Divine Dance
Seven Steps to a Closer Relationship with God
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Forward At the age of thirteen I heard God speak to me for the first time. This began a lifetime of encounters with God. Divine Dance shows the reader how to take steps to have a closer relationship with God. Each chapter provides stories about how God comes to engage Bible characters, as well as you and me, in a face-to-face, ear-to-hear, heart-to-heart relationship. The author’s experiences of God are presented as journal entries to catalyze you as readers to notice God’s presence throughout your lives. This book provides writing exercises at the end of each chapter to guide you to remember, record, and reflect on your experiences of God. Your journal entries will create a record of your faith journey. Introduction God Invites Everyone, “Come” “Come unto Me” … I love you. “Come unto Me” … I created you for Myself,. “Come unto Me” … In My presence is fullness of joy (Psalm Do you hear God’s invitation of love? At five years old, in my Sunday school class, I heard that God loved me and wanted to have a relationship with me. My teacher helped me pray: “Jesus, thank You for dying for my sins. I ask you to wash my sins away and come live in my heart.” At that moment, in simple, childlike faith, I began my personal relationship with God. For the At thirteen I heard God’s “still, small voice” for the first time. This defining moment started a lifetime of encounters with God (of listening and following God’s guidance without knowing the outcome). Along the way I developed a close, loving, conversational relationship with God. Today, I can wholeheartedly declare with the psalmist, “In God’s presence is fullness of joy.”2 Hearing God speak to me changed my communication from a monologue to a dialogue with God. The following journal entry describes how God and I began to speak and listen to each other. My Memory of When I Was Thirteen Years Old: My First Dialogue with God Turning off the light on the table next to my bed, I lay my head on my pillow to go to sleep. Sadly I prayed, “God, I don’t read my Bible each day. I wish I did better. I want to get to know You more. My Sunday school teacher tells me that I need to read the Bible to get to know You. Would You help me remember each night before I go to sleep to take time to read Your Word? Even if I have gone to bed, help me remember and turn the light back on and read.” I began that night by turning on the light, sitting up in bed, and reading my Bible. The next night when I went to bed and turned out the light and put my head on my pillow, a still, small, silent voice asked, “Do you want to read your Bible?” Formats Book Details
Nearly everyone longs for loving relationships and deep inner peace. Divine Dance integrates psychology with theology to help the reader achieve emotional healing and a close, loving relationship with God. It provides inspiring real-life stories, practical teachings, journal writing exercises, and group discussion guidelines. Divine Dance can be used by individuals, families, church groups, counseling centers, and spiritual direction training programs. Endorsements “Join Nancy Anderson in a spiritual dance that will leave you breathless…” Jane Haas, “In following the steps in Divine Dance you will develop a deeper intimacy with God that heals your hurts and blesses your soul.” Dr. Ray S. Anderson, Senior professor of Theology and Ministry Fuller Theological Seminary, “This book will inspire those who long for a greater realization of God’s presence in their lives and who seek greater intimacy with Him.” Cathie P. Young, Discipleship Pastor, “For years faith was always out of my grasp, but…thanks to Becky Coté, Legal Assistant, “Nancy Anderson’s Divine Dance is a good tool for those wanting to transform their ‘journaling’ into an ongoing interaction with the Lord…All that remains is for one to take pen in hand and allow the conversation to begin.” Fr. Ron Kreul, O.P.,Ph.D.
Nancy Anderson holds a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy, MA in Counseling Psychology, and a MA in Theology. She is a teacher, a
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