defenseless against the threat of living a debt-ridden lifestyle. The author rejects the belief that enjoying wealth on earth from heaven is not a birthright. As such, the book share various practical strategies for cleansing finances from Debt from a Biblical perspective. The books shares how you can enter into a blessed zone and thus partake in Riches of Heaven upon Earth! Dear reader are you stuck in the valley of the dry bones, dry bills, dry relationships, and dry careers? Do you feel like a Better Lifestyle is passing you by? Then I invite you to join me in this book then you can partake on the journey to financial transformation and the Heavenly Father’s Riches of Heaven upon Earth can bless us! The books shares financial transformation life-cycle model that you can implement in your life from a Biblical perspective so that you can behold the Riches of Heaven upon Earth! The books shares how you can create your Boston Consulting Group (BCG) growth share matrix so that you can tap into the riches that the Heavenly Father has made available for you. The book also shares SMART principles of financial transformation from a Biblical perspective that will radically enrich your soul and spirit that you may experience the riches that the Heavenly Father has predestined for you. The book shares the spiral model for creating eight sources of income prototype as that is the purpose of the Father in your life. The book shares various tools for financial transformation such as Financial Vision Evaluation Matrix and the SWOT analysis so that equipped with the knowledge of your strengths, weaknesses, potential opportunities and threats you can take charge of your financial destiny all the days of your life. A Binding Agreement Form, which will help you in breaking poverty cycle as you make a pledge to yourself to that you shall experience the Father’s Riches of Heaven upon Earth in the land of the living. In addition, shares powerful lessons from people referred to as “the man of God” and shows you how you can replicate their life lessons so that you can be all that the Father has planned in your life. The book shares a framework for breaking curses from a Biblical perspective. The book shares how you can break generational curses by making the conscious decision to accept the Father's invitation to enter into His blessed zone, where there is an abundant supply for both tangible and intangible riches beyond human comprehension. The book will share with you just how beholding the Heavenly Father can be your greatest life transforming precious treasure I pray that you shall be blessed as you join me in my own journey from nothing into something by the grace of the Heavenly Father, which He bestows even to the most undeserving
The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians. The church fathers employed the Psalms widely—as hymns, Scripture readings, counsel on morals, forms for prayer, and apologetic and doctrinal wisdom. In this ACCS volume readers will find rich comment and theological reflection from more than sixty-five ancient authors.
