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My ebook, 31 Days of Love Letters: Searching Scripture for How God Loves, is a free gift of thanks to those who subscribe to my blog. (To receive yours, see the instructions at the bottom of this post.)
My ebook, 31 Days of Love Letters: Searching Scripture for How God Loves, is a free gift of thanks to those who subscribe to my blog. (To receive yours, see the instructions at the bottom of this post.)
About the Ebook:
Sometimes I want to erase everything I
know about God that I learned from church, other Christians, Christian culture,
culture in general, movies, songs, and t-shirts. I want to fill that blank
slate with rich biblical truth, with what is actually in the Bible and what it
actually says about God. I fear that I am too often unaware of how He actually
is and have become especially interested in how He loves.
So I went on an exploration for God in
the Bible, inspired by A.W. Tozer's words in The Pursuit of God:
For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers [or readers] find God in personal experience they are not the better for having heard [or read] the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their hearts.
As I read, I asked, “What does this tell
me about God and who He is?” I looked for clues about His character, His likes,
His dislikes, His way of acting. I didn't look for rules, principles, or bullet points, but for the living,
feeling, thinking, acting Person of God.
To my delight,
I found that what can sometimes seem like a mute, bleak, boring,
incomprehensible Bible suddenly exploded with color,
life, meaning, and even deeper wells to explore. God revealed Himself to be One with dimension and
complexity and beauty and power and gentleness. And, most of all, One who
loves.
Do you wonder how God really is too? Do
you read books filled with definitive statements about God and wonder if He is
really like that? Join me in my exploration through 31 Days of Love Letters: Searching Scripture for How God Loves. The
book guides your own search for facets of God’s love through a devotional
reading on 31 different books of the Bible. Each reading begins and ends with
passages of Scripture for reflection and response.
In 31
Days of Love Letters, you will discover that:
·
God loves.
·
God loves you
personally.
·
God's love is plastered all over
the Bible, even in the little-read or little-understood parts.
·
Although mysterious, God’s love
is not a complete mystery. It is available to everyone who seeks Him.
As we explore the Bible, book-by-book,
we are not looking for knowledge or special insight or anything else other than
God Himself. We are looking for the Person of God. We are looking for how He loves so that we can love like Him. We are
looking to know Him. Because
we can! Jeremiah 29:12–13 says, “Then you
will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek
me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”
To see a sample of the book, please click here. The ebook can be read on all e-readers, such as a Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Nook, or even straight from your computer.
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14 comments:
This is so timely for me. I have been feeling the Lord saying that He wants me make Him the Love of my life. This is hard for me as an extrovert, I want something tangible that is right in front of me talking and touching and lifting me up. I am feeling so convicted that I will never have satisfaction with my earthly loves if I do not fully embrace my heavenly love. I am excited to see how He uses these 31 days to move me forward in that journey.
You are an encouraging friend. Thanks for the comment and I hope He uses the 31 days in your life too.
Count me in!! Can't wait to see what we discover!
So glad you're doing this! Looking forward to reading :)
Yes! Definitely! So excited and so what I need right now.
This sounds like a really neat project...I'm excited to read more. :-)
I so enjoy reading your blog and look forward to each new post. But to be quite honest, I wasn't ready for this one. Challenges are so NOT easy for me, mainly because I dislike my own failures and often refuse to try things because of the risk of failing. However, I've felt a strong stirring to participate that refuses to go away. So I guess I'm in (yikes! Did I really just say that?). Thanks for the challenge!
Naomi
Yay, Naomi! Do you already know what your 31 Days will be about? I look forward to reading so be sure and leave your blog address for me.
I also very much appreciate the encouragement. I think I'll need some cheerleaders along the way this month. It's nice knowing that others are doing it too.
I LOVE this. I can't wait to read your Love Letters. :)
My blog is www.mrsnaomistephens.wordpress.com. It is more just a place to write out random things I'm learning and experiencing on my journey. Would enjoy some feedback. My 31 days topic "Marriage, Family, Ministry - My Role, God's Design".
Christine,
I to battle with what I think I hear from God. He has given me the gift of intercession, something I don't share with a lot of people because I never want it to be about me, but all about Him. He will place people in my thoughts, on my heart and impress upon me, needs or struggles they are having, least I think that is what He is saying. Is it Him, is it me? Is it Him and the doubts come from the enemy? Never hurts to pray for others that's for certain. Where it gets a little trickier, is when I'm asked to DO something, or say something to those that He gives me. There is risk there... opening up to share those things that God asks me to. It's a learning process for me, maybe a trusting process would be a better way to say it.
Had a dear friend place on my mind and was heavy on my heart all day the other day, finally popped her an email, telling her what was going on, and within the hour had confirmation that yes indeed she needed what He had ask me to pray. For me, still learning this gift and growing in my relationship with God, that was awesome!
I don't always get confirmation, and have been sent different directions with no indication why, was just told to go, so I went. Recently was asked to drive over to a friends house, I knew she wasn't home, but was asked to go. Nothing out of the ordinary was there, but God shared with me later, in those moments where you aren't sure WHY, those are the moments you are to PRAY.
Anyway, thanks for sharing, don't feel quite so alone with my doubts. His voice is getting easier to hear, I am trusting more, but I have a long way to go. Thanks again.
Amazing, I also have learned to pray, send a card, etc. for whoever pops into my mind, may times later I found out they had a need! God is Good, and sometimes, when I have a problem I do not know what to do about, I ask Him to have others remember me too! God Bless!
That free e-book looks awesome!! I subscribed to your blog but can't find that book. Any help?
Jessica,
If you look at the very bottom of posts (either in your reader or in the email, depending on how you subscribed), you'll see little blue letters that say something like "get your 31 Days of Love letters here". Just click on those words and it will take you to a place to download the ebook. Let me know if you're still having troubles.
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