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Here's to Hindsight: Letters to My Former Self
Tara Leigh Cobble - 2006
Readers will recognize themselves in her struggles with faith, fundamentalism, relationships and navigating the post-college years. As a result, they will walk through their questions with a greater hope for the future and a renewed faith in the God who writes their story.
The Daily Devotional Series: The Gospel of John
Kristi Burchfiel - 2011
However, it focuses on one truth from the Bible that a person can take with them, think about, and apply all day long. Each devotional includes the verse from the Bible, a truth from that verse, and a response to pray back to God. The Daily Devotional Series: The Gospel of John gives readers a brief introduction into using The Daily Devotional Series, a synopsis of the Gospel of John, and then twenty-one brief devotionals that cover each of the twenty-one chapters in the Gospel. Enjoy taking one devotional a day as you work your way through the Gospel of John as part of the Daily Devotional Series and "wake up" to God's truths from His word.
How God Sees Me
Bill Johnson
His work on earth is not complete without us.”
In this featured excerpt from The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind, Bill Johnson defines every believer’s role in God’s master plan—all of us are essential and unique.
The Deacon's Son (Emma's Story Book 1)
Brenda Maxfield - 2018
It provides enough income for Emma and Leora to make a living. When Leora reveals plans to marry her beau, Emma despairs of her future. Will she be forced to leave her home and be passed around from sibling to sibling, labeled as some kind of spinster aenti? When Samuel Studer shows interest in Emma, she is delighted. She’s always liked the kind, good-looking son of one of their deacons. But her married sister Cora Rose warns her to stay away from him. Controversy about seeking medical help from the Englisch spreads throughout their community. Samuel’s deacon father is adamantly against it, even going so far as to condemn a family for taking their newborn to get help. But Samuel isn’t harsh like his father, or is he? Emma trusts Cora Rose’s judgement, but she also trusts Sam. When newcomer Alan Wagler enters the picture and acts interested in her, Emma’s confusion increases. In truth, she doesn’t know which way to turn—nor does she know God’s will for her life.
“In the tradition of the works of Beverly Lewis, Cindy Woodsmall, and Wanda Brunstetter, Brenda Maxfield continues to bring you gripping Amish tales of love, separation, and God’s miracles.”
Enjoy this inspirational Christian romance today!
Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World
Vicki Courtney - 2006
After all, parents are seeking help to grow godly sons as well. And as the mother of two boys herself, Vicki rises to the occasion with this inspiring, tell-it-like-it-is new favorite.
Understanding the Times
Ken Ham - 2013
An urgent call to return to our biblical foundations: reliable Scriptures, literal six-day creation, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Living in God's Love: The New York Crusade
Billy Graham - 1990
Nearly fifty years later, the Reverend Billy Graham returned to New York in June 2005 for what was likely his final Crusade, preaching the power of God's love to hundreds of thousands of people over three life-changing evenings. Living in God's Love contains all three sermons from this important event, and includes an original introduction and an afterword both written by Billy Graham specifically for this book. Living in God's Love also features black-and-white photographs from the 2005 New York Crusade, and a moving foreword by his daughter Anne Graham Lotz. Billy Graham's message of the transforming power of Christ's love is one that is needed now more than ever.
The New Spirit-Controlled Woman
Beverly LaHaye - 2005
Readers will discover how temperaments impact...being singlebeing marriedlove lifecommunicationministryThe New Spirit-Controlled Woman shows readers that God loves them, that He has wonderful plans for them, and that He provides the power and drive needed to fulfill His will.
Hunting Hope: Dig Through the Darkness to Find the Light
Nika Maples - 2016
When you can’t see any hope in a season of difficulty, hunt for it by holding onto God’s character and letting Him develop your own.
Planting the Heavens: Releasing the Authority of the Kingdom Through Your Words, Prayers, and Declarations
Tim Sheets - 2017
In the same way that planting seeds in the ground produces a harvest, you can learn to pray in a way that plants the blessings of heaven here on Earth.
Tim Sheets shares a revelatory new message that will take your prayer life to powerful new dimensions. Grasp the impact of your declarations and discover the power of praying the words that Heaven longs to hear!
Get ready to:
Pray with authority: learn how your prayers and proclamations are supernatural forces in the unseen realm
Pray with confidence: bring your words into agreement with God
Pray with expectation: partner with Heaven to transform your life, family, church and region for the Kingdom of God.
Learn how to activate God’s timeless strategy for victory, blessing, and revival by planting the Heavens with seeds of prayer!
Glorious Truths about Mother Eve
Susan Easton Black - 2018
She partook of the forbidden fruit, persuading Adam to do likewise. Was she a temptress? Did she introduce evil into the world? When scrutiny regarding Eve’s actions in the Garden of Eden takes on a negative tone, we can turn to truths to put Eve in the right light. Glorious Truths about Mother Eve addresses many questions about her and her story by exploring the hidden depths of the Genesis, Moses, and Abraham accounts of the Fall of Adam and the teachings of Latter-day prophets on the role of Eve in the garden and in mortality. Learn how these sacred truths challenge traditional religious scholarship, and rejoice with gospel scholar Susan Easton Black in the revelations that clarify Eve’s noble role as matriarch of the human race in the Lord’s plan.
half-life / die already: How I Died and Lived to Tell About It
Mark Steele - 2008
In time, we face the same struggles, re-enter the same habitual cycles, and encounter the same types of frustrating people. We always end up facing what we tried our darndest to evade. In fact, we spend so much time trying to avoid the inevitable that we rarely take time to learn, grow, and embrace the rough stuff.Half-Life / Die Already suggests that the route to real living is dying to self. With non-stop humour and out-there insights, Mark chronicles his journey-in-progress with often hilarious results. Readers of all ages will enjoy his wit and wisdom, and be inspired to just die already.
Redeeming the Feminine Soul: God’s Surprising Vision for Womanhood
Julie Roys - 2017
Internalizing society’s devaluation of the feminine, some women are killing their own natural impulses to pursue a feminist ideal that bears no relation to God’s good design. Other women struggle to conform to a fundamentalist, feminine caricature, which requires denying their full humanity and gifting.Defying both feminists and fundamentalists, Julie Roys reveals God’s true, affirming, and compelling vision for women, showing them how to reclaim what is uniquely feminine, and become healthy, balanced women of God.
Consumer Detox: Less Stuff, More Life
Mark Powley - 2010
Follow along in a three-part deconstruction of today's full-throttle existence to build the kind of life that Jesus modeled.
When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms
Barbara Johnson - 2008
We may lose contact as members of the family shut each other out. This book offers hope to families facing similar circumstances, sharing how God bought the author through the deep waters without letting her down - and how he will do the same for them.