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    Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul
    Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul
    Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul
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    Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul

    By Erwin Raphael McManus

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    You know it all too well: life is fraught with challenging moments. When the storms of life blow-as they most certainly will-are you going to stand strong, bend, or break? Popular author Erwin Raphael McManus suggests that you discover how to rise above the normal reaction and learn to stand against the wind.

    Through thought-provoking chapters, McManus takes readers on a journey of transformation through the landscape of their character-from where they start out "Running Free," through "Rising Out of the Ashes," developing "Divine Imagination," and finally, reaching the "Greatness of Servanthood."

    Readers, ages 18-35, will appreciate this international consultant's expertise on culture, change, leadership, and creativity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateFeb 12, 2006
    ISBN9781418586003
    Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul
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    Erwin Raphael McManus

    Erwin Raphael McManus an iconoclast, artist, and cultural thought leader known for his integration of creativity and spirituality.  He is the founder of MOSAIC, a church movement started in the heart of Hollywood with campuses across Los Angeles, Orange County, and Mexico City.  Erwin is the acclaimed author of The Last Arrow, The Artisan Soul, Soul Cravings, and The Barbarian Way.  His books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.  He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Kim McManus.

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      I have really enjoyed McManus' work and writing over the years, and I look for his new work when it comes out. The Unstoppable Force, Seizing Your Divine Moment and Uprising were all books that I found exciting and and inspirational. The tidbits of stories and scriptural work such as the material around Jonathan and David brought me back to those books more than once. In Comparison, Stand Against The Wind seems empty. It's almost like a collection of inspirational greeting cards. The shifting fonts look pretty but actually prove difficult to read, and they don't really serve any purpose. I almost want the book to calm down so I can just read it . . . I picked up the book hoping for a conversation with Erwin, but instead I feel like I've been given a package or collection of cool things he's said. I miss the stories of Erwin's life and experience and hope the next book will once again offer more of those . . .

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    Stand Against the Wind - Erwin Raphael McManus

    9781404102965_0001_0019781404102965_0003_001

    Copyright © 2006 by Erwin McManus

    Published by J. Countryman®, a division of the Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, 37214

    Adapted from Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul by Erwin McManus (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2004)

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without prior written permission of the publisher.

    Scripture quotations marked (NCV) are taken from THE NEW CENTURY VERSION. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by W Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee. Used by permission.

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    Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Copyright ©1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

    J. Countryman® is a trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

    Published in association with Yates & Yates, LLP, Attorneys and Counselors, Orange, California

    Project Editor: Kathy Baker

    Designed by Kirk DouPonce, DogEaredDesign.com

    ISBN 1-4041-0296-5

    Printed in the United States of America

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    Lord, if it's you, Peter replied,

    tell me to come to you on the water. Come, he said.

    Then Peter got down out of the boat,

    walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

    But when he saw the wind, he was afraid

    and, beginning to sink, cried out, Lord, save me!

    MATTHEW 14:28-30NIV

    The TRANSFORMATION of our character is more REVOLUTION than reformation. It is forged from battles fought far more than by beliefs held. It emerges out of crisis, not out of classroom. It doesn’t just come to you; you must run to it. It is like a gauntlet waiting to be conquered. Character is like a hero asleep within you waiting to be awakened. Its power sweeps through you in waves of transformation. In pursuing a life that is not about yourself, you find yourself living the life you’ve always longed for. And with each challenge faced, with each victory won, you suddenly come to the realization that you are a different person than the one who began the journey. Simply attempting the gauntlet has changed you forever. Peter saw the wind, was gripped by fear, and began to sink. But don’t miss the point—he stepped into the storm and walked on water!

    Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him.

    You of little faith, he said, why did you doubt?

    And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.

    Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying,

    Truly you are the Son of God.

    MATTHEW 1 4 : 3 1 - 3 3 N I V

    STAND AGAINST

    THE WIND

    CONTENTS

    CHAPTER ONE

    RUNNING FREE

    CHAPTER TWO

    THE DROWNING POOL

    CHAPTER THREE

    RISING OUT OF THE ASHES

    CHAPTER FOUR

    CREATING OUT OF THE PIECES

    CHAPTER FIVE

    COMING OUT OF NOWHERE

    CHAPTER SIX

    THE UNIFYING POWER OF BELIEVING

    CHAPTER SEVEN

    THE HEALING POWER OF BELONGING

    CHAPTER EIGHT

    THE SUSTAINING POWER OF BECOMING

    CHAPTER NINE

    THE WARRIOR'S HEART

    CHAPTER TEN

    THE GENERATIVE SPIRIT

    CHAPTER ELEVEN

    THE DIVINE IMAGINATION

    CHAPTER TWELVE

    THE GREATNESS OF SERVANTHOOD

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    CHAPTER ONE

    RUNNING FREE

    It is for

    FREEDOM

    that Christ has

    set us free.

    GALATIANS 5 : 1

    You were created to be FREE.
    If you are a follower of Jesus Christ,
    you’re also CALLED to be free.
    Yet to experience this freedom,
    there must first be an uprising—
    a REVOLUTION of the soul.

    This is how life is supposed to work—

    it’s an ADVENTURE, a JOURNEY, a trek filled with uncertainty, excitement, and risk. I am convinced that in each of us there is A VOICE CRYING OUT, a confession waiting to be declared without shame,I want to live! This journey requires many confessions and declarations, but this is a good place to begin. Let me invite you to hear the roar within your own soul.

    God formed us in His image and then breathed life into us. God’s life in us is sustained by character. When we lose the character

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