Live As Jesus Lived Transformed Character

How do we put on the character of Christ? How do we stop giving in to temptation and instead pursue deliverance and transformation? Every day we must live as Jesus lived, putting on the character of God and being filled with His presence. Experience the Life, a thirty-week life-changing series for individuals and groups, is composed of five books, each six weeks long. You'll learn how to read Scripture, think about what you read, pray over it, and live it out. Through studying God's Word, gathering with others, and learning to pray and journal, you'll experience true spiritual transformation and become like Christ, as you prepare to lead others along the same journey. Book 1: Believe as Jesus Believed--Transformed Mind Book 2: Live as Jesus Lived--Transformed Character Book 3: Love as Jesus Loved--Transformed Relationships Book 4: Minister as Jesus Ministered--Transformed Service Book 5: Lead as Jesus Led--Transformed Influence The leader's guide contains a complete participant's guide plus discussion questions for each gathering. An online video is available for use in introducing each session with the code provided.

Why does merely understanding and trying hard to follow the example of Jesus often yield little progress—and even less joy and peace? Deriving insights from the life of Jesus in the Gospels, Klaus Issler uncovers the dynamics involved in truly becoming more Christlike. He shows how you can forge much deeper connections with Jesus so that his life permeates your own character. The result is a closer alignment between what you want to do as a follower of Jesus, what you actually do and who you are becoming in your relationship with him. Learn to be transformed from the inside out.

Transformation is what Christianity is all about. To follow Jesus is to enter into a journey from an old way of living to a new way of being. As Christians our goal is to become ever more conformed to the image of Christ. Of course we cannot attain this high goal in our lifetime. But we can make progress. We can become more of who we long to be. We can leave behind old ways that have not served us well. We can become more loving to others, more open to God, more in tune with who we are called to be. Such transformation does not happen automatically, even though it is the Holy Spirit working in us to change us. We are asked "to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure" (Phil 2:12-13). We work; God works in us. This book is about our part in the work of transformation. Spiritual Transformation examines two main themes. 1) The Dynamics of Spiritual Transformation are explored in six small group sessions: what it is and how it happens. 2) The Goal of Spiritual Transformation is described in six small group Bible studies focusing on Romans 12 & 13, where Paul provides a blueprint for how we are meant to live as followers of Jesus.

Putting on the Character of Jesus provides the real meaning of being a follower of Jesus. It describes the character of Jesus as recorded in the gospels and thereafter shows how a Christian life could be transformed as one puts on that described character. It is a book written in a meditation style where the reader is provoked to spent some moment of reflection and prayer. With its simple, readable text, this book inspires the reader to live a transformed life

By changing your thought patterns, you will become more like Christ. But how does that change begin? Transforming your mind to think on spiritual matters starts with believing what is taught in the Scriptures--believing what Jesus believed. Experience the Life, a thirty-week life-changing series for individuals and groups, is composed of five books, each six weeks long. You'll learn how to read Scripture, think about what you read, pray over it, and live it out. Through studying God's Word, gathering with others, and learning to pray and journal, you'll experience true spiritual transformation and become like Christ, as you prepare to lead others along the same journey. Book 1: Believe as Jesus Believed--Transformed Mind Book 2: Live as Jesus Lived--Transformed Character Book 3: Love as Jesus Loved--Transformed Relationships Book 4: Minister as Jesus Ministered--Transformed Service Book 5: Lead as Jesus Led--Transformed Influence The leader's guide contains a complete participant's guide plus discussion questions for each gathering. An online video is available for use in introducing each session with the code provided.

This book will help you reflect on the spiritual significance of each element of the human person—heart, mind, body, social life, and soul—so that God can transform you. Includes discussion questions.