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Imagine God
By the end of this book, you will be able to - recognize God and begin to know Him better, regardless of your faith- understand what it really means to be created "in His own image"- contemplate unresolved issues with new insight- reflect on your experiences in a divine way- enlighten others Illustrated by the photograph on the book's cover, author Rick Pribell shares with us his inspirational encounter with the "rising sun" revealing not only the literal truth of scripture in the world, but also the relevance of divine communication in our lives today.
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63 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 8, 2019
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February 18, 2020
An inspiring, unifying message for us all, about our God.
I’ve read a lot of Christian books, and this book stands above the stack, because it has a very unique message. Pribell offers us his insight into how we are all, as humans, created in God’s image. Using our emotions and the way we process and think, he brings us into a deeper understand of how God must think and feel, making Him more real to us. After all, our God only wants a relationship with us, and this book shows us how that’s possible.
Pribell didn’t come to his faith easily. Born and raised Jewish, accepting Jesus was against everything he was taught. Living a prosperous life working with a successful packaging export distribution business and dabbling in real estate wasn’t enough. He wanted more out of life and knew there was something missing. His travels around the world taught him what it was.
Then, in 2015, a life-altering heart attack made him look deeper. The result is an amazing book filled with scripture verses, a personal story, and a very inspiring photograph. If you want to know God more intimately, or if you are searching to fill that thirst for “something more” that you can’t quite quench, this book has the answers. We are indeed created in God’s image, and that alone gives us grounds for praise.
Well-grounded in scripture, short and concise, this book offers the hope and encouragement we all need to embrace the life we were meant to live. Highly recommended.
I’ve read a lot of Christian books, and this book stands above the stack, because it has a very unique message. Pribell offers us his insight into how we are all, as humans, created in God’s image. Using our emotions and the way we process and think, he brings us into a deeper understand of how God must think and feel, making Him more real to us. After all, our God only wants a relationship with us, and this book shows us how that’s possible.
Pribell didn’t come to his faith easily. Born and raised Jewish, accepting Jesus was against everything he was taught. Living a prosperous life working with a successful packaging export distribution business and dabbling in real estate wasn’t enough. He wanted more out of life and knew there was something missing. His travels around the world taught him what it was.
Then, in 2015, a life-altering heart attack made him look deeper. The result is an amazing book filled with scripture verses, a personal story, and a very inspiring photograph. If you want to know God more intimately, or if you are searching to fill that thirst for “something more” that you can’t quite quench, this book has the answers. We are indeed created in God’s image, and that alone gives us grounds for praise.
Well-grounded in scripture, short and concise, this book offers the hope and encouragement we all need to embrace the life we were meant to live. Highly recommended.
March 18, 2020
Imagine God is a religious guidebook that helps its readers learn to develop a relationship with God. The lessons are inspiring and are supported by Bible scriptures.
In the Introduction, Pribell writes that we are made in God's image and created to be good people. In order to be good humans beings, we have to follow God's Commandments which are discussed in Part 2 of the book. When we prioritize faith in God in our lives, it will instill these good values of the Bible in us and our family.
One of the lessons that I enjoyed reading about was Humility. The Bible has many scriptures about this subject. When we are humble, we care about others and help those less fortunate than ourselves. When we let greed for money and possessions take over, we lose our humility because we are only thinking of our own desires.
Forgiveness is one of the most important lessons of all. The author writes about how life is not easy sometimes and we have all had bad things happen to us by others. Instead of holding a grudge towards those who hurt us in the past, if we forgive them, we remove the burden of negative feelings we may be having. Forgiving ourselves for things we may have done in the past is also important.
The lessons in Imagine God are very short and easy to read. A lesson in this book can be read each day so the reader can think about them and apply the teachings to their lives.
In the Introduction, Pribell writes that we are made in God's image and created to be good people. In order to be good humans beings, we have to follow God's Commandments which are discussed in Part 2 of the book. When we prioritize faith in God in our lives, it will instill these good values of the Bible in us and our family.
One of the lessons that I enjoyed reading about was Humility. The Bible has many scriptures about this subject. When we are humble, we care about others and help those less fortunate than ourselves. When we let greed for money and possessions take over, we lose our humility because we are only thinking of our own desires.
Forgiveness is one of the most important lessons of all. The author writes about how life is not easy sometimes and we have all had bad things happen to us by others. Instead of holding a grudge towards those who hurt us in the past, if we forgive them, we remove the burden of negative feelings we may be having. Forgiving ourselves for things we may have done in the past is also important.
The lessons in Imagine God are very short and easy to read. A lesson in this book can be read each day so the reader can think about them and apply the teachings to their lives.
January 18, 2020
What is your relationship with God and how can you use life examples to improve your understanding, connection and relationship to Him? These questions are at the core of “Imagine God” by Rick Pribell. As he writes in the preface, “The purpose of this book is to share a simple but powerful revelation exposing how we can begin to know God.”
Pribell writes that his goal is for this revelation “to become a branch of hope for you to grab, to pull yourself up by” as you pursue a genuine, deep and real understanding of God. Regardless of your faith, this book uses real-life situations to show how God works through you and in you. It’s a concise primer on faith and constantly challenges the reader to “find yourself closer to Him.” And it can also be used as an “effective workbook for introspective study.”
Divided into four parts, each chapter is followed with relevant gospel passages to enlighten and inspire, but also to confirm the author’s assertations. Pribell argues that we were all created with the ability to know God intimately, by being created “in His own image”. Using real-life circumstances and situations, Pribell demonstrates how we are able to relate to God by reflecting on our emotional responses, enabling us to know him in a much deeper and more personal way. Rick suggests a number of insightful questions you might ask yourself at various points in your journey.
In the third part of the book the author outlines the steps one might take on what he calls “a path to salvation.” And in the final section, Pribell shares his own spiritual journey and relationship with God. And he discusses the photo on the cover of “Imagine God,” which is of an image of a rising sun and a cross. This image was what he awakened to after reading a prophecy from Zechariah the night before (LUKE 1:78-79 NIV). It serves as both an inspiration and as a symbolic metaphor in his own spiritual journey.
“Imagine God” is a concise and practical guide to developing the kind of relationship with a higher power that the author experiences and that is fulfilling and true. It may take work and careful consideration, but through the lessons in this book, you can adopt and develop a closer personal relationship with God.
Pribell writes that his goal is for this revelation “to become a branch of hope for you to grab, to pull yourself up by” as you pursue a genuine, deep and real understanding of God. Regardless of your faith, this book uses real-life situations to show how God works through you and in you. It’s a concise primer on faith and constantly challenges the reader to “find yourself closer to Him.” And it can also be used as an “effective workbook for introspective study.”
Divided into four parts, each chapter is followed with relevant gospel passages to enlighten and inspire, but also to confirm the author’s assertations. Pribell argues that we were all created with the ability to know God intimately, by being created “in His own image”. Using real-life circumstances and situations, Pribell demonstrates how we are able to relate to God by reflecting on our emotional responses, enabling us to know him in a much deeper and more personal way. Rick suggests a number of insightful questions you might ask yourself at various points in your journey.
In the third part of the book the author outlines the steps one might take on what he calls “a path to salvation.” And in the final section, Pribell shares his own spiritual journey and relationship with God. And he discusses the photo on the cover of “Imagine God,” which is of an image of a rising sun and a cross. This image was what he awakened to after reading a prophecy from Zechariah the night before (LUKE 1:78-79 NIV). It serves as both an inspiration and as a symbolic metaphor in his own spiritual journey.
“Imagine God” is a concise and practical guide to developing the kind of relationship with a higher power that the author experiences and that is fulfilling and true. It may take work and careful consideration, but through the lessons in this book, you can adopt and develop a closer personal relationship with God.
January 15, 2020
‘Believe, be grateful, and become renewed.’
Author Rick Pribell offers his biographical information as a Testimony, a technique much in keeping this impressive book. Having graduated from the University of Florida he travelled the world with his export distribution business, married, altered his career with a stint in real estate, and when that didn’t materialize, he found solace in Christianity – a diversion for a man raised Jewish. Suffering a massive myocardial infarction in 2015 with the resultant surgical quadruple bypass, Rick found new health and new spiritual life. He has since been committed to sharing his new perception and helping others discover God for themselves.
In his Preface, Rick states his ‘mission’ in providing this supportive guide – ‘The purpose of this book is to share a simple yet powerful revelation exposing how we can begin to know God. The potential is already inside of us. This can be useful as an effective workbook for introspective study…By understanding what it means to be made in the image of God, each and every one of us can then look within ourselves and begin to relate to God. The epiphany transcends our religious differences, it can transform anyone desiring to learn the personality of God, His like and dislikes. This can lead us to appreciate Him confidently and form an everlasting relationship with him…’
What follows in this luminous book, in Rick’s enlightened state, is a sensitive and accessible path to come to an appreciation of divine communication by coming to accept and understand and appreciate the concept that we can ‘imagine God’ – a discovery that allows recognition of God’s perspective on likes, dislikes, and what is good versus what is bad. Suffusing bountiful scriptural references to support his thoughts, Rick manages to open a portal of enlightenment few other authors have accomplished.
At this moment, as we live in a time of global chaos, IMAGINE GOD is a restorative treasure. Rick Pribell’s commitment to enhance others lives in the way his own life has blossomed is most welcome.
Author Rick Pribell offers his biographical information as a Testimony, a technique much in keeping this impressive book. Having graduated from the University of Florida he travelled the world with his export distribution business, married, altered his career with a stint in real estate, and when that didn’t materialize, he found solace in Christianity – a diversion for a man raised Jewish. Suffering a massive myocardial infarction in 2015 with the resultant surgical quadruple bypass, Rick found new health and new spiritual life. He has since been committed to sharing his new perception and helping others discover God for themselves.
In his Preface, Rick states his ‘mission’ in providing this supportive guide – ‘The purpose of this book is to share a simple yet powerful revelation exposing how we can begin to know God. The potential is already inside of us. This can be useful as an effective workbook for introspective study…By understanding what it means to be made in the image of God, each and every one of us can then look within ourselves and begin to relate to God. The epiphany transcends our religious differences, it can transform anyone desiring to learn the personality of God, His like and dislikes. This can lead us to appreciate Him confidently and form an everlasting relationship with him…’
What follows in this luminous book, in Rick’s enlightened state, is a sensitive and accessible path to come to an appreciation of divine communication by coming to accept and understand and appreciate the concept that we can ‘imagine God’ – a discovery that allows recognition of God’s perspective on likes, dislikes, and what is good versus what is bad. Suffusing bountiful scriptural references to support his thoughts, Rick manages to open a portal of enlightenment few other authors have accomplished.
At this moment, as we live in a time of global chaos, IMAGINE GOD is a restorative treasure. Rick Pribell’s commitment to enhance others lives in the way his own life has blossomed is most welcome.
January 14, 2020
An inspirational guide to understanding God’s words.
This book was written after the author, Rick Pribell, had a heart attack in 2015. This near-death experience, a prophecy from Zachariah (Luke 1:78-79, NIV,) and his own inspirational encounter with a rising sun brought about a profound need to share with the world his message of “…how our emotions reflect God’s spirit, an epiphany that transcends religious differences.”
I have never read another book which so clearly and in such a straight-forward manner conveys the word of God in a format which will encourage the curious, and the needy, to explore the meanings behind his teachings in an easy to understand way.
Simply and yet with great clarity, in his own words the author explains what is meant when God said he had created us “in His own image.” Once we understand this, the author then explores how our emotions, actions, thoughts, hopes fears and wants, are reflected in how God wants us to act, towards others, in situations, and in our journey of faith. In reading it I felt it helped me to understand his word so much better, look at emotional situations in another light, and it has enabled me to begin to know Him, and what he wants me to do and be, more.
The photograph on the front cover was taken by the author himself in Melbourne Beach, Florida. It has great significance to the author as it symbolizes a light shining in the darkness and showing him a path to guide his feet. It is a picture and a meaning which can be an inspiration to us all…
At a time when Scientific American reports 23 percent of us have forsaken religion entirely, this book is sorely needed. It is inspiring and heart-warming to read, helps us to understand how much God loves us, and its short compact format makes it quick and easy to reference when needed. Highly recommended!
This book was written after the author, Rick Pribell, had a heart attack in 2015. This near-death experience, a prophecy from Zachariah (Luke 1:78-79, NIV,) and his own inspirational encounter with a rising sun brought about a profound need to share with the world his message of “…how our emotions reflect God’s spirit, an epiphany that transcends religious differences.”
I have never read another book which so clearly and in such a straight-forward manner conveys the word of God in a format which will encourage the curious, and the needy, to explore the meanings behind his teachings in an easy to understand way.
Simply and yet with great clarity, in his own words the author explains what is meant when God said he had created us “in His own image.” Once we understand this, the author then explores how our emotions, actions, thoughts, hopes fears and wants, are reflected in how God wants us to act, towards others, in situations, and in our journey of faith. In reading it I felt it helped me to understand his word so much better, look at emotional situations in another light, and it has enabled me to begin to know Him, and what he wants me to do and be, more.
The photograph on the front cover was taken by the author himself in Melbourne Beach, Florida. It has great significance to the author as it symbolizes a light shining in the darkness and showing him a path to guide his feet. It is a picture and a meaning which can be an inspiration to us all…
At a time when Scientific American reports 23 percent of us have forsaken religion entirely, this book is sorely needed. It is inspiring and heart-warming to read, helps us to understand how much God loves us, and its short compact format makes it quick and easy to reference when needed. Highly recommended!
November 27, 2019
When I first read this book I was on a personal journey. I truly wanted to find my spiritual identity. This book encouraged me tremendously. It truly helps you open your eyes and get to know God. This is one of the best inspirational books I have ever read. Truly a life changer.
December 2, 2019
I had been suffering from depression and very down on myself when I came across this book. It truly helped me feel with some issues and strengthened my faith in God. I feel I know God better now and can seek his help when I am in need. Wonderful book!
December 12, 2019
I love books that encourages you to think and this one delivers. It opened my mind to possibilities that I had never thought about. This book is a wonderful, inspirational, faith building book. Very grounded and grounding.
December 16, 2019
Very inspirational book. A book you really need to read! Image book really does a wonderful job encouraging people to get to know God. In encourages you to have a better understanding who God is and maybe how he thinks and looks at things. Truly a new way of looking at your faith.
December 17, 2019
I encourage anyone who wants to get to know God better to purchase this book. You will not be disappointed! After I read this book I did feel closer to God and felt that I could be an encouragement to others.
December 4, 2019
The author does a great job of forcing you to think about a topic most people never think about. It encourages you and portrays the message that God has no limitations. A great inspirational book.
December 9, 2019
The author does a great job of forcing you to think about a topic most people never think about. It encourages you and portrays the message that God has no limitations. A great inspirational book.
February 1, 2020
A very powerful book. I recommend reading it.
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