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    Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts With the Heart of God
    Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts With the Heart of God
    Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts With the Heart of God
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    Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts With the Heart of God

    Written by David G. Benner

    Narrated by William Sarris

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    Most people think of God's will as something to be found or as the receiving of guidance from God when making decisions. Too often, however, the problem is not that we don't know what God desires for our lives, but rather that we just don't want to do what we already know he wants. How might our wills be changed so that we become both willing and able to do what God asks of us?

    In Desiring God's Will psychologist and spiritual director David G. Benner explores the transformation of the will in Christian spirituality. He examines why our desires are disordered and how our human volition can be brought into alignment with God's intentions so that we willingly choose that which God wants for us. In so doing, Benner shows us that cultivating discernment and being attuned to God's desires is the path to true life, spiritual health and freedom.

    God wants to change our choosing, not just our choices. By aligning our hearts with God's, we will find liberation from the kingdom of self and instead experience the joy of the kingdom of God.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 21, 2020
    ISBN9781705221525
    Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts With the Heart of God
    Author

    David G. Benner

    David G. Benner (PhD, York University) is an internationally known depth psychologist, transformational coach and author whose life passion has been helping people walk the human path in a deeply spiritual way and the spiritual path in a deeply human way. Some of his books include Presence and Encounter, Spirituality and the Awakening Self, Sacred Companions and Soulful Spirituality.

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    • 5/5
      Benner has a handle on the focus and essence of Christian spirituality. He goes beyond the unfortunate and all too often preached focus on external obedience and sin avoidance, to the deep core of God's heart which is all about intimacy with us - all the other important elements of Christianity are meant to flow from this. I found the explanations of this dynamic and the practical guidance that he offers in this book illuminating and helpful.

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    • 5/5
      Fabulous book, insightful and also straightforward. Well done to the author