"For those of us who are longing to 'live loved', I cannot recommend a better follow-up to The Shack than this book.  It is an exploration and adventure into the heart of the God we hoped was truly there, and who loves each of us in particular with an everlasting love."

William Young  •  Author of The Shack

Second Edition

by Wayne Jacobsen

Available in paperback ($12.00). You can order this book here or a 4 CD audio book read by the author ($16.00).


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Download first six chapters in Russian here


"Be prepared to know God better and love him more. You hold in your hands a classic..."
From the Foreward by Gayle D. Erwin Author, Jesus Style

Understanding God’s love requires not a classroom lecture but a long bath. In He Loves Me, Wayne Jacobsen fills the tub and invites us to soak in real life, the inner life of the Trinity.  “What Really Happened on the Cross?” is worth reading five or six times, then sinking quietly and deeply into its life-giving water.

Dr. Larry Crabb
 Author of The Papa Prayer, SoulTalk, and Shattered Dreams. 


He loves me!
           He loves me not!

Do you find yourself picking through circumstances like children plucking daisy petals attempting to figure out whether or not God loves you?  If you find yourself least certain of his love in those critical moments when you most need to trust him, there is hope for you.

Where?  At the one event in human history that forever secured your place in the Father’s heart—the cross where Jesus allowed sin and shame to be consumed in his own body so that you could freely embrace a relationship with his Father.  There you will discover that what he always wanted was not the fearful subservience of slaves, but the loving affection of sons and daughters.

If your spiritual life feels more like performance than freedom, like an empty ritual rather than a joyful journey, let Wayne help you discover:

  • A Father who loves you more than anyone on this planet ever has or ever will.

  • A growing confidence in his affection for you through whatever circumstances you face.

  • A vibrant relationship with him that will free you from the torment of shame while it transforms you to live as his child in the earth.  

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Wayne Jacobsen wanders the world helping people sort out how to live deeply in the life of Jesus.  Formerly a Contributing Editor to Leadership Journal, he has written numerous books on spiritual intimacy and relational church life, including So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore, under the penname Jake Colsen.  You can find his other books, blog, and articles at lifestream.org <http://www.lifestream.org> , and his weekly podcast at thegodjourney.com. He resides in Moopark, CA with his wife Sara.
 


Table of Contents

Forward by Gayle Erwin

The Relationship God Has Always Wanted With You

1. Daisy Petal Christianity (read the first chapter in Spanish)*

2. What the Disciples Didn't Know (read the second chapter in Spanish)*

3. Threatened With Hell

4. A Father Like No Other

5. Welcome Home

 

What Fear Can Never Achieve

6. The Tyranny of the Favor Line

7. What Shall I Give to God?

8. The Businessman and the Beggar

9. The God We Love to Fear

10. The Most Powerful Force in the Universe

 

Undeniable Proof

11. He Loved You Enough to Let You Go

12. Who Needed the Sacrifice?

13. The Hen and Her Chicks

14. What Really Happened on the Cross

15. The Antidote for Sin

16. An Act of Trust in the Darkest Moment

 

A Life Lived in Love

17. Trying to Earn Points With Someone Who is No Longer Keeping Score

18. So Sin Isn't Important to God?

19. The Life I Now Live

20. Shamelessly Free

21. In Exactly the Same Way

22. Life At the End of Your Rope

23. The Prayer God Always Answers

24. Living Loved

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*We're sorry the book is not yet available in Spanish, but someone is generously translating it for us and updates will appear here...

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