What's Next?
The Journey to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, and Make a Difference
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4.7 • 15 Ratings
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- $11.99
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Publisher Description
Have you ever felt like something important is missing from your life? Do you feel stuck in a spiritual rut? A deeper and more intimate relationship with God is closer than you think.
At various points along our life's journey, we've all found ourselves asking, "Which way do I go? Where will this road take me? Is that really where I want to go?"
Pastor and bestselling author Chris Hodges teaches us that at these crossroads, it's essential to pause and remember our priorities. In What's Next, Hodges reveals the four practical steps anyone can use to gain lasting spiritual maturity, helping us:
know God better than everfind freedom in our day-to-day livesdiscover our God-given purposesmake an impact on everyone we meet
What's Next teaches us that it's time to look beyond what seems logical, convenient, or advantageous. Instead, we need to look to God as our ultimate GPS, our soul's true compass, if we want to live a purposeful, joyful, and significant life for eternity.
Accessible and clear, concise but profound, What's Next? is the guide you need to find your way and discover the joy that comes walking the road of deeper faith--no matter where you are in your journey.
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Hodges (The Daniel Dilemma), founder and senior pastor of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Ala., offers Christians a road map to maturity and a meaningful relationship with God. Hodges believes in a "forgiving God" who does not direct one's life, but instead invests every person with the ability to make rational choices. To that end he lays out four necessary but complicated steps to attaining a "purposeful, joyful, and significant" life: "knowing God, finding freedom, discovering purpose, and making a difference." Hodges discusses the importance of coming to God through baptism, and offers instructions for prayer and reading plans for the Bible. Then, in order to help readers attain new freedom from doubt, he considers the insidious power of lying to oneself (comparing fears and self-delusions to Stockholm syndrome) and provides guidelines for cultivating healthy relationships ("risk being real... and know when to walk away"). Finally, he explores how to think about one's purpose, including writing prompts to spur further contemplation, and ideas for action. Unfortunately, his ideas for action lack inspiration and specificity, with advice such as "give your talent" and "join a ministry team." Hodges's simple guide will aid any Christian reader wishing to reevaluate their purpose in life.
Customer Reviews
Discipleship 101
For us, when asking of ourselves what weak links exist within our church, one of the most consistent has been discipleship. Most folks know it needs to happen, the problem has been that nobody ever was discipled themselves, so they have no clue where to begin to disciple others. Sad. But this book is the answer to the question. Here is the starting point. There is no end-all-be-all silver bullet, but this is a solid foundational launching pad. Use it and soar!