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Double blessing : don't settle for less than you're called to bless / Mark Batterson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Colorado Springs, Colorado] : Multnomah, an imprint of Random House, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Description: 233 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0735291136
  • 9780735291133 (softcover) :
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Contents:
Preface: Ariadne's thread -- Double blessing: how to get it. Double portion ; Umbrella blessing ; The X factor ; The Avogadro constant ; God in the hands of angry people ; Fight for it ; Blessing in disguise ; Living in wide-eye wonder -- Double blessing: how to give it. The law of measures ; Seed the clouds ; Opportunity cost ; The giving game ; Pay it forward ; Kingdom calculus ; The eighth wonder of the world ; Playing the long game -- Epilogue: The year of blessing.
Summary: Batterson invites readers to pursue, recognize, and flip every blessing from God. He provides the tools necessary to inventory one's blessings and participate in double blessing-- that moment when a blessing in your life is leveraged to doubly bless another.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 248.4 B335 Available 33111010384499
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God doesn't bless us to raise our standard of living. God blesses us to raise our standard of giving, and that's where true joy is found. The New York Times bestselling author of Chase the Lion challenges us not to settle for half of what God offers when it comes to blessings--we are BLESSED to BLESS.

His discovery started with a simple experiment. Whenever Batterson received a blessing, he would give a similar blessing away. If someone paid him a compliment or gave him a gift or went out of their way to help him, he would return the favor by doing something similar for someone else.

We flip the blessing by blessing others in the way God has blessed us. That's how the blessing becomes a double blessing. It turns giving into a game--one we can't win because God will always outgive us! It's an ancient truth found within the Abrahamic covenant: "I will bless you . . . and you will be a blessing."

In other words, we are blessed to bless. The first blessing is receiving, but it doesn't end there. The second blessing is giving it away! That's the double blessing. And that's where double joy is found.

In a day and age where the idea of blessing has been reduced to a hashtag (#blessed), Batterson challenges readers to pursue true, God-glorifying blessing and experience an exponential impact by participating in the double blessing.

Don't settle for half of what God offers. Discover how you can both get it and give it . . . in Double Blessing .

This edition includes discussion questions!

Includes bibliographical references and discussion questions.

Batterson invites readers to pursue, recognize, and flip every blessing from God. He provides the tools necessary to inventory one's blessings and participate in double blessing-- that moment when a blessing in your life is leveraged to doubly bless another.

Preface: Ariadne's thread -- Double blessing: how to get it. Double portion ; Umbrella blessing ; The X factor ; The Avogadro constant ; God in the hands of angry people ; Fight for it ; Blessing in disguise ; Living in wide-eye wonder -- Double blessing: how to give it. The law of measures ; Seed the clouds ; Opportunity cost ; The giving game ; Pay it forward ; Kingdom calculus ; The eighth wonder of the world ; Playing the long game -- Epilogue: The year of blessing.

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