±1±: Now is the time Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit Order Today!
A follow up to the profound message of Crazy Love, Pastor Francis Chan offers a compelling invitation to understand, embrace, and follow the Holy Spirit's direction in our lives. In the name of the Father, the Son, and ... the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of all three, but how often do we live with an awareness of only the first two? As Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised to send the Holy Spirit--the Helper--so that we could be true and living witnesses for Christ. Unfortunately, today's church has admired the gift but neglected to open it. Breakthrough author Francis Chan rips away paper and bows to get at the true source of the church's power--the Holy Spirit. Chan contends that we've ignored the Spirit for far too long, and we are reaping the disastrous results. Thorough scriptural support and compelling narrative form Chan's invitation to stop and remember the One we've forgotten, the Spirit of the living God.
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±1±: Best Buy "The spirit sets us free from the sins we cannot get rid of on our own." ~ pg. 75
When is the last time you prayed to the Holy Spirit? I will admit that I'm one of the people who had almost totally forgotten about the Holy Spirit. In my quest to read the entire Bible I was mostly interested in finding out more about God the Father and Jesus Christ. After reading Francis Chan's Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God I became aware of this book. The truth is that the Holy Spirit may be the forgotten God to a lot of us but He has really been busy in our lives! This book explains how the Holy Spirit works in our lives to perfect us so we can be more like Christ.
Do you wish for more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control? Then you have selected the right book. While Francis Chan doesn't expand on these qualities he does explain that it is the fruit of the Spirit in our lives.
"Forgotten God" is not charismatic at all. It is very down to earth! Francis Chan mostly explains that the Holy Spirit helps to mold you into the person you are supposed to be. If you are ruled by anger, self-indulgence and immorality you may be grieving the Holy Spirit. Since reading this book I'm now convinced that it is the Holy Spirit who convicts us of sin and perhaps even makes us feel guilty. This is good because eventually we start to hate sin like God does.
Throughout this book I could really respect Francis Chan's honesty, his adventurous spirit and his humbleness. This book made me happy because I realized that while I had obviously been completely ignoring the Holy Spirit He has been working on me all along, changing me from the inside out. I encourage you to read this book and to take the message very seriously. I think you will then be very encouraged and enlightened.
~The Rebecca Review
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