Category: Spiritual Growth
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Serving without sinking
Many of us are serving, and feel like we’re sinking. We feel joyless, weary and burdened. John Hindley shows how Jesus was telling the truth when He offered people an “easy yoke” – a way of serving Him that is joyful and liberating. He explains why serving is so often joyless – and how our…
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To live is Christ, to die is gain
Matt Chandler forsakes the trendy to invite readers into authentic Christian maturity. The short book of Philippians is one of the most quoted in the Bible, yet Paul wrote it not for the popular sound bites, but to paint a picture of a mature Christian faith. While many give their lives to Jesus, few then…
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Invest In Your Suffering
To be in suffering is a terrible place to be. But lessons learned from it can be deep and life-transforming. From walking with his family in personal suffering, Paul provides wonderful encouragement and support from God’s word for us as we face the difficulties and challenges of life. In this book we learn to trust…
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Bible Overview
This will give you a brilliant introduction to the Bible! Written with young Christians and new believers in mind Steve helps us get to grips with the structure and the meaning of God’s word. In fact it is Steve’s desire that we delight after God’s Word and hopes that desire to devour God’s word and…
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Every Good Endeavour
In today’s increasingly competitive and insecure economic environment, we often question the reason for work: why am I doing this? Why is it so hard? And what can I do about it? Work may seem just a means to an end: we do it to earn the money to enjoy life outside the workplace. Here,…
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The Pursuit of Holiness
Why do we so rarely experience holy living? The central issue confronting us is that Christians fail to understand their own responsibility for holiness. If we sin, it’s because we choose to sin. We are not defeated, we are disobedient. The principles given in this book will serve as a huge challenge and aid to…
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The Calvary Road
To all who are searching, Jesus promised freedom, peace and reconciliation with God. Changes begin in the innermost parts of our lives. It is here that our personal brokenness and repentance will unleash the life and love of God. He will lead you to liberty, back to Jesus who brings abundant life.
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Jesus + Nothing = Everything
We can so easily miss what the Christian faith is all about. We miss that we are called into relationship with Jesus, and it is He who transforms everything. We are intended to find all we need in Jesus. We are intended to understand how His finished work gives the answers we need. We are…
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Mirror, mirror
We see our reflection and make judgments about ourselves. However, the ‘mirror’ we use tends to be: how do I compare with others and what do they think of me? But there is another mirror we can use – the mirror we should use. God’s word is a mirror. We look into it and see…
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Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners
Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners outlines a model of one-another ministry based on how God sees and loves his people. You are helped to use Scripture to find foundational categories for understanding and approaching one another, which serve as guideposts for wise care.
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Overcoming Anxiety
David Powlison helps you discover what your anxiety reveals about what is going on inside of you, and then shows you how to bring your anxious thoughts and worries to God, the only Person who can give you a life of peace. You will learn specific ways to replace your free–floating anxiety with trust in…
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How People Change
What does it take for lasting change to take root in your life? If you’ve ever tried, failed, and wondered why, you need How People Change. This book explains the biblical pattern for change in a clear, practical way you can apply to the challenges of daily life.
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You Can Change
Tim Chester says he wrote this book out of his own struggle to change. Long battle with particular issues set him searching the Bible as well as writings from the past. This book shares the amazing truths he discovered that gave him, and will give you, hope.
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The Pursuit of God
Tozer calls for a slow, steady gaze upon God. He urges us to replace low thoughts of God with lofty ones, to quiet our lives so we can know God’s presence. He reminds us that life apart from God is really no life at all.
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Knowledge of the Holy
What is the nature of God? How can we recapture a real sense of God’s majesty and truly live in the Spirit? This classic of Christian testimony and devotion, addresses these and other vital questions, showing us how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, understand God more deeply, and experience God’s presence…
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Transformed – Becoming like God’s Son
This set of study notes from Derek Tidball is really a course for discipleship groups or Small Groups. It challenges readers to grow more fully into the image of Christ, with huge emphasis on practical application and suggestions for deeper reflection.
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Progress – Lifelong growth for gospel workers
In this book Adrian Reynolds warns against us being satisfied with gradual growth and instead calls leaders to make a deliberate effort to continue to grow and develop, using Paul’s words to Timothy (1 Tim 4) to encourage us to seek growth in speech, conduct, love, faith, purity and gifts.