The Peace Promise: Trusting God to Solve the Unsolvable - Hardcover

Kuypers, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1635820227 ISBN 13: 9781635820225

Publisher: Wellspring, 2018

Synopsis

In this new book, author John Kuypers shows how Jesus' teaching in the gospel of Matthew can revolutionize our relationships and our approach to the issues that trouble us. If we stop and get rid of the log in our own eye first, we will reach a place of peace even before we know how to deal with the speck in our neighbor's eye. And in that place of peace, the Holy Spirit can reveal what needs to be done to resolve things.

About this title

About the Author:

John Kuypers is a seasoned author, business executive and leadership coach. Following a stress-related blackout in his mid-30s, John began a personal journey to overcome the causes of his carefully hidden anxiety, overly-analytical mind and deeply-repressed feelings. He left a lucrative career, crashed his marriage and began over. A life-changing moment led him to stumble onto the root cause his obsessive focus on living for the future, not the present. Following that tiny thread led him back to his Christian Catholic roots and Jesus remarkable teaching on not judging as a means to affecting others while enjoying constantly growing peace, compassion and closeness to the Spirit.

From the Inside Flap:

How much time do we spend scrutinizing others, judging them, finding fault with them, being disappointed in how they've treated us? How much unhappiness could be avoided if we had a different way of dealing with the anxiety, stress, and broken relationships in our lives?

In this new book, author John Kuypers shows how Jesus' teaching in the gospel of Matthew can revolutionize our relationships and our approach to the issues that trouble us. If we stop and get rid of the log in our own eye first, we will reach a place of peace even before we know how to deal with the speck in our neighbor's eye. And in that place of peace, the Holy Spirit can reveal what needs to be done to resolve things.

Whether you're a spouse, a parent, a teacher, an employee, or an employer, this is a practical, real-world teaching anyone can apply in any situation. Experience for yourself the wonderful peace of seeing clearly and its transforming effect on your relationships.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wellspring
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1635820227
• ISBN 13: 9781635820225
• Binding: Hardcover