Is there really any hope for a spiritual way of living that actually works?
Admiration, comfort, love, power, success, pleasure, escape, control: we're all addicted to something, whether we realize it or not.
In this deeply heartfelt book, author John Ortberg offers a guide for transformation when we know something needs to change but we can't do it on our own. Rooted in the teachings of Jesus and using the framework of AAs 12 steps as a guide, Ortberg offers all of us a freeing roadmap for:
- Giving up our exhausting and fruitless efforts to fix, manage, and control our own lives
- Distinguishing between when willpower is essential and when it is futile
- Discovering how God can do for us what we can't do for ourselves, and
- living authentically, joyfully and in communion with God and other people.
Ortberg shows us how to discover:
- Our spiritual attachment styles
- Our core doubts
- The benefits of practices like prayer, meditation, and mindfulness
- God's sufficiency in our inadequacy
In Steps , find what's needed to experience a new freedom, a new fellowship and a new happiness no matter our circumstances.
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Is there really any hope for a spiritual life that actually works?
Admiration, comfort, love, power, success, pleasure, escape, control:
We are all dependent on something, whether we are aware of it or not.
In this deeply sincere book, author John Ortberg offers a path of transformation for those who know change is necessary but feel unable to make it alone. Grounded in the teachings of Jesus and inspired by the 12-step structure of Alcoholics Anonymous, Ortberg provides a liberating roadmap for:
- To give up our exhausting and futile efforts to repair, manage and control our lives by ourselves;
- Distinguishing between times when willpower is necessary… and times when it is useless;
- Discover how God can do for us what we cannot do alone;
- To live authentically, joyfully, and in communion with God and with others.
In Steps , you will also discover how to:
- Identify your style of spiritual attachment;
- Acknowledge your deep-seated doubts;
- Practicing prayer, meditation, and mindfulness with benefit;
- Experiencing God's sufficiency in your inadequacy.
Steps invites you to experience a new freedom, a new communion, and a new happiness, whatever your circumstances.
ISBN: 9781496447043