Kristen Hendricks

Est s llamado a rendirte.Jes s dijo: "Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida. Nadie viene al Padre sino por m " (Juan 14:6).Lamentablemente, vivimos en un mundo que valora los sentimientos y deseos personales m s que la verdad objetiva. Incluso hemos cambiado nuestro lenguaje coloquial para adaptarnos a nuestro egocentrismo y a nuestra relaci n en constante evoluci n con la verdad, llam ndola "mi verdad", como si la verdad cambiara seg n la persona que afirma conocerla.Pero cuando se trata de seguir a Jes s, quien se llam a s mismo la Verdad, no podemos adaptar nuestras creencias sobre qui n es l o lo que ense en funci n de lo que nos resulte c modo.En este devocionario The Chosen, libro cinco, se te desafiar a rendirte a las ense anzas m s dif ciles de Jes s. Seremos desafiados a soportar sus palabras con o dos que escuchan; animados a ser sobrios; y alentados a aferrarnos a la Verdad, sin importar cu n impopulares se hayan vuelto sus ense anzas.

You are called to surrender. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Unfortunately, we live in a world that values personal feelings and desires more than objective truth. We've even changed our vernacular to accommodate our self-centeredness and ever-evolving relationship with the truth by calling it "my truth," as though truth changes depending on the person claiming to know it. But when it comes to following Jesus--the One who called Himself the Truth--we don't get to curate our beliefs about who He is or what He taught based on what we're comfortable with. In The Chosen - Book Five, you'll be challenged to surrender to the harder teachings of Jesus. Together, may we endure His words with ears that hear. May we be soberminded. And may we hold fast to the Truth, no matter how unpopular His teachings have become.

Written to accompany The Chosen--the hit multi-season series about the life of Christ--each of these devotional books contain forty devotions. Within each devotion, you'll find a Scripture, a unique look into a Gospel story, suggestions for prayer, and questions that lead you further in your relationship with Christ. You are called by name.Every follower of Jesus in the Gospels had a not-so-great "before." But God's love reached beyond the brokenness and called them His own. He's still doing that today. Encounter Jesus the way His followers did. Identify with their recklessness, rough pasts, religious piety, desperation for life change, and, ultimately, their redemption. Experience the transformative love and power of the One who sees past your "before" to the "after" He can redeem you to be.You are called to be different.As important as it is to know about and relate to key characters in the Bible, it's more important to understand the lengths to which Jesus has gone to relate to you. What does it mean to really follow Him? To place your identity in Him. To be surrendered to His will and His way. To be different in all the wonderful ways He was different. He is perfect love, which means when life causes your soul to faint and your faith to fail, Jesus will not. You are called to passionate pursuit.Jesus doesn't want passive followers. He wants you to pursue Him, to seek understanding, to pray for more faith, to know and hold fast to what is true and reject what isn't, to obey God's Word, and to persevere through hard things. Of which there will be many. You can't stay in the boat and walk on the water. So, get out of the boat Because when you're out of your depth, wholly depending on God, awesome things happen. You are called to Truth.Jesus came to fulfill Scripture, to seek and save the lost, and to testify to the truth. Once He collides with our lives--our deepest needs, cultural biases, personal motivations, even prideful objections--the outcome can be infuriating. Or exhilarating. Or anything in between. Explore the angles from which you can better see Jesus and the things He taught. Learn from His followers. Welcome His rebuke and testify to the Truth who is ever working within you.You are called to surrender.We live in a world that values personal feelings and desires more than objective truth. When it comes to following Jesus--the One who called Himself the Truth--we don't get to curate our beliefs about who He is or what He taught based on what we're comfortable with. Let's surrender to the harder teachings of Jesus. Together, may we endure His words with ears that hear. May we be soberminded. And may we hold fast to the Truth, no matter how unpopular His teachings have become.

You are called to Truth. Jesus came to fulfill Scripture, to seek and save the lost, and to testify to the truth. But truth can sometimes take a minute to grasp because we contend with it in a variety of ways under a variety of circumstances. Once Jesus collides with our lives--our deepest needs, cultural biases, personal motivations, even prideful objections--the outcome can be infuriating. Or exhilarating. Or anything in between. In The Chosen - Book Four, explore the angles from which you can better see Jesus and the things He taught. Learn from His followers how to really hear. To repent. To wait on His wisdom and timing. To obey. Written to accompany the hit multi-season series, each of these forty devotions contains a Scripture, a unique look into a Gospel story, suggestions for prayer, and questions that lead you further in your relationship with Christ. May we welcome His rebuke and testify to the Truth who is ever working within us...the outcome of which will, indeed, be nothing short of exhilarating.

Usted ha sido llamado a la verdad. Jes s vino a cumplir las Escrituras, a buscar y salvar a los perdidos y a testificar de la verdad. Sin embargo, a veces puede tomar un tiempo comprender la verdad, porque nos enfrentamos a ella de diversas maneras y en diferentes circunstancias. Una vez que Jes s nos confronta, incluyendo nuestras necesidades m s profundas, nuestros prejuicios culturales, nuestras motivaciones personales y hasta objeciones arrogantes, el resultado puede ser exasperante. O estimulante. O cualquier cosa intermedia. En The Chosen -Libro cuatro: 40 d as con Jes s, explore los puntos de vista desde donde puede conocer mejor a Jes s y las cosas que l ense . Aprenda de sus seguidores c mo escuchar realmente, c mo esperar en su sabidur a y su tiempo, sobre el arrepentimiento y la obediencia. Escritas para acompa ar la exitosa serie de varias temporadas, cada una de estas cuarenta devociones contiene una escritura, una perspectiva nica sobre alguna historia de los Evangelios, sugerencias para la oraci n y preguntas que desarrollar n su relaci n con Cristo. Que podamos aceptar su reprensi n y testifiquemos de la verdad, la cual siempre est operando dentro de nosotros... y cuyo resultado, de hecho, ser nada menos que vivificante.

You're never too old or too young to study God's Word Whether you are 8, 12, or any of the years in between, this book is for you. As a companion to The Chosen's 40 Days with Jesus devotional series for grownups, this book will help you--along with your parents--discover the joy, peace, and wonder found only in a forever friendship with Him. Each of the forty devotions includes a Scripture, a closer look into a Gospel story, prayer time, and questions that lead you further in your relationship with God.

The Chosen Book Three features forty brand-new devotions that contain a Scripture, a unique look into a Gospel story, suggestions for prayer, and questions that lead you further in your relationship with Christ.

Usted ha sido llamado a ser diferente. Tan importante como es conocer y relacionarse con personajes clave de la Biblia, es m s importante comprender todo lo que Jes s hizo para tener una relaci n con usted. Ese es el prop sito detr s de la historia de cada personaje: ayudar en la revelaci n sobrenatural de Jesucristo. Por eso, cada detalle importa. Todo intercambio merece un examen minucioso y una profunda contemplaci n. Y es a trav s del desorden, que comenzar a verlo m s claramente. Jes s intercede por usted, lo perdona y renueva, lo gu a y guarda. En The Chosen - Libro dos: 40 d as con Jes s, tenga un encuentro con Jes s tal como lo hicieron sus seguidores y explore sus trasfondos conmovedores. Escritas para acompa ar la exitosa serie de varias temporadas, cada una de estas cuarenta devociones contiene una escritura, una perspectiva nica sobre una historia del Evangelio, sugerencias para orar y preguntas que desarrollar n su relaci n con Cristo. Qu significa seguir a Jes s realmente? Colocar su identidad en l. Estar rendido a su voluntad y a su direcci n. Ir a donde l va y hacer las cosas que l hace. Ser diferente de la manera maravillosa que l fue diferente. l conoce sus necesidades. l ve su sufrimiento. l entiende su dolor. Y l es amor perfecto. As que cuando la vida hace que su alma desfallezca y su fe se debilite, Jes s no lo har . l es a quien ama su alma.

Usted ha sido llamado por su nombre. Cada seguidor de Jes s en los Evangelios tuvo un «antes no tan bueno. Un pescador impulsivo. Un l der religioso piadoso. Una mujer pose da por un demonio. Un recaudador de impuestos ladr n. Pero el amor de Dios los alcanz m s all de la fragilidad humana y los llam , incluso antes de que l comenzara su obra transformadora de redenci n. Y los llam «suyos . Actualmente a n lo hace. Tenga un encuentro con Jes s tal como lo hicieron sus seguidores. En The Chosen - Libro uno: 40 d as con Jes s, explore las historias conmovedoras de Sim n Pedro, Nicodemo, Mar a Magdalena, Mateo y otros destinatarios de los milagros de Jes s. Usted no podr evitar identificarse con la imprudencia, el pasado dif cil, la piedad religiosa, la desesperaci n por un cambio de vida y, en ltima instancia, la redenci n de sus almas. Escritas para acompa ar la exitosa serie de varias temporadas, cada una de estas cuarenta devociones contiene una escritura, una perspectiva nica sobre alguna historia de los Evangelios, sugerencias para la oraci n y preguntas que desarrollar n su relaci n con Cristo. Experimente el amor y el poder transformador de Aquel que ve m s all de su «antes hacia el «despu s de ese ser que l puede redimir.