Two Minutes for God
Two Minutes for God

Author: Peter B. Panagore

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-11-08

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1416553339

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Heartfelt and humorous stories about work, family, loss, and love bring god into everyday life in this unique and quirky devotional. You don't have to pray for hours a day -- all God asks is that you keep the holy spirit in your heart. In three hundred words (or less), Peter B. Panagore can help you build a strong relationship with God, while reminding you of what is truly important in life. From childhood pet ducks to fixing a house foundation, Two Minutes for God features anecdotes from Reverend Panagore's own life as well as those of the people and world around him to illustrate how pieces of the sacred live within everyday events. Encompassing many cultures and a wide variety of religions, Panagore does not exclude anyone from his perspectives on spirituality, prayer, and God's relationship to the world around us. Covering contemporary but timeless topics such as love, loss, healing, work, bullying, mythology, celebration, and family, Two Minutes for God provides a daily infusion of faith that will last all year long.

Life as a Vapor
Life as a Vapor

Author: John Piper

Publisher: Multnomah

Published: 2009-01-16

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0307563863

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31 meditations from the founder of Desiring God that will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and renew your faith. "You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14). Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different than just living. Things here are passing away. You’ve got to hold on to what will stand. Savor what matters. This collection of thirty-one articles is full of that heart-longing after Christ that distinguishes Piper’s preaching ministry. You will feel as though you have stumbled into a garden as you enter these pages. The Scripture cuts, Christ is exalted in God, and we worship Him. Life Is Short. Eternity Is Long. Live Like It. You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stay—either as friends on His terms, or enemies on yours—which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him. You’ll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ when you consider life as a vapor. Story Behind the Book Time is precious. We are fragile. Life is short. Eternity is long. Every minute counts. Oh, to be a faithful steward of the breath God has given me. Three texts resound in my ears: “Redeem the time” (Ephesians 5:16 ); “It is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy” (1 Corinthians 4:2); “His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10 ). Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something significant. Paul said, “In the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain” (Philippians 2:16). In the same way, I have good hope from the Lord that my “labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 ).

15 Minutes Alone with God Deluxe Edition
15 Minutes Alone with God Deluxe Edition

Author: Emilie Barnes

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0736975675

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Devotions to Fit Your Busy Life It can be hard to carve out quiet time with God when so many things are competing for your attention. But the benefits of spending just 15 minutes a day drawing closer to Him greatly outweighs the commitment. Nurturing your relationship with your Heavenly Father will not only strengthen you spiritually, it will help you accomplish all you set out to do. Each entry in this beautiful edition of the bestselling 15 Minutes Alone with God (over half-a-million copies sold) features a short Scripture reading, key verse, an inspiring devotion, easy action steps, and additional verses for further study. Let these heartfelt insights from Emilie Barnes bring you into deeper fellowship with God. Emilie's heart was always to help women like you in practical ways as you manage your busy home and life, and her words remain as inspiring today as when they were first published.

Thinking on Scripture: A Collection of Theological Essays - Volume 2
Thinking on Scripture: A Collection of Theological Essays - Volume 2

Author: Steven R. Cook

Publisher: Steven R. Cook

Published: 2020-12-19

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13:

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In this second volume, Dr. Cook provides a series of articles that are part of his morning meditations on Scripture. Meditation, in the biblical sense, is an intentional filling of the mind with divine viewpoint; specifically, God’s Word. The purpose is to saturate our thinking with Scripture so that it will permeate all aspects of our reasoning and guide us into God’s will. These articles touch on subjects such as soteriology, grace, worship, righteous living, and character studies of people such as Saul and David. The overall intent of the book is to inform and inspire believers to live righteously before God.

My Time with God
My Time with God

Author: Joyce Meyer

Publisher: FaithWords

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1455560138

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Bestselling author Joyce Meyer shares her personal and intimate daily devotions, recorded over 365 days, that provides spiritual and practical guidance for her busy life. Each daily entry guides readers through a narrative of meditations, an uplifting declaration, and relevant scripture to encourage greater intimacy with God. Including spiritual revelations experienced by one of the world's leading Bible teachers, this book will renew readers' minds, offering assurance of God's complete love and desire for closeness with them.

15 Minutes Alone with God for Men
15 Minutes Alone with God for Men

Author: Bob Barnes

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0736932356

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Updated and with a handsome new cover, this popular guide (170,000 copies sold) provides men with everything they need for daily spiritual refreshment and renewal. Like an older brother, Bob Barnes encourages men to develop their character as they enjoy intimate, life-changing encounters with God. Each day's offering includes a short Scripture reading (and a key verse to focus on throughout the day), a simple but thought-provoking devotion based on everyday life, a prayer, and action points that help guys apply what they read. These dynamic 15-minute devotions will inspire, challenge, and equip men to grow closer to God and more effectively love and lead the people God has placed in their lives.

God on Mute
God on Mute

Author: Pete Greig

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1441266283

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Pete Greig, the acclaimed author of Red Moon Rising, has written his most intensely personal and honest account yet in God on Mute, a book born out of his wife Samie's fight for her life and diagnosis of a debilitating brain tumor. Greig asks the timeless questions of what it means to suffer and to pray and to suffer through the silence because your prayers seem unanswered. This silence, Greig relates, is the hardest thing. The world collapses. Then all goes quiet. Words can't explain, don't fit, won't work. People avoid you and don't know what to say. So you turn to Him and you pray. You need Him more than ever before. But somehow . . . even God Himself seems on mute. In this heart-searching, honest, and deeply profound book, Pete Greig looks at the hard side of prayer, how to respond when there seem to be no answers, and how to cope with those who seek to interpret our experience for us. Here is a story of faith, hope, and love beyond all understanding.

4 Minutes to Hear God's Voice
4 Minutes to Hear God's Voice

Author: Me Ra Koh

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781736074701

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How do you make the best decisions that will give you peace and confidence at the end of the day? What if God not only loves you but specifically cares about what you're facing? Would the choices be easier to make if God gave you advice? 4 Minutes to Hear God's Voice demonstrates how to actively listen for your next step. You will feel the momentum of life improving every time you do it. The 4 Minutes is a type of listening prayer that isn't about frequency; it's about cultivating a lifestyle that chooses to pause when your world feels uncertain. It's the simplest prayer you'll ever do. You don't have to worry about saying the right words or sounding spiritual enough. Brian, my husband, and I have been cultivating this practice for thirty years; it crosses generations, oceans, cultures, religions, and financial barriers. It is the story that shaped our family and changed our world, and it can do the same for you.The only question is "Got 4 Minutes?"

When God Talks Back
When God Talks Back

Author: T.M. Luhrmann

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0307277275

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A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.

A Hunger for God
A Hunger for God

Author: John Piper

Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press

Published: 2013-04-23

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1844749460

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There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened. I invite you to turn from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of idolatry, and to say with some simple fast: "This much, O God, I want you." Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives - whether it be the cravings of our stomachs, the passionate desire for possessions or power, or the longings of our spirits for God. But for the Christian, the hunger for anything besides God can be an arch-enemy. While our hunger for God - and Him alone - is the only thing that will bring victory. Do you have that hunger for Him? As John Piper puts it: "If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great." If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God. Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is this path of pleasant pain called fasting. It is the path John Piper invites you to travel in this book. For when God is the supreme hunger of your heart, He will be supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in Him, He will be most glorified in you.