Spiritual Growth Bible

There is a familiar passage of scripture, Matthew 10:16, that is greatly misunderstood. Jesus is sending the apostles out on their first evangelistic mission and he tells them, “I am sending you out as sheep among wolves.” A major part of the misunderstanding comes from the fact that these were grown men, despite referring to them as lambs. Jesus wasn’t sending out lambs, he was sending out rams (adult male sheep), and rams aren’t weak or passive.

Come. Accept pastor Joshua Choonmin Kang's invitation to walk slowly, paying attention to God's work in you and around you, to walk intentionally, using spiritual disciplines to develop Christlike character, and to walk purposefully, experiencing deeper grace and vision. In this book you'll encounter fifty-two brief readings, ideal for weekly sabbath reflection or daily devotional use. They point to the path of peace in the midst of life's turmoil, to hope in the midst of brokenness.

At times, our chaotic world reveals hints of the utter brokenness in which we live, like a peek behind the veneer. As people of faith in a powerful God, we want to lift our faces to heaven to cry out or bury our face in our hands to whisper prayers. Either way we utter things like “God, please help,” “God, what are you doing?” “God, those people are terrible!” And we aren’t alone in those words we lift to heaven. In fact, our frustrating and exhausting experience with chaos, injustice, and corruption is much like that of the distressed prophet Habakkuk in the Old Testament.

God wants us to live in the fullness of His Holy Spirit. Yet we can only truly come to understand who the Holy Spirit is and how He works by learning what God says about Him in His Word. We often put the cart before the horse, trying to experience the Spirit without really understanding Him. But when we do this, how do we really know who—or what—we are experiencing?

Les and Leslie Parrott are passionate about how marriage mentoring can transform couples, families, and entire congregations. In The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring, Les and Leslie offer practical guidelines that help mentors and couples work together as a team, agree on outcomes, and develop skills for the marriage mentoring process. The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring is an exhaustive resource for marriage mentorship in any church setting, and this guide also includes insights from interviews with church leaders and marriage mentors from around the country.

Inspired by the best seller Not a Fan, pastor Kyle Idleman invites you to live the way Jesus lived, love the way He loved, pray the way He prayed, and never give up living for the One who gave His all for you.

Does it feel like all hell is breaking loose in the church right now? This time of shaking is actually an act of God - a refiner’s fire through which he will bring radical, glorious reformation to the church through exposure, confrontation, and cleansing. Through this upheaval, God is seeking to mold and mature his people into the supernatural community they were destined to be!

Meditation in the Kingdom of God has been clouded with deception, misunderstanding, and anti-Christ teachings of Eastern religion. In this masterpiece work, Dr. James Nanjo is used by the Holy Spirit to answer questions about the most sought-after and misguided subjects of the Kingdom. For ages, the church misplaced her inheritance in the blessing of meditation, the secrets of transfiguration, intervention, inventions, and oneness with God. The power that created empires, the Seven Wonders of the world, and the future of marvels have been rediscovered in this work.

According to one song, “today is only yesterday’s tomorrow” - which means that tomorrow starts today! But we aren’t going to see our future by looking at the past. Yes, we need to celebrate and honor what has brought us to where we are. However, it will not be enough to get us to what God has in store. We need to let go of the old to receive the new.

Jesus Everlasting includes thought-provoking questions, journaling space, and unique explorations of six hymns to draw listeners closer to their Savior. This is a timely invitation for women to understand more of who Jesus is, was, and will be for every tomorrow.

The Adventure in Biblical Thinking Study series comes in three volumes. The volumes are a collection of studies of biblical concepts and principles. Most of my audiobooks contain several individual topical studies. My goal in creating the Biblical Thinking Study series was to gather the many topical studies into three larger volumes. Volume one contains 22 short-length studies.

The storms of life threaten all of us at one time or another, leaving us feeling lost, alone, and without any hope. We all face adversities in the name of relationships, physical and mental health, the pain of loss, work stress, finances, and persecution. Our relationship with Jesus Christ does not always exclude us from all the unpleasant circumstances life sometimes throws our way. But the Bible makes it clear that when we turn our lives over to God and pursue Him wholeheartedly, He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Little thought is given these days to heaven. What is given is often fanciful and fictitious. But the Bible has so much to say about the destiny of the believer! In 1645, a pastor named Richard Baxter was told he had but six months to live. Alone and with nothing but his Bible, that faithful and godly man embarked upon a journey, seeking to discover all that he could about heaven.

Since the beginning of time, God’s desire has been to share heavenly secrets with his friends. These hidden truths are freely given to every believer as they operate in the gift of prophecy! The prophetic anointing allows you to hear God’s voice, speak forth his words, and release his power into the world.

Sunday morning messages hold so many promises, but we often walk away empty and disappointed. The Apostles and the early church knew Jesus desired above all for a deep personal relationship with individual believers. God has a plan for all believers to solidify our faith and draw us deeper into a relationship with him, and it's all found within The Song of Solomon. Within this audiobook, you'll discover a treasure of intimacy with our bridegroom Jesus.

Often, we convince ourselves that God only speaks to “really spiritual” people. But the truth is that God longs to speak to every one of his children. You can hear his voice! 101 Prophetic Ways God Speaks will help all believers access the supernatural voice of God, speaking direction, discernment, and encouragement into your everyday life. Since he was a child, Hakeem Collins has been studying and pursuing the voice of the Lord.

Genesis is a book of beginnings. It introduces us to several biblical themes, including God's authorship of life. In a world that blames the Creator for disasters and credits luck or karma for life's blessings, God's people need reminding that he is crafting a wondrous story of redemption and grace. Within Genesis, we are called to play the part of faithful children so that we might overcome this world and inherit the one to come.

“God is in control” is a commonly used phrase that Christians have debated the validity of and true extent for centuries. In this Christian classic, originally published in 1918, Arthur W. Pink thoroughly examines and explains the degrees and the nature of God’s sovereignty. From free will to creation, this work speaks to God’s authority over every detail of the physical and spiritual world. Pink describes the power and awe of God in a way that is entirely thorough as well as engaging and uplifting.

Through more than 40 years of ministry, Pastor Larry Huch has seen a trend: Christians are living well below the promises and covenants of God. He says they are missing out in part because they don’t fully understand where we are on God’s biblical timeline. In this timely book, Huch, a respected teacher on the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith, reveals seven Bible prophecies unfolding right now that will release God’s end-time outpouring of supernatural blessings and miracles into the world and into our lives.

You’ve learned a lot about Jesus. Now spend an entire year with him! Let respected Bible professor and teaching pastor Mark Moore be your guide. He developed this process over almost 40 years of helping people make sense of Christianity. Quest 52 highlights the key moments from Jesus’s life, revealing his identity, his expectations, his priorities, and his ultimate purpose. Each week features a handpicked gospel reading from the life of Jesus, plus an Old Testament passage foreshadowing his coming.