The God of Second Chances: Experiencing His Grace for the Best of Your Life - Softcover

Arterburn, Stephen

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9780849946202: The God of Second Chances: Experiencing His Grace for the Best of Your Life

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ISBN 10: 0849946204 ISBN 13: 9780849946202

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2010

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A second chance . . . all of us have needed one at some point in our lives.

As children, we beg our parents to give us "just one more chance." As adults, we turn our pleadings to God for another opportunity, just to start over again.

In this revised and updated version of The God of Second Chances, author Stephen Arterburn takes us through his own journey of pleasure-seeking and ambition to a life-changing encounter with the reality of God's grace. Arterburn is painfully honest, sharing his personal experiences with sexual immorality that culminated in the abortion of his child. It was then, desperate and at the end of himself, that Arterburn cried out to God for a second chance.

Through his willingness to share his struggles, Arterburn helps us to confront our failures and reach out for God's restorative touch. With a gentle humor, he encourages us to look beyond ourselves and discover the joy in serving others and investing in the things that really matter. In doing so, we will learn what it is to be restored to God through unconditional surrender and receive healing from the scars left by our own mistakes.

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A second chance... all of us have needed one at some point in our lives. As children, we beg our parents to give us "just one more chance." As adults, we turn our pleading to God for another opportunity, just to start over again.

About the Author:

Stephen Arterburn is a New York Times bestselling author with more than eight million books in print. He most recently toured with Women of Faith, which he founded in 1995. Arterburn founded New Life Treatment Centers as a company providing Christian counseling and treatment in secular psychiatric hospitals. He also began “New Life Ministries”, producing the number-one Christian counseling radio talk show, New Life Live, with an audience of more than three million. He and his wife Misty live near Indianapolis.

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