Maybe you're thirsting for a felt experience of the Bible's truth. Perhaps Christianity is irrelevant to where your heart is really at. What if you could : have an all-encompassing sense that you have a loving heavenly Dad? Have a sense of being enjoyed and delighted in by Him? Recognize that He sees you differently than you see yourself? Realize that who you are is more important to Him than what you do? These four experiences are integral to biblical Christianity. Discover what often stands in the way of them, and how you can begin to know the heart of the Father in a deeper way as he works these realities into your life.

An international bestseller (more than 100,000 in print in the U.S.)—now with a new cover and interior design. This timeless classic with worldwide appeal (over 1.2 million in print in 32 languages) freshly reveals the freedom and healing that come from discovering God as the perfectly reliable Father—eager to meet every need, ready to give His love. Readers will learn how to deal with heart issues that prevent them from calling God "Father" how the Father's compassion heals the deep emotional wounds caused by earthly fathers who don't know how to love...or who just aren't there how relationships can be restored and homes reunited A superb resource for discipleship and counseling. Includes study guide.

What can Jesus teach us about praying into the heart of the Father? This powerful book shows how we can use the Scriptures to unite our hearts with God’s will. Scripture scholar Leonard DeLorenzo invites us to take a deep dive into Scripture and discover how to pray from the greatest teacher of all—Jesus.

"Everything good flows from the heart of the Father. Your security your value, and your hope come from understanding and walking in the simple truth that yu are deeply loved by God. In this book yo will encounter the relentless love of the Father who delights in yu and wants nothing more than for yo to have fullness of life.. His Life ... Experience healing in every corner of your heart, minds, and soul as the truht exposes and overcomes the lies that prevent you from knowing God's heart. Discover the freedom of living as His beloved son or daughter."--Back cover.

Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness, and rest. Coming to prayer is like coming home, Foster says. "Nothing feels more right, more like what we are created to be and to do. Yet at the same time we are confronted with great mysteries. Who hasn't struggled with the puzzle of unanswered prayer? Who hasn't wondered how a finite person can commune with the infinite Creator of the universe? Who hasn't questioned whether prayer isn't merely psychological manipulation after all? We do our best, of course, to answer these knotty questions but when all is said and done, there is a sense in which these mysteries remain unanswered and unanswerable . . . At such times we must learn to become comfortable with the mystery." Foster shows how prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. He leads us beyond questions to a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, bringing us closer to God, to ourselves, and to our community.

Knowing the Father's heart empowers the follower of Jesus to love and worship God with their whole being. Too many Christians allow negative experiences within their own families, pop culture, and the media to shape their understanding of God as Father. God is seen as distant, disapproving, or exacting. We need a deeply biblical understanding of God, as revealed most prominently in the life of Jesus, to adjust the misconceptions many of us have regarding the character of the Father in order to accelerate spiritual growth. In The Father's Heart, Mick R. Murray combines biblical truth with insightful anecdotes to powerfully convey a list of ten distinct attributes of the Father heart of God. This book is an invitation to discover - again, or for the first time - how a right understanding of the Father's heart sets us free to risk, to love, and to really live.

This study journal is a 7"x10" companion piece to Tim Spykstra's book of the same name - The Journey to the Father's Heart. The study journal would be useful in small group settings where the user can work through a series of questions and record their answers/thoughts within the journal itself.

We live in an increasingly fatherless society. Fatherless children are far more likely to be criminals or victims. In January 2009 Mark quit as the senior leader of a successful and progressive Anglican congregation, to found a ministry called The Father's House, dedicated to taking the Father's love to the fatherless. 'The task of the family of God is to take the Father's love to the fatherless. To do this, those who are already members of God's family need to have their father wounds healed. This book will help those with hearts broken by their earthly fathers to find in their Heavenly Father the love of all loves.' In Part 1, Mark describes the different ways in which fathers can hurt their children. In Part 2, he goes deeper, defining the wound as 'the orphan heart' and describing the main symptoms of this condition in peoples' lives. In Part 3, he shows how Christians can find true healing through experiencing the Spirit of adoption.

"The Heart of the Father is a must read for those who want to be enlightened by the power of true paternity. This is a book with a clear and direct message that captures in a simple, but profound way, one of the most important and least understood themes of the 21st Century in the Body of Christ. Pastor Joshua Rodriguez manages to inspire us and assist us in evaluating our relationships through his own experience during a time when true paternity has been distorted by men-lovers of themselves-who have confused paternity with paternalism. Like Esther, God has enlightened the author to create this literary jewel in a time like this, arriving to the rescue of many sons and daughters that await the heart of a true father. This book should be a part of every minister's personal library." Roberto Candelario, Senior Pastor Centro Internacional de la Familia Cristiana, Orlando, Florida Author Bio: Joshua Rodriguez serves as the Senior Pastor at The Cityline Church, one of the fastest growing bilingual ministries in the Northeast of the United States. The Cityline Church is a congregation located in Jersey City, NJ and is represented by over 40 ethnic groups. His ministry philosophy entails empowering people through the restoration of God given identity, so that they positively impact every segment of society. After enjoying a lucrative 10-year Wall Street career in Investment Management, Pastor Joshua resigned in 1996 to enter ministry full time in order to improve the quality of life for people globally. He is a leader that has been called to empower people and bridge the gap between generations.

We all need encouragement and inspiration as we go through life. Words from the Heart of the Father was written with that in mind. Taken from the experiences of the authors' own lives. This book will bring comfort and peace in those times when you are overwhelmed.