Philip Yancey believes we are missing the supernatural hidden in everyday life. In this 2004 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner he investigates the natural world and discovers the supernatural hiding in plain view. Nature and super nature are not two separate worlds, but different expressions of the same reality. To encounter the world as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of the natural world. He promises that the grace-filled result will be a life of beauty, purpose, freedom, and faith.

 

Amazon reader review: In this book the two authors have gotten together to write some very profound truths and yet they have done so very simply. This book emphasizes the need for Christians to be grounded and balanced in both the scriptures and the Holy Spirit. They also talk about what it will take to get Christians to the next move of God like unity and humility.

Amazon reader review: Don't be fooled by the length of this book. Within its less than 100 pages is some of the most important and weighty issues of the modern and future Christian Church. With the convergence of these two great men, a work has been produced that hopefully will open the eyes, hearts, souls, and minds of all who read it, and then encourage their friends to read it as I have. Please read this book. These are not flighty ideas to be brushed aside or swept under a rug but brought to the forefront, examined, meditated on, and then reexamined. Let the message of this book impact you and hopefully, shift your paradigm of what you perceive the future of the Christian church to be.

 

Amazon reader review: This is one of most excellent and complete studies I've ever seen or used for studying the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Kenneth Hagin provides many years of his experiences with God and the Holy Spirit. This book will answer your questions concerning the ministry and gifts of the Holy Spirit from a Biblical and experiential standpoint.

 

Amazon reader review: Being in the ministry for over 30 years, I certainly have heard many a person cry out to God for leading in their lives. Rev Hagin has listened to this cry and written a work that will touch your spirit with the understanding of being led by the Spirit of God. Written in a simple way, the reader is able to understand the flow that can be accomplished between themselves and their Creator as Rev Hagin gently shares ways to open up to God's Spirit. If you have been seeking a closer walk with the Spirit of God and you are not sure how to go about achieving this, you will find this book helpful. I truly recommend it for all those that seek His Spirit and His leading.

This inspiring and balanced look at what the Bible says about the ways God communicates will lead readers into a more intimate and effective walk with God. This book focuses on how God speaks to us today through prophecies, dreams, visions, and other forms of divine communication.

 

 

 

 

 

What caused a former Dallas Seminary professor to believe that the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit are being given today? What convinced someone skeptical about miracles that God still speaks and heals? A dramatic change took place in Jack Deere's life when he took a fresh look at the Scriptures. He discovered that his arguments against miraculous gifts were based more on prejudice and lack of personal experience than on the Bible. As soon as Deere became a seeker instead of a skeptic, the Holy Spirit revealed himself in new and surprising ways. In Surprised by the Power of the Spirit, Deere provides a strong biblical defense for the Spirit's speaking and healing ministries today. He also describes several reliable cases of people who were miraculously healed or who heard God speak in an unmistakable way. Finally, he gives sound advice for using spiritual gifts in the church. Written in a popular style, with the care of a scholar but the passion of personal experience, this book explores: the real reason Christians do not believe in miraculous gifts, responding to charismatic abuses, whether miracles were meant to be temporary, and why God still heals.

 

 

Here is a little further perspective on this book; Jack Deere is a former cessastionist scholar who encountered God in a dramatic way and was mentored by John Wimber and Paul Cain. I've read all or part of several other books on the prophetic, but this one is special because of its Spirit:
Mike Bickle's book helps you relax and believe that prophecy is normal. Bill Hamon gives you the ins and outs of almost every question or situation you could imagine about the operation of the gift. Steve Thompson's "You may all Prophesy" is really excellent at as a practical introduction-- covering all the bases of how God speaks, and the stopping places most people hit.

 
But Jack Deere's book actually made me cry at least once. There is such a revelation of humility and reverence for God that your eyes will opened to see prophecy in a whole new light. Not as a thing, but you will taste the Spirit of the Person who is Prophecy. If you are burned out from the false prophets and failures since the Latter Rain, or if you are concerned that prophecy and prophets are just too weird and that it doesn't seem like the right Spirit, read this book. In fact, if you have any interest in speaking prophetically, please read this, and then move on to some of the other great books.

 

Amazon reader review: This book is enormously helpful. At first I sort of cringed and considered Mike Bickle to be hyper-analytical about the whole "prophecy thing." But after completing the book and coming to understand the extraordinary outpouring of the gift of prophecy at his church, I found his viewpoint and "hyper-analytical" approach to be a great gift and a crucial tool for keeping the proper focus (on the Creator) at his Kansas City church. What a blessing it is for others to have this very practical guidebook. For those who are "new" to the prophecy gift, I recommend Jack Deere's "Surprised by the Voice of God" for a more "passionate" picture. Then Bickle's book makes for a very nice and helpful "follow up" guide.

 

 

In this study, Francis Frangipane seeks to lay a foundation for the saints to receive the true gift of discernment. These are selected chapters from the "Three Battlegrounds" book which will give the reader a focused study guide on the gift of spiritual discernment.
 

This book is an in-depth view of the three arenas of spiritual warfare which the maturing Christian will face: the mind, the church and the heavenly places. It provides a foundation of insight, wisdom and discernment on the nature of the battle and the keys to victory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Baxter, the best-selling author of A Divine Revelation of Hell and A Divine Revelation of Heaven, gives a unique perspective into the angelic and demonic realms. In vivid detail, she describes her encounters with spiritual beings, both good and bad, as she shares anointed insights into conducting spiritual warfare.