The Expectation Gap, Steve Cuss
The Expectation Gap, Steve Cuss
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The Expectation Gap
The Tiny, Vast Space between Our Beliefs and Experience of God

Author: Steve Cuss

Narrator: Steve Cuss

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 05/28/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Read by the author. Learn how to quiet your inner critic, confront chronic anxiety, and relax into God's perfect presence.Do you truly experience the promises Jesus gave to those who follow him—the benefits of peace, freedom, and love? The fact is that many of us struggle with a gap between what we believe about God and how we encounter him in our everyday lives. We don't want our faith to be merely conceptual—we want to experience it viscerally—and yet we often come up against one or more of these major gaps:  I believe God loves me, but I don't feel it.I believe God is with me, but I don't see him.I thought I'd be further along in my spiritual progress by now. In The Expectation Gap, Steve Cuss—pastor and founder of the leadership organization Capable Life—offers tangible tools for engaging with God in a deeper, more soul-satisfying way. You'll unveil harmful expectations and patterns that keep you spiritually stuck so that you can replace them with habits and practices that will lead to a more vibrant faith life."This is the most helpful book I've read in my thirty-five years of ministry when it comes to recognizing, naming, and bridging the gap between what we believe about God and what we experience from God." —Christine Caine, founder of A21 and Propel WomenExercises, discussion questions, and appendixes can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Steve Cuss

Steve Cuss is a pastor, former chaplain, and founder of Capable Life which helps people lower internal and relational anxiety in the work place and home place. Steve, his wife, Lisa, and two sons and a daughter live in Erie, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Renee Davis Meyer on December 01, 2024

Highly recommend this book that seeks to help us line up what we believe about God with our lived experience of God. Very practical. I started it on audiobook but switched to kindle so I could underline and process it more. Nearly everything he talks about here is further processed on his podcast Be......more

Goodreads review by Darrin on August 11, 2024

This book was an unexpected treasure, searching, painful, uncomfortable, and extremely helpful. While I may not agree with every conclusion or statement by the author, this book will be one of the best of have read this year, and possibly of the last few years. I will be meditating and praying throu......more

Goodreads review by Anita on January 13, 2025

Beautiful, simple words about serving and loving as a human-sized person. Hearing the author read his own words was a bonus, as well as the downloadable Life-giving list. Cuss,a former hospital chaplain, breaks down what our expectations really say about us, and how to live deeply loved by God. He i......more

Goodreads review by Amy on March 30, 2025

Either Steve Cuss has been spying on me, or the wrestling I do with my own humanity is more of a universal experience than I realize until someone comes along and puts words to it. First read through was just to take note of the landscape I was journeying into - but this is a book I’m already planni......more

Goodreads review by Rod on March 04, 2025

I read a lot of books, and a lot of books about spiritual formation. This book stopped me in my tracks multiple times and made me say wow, or jot down phrases and concepts. I’m usually ready to move onto the next book, but I want to read this one again soon, and I really wanna read it with some othe......more

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