LionHeart: The Process of Encountering God and Being Activated by His Holy Spirit

ISBN-13: 9781503168954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 182 str.

Paul Lattimer

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Are you sick of seeing mediocrity in the Church, and yearning for something more? You know that Christ has incredible, wonderful plans for you, but you just don't know how to see it. During the summer of 2012, I was approaching graduation from Ashland University, and I was praying about what God wanted me to do next. He said to me, "Paul, you still have a lot more left to learn, but it would be a discredit to my name to say that I have taught you nothing." I have seen God move firsthand in my life, and I want to share that experience with the world. I'm 23 years old, and I know and firmly believe that we all have mountains of wisdom to obtain from age and experience. But, I also believe, alongside of that, that personal experience is immensely powerful, and that can come from any age. We just need to be discerning with how we receive it. I wrote this book to define the line between being a nominal or "routine" Christian, and juxtapose it with a picture of what a life lived with Christ can look like in this day and age, the 21st century. This is NOT an all-inclusive list, but it is a raw, authentic look at scripture and my life to show that God can indeed make something out of nothing. On the flip-side, Satan wants to destroy us all. And, if he cannot stop us from being Christians, then his next attack will surely be to mis-define God's plans for our lives and corrupt the way we live. Jesus Himself says in Revelation 3:15-16 (NIV) to the church of Laodicea, "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth." And this is the problem that I seek to address: When unbelievers, or even other Christians, see a "Christian" living a lukewarm life, it sets a bad example for Christianity and misrepresents what following Christ is truly supposed to look like. In my own life, I struggled with this as well, so this book is an intertwining of personal testimony along with Biblical studies of what it looks like to overcome "routine Christianity." I've struggled with this in my own life. I grew up in the church. I showed up on Sunday mornings, and that was it for me. But God showed me that there is so much more to life with Him that cannot be contained by the limits of an hour or two a week with Him. I want to share that fullness with you. Don't JUST go to church, but BE the church.

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