Peter: A Life Transformed

by Jacquie Hoekstra

Overview

This study invites you to walk with Peter from the time he was called to be a fisher of men through to his second letter and fulfilled calling. As you join Peter on his discipleship walk, you will be inspired by a regular guy who with Jesus's touch became a great man of God.



"Jacquie Hoekstra's study in Peter will draw the new believer as well as those who have walked years with the Lord into a deeper walk with Jesus. Her study is full of insights into Peter's life plus personal reflection and challenges that makes it an excellent discipleship tool."

-Janice Tompkins

Co-founder and missionary with MCN International

(Ministries to Christian National, Inc.) for 30 years,

bringing Christ to Southeast Asia



"This is really so much more than just a study of Peter! Jacquie's thought provoking questions are effective to get past mindsets and blind spots allowing the readers to discover truths hidden below the surface. Jacquie is able to present even some of the most difficult sayings of Jesus in a way that uncovers sin, but in an encouraging manner; leading the reader into repentance and a deeper walk."



-Lorraine O'Neal

Pastor/Teacher for A Voice in the Wilderness Ministries, Bible Teacher and Prayer Leader at Anchorage City Church, and Secretary for the Board of Directors at the Downtown Hope Center, Anchorage, Alaska.



"Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (Joh 6:68).



Struggling to understand your Bible? Feeling uninspired? Want to mature in your walk with Christ? This Bible study will help you:



Empower the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth.

Restore the passion of your first love.

Grow into a deeper intimacy with Jesus.

Realize your full potential in Christ.



This study will inspire, encourage, and challenge you to a closer and more vibrant walk with Jesus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781512798104
Publisher:	Westbow Press
Publication date:	09/15/2017
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Jacquie Hoekstra is gifted with an ability to study scripture from many different angles. Her diligence to research history and background helps her readers see the broader picture and brings them to a fuller understand of scripture and a deeper relationship with Jesus. She has walked closely with the Lord for over twenty-five years, but it wasn't always this way.

Jacquie was seven years old when she had her first suicidal thought. She was raised in a religious home and had a personal relationship with Jesus from a young age, but it was a relationship which was not mentored or discipled. In her teen years she experienced a depth of turmoil in her family life which spiraled her into a season of self-medication and a life of chaos.

Jacquie continued to experience suicidal thoughts throughout her teen years and into her mid-twenties. She kept ending up at the same dead end no matter how she tried to change her life. She decided to end it once and for all when she was twenty-five. Just as she was about to fulfill the dark desire, the very sweet presence of the Lord she had known as a small child entered the room.

"Give Me another chance" she clearly heard Jesus say to her. She asked Him to send someone to show her the way and committed to do the right things she knew at the time. Within a few weeks she was at a Billy Graham Crusade where she accepted salvation and gave her heart fully and completely to the Lord.

In the years since, Jacquie has passionately sought a relationship with Jesus. She returned to school and earned an AA degree in Biblical studies and a BA in Theology. She has served in her home church in many different capacities, most prominently in youth group and women's ministries. She was ordained in the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in 2008. After twenty-five years of growing in grace and serving, she feels she is just getting started. Jacquie's passions are the Word of God and discipleship.

Jacquie lives in Vancouver, Washington with her husband, Martin. They are empty nesters who enjoy the outdoors in the great northwest, making their yard a bird sanctuary filled with floral colors. Besides time in the Word, Jacquie enjoys photography, antiquing, time spent with friends over a good cup of coffee, or sitting in the yard with the birds and a good book.

Editorial Reviews

2018-01-19
An inspirational journey that draws upon the story of a key apostle.This new book by Hoekstra (This Servant's Hands, 2016) takes a close look at the New Testament figure Simon Peter, a fisherman from Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee who was called to service by Jesus, came to be the "rock" on which Jesus would build his mission, denied him three times, wept over his own cowardice, and regained the courage of his faith. The central insight of Hoekstra's passionate, engaging book is that Peter is not only one of the most dramatically developed characters in the New Testament, but also the sympathetic human anchor for the Christ story. Time and again in the Gospels, Peter's questions, affirmations, and even misunderstandings give Jesus the opportunity to clarify his doctrine; Peter himself, Hoekstra notes, very often serves as a stand-in for the reader. The author weaves together the various versions of the Peter story in the four Gospels and expounds upon the underlying meanings of the various encounters; she consistently connects the stories to a bit of specific guidance for her target Christian audience: "There is a time when we know about Jesus; there is a time when we might hear some of Jesus's teachings; and there is a time when Jesus calls us to leave all and follow Him," she writes. "Have you answered the call to follow Jesus as one of His disciples? If not, why not?" Hoekstra understands the value of using Peter's story as a metaphor for the reader's spiritual journey, and she smoothly and insightfully uses the tale to shine a light on the reader's personal faith. Peter doubted Jesus as deeply as it was possible to do, and, as Hoekstra writes, "Jesus taught him there is no end to forgiveness for a disciple of Christ." Readers will likely find all of this analysis to be richly rewarding.An engaging Peter-focused guidebook to deeper Christian understanding.

Kirkus Reviews