Learning to Be Loved, David Bowden
Learning to Be Loved, David Bowden
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Learning to Be Loved
The Everyday Believer's Guide to a Rich Relationship with God

Author: David Bowden, Mart Green

Narrator: David Bowden, Mart Green

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/10/2024


Synopsis

Read by the authors.Are you feeling spiritually stuck? Release that frustration and discover a more natural way to relate to God in this biblically grounded, transformative book about how our passionate and creative God offers us gateways--that are already in our lives--to draw us closer to him.What if intimacy with God doesn't begin with us knocking at God's door but with God knocking down ours? In Learning to Be Loved, author and Spoken Gospel CEO David Bowden and Hobby Lobby's Mart Green remind us that spiritual growth starts not with our giving but with our receiving.This unique and freeing invitation to respond to God's initiative explores:Common misconceptions that can hold back our spiritual growthPractical "doors"--such as dreams, wounds, and generosity--that are already in your life as ways for you to organically connect with God according to how he has made youA vision of the Christian life that isn't about doing the right things but learning how receiving God's love moves us toward the right thingsPractices to help you partner with God in living your own spiritual story rather than always comparing yourself to other people Combining David's careful study and poetic voice with Mart's decades of wisdom about the simplicity of a life lived toward God, Learning to Be Loved unites biblical rigor and personal experience to show that intimacy with God isn't based on our ability to connect with him--but on all the ways he is constantly connecting with us.

About David Bowden

David Bowden is the cofounder and executive director of Spoken Gospel, a nonprofit dedicated to creating free resources that help people encounter Jesus in all of Scripture. He is a spoken word poet and the author of When God Isn’t There and Rewire Your Heart. David lives in Oklahoma City, where he and his wife, Meagan, are raising two boys, Ezra and Eli.

About Mart Green

Mart Green is the founder of Mardel Christian & Education and an heir to the Hobby Lobby family of companies founded by his father, David Green. He is the Ministry Investment Officer for Hobby Lobby and serves on the company’s board. In January 2005, Christian Retailing named Mart one of the top fifty people who have most shaped and impacted Christian retail in the last half century. Mart has been married to his wife, Diana, for over forty years. They have four adult children, three children-in-law, and twelve grandchildren.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Teddy on January 11, 2025

I believe one of the most important things in your relationship with God is to learn, meditate on and sit in the understanding of His love. If we did nothing else but wake up every day and acknowledge that He loves us, thank Him for loving us so well and then try to carry that through our day we woul......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on January 11, 2025

God is pursuing us! This book is for people who struggle to see our invisible God and what he’s doing in our lives. The authors show God pursuing believers in all aspects of life from their circumstances, to the arts, to spiritual disciplines, personal choices, and their personal spirituality. It’s w......more

Goodreads review by Todd on January 19, 2025

This was good. As a start to understanding how spiritual formation works in a person, and the lies that we need to unlearn to truly grow to be more like Christ, it is good. I think it is more about the fact that I could have gotten the same materials from Willard, Chan, Eldredge, Comer, Barton, and......more

Goodreads review by Carol on April 05, 2025

Awesome Book! I was tremendously blessed by this book. So much so, that I am turning back to page 1 and reading it again. I need to digest and internalize everything written in these pages. Learning is a process and there is nothing greater than knowing that God loves me. This book is so rich it requ......more

Goodreads review by Josh on January 19, 2025

I bought this solely off the title but it ended up being a great Christian living book—one of the best I’ve read in recent years—addressing so many different facets of our walk with the Lord.......more