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I Am With You Always: True Stories of Encounters With Jesus
I Am With You Always is a stunning collection of first-person accounts of everyday people who have had visitations from Jesus that have saved or transformed their lives. From dramatic healing encounters during near-death experiences to gentle reminders to live a spiritual life, these encounters span a wide spectrum of experience. Yet each seems to have one central Jesus appears to those whose lives need spiritual attention, growth, or healing. In his enlightening commentary on these experiences, Dr. Sparrow describes the spiritual nature of these remarkable stories, discusses their legitimacy, and offers a dramatic new vision of life and faith. I Am With You Always is a thought-provoking and illuminating look into transformational revelation.
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229 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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July 30, 2021
This book is about people who have had Encounters with Jesus, whether in read time, or in visions and dreams. It is a collection of stories of those who have had physical and emotional healings, initiation and instruction by Jesus Christ. Those who tell their stories may or may not be Christians and may or may not have asked for healings or instructions. These encounters may have happened when they were children, or young or older adults.
These encounters appear to be a profound expression of love and acceptance. They can alleviate pain and suffering and can eliminate fear, doubt, depression. They can help the individual resolve important issues in life. They illuminate whatever is out of balance and reestablishes a healthier balance.
This book makes you think.
These encounters appear to be a profound expression of love and acceptance. They can alleviate pain and suffering and can eliminate fear, doubt, depression. They can help the individual resolve important issues in life. They illuminate whatever is out of balance and reestablishes a healthier balance.
This book makes you think.
November 27, 2011
a couple of months ago Jesus appeared to me in a dream, and it really affected me in a profound way (duh). i found myself wanting to know Jesus more, and my hunger and thirst for books about him increased. reading the Bible changed. my theology changed. i just happened to have this book on my bookshelf right as all this happened. i'm glad i did. i picked this book up from a thrift store for almost nothing. having not heard the title or the author, i took a chance and decided i'd risk a measly dollar on a book that talked about Jesus appearing to people. at the time, i thought it was pretty neat. then it happened to me, and i wanted to know more.
this book is amazing, simply put. it is really just a bunch of stories complied by the author of people who have had Jesus encounters, whether they be a dream, vision, or a physical manifestation of Jesus. he then categorizes the experiences into different experiences, whether they are for comfort, correction, initiation, or physical or emotional healing, etc. i'm not precisely sure where his background in Christianity lies, but it does seem that he is a Christian. though his book is written to a broader audience than just those who already believe in Christ. and he even has some experiences with non-Christians who have had experiences seeing Jesus, and some of those are especially powerful. my two biggest problems with this book is that sometimes the theology seems a little squirrelly at times, with some of the experiences making me question their veracity, and even the author's comments at times seemed a little off now and then. but mostly, i can get beyond that, and "eat the hay and spit the sticks" as some say. the other major problem is the way it's structured. he basically recites the experiences of the individuals in their own words, and then he proceeds to comment. after each story. EACH STORY. mostly what he says is fine, but after a while i started to realize that he wasnt adding much. it would've been better, in my opinion, if he let the stories be alone and then comment on all them at once at the end of the chapter. that way, he would only say what needs be said and not think he had to say something--which seems like what he did.
overall, though, it's an incredible book. some of the stories are so amazing, and i will never forget them. others on rare occasions make me think and question more than i'd like, but i have to say, if the net result is that people are following Jesus and making him their Lord, i can swallow a few stories that make me squirm. Jesus will work out the kinks. as one person has said, and i agree, "Jesus is perfect theology."
this book is amazing, simply put. it is really just a bunch of stories complied by the author of people who have had Jesus encounters, whether they be a dream, vision, or a physical manifestation of Jesus. he then categorizes the experiences into different experiences, whether they are for comfort, correction, initiation, or physical or emotional healing, etc. i'm not precisely sure where his background in Christianity lies, but it does seem that he is a Christian. though his book is written to a broader audience than just those who already believe in Christ. and he even has some experiences with non-Christians who have had experiences seeing Jesus, and some of those are especially powerful. my two biggest problems with this book is that sometimes the theology seems a little squirrelly at times, with some of the experiences making me question their veracity, and even the author's comments at times seemed a little off now and then. but mostly, i can get beyond that, and "eat the hay and spit the sticks" as some say. the other major problem is the way it's structured. he basically recites the experiences of the individuals in their own words, and then he proceeds to comment. after each story. EACH STORY. mostly what he says is fine, but after a while i started to realize that he wasnt adding much. it would've been better, in my opinion, if he let the stories be alone and then comment on all them at once at the end of the chapter. that way, he would only say what needs be said and not think he had to say something--which seems like what he did.
overall, though, it's an incredible book. some of the stories are so amazing, and i will never forget them. others on rare occasions make me think and question more than i'd like, but i have to say, if the net result is that people are following Jesus and making him their Lord, i can swallow a few stories that make me squirm. Jesus will work out the kinks. as one person has said, and i agree, "Jesus is perfect theology."
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March 29, 2009All of the explanations and groundwork in the first couple of chapters seemed to drag, and I wasn't finding it very interesting. Now that I've finally gotten past that and into the fascinating accounts of people's personal encounters with Jesus, the book is due at the library. So I'll return to it again someday, starting on chapter five.
December 31, 2025
The author is a psychotherapist who back in the 1990s published this book after he had collected accounts of peoples' experiences of dreams, visions, or other encounters with Jesus, from a variety of sources. Some were responses to a magazine article he had written. Others were responses to lectures he gave on the subject, and others given him by his counseling clients. Some of the accounts given in this book were his own. He sorts them into several categories. In some, they are awakening encounters. In others, Jesus provides healing, sometimes physical, sometimes emotional. Jesus can also appear to someone to deal with someone's unresolved issues. Sometimes for no obvious reason at all. The author comments after each person's experience, on what he makes of it. The people who have the encounters come from a variety of denominational backgrounds. In most cases, they come to a fuller relationship with Jesus. Overall, I found this a book that documents that Jesus is with us throughout our lives and for all time, at least if we can accept that.
May 26, 2019
Very interesting. Stories about the coming of Jesus by visions or dreams. Lots of stories. If you are a devoted christian this book might deepen your faith.
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December 24, 2022Stopped reading on page 163
July 3, 2017
One keeps on wanting to ask: "But is it true? - really?". Of course Jesus walks and talks with us every day, but why did He need to meet these people in a tangible, visible form? Was it because they needed to be converted, like Paul? Was it because a book such as this needed to be compiled for others to read and believe? Whatever the answers, the mere fact that Bible stories can almost be extended into the Lord's work today, here and now, amazes me.
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