The Language of Love: Hearing and Speaking the Language of God

by Graham Cooke

Book Overview

God's love is so consistent, so faithful, so immense, He cannot help but express it. Everything He is and does flows with love. It is His language. And as recipients of that glorious expression, His children need to learn this language so that we might speak it back to Him. It is a remarkable cycle. Like rainfall His words water our lives, making us fruitful; we return this blessing by speaking praise and acting in ways that bring Him glory. Thus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800793811
• ISBN13: 9780800793814
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Chosen Books
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

You can't go wrong with Graham Cooke

Graham Cooke is one of my very favorites today. I will eventually have every book and every tape I can get my hands on. You and I are always in some way, a sign pointing to something. Sometimes we are pointing to ourselves. Sometimes pointing people to God. It is a true and faithful saying. We love Him because He first loves us. The more we love Him, the more we will always point others to Him only. Graham always points to the very heart of God. His insight will surprise you. In Acts 4 the sanhedrin marvelled concerning Peter and John. They took note. They had been with Jesus. It is the love of God that turns a fisherman into a living epistle. Enjoy :)

Knowing God's love makes the difference in who we are and how we live

This book was previously published by Sovereign World under the title of "The Language of Promise." In this book, Cooke helps us understand God's love in a new and profound way, which also leads to how we live our life, how we respond to others, and also our faith in God Himself. Cooke begins with the fact that "only God can love God" (pg. 14). Every Christian struggles with keeping the Great Commandment of loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and Cooke explains that to love God to that extent, we need to be first loved by God to that extent. Cooke also explains that it is not God's love that changes, but the way we receive His love changes. It is we who grow, not Him (pg. 47). This whole journey is a process, and as we know God more, we get a greater revelation of His love, and we love Him more, love others more, and our faith in Him increases. Cooke explains that "Everything good and right comes from a Father who never changes. His consistency and faithfulness are the bedrock of our ability to receive. They simply do not depend upon us!" (pg. 16) "Everything He wants from us He gives to us." (pg. 17). The following are some of the other great statements that Cooke makes: - The tragedy of modern Christianity is that much of it is performance oriented. We think we have to do something to get something from God (pg. 18). - We live our lives in the tension of a paradox between being and doing... This paradox could be described as the difference between sonship and stewardship. We must learn how to serve the Lord, but we must also explore how to be a son of God (pg. 27). - Paradoxes are not about one right answer and one wrong one - both sides of a paradox are right. The issue is primacy (pg. 33). - It is not the size of our faith that is important but the depth of our revelation of God's nature (pg. 50).