He Is My Life: Living to Love Others as Jesus Did

by Debbie Alsdorf

Publisher:

David C Cook

, 2013

Christ's call to love everyone is easy to accept but tough to live. While it's a simple message, life is a bit more complicated. We all know people who test our resolve-and our nerves: a tough boss, a gossiping friend, irritating neighbors. So we change "Love one another" to "Be nice" or "Tolerate difficult people." Yet God longs for us to experience a genuine change of heart, as His extravagant love naturally flows through us to others.

He Is My Life is a ten-week journey to enhancing our relationships with God and people. This study shares biblical insights for learning to walk in love. Each day's selection features room for your thoughts, allowing you to journal and meditate on your personal journey. You'll discover how to receive and share God's love, experience healing from emotional wounds, and deepen your personal relationships.

The Design4Living series is designed for women seeking to connect God's word with their daily life. Each guide is ideal for both individual and group study.

Contents

Top Highlights

“We must always keep in mind that it is His love, given by His Spirit, that is the key. No amount of love we could muster up in our own strength will unlock the doors to lasting fulfillment in relationships with others. It is God’s love that has the power to change our lives and the lives of those we come in contact with. My ability to love others is directly related to the condition of my own heart before God.” (source)

“We have been created for relationship—relationship with God and with one another. In this life one thing is clear—God calls us to love one another. But we often don’t take the call to love others seriously. We add conditions to His command, supposing that we have a menu of different options depending on our present circumstances or the dynamics of our current relationships. We pick and choose whom to love, whom to forgive, and whom to reach out to. Our choice is often based on our own feelings of hurt or the past baggage that we bring into our Christian walk.” (source)

“But loving others is one of the hardest things in life unless all conditions are just right—then, maybe then, we are willing to let go and love. The reality is that Christians don’t love automatically.” (source)

“But many of us think that love should flow out of our every pore once we have committed our lives to Christ. Unfortunately, there is no automatic love switch that flips on when we come to Christ.” (source)

“The key here is taking responsibility for being the first to overcome the issue, the fault, the offense, with good” (source)

Product Details

• Title : He Is My Life: Living to Love Others as Jesus Did
• Author: Alsdorf, Debbie
• Publisher: David C Cook
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN: 9781434703255

About Debbie Alsdorf

Debbie Alsdorf holds Design4Living Conferences and speaks with Hearts at Home. She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and is director of women's ministries at Cornerstone Fellowship, where her Bible study is attended by 700 women every week. Alsdorf lives in Livermore, California.







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Debbie Alsdorf is a popular speaker and author and the Director of Women's Ministries at Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, California. Debbie's weekly Bible studies are attended by hundreds of women who are eager to discover how to deepen their walk with God. In addition, as the founder of Design4Living Ministries, Debbie also leads conferences and retreats that equip and encourage women in their faith. She and her husband Ray have raised a blended family of four adult children, and they currently live with two dogs and one cat.