Böcker av Tom And Sheila Jones

When the disciples said to Jesus, as recorded in Luke 11:1, "Lord, teach us to pray," they were, for once, asking for the right thing...Anyone who tries to take up his cross and follow Jesus and does not learn how to pray is like a towing company that tries to move stalled cars with bicycles and ropes. If we rely on nothing but human power, the life Jesus calls us to is impossible.On his or her own, not even the most stable, most healthy, most intelligent and most determined person can do it. Only as we are intimately connected with God through prayer will we find the forgiveness, strength, inspiration and direction needed to live the life Jesus described and expected of his followers. Prayer is not the only thing needed by disciples. It is just the most important thing... Much needs to happen in us and in our world, and it all starts with prayer. So we come to God and say, "Lord, teach us to pray."

Mention the church to many people, and a host of unattractive words jump into their minds-words like boredom, irrelevancy, greed, hypocrisy and foolishness. From the towering (but now empty) cathedrals of Europe to the picturesque white church buildings of New England (and Christmas card fame), the church has often been admired more for architecture than for attitude, more for construction than for character, it must make God cry.This book is written for those who are disciples of Jesus Christ to help us appreciate God's plan for the church and to heed his direction about how to make her glorious. God has cried enough. It is time for the church to want to please him in every way and for the church to have the impact he designed her to have. Absolutely nothing else can make the difference in the world that the glorious church of Jesus Christ can make.

If this book does not shake you up, we will have failed in our task. The Sermon on the Mount on which it is based shook people to their very core. It rattled the cages. It sent shock waves through the crowds. Every defender of the status quo surely found most of it to be dangerous. That sermon and this book are not about a mild injection of religion, but about a radical, from the inisde-out change of heart, character and priorities. The challenge here will produce tremors into your life, but if you embrace the summons, you will find something people only dream about.

This book is based on a simple idea: Godfulfills his promises-every last one of them.He is trustworthy, reliable and absolutelyfaithful to every promise he makes. And sincehe is God, he has the power to do what hehas promised to do. A promise fromGod is as good as a fact.God's promises are not vague ideas thatfloat up somewhere in the theological clouds.They are intensely valuable truths that help ushandle our challenges and gain new visionfor our lives. In this Daily Power Seriesyou will find some of the Bible'smost powerful promises.We must understand them,rely on them, and act on them-they will change your life.

Nothing tells us more about life than this death. No event shows us more the character of God. No speech ever spoke so clearly about the values we all need. What happened when Jesus of Nazareth went to that hill outside the city gates will never in this world be fully understood.No scholar, preacher or poet can really take us to its depths. No one can fully fathom the mysteries that are here, but the closer we can get to it all, the better we will be. What we propose to do here is to spend thirty days thinking about the event that was like no other. I understand our unworthiness to come here, but I also know that the very nature of the cross allows us to do so. If, with the help of God, we do it well, these thirty days will lead to a lifetime of living with a new perspective and a greater appreciation for the power of God.