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02481aam a2200325 i 4500 001 06A6E0EAD2B111ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 221108s2023 miu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2022047091 020 $a 0310139848 020 $a 9780310139843 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1333267591 040 $a NcWfSB/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BV4509.5 $b .S827 2023 082 00 $a 248.4 $2 23/eng 100 1 $a Starke, John, $d 1981- $e author. 245 14 $a The secret place of thunder : $b trading our need to be noticed for a hidden life with Christ / $c John Starke. 260 $a Grand Rapids : $b Zondervan, $c 2023. 263 $a 2302 300 $a 192 pages ; $a 192 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Why do we feel like we are always performing? As John Starke shows in The Secret Place of Thunder, our modern world leads us to believe that a sense of self-worth and identity are metrics to be displayed. But Jesus teaches us to live, not for the eyes of others or even for ourselves, but in the secret place our Heavenly Father sees and rewards"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Why do we feel like we are always performing? Where does this impulse come from? As John Starke shows in The Secret Place of Thunder, our modern world has internalized the idea that the markers of having an admirable and successful life are primarily visible. It leads us to believe that a sense of self-worth and identity are metrics to be displayed. The performance of the self has become more important than the reality. We live as if the most important things about us are to be performed before others; that our deepest happiness will come from being who others think we ought to be. But when Jesus says, "Do not practice your righteousness before others," he is leading us to believe that the most important things about us are hidden. How does the Bible lead us to live primarily before God? How does Jesus lead us to wholeness? Jesus teaches us to live, not for the eyes of others or even for ourselves, but in the secret place where our Father in heaven sees and rewards" -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Christian life. 650 0 $a Motivation (Psychology) $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Individualism $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230404020245.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=06A6E0EAD2B111ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search