LOVE HIS PEOPLE
LOVE HIS PEOPLE
LEARN TO LOVE OTHERS AS YOURSELF.
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The second part of our calling is love His people.
We express this calling in two ways:
Click below to find a variety of resources to help you engage in each expression.
Remember, God intended the Christian life to be lived in community. Who can you invite to engage alongside you?
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Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World, Henri Nouwen
This sincere testimony of the power and invitation of Christ is indeed a great guide to a truly uplifting spiritual life in today’s world.
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?, Timothy Keller
Forgiveness is an essential skill, a moral imperative, and a religious belief that cuts right to the core of what it means to be human. In Forgive, Timothy Keller shows readers why it is so important and how to do it, explaining in detail the steps you need to take in order to move on without sacrificing justice or your humanity.
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, read while practicing EHS Day by Day, Peter Scazzero
Scazzero shares the signs of emotionally unhealthy spirituality, and he provides seven biblical, reality-tested steps to become emotionally mature. EHS Day by Day is a 40-day devotional to guide you to intentional, meaningful and life-changing communion with God.
Keep Your Love On: Connection, Communication and Boundaries, Danny Silk
If you want to build healthy relationships with God and others, learning to keep your love on is non-negotiable
Life Together, Deitrich Bonhoeffer
Practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups,
The Cycle of Grace: Living in Sacred Balance, Trevor Hudson and Jerry Haas
You can learn the rhythm of living that Jesus demonstrates -- the Cycle of Grace -- throughout the Gospels. Use this workbook and accompanying video about the Cycle of Grace either individually or in a small group.
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Practices for Practicing the Way, John Mark Comer
Video lessons and guidance on spiritually abiding practices (like Sabbath, Solitude, Fasting, etc). Each practice has four sessions.
Makers Discipleship Series, Patrick Annotti
This five-part series is designed for those who want to fulfill God’s plan to be disciples of Jesus and make disciples of Jesus.
Website
Practicing the Way: A Pathway for Apprenticeship to Jesus
Free resources to help your community be with Jesus, become like him, and do as he did. Includes a simple spiritual assessment tool.
Video Curriculum
Soul Keeping (video, also as a book), John Ortberg
This is a six-session small group Bible study on why and how to care for the deepest part of us—our souls.
Podcasts (search your favorite podcast platform)
Emotionally Healthy Leadership, Pete Scazzero
Emotionally Healthy Woman, Geri Scazzero
Being Human, Steve Cuss
Serve the church family
Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Comprehensive Guide, Sam Storms
Sam Storms explains how spiritual gifts—both the more miraculous and the everyday—are given to build up the body of Christ.
An 18-session video series of this book is also available.
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Every Good Gift, Ann Voskamp
Learning to live generous lives by sharing every good gift from God with others. Six 15 minute sessions with study guide.
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society, Eugene Peterson
In the songs of ascents (Psalms 120-134) Eugene Peterson finds encouragement for modern pilgrims as we learn to grow in worship, service, joy, work, happiness, humility, community and blessing.
Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time, Greg Ogden
This book addresses the need for discipleship in the local church and recovers Jesus' method of accomplishing life change by investing in just a few people at a time.
Water From a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries, Gerald Sittser
An overview of spiritual formation as seen through history with a practical guide after each chapter.