When the Lights Go Out : Surprising Growth When God Is Hidden

by Cooke, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780800793838
• ISBN10: 0800793838
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Chosen Books Pub Co

Summary

Do you feel sometimes as though God is wonderfully present-blessing, encouraging, loving you? But then you experience times when He seems remote and silent?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(2)
When the Lights Go Out	13	(66)
Manifestation Is a Time of Blessing and Hiddenness Is a Time of Building	14	(1)
Hiddenness Connects Us with God's Wisdom	15	(1)
Real Wisdom Is Hidden	16	(2)
Hiddenness Is Where We Process Deep Truth	18	(1)
Hiddenness Develops the Inner Man of the Spirit	19	(2)
Learning to Live Inwardly	21	(3)
The Disciples on the Road to Emmaus	24	(17)
Rest Is a Weapon	41	(3)
Other Examples of Hiddenness and Manifestation in the Scriptures	44	(4)
Different Reactions to Hiddenness	48	(7)
The Joy of Hiddenness	55	(2)
Hiddenness Opens the Door for Abundant Life	57	(2)
The Kingdom of Heaven	59	(3)
Living in Abundance	62	(2)
An Imaginative People	64	(3)
The Open Window	67	(2)
Children of Revelation	69	(2)
The Challenge of Abundant Life	71	(2)
Caught by Jesus	73	(3)
A Prayer for Wisdom and Faith	76	(1)
A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Hiddenness	77	(2)
Meditation Exercise	79	(2)
Assignment 1	81	(1)
Assignment 2	82	(2)
Assignment 3: Lectio Divina	84	(7)
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)	91	(2)
About the Author	93