"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
Psalm 90:12 (NIV)
Do you ever wonder what your future holds? As ministry leader Jean Fleming began pondering how she could serve God with more purpose, she created Pursue the Intentional Life, a book that will help you discover how God’s promises and instructions contain just what you need for the unknown days ahead. Whether you are facing the end of something in your life, or embarking on a new beginning, this book will help you live meaningfully and intentionally in the present while preparing well for the future.
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"Jean is a gifted writer and a passionate lover of Jesus. Her artistry shows clearly in her compelling word pictures that remind us of the joy of living our lives to the fullest and for God's glory at any stage of life and even into old age. You will be blessed and spiritually energized as you follow Jean's journey of reflection that prepares you for the future."
---MARY WHITE, coauthor of Unfinished
"Because we as believers will soon see Jesus face-to-face, we need to live intentionally for Him. Pursue the Intentional Life has stimulated me to think and act more intentionally so I can serve Him with my best until He calls me Home."
---DAVID RAE, president, Cables and Kits; former president, Apple Canada
Psalm 90:12 (NIV)
Do you ever wonder what your future holds? As ministry leader Jean Fleming began pondering how she could serve God with more purpose, she created Pursue the Intentional Life, a book that will help you discover how God’s promises and instructions contain just what you need for the unknown days ahead. Whether you are facing the end of something in your life, or embarking on a new beginning, this book will help you live meaningfully and intentionally in the present while preparing well for the future.
Table of Contents
- Take a Walk with Me: Asking Two Big Questions
- Why I Wrote This Book, How I Plan to Use It, and How You Might Use It Too
- Resolution 52: Commitment to a Reflective Life
- A Prepared Life: The Art of Advance-Work Toward an End
- My Intended Wing: Resolving an Inner Conflict
- Nobody Soars All the Time: De-romanticizing the Life of Faith
- Teach Us to Number Our Days: The Ministry of the Obituary
- Living in Time and Eternity: Phases 1 and 2
- Phase 2: The Gospel from the Other Side
- Glory Days: Enter His Presence
- Phase 1: BeaufiFULL - Living in the Fullness of What Christ Won for Me
- The Ministry of Countenance and Spirit: Glorifying God and Blessing Others
- Deep Tracks: A Scaffold of Discipline and Creativity
- Blessed Imagination: Living a Reverent and Kind Life
- Like a Little Child
- Hospitality: A Welcoming Life
- Lifelong Learner: If Not Now, When?
- Looking for Fruit
- Fruitful Every Season
- Bee Tree: Investing in Forever
- Raised Veins: The Body's Ministry to Me
- Wise Reframing: Keeping My Core in Life's Transitions
- Watchfulness: Staying Awake and Alive
- Tripped Up: Drink, Drugs, Sex, Materialism, and Other Dangers
- The Lump: When Failure Threatens to Overwhelm
- Embracing the Cross: Preparing to Drink My Cup
- Growing Sweeter Through Life's Bitter Times
- Loss and Leaving
- Widowhood: What Shape Will My New Life Take?
- Time to Be in Earnest
- Preparing for Death: Stocking the Ammunition Box
"Jean is a gifted writer and a passionate lover of Jesus. Her artistry shows clearly in her compelling word pictures that remind us of the joy of living our lives to the fullest and for God's glory at any stage of life and even into old age. You will be blessed and spiritually energized as you follow Jean's journey of reflection that prepares you for the future."
---MARY WHITE, coauthor of Unfinished
"Because we as believers will soon see Jesus face-to-face, we need to live intentionally for Him. Pursue the Intentional Life has stimulated me to think and act more intentionally so I can serve Him with my best until He calls me Home."
---DAVID RAE, president, Cables and Kits; former president, Apple Canada
