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    Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide: Nine Ways to Connect with God
    Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide: Nine Ways to Connect with God
    Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide: Nine Ways to Connect with God
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    Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide: Nine Ways to Connect with God

    By Gary Thomas

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    Discover new ways of connecting with God by understanding how he uniquely created you to worship him. The Sacred Pathways video study will help you learn:

    • How you naturally express yourself in your relationship with God
    • How to develop new ways of drawing near to him
    • Key biblical figures who share your spiritual temperament
    • How to understand others who connect with the Creator differently

    As believers in Christ, many of us today fall into the trap of thinking we have to approach God in a certain way. But our Creator made us all unique, and he designed us to connect with him in our own ways. For some, this might look like quiet contemplation. Others express praise through caregiving or theological discussions. It's important to discover the particular pathway that will best help you to experience God's presence.

    Bestselling author and speaker Gary Thomas reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments to give you insight into how you naturally worship and how your personal walk with God might look different from those around you.

    Unlike the Enneagram and other personality assessment tools, Sacred Pathways gives you tools to investigate how you naturally relate to God. You will discover the strengths and impulses in your devotional approach so that you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into scripted methods of worship and praise.

    There is one thing that each of us as Christians can do that nobody else can--give our personal love and affection to God.

    This Study Guide includes:

    • Discussion questions, reflection questions, and a personal assessment test to discover your pathway
    • Personal Bible study for between sessions
    • A guide with best practices for leading groups

    Sessions include:

    1. The Journey of the Soul – Introduction to the Pathways
    2. Pathways of Wonder – the Naturalist, Sensate, and Traditionalist
    3. Pathways of Contemplation – the Intellectual, Ascetic, and Contemplative
    4. Pathways of Action – the Caregiver, Activist, and Enthusiast
    5. Tending the Garden of the Soul – How the Pathways Apply to Your Life

    Designed for use with the Sacred Pathways Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateApr 27, 2021
    ISBN9780310122104
    Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide: Nine Ways to Connect with God
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    Gary Thomas

    Gary Thomas's writing and speaking draw people closer to Christ and closer to others. He is the author of twenty books that together have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. These books include Sacred Marriage, Cherish, Married Sex, and the Gold Medallion-award winning Authentic Faith. Gary holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Western Washington University, a master's degree in systematic theology from Regent College (Vancouver, BC), and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR). He serves as a teaching pastor at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

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