Glorious Intruder
God's Presence in Life's Chaos
1st Edition
Published on 7. September 2011
272 pages
978-0-307-80553-9 (ISBN)
Description
Discover Peace, Perspective, and Healing.
From a human perspective, God often appears to be an intruder. He presumes, invades, and infringes upon our lives. At times, God encroaches with gentle, subtle reminders - at others, with sudden, devestating judgement.
God is not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking...uninvolved. You can count on it - He is intimately involved with the tiniest details of your existence. Learn how His constant presence can bring peace, perspective, and healing into the puzzling and chaotic circumstances of your life.
From a human perspective, God often appears to be an intruder. He presumes, invades, and infringes upon our lives. At times, God encroaches with gentle, subtle reminders - at others, with sudden, devestating judgement.
God is not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking...uninvolved. You can count on it - He is intimately involved with the tiniest details of your existence. Learn how His constant presence can bring peace, perspective, and healing into the puzzling and chaotic circumstances of your life.
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Joni Eareckson Tada is the founder and president of Joni and Friends, an organization accelerating Christian outreach in the disability community that numbers 550 million people worldwide. She is an artist and the best-selling author of numerous books, including the Gold Medallion award-winning Glorious Intruder, 31 Days to Overcoming Adversity, 31 Days Toward Intimacy with God, A Place of Healing, the platinum award-winning Joni, Heaven: Your Real Home, and When God Weeps. Joni and her husband, Ken, live in Calabasas, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Waiting: Trusting a God Who Lives Beyond Time
- The Other Side of the Scale
- Present-Tense Faith
- We May Ask Why
- The Thing about Greener Grass
- "Are We There Yet?"
- Heaven: Catching Up with Our Heart
- Waiting
- Appreciating Prayer
- No Easy Road
- Praise: A Thankful Heart in a World of Hurt
- Self-Pity at the Door
- The Difference between Our Suffering . and His
- Present-Day Martyrs
- Responding to Circumstances
- Let Your Life Overflow
- Grace Sufficient
- Spreading Sunshine
- More Than Conquerors
- Let It Shine
- Obedience: Coming Back to His Control
- Old Habits Die Hard
- A Sweet-Smelling Savor
- Where Discipline Begins
- What's the Cost? Obedience
- That's God's Glory on Your Face
- The Counsel of Achan
- The Mythical Standstill Christian
- God and Lightning Bolts
- God's Part . and Ours
- Focus: Looking to Jesus When Life Gets Confused
- Thoughts Midstream
- A Lesson from Corrie
- Cruising on God's Grace
- A Matter of Focus
- The Weaker We Feel, The Harder We Lean
- Reflections in a Nursery
- Between Two Crosses
- When You're Weary
- A Two-Fold Defense
- Trust: Relying On God's Control When Things Fall Apart
- Backed into Corners
- What Can You Bear?
- Lead Me to the Rock
- God Up Ahead
- Unnecessary Guilt
- God and the "Little Things"
- He Cares for You
- Expectations
- What Are the "All Things"?
- Suffering: When God's Gifts Come Wrapped in Pain
- Suffering: Friend or Foe?
- Fingerprints
- God's Detailed Artwork
- Tears
- Beauty Out of Ashes
- Behind the Quick Sketch
- Contrasts
- Stir the Fire
- When God Says, "Enough!"
- Mystery: A God Beyond Comprehension
- Out of the Shallows
- Strong Medicine
- When God Conceals
- A Few Good Clues
- Ignoring the Odds
- Why Bother to Pray?
- Ordering Your Prayer
- My Thoughts, God's Thoughts
- Truth: Discovered or Revealed?
- Significance: Believing God Will Use Me
- A Deliberate Handicap
- The High Calling
- "Nameless" People
- When Skeptics Think Twice
- In the Corner of a Field
- Our Bodies, Like Tents
- More with Less
- "But What About Him?"
- Nothing to Give?
- Perseverance: God's Partnership in Life's Marathon
- Keeping in Step
- By Love Constrained
- All Life Is Spiritual
- Full Moon
- Pilgrim or Tourist?
- Reconnecting
- Quality and Quantity
- Still Life?
- "Lord, Make Me Usable"
- Assurance: God's Personal Involvement in My Life
- Worth Your Weight in Weakness
- His First Sermon
- Why?
- The Other Kind of Suffering
- Comforter
- God Pursues Us
- Where the Wind Blows
- The Master's Touch
- The Details Count
- Conclusion: A Final Word
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Other Books by This Author
