Wanting A God You Can Talk To

I've found the real God and learned a thing or two about His personality. And I've had the incredible opportunity of spending every day since then talking to Him. And guess what? He talks back to me.

Does God seem distant to you? Does His vastness overwhelm you? Do you desire to just pull up a chair and talk a few things over with Him? You can! God wants to have a relationship with you like no other! In Wanting A God You Can Talk To, world-renowned evangelist and author Jesse Duplantis, shares his often humorous accounts from his personal relationship with God. By presenting God in such a unique way, God becomes more than just a far off deity. God becomes a God you can talk to. You'll discover: A God that we cannot see can seem very distant. Yet, He is closer than our spouse or dearest friend. He knows who we are, what our desires are, and our innermost thoughts. If you have wanted to get closer to God then this is the book for you! The vital truth behind a relationship with God. Ways that God talks to us. How to determine God s voice and what to do when God speaks.

A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.

Suppose you could ask God any question and get an answer. What would it be? Young people all over the world have been asking those questions. So Neale Donald Walsch, author of the internationally bestselling Conversations with God series had another conversation. Conversations with God for Teens is a simple, clear, straight-to-the-point dialogue that answers teens questions about God, money, sex, love, and more. Conversations with God for Teens reads like a rap session at a church youth group, where teenagers discuss everything they ever wanted to know about life but were too afraid to ask God. Walsch acts as the verbal conduit, showing teenagers how easy it is to converse with the divine. When Claudia, age 16, from Perth, Australia, asks, "Why can't I just have sex with everybody? What's the big deal?", the answer God offers her is: "Nothing you do will ever be okay with everybody. 'Everybody' is a large word. The real question is can you have sex and have it be okay with you?" There's no doubt that the casual question-and-answer format will help make God feel welcoming and accessible to teens. Conversations with God for Teens is the perfect gift purchase for parents, grandparents, and anyone else who wants to provide accessible spiritual content for the teen(s) in their lives.

One of the most popular books by Jesse Duplantis, Wanting a God You Can Talk To is an intimate look at what it takes to have a personal, communicative relationship with God. In this beautiful paperback book, you'll be encouraged to reach out and talk to God without fear as Jesse Duplantis shares how God can be more than a far-off deity...He can be your closest Friend and the Ultimate Father.God wants to talk to you. Learn how to hear His voice and develop the richest and most rewarding relationship of your life. Please visit www.jdm.org for more information.

In the hustle and bustle of today's busy world, sometimes it's hard enough to hear yourself think, much less take a minute to stop and listen for the voice of God. But learning to recognize God's voice and the many ways in which He speaks is vital for following His plan. In How to Hear from God, Joyce Meyer shows readers that God reaches out to people every day, seeking a partnership with them to offer guidance and love. She reveals the ways in which God delivers His word and the benefits of asking God for the sensitivity to hear His voice. Joyce asks the question, "Are you listening?" and shares how to do just that.

Praise is the only path to God--at least this is what many of us have been taught. But the notion that we have to be positive all the time, putting on a happy face through anger, frustration, and pain, hinders our ability not only to heal ourselves and society, but to have an authentic relationship with the Divine. We long to connect with God over the very real sorrow in our lives and in the world around us, but so many of us were never shown how. This lack of knowing how to lament--an ancient practice of expressing anger and pain to God--damages us personally and spiritually. Pastor Abby Norman is here to tell us that we can talk to God like that. In her fresh, tell-it-like-it-is voice, she unpacks the power of lament, providing us with the tools and the grace-filled permission to heal the problems we have been ignoring for too long. She shows us how to express our laments to God and to each other when things are definitely not okay. And through this process we will discover a richer connection with God--who has wanted nothing more than our whole selves from the start.