{"product_id":"happy-the-ambitious","title":"Happy The Ambitious","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781594175466\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scepter Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan someone look at ambition in a positive sense? The word evokes behavior that displays pride, vanity, and disunity. Where it is mentioned in the Bible, it comes across in reference to sin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in Luke 14: 10, Jesus in one parable tells his followers, \" Friend, go up higher.\" The author shows how God desires and encourages a positive ambition which counteracts the negative earthly influence and concerns. These can crowd out a much greater and glorious life of service to others and to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFr. Thomas Joachim frames the issue in three ways. First, striving for what is great characterizes the true childlike-like spirit found in the Gospel. Second, he describes how each one can cooperate with divine ambition through desire, confidence in God, and a spirit of struggle. Finally comes the seven ambitions found in the Our Father, where believers pray for the accomplishment of God' s desires within them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author summarizes in this way: \" We must reverse the usual perspective of our life. We can no longer seek to fulfill our ambitions; we must seek to welcome God' s ambitions for us. Fulfilling our own dreams is not of primary importance, but rather that God' s dreams for us are made real in our lives.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859712188549,"sku":"PR433514","price":40.7,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG7DP031439.jpg?v=1789106993","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/happy-the-ambitious","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}