Habits of Grace: Start your year off exploring the spiritual disciplines.
The everyday routine habits of Bible reading, prayer, and fellowship are the pipeline through which God's love and power flow—including the greatest joy of all: knowing and enjoying Jesus.
Habits of Grace presents these three categories of spiritual disciplines as "means of grace" that strengthen your daily life as a believer. When you read the book, you’ll learn practical and accessible tips for creating sustainable lifelong habits. These habits can be adjusted based on the season of life you’re in so that the spiritual disciplines become a joy rather than a duty.
This jam-packed book will encourage you to sit under faithful preaching, consider baptism, partake of Communion, and seek support from your church community—all parts of a thriving Christian life.
Corporate Worship: What does a biblical church service look like?
Hymn writer Matt Merker shows that corporate worship is the gathering of God's people by His grace, for His glory, for their good, and before a watching world.
Corporate Worship helpfully clarifies the nonnegotiable elements of congregational worship, including reading and praying God’s Word, singing, preaching, baptism, and Communion. It also differentiates between the stylistic choices that can be applied to these elements according to a church’s preferences.
This book on church worship is foundational for every believer. It will also greatly help anyone assess if a church follows a biblical framework.
About the Author
Matt Merker is the director of creative resources and training for Getty Music. His hymns have been recorded by artists including Keith and Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken, Selah, Shane & Shane, and Sovereign Grace Music. You may be familiar with his hymn "He Will Hold Me Fast."