I recommend following books as I believe they are good sources for growing in your relationship as a Believer in Jesus. If anyone knows of other books that are good, let me know and I will look at them to add to this list.

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Live to Love: by Norm Wakefield

The church has lost God’s vision, anointing, and witness because it is not calling people to what Jesus calls His followers, namely, to be disciples of Christ who walk by the Spirit and who are known by their love. If the body of Christ were awakened to their true God-given reason for living (to know and love God by living to love with Jesus) they would obey Jesus’ command to love and make disciples. Then evangelism, community-life, and sanctification would naturally flow and grow.

God wants to overwhelm His people by His love, freeing them from unbelief and selfishness so that they can experience His joy by living to love with Him. The Mission of Live to Love is to generate and sustain a movement of the Holy Spirit to live to love with Jesus and intentionally make disciples as a lifestyle. This Book and teaching is for anyone who has experienced the love of God through Jesus Christ and wants to cultivate that love toward others.

“And I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” -John 17:26 “

Anxious for Nothing: by Max Lucado

We all experience anxiety, but we don’t have to let worry and fear control our lives. Anxious for Nothing, from New York Times bestselling author, Max Lucado, provides a roadmap for coping with and healing from anxiety. Complete with Lucado’s signature storytelling and relatable anecdotes, Anxious for Nothing invites you to study Philippians 4:6-7—the most highlighted passage of the Bible and any book on the planet according to Amazon.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

You will experience CALM as Max encourages you to:

• Celebrate God’s goodness
• Ask God for help
• Leave your concerns with God
• Meditate on good things

Stop letting anxiety rule the day. Join Max on the journey to true freedom and experience more peace, joy, clarity, physical renewal, and contentment by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Recovering the Unity of the Bible, One Continuous Story, Plan, and Purpose: by Walter Kaiser Jr.

Recovering the Unity of the Bible helps readers grasp the Bible’s progressive witness on various theological concepts. Walter C. Kaiser challenges the common scholarly posture that sees mostly diversity throughout the biblical canon, pointing instead to the way several Biblical themes substantially support the case for unity, including: – Messianic Promises – The People of God – The Law of God – The Doctrine of Salvation – The Mission of the Old Testament Recovering the Unity of the Bible exhibits sound techniques for students, pastors, and Bible teachers who seek to make sense of the Bible’s many and different texts.

Flying Free: Life After Crisis by Dean Rush

In this thoughtful guide to dealing with life’s challenges, Dean Rush offers wise, spiritual counsel to men, women, and families facing dramatic and often unexpected change in their lives. If you are dealing with job loss, divorce or other personal and family crises, Flying Free offers valuable lessons and provides a flight plan for success that will guide you through the most formidable of life s tests. After a distinguished career as a pilot during the Vietnam conflict and a subsequent successful career in aviation, Dean dealt with a series of his own challenges that he successfully faced with sound principles and unwavering faith. Marked by deep understanding, empathy and a strong foundation of scripture, these principles provide a clear map to the great rewards that can come in the midst of change. Great opportunities can come from life’s problems. Join Dean on a journey toward the rewards of faith, love and recovery.

For Signed copy of Book, email:  deanrush@outlook.com

Relax: by Mardhee Estinvil

Problems and pain are inevitable in life. However, how we walk through these moments and manage them make a significant difference. Relax is a Christian book that helps readers walk peacefully even in the most difficult moments in life.

Relax reflects on the peace one experiences when one constantly abiding and remaining in Christ.  This book engages readers in a level of maturity in Christ and helps one build a mindset where he or she can explore God’s peace in this life, at all times, anywhere and this can begin right now. A peace to all and for all is found only in Jesus Christ.

Do You Get It?: Strengthen your faith and deepen your relationship with God, through humor, by Lon Eckdahl.

Lon Eckdahl is a Pastor, Teacher, Law Enforcement Chaplain,  Speaker, etc. He was the chairman for a Billy Graham Crusade on the island of Maui.

Lon is known for illustrating his points with stories and humor. We are the only creatures God created with the ability to smile and to laugh. The joy of the Lord is the kind of joy that impacts every area of our lives.

Let’s Listen to Jesus: A Study on John 13-17 by Reuben welch

The best book I have ever Read – Alan Cutting

Jesus sits in the upper room with His twelve disciples, having their “last supper”.  Jesus shares His final words with them…with us, before He is taken to the cross to die.

To God Be The Glory:  A Spiritual Journey Through Hymns, By Lon Eckdahl.

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Just Like Jesus: Learning to Have a Heart Like His by Max Lucado

Jesus felt no guilt; God wants you to feel no guilt. Jesus had no bad habits; God wants to do away with yours. Jesus had no fears; God wants the same for you. Jesus had no anxiety about death; you needn’t either. God’s desire, his plan, his ultimate goal is to make you into the image of Christ. Not only does God love each of us exactly as we are, he wants us, little by little, to become like him.

He doesn’t love us and leave us alone; he loves us enough to live within us, making our hearts his home. But doing so requires a bit of sprucing up, remodeling, refurnishing. Why? Because he wants us to have a heart like his too. Just Like Jesus will teach you how far God will go to transform us into his likeness.

Along the way, Max addresses questions that might arise as you examine the peaceful, passionate, and pure heart of Christ, including:

• How do we know that God wants us to be made in his image?
• How does this change occur?
• If God wants me to be just like Jesus, why do I still seem just like me?

In Just Like Jesus, Max gives you the tools you need to better understand God’s gracious gift of transformation and restoration, so you, too, can start to live Just Like Jesus.

Hard Sayings of the Bible by Dr. Walter Kaiser Jr.

Are you grappling with a difficult verse in the Bible? And are you looking for a short, easy-to-read answer that really makes sense without explaining away the verse? Hard Sayings of the Bible is the handy reference book you need. Here you will find explanations of over 500 of the most troubling verses to test the minds and hearts of Bible readers. Four seasoned scholars, all with a notable gift for communicating with people in the pew, take you behind the scenes to find succinct solutions to a wide variety of Bible difficulties, ranging from discrepancies about numbers to questions about God’s justice. Historical, cultural and linguistic backgrounds shed light on these passages and not only help explain what they meant in biblical times but also show how they are relevant today. Now carefully cross-referenced with over 100 new verses explained, as well as a dozen new introductory articles on chronology, miracles, archaeology, prophecy and more, Hard Sayings of the Bible offers the combined resources of five previous volumes that have over 250,000 copies in print. If you find yourself tied up in scriptural knots, here’s the book that will help you cut through them.

The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters by Charles W. Colson and Fickett III, Harold

Rightly understood and rightly communicated, the Christian faith is one of great joy. It is an invitation to God’s kingdom, where tears are replaced by laughter and longing hearts find their purpose and their home. This is the heart of the gospel: God’s search to reclaim us and love us as his own. But have we truly grasped this? Those of us who have disdained Christianity as a religion of bigotry—have we repudiated the genuine article or merely demonstrated our own prejudice and ignorance? Those of us who are Christians—have we deeply apprehended the mission of Jesus, and do our ways and character faithfully reflect his beauty? From the nature of God, to the human condition, to the work of Jesus, to God’s coming kingdom, and all that lies between, how well do we understand the foundational truths of Christianity and their implications? The Faith is a book for our troubled times and for decades to come, for Christians and non-Christians alike. It is the most important book Chuck Colson and Harold Fickett have ever written: a thought-provoking, soul-searching, and powerful manifesto of the great, historical central truths of Christianity that have sustained believers through the centuries. Brought to immediacy with vivid, true stories, here is what Christianity is really about and why it is a religion of hope, redemption, and beauty.

Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words by Charles R. Swindoll

Bestselling author and master communicator Charles Swindoll has been effectively speaking to others for over fifty years. In SAYING IT WELL: Touching Others With Your Words he shares his secrets on how to talk so people will listen.

Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Persevering Through Pressure by Charles R. Swindoll

This book will help you to conquer unhealthful stress, find genuine comfort in times of loss, and develop self-control over temptation. Within you’ll discover the four steps to a new self-confidence, the way to overcome fear and anxiety, and the keys to understanding your anger and coming to terms with your mistakes. Through perseverance, you will build inner strength and beauty.