Bøger af Scotty Smith

Ephesians: The Love We Long For by Scotty Smith examines the riches of grace and the implications of the gospel found in the book of Ephesians. By inviting readers to the beauty, love, and awe of Ephesians, Smith sheds light on one of the most formative biblical books and the knowledge and heart of God.

What do you rely on to get through your day? The things we rely on are also what define us--our family, education, job, accomplishments, and money. For the apostle John, nothing defined him more than the love of God in Jesus, and that is what he relied on every moment of every day. Scotty Smith takes readers through 1 John and shows how a rich ...

To see our sins, wounds, idols, and failures apart from God's is simply too much. We will either minimize our condition, thus marginalizing our need of grace, or we will run away in hopeless despair to the arms of a lesser love or to the worship of lesser gods. But . . . God pursues us in our restlessness. receives us in our sinfulness. holds us in our brokenness, and frees us from our lovelessness. -- Scotty Smith excerpt from Objects of His Affection

Pastor Scotty Smith challenges readers humbly and honestly to consider what it means to be stewards of God's graceto live a life of obedience and service in response to His wonderful love.With breakthrough understanding, this book reconciles the disconnection between God's faithfulness to Christians and their unfaithfulness to Him.

Topically Arranged Prayers for Individual, Family, and ChurchGod calls us to pray, and we want to talk to our heavenly Father. But so often we don't know what to say, or we feel like our words are getting no higher than the ceiling above us. Prayer should draw us closer to God, but guilt over past prayerlessness or confusion over what to pray can have the opposite result. In the pages of Every Season Prayers, pastor Scotty Smith offers readers a treasure trove of prayers that will lead them into a more intimate relationship with God. Topically arranged so readers can easily find the sentiments that match their needs, issues, and moods, this delightful book includes prayers for: · everyday concerns, from health and relationship issues to expressing gratitude· voicing our feelings, stories, and struggles to God· listening to the heart of God· congregational confession and worship· Advent, Lent, and Passion Week· and moreNo matter what their season of life or their daily reality, readers will find a prayer that they can lift up to God.

How would life be different if we could think, see, and do all things in light of the person and work of Jesus? With this inspiring collection of 365 Scripture-centered prayers, Scotty Smith helps readers pray the Scriptures through the lens of the gospel, mining the resources of God's grace and applying them in every season of life. He frees readers to abandon any posing or pretending in favor of an honest, no-spin relationship with a God who claims them as his own.Each day includes a Scripture reference and an inspirational original prayer, born from both moments of great faith and moments of crisis. Like a modern-day book of Psalms, Everyday Prayers is a year's worth of growing in grace that readers will lean on year after year.