Love Like God

Based on Kurt Bennett's popular-ish blog God Running, Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven-year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus' every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus' words than he was following Jesus' words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett's own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others. Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including: -Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God's love to others. -How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman's love languages (and how you can too). -The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ's extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions. -How to respond to critics the way Jesus did. -How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did. -How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat). -How Jesus didn't love everyone the same (and why you shouldn't either). -How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself--he even napped--and why you should do the same.-How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end. With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God's definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too. A life of loving like Jesus.

Explore the infectiously cheerful nature of God's love with this heartwarming board book! A joyful celebration of God's deep love for little ones, God's Love Is Like Sunshine takes a subject that could be confusing--God's love--and makes it accessible to kiddos. How? By comparing that love to objects and ideas children know and love, such as warm sunshine, overflowing orange juice, and soft clouds. These comparisons paint a beautiful picture of a love that is kind, gentle, and generous. But most importantly, God's Love Is Like Sunshine celebrates how God's love fills up our hearts so they overflow with kindness, gentleness, and generosity for other people. With illustrations that radiate childlike joy and a message that encourages little ones to love God and the people around them, this sweet board book is sure to make you smile.

Being a Christian means learning to love with God's love. But God's love is not a warm feeling in the pit of the stomach. It has definite characteristics we learn in the course of our life, in the behavior and teaching of the early monastics, as we ponder over what we can say about God as God deals with us, and finally, as we model our own lives on what we have learned.

How to Love the Hard to Love People in Your LifeAre you in relationship with a spouse that cannot stop striving? Do you have any children or step-children that test your patience? Do you have a manager or boss that speaks hurtful words to you? Do you feel disrespected and manipulated by anyone in your life? Learn to better understand and tolerate the people in your life who are hard to love and live with. When we learn to see the hard to love people through the eyes of Christ we are able to have patience for their behavior and love them like Christ instructed us to perfectly. As we love people that are hurting we become more like Christ every day.Discover how to become more like Christ through loving His people that have been hurt in their lives and to bite your tongue when you feel like criticizing them for their behavior. Go the extra mile (or one hundred) and walk in their shoes awhile and then over time watch them change like a caterpillar into a butterfly due to your patience and love. Make a dramatic difference in the life of others that everyone else has given up on. You can do it !Hurting people hurt people but healthy people heal people from their emotional pains of their past. Become like Christ in every way - learn how others have overcome hard to love people in the Bible and through examples of living today.

"Love Like God: Embracing Unconditional Love" will redefine your understanding of love. In this groundbreaking compilation, well-known individuals from across the globe share stories of how they learned to release the conditions that block absolute love. Along with the insights of bestselling author Caroline A. Shearer, readers will be reminded of their natural state of love and will begin to envision a world without fear or judgement or pain. Be Inspired ... To release blocks to loving yourself and others unconditionally To embrace every challenge as an opportunity for love To live without fear Along with Shearer's reflections and affirmations, experts, musicians, authors, professional athletes, and others shed light on the universal experiences of journeying the path of unconditional love. Readers will discover: That everything from autism to Alzheimer's can be a gift How international peace can be achieved What every husband should know How to deal with addictions, in our own lives and others' Why releasing blame creates freedom The most valuable lesson medical students, nurses, and social workers can learn Stories are from a wide-range of well-known individuals, including world-renowned musician Deva Premal; former international model Lorelei Shellist; Paramahamsa Nithyananda, a swami with millions of followers; bestselling author and Deepak Chopra-trained Crystal Dwyer; international peace promoter and voice on global terrorism Lisa Gibson; former professional baseball player Jon Graves; and Laura Stinchfield, the original "Pet Psychic." Contributors: Portia Berry Allen, K.L. and Tiffany Braxton Belvin, Jesse Birkey, Chase Block, Anicia Bragg, Kundan Chhabra, Robin Craig, Crystal Dwyer, Tonya Fitzpatrick, Esq., Vida Ghaffari, Lisa Gibson, Jon Graves, Gayle Gregory, Diana Y. Harris, Dana Heidkamp, Jennifer Hicks, Jennifer K. Hunt, Dr. Matthew B. James, Jacquie Jordan, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Lori La Bey, Sharmen Lane, Nicole Lanning, Rick Lannoye, Katharine C. McCorkle, Ph.D., Shirley W. Mitchell, Kristen Moeller, Roy Nelson, Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Deva Premal, Claudio Reilsono, Dea Shandera and Brent N. Hunter, Lorelei Shellist, Dr. Joseph Shrand, Leesa Sklover, Ph.D., Cliff Snider, Laura Stinchfield, Gloria Tom Wing Staudt, Tom Von Deck, and Tom Wright. "Love Like God" sets the stage for a dramatic change in consciousness. Are you ready to redefine your understanding of love?

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DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF? Most people have never even asked themselves that question, let alone know how to answer it. This is because we live under a modern plague, where masses struggle to love themselves as God loves them. Very few understand how to love themselves in a healthy way and have no tools to break free from the resistance that blocks them. Jesus said that we are to love our neighbor "as ourselves." Yet that phrase seems to be the most ignored command of the Bible. The fruit of our relationships hinges on our ability to loves ourselves with the love that God has for us. So many struggle in a daily battle that keeps them from the freedom that love has. In this book, Mark will utilize his personal freedom experience and over 20 years working with people to unlock the missing link to powerful relationships. In this book, you will be equipped to move into the power of self-love by: - Learning what healthy self-love is and what it is not. - Identifying the resistance that blocks people from loving themselves. - Observing how a lack of self-love affects every area of our lives. - Unlocking practical ways to gain freedom and to love yourself as God does. - Receiving important tools that you can practice immediately to overcome. - Putting healthy self-love into action to give and receive love powerfully!

You know the battle is raging--but are you fighting the right enemy? Just as enemies fought Joshua in the Promised Land, and Nehemiah faced opposition as he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, our enemy will fight us as we approach the spiritual terrain God has promised us. Most Christians retreat at the first sign of conflict because they fail to recognize the true nature of the battle. But you can prevail in freedom and joy. Sharing his deeply personal story of demonic bondage, torment and ultimate deliverance, pastor and bestselling author Kris Vallotton turns the idea of spiritual warfare as we know it on its head. He reveals the diabolical lies and strategies of the enemy--attacks and traps so subtle and deceptive that we may find our souls and hearts imprisoned without even knowing it. No more! Now you can win the invisible battle against sin and the enemy. Victory is within your grasp. Will you take hold? "It is with great excitement that I recommend this book to you, knowing that fruit will increase until Jesus gets His full reward."--Bill Johnson, author, When Heaven Invades Earth and The Essential Guide to Healing, senior pastor, Bethel Church, Redding, California