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A Childlike Heart

How to Become Great in God's Kingdom

Alan D. Wright

Category: Christian LivingSpiritual GrowthInspirational

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About A Childlike Heart

To all of us too-serious, on-the-edge, busy-and-preoccupied adults, Alan Wright offers a reminder of Jesus' words regarding the heart of the child: "Of such is the kingdom of God." In this new trade-paper edition of A Chance at Childhood Again, Wright reveals how we can recapture the unbridled freedom we once relished. As he watched his own son discover the world for the first time, he realized that the carefree, wonder-filled attitude of youth is possible in adulthood. As we look back with nostalgia and appreciation at the simple pleasures of our growing-up years, Wright explains, we will rediscover how our days can be characterized by a spirit of adventure and wide-eyed joy in the Lord.

About Alan D. Wright

Alan D. Wright is the senior pastor at Reynolda Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.He is a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He and his wife Anne have one son, Bennett.

Product Details

272 pages | Published by Multnomah

On Sale Date: Jun 1, 2006

Trim Size: 5-3/16 x 8-1/4

Carton Quantity: 24

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Ignite your spirit of adventure and wide-eyed joy in the Lord!

Click here to download chapter one of A Childlike Heart.

To all of us too-serious, on-the-edge, busy-and-preoccupied adults, Alan Wright offers a reminder of Jesus' words regarding the heart of the child: "Of such is the kingdom of God." 

Click here to download chapter one of A Childlike Heart.

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A Childlike Heart

March 21, 2013

The simple metaphor of a childlike heart plumbs profound spiritual truth. Jesus invites you to more than a stroll down memory lane. He offers you complete transformation—from the inside out. It’s not about changing a few behaviors or mimicking a child’s demeanor. It’s about becoming like a child, through and through. Just as surely as your body has no life without the robust beat of a healthy heart, so the soul lives abundantly only with a free, joyous interior.

Here’s hope. Don’t miss it. Please believe it. Jesus is offering you a whole new heart—the heart of a little child.

Excerpted from A Childlike Heart by Alan D. Wright

Daily Reflection: Why is it so hard for adults to adopt a childlike heart?

Childlike Faith

September 12, 2012

I once served as a counselor for third-grade campers at a Christian camp in the North Carolina mountains. It was an especially hot, dry, Carolina July. On the way to arts and crafts, I overheard one of my campers say thoughtfully to another, “I sure hope it rains soon. My grandmother’s garden needs water.”

Immediately his friend let out a confident war cry and began a primitive rain dance. A third child then chimed in, “Don’t be so silly. God’s not going to make it rain just because of your stupid dance.”

Now defiant, the original “rain wisher” made a grand theological statement: “God can do anything He wants to!”

The first step to a childlike heart is the most important one. You must admit that God can do whatever He wants—and that you can’t. It means [ … ]

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