Böcker av Marianna Albritton

Come Climb Toward God is a book about some steps toward growing spiritually through learning how to recognize the calls of God. Getting to a place where you can understand how God works with you through the Holy Spirit is the point of this book. These are not all the calls of God, and much more could be written. This is a starting point to become conscious of God's calls upon your life. (1) Seeking Jesus is the starting point of your relationship with God. This chapter will answer the question of "how". (2) The Lordship of Jesus over your life is important to progress in spiritual growth. Understanding the difference between salvation and Lordship is critical to your continued climb toward God. (3) Finding your place of service is vital to your satisfaction in using the spiritual gift or gifts of the Holy Spirit.(4) Few people understand the call of crucifixion to self in the ongoing ministry for others in Jesus' name. (5) After crucifixion of self, Resurrection naturally follows. It is vital a person understands that a new life brings opportunities to serve one never imagined could be possible. (6) Sometimes people get so involved in service, that they get exhausted. God does not intend for that to happen. What is the answer? The call to Rest. (7) Closely related to the growth step of Rest is realizing the call to abide in Christ. People struggle with the idea of being close to God. You cannot be any closer than you are to Him when you understand what it means to abide.

Synopsis: 1. Knowing God personally through Prayer. I plan to share the learning experiences of praying extraordinary prayers and receiving extraordinary answers. There are levels of prayers believers pray and the depth of fellowship with God is dependent on a person's belief boundaries. 2. Knowing God personally through Obedience. Getting to know God as you know your friend beside you, involves interaction with Him. He will lead you to carry out "assignments". At times, these assignments may seem foolish, possibly having the potential for embarrassment, or just seem odd. These examples are for the purpose of learning obedience. (Just for the record, none of my assignments have caused any negative results.) People tend to think the worst when it comes to acting "outside of the box". 3. Knowing God personally through Connection. God is so pleased to get to know us personally, that He confirms His leadership through other believers. Encouragement gives an incentive to do and be involved with His activities. 4. Knowing God personally through Remembering who you are. A believer is a child of the Creator and Ruler of the Universe. Being a child of God carries many blessings, but also many responsibilities. 5. Knowing God personally through enhanced Faith. The above-mentioned steps of growth naturally cause an increase of faith and an ability to stay connected with God whatever circumstances happen in a believer's life. An added bonus to this process will without doubt cause God to give a "well done" response to the one who determines to follow God and know Him personally.