Overview

A Spirit-Empowered Life: Discover the World-Changing Journey God Has Designed for You
by Mike Clarensau

How do you pursue the fullness of God?

In his new book, author Mike Clarensau examines five action steps toward a Spirit-empowered life: connect, grow, serve, go, and worship.

A Spirit-Empowered Life features stories of others living out these steps as well as a “Think About It” section at the end of each chapter. Engage the material and explore how to apply it to your own life. Get started on a path today to pursue God’s absolute best in every area of your life.

Product Details

Format: paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5½ x 8½
ISBN: 9781680660104
Editor: Vital Resources
Pub. Date: September 1, 2015

Also available in Spanish, Una vida en el poder del Espíritu.

Meet the Author

Mike Clarensau is a writer living in the Dallas area where he also serves as dean of the College of Bible and Church Ministries for a Christian university. He has authored more than a dozen books, including From Belonging to Becoming, Journey to Integrity, The Sanctity of Life, and coauthored Give Them What They Want, and We Build People, a discipleship strategy book used in Pentecostal churches throughout the United States. Mike and his wife, Kerry, live in Waxahachie, Texas, and have two sons and two granddaughters.

What People Are Saying...

“The Christian life was never meant to be a do-it-yourself project, and thank God it doesn’t have to be! The Holy Spirit is here to empower and enable us as we serve God’s purpose in our generation. In A Spirit-Empowered Life, Dr. Clarensau challenges each of us to welcome the Spirit’s work and experience all God has for us in the twenty-first century. This exciting new book will inspire your journey and change your life.”
—Dr. Billy Wilson, president of Oral Roberts University

“It seems everyone is looking for something ‘extra.’ Google ‘personal power’ and you’ll get more than 242,000,000 hits! But that search for personal power is futile—never yielding enough power to manage life and its challenges. A Spirit-Empowered Life will help you discover a new way to live. No more searching for your power in books, programs, or from the latest expert. Invest just ten minutes a day for forty days and learn what it means to truly experience power. Thank God, He has a plan for you to live differently, with His power!”
—Rod Loy, senior pastor, First Assembly of God, North Little Rock, Arkansas; author of Three Questions, Immediate Obedience, and After the Honeymoon

“How would you feel if you were one of Christ’s disciples and He said: ‘I’m leaving; you’re staying. Everything you try will be opposed by an adversary; and by the way, you must go out and train everyone you meet to practice all I have commanded you.’ Would you feel unprepared? Overwhelmed? Fearful? If you think this is an impossible mandate, remember that He also said: ‘Don’t be afraid; I will help you to accomplish what I require.’ Natural ability can never produce supernatural results. In his book A Spirit-Empowered Life Mike Clarensau will lead you on an exciting journey to a life that is significant, fulfilled, and spiritually effective.”
—Alton Garrison, Assistant General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God

Table of Contents

Foreword by Scott Wilson
Introduction

The Hunger
  1. Stories
  2. There’s Gotta Be More
  3. Tired of Learning and Doing
  4. Power and Authority
  5. Are We Close?
  6. The Transformation
  7. Staying Put
  8. Gotta Have More

The Encounter
  9. Relationship: More than Believing
10. Relationship: This Comes First
11. Relationship: Does God Truly Want This?
12. Relationship: Where It Starts
13. Experience: Expecting an Encounter
14. Experience: Freely Receive
15. Experience: Power
16. Experience: Learning to Wait

The Demonstration
17. Connect: The Priority Is People
18. Connect: Redeeming Love
19. Connect: Who He Loves
20. Connect: How He Loves
21. Grow: Doing the Book
22. Grow: Expecting God to Speak
23. Grow: Signs to Follow
24. Grow: Teach Them to Obey
25. Serve: This Is Growing
26. Serve: Motivated by Love
27. Serve: Hold the Task Loosely
28. Serve: The Greatest Serve People
29. Go: The Purpose for the Power
30. Go: Risk
31. Go: It May Mean Stay
32. Go: Finding the Edges
33. Worship: Expressing the Spirit
34. Worship: Celebrating the God We Know
35. Worship: All Week Long
36. Worship: Obedience, Serving, and Open Doors

The Horizon
37. Next Steps: Live by Faith
38. Next Steps: Think Mission
39. Next Steps: Engage the Moments
40. Next Steps: Write New Stories

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