"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.

Table of Contents

1. Take a Walk with Me:  Asking Two Big Questions
2. Why I Wrote This Book,  How I Plan to Use It, and How You Might Use It Too
3. Resolution 52:  Commitment to a Reflective Life
4. A Prepared Life:  The Art of Advance-Work Toward an End
5. My Intended Wing:  Resolving an Inner Conflict
6. Nobody Soars All the Time:  De-romanticizing the Life of Faith
7. Teach Us to Number Our Days:  The Ministry of the Obituary
8. Living in Time and Eternity:  Phases 1 and 2
9. Phase 2:  The Gospel from the Other Side
10. Glory Days:  Enter His Presence
11. Phase 1:  BeaufiFULL - Living in the Fullness of What Christ Won for Me
12. The Ministry of Countenance and Spirit:  Glorifying God and Blessing Others
13. Deep Tracks:  A Scaffold of Discipline and Creativity
14. Blessed Imagination:  Living a Reverent and Kind Life
15. Like a Little Child
16. Hospitality:  A Welcoming Life
17. Lifelong Learner:  If Not Now, When?
18. Looking for Fruit
19. Fruitful Every Season
20. Bee Tree:  Investing in Forever
21. Raised Veins:  The Body's Ministry to Me
22. Wise Reframing:  Keeping My Core in Life's Transitions
23. Watchfulness:  Staying Awake and Alive
24. Tripped Up:  Drink, Drugs, Sex, Materialism, and Other Dangers
25. The Lump:  When Failure Threatens to Overwhelm
26. Embracing the Cross:  Preparing to Drink My Cup
27. Growing Sweeter Through Life's Bitter Times
28. Loss and Leaving
29. Widowhood:  What Shape Will My New Life Take?
30. Time to Be in Earnest
31. Preparing for Death: Stocking the Ammunition Box

Endorsements

"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