Centered Living

Introduces the concept of centering prayer, offers suggestions on how to pray, and discusses the purpose and benefits of prayer.

What Really Matters Have the extremities taken over and left the core of your faith forgotten? Do you get confused by what you feel versus what is real? Let dynamic pastor C. J. Mahaney strip away the nonessentials and bring you back to the simplest, most fundamental reason for your faith: Jesus Christ. This book is packed with powerful truth that will grip your heart, clear your mind, and invigorate your soul. Chapters include “Breaking the Rules of Legalism,” “The Cross Centered Day,” and “Assurance and Joy.” Get ready to behold a breathtaking view of what God intends to accomplish in and through you every day. You’ll discover how embracing this cross centered life is both our highest privilege and greatest responsibility. His Gift, Your Hope Do you desire more passion for Jesus Christ? Return to the very essence of your faith—the cross of Christ. Here, the deepest truths of Calvary will stir your passion for Him into an unquenchable fire. “Never lay it aside. Never move on,” says C. J. Mahaney, who shows you how to center every day around the life-giving reality of the gospel and how to escape the pitfalls of legalism, condemnation, and feelings-driven faith. PRAISE C. J. Mahaney’s The Cross Centered Life and Christ Our Mediator are life-changing books whose unique messages are even more powerful when combined. Living the Cross Centered Life is a careful melding of these two books with new content as well. For readers who have not yet discovered the stand-alone books, or for Mahaney fans ready to cherish their favorites in a new package, this book is sure to become a treasured classic.

Footsteps in the Rearview is an anthology filled with the typical manifestations of life's issues centered around love and hate, seeking what you are fleeing, supplication to those who would deny, acceptance instead of rejection. These creations are given life and magnified through the lenses of classism, racism, and placism. Footsteps is the non-linear documentation of a brotha's examination of his past by reviewing the writings of his past as he sought to maintain his identity. African-Americans of all ages, any station and both genders will see themselves in two or more of (simply)G's writings. Honest to a fault, problems inescapable to many Blacks are explored in a language fluent in sincere anger and fluid in its exploration for universal truths along life's emotion continuum.

This book is about my journey into Christ-centeredness, a personal journey that still goes on daily for me and will continue to do so throughout my life. It presents a beginning and a foundation for the journey into Christ-centeredness that each of us can undertake as we grow in Jesus for ourselves. As such, the book gives you some starters and pointers for your own journey into Christ-centeredness. It is my deepest desire that nothing should prevent my readers from seeing Jesus for themselves and having a real and lasting encounter with him that leads to a life of Christ-centeredness.

Wake Up to Bigger Dreams! “Everything of value starts with a dream—a God-given vision of our greater purpose. This book will teach you how to dream again and how to take the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.” —Todd Mullins, senior pastor of Christ Fellowship Church Have you stopped pursuing the life of your dreams? Did someone or something steal the passions that made your heart beat fast? It’s possible—for the first time or once again—to become that wide-eyed, visionary dream-chaser! It starts by realizing that God has specific, amazing plans for you. Once you discover what drives you at the deepest level, you’ll overcome any barrier that stands between you and your new reality. The Dream-Centered Life isn’t about wishful thinking. It offers practical ways to be an effective dreamer, no matter where your starting point. Through personal experiences and fresh insights from world-class dreamers, Luke Barnett discusses these and other topics: • Where do dreams begin? • Characteristics of a dreamer • Habits of dreamers • Dream lifters • Dream busters • Dreaming with confidence Are you ready to discover—and live—your God-sized dream?

Lots of Christians talk about the gospel, but how many really understand the gospel and know how to apply it to their lives? Featuring nine self-contained lessons with discussion questions, articles, practical exercises, and comprehensive leader’s notes in the back, The Gospel-Centered Life helps participants understand how the gospel shapes ...

We are living in such a time that mediocrity is the norm when it come to the things of the Spirit. Only when we learn to truly live a Christ-centered life can we experience the God we read about on Sunday mornings. As you read this book the goal is that you allow the Holy Spirit to constantly evolve you into the image of Christ. This journey is not for the faint of heart; it will require you to give up everything, but if you are willing to yield to the direction of the Holy Spirit, your life will never be the same.

Two leading spiritual psychologists offer a “life-changing book” that will help you awaken to your innate spiritual power and most authentic self (Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul) What if you discovered—not as a concept, but rather as a profound inner knowing born from the crucible of your own experience—that the essence of your very nature is, has always been, and always will be, the presence of love? That awareness would change everything. Your consciousness would be transformed, and you would move forward into a Soul-Centered life—your unique and beautiful life of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. The book you hold in your hands is a vehicle for fostering just such an epiphany through the use of the empowering tools of Spiritual Psychology in your everyday life. As co-directors of the University of Santa Monica, the Worldwide Center for the Study and Practice of Spiritual Psychology, Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick have had many years of experience in applying these principles and practices in their own lives as well as supporting thousands of students in doing the same. Their intention is nothing less than providing you with inspiration, practical tools, encouragement, and opportunities for learning how to live into the Spiritual Context—the awareness that you are a Soul and that your life serves spiritual purpose. As you read and engage with this book, you’ll learn practical ways for waking up more fully into the awareness of the loving being that you are. You will be remembering the Light within—remembering your essential nature. Can you imagine walking through this world in a consciousness that is Awake to Love? Wouldn’t that be amazing Grace? Opportunities for just such experiences are available to you, and this book will be your guide through this process.