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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What if the Christina life was never meant to be a life of striving to become more like Christ--but an awakening to the mystery that Christ is already in us, and He is our life? In Christ in Us: The Unfolding Mystery, retired workshop pastor Ed "Eli" Listort invites readers into the revelation that transformed his own Christian journey: union in Christ. For many believers, the Christian life can quietly become an exhausting cycle of trying harder, praying more, behaving better, overcoming failure, and attempting to become the person we believe God expects us to be. Even grace can become something we think we need to obtain in greater measure. Eli discovered another way. Drawing especially from Paul's declaration of the great mystery--"Christ in you, the hope of glory"--he explores what it means to move from a consciousness of separation into the freedom of union. Christ is not somewhere outside us waiting to be reached. The Christian life is not about getting closer to Him, earning His acceptance, or convincing Him to remain near. In Christ, we have been brought into a relationship that rests upon His finished work rather than our performance. Through Scripture, personal stories, and reflections from decades of Christian life and ministry, Eli explores questions that touch the heart of everyday faith: Who am I when my identity is no longer determined by my accomplishments, failures, emotions, career, or ministry? What changes when I stop trying to live for Christ and begin recognizing Christ living His life in and through me? Can I really rest rather than continually striving to become someone God will accept? What does it mean to know that nothing can separate us from the love of God? Across seventeen chapters, Eli examines identity, grace, faith, spiritual rest, the illusion of separation, our tendency to define ourselves by what we do, and the ministry of reconciliation entrusted to us. His message is consistently simple: our identity is not established by our performance. It is discovered in union with Christ. This is not another five-step program for becoming a better Christian. It is an invitation to stop measuring the Christian life by religious performance and begin discovering the freedom of participating in the life already given to us. Eli writes as a fellow traveler--not as someone who has mastered the Christian life, but as someone who spent years trying to live it through his own effort before discovering the rest found in Christ. The mystery has been revealed.Christ is in us.Christ is our life.And we are invited to live from the reality of union rather than the illusion of separation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What if the Christina life was never meant to be a life of striving to become more like Christ--but an awakening to the mystery that Christ is already in us, and He is our life? In Christ in Us: The Unfolding Mystery, retired workshop pastor Ed "Eli" Listort invites readers into the revelation that transformed his own Christian journey: union in Christ. For many believers, the Christian life can quietly become an exhausting cycle of trying harder, praying more, behaving better, overcoming failure, and attempting to become the person we believe God expects us to be. Even grace can become something we think we need to obtain in greater measure. Eli discovered another way. Drawing especially from Paul's declaration of the great mystery--"Christ in you, the hope of glory"--he explores what it means to move from a consciousness of separation into the freedom of union. Christ is not somewhere outside us waiting to be reached. The Christian life is not about getting closer to Him, earning His acceptance, or convincing Him to remain near. In Christ, we have been brought into a relationship that rests upon His finished work rather than our performance. Through Scripture, personal stories, and reflections from decades of Christian life and ministry, Eli explores questions that touch the heart of everyday faith: Who am I when my identity is no longer determined by my accomplishments, failures, emotions, career, or ministry? What changes when I stop trying to live for Christ and begin recognizing Christ living His life in and through me? Can I really rest rather than continually striving to become someone God will accept? What does it mean to know that nothing can separate us from the love of God? Across seventeen chapters, Eli examines identity, grace, faith, spiritual rest, the illusion of separation, our tendency to define ourselves by what we do, and the ministry of reconciliation entrusted to us. His message is consistently simple: our identity is not established by our performance. It is discovered in union with Christ. This is not another five-step program for becoming a better Christian. It is an invitation to stop measuring the Christian life by religious performance and begin discovering the freedom of participating in the life already given to us. Eli writes as a fellow traveler--not as someone who has mastered the Christian life, but as someone who spent years trying to live it through his own effort before discovering the rest found in Christ. The mystery has been revealed.Christ is in us.Christ is our life.And we are invited to live from the reality of union rather than the illusion of separation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…