Longing - study guide (Keswick Study Guides) - Softcover

McQuoid, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783599340 ISBN 13: 9781783599349

Publisher: IVP, 2019

Synopsis

<p><b>I'm longing for God...</b><br><br>* to answer my prayers<br>* to forgive me<br>* when my heart has grown cold<br>* to take me deeper<br>* to display his glory<br>* to take me home<br><br>The latest in the popular Keswick study guide series matches the banner theme of Keswick Convention 2019: Longing for God. Seminars, Bible readings and evening celebrations will be tightly focussed around this topic.<br><br>As in previous years, we want convention-goers and those who don't benefit from Keswick to explore the subject at home, on their own or in a group setting. For the latter, there are leaders' notes on the six standalone sessions. You can find out what the Bible says and what it means in your life, and be encouraged through praying the prayers and digging deeper.<br><br>As you interact with this resource, you will find yourself equipped to face life's challenges though knowing the God of the Bible better. We pray that your longing will be satisfied.</p>

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth McQuoid is an author and editor. She has been a trustee of Keswick Convention for several years now. She is married to Jeremy, a minister, and they live in Aberdeen with their three boys.

From the Back Cover

[Category: Study Guide]

We long to be happy and whole, for intimacy and purpose, to be thrilled and fascinated. God made us this way; it's how we are wired. Work, money, friendship, sex, art, holidays . . . offer a temporary fix, but leave us craving for something more: more permanent, more meaningful, more beautiful. Just more.

Longing is awoken in us when we experience the brokenness of a fallen world, when there's an intangible void to fill or a higher level of beauty to attain.

Like a bride's love for the heavenly bridegroom, only our relationship with Christ will truly satisfy this longing. He offers life-giving water for our parched souls: 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink' (John 7:37).

This study invites us to turn to God to satisfy our deepest longings. We may not fully realize it but, ultimately, our longing is for him.

'A Christian is not one who has stopped all sinning, but one who has begun to feel a new longing - for the Saviour. A heart that desires Jesus is alive and growing.' Ray Ortlund

'Rich in biblical truth, as well as practical application . . . Short but powerful, this book will minister to both your head and heart.' Emma Scrivener




Elizabeth McQuoid is a trustee of the Keswick Convention and a speaker at women's events. She has written The Amazing Cross with her husband Jeremy, as well as several Bible study guides. She earned a Master of Divinity degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. She lives in Aberdeen with her family.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783599340
• ISBN 13: 9781783599349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80