Sacred Pathways Bible Study Guide: Nine Ways to Connect with God

by Gary Thomas

Discover new ways of connecting with God by understanding how he uniquely created you to worship him. The Sacred Pathways video study will help you As believers in Christ, many of us today fall into the trap of thinking we have to approach God in a certain way. But our Creator made us all unique, and he designed us to connect with him in our own ways. For some, this might look like quiet contemplation. Others express praise through caregiving or theological discussions. It's important to discover the particular pathway that will best help you to experience God's presence. Bestselling author and speaker Gary Thomas reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments to give you insight into how you naturally worship and how your personal walk with God might look different from those around you. Unlike the Enneagram and other personality assessment tools, Sacred Pathways gives you tools to investigate how you naturally relate to God. You will discover the strengths and impulses in your devotional approach so that you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into scripted methods of worship and praise. There is one thing that each of us as Christians can do that nobody else can--give our personal love and affection to God. This Study Guide Sessions Designed for use with the Sacred Pathways Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.

Genres: Christian

112 pages, Paperback

Published April 27, 2021

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Reviews

[Karen Danke · Rating 1 out of 5]

I cannot finish this book. I liked the premise, the idea that we each have our own spiritual pathway that leads us closer to God … however, the author injects too much of his personal evangelical opinions into it and I just can’t stomach it anymore. Someone who is pro-choice (ME) is NOT pro-abortion! I will always stand beside my LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters, and I will also not say that Islam, Buddhism, and any other religion is WRONG. Sorry - I am done with this book at the 57% point.

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Different personalities find close communion with God in different ways.
According to the author, there are nine sacred pathways: Naturalists, Sensates, Traditionalists, Ascetics, Activists, Caregivers, Enthusiasts, Contemplatives, and Intellectuals.
By which pathway do I most closely experience the Presence of God?

[Kam Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gave me perspective on how I connect with God differently than others. It really changed my thinking

[Wim Otte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jezus noemt het hart, de ziel, het verstand en de kracht als uitingen van de liefde tot God (Mk. 12:30). T. werkt deze veelvormigheid uit in maar liefst negen vorm van geloof. Volgens hem heb je naturalisten, gevoelsmensen, traditionalisten, asceten, activisten, zorgverleners, enthousiastelingen, contemplatieven en intellectuelen. Hoe hij aan deze indeling komt is niet helemaal duidelijk. Het doel is evenwel om eenzijdigheid tegen te gaan. Stille tijd en op zondag naar de kerk gaan zijn doorgaans de traditionele imperatieven om tot spirituele groei te komen. Niets mis mee, maar er zijn ook andere mogelijkheden zonder buiten de spelregels van de kerk te vallen. De uitwerking van T. is qua werkwijze vergelijkbaar met die van Isabel Briggs Myers die samen met haar moeder een veelgebruikte persoonlijkheidstest ontwikkelde. Het gaat dan om de volgende onderdelen: wat zijn de kenmerken, zijn er voorbeeldfiguren en hoe zit het met sterke en zwakke kanten? Het is niet per se (natuur)wetenschappelijk, maar wel behulpzaam om, onder andere, in het protestantse pastoraat oog te krijgen voor vormen van geloof die minder gestoeld zijn op articulatie en intellect.

[Lauren Sauther · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️

This book was a long glass of ice cold water on a hot day. My word of the year has been “delight” and this book widened my perspective immensely on worship and delighting with God. I’ve been thinking about it every day since I started and I’ll think about it for many days and months and probably years to come.

As someone who believed (in action, I suppose my mind knew differently) that the only way to truly experience God was through a rigid quiet time each morning, reading through a book of the Bible, studying it, and praying all within an hour, I’ve felt shame in my post college years when that hasn’t cultivated joy or delight in the Lord, or I just simply haven’t done it. Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely team Bible reading through and through. Those are God’s words and we should absolute eat them up. BUT. to hear that there’s so many ways in which we were uniquely created to experience intimacy with the Father, whether it be in nature, through activism, a sensical experience, etc, felt freeing. God is gentle, and He’s also far far bigger than experiencing him in a prescribed way.

[Sakura Perse · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read for someone trying to learn how God uniquely created them for relationship with Him! In that none of us are the exact same so why would our natural way of appreciating God be the same? Author used plenty of scripture to support his claims. I learned a lot about myself and the book gave great insight on others around me and how God uniquely created them. However, I wouldn’t recommend to a new believer, it could lead to universalistic/emergent thinking if taken out of context.

[Peyton Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was an amazing book. Author gave made you think to look at people and yourself in a different perspective. Showed there are several different ways to worship God as long as you have an established relationship with the creator of the world!

[Emily McMahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

People connect with God in different ways. I loved exploring the different pathways of connection, learning about how I best connect with God and respecting the ways others do.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing. It is like a live language for spirituality. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to grow closer to God.

[Cristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Sterne für "Sacred Pathways"!
Eigentläch isches nid dr Study-Guide, sondern z ganz normale Buech (aber das tuet's mir mit "Der heilige Hafen" vermischle).
Am 25.11.23 hani no dr Study-Guide fertig gläse (am 21.11. scho chli aagfange, aber eigentläch meh gschnöigget - u när richtig am 25.11. düregschnutzt). I würdi säge: 4 Stärne füre Study-Guide.