Revelations of God
Finding Your Way Home
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Preface
During the unprecedented period of social distancing during the pandemic of 2020-2021, the world and the way people lived was significantly disrupted. People were experiencing months of loneliness and social isolation, with many asking where is God in all of this?
Seeking answers and encouragement, I came across an ancient spiritual practice called Lectio Divina, which means “sacred reading.” Lectio Divina is a powerful way of connecting with God and learning to hear his voice. Since it’s difficult to know God without spending time in his Word, the practice offers a journey to experience God’s guidance, blessing, and peace.
The purpose of writing Revelations from God is to share a path for people to find and know God. It breaks my heart that people may go an entire lifetime without realizing God is love, his essence dwells in every living thing, his love resides in every human being who loves one another, and his creation of our exquisitely beautiful world was prepared for our JOY!
One of the best ways to know God is to read the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. As the living “Word” of God, Jesus’s example of love and healing shows us the heart of God. Jesus says, “Those who have heard me have heard the Father” (Luke 2:52; John 14:7–10; 1 Peter 4:1).
Getting to know God starts with understanding his character and how he works within our lives. As Jesus says in John 10:10, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the fullest.” The book is organized in three sections:
• Who is God?
• What Can We Do to Grow in Our Faith?
• How Will Our Lives Change?
Weekly Meditations:
There is one short chapter with a journal entry for each of the fifty-two weeks in a year. Each weekly chapter includes:
• Opening message
• Supporting scripture
• Lectio Divina meditation
• Journal questions and notes page
While Revelations of God is written for people who are interested in finding and knowing God, the book was also written for my own spiritual growth. No matter where we are in our faith journey, we all need to continually find our way back to God.
My prayer is that through the Lectio Divina practice you will experience the radical love of God and have your own revelations – ultimately transforming your heart and mind with the renewed purpose, direction and peace.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
Below is an example for the first week – A message, supporting scripture and Lectio Divina passage on one page and the journal questions on the other:
Week 1
Who is God?
Relax, Read, Reflect, Respond, Rest
God is Love
Opening Message
“God is love” (1 John 4:8). This simple statement is the true revelation of God’s nature. If God is love, and we were created in his image, then it follows that we are all called to a vocation of love. When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus, the living Word of God, said, “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another” (John 13:34).
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” (1 John 4:16)
Lectio Divina Meditation
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4:7–12)
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About the Book
Revelations of God was written for people who are interested in finding and knowing God. Through an ancient spiritual practice called Lectio Divina, or “sacred reading,” you’ll have a powerful way of connecting with God and learning to hear His voice. One of the best ways to do that is to read the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament.
As the living “Word” of God, Jesus’ example of love and healing shows us the heart of God. Jesus says, “Those who have heard me have heard the Father,” (John 14:7-10). The book is organized in three sections:
• WHO IS GOD?
• WHAT CAN WE DO TO GROW IN FAITH?
• HOW WILL OUR LIVES CHANGE?
There is one short chapter with a journal entry for each of the 52 weeks in a year, giving the reader time to digest and apply insights during that week. Each chapter includes:
• Opening message
• Supporting scripture
• Lectio Divina meditation
• Journal questions and notes page
Through the Lectio Divina practice, you may experience the radical love of God and have your own revelations – ultimately transforming your heart and mind with renewed purpose, direction and peace.
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”(2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT)
About the Author
With the pandemic starting in 2020, came an unprecedented period of social distancing and global fear. The world and the way people lived was significantly disrupted. People were experiencing months of loneliness and social isolation, with many asking, “Where is God in all of this?”
Seeking answers and encouragement, the author came across an ancient spiritual practice called Lectio Divina – which means “sacred reading.” Lectio Divina is a powerful way of connecting with God and learning to hear His voice. Since it’s difficult to know God without spending time in His Word, the practice offers a journey to experience God’s guidance, blessing and peace through sacred scripture.
Chris is a business coach, facilitator, speaker and author. She has her Master’s in Business Management, spending over 30 years helping leaders and teams create exceptional businesses that positively impact people’s lives. She is an Expert EOS© Implementer, helping over 100 businesses integrate the Entrepreneurial Operating System to improve their company’s health. Her work with local businesses resulted in the opportunity for her and her husband to acquire a workplace safety company, where she serves as CEO. Finally, she received her theological education while working on a Master’s of Divinity at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul.
She has two adult sons and lives west of the Twin Cities with her husband and two dogs on a hobby farm, where great fields punctuated with bright yellow dandelions sow wishes in the wind – filled with the promise of re-birth and restoration.
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of God endures forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)