The Way of Abundance: A 60-Day Journey into a Deeply Meaningful Life

219 Pages·2018·1.14 MB·English

by  Ann Voskamp

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The Way of Abundance
Copyright © 2018 by Ann Morton Voskamp
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Title: The way of abundance : a 60-day journey into a deeply meaningful life /
Ann Voskamp.
Description: Grand Rapids : Zondervan, [2018]
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To my beautiful mama, Linda—
whose name actually means beautiful—
because God knew right from the
beginning who you would be.
CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE:
How Can the Brokenhearted Keep Going?
1. Decisive Givenness
2. In Brokenness, Abundant Light
3. Winging toward Abundance
4. The Brokenhearted Way
5. Vulnerable Givenness
6. Breaking Brokenness
7. Re-membering the Broken
8. Sacrificial Givenness
9. Living Cruciform
10. Held Brokenness
PART TWO:
How Do We Live Like the Brokenhearted, Cruciform Christ?
11. Risky Living
12. Abundant Courage
13. Mastering the Dark
14. Abundant Time
15. Abundant Bravery
16. Growing Abundance
17. Living Givenness
18. Heart Transplant
19. Yielding into Givenness
20. Holy Happiness
PART THREE:
How Do You Let Your Broken Heart Receive?
21. Unashamed Brokenness
22. Relentless Love
23. Abundantly Safe
24. Sacrificial Givenness
25. Boring Love
26. Practicing Presence
27. Grieving Brokenness
28. Compassionate Abundance
29. Zacchaeus Brokenness
30. Crisis Givenness
PART FOUR:
How Can the Brokenhearted Find Real Communion?
31. The Givers
32. Living Given
33. “If Only” Brokenness
34. Entering Abundance
35. Abundance from Ashes
36. Breaking the Dark
37. Koinonia Brokenness
38. Yadah Abundance
39. Bearing Burdens
40. Trampling Christ
PART FIVE:
How Can the Brokenhearted Release Control?
41. Abundant Fruit
42. Daily Repentance
43. For the Good
44. Abundantly Okay
45. Abundantly Amazing
46. Brokers of Healing
47. Palms Open Wide
48. Patient Brokenness
49. Bless My Enemies
50. Breaking Deep
PART SIX:
How Do the Brokenhearted Get to Love?
51. Something Beautiful
52. Pressing Things
53. The Emmaus Option
54. Undeniable Evil
55. An Inconvenient Life
56. Grateful Abundance
57. Esther Givenness
58. Passing the Peace
59. Abundant Love
60. Cruciformation
Acknowledgments
Notes