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Jesus First Jesus Always: The Life You Were Meant To Live
No matter what you've heard about him, he offers you something nothing or no one else can.
If our world had a motto it would be "Me First, Me Always"-and when you think about the life you were meant to live why wouldn't you place yourself at the center of your own universe? It makes sense and it seems way more natural.
But Jesus First, Jesus Always is about seeing life through a new perspective. It's about living life not by the concept of Jesus, but by the reality of him as a person. It's about shaping your world around that reality. It's about recognizing that he claims to be the Alpha point of the universe, the beginning of all things, and the Omega point, the one to which all of history is rushing towards. If he's the first and last, then he is certainly everything in between.
Jesus First, Jesus Always is more than a motto, it's a heart revelation that becomes a soul revolution. We're going to be different than before. Why? Because He gives you the ability to look beyond yourself and become an icon of hope so that others can find grace by knowing you.
If our world had a motto it would be "Me First, Me Always"-and when you think about the life you were meant to live why wouldn't you place yourself at the center of your own universe? It makes sense and it seems way more natural.
But Jesus First, Jesus Always is about seeing life through a new perspective. It's about living life not by the concept of Jesus, but by the reality of him as a person. It's about shaping your world around that reality. It's about recognizing that he claims to be the Alpha point of the universe, the beginning of all things, and the Omega point, the one to which all of history is rushing towards. If he's the first and last, then he is certainly everything in between.
Jesus First, Jesus Always is more than a motto, it's a heart revelation that becomes a soul revolution. We're going to be different than before. Why? Because He gives you the ability to look beyond yourself and become an icon of hope so that others can find grace by knowing you.
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248 pages, Hardcover
Published August 21, 2018
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October 31, 2018
Jesus First Jesus Always. Yes. God's desire for us all and the yearning that He has planted in all of our hearts. But why oh why is it firstly so hard for us to realise it and then secondly once we have, to implement it?
Smith does a good job helping explain the answers to both of those questions. In fact, the answer to the first one really helps make the second one easier to do. There were definitely some of the 10 chapters that I found more useful than others but the ones that grabbed me the most was the discussion on "Purpose" - Chapters 7 & 8 and Smith's little bible study on Romans 8:28-29 was superb. I also liked how he separated 'vocation' and 'purpose' which is something that confuses many of us.
In a church world that is too quick to recruit volunteers for service Smith's book outlines the importance of firstly knowing God and we got to spend the time doing that before diving hands and feet first into service otherwise we really are ill-equipped to do the work.
An important addition to the "discipleship/spiritual formation' library of resources which is getting a lot of focus now (and rightly so)
Smith does a good job helping explain the answers to both of those questions. In fact, the answer to the first one really helps make the second one easier to do. There were definitely some of the 10 chapters that I found more useful than others but the ones that grabbed me the most was the discussion on "Purpose" - Chapters 7 & 8 and Smith's little bible study on Romans 8:28-29 was superb. I also liked how he separated 'vocation' and 'purpose' which is something that confuses many of us.
In a church world that is too quick to recruit volunteers for service Smith's book outlines the importance of firstly knowing God and we got to spend the time doing that before diving hands and feet first into service otherwise we really are ill-equipped to do the work.
An important addition to the "discipleship/spiritual formation' library of resources which is getting a lot of focus now (and rightly so)
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