A Heart Full Of Desire To Love God

There is nothing extraordinary or special in this book. All that it contains is a simple reflection of a simple country priest who prays Scripture, whose life is enriched by the people he serves and his own personal experience becomes an instrument of God presence in his life. Nothing extraordinary or special or provoking in this book except the only desire to share one’s thirst and consuming desire to give one’s “all” to the God who love him immensely and tenderly. That is all things God may be glorified.

"Besides Jesus, no one has kept me from despair, or taken me deeper into the mysteries of the gospel, than the apostle Paul." —John Piper No one has had a greater impact on the world for eternal good than the apostle Paul—except Jesus himself. For John Piper, this impact is very personal. He does not just admire and trust Paul. He loves him. Piper gives us thirty glimpses into why his heart and mind respond this way. Can a Christian-killer really endure 195 lashes from a heart of love? Can a mystic who thinks he was caught up into heaven be a model of lucid rationality? Can an ethnocentric Jew write the most beautiful call to reconciliation? Can a person who lives with the unceasing anguish of empathy be always rejoicing? Can a man's description of the horrors of human sin be exceeded by his delight in human splendor? Can a man with a backbone of steel be as tender as a nursing mother? If we know this man—if we see what Piper sees—we too will love him. Paul's testimony is a matter of life and death. Piper invites you into his relationship with Paul in the hope that you will know life, forever.

Who is Jesus Christ? You've never met Him in person, and you don't know anyone who has. But there is a way to know who he is. How? Jesus Christ - the divine Person revealed in the Bible - has a unique excellence and a spiritual beauty that speaks directly to our souls and says, "Yes, this is truth." It's like seeing the sun and knowing that it is light, or tasting honey and knowing that it is sweet. The depth and complexity of Jesus shatter our simple mental frameworks. He baffled proud scribes with his wisdom but was understood and loved by children. He calmed a raging storm with a word but would not get himself down from the cross. Look at the Jesus of the Bible. Keep your eyes open, and fill them with the portrait of Jesus in God's Word. Jesus said, "If anyone's will is to do God's will, He will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority." Ask God for the grace to do His will, and you will see the truth of His Son. John Piper has written this book in the hope that all will see Jesus for who he really is and will come to enjoy him above all else.

New York Times bestseller How do you hold on to hope when you don’t get the ending you asked for? When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease. After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her even deeper into relationship with Him. Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane, when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come. It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places. Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to hope. I will meet you here.

"Examines various seasons of life when faithfulness to Christ is hard, and shows what daily perseverance looks like"--

James Houston helps us trace the consequences of pursuing things that can never satisfy. He awakens in our hearts the true desire for an authentic relationship with God that alone can fulfill our soul's hunger.

THE ART OF LOVING GOD: HOW TO LIVE FROM YOUR HEART IN GOD'S EPIC LOVE STORY is for readers who long to see the face of Jesus and hear His voice. These are the ones who have tasted the goodness of the Lord and want more. We begin by being sensitive and listening to the ways God speaks to us. By exploring and contemplating who Jesus is, we fall more in love, especially when we contemplate the wonders and meaning of His Incarnation. Because love always finds a way to express itself, passion and joy are found through creative expression and art, when we return love for love, and when we partner with Christ. By cultivating the fire in our heart, we find ourselves closer to heaven than we may have thought possible. What do you want? Who is Jesus to you? What is your favorite event in the gospels? Do you know why? In what ways are you living from your heart for God? Is your faith a fire of affection with outlets of creative expression and calling? Do you know what God likes about you? Jesus asks, "What do you want?" These questions, and more, are addressed in these pages.Montreuil's intimate blend of personal stories, contemplative bible stories, and engaging teaching, reflects the most precious aspect of Christian life: experiencing God Himself. If you hunger for more-which we all do-this book will surprise and delight you. Montreuil opens our eyes to see, to wonder, to fall in love. Jesus longs for us to come to Him with our heart full of desire and expectation and there He will meet us.The five virgins with oil in their lamps in Jesus' Last Days parable could be us in this generation. The world is groaning with labor pains--Jesus is coming very soon. We're seeing end times prophecies unfold as we, Christ's beloved, come of age for Spirit-filled, spousal love. This is, after all, a divine romance we're living in.