Chazown: A Different Way to See Your Life [With DVD] Paperback - 2006

Part 1

Seeing Clear to the End

Why you need a new kind of vision

Your Final Chapter
Most people take a long time to die.
(This is no way to start a book, you say.)
   But think about it. There are those few who go suddenly. Accidents. Heart attacks. Gang shootings. A soapy slip off the edge of the tub. But for you, chances are that at the end of your life, you will die in bed. Waiting.
   And while you wait, you will very likely have days, weeks, even years to think, to look back on your life.
   Imagine yourself there, lying in bed and reflecting. Reading back through the chapters of your life story.
   What did my life add up to?
   Did I really matter?
   What did I live for?
   Who will remember me?
   What will they say about me when I’m gone?
   Why was it important that I existed?
   So many questions. So much time. Will you lie there with no regrets? Some regrets? Nothing but regrets?
   Imagine.
   Or not. I mean, you’ll probably have time to think about it when you get to that bed. So you could just wait. (Millions do.) See what comes. Wait until the final pages of your life story to see how it reads to you then.
   But that’s no way to end the story of your life.
   Here’s one more thing to think about: the decisions you are making today are actually making the bed you will lie in while you wait to die.
   Which is why I wrote this book. To help you see your life differently, to see it the way your Creator saw it before you were born. And to live it with purpose and passion.
   Starting now.

Praise for Chazown

“It is depressing to consider how many people will go to bed tonight never having thought of how God wanted them to spend the day. As Craig points out, this is a deadly cycle that quickly culminates in a wasted life. Chazown reminds us of the brilliance of our God who carefully created us and empowered us for a life of purpose. I pray it rescues many from an eternity of regret and leads them toward the satisfying and meaningful life God intended.”
—Francis Chan, best-selling author of Crazy Love

“Craig Groeschel dreams God-sized dreams. But he’s also one of the most down-to-earth people I know. You can’t get close to him without getting a vision infection. And his church, Life Church, is like a church on steroids. Creativity oozes out of every pore, leaving a trail for churches to follow if they want to impact culture. If you need a dose of vision, pop the Chazown pill.”
—Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church, Washington DC, and best-selling author of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, and Primal

“Craig Groeschel is a leading voice among the new generation of communicators. He knows how to articulate people’s deeply felt needs, and—even better—to help them identify and pursue their God-given dream with passion and purpose.”
—John Maxwell, author, speaker, and founder of INJOY Stewardship Services and EQUIP

Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, one of the country's first multi-campus churches, with twenty-three weekly worship experiences at five locations. Craig, his wife, Amy, and their six children live in the Edmond, Oklahoma, area where LifeChurch.tv began in 1996. Craig and Amy's passion, to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ, is the driving force behind his down-to-earth teaching that touches thousands of people weekly. Craig earned his BA in marketing from Oklahoma City University and his MDiv from Phillips Theological Seminary.