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It's Time to Get Back to Jesus, Pure and Simple
 
Do you ever feel like you're being pulled in a million directions? Like you' re overwhelmed with various programs and ministries, or with studying the steps to good parenting or the best ways to share Jesus with your neighbors? These are all good things, but even good things can sometimes take us away from our number one responsibility--knowing Jesus better.

Wayne Cordeiro shares how to focus on the One who matters most and take part in the joy and fulfillment that He brings. But he also teaches how this leads to selflessness, a true love for others, and effective ministry. It will, in fact, change how you see the world around you.

When you focus on Christ, everything else falls into place. Your relationships. Your job. Your church. Your mission. It's all placed in the hands of Jesus, pure and simple.
 
Here's something refreshing: a pure and simple devotion to Christ. Sounds wonderfully inviting, doesn't it?
 
And the good news is that it's not about doing more or doing less. Because God created you in His image, the more you become like Jesus, the more you become the person you were created to be. It is in Him that you actually find fulfillment, not in religious activities (as good as they may be) or in serene settings that give you a needed respite from your harried workplace. He is not the rest from our labors. He is the rest in our labors.
 

"A promise remains of entering His rest" (Hebrews 4:1). It's the rest of a child close to his mother. It's the rest that comes when we are near the one we love. It's the rest we find when we are walking through unfamiliar surroundings with a guide who knows the way.

 
The closer you get to Jesus, the more at home you will feel in this journey. God designed it that way. --Wayne Cordeiro

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"Once in awhile I catch myself reading a great book and I stop and say, 'I wish I'd written that!' Wayne Cordeiro puts me in that kind of envious mood. But even if I had written Jesus: Pure and Simple, it would not have been done nearly as well. Because a book like this can only come from the heart of a man who knows his subject very well."
--Calvin Miller, speaker and author of Letters to Heaven

"I've written a lot of books and read even more, but once in a while I catch myself reading a great book from someone who has lived a great life, and I stop here and there, look out wistfully through an open window, and say, 'I wish I'd written that!' Wayne Cordeiro puts me in that kind of envious mood. But even if I had written Jesus: Pure and Simple, it would not have been done nearly as well. Because a book like Jesus: Pure and Simple can only come from the heart of a man who knows his subject very well. This is a book that might have been titled Jesus Close Up. After any single paragraph you will know it was written by a man who lives his devotion to the Savior, and out of the depths of his Christ-neediness makes the poor in spirit wealthy."
--Calvin Miller, speaker and author of Letters to Heaven (and more than 70 other books)

"What I love about this book is that the content and title match what every follower of Christ should long for. In a world where everything soon gets over complicated, we all need these reminders to keep the main thing, the main thing--purity and simplicity of walking with Jesus every day."
--Doug Fields, speaker and author of Fresh Start

"To a generation that can't find the real story amidst all the tradition, churchyness, poor street cred, or newspaper headlines, Jesus: Pure and Simple is a breath of fresh air and should be the first place you start or start over."
--Hugh Halter, pastor and author of Sacrilege and The Tangible Kingdom

"If you're sick, you need a doctor who knows how to study what's wrong with you and offer a savvy diagnosis--your life might depend on it. And in Jesus: Pure and Simple, Wayne Cordeiro is spot-on in his diagnosis of a Christian culture that is sick of itself. His prescription? More of Jesus, and less of everything else. I couldn't agree more."
--Rick Lawrence, longtime executive editor of Group Magazine and author of Sifted and Shrewd

The Author

  1. Wayne Cordeiro

    Wayne Cordeiro

    Wayne Cordeiro is founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii with over 14,500 in weekly attendance as well as an author, songwriter, and highly sought-after speaker. He has authored ten books, including The Divine Mentor, Leading...

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