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Pete Greig is a worldwide authority and the face of a generation when it comes to prayer. One of the founders of the 24-7 prayer movement, he has seen, experienced, and chronicled amazing works of God in the world. While you might imagine him to be puffed up, Pete Greig is entirely the opposite. He is enchanting, down-to-earth, friendly, and most of all, very normal-and yet he tells preposterous tales about prayer (and they're true). He is basically a regular dude who loves to talk with God.How to Pray is written to evoke a passion for prayer in everyone-the committed follower of Jesus as well as the skeptic and the scared. The enormous blessing of How to Pray is that it is accessible, full of surprising stories of answered prayer, and tremendously engaging. The basic idea is that prayer is a conversation between you and God. Pete Greig demystifies and reenchants prayer, helping you to find prayer achievable and enjoyable, and ultimately life-giving and life-changing.How to Pray is designed to be used together with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum associated with the Alpha course), making it useful for personal and group or church-wide reading.

Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of your life and allow prayerΓÇöeven poorly deliveredΓÇöto fill the gaps with meaning and substance. MillerΓÇÖs down-to-earth approach and practical nature will help you see that your relationship with God can grow and your communication with Him can get better. Parents will find MillerΓÇÖs family-life experiences especially helpful.

Every child--from infancy to adolescence--is being discipled by someone or something. The question is: Are you willing to disciple them for Jesus' sake?Accessible and actionable for parents of children birth to 13 years old, Raising Disciples offers a detailed discipleship map and directional markers to nurture your child's spiritual growth with Christ.During her more than 25 years in children's ministry alongside her academic work training up children's ministry leaders, Dr. Teresa Roberts noticed that parents and even children's ministry leaders seemed to struggle with knowing how to disciple children past the more-intuitive preschool ages. A foundational family and ministry resource, Raising Disciples reflects the developmental needs that will empower children to grow in their knowledge of God's Word, develop a vocabulary of faith, engage in spiritual practices, and cultivate a deep, personal relationship with God. Featuring intuitive, quick-reference visual aids, researched expertise, real-life examples from the ministry of Jesus, and relational warmth, Raising Disciples is a must-have resource to give you a discipleship pathway for raising spiritually grounded children in today's complex world.Includes additional tools: Discipleship map from birth to adolescenceDiscipleship reference by age levelResource list for continued discipleship and training in biblical interpretationDiscussion questions for children's ministry leaders and volunteersLearn how to equip your child with tools to navigate life's challenges and make their Christian faith a personal and lasting commitment.

Revive Your Whole Self: Spiritually, Mentally, and EmotionallyBurned out? Exhausted? Feeling isolated and like there's no end in sight? Find hope, direction, and a path to renewed life. Ignite Your Soul is a lifeline to help you restore your spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being and navigate the complex landscape of soul care within the communities you live and serve in. Whether you seek refreshment for yourself or those you lead, you'll explore five key practices that lead to whole-self flourishing: attention, participation, delight, humility, silence, andrest.In December 2021, Mindy and her husband, Jeff, bore witness to a wildfire's relentless advance on their Colorado property dedicated to spiritual rest and retreat. The devastation of that fire underscored the realization that mirrored the parched reality of many people's souls. So many of us are exhausted and overwhelmed, and we feel alone, silently struggling with addiction, busyness, distractions, fear, and apathy. Ignite Your Soul walks through the journey from pre-burnout to destruction and the path to healings so that you can walk out of your own ashes and into practices like journaling, prayer, and a rule of life and more, to thrive no matter what you face. Ignite Your Soul is a lifeline to help you restore your spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being within the communities you life and serve in.

The One Year Bible--discover one year Bible reading made simple and achievable!Millions of people have benefited from reading through God's entire Word by using The One Year Bible. Now available in The Message Translation! This bestselling reading Bible divides the text into 365 sections, so you can read through the entire Bible in one unforgettable year--in as little as 15 minutes a day.Convenience No other "through the Bible" plan presents the entire Bible in such a user-friendly format. Start any day of the year!The Message Translation The Message is a reading Bible that uses contemporary language translated from the original Greek and Hebrew Scriptures by scholar, pastor, author, and poet Eugene Peterson. Thoroughly reviewed and approved by twenty biblical scholars, The Message combines the authority of God's Word with the cadence and energy of conversational English.Unique Design Each 15-minute daily reading includes a portion from the Old Testament, the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs. This arrangement of Scripture provides a fresh approach to each day's reading while providing a clearer understanding of the Bible's larger message.Attractive Layout The One Year Bible has a simple and attractive layout that makes it easy to use. It is also adaptable to two- and three-year reading plans, also designed for daily Bible reading.Variety of Applications Ideal for personal devotions and instructional reading or family Bible reading with children of all ages.Take the first step. Begin the easy-to-read The One Year Bible MSG from cover to cover and see how God's Word comes alive in your life.

Confession Is Good for the Soul . . . and for Your LeadershipWhy are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips and encourages other pastors, Mandy feels the pain. Instead of offering more strategies to fix our problems, she reminds us of the call that first captured our imagination, directing our passions back to God and God's people. In her book you will: experience the surprising freedom of grappling with a loving Godbe released from illusions of control into a lifestyle of healing hoperediscover your passion for ministry and your love for God and God's people.Confessions of an Amateur Saint is a different kind of leadership book for a different kind of leader. And different is what we need these days--spiritual leadership refined by fire rather than burned out by it, a leadership unencumbered by unrealistic expectations, a leadership reconnected to the God who receives our confession with love and restores our soul for the task ahead.In a time where all Christian leaders are required to be pioneers, let Mandy skillfully guide you to a fresh, spiritually-fueled integrity, not weighted by false expectations but leading your people as your faith is increasingly shaped like Christ.

The One Year Bible--discover one year Bible reading made simple and achievable!Millions of people have benefited from reading through God's entire Word by using The One Year Bible. Now available in The Message Translation! This bestselling reading Bible divides the text into 365 sections, so you can read through the entire Bible in one unforgettable year--in as little as 15 minutes a day.Convenience No other "through the Bible" plan presents the entire Bible in such a user-friendly format. Start any day of the year!The Message Translation The Message is a reading Bible that uses contemporary language translated from the original Greek and Hebrew Scriptures by scholar, pastor, author, and poet Eugene Peterson. Thoroughly reviewed and approved by twenty biblical scholars, The Message combines the authority of God's Word with the cadence and energy of conversational English.Unique Design Each 15-minute daily reading includes a portion from the Old Testament, the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs. This arrangement of Scripture provides a fresh approach to each day's reading while providing a clearer understanding of the Bible's larger message.Attractive Layout The One Year Bible has a simple and attractive layout that makes it easy to use. It is also adaptable to two- and three-year reading plans, also designed for daily Bible reading.Variety of Applications Ideal for personal devotions and instructional reading or family Bible reading with children of all ages.Take the first step. Begin the easy-to-read The One Year Bible MSG from cover to cover and see how God's Word comes alive in your life.

Have You Ever Asked, "What Is God's Will for My Life?"A trusted voice of the Christian faith in spiritual formation and discipleship, deeply shaped by the wisdom of Dallas Willard and St. Ignatius, Trevor Hudson has crafted a "users guide" to discern God's personal will for our lives. After serving the local congregation as a Methodist pastor in South Africa for almost fifty years, Trevor now lectures, teaches, and offers spiritual retreats both locally and internationally. Over the years this question about discerning God's will is one that he has heard again and again.In Search of God's Will creates a biblical imagination around the concept of discernment and provides practical ways to discern God's personal will for your life, ultimately helping you to become the unique person God wants you to be.You'll be equipped and encouraged in your faith on how to: align your heart with the heart of God, attune yourself to your calling, listen to God in Scripture, pray the Scriptures, pay attention to the movements of the Spirit in your heart, uncover and exercise your God-given giftedness, notice God's presence and activity in daily life, engage in sacred conversations with trusted companions, make faithful decisions, take the initiative when God seems silent, and more.Each concept includes a 'discernment exercise' so that you can experience what you are learning. If you have ever wondered about God's personal will for your life, how your desires and God's desires intersect, and how God is present and active around you, In Search of God's Will can help you catch glimpses of what it means to become the person that from eternity you were destined to be.

Why do churches need a disciplemaking culture?At the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus commissioned his followers to embrace a way of life making disciples. He extends that mission to us--a way of life rooted in relationship, focused on mutual growth, intentionality, and transformation as we follow Jesus together. Sadly, the activities and events that dominate many churches too often become an end in themselves and actually distract from discipleship. The Great Commission drifts out of focus of the whole church and becomes outsourced to a spiritual elite.Justin Gravitt wrote The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture to help you lay the groundwork for a disciplemaking movement in your church. In this powerful, to-the-point resource, you will learn how to: identify and train other disciplemakers who share your passion and visionbuild shared ownership and excitement for making disciples who make disciplesmaintain momentum that spreads from your core team into the communityre-vision your church culture around the gospel priority of disciplemaking.A culture of disciplemaking is built and supported by a disciplemaking foundation. This book will equip you with the tools and strategies you need to take the next step in God's mission.

More than two thousand years ago, the people of God were looking and longing for a Savior, but they didn't expect Jesus. His miraculous birth unfolded in a stunning paradox: While humanity routinely overlooked him, the entire cosmos celebrated his arrival. Today, believers worldwide cherish his life, death, and resurrection, and they eagerly anticipate his return.Drawn from The Message, Eugene H. Peterson's fresh, personal Scripture translation, The Message of Christmas draws together startling ancient prophecies and rich biographical accounts, leading you to an intimate and life-impacting rendezvous with the one who is the very Message of Christmas.

One Million Copies Sold in Series!Christian Book Award: ECPA Medallion of ExcellenceYour kids know about sex. But what they've gathered from TV, other kids, or the internet doesn't tell them everything or answer all of their questions. What's the Big Deal? was written to help parents provide the answers to their 8-to-12-year-olds. This book explains the basic facts about sex and related issues such as:¿Why God made adults so that they want to have sex¿What God actually says in the Bible about sex and why it's designed for marriage¿The amazing changes ahead of you during puberty¿How to respond when you feel sexual pressure from friends, TV shows, movies, and magazinesYour kids can read this book with you so you can discuss it together. This provides them the safe space to ask hard questions they might find embarrassing. The book will help kids understand what a beautiful and exciting gift from God sexuality is meant to be.Now revised and updated with:¿Separate chapters on puberty for boys and girls¿A chapter on the dangers of pornography¿An expanded age range (formerly 8 to 11, now 8 to 12)

A proven resource to make you a better student of the Bible.The Bible is the most important book ever written. And yet we are separated from its authorship by millennia. To engage the Bible fully as a life-changing practice, we need to find our way into it and through it.Bible scholar Bill Klein offers a foundational introduction to what the Bible is, how it came to be, and how it holds together. But he doesn't stop there: He equips you to engage the Bible with enlivening and enlightening best practices?for reading the Bible, studying it, memorizing it, and letting God work in you through it. This resource will help you discover all the wonderful mysteries of the world of God's Word.Revised and updated for today's readers, this second edition is a must-have resource for anyone seeking a greater understanding of God's Word.

"'The Message: Catholic/Ecumenical Edition' is a contemporary rendering of the Bible from the original languages and the New Vulgate, crafted to present its tone, rhythm, events, and ideas in everyday language"--Half-title page.