Reaching for the Invisible God

Reaching for the Invisible God
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Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find? (Walker Large Print Books) [LARGE PRINT]

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Life has a way of toppling our presumptions as Christians. Just when we're confident we understand God, the bottom drops out. We lose a loved one. Our health fails. Or our own intellect begins to shout objections it once only whispered.Where is God with the answers? Why is he so distant so often? How do we bridge the gap? After all, God is not a physical being like us -- so how are we supposed to relate to him? If your hunger for God often seems more frustrating than satisfying ... If you've sensed a disturbing disparity between theology and experience, between God's promises and life's realities ...Or if you've seen God's promises work, but have stumbled and want to believe again ... then this book is for you. Award-winning author Philip Yancey articulates the fundamental questions that confront us all: How does life with God really work? How do I communicate with God? If God heals, why hasn't he healed my loved one? If he changes people, why am I still the same? How does God work -- and how does he work for me?Yancey takes us on a journey into personal faith where there are no sacred cows that can't be discussed. Intellectual doubt, hurt, risk, dark times, baffling providence, the mysteries and paradoxes of life ... the very things that threaten to capsize our trust can become the catalysts for a deeper, wiser, more mature yet childlike faith in the end.With trademark candor, Yancey trims away false expectations of God -- and in their place, reveals what we can expect of him. Here is a probing, personal look at six gut issues: What God is really like? What it means to desire God? How a relationship with an invisible God works. What faith looks like in actual operation. What stages we go through in personal growth. What we can expect in spiritual transformation.If you're ready for a spiritual journey that reconciles faith with honesty, start here. Reaching for the Invisible God helps you move from tough questions to a deeper relationship with a God you can trust, love, and live for with all your heart.

Description of Philip Yancey, author of Reaching for the Invisible God:

Life with God doesn't always work as we think it will. High expectations slam against the reality of personal weaknesses and unwelcome surprises. And the God who, we've been told, longs for our company may seem remote, emotionally unavailable. This book offers deep, satisfying insights that affirm and dignify the questions we're sometimes afraid to ask. Honest and deeply personal, here is straight talk on Christian living for the man or woman who wants more than pat ansers to life's imponderables. Ultimately, Yancey shifts the focus from our questions to the One who offers himself in answer - the God who invites us to reach for him and find.