Have you ever felt stuck in your Christian life? Have you wondered if the abundant life Jesus promised is really available for you right here and right now? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then this book is for you. This book will help you identify the spiritual growth barriers that are keeping you stuck as well as show you the way to experience more of the abundant life: a life characterized by more love, joy, peace, and hope than you ever dreamed possible before. Ken Baugh draws us into the inner workings of the brain and the heart, which inform how we process negative and traumatic experiences, but which also can be diverted from health and wholeness by such negative experiences. How we process hard things intellectually and spiritually recalibrates us toward either health and wholeness or bitterness and defeatism. Ken helps us rewire our brains by simmering in the Scriptures that remind us whom we belong to and what God has promised us. The end result is a resilient, robust faith prepared to weather every storm and keep in step with Jesus.
- Opening Credits
- Dedication
- Foreword by Jan Johnson
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Defining the Discipleship Problem
- Chapter 2: The Abundant Life
- Chapter 3: Ingredients for Christ-Formation
- Chapter 4: The Abundant Life Is a Matter of the Heart
- Chapter 5: Sin as the Hindrance to Christ-Formation
- Chapter 6: The Spiritual/Emotional Conflicts That Hinder Christ-Formation
- Chapter 7: The Deceptive Power of Shame
- Chapter 8: How Neuroscience Informs Christ-Formation
- Chapter 9: Breaking Free from Painful Memories
- Chapter 10: The Transforming Power of Biblically Informed Thinking
- Chapter 11: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Christ-Formation
- Chapter 12: The Transforming Power of God’s Love
- Chapter 13: Spiritual Disciplines to Rewire Your Brain
- Chapter 14: Spiritual Disciplines to Heal the Heart
- Chapter 15: The Role of Forgiveness in Christ-Formation
- Conclusion
- Appreciation
- Closing Credits