Broken and whole : a leader's path to spiritual transformation / Stephen A. Macchia.
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TextPublisher: Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780830899173
- 0830899170
- Bible. Corinthians, 1st, XIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Love -- Biblical teaching
- Love -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Christianity -- Psychology
- RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Pastoral Resources
- Christianity -- Psychology
- Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Love -- Biblical teaching
- Love -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- 253 23
- BS2675.52
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Introduction: An Invitation to Discover Strengthin Weakness; Blessed and Broken; Welcome to the Journey; The Most Excellent Way; 1 Impatience Isn't a Virtue ; Love Is Patient and Kind; Invitation to Patience and Kindness; 2 When Envy and Jealousy Ransack the Mind; Love Does Not Envy; Invitation to Release Envy; 3 Is It Ever Acceptable to Have a Competitive Spirit?; Love Does Not Boast; Invitation to Joy; 4 The Tight Grip of Pride and Close-Fisted Greed ; Love Is Not Proud; Invitation to Generous Humility.
5 The Maddening Manipulation of Self and Others Love Is Not Rude; Invitation to Self-Reflection and Spirit-Control; 6 Is an Independent Spirit in Your Veins and Arteries?; Love Is Not Self-Seeking; Invitation to Community; 7 The Destructive Power of Unbridled Anger ; Love Is Not Easily Angered; Invitation to Gentle Compassion and Empathy; 8 The Truth Always Sets Us Free ; Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs, Does Not Delight in Evil, but Rejoices in the Truth; Invitation to Reconciliation; Invitation to Truth-Telling; 9 When Fear and Worry Ensnare a Heart; Love Always Protects.
Invitation to Replace Fear, Anxiety and Worry with Peace10 The Pitfalls of Needing to Be Wanted ; Love Always Trusts; Invitation to Restore Trustand Embrace Faithfulness; 11 When Hope Waxes and Wanes ; Love Always Hopes; Invitation to Embrace Despair and Restore Hopeful Confidence in God; 12 No Pain Is Ever Wasted ; Love Perseveres, Never Fails or Ends; Invitation to Perseverance in the Face of Fear; 13 Befriending Brokenness and Inviting Redemption ; Invitation to Reorder Loves; The Greatest of All-Faith, Hope and Love-Is Love; Conclusion and Benediction: Broken and Whole; Acknowledgments.
Praise for Broken and WholeAbout the Author; Leadership Transformations; Also by Stephen A. Macchia; Formatio Page; More Titles from InterVarsity Press.
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