Prayer is the Christian’s mightiest weapon. And as you come to know the character of God by his many names, you’ll renew your prayer life and your relationship with God in ways that will astonish you. In Praying Through the Names of God by Tony Evans, you will experience God as Jehovah Jireh, “the Lord will provide”, allow God to be El Simchath Gili, “God my exceeding joy”, make God your Jehovah Ori, “the Lord my light”, know peace through Jehovah Shalom, “the Lord our peace”, take God as your power source as Jehovah Uzzi, “the Lord my strength”, and make wiser decisions by sitting at the feet of Peleh Yo’etz, “Wonderful Counselor”.
Most of us feel utterly ransacked. We are waylaid by endless demands and stifling routines. Even our vacations have a panicky, task-like edge to them. “If I only had more time“ is the mantra of our age. But is this the real problem? In The Rest of God, widely acclaimed author Mark Buchanan states that what we’ve really lost is “The rest of God - the rest God bestows and, with it, that part of himself we can know only through stillness". We have forgotten the ancient wisdom, rooted in God’s own rhythm of work and rest, of Sabbath. Sabbath is an elixir and antidote. It is a gift for our sanity and wholeness - to prolong our lives, to enrich our relationships, to increase our fruitfulness, to make our joy complete. Sabbath restores our bent and withered parts. The gift of Sabbath is essential to our full humanity and faith. God, knowing that, and knowing how easily we might neglect it, made it a command. We’ve neglected it anyhow. We’ve lost the rest of God. This book seeks to change that - to help us receive anew the gift of Sabbath, this day of rest and play and replenishment. Sabbath, truly kept, is delightful. It is a weekly festival that subverts the tyranny of clock and chore. Sabbath allows us to live more fully into our status as free people, people released from the grueling, incessant demands of taskmasters. We anticipate, in the sweet shadow of Sabbath, the ultimate rest, heaven. Far from being some starched and dour day only to be endured, Sabbath is a day wide and bright, brimming with laughter, enough to lend beauty to all our other days.
What would you do if Jesus appeared to you in a dream? What if He came to you in a vision and told you to follow Him? What if these visions continued for over thirty days? Would you believe? Would you put your trust in Him? Would you devote your life to Him? Would you if you were Muslim? Pastor Tom Doyle has spent eleven years as a full time missionary in the Middle East and Central Asia, spreading the Word of Jesus Christ. Throughout his journey, he has encountered a staggering number of Muslims who were first introduced to Jesus through a vision or dream so powerful they eventually turned from their lifelong religion of Islam and embraced Christ as their Savior. Despite living in a culture where converting to Christianity can result in execution, these former Muslims have found the hope, peace, and inspiration that comes from knowing Christ. Their stories will amaze you. Jesus is reaching out to Muslims and they are responding. Dreams and Visions by Tom Doyle is a remarkable collection of stories directly from the world of Islam. Doyle not only relates these stories but also addresses the questions: Why would God use dreams to reach the Muslim world? Can dreams be trusted? What happens after these dreams or visions occur? Travel to the heart of the Middle East to meet new believers who have truly been touched by Jesus in the most miraculous way - through their nightly dreams.
Many have expressed concern over our future as a nation. Will we give in to moral decay? Or will we continue to receive the blessing and favor of God? It sometimes seems that we are on a dangerous course, and we wonder how we can turn our nation around. Evangelist James Robison offers a solution: a return to God through prayer and action. In The Soul of a Nation, he offers 30 days of directed prayer for our future and our children’s futures. He gives reflections on current events, passages of Scripture presenting a godly perspective on those events, and importantly, a prayer for God’s will to be done. Prayer holds a vital key to our success or failure. The collective prayers of Christians who match their words with actions have the power to turn the tide. This book offers a guide for that kind of life-changing prayer.
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