Jim Cymbala

Breakthrough Prayer
The Secret of Receiving What You Need from God

The Church God Blesses

God wants to transform his church into a people of power, joy, and peace Jim Cymbala reminds us that Christianity is only as strong as the local church and that God wants to bless our churches in ways we can't possibly imagine. It doesn't matter whether a church is alive and growing or barely surviving on life support. God has a plan for it. It doesn't matter whether a church is facing financial challenges, internal divisions, or strife among its leaders. God has a plan for it. God is able to deal with any problem a church will ever face—as long as his people earnestly seek him.

God Is Searching for Churches to Bless—not a church that has it all together or one that never makes mistakes or one that rarely encounters problems, but a church that daily experiences God's empowering presence

The Life God Blesses
Becoming People After God's Own Heart

"Cymbala's fourth book supports his thesis that God will favor those whose hearts are genuinely open to him. In six brief chapters, Cymbala alternates between biblical and contemporary stories many about his parishioners to illustrate simple, powerful messages about how people have succeeded and failed in efforts to live a blessed life. He does a fine job of making Old Testament stories accessible to a wide audience, and in doing so shows how kings such as Uzziah and Josiah interacted with God and reaped both blessings and sorrows, depending on the condition of their hearts and the choices they made."

Fresh Power
Experiencing the Vast Resources of the Spirit of God
(Also available in audio cassette)

Amazing things happen when ordinary men and women are led and filled by the Spirit of God. Yet how many of us can make the same claim as Paul? We're good at teaching straight from the Scriptures, but too many hearts and lives remain unchanged. We need more than sound doctrine—we need the power of God.

With passion and conviction, Pastor Jim Cymbala of The Brooklyn Tabernacle reminds us that in this sin-torn, heart-broken culture, we cannot do without the Holy Spirit. And we can't afford to presume his presence. We need to seek him with the same fervor as the early believers.

Fresh Power will expand your vision for what God can and will do, and inspire you to pray like never before for the power of the Spirit in your church—and you.

"My prayer is that this book will cause the church to examine itself. Have programs been substituted for prayer and activities for life, and numbers for fruit? Repent of sin and cry out to God for fresh power." —Anne Graham Lotz

Fresh Faith
What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God's People 
(Also available in audio cassette)

Jim Cymbala calls us back to authentic, biblical faith, a fiery, passionate preoccupation with God that will restore what the enemy has stolen from us: our first love for Jesus, our zeal, our troubled children, our wounded marriages, our broken and divided churches. Born out of the heart and soul of The Brooklyn Tabernacle, the message of Fresh Faith is illustrated by true stories of men and women whose lives have been changed through the power of faith.

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People
(Also available in audio cassette)

In 1972, the Brooklyn Tabernacle's spark was almost out. Then the Holy Spirit lit a fire that couldn't be quenched. Pastor Jim Cymbala shares the lessons he learned when the Spirit ignited his heart and began to move through his people.

"This is an important book for all whose Christianity has become still and sterile. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire signals that God is at work in our day and that he wishes to be at work in our lives." —Dr. Joseph M. Stowell (President, Moody Bible Institute)

"Lovingly but forcefully, Jim Cymbala calls us, the Church, to look in the mirror, to repent of all our futile attempts to do the work of the Holy Spirit, and to get back on our knees where we belong. Only then will god supernaturally move to accomplish His plan for our ministries and lives." —Dr. Ron Mehl (Pastor, Beaverton Foursquare Church, Oregon)

Jim Cymbala has been pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle for twenty-five years. In that time, the congregation has grown from twenty members to more that six thousand. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Carol Cymbala, who directs the world-famous Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Dean Merrill has had a distinguished publishing career. The author of ten books, he is the former president of the Evangelical Press Association and a former vice president of Focus on the Family. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.