Synopses & Reviews
We put our trust in Christ alone for the forgiveness of our sins, desire to please God with our life, and yet, we often find that something crucial is missing. Our day-to-day experience of faith lacks the vitality we know it should have. We feel like we’re missing something and we probably are. We’re probably missing Jesus.
That’s what this book is about—it’s about not missing Jesus. It’s about seeing him big. It’s about having our lives re-centered on the glorious Son of God all over again. Charles and Janet Morris wanted to know what happens when we stop missing Jesus, and now they’re sharing what they’ve learned.
Synopsis
For thousands of years, scholars, even without the help of advanced technology, were able to plot the courses of planets and stars with such accuracy that cosmic events could be predicted decades in advance. Yet something crucial was missing; their calculations were consistently just a little bit off. They had yet to discover that the sun was the center of the solar system.
This is a good metaphor for the experience of many Christians. They have put their trust in Christ alone for the forgiveness of their sins. They desire to please God with their life. Yet something crucial is missing. Their day-to-day experience of faith lacks the vitality they know it should have. The solution could not be simpler.
In the same way the solar system orbits the sun so must the life of a Christian orbit Jesus. When Christians see that Jesus is at the center of everything the results are revolutionary. Charles and Janet Morris have discovered this themselves, shown it to others over their years of ministry, and now use four basic truths to show the reader.
Creation is all about Jesus.
The Scriptures are all about Jesus.
Salvation is all about Jesus.
Life is meant to be all about Jesus.
Synopsis
If we feel like we're missing something . . .
We put our trust in Christ alone for the forgiveness of our sins and desire to please God, yet something seems missing. Our day-to-day experience of faith lacks vitality—and we know it.
We're probably missing Jesus.
The answer is simple. When we see the crucified, resurrected Jesus on the throne of the cosmos, we are delivered from self-absorption. We are pulled out of our own small stories into his great story—a story of freedom and joy.
About the Author
CHARLES and JANET MORRIS At the turn of the new millennium Charles and Janet Morris packed up and moved to California, leaving behind the dream home they built at the base of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies. They had been asking the Lord to use their communication skills in a front line way for the kingdom when the phone rang and Charles was called to become the fourth speaker on an 80-year-old Christian radio program based in Los Angeles. Charles had journalistic experience on radio, TV, and with UPI, but no file drawer full of sermons. So with a background in Bible teaching and leading women¿s retreats, Janet joined her husband in helping write the daily messages. HAVEN Today airs on 600 stations with 500,000 listeners. Together Charles and Janet have co-authored two other books,
Jesus in the Midst of Success and
Saving a Life. Their prayer is that Living a Life that's All About Jesus will convey the same life-changing message Charles shares on the radio and that daily changes their own lives ¿ ¿it¿s all about Jesus¿. Charles and Janet have three children and three grandchildren.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The One at the Center
Chapter 2: The Biblical Story is all about Jesus
Chapter 3: Our Greatest Need is to See the Glory of Jesus
Chapter 4: Not Only Does the World Marginalize Jesus; Christians Do it Too
Chapter 5: God Wants the Glory of the Gospel to Grow Larger in our Lives
Chapter 6: The only People who Gravitate to jesus are Those who Have Need
Chapter 7: Jesus has Given us the Holy Spirit
Chapter 8: Faith is Looking to Jesus
Chapter 9: Jesus has Created a People for Himself - a People Defined by the Truth of the Gospel
Chapter10: Jesus has Created a People for Himself - A People who Know Him and Love Him Deeply
Chapter 11: Jesus has Created a People for Himself - A People who Live for His Glory
Chapter 12: - Jesus has Created a People for Himself - A People with Great Hope
Chapter 13: Behold the Man
Chapter 14: Jesus Meets us on the Road