The Day I Met Jesus

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Two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ met face to face with people just like you Broken, imperfect, sometimes fearful and without hope The Day I Met Jesus is a beautifully crafted narrative that chronicles the remarkable encounters of five women in the Gospels who were desperate to find wholeness, security, and purpose Like all of us, these women struggled with the regrets of their pasts, the stresses of their presents, and the worries of their tomorrows Join Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth on a fascinating journey back in time as they retell the dramatic accounts of five women who met Jesus Each narrative is told from each woman s unique perspective, yet tightly grounded in the Gospel accounts and faithful to first century history Elegantly written and profoundly stirring, this book blends creative narrative with uncommon insight, spiritual depth, and practical application If you are someone who seeks a renewal of hope, faith, and love, The Day I Met Jesus will make your Bible come to life and usher you into a fresh encounter with your Lord. New Read The Day I Met Jesus By Frank Viola For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr MEN SHOULD READ THIS TOOEvery pariah has a backstory Every sinner has hidden wounds Every hero is driven by love.In The Day I Met Jesus, authors Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth bring you into the minds of five New Testament women and invite you to see the world through their eyes The book is poignant, moving, and masterfully executed Its stated goal is to help see Jesusclearly But I think it accomplishes something else Reading The Day I Met Jesus also gives you insight into the struggles MEN SHOULD READ THIS TOOEvery pariah has a backstory Every sinner has hidden wounds Every hero is driven by love.In The Day I Met Jesus, authors Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth bring you into the minds of five New Testament women and invite you to see the world through their eyes The book is poignant, moving, and masterfully executed Its stated goal is to help see Jesusclearly But I think it accomplishes something else Reading The Day I Met Jesus also gives you insight into the struggles of womanhood.An example When we Bible readers meet the woman caught in adultery in John chapter 8, she is already an adulteress at that point That is her label, her identity What Viola and DeMuth do, through the artifice of the woman s own first person account, is to remind us that befo...Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth explore the true stories of women touched by Christ in The Day I Met Jesus This biblical narrative paints vivid pictures of the real encounters with God in the flesh.Each chapter begins with a diary of a woman met by Jesus in a remarkable way Author Mary DeMuth shares the biblical character s innermost thoughts and struggles before the encounter, giving a glimpse of the pain, regret, and fear that each woman faced in her daily struggles As each tale unfolds, one Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth explore the true stories of women touched by Christ in The Day I Met Jesus This biblical narrative paints vivid pictures of the real encounters with God in the flesh.Each chapter begins with a diary of a woman met by Jesus in a remarkable way Author Mary DeMuth shares the biblical character s innermost thoughts and struggles before the encounter, giving a glimpse of the pain, regret, and fear that each woman faced in her daily struggles As each tale unfolds, one can t help but identify with the universal struggles of abandonment, betrayal, loss, and desperation The day she meets Jesus changes everything for each woman, and the story of redemption becomes clear and joyous.Author Frank Viola then takes the chapter further with historical and theological background to the story, making the tale real and relevant What results is life changing spiritual truth, not just for the woman in the story, but for the reader...This book is amazing Mary DeMuth s writing is real, raw, authentic, organicyou experience these women s stories like never before Mary s writing is extraordinary, you feel like you re the woman in the story And then Frank Viola helps you to dig even deeper into the story Very thought provoking and inspiring You will never think of the stories the same way again This book is a blessing Buy one for yourself, one for your best friend, one for your mother This book is a gift to be cherish This book is amazing Mary DeMuth s writing is real, raw, authentic, organicyou experience th...I thoroughly enjoyed reading this Each woman s story was touching and relatable to typical Christian feelings The theme of each was the unconditional and overflowing grace and love of Jesus Christ who transformed these women s lives Really encouraging readWhat would it have been like to physically meet Jesus face to face Looking into Jesus eyes, what would a shunned person experience Or a person rebuked for violating social norms And what if, as that shunned or rebuked person, you met Jesus face to face and He fully loved you and affirmed you, even defending you to your detractors In this book, hear from people who did encounter Jesus face to face Frank Viola and Mary DeMuth have teamed up to write engaging, heart pricking, thought provoking Bi What would it have been like to physically meet Jesus face to face Looking into Jesus eyes, what would a shunned person experience Or a person rebuked for violating social norms And what if, as that shunned or rebuked person, you met Jesus face to face and He fully lov...Wanna meet Jesus Wanna hear a familiar story told differently Want a littleflesh on the bone Wanna find a God so blessedly alive you can touch Him Whether you ve yet to meet Him or you ve had your faith in Him for a long time, this book will reach you and introduce you even again to the friend of sinners, the Savior of your soul Some stories cry their way to the streets , as it says in sentence one, story one And these stories of five very real, remarkably relatable women from the Wanna meet Jesus Wanna hear a familiar story told differently Want a littleflesh on the bone Wanna find a God so blessedly alive you can touch Him Whether you ve yet to ...This is such a powerful book To say that these stories come to life in front of you doesn t do it justice I literally felt like I was in each story And a part of me could relate to something in each story I d highly recommend this as a personal read, as a group women s study, and as a study for a mixed group You won t forget these women, you won t forget Jesus s responses, and you won t forget how you feel when all eyes are in your direction as you walk beside these women trying to work out This is such a powerful book To say that these stories come to life in front of you doesn t do it justice I literally felt like I was in each story And a part of me could relate to something in each story I d highly recommend this as a personal read, as a group women s study, and as a study for a mixed group You won t forget these women, you won t forget Jesus s responses, and you won...Each of our lives tell a story Our stories will live on long after we leave this earth The Day I Met Jesus The Revealing Diaries of Five Women from the Gospels by Mary DeMuth and Frank Viola, recounts the dramatic encounters Jesus had with five different women.Five women broken, imperfect, unwanted whose lives changed forever the instant they met Jesus Their stories are written poignantly and intimately in a diary sort of fashion Mary paints a portrait of each of these women with such d Each of our lives tell a story Our stories will live on long after we leave this earth Th...I didn t expect this book to impact me the way it did I didn t expect the five fictionalized characters from the Bible to embed themselves in my heart I was a little nervous about giving these women backstories Isn t all we need to know about them written in Scripture But what Frank and Mary have done in this book breathes life into the Scriptural account.No longer am I rereading the same stories I ve read countless times On the pages of this book, I feel like I m meeting a real person I v I didn t expect this book to impact me the way it did I didn t expect the five fictionalized characters from the Bible to embed themselves in my heart I was a little nervous about giving these women backstories Isn t all we need to know about them written in Scripture But what Frank and Mary have done in this book breathes life into the Scriptural account.No longer am I rereading the same stories I ve read countless times On the pages of this book, I feel like I m meeting a real person I ve rediscovered the power of their faith and the radical Christ I fell in love with years ago.I met Mary of Bethany afresh and watched her wrestle with the need to be an ideal woman I watched her throw away the need to please, enter a man s world to sit at the feet of Jesus as his disciple She loved Jesusthan she cared about what others thought of her.The woman with the issue of blood comes alive on the pages of The Day I Met Jesus We weep for her, ache with her and rejoice with her...4 1 2 stars.I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.This book is a compilation of five fictionalized accounts of women s stories in the Bible who encountered Jesus the Samaritan woman at the well, the adulteress who was about to be stoned, the prostitute who washed Jesus feet with perfume, the woman who bled for 12 years, and Mary, sister to Lazarus who chose to sit at his feet and listen as a disciple than to help her sister with the hospitality side.Every single on 4 1 2 stars.I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.This book is a compilation of five fictionalized accounts of women s stories in the Bible who encountered Jesus the Samaritan woman at the well, the adulteress who was about to be stoned, the prostitute who washed Jesus feet with perfume, the woman who bled for 12 years, and Mary, sister to Lazarus who chose to sit at his feet and listen as a disciple than to help her sister with the hospitality side.Every single one gives a fictionalized back story, breathes life into these women whom we may not know muchthan the verse or two that is given to them in the Bible Every story is beautiful and well written, but ultimately, the stories are not about them, they are about the amazing power and character of Jesus It truly reinforces how revolutionary he was, how he took the broken, ostracized and shunned, and made them whole, contributing and loving members of society once .After the story of each, there...

The Day I Met Jesus
  • 25 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • 0801016851
  • Frank Viola
  • The Day I Met Jesus