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  • Published: 4 August 2020
  • ISBN: 9780735291133
  • Imprint: Christian/Forum
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $34.00
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Double Blessing

Don't Settle for Less Than You're Called to Bless




God doesn't bless us to raise our standard of living. God blesses us to raise our standard of giving, and that's where true joy is found. New York Times bestselling author and pastor Mark Batterson challenges us not to settle for half of what God offers when it comes to blessings--we are BLESSED to BLESS.

God doesn't bless us to raise our standard of living. God blesses us to raise our standard of giving, and that's where true joy is found. The New York Times bestselling author of Chase the Lion challenges us not to settle for half of what God offers when it comes to blessings—we are BLESSED to BLESS.
 
His discovery started with a simple experiment. Whenever Batterson received a blessing, he would give a similar blessing away. If someone paid him a compliment or gave him a gift or went out of their way to help him, he would return the favor by doing something similar for someone else.
 
We flip the blessing by blessing others in the way God has blessed us. That’s how the blessing becomes a double blessing. It turns giving into a game—one we can’t win because God will always outgive us! It’s an ancient truth found within the Abrahamic covenant: “I will bless you . . . and you will be a blessing.”
 
In other words, we are blessed to bless. The first blessing is receiving, but it doesn’t end there. The second blessing is giving it away! That’s the double blessing. And that’s where double joy is found.
 
In a day and age where the idea of blessing has been reduced to a hashtag (#blessed), Batterson challenges readers to pursue true, God-glorifying blessing and experience an exponential impact by participating in the double blessing.
 
Don’t settle for half of what God offers. Discover how you can both get it and give it . . . in Double Blessing.

This edition includes discussion questions!

  • Published: 4 August 2020
  • ISBN: 9780735291133
  • Imprint: Christian/Forum
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $34.00
Categories:

About the author

Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church (www.theaterchurch.com) in Washington, D.C. NCC was recognized as one of the most innovative and influential churches in America by Outreach Magazine in 2008. One church with ten services in six locations, NCC meets in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the D.C. area. NCC also owns and operates the largest coffeehouse on Capitol Hill, Ebenezers, which was recently recognized as the #1 coffeehouse in the metro D.C. area by AOL CityGuide. He is a daily blogger at www.markbatterson.com and the author of the bestselling In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, and Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity. Mark and his wife, Lora, live on Capitol Hill with their three children.

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Praise for Double Blessing

  • "In this book, Mark Batterson has tapped into two things I am very passionate about: giving and prayer. If we all shift our focus from what we can get to what we can give, then God will, as Malachi 3:10 says, 'open the floodgates of heaven' in our lives." David Green, CEO of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.