The God-Shaped Heart: How Correctly Understanding God's Love Transforms Us
by Timothy R. Jennings
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The key to spiritual and emotional health is to grasp the truth of God's transforming love for us and then let that reality influence our own hearts and relationships. It seems simple, but we are experts at complicating simple things. Instead of living lives characterized by love we find ourselves trapped in cycles of shame, violence, and addiction that steal our joy and keep us from loving others--so much so that, by all indications, Christians are living no differently than anyone else when it comes to abuse rates, use of pornography, alcohol and drug addiction, and more.
Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us from this prison. With powerful illustrations from case studies and from Scripture, Jennings shows believers who are stuck in addiction, violence, fear, and broken relationships how to experience true freedom through God's transforming love to experience greater health, fulfillment, and well-being.
Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us from this prison. With powerful illustrations from case studies and from Scripture, Jennings shows believers who are stuck in addiction, violence, fear, and broken relationships how to experience true freedom through God's transforming love to experience greater health, fulfillment, and well-being.
My Thoughts:
The God Shaped Heart by Timothy Jennings is a book that will shape and transform our view of God's love if we allow it in every area of our life. In this book he hits a variety of topics including healing, love, worship, love, spiritual failure and emotional health. Rather living a life in shame, he takes scripture and shows us how to break free with God's amazing grace and love. This book is a critical in having an understanding of God's infinite love and then discovering it in God's word.
I love how each chapter summarizes key points and highlights different aspects of the chapter to tie it up in a nice bow. Jennings did a great job communicating encouragement to the reader and I felt that his thoughts aligned with scripture. I give this book a 4/5 stars. A favorable review was not required. All opinions are my own. Thank you to the publisher for providing a complimentary copy.
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