Publisher: Believe Books
ISBN: 0-6151582-5-0
Type: Soft Cover
Pages: 151
Price: $15.99
God's ultimate purpose and plan for all of us as believers, is to change and transform us into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. But, in order for us to become more Christ-like, we have to, according to Howard Katz in Seven Essential Relationships, submit ourselves unto complete obedience to going through the process to spiritual maturity.
Each believer, Katz says, will be tested in seven essential relationships. "Each relationship builds on the previous ones--they are all interlinked. Since these relationships are progressive in nature, one cannot skip one relationship before moving to the next relationship."
The seven essential relationships along with their corresponding tests are: (1) our relationship with God's Word and its corresponding obedience test; (2) Our relationship with the world and its corresponding separation test; (3) our relationship with authority and its corresponding submission test; (4) our relationship in the way in which God deals with us and its corresponding preparation test; (5) our relationship with God's plan and its corresponding possessive test; (6) our relationship with God Himself and its corresponding priority test; and (7) our relationship with the Glory of God and its corresponding faith test.
What is so beautiful about Seven Essential Relationship is how Mr. Katz, in an open an humble way, uses candid examples from his life, along with the life of Joseph, to illustrate each of these seven relationships.
Katz also intricately interweaves the seven step process a potter uses in the molding of a piece of clay to form the perfect vessel to give us further understanding of these seven relationships. He takes us from the removal of the clay from the ground to the refining/firing process ending in a beautiful vessel fit for the Master's use. Seven Essential Relationships is simple but powerful and will revolutionize your Christian life.
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