Your Glorious Endeavor

Here’s the Table of Contents of my new book:

How to Glorify God     

• Explanation of the word “glory”?             
• “Isn’t glorifying God another term for worship?”
• “Does God need us to glorify Him?”        
• The warp and woof of glorifying God      
• The paper-towel tie       

1—Prayer 

• Types of prayer 
• “I try to pray, but it’s awkward and I probably sound stupid”        
• “What does praying do, should I even bother?”  
• “My prayers are lame, I need some help”             
• “So, how do I pray . . .  and what for?”   
• “But does God even hear me?”  
• “How do I know God will answer?”          
• Prayers are answered when you and God are on the same page 
• Prayer, trusting God, and an engine        

2—Faith (and Hope)   

• “What is faith . . . really? I don’t think I know enough to have faith.”        
• “I just don’t seem to have much faith.”  
• “Can I get more faith?” 
• “Sounds great, but can my faith get stronger and more enduring?”           
• “Can I lose some of my faith?”   
• Faith produces hope      
• Faith produces trust       
• Faith produces peace    
• Faith produces love        
• Help from James and Peter         
• “So is being faithful the result of having faith?”  
• The Faith Museum          

3—Love    

• Love is a command . . . and for good reason!       
• “What is love, anyway?”              
• “Then how do I love? Isn’t it just a feeling?”
• Monsters in the closet need love too      
• Love has an aroma         
• Love looks like this          
• Love does goodwill         
• Do you like adventure?  
• People can spot a fake  

4 – Abide

• Bingo and wine 
• Jesus gives the results of abiding              
• Abide means more than you think!          
• Practical Application       
• Eleven Character Traits of Those Who Abide with God    
• Be fruitful and multiply is the first command       
• What are our fruits?       

5—Obedience   

• The biblical concept of obedience            
• “Is obedience really that important?”
• Obedience has to be learned      
• “Obedience sounds limiting . . . little freedom and no fun, right?”             
• The Christian tire
• “So what is the purpose of me being obedient?”
• “Sounds hard”  
• “Why should I be obedient? What do I get?”       
• Obedience in marriage is fantastic!         
• Well done, good and faithful . . .

6—Acknowledge (Him)        

• “What does this word ‘acknowledge’ mean?”     
• “That was interesting, but how do I glorify God with it?”
• “Can I watch TV and play video games all the time?”       
• Give God a “thumbs-up”              
• “I like to be acknowledged, God probably does too”        

7—Integrity       

• “Integrity? I have that, don’t I?”
• When God gives you a “thumbs-up”        
• “What exactly is integrity and how do I get it?”  

8—Skillful 

• Skillful means more than you think          
• “I don’t think I have a skill. Is there hope?”          
• Being skillful gets you noticed    
• Work is a gift from God 
• How to become skillful  
• What will the results be for your efforts?             
• Tools of the skillful          

9—Influence      

• Influence like salt and light         
• Do you sparkle?
• “Can you explain how?”
• “And tell me who to . . .?”           
• God deserves an ROI     
• Your sphere of influence              
• The influence of taking your watch off   
• The influence of picking someone up      

10—Image

• 06The meaning of “image”              
• An alive image  
• Doing Jesus’ ministry      
• Be a pink spoon

11—Suffering    

• Suffering examples from history
• “Does God bring us suffering”?  
• “Does God even care about my suffering?”          
• “Then why doesn’t God stop suffering?”
• “I don’t understand why I am suffering, does God even care?”    
• “But does or will God help us when we are suffering?”    
• The legacy of Chris          
• God has a different view of death than we do     
• “So, what should be my response to suffering?” 
• What about Job
• Where to find comfort when suffering   

12—Thankful     

• Words of thanks are action words           
• “Thank my lucky stars!”
• The history of giving thanks        
• The Thanksgiving Holiday            
• Giving thanks is the will of God for you  
• A very important topic in the Bible          
• Contentment, the bridge you must cross              
• There’s an app for that  
• God deposits into your bank account      

13—Praise

• “Isn’t praise the same as saying thanks to God?”
• Praise God for His character traits you recognize
• Jesus didn’t teach us to pray with thankfulness and praise            
• “In our church, we praise God through music. What if I can’t sing?”          
• “We are to ‘bless the Lord’? Isn’t that egotistical?”          

14—Giving

• “Tithing seems like paying taxes”             
• The purposes of giving  
• “Is this a contradiction in the Bible?”      
• “Giving is . . .”   
• Giving is for your own good!      
• Be a do-gooder 
• “When does God bless a cheerful giver?”             
• Giving is cheerful, not begrudgingly painful          

15—Study

• Studying is a sure way to “hear” God      
• The value of studying God’s Word           
• Practical advice for studying God’s Word              
• “But aren’t there contradictions and errors in the Bible? Can it still be trusted?”  
• “Study sounds hard. I’ll need some help.”            
• What you get when you study the Bible 
• Join the noble elite         
• How to study the Bible  
• Location, location, location         
• Interesting observations              
• Don’t believe these lies 

16—Teach

• Wise people learn truth, then they teach it to others       
• “But I’m not a teacher!” Oh yes, you are!”           
• A pattern from Scripture              
• What to teach   
• Why you should teach   
• How to teach    
• Sequential phases of teaching    

17—Worship     

• Meaning of the word “worship”
• True worship comes from a biblical heart             
• Jesus taught us how to worship 
• Your sense of wonder    
• “So, is singing songs worship or not?”     
• The recipe of worship

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