Pursuing a Deeper Faith
Overview
Do you know God? There is a vast difference between knowing about God and knowing God. To know someone is to converse with them personally and privately, talking and listening as you share experiences, dreams, hopes, and desires. Are you aware that the Lord wants you to know Him in this way, that His desire is to have an intimate personal relationship with you?
In Pursuing a Deeper Faith, Charles Stanley shares God's invitation to grow in a heart relationship with Him, to hear His voice speaking to your spirit daily, and to feel a deep assurance that you are "locked into" a forever relationsip that cannot be severed.
Top Highlights
“Our perspective is wrong any time it doesn’t match up with God’s eternal truth.” (Page 2)
“Real growth and intimacy with God do not come about by understanding God’s Word alone, but by applying it to our lives and relationships.” (Page 6)
“To actually know God is something quite different. It is to have a heart relationship with God—to experience His presence and to hear His voice speaking in your spirit on a daily basis, guiding you into the right paths and right decisions that He desires for you. It is to have a deep assurance that you are ‘locked into’ a relationship with Him forever, a relationship that cannot be severed by anything that you or another person might do. It is to have confidence of God’s love and presence with you always.” (Page v)
“The person who does not seek out the wise counsel of others is a person who is limited to his own perspective, deductions, reasoning ability, and information. And that, my friend, is a great limitation no matter how brilliant a person may be!” (Page 47)
“A failure to thrive will not bring about spiritual death or a loss of one’s salvation, but it can produce a spiritual ‘deadening’—which can result in a great loss of joy and a significant falling short of that person’s potential and purpose in Christ Jesus.” (Page 11)
- Title: Pursuing a Deeper Faith
- Author: Charles Stanley
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1999
- Logos Release Date: 2007
- Pages: 111
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Study and teaching
- ISBNs: 9781418531676, 1418531677
- Resource ID: LLS:PURSNGDEEPR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:31:39Z
Charles Stanley (1932–2023) was often called “America’s Pastor.” He earned his bachelor of divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and his master’s degree and doctorate at Luther Rice Seminary. His theological viewpoint was evangelical and dispensational in nature.
Stanley served as senior pastor of the First Baptist Church Atlanta from 1971-2020. He ws the founder and president of In Touch Ministries and had served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The radio and television broadcast In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley aired around the world in more than 50 languages and covered an array of topics—from finances to parenting.
Stanley was a New York Times bestselling author who had written more than 45 books, including The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible, The Reason for My Hope, Walking Wisely: Real Guidance for Life’s Journey, and dozens more in The Charles Stanley Collection (46 vols.).