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Condition: Good. I'd Like You More if You Were More like Me takes on one of life's most important questions: How can I get closer to God and other people? We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they don't have deep connections, they cannot win in life. I'd Like You More if You Were More like Me offers help in overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to making deep connections: the fact that we're so different. Different from God and different from each other. The good news is that connectedness is not based on similarity, but on shared experiences. When one person invites another to share an experience, they're connected. It can be sharing a beautiful sunset or a meal, having a great conversation over cup of coffee, going for walk, or even teasing somebody. And when we share those same experiences with God, we get closer to him, too. God wants to connect with us?so much that he sent his son to live as a human being. God took on flesh and shared every human experience. So we don't have to wonder what a close relationship with God looks like anymore. An intimate relationship with God and other people doesn't have to be a cliche, it can be a daily way of life.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. In the six-session small group Bible study, God is Closer Than You Think, John Ortberg helps people discover and enjoy a vibrant, moment-by-moment relationship with God the Father.

Paperback. Condition: Good. In the six-session small group Bible study, God is Closer Than You Think, John Ortberg helps people discover and enjoy a vibrant, moment-by-moment relationship with God the Father.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. In this six-session small group Bible study, If You Want to Walk on Water, You ve got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg, you ll learn how to move beyond fear to discover God s unique calling for your life Peter may have been the first one out of the boat, but Jesus invitation to walk on water is for you as well. But walk on water? What does that mean? If You Want to Walk on Water, You ve Got to Get Out of the Boat helps you answer helps you answer Christ s call to greater faith, power-filled deeds, and a new way of knowing how to discern God s call, transcend fear, risk faith, manage failure, and trust God. Relating to the story in Matthew 14 to life today, teacher and bestselling author John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. This Participant Guide is designed for use with the companion DVD (sold separately). It s filled with insights, questions for discussion, and applications that will help you connect a new way of thinking to actual deeds and a different approach to life. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change your forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. Sessions include: What s Water Walking? The Tragedy of the Unopened Gift Find Your Calling and Get Your Feet Wet Facing Our Challenges, Conquering Our Fears Good News for Cave Dwellers Learning to Wait on Our Big God.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. In this six-session small group Bible study, If You Want to Walk on Water, You ve got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg, you ll learn how to move beyond fear to discover God s unique calling for your life Peter may have been the first one out of the boat, but Jesus invitation to walk on water is for you as well. But walk on water? What does that mean? If You Want to Walk on Water, You ve Got to Get Out of the Boat helps you answer helps you answer Christ s call to greater faith, power-filled deeds, and a new way of knowing how to discern God s call, transcend fear, risk faith, manage failure, and trust God. Relating to the story in Matthew 14 to life today, teacher and bestselling author John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. This Participant Guide is designed for use with the companion DVD (sold separately). It s filled with insights, questions for discussion, and applications that will help you connect a new way of thinking to actual deeds and a different approach to life. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change your forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. Sessions include: What s Water Walking? The Tragedy of the Unopened Gift Find Your Calling and Get Your Feet Wet Facing Our Challenges, Conquering Our Fears Good News for Cave Dwellers Learning to Wait on Our Big God.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. In this six-session small group Bible study, If You Want to Walk on Water, You ve got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg, you ll learn how to move beyond fear to discover God s unique calling for your life Peter may have been the first one out of the boat, but Jesus invitation to walk on water is for you as well. But walk on water? What does that mean? If You Want to Walk on Water, You ve Got to Get Out of the Boat helps you answer helps you answer Christ s call to greater faith, power-filled deeds, and a new way of knowing how to discern God s call, transcend fear, risk faith, manage failure, and trust God. Relating to the story in Matthew 14 to life today, teacher and bestselling author John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. This Participant Guide is designed for use with the companion DVD (sold separately). It s filled with insights, questions for discussion, and applications that will help you connect a new way of thinking to actual deeds and a different approach to life. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change your forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. Sessions include: What s Water Walking? The Tragedy of the Unopened Gift Find Your Calling and Get Your Feet Wet Facing Our Challenges, Conquering Our Fears Good News for Cave Dwellers Learning to Wait on Our Big God.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. How Do You Explain a Love That Has No Explanation? What will happen if you let it touch your heart? God loves you not because you are flawless, not because you are a perfect person, but just because you are. In Love Beyond Reason, John Ortberg reveals the God you've longed to encounter: a Father head-over-heels in love with you, his child, and intensely committed to your highest joy. Ortberg takes you to the very core of God's being to discover a burning, passionate love that gives, and gives, and gives. He explores the life-changing ways this love has expressed itself through Jesus. And he shows how you, like Jesus, can love your mate, your family, your friends, and the world around you with the same practical, transforming love. Dispelling your fears and misconceptions of God, Love Beyond Reason brings you face-to-face with the Love that frees and empowers you to love.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. How Do You Explain a Love That Has No Explanation? What will happen if you let it touch your heart? God loves you not because you are flawless, not because you are a perfect person, but just because you are. In Love Beyond Reason, John Ortberg reveals the God you've longed to encounter: a Father head-over-heels in love with you, his child, and intensely committed to your highest joy. Ortberg takes you to the very core of God's being to discover a burning, passionate love that gives, and gives, and gives. He explores the life-changing ways this love has expressed itself through Jesus. And he shows how you, like Jesus, can love your mate, your family, your friends, and the world around you with the same practical, transforming love. Dispelling your fears and misconceptions of God, Love Beyond Reason brings you face-to-face with the Love that frees and empowers you to love.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Small group Bible study will never be the same! With ZondervanGroupware Small Group Editions, leaders have interactive DVDs that feature bestselling authors Philip Yancey and John Ortberg to teach a small group Bible study in their own homes. The DVD and 32-page leader's guide provides ease of facilitation for the small group leader. The participant's guide, available separately, provides a book for small group members to follow along with the teaching and record responses to questions. If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat--Nearly 500,000 books sold John Ortberg serves as guide and interpretive leader of six DVD small group sessions designed to help people learn to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for "water-walking" in faith with God.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Small group Bible study will never be the same! With ZondervanGroupware Small Group Editions, leaders have interactive DVDs that feature bestselling authors Philip Yancey and John Ortberg to teach a small group Bible study in their own homes. The DVD and 32-page leader's guide provides ease of facilitation for the small group leader. The participant's guide, available separately, provides a book for small group members to follow along with the teaching and record responses to questions. If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat--Nearly 500,000 books sold John Ortberg serves as guide and interpretive leader of six DVD small group sessions designed to help people learn to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for "water-walking" in faith with God.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Small group Bible study will never be the same! With ZondervanGroupware Small Group Editions, leaders have interactive DVDs that feature bestselling authors Philip Yancey and John Ortberg to teach a small group Bible study in their own homes. The DVD and 32-page leader's guide provides ease of facilitation for the small group leader. The participant's guide, available separately, provides a book for small group members to follow along with the teaching and record responses to questions. If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat--Nearly 500,000 books sold John Ortberg serves as guide and interpretive leader of six DVD small group sessions designed to help people learn to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for "water-walking" in faith with God.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. There are two works of art that help me think about the presence of God. The first is the painting of God on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Apparently one of the messages that Michelangelo wanted to convey is God's great desire to reach out to and be with the person he has created. If you look carefully at the painting, you notice that the figure of God is extended toward the man with great vigor. He twists his body to move it as close to the man as possible. His head is turned toward the man, and his gazed is fixed on him. God's arm is stretched out, his index finger is extended straight forward; every muscle is taut. It looks as if even in the midst of the splendor of all creation God's entire being is wrapped up in his desire to touch this man. His hand comes within a hair's breath of the hand of the man. God is as close as he can be. But having come that close, he allows just a little space, so that Adam can choose. He waits for Adam to make his move.Adam, for his part, reclines in a lazy pose, leaning backward as if he has no interest at all in making a connection. He doesn't move forward, he doesn't hold out his hand, he doesn't lift a finger. He appears to be indifferent to or even unaware of the possibility of touching his Creator. All it would take is the slightest effort, the merest movement.This picture says that the great desire of God is to be with the human beings he has made in his own image. This picture reminds us--God is closer than we think. He is never farther than a prayer away. All it takes is the barest effort, the lift of a finger.But I also remember another, humbler work of art. It involves a series of books all centered around the question Where's Waldo?Waldo will never make it to the Sistine Chapel. He looks nothing like the majestic deity of Michelangelo. He is a geeky-looking, glasses-wearing nerd with a striped shirt and goofy hat. Waldo is supposed to be on every page. Whoever writes the book claims that it is so. But you couldn't prove it by me. He's often hidden to the untrained eye. You have to be willing to look for him. When you find him, there is a sense of joy and accomplishment. Surely Waldo was in the place, and I knew it not. In fact, developing the capacity to track him down is part of the point of the book. If it was too easy--if every page consisted just of a giant picture of Waldo's face--no one would ever buy it. The difficulty of the task is what increases the power of discernment.Part of what makes it hard to find Waldo is that he is so ordinary-looking. On some pages, he's surrounded by hundreds of look-alikes; Waldo-wannabees. He just seems to just blend in. You can be looking right at him without even knowing it. Where's Waldo? Why doesn't he show himself plainly? Why does he hide his face? He may not be absent, but he is elusive. He is Waldus absconditus--the Waldo who hides himself.Let every day--every moment--of your life be another page. God is there, the Scriptures tell us--on every one of them. But the ease with which he may be found varies from one page to the next. So let's explore the truth found in both of these works of art: God is closer than you think.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Gifted--that's you! Uniquely equipped to help build up the body of Christ. As a follower of Jesus, serving others is an integral part of your identity and an important key to your personal growth. But how do you cultivate a servant's heart and your spiritual gifts in ways that build up your church, your family, your friends, and your world--without wiping you out in the process? Gifts guides you to the answers. Through personal study and small group interaction, this study will help you develop a passion to be used by God. You'll find out about your unique place in the body of Christ and how to surmount the obstacles that keep you from thriving. You'll discover the joy of serving with others--doing together what you cannot do alone. And you'll learn how to abide in Christ, experiencing a freshness and vitality that grow as you give!Leader's guide included!Gifts group sessions are:Use Me!Use My Gifts!Walking into WeaknessComparison: The Killjoy of ServanthoodThe Ministry of the MundaneServanthood's Bell-Shaped CurveAbide in Him.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Consult the compass for the journey of your life. Life as a Christian is a journey -- a journey toward God. But how do you set your compass? How do you make sure that God is guiding your steps and that you are not being blown willy-nilly by life's shifting winds of circumstance? Turn to the book of Exodus and discover guidance and joy for your pilgrimage. You will grow to know God in a deeper, more personal way. You will learn to trust him more than ever before. You will discover who your fellow travelers are. And you will learn how to chart your course by the compass of God's will as you take the trip of your life.…

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