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    God's Love Letters to You: A 40-Day Devotional Experience
    God's Love Letters to You: A 40-Day Devotional Experience
    God's Love Letters to You: A 40-Day Devotional Experience
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    God's Love Letters to You: A 40-Day Devotional Experience

    By Larry Crabb

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    Dear (your name here),

    I love you.

    Love, God.

    What if you had a letter from the Lord of the Universe, written specifically to you with unique insight into who He is and what He has planned for you?

    What if you could enter into a real conversation with the God of the Bible?

    WELL, YOU DO. AND YOU CAN.

    The greatest love letters of all time did not come from the pen of a playwright or the mouth of a poet. They weren’t formed on warped sheets of music or with the quills of romantics. These letters come from the Word of the Almighty God.

    Based on 66 Love Letters —Dr. Larry Crabb’s intimate conversation with God—this devotional experience offers the chance to completely change the way you think about love.

    Give yourself forty days to fall head-over-heels in love with the Savior who calls you by name and welcomes you into a sweeping, incredible relationship with Him. Discover the language and story of true love as it was originally intended—personal letters from God to you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateMay 9, 2011
    ISBN9780849949395
    God's Love Letters to You: A 40-Day Devotional Experience
    Author

    Larry Crabb

    Dr. Larry Crabb is a well-known psychologist, conference and seminary speaker, Bible teacher, popular author, and founder/director of NewWay Ministries. He is currently Scholar in Residence at Colorado Christian University in Denver and Visiting Professor of Spiritual Formation for Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta. Dr. Crabb and his wife of forty-six years, Rachael, live in the Denver, Colorado area. For additional information please visit www.newwayministries.org

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      God's Love Letters to You - Larry Crabb

      Contents

      Ebook Instructions

      Acknowledgments

      Hearing God’s Life Words

      Day One: Genesis

      I have a plan: trust Me

      Day Two: Exodus

      Consider the lengths I go to, just to be with you

      Day Three: Leviticus

      Solving your worst problem

      Day Four: Numbers

      Persevering on the rough road to My party

      Day Five: Deuteronomy

      I’m faithful to you anyway

      Day Six: Joshua

      Victory requires discernment

      Day Seven: Judges

      Understanding authentic love

      Day Eight: Ruth

      My love can overcome all obstacles

      Day Nine: 1 Samuel

      Moving from emptiness to holiness . . . to laughter

      Day Ten: 2 Chronicles

      Struggle to trust Me

      Day Eleven: Ezra

      You will make it to the party

      Day Twelve: Nehemiah

      Small obedience is great work

      Day Thirteen: Psalms

      The stakes are high

      Day Fourteen: Song of Songs

      Come to My feast of love

      Day Fifteen: Jeremiah

      I will rescue you

      Day Sixteen: Daniel

      When you’re ready to meet Me

      Day Seventeen: Jonah

      I demand your cooperation

      Day Eighteen: Habakkuk

      You must stumble before you dance

      Day Nineteen: Zechariah

      Believe what you cannot see

      Day Twenty: Malachi

      Beneath your doubt, you long for Me

      Day Twenty-One: Matthew

      Jesus takes over

      Day Twenty-Two: Mark

      Moving toward the kingdom

      Day Twenty-Three: Luke

      You’re standing at a crossroads

      Day Twenty-Four: John

      The surprising route to joy

      Day Twenty-Five: Acts

      A new purpose in freedom

      Day Twenty-Six: Romans

      Discovering the truth that sings

      Day Twenty-Seven: 1 Corinthians

      The ongoing moment of decision

      Day Twenty-Eight: 2 Corinthians

      My truth reveals your profound need

      Day Twenty-Nine: Galatians

      Your freedom makes you vulnerable

      Day Thirty: Ephesians

      Celebrate My Spirit within you

      Day Thirty-One: Philippians

      Empty, broken, thirsty, grateful . . . and empowered

      Day Thirty-Two: Colossians

      Fully seen, fully wanted by an inflexibly holy God

      Day Thirty-Three: 1 Thessalonians

      Blessed by frustration, weariness, and futility

      Day Thirty-Four: 2 Timothy

      A joy that frees you to endure hardship

      Day Thirty-Five: Titus

      Living between two epiphanies

      Day Thirty-Six: Hebrews

      Strengthened to believe, wait, and love

      Day Thirty-Seven: James

      Saving your soul from a wasted life

      Day Thirty-Eight: 1 John

      The dance of love, the life of joy

      Day Thirty-Nine: Jude

      In brokenness, you will know My power

      Day Forty: Revelation

      Become caught up in My story

      About the Author

      Acknowledgments

      Debbie, you championed this project with a vision for how God could use it. Your excitement is contagious. To you and the great Nelson team, a big thank-you.

      Andi, Kep, and Darla, none of what God is doing through NewWay Ministries would be happening without your creative, tireless, and dedicated efforts. You believe in our ministry. That keeps me going more than you can realize.

      Kent and Karla, on short notice you came up with reflective questions for each day’s reading that capture the Spirit’s movement and will open many hearts to move with Him. And your suggestions for a daily prayer of response so obviously came from your passionate longing to surrender to the Spirit’s deepest work in your hearts. I know something of the price you pay. Walking with you both on the narrow road is one of my greatest privileges and deepest joys.

      And Rachael, no writer more painfully realizes and profoundly appreciates the sacrifices you make to so warmly and patiently support what we both believe God has called me to do. Your loving heart is a treasure to your family, an unmatched blessing to me, and an unceasing delight to God. I love you.

      Hearing God’s

      Life Words

      Words have power. A single sentence can mark a person for life. A careless word, a slip of the tongue, a thoughtless remark can spark a blaze that wounds the heart and scorches the soul, even if the word, slip, or remark seems insignificant and relatively harmless.

      When I was thirteen years old, a friend was shooting baskets with me on a basketball court. After another of my jump shots missed, he casually commented, You look more like you’re lifting a barbell than shooting a basketball.

      I quickly switched to tennis. A chance remark, a casual comment, a passing observation—and I pretty much gave up basketball.

      A thoughtful word carries equally powerful potential. An encouraging sentence, a sensitive remark from someone who sees you and cares, can flood your heart with joy and energize your soul to move ahead toward your God-appointed destiny.

      When I wrote 66 Love Letters, I listened to God’s Spirit speak to me in each book of the Bible. I believed then (and believe more strongly now) that all sixty-six love letters were filled with life words.

      Probably like you, I’ve heard my share of death words: some like the statement my friend made on the basketball court, and some, far more hurtful, from friends who turned against me (perhaps after I had hurt them). Some death words come from the father of lies and too often echo somewhere deep in my soul. Some come from folks who love me who intended to speak life words that I managed to hear as death words.

      The well-meaning parent, the loving spouse, the sincerely appreciative son or daughter, and the devoted friend—let alone the mean-spirited parent, the rejecting spouse, the sullen son or daughter, the betraying friend—will occasionally speak words intended to bring pain.

      Only one Father, only one Bridegroom and Friend, only one Counselor and Companion can be counted on to always speak life words. But God’s way of thinking and His way of loving

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