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Now What : What To To When You Don’t Know What To Do
$4.99Add to cartA Smith Freeman Publishing Title
You’re at one of life’s inevitable crossroads; you’re facing a midlife transition; and, you’re not sure of your next step. While the circumstances may change, the question remains the same: Now what?
If you’re about to make an important decision – or if you’re standing at a fork in the road, gripped by anxiety or indecision – No What! can help. Author John Ragsdale offers seven biblically based, time-tested principles that will provide clarity and direction as you make important decisions about your future and your life.
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Give God The Keys To Your Future
$4.99Add to cartA Smith Freeman Publishing Title
As you plan for the next phase of your life’s journey, you’ve got decisions to make…lots of them. And make no mistake: your future will be shaped, in large part, by the choices you make along the way. When you give God the keys to your future, He will learn you along the proper path–His path. And He will honor you will spiritual blessings that are simply too numerous to count. This book will help you focus on God’s plan for your life as you embark on your next grand adventure.
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Setting Boundaries With Your Adult Children
$16.99Add to cartThis important and compassionate new book from the creator of the successful God Allows U-Turns series will help parents and grandparents of the many adult children who continue to make life painful for their loved ones.
Writing from firsthand experience, Allison identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son in bondage–and how she overcame them. Additional real life stories from other parents are woven through the text.
A tough-love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional adult children, Setting Boundaries(R) with Your Adult Children will empower families by offering hope and healing through S.A.N.I.T.Y.–a six-step program to help parents regain control in their homes and in their lives.
*S = STOP Enabling, STOP Blaming Yourself, and STOP the Flow of Money
*A = Assemble a Support Group
*N = Nip Excuses in the Bud
*I = Implement Rules/Boundaries
*T = Trust Your Instincts
*Y = Yield Everything to GodForeword by Carol Kent (When I Lay My Isaac Down)
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False Promise Of Discipleship
$7.98Add to cartAvoid a major pitfall. Most disciple-making efforts today fail because they focus on me: discipleship gets me closer to God, makes me a better Christian, and helps me gain purpose in life. But Jesus-style discipleship focuses on God and his kingdom.
How can we relearn this simple yet profound truth when so many people today have embraced the American gospel of me? And how can we teach this to others? Bill Hull and Brandon Cook tell readers to stop asking . . .
How am I doing?
Instead, they teach us to ask God-centered questions. This reorientation changes everything. The False Promise of Discipleship implores readers to stop asking the wrong questions and to start making disciples the way Jesus made disciples.
This short book equips you with practical takeaways so you can thrive as a disciple maker. Written for disciples at all stages of growth, it challenges common assumptions that may be undermining your disciple-making efforts.
Based on their personal experience as pastors, authors Hull and Cook provide you with a scriptural, gospel-centered approach to becoming a thriving disciple and disciple-making leader. Learn to ask the right questions and avoid some of the most pervasive-yet common-pitfalls among disciple makers today. Take a quantum leap toward Jesus-style disciple-making. Walk away with a new framework and the right questions you need to follow Jesus faithfully amidst the all-pervasive American gospel.
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Jesus Is King
$4.99Add to cartJesus is KING! This little book is designed to inspire and encourage the reader to live in the fullness of life that Jesus Christ provided for us. Every chapter brings understanding and clarity of who Jesus was, what Jesus did and what He is still doing for us today! It provides a unique perspective by blending short narratives, scriptures, and inspired insights by Christian leaders. Jesus is King is an extraordinary look at Jesus that will leave a powerful imprint on every reader. Chapters include: He is our Savior; He is risen; He is our Advocate; He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He is for you, with you and in you. He is the Prince of Peace, our neighbor and Jesus is King.
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Kingdom Mysteries Hidden In Plain Sight
$16.99Add to cartMake Daily Withdrawals from Your Kingdom Inheritance!
Are you living up to your supernatural potential?
Many Christian live their lives in a spiritual desert, never witnessing the incredible things that Jesus promised. This is because they fail to make regular withdrawals from their Kingdom inheritance!
Adrian Beale, co-author of the international bestseller, The Divinity Code, is a globally recognized prophetic voice and a Bible-based interpreter of God’s prophetic mysteries.
In this user-friendly guide, Adrian shows you how to access all that Jesus promised!
Discover how to:
*Access Kingdom mysteries and insights hidden throughout the Scriptures.
*Make withdrawals from your invisible Kingdom account to see miracles, breakthroughs, and answered prayers come speedily.
*Partake in Heaven’s prosperity and provision every day.Presented in short chapters, ideal for daily reflections, this book features practical ways to begin unlocking your Kingdom inheritance today!
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100 Bible Verses That Will Change Your Life
$14.99Add to cartGod is madly in love with you!
You’ve heard the phrase “God loves you.” But what does it really mean? And do you even believe it?
The 100 Bible verses compiled in this book are a profound glimpse into the heart of Father God. They tell a story of the God who made you, knows everything about you, and who loves you so much that He bankrupted Heaven to win you back.
If your daily life hasn’t been radically changed by the power of this love, then this book is for you.
Author and compiler, Mark Stibbe, is passionate about awakening people to the reality of the Father’s incredible love. These carefully selected Bible verses from the Old and New Testaments will gently guide you to experience the depth of God’s love in amazing new ways.
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Prayers That Avail Much 40th Anniversary Commemorative Gift Edition
$25.99Add to cartDo you long to pray powerful prayers that impact Heaven and shake earth? Do you want to partner with God to deliver victory in challenging circumstances? Do you want to see God move powerfully in the lives of your loved ones?
For more than 30 years, Germaine Copeland, author of the Prayers That Avail Much Series(R), has been helping millions of people pray-and get results!
This 40th anniversary commemorative edition is an all-in-one collection of Germaine Copeland’s three bestselling works. This book will enhance your ability to pray by placing dozens of specific, powerful prayers and scriptures at your fingertips. Whether you are a seasoned prayer warrior or a novice, this foundational work will empower you to pray with confidence, and witness the amazing effects.
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Praying Clear Through
$16.99Add to cartMost believers do not rise to their full privilege in prayer. Successful prayer cannot be rushed. If we want to hear from heaven, we must allow time for God’s voice to successfully break through the din of life. When we have a tremendous amount of work to be done for the day, we dare not leave out prayer. As Martin Luther observed, “I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” The real danger in not taking sufficient time to commune with God and implore him for our requests is the resulting slow erosion of the Spirit’s voice, when life’s static distracts a Believer from what is truly important and necessary to a successful life.
In Praying Clear Through, Will Harney demonstrates by examples from his own life that there are vast rewards in store for those who make prayer a top priority. Prayer should not be a chore for the growing Christian but one of the highest privileges accorded us. The author decries the fast pace of his age for crowding out the time of prayer–a century ago. He urges the believer to “pray clear through”– that is, to pray with urgency until he or she hears from heaven.
This book has thirty-three short chapters (5-6 pages each) that bounce from prayer topic to prayer topic–including obedience, the prayer closet, not looking but trusting, and how prayer is the secret to revival. The final chapter is a short guide on how to use prayer to obtain great victories. Contains modern Introduction by Nick Harrison.
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When God Calls The Heart Devo And Journal Combo
$32.89Add to cartFollow Your Heart to Hope Valley Inspired by best-selling author Janette Oke and the Hallmark Channel original TV series When Calls the Heart, these inspirations from Hope Valley are about finding moments of grace, joy, and beauty amid the unexpected circumstances of life. In this collection of 40 devotions, Brian Bird, executive producer and co-creator of When Calls the Heart, and Michelle Cox illuminate the “God-moments” from the fictional, 1910 mining town of Hope Valley-the stories of faith, hope, and love from each episode that will inspire and encourage with wonderful virtues and relatable life lessons. Each chapter contains a quote from one of your favorite “citizens,” a Scripture verse, a devotional reflection, a prayer, and questions to help you think a little deeper about what’s on your own heart. You don’t want to miss this journey-because as Elizabeth Thatcher learned when she headed West to fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher-when God calls the heart, you can expect an adventure.
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Grace For Today
$4.99Add to cartGrace for Today Mini Devotions features 180 short yet powerful devotions focused on God s faithfulness and lovingkindness, reflecting on His power, presence, and promises.
Grace for Today Mini Devotions fits perfectly in any pocket or handbag or briefcase, allowing the reader to pause, reflect and spend time with God anywhere and at any time.
Author Solly Ozrovech (1927-2015) pastored in the Cape Province, South Africa, for more than 40 years. After his retirement, he focused on writing Christian books. Every book that flowed from his pen has been a best-seller.
Grace for Today Mini Devotions makes a great gift for friends and family members who need to be reminded of God’s character and promises. Wrap one as a Christmas gift, birthday gift or graduation gift. It will become a treasured little companion to any reader.
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Our Fathers House
$14.99Add to cartMost people visit a church for the first time either by invitation or reputation. Many books have been written on the subject of personal evangelism and the importance of being a bringer. This book however, explores the power of reputation specifically, God’s reputation as upheld and reflected in a church’s culture. Based on the story of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon and how her initial encounter with his kingdom left her breathless and astounded, this book explores the profound effect a church’s culture can have on the heart of a seeker as they pursue rumors of King Jesus and His Kingdom. It warns that Kingdom-culture doesn’t happen by chance, but only as every member of the King’s household lays down their own comfortable and familiar culture to surrender instead to the common culture of Heaven. This book has been written to inspire every Christian to vigilantly uphold Heaven’s culture when living, loving and serving in the Father’s House their local church. It implores us all not to waste another minute in engaging our God-given gifts and talents to create Heaven on Earth so that the Kingdom of God might be revealed in all of its glory to a world that is in desperate need of its wisdom, power and atmosphere. Only then, having tasted Heaven, will lost people truly desire to seek out this Kingdom s magnificent King!
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Wisdom For Each Day (Large Type)
$24.99Add to cartFor decades, people around the world have turned to beloved and trusted pastor Billy Graham for wisdom to live boldly for Christ.
Billy Graham preached to millions of people, but his message was personal to each of us: Christianity is about having a relationship with God through faith in Jesus. In Wisdom for Each Day, you’ll find 365 brief devotions and Scripture to help nurture and strengthen that relationship. This beautiful leathersoft edition of Graham’s timeless, internationally acclaimed devotional now has a larger-size font and takeaway thoughts that will make it an inviting addition to your daily study of the Word. In its pages you’ll find priceless reminders of God’s loving nature and unfailing strength to carry you through each day.
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Journaling Through Anchors For The Soul
$15.99Add to cartJohn Mark Hicks Has Mapped Out a Guided Journaling Experience for Those Who Want to Process Loss and Grief Through Writing . . .
For each chapter in Anchors for the Soul, the Journal Provides . . .
*Scripture Readings
*Personal Reflection Questions * Journaling Prompts
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Anchors For The Soul
$17.99Add to cartANCHOR YOUR FAITH IN THE STORY OF GOD BEFORE-AND DURING-THE STORMS
Drawing on his own experience with losses and tragedies through the death of his young wife and, more recently, the death of his sixteen-year-old son, John Mark Hicks tells the story of God through his own experiences of suffering.
He does not explain suffering because, as he describes, that cannot be done; rather, he walks with sufferers through the valley of loss. He grounds them deeply in the story of God’s love, listening, empathy, sovereignty, and victory. This path is not only for those who seek to persevere in the midst of their suffering but also for those who want to prepare for the suffering that comes to all.
In addition to helping sufferers, John Mark provides guidance for those who want to sit with people who are suffering. He offers advice to help comforters provide comfort. There are no easy answers. Our questions, in fact, are never fully answered. Despite this, however, there is a path of assurance, comfort, and trust that yields perseverance, peace, and hope.
The “anchors” are found in God, who:
*loves us
*listens to us
*empathizes with us
*gives meaning to our suffering
*ultimately triumphs over all sufferingThese anchors ground us in God’s redemptive story.
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Mini Devotions For Girls
$4.99Add to cartMini Devotions for Girls offers 180 short and sweet devotions that will help busy girls slow down and take time to grow closer to God. Devotions focus on typical tween-girl issues while showing girls how to live for God at the same time.
Mini Devotions for Girls fits perfectly in any pocket or backpack, allowing girls to pause, reflect and spend time with God anywhere and at any time.
Author Carolyn Larsen is a trusted and prolific and best-selling author and an experienced speaker with a God-given passion for ministering to women and children.
Mini Devotions for Girls will make a great gift for young girls aged 8-12 who are serious about living the life God calls them to. Wrap a mini devotional as a Christmas gift, birthday gift or middle school graduation gift. It will become a treasured little companion to any young lady.
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Mini Devotions For Women
$4.99Add to cartMini Devotions for Women offers 180 short devotions that uplift, refresh and inspire. This little devotional that focuses on the assurance of God’s love will become a little treasure that you won’t want to leave behind.
Mini Devotions for Women fits perfectly in any pocket or handbag, allowing women to pause, reflect and spend time with God anywhere and at any time.
Author Carolyn Larsen is a prolific and best-selling author and an experienced speaker with a God-given passion for ministering to women and children. She has spoken at conferences and retreats around the United States, Canada, and India. Carolyn has written over 50 books and her work has won various awards.
Mini Devotions for Women will make a great gift for moms who are always on the go. It fits easily in a bag, a briefcase or diaper bag. Wrap one as a Christmas gift, birthday gift or baby shower gift. It will become a treasured little companion to any woman.
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Significant : Becoming A Woman Of Unique Purpose, True Identity And Irrepre
$16.99Add to cartIn the midst of our busy, stressful lives and the increasingly chaotic state of our world, we can lose sight of-or never really discover-our personal significance. We desire meaning and fulfillment but battle the stress and loneliness that often push their way into the forefront of life.
What makes you significant as an individual? As a woman? As a wife, mother, daughter, or friend? No matter what your age or current course in life, you can come to know your remarkable significance and eternal value. As you thirst for relief from stress and loneliness, you can build a foundation on what is divine and eternal, while also immensely practical for this life on earth. The truths God says about you as a woman are powerful and glorious!
In Significant, you will discover that you are the steward of your own self and will be challenged to embrace every season of your life. What is God calling you to do through the power of His Holy Spirit? The days of cowering in fear, hiding behind insignificance, and wallowing in lack of opportunities are over. God is blowing doors wide open for women as never before. It is time for women to march forward in grand anticipation of all that God can do through even one woman submitted to the call of God and filled with His Spirit.
So often we look for identity, purpose, and comfort in all the wrong places. We have sought lasting meaning from temporary fixes, immature voices, and cultural Band-Aids. This book is a call to women who possess a relentless desire to discover their unique purpose, to embrace their true identity, and to be comforted by irrepressible hope.
Significant reminds women from every generation that identity, confidence, and purpose come from who God is-not from how we feel at any given time. How wonderful to know that we are allowed to be both God’s masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time!
You never know your true self until you know yourself in God.
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Power Of Prayer
$4.99Add to cartE. M. Bounds offers 180 concise, practical and powerful devotions on prayer. In The Power of Prayer Mini Devotional, he communicates in a simple yet profound way the practical methods, the necessity, and the possibilities of prayer.
E.M. Bounds (1835 – 1913) was a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church South who preached revival and restoration to civilians and soldiers during the American Civil War. To Bounds, prayer was as necessary to the Christian’s life as physical breath.
The softcover The Power of Prayer Mini Devotional has 184 pages and a soft binding. The compact size makes it perfect for people who are always on the go and prefers to read a printed devotional. This devotional on prayer makes a thoughtful gift to those who are serving in the military or on the police force.
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Lords Prayer : A Guide To Praying To Our Father
$18.99Add to cartYou pray it. But do you understand it?
The Lord’s Prayer has become so familiar to us that we don’t think about what we’re praying. It’s a portrait of Jesus’ heart. And in it Christians from different times, places, and traditions have been united. We pray it, but do we actually believe it?
When Jesus taught his followers how to pray, he emphasized how uncomplicated it should be. There’s no need for pretense or theatrics. Instead, simply ask for what you need as though you were speaking with your earthly father. This opens a window into Jesus’ prayer life and presents us with a portrait of his heart for his followers.
Wesley Hill re-introduces the Lord’s Prayer. He shows us a God who is delighted to hear prayer. Petition by petition, in conversation with the Christian tradition, he draws out the significance of Jesus’ words for prayer today.
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Serenity Prayers For A Womans Soul
$14.99Add to cart“God, grant me serenity in my relationships, my work, my church. . .my life!”
What happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard–things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity.
Galatians 5:22 MSGSerenity Prayers for a Woman’s Soul will help you invite refreshing serenity–that comes only through an intimate relationship with the heavenly Father–into every area of your life. 180 prayer starters will gently guide you into meaningful, purposeful, honest conversation with your Creator; and the accompanying scripture selections will encourage you to meditate and reflect on God’s Word while quieting your heart before entering into His presence in peaceful expectation. You’ll discover the comfort, healing, and calm your soul is craving with Serenity Prayers for a Woman’s Soul.
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10 Commandments Of Progressive Christianity
$7.99Add to cartA cautionary look at ten dangerously appealing half-truths.
In 1923, J. Gresham Machen, then a professor at Princeton Seminary, wrote his classic text, Christianity and Liberalism. The book was a response to the rise of liberalism in the mainline denominations of his own day. Machen argued that the liberal understanding of Christianity was, in fact, not just a variant version of the faith, nor did it represent simply a different denominational perspective, but was an entirely different religion. Put simply, liberal Christianity is not Christianity.
What is remarkable about Machen’s book is how prescient it was. His description of liberal Christianity–a moralistic, therapeutic version of the faith that values questions over answers and being “good” over being “right”–is still around today in basically the same form. For this reason alone the book should be required reading, certainly for all seminary students, pastors, and Christian leaders.
Although its modern advocates present liberal Christianity as something new and revolutionary, it is nothing of the sort. It may have new names (e.g., “emerging” or “progressive” Christianity), but it is simply a rehash of the same well-worn system that has been around for generations.
The abiding presence of liberal Christianity struck me not long ago when I came across a daily devotional from Richard Rohr that listed ten principles he thinks modern Christianity needs to embody. These ten principles are actually drawn from Philip Gulley’s book, If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus. In that devotional series, ironically titled “Returning to Essentials,” Rohr sets forth the ten principles as a kind of confessional statement of modern liberalism (while at the same time pretending to deplore confessional statements). They are, in effect, a Ten Commandments for progressive Christianity.
Indeed, these ten sound like they were gathered not so much on the mountaintop as in the university classroom. They are less about God revealing his desires and more about man expressing his own–less Moses, more Oprah.
But take note: each of these commandments is partially true. Indeed, that is what makes this list, and progressive Christianity as a whole, so challenging. It is a master class in half-truths that sound appealing on the surface until you dig down deeper and really explore their foundations and implications. Benjamin Franklin was right when he quipped, “Half the truth is often a
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Best News Ever
$15.99Add to cartWhen was the last time you heard some really incredible news that you couldn’t wait to share? The Gospel of Mark is that kind of good news! It’s a life-changing announcement about who Jesus is, and what he’s done.
Best News Ever is a devotional that takes tweens aged 9-12 on a 100-day journey through Mark’s fast-paced, action-packed story–helping them to understand the confusing bits, showing them how it connects with their life, and bringing them face to face with Jesus: the one who changes everything.
Each day’s devotional includes:
– A passage to read — work through the whole of Mark’s Gospel in bite-sized chunks
– A short explanation — guiding you though the confusing bits and showing what it means for you
– A question to reflect on — so that you can slow down and think through what you’ve read
– A prayer to pray — to help you respond to what God has saidWritten in a pithy and engaging style, Best News Ever will help young people of all backgrounds to read the Bible for themselves, whether they know a little or a lot about Jesus already. It is also ideal to use as a family devotional.
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Seductive Slayers Of Success
$16.99Add to cart“I am not a neat nut. Let me start with that confession. Don’t let the title of this chapter, Clean the Clutter, fool you into thinking I have all my ducks in a row. If I had ducks, they would not be in a straight line. Or all accounted for.”–Rosalinda Rivera
The snooze button on your alarm clock. The “brilliant shortcut” that makes you late. The unwritten to-do list that you follow from the time you get out of bed till the time you crawl back in it, making each day seem like the last.
These things are all The Seductive Slayers of Success–the little things that add up and try to stop you from moving forward and realizing your dreams. Rosalinda Rivera has been there and she knows just how to help you get up, move on, and Harness Your Strengths to Take Control of Your Destiny.
Using stories from her own life as well as Scripture, Rosalinda offers encouragement to help you kick the negative aspects of life to the curb and jump start your way to a brighter tomorrow. Like a close friend, she gives inspirational, down-to-earth advice with a dash of humor thrown in.
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Rest For The Justice Seeking Soul
$16.99Add to cartSusan K. Williams Smith is a minister and activist who has been on the front lines of social and racial justice for many years. As she has marched shoulder-to-shoulder to resist systematic oppression, she has heard the same question over and over: “How are we going to get through this?” Rest for the Justice-Seeking Soul was birthed out of those cries.
Here is a soul-care manual for social justice-seeking believers who stand in constant vigilance against all forms of racial, class, and gender oppression. The fight for justice and equality is an exhausting daily grind–and the work is never over. That’s why it is incumbent upon all who speak and advocate for the less fortunate to practice self-care. You can’t fight when your tank is empty.
In response to the many calls and emails she has received from friends, clergy, and strangers who are in utter despair and even deep depression, she has created ninety daily devotions to provide a daily spoonful of hope and encouragement, a healing balm to “strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees” (Hebrews 12:12). Lift your gaze upward toward a better future by allowing God to restore harmony and focus in your soul and justice in your community. Our God is bigger than whoever is oppressing you. As the old hymn states, “Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”
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Way Of Life Updated Edition
$16.99Add to cartWhen the Christian church was born on the Day of Pentecost, it was launched through the demonstration of signs, wonders, and miracles. The gospel of the Kingdom of God was never meant to simply be spoken through words; it was intended to be both declared and demonstrated. Naturally, the question is: Why doesn’t much of modern Christianity experience the miraculous power of God like the early church? This is not a new question. In fact, it has been asked by spiritually hungry men and women through the ages.
Many have attempted to answer this question. Unfortunately, many of the answers have caused spiritual seekers to stop short of their divine destiny because they were taught that the “age of miracles” ended with the closing of the Scriptural canon.
But while Scripture is no longer being written, the Gospel must continue to be supernaturally demonstrated through the lives and actions of every believer…including you!
Get ready to discover The Way of Life. Jesus modeled it. The early church demonstrated it. And now, the invitation is being extended to you. Learn how you can move in the signs, wonders, and supernatural power that the Bible says are available!
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Be Brave 365 Daily Devotions
$17.99Add to cartCourage isn’t something that comes naturally to most. The only way to truly be brave is to walk in the confidence that comes from knowing God and relying on him to be your strength. When you spend time with him, he will fill you with peace and hope for the future. When you finally see yourself as God sees you, you will recognize the talents and abilities you have been blessed with and start operating in the fullness of those gifts. Be encouraged with truth as you spend time with God, reflecting on these devotions, scriptures, and prayers. Let him show you that you are beautiful, you are strong, and you were created with a purpose. Take courage in God’s love for you and be ready to conquer each day!
– Exquisite faux leather cover, heat debossed and stamped with foil
– Beautifully designed full color interior on high quality paper
– Encouraging Scriptures
– Inspiring devotions
– Heartfelt prayers
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I Hear His Whisper 365 Daily Devotions
$17.99Add to cartEncounter God’s heart and hear his gentle voice.
We love and serve a God who delights in hearing our voices. He hears our songs and sighs, and he answers those who seek him with whispers of love and truth. I Hear His Whisper contains messages of God’s love for his people as spoken to the hearts of Dr. Brian Simmons, the lead translator of The Passion Translation, and author Gretchen Rodriguez. Each day, a devotion and Scripture will encourage you to listen to God as he speaks words of comfort, joy, and unconditional love into your heart. Lean into God’s presence and enjoy his peace-today and every day.
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Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement
$14.95Add to cartWith warmth, understanding, and pastoral skill, Fr. Timothy Gallagher provides here a hopeful invitation to all who struggle to overcome the greatest obstacle of all in the spiritual life discouragement.
Our enemy actively exploits our vulnerabilities, shrewdly leading us time and again into an overwhelming sense of disturbance. But Fr. Gallagher pulls the curtain back on the wiles of the devil, offering gentle reflections that are remarkably effective in lightening the burdens of your day-to-day spiritual life.
You ll learn practical ways to find peace amid your spiritual struggles, and patience in the face of even the most intense trials. Best of all, you ll learn how to profit spiritually from the afflictions that beset you.
Each reflection in these pages begins with a quotation by Venerable Bruno Lanteri, the holy founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, whose wisdom has guided the uncommonly insightful spirituality of Fr. Gallagher. In these pages, you will learn:
*What to do when you have reached the point of despair
*How to evade sadness, melancholy, and temptation
*Ways you can be joyful even when you do not feel mirth
*How to leave the sins, weaknesses, and failures of your past to God s mercy
*How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
*How to recognize the enemy, even when he presents himself under the appearance of good
*What is holy presumption, why you want it, and how to get it
*The five benefits you ll derive from regular Confession
*How each part of the Mass corresponds to an affection of the heart
*Proven techniques for waging warfare against negative moodsThere is no shame in spiritual desolation. Fr. Gallagher reminds us that the greatest of saints suffered from this affliction. The key is to learn how to draw closer to God in life s darkest moments.
Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement is a call to hope . . . a call to solace in time of suffering . . . and a call to stand tall in times of affliction. Read this book, and you ll learn how to enter into the sublime peace and joy that our Lord promises.
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New Morning Mercies
$29.99Add to cart365 Gospel-Centered Devotions for the Whole Year
Mornings can be tough. Sometimes, a hearty breakfast and strong cup of coffee just aren’t enough. Offering more than a rush of caffeine, best-selling author Paul David Tripp wants to energize you with the most potent encouragement imaginable: the gospel.
Forget “behavior modification” or feel-good aphorisms. Tripp knows that what we really need is an encounter with the living God. Then we’ll be prepared to trust in God’s goodness, rely on his grace, and live for his glory each and every day.
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When To Walk Away
$24.99Add to cartYour life’s calling is too important to let toxic people take it away. In When to Walk Away, Gary Thomas – bestselling author of Sacred Marriage – draws from biblical and modern stories to equip you with practical insights to dealing with difficult people in your life and live true to your God-given purpose.
As Christians, we often feel the guilt and responsibility of meeting the needs of unhealthy people in our lives. Whether a sibling, parent, spouse, coworker, or friend, toxic people always seek to frustrate our life’s calling. While you’re seeking first God’s kingdom, they’re seeking first to distract your focus and delay your work.
Instead of attempting the impossible task of mollifying toxic people, it’s time we dedicate our energy to the only worthwhile effort: completing the work God has given us. It’s only when we learn to say no to bad patterns can we say yes to the good God has planned for us.
Bestselling author of Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas looks at biblical examples from the lives of Jesus, Paul, and Nehemiah. Drawing from years serving as a pastor, Thomas shares modern stories and practical examples for dealing with the difficult people in our lives. Each chapter includes insightful take-aways that you can apply right away. You’ll discover how to:
*Set healthy boundaries to protect your life’s calling
*Find refuge in God when you feel under attack
*Discern when to walk away from a toxic situation
*Keep a tender heart even in unhealthy relationships
*Love and serve difficult people by resisting their control
*Grow your inner strength and invest in reliable peopleWe can’t let others steal our joy or our mission. It’s time to strengthen our defense, learn to set good boundaries, and focus on our God-given purpose.
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Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry
$23.99Add to cartSuccessful Portland pastor and author John Mark Comer didn’t like the pace of his life. So he turned to a trusted mentor who encouraged him to “ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” It hasn’t been easy, and he hasn’t arrived, but he likes his life more these days as it reflects the unhurried Way of Jesus.
Too often we treat the symptoms of toxicity in our modern world instead of trying to pinpoint the cause. A growing number of voices are pointing at hurry, or busyness as a root of much evil. Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life.
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How To Pray A Simple Guide For Normal People
$16.99Add to cartPete Greig is a worldwide authority and the face of a generation when it comes to prayer. One of the founders of the 24-7 prayer movement, he has seen, experienced, and chronicled amazing works of God in the world. While you might imagine him to be puffed up, Pete Greig is entirely the opposite. He is enchanting, down-to-earth, friendly, and most of all, very normal-and yet he tells preposterous tales about prayer (and they’re true). He is basically a regular dude who loves to talk with God.
How to Pray is written to evoke a passion for prayer in everyone-the committed follower of Jesus as well as the skeptic and the scared. The enormous blessing of How to Pray is that it is accessible, full of surprising stories of answered prayer, and tremendously engaging. The basic idea is that prayer is a conversation between you and God. Pete Greig demystifies and reenchants prayer, helping you to find prayer achievable and enjoyable, and ultimately life-giving and life-changing.
How to Pray is designed to be used together with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum associated with the Alpha course), making it useful for personal and group or church-wide reading.
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Anxious For Nothing
$19.99Add to cartAnxiety is at an all time high, but there’s a prescription for dealing with it. Max Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7 where the Apostle Paul admonishes the followers of Christ, “Do not be anxious about anything . . .”
Philippians 4:6 encourages the believer to “be anxious for nothing.” As Lucado states, the apostle Paul seems to leave little leeway here. “Be anxious for nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero.”
What’s he suggesting? That we should literally be anxious for absolutely nothing? Lucado says, “The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. It’s the life of perpetual anxiety that Paul wants to address. Don’t let anything in life leave you perpetually in angst.”
Americans especially know about living in perpetual anxiety. According to one research program, anxiety-related issues are the number one mental health problem among women and are second only to alcohol and drug abuse among men. Stress-related ailments cost the nation $300 billion every year in medical bills and lost productivity. And use of sedative drugs like Xanax and Valium have skyrocketed in the last 15 years. Even students are feeling it. One psychologist reports that the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950s.
“The news about our anxiety is enough to make us anxious,” says Lucado. But there’s a prescription for dealing with it. Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7, the most highlighted passage of any book on the planet, according to Amazon:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
“With His help you will learn to face the calamities of life. You’ll learn how to talk yourself off the ledge. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you will learn to view bad news through the lens of sovereignty; to discern the lies of Satan and tell yourself the truth. You will manifest a gentleness that is evident to others. Anxiety comes with life. But it doesn’t have to dominate your life.”
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Good Man Great Family
$10.99Add to cartAre You A Good Man?
What makes a good man? As a husband and father, how do you raise a healthy family?
In a culture where men are burdened by shame and confused about their identity, there remains one beacon of hope which every man must follow: God’s Word.
In Good Man, Great Family, Dr. Bill Moore offers Biblical truths, practical steps, and engaging examples to guide you on your journey to becoming the husband and father that God created you to be.
Dr. Moore shares:
*How to affair-proof your marriage
*4 things most men don’t know about life
*That God is bigger than any failureBecome the man that God created you to be, and discover the true satisfaction that comes from being a good man, with a great family!
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And Yet Undaunted
$15.99Add to cartYour story. It zigs just when you thought it should zag. You honestly didn’t realize you had a plan for your life until it didn’t turn out the way you thought it would. But there’s good news. Belonging to Jesus means that your story is part of a much larger tale to be told.If you see how the real Story began-and where it’s headed-you will catch a glimpse of the good heart of God that will anchor you when life gets crazy. Authors Paula Rinehart and Connally Gilliam take a fresh look at the gospel to show you how to place your story within God’s greater Story. The life you were created for takes redemptive shape in the present as you look ahead at the hope of what’s to come.
Through personal story and Scripture, these two women invite you to face reality head-on. In And Yet, Undaunted, you will learn how to step into the embrace of God’s goodness so you can find wholeness within the broken pieces of your life.
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Stewarding Your Best Life
$10.95Add to cartDo you feel you have untapped potential? Do you want to grow your success in God’s eyes? In Stewarding Your Best Life, Sherilyn Hamon-Miller explores these ideas and reveals a critical biblical truth to equip you and maximize your role as a wise steward. Sherilyn Hamon-Miller presents practical applications for every believer to measure and grow your life through God’s eyes. Join with her as she guides you through a series of prayers and activations designed to help you live a successful and profitable life according to God’s Word. By the time you finish reading this book, you will have a greater understanding of what it takes to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
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Is Jesus History
$16.99Add to cartWhat can we really know for sure about the past? Can anything from ancient history be regarded as ‘fact’? In particular, how seriously can we take the historical sources for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth? Did he really even live in first-century Galilee and Judaea, or is he a figure of legend?
In this timely book, historian Dr John Dickson unpacks how the field of history works, giving readers the tools to evaluate for themselves what we can confidently say about figures like the Emperor Tiberius, Alexander the Great, Pontius Pilate, and, of course, Jesus of Nazareth.
He presents the evidence, methods, and conclusions of mainstream scholars–both Christian and not–and asks some pertinent contemporary questions, without offering any pushy answers: If Jesus really did exist, what are we to make of his own claims and those of his followers, and what would any of it mean for us today?
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School Of The Miraculous
$16.99Add to cartDemystifying Miracles
What if you could experience something miraculous every day?
Many Christians think of miracles as rare events for a select and fortunate few. But miracles don’t have be something mysterious and out of reach. They don’t have to be the exception. Just as they were common in the early church, they can become common for you.
The School of the Miraculous A Practical Guide to Walking in Daily Miracles by Dr. Kynan Bridges shows how every believer can develop a miracle mind-set, operate in miracles, and establish a life routine in which miraculous events occur.
Dr. Kynan has encountered many believers who are frustrated because they are not seeing evidence of God’s power in their circumstances. They have a growing desperation for more of His intervention in their lives. This book was designed to answer that cry for more.
The Holy Spirit is the Miracle Worker–but all miracles involve human participation in some way. Dr. Kynan reveals that our growing intimacy with God’s Spirit will lead us to see and participate in His miracles–living in His power and setting our expectations increasingly higher for His miraculous works in our lives.
This practical guide for every believer is filled with ideas for personal application, encouraging testimonies, and spiritual activation prayers for tapping into the miraculous. Enroll in The School of the Miraculous today!
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Redefined : When Jesus Invades A Womans Heart
$16.99Add to cartIn Redefined, Melissa explores the stories of women in 1st Century Israel and 21st Century America whose hearts were captivated by Jesus. Through their stories and Melissa’s teachings, Redefined speaks to the heart and encourages every woman who has ever been denied because of their gender or past.
With a Pastor’s heart, Melissa will comfort women who struggle with guilt or condemnation because of the choices they have made or the choices that were made for them, while inspiring women to accept their forgiveness.
Redefined is a must read for all women who have ever been rejected, devalued, or are in need of a miracle.
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Is It Of God
$25.99Add to cartIs It of God? Is a practical, biblically-saturated book written for those who want to know how to avoid deception and discern truth, error, and mixture in teaching, practices, and supernatural manifestations. With nearly fifty years of discerning experience in revivals, Holy Spirit movements, and spiritual warfare ministry as a pastor and professor, Dr. Paul King provides wise guidance on:
*Biblically-based foundations and principles for spiritual discernment
*How to maintain balance and avoid both ditches of charismania and charisphobia
*Discerning vs. judging
*Discerning Spirit, flesh, and demonic manifestations
*Discerning psychic from Spirit
*Distinguishing non-biblical from unbiblical
*Identifying true and false revival
*Avoiding undiscerning discernment
*A biblical discernment response to John MacArthur’s Strange Fire
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No Limits : Embracing The Miraculous
$16.99Add to cartThe naysayers of the world want to convince us that the days of God working miracles have passed. But in No Limits: Embracing the Miraculous, Donna Sparks uses contemporary testimonies of powerful miracles released into the lives of believers and non-believers alike to show God has not changed. He has worked miracles in the past, and there are no limits on His ability to work miracles today. Backed by Scriptural truth, the author assures her readers that they can depend on God to not only know their needs but also meet them. God lives in the realm of the miraculous, and He wants us to live there too. In this new book by Donna Sparks, she inspires her readers to not only believe for their own miracles today but also take the good news to others that God is still in the miracle-working business.
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Swing Wide : A Story About Love, Sexual Identity, And How God Redefined It
$16.99Add to cartSwing Wide is a love story, not a gay story.
After years of believing she was “born this way,” Keri hit a wall when faced with the decision to marry a woman. With a slight hesitation in her heart and a faint memory of the love she once had for Jesus, Keri chose to walk away from the life she knew and gave God the chance to show her who she was made to be.
“This is the love I have always longed for. Jesus picked me up, cleaned me off, renewed my mind and re-wired my desires.”
It’s a story about experiencing the greatest love of all – the love that knows no bounds.Through heartfelt stories that will make you laugh and cry in one breath, Keri Cardinale shares her personal journey of how she came to identify herself as a homosexual, sensed a hint of doubt that life could be different, and eventually made the decision to trust God enough to show her who He created her to be.
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Find Rest : A Women’s Devotional For Lasting Peace Ina Busy Life
$19.99Add to cartThe Find Rest Softcover Devotional is a women’s devotional for lasting peace in busy life. Whether you are a mom of little ones, a corporate executive or something in between, life may feel hectic. Women in today’s’ do-it-all-world have more to juggle than any other time in history. It is easy to become emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Size: 8.35″ x 6.3″ x 1.1″ (212 x 160 x 28mm)
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Courage To Be Healed
$21.99Add to cartFrom New York Times best-selling author…
The altered life begins at the altar. But it doesn’t end there.
Here is a simple truth: hurt people hurt people. The damaged do damage to others and to themselves. They become toxic, and their toxicity spills over into the lives of those around them, leaving a trail of broken relationships, squandered opportunities, and shattered dreams. Hurting souls can and often do become suicidal and self-destructive.
This is not a “quick fix” book, but one that illumines the need for, and very real hope for, inner healing. Delve into stories of people finding healing, and understand each stage of the process, including the following:
*Honestly confronting the past
*Facing and accepting painful realities
*Forgiving ourselves as well as the “unforgivable” deeds of others
*Dealing with disappointment and forgiving God for unmet expectations, unanswered prayers, and unfulfilled dreams
*Stories of people seeking and finding healingMany go to church or preach in a church every Sunday while living lives of unuttered, soul-deadening despair. Part of the reason they never get help is a prevailing religiosity that presupposes that sin and repentance are the cause of and the answer to all the soul’s distress. While salvation or the baptism of the Spirit are the first steps to healing hurt souls, these experiences may not do all that needs to be done. The altered life may well begin at an altar, but it may need to continue in a counseling office.
Dr. Mark Rutland’s Courage to Be Heal is a doorway of hope for hurting souls and for those who love them.
This book will give you inner healing through Spirit-led counseling, prayer, Bible reading, and the power of God’s grace.
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Women Of The Word
$14.99Add to cartWomen of the Word has sold over 250,000 copies since its initial release in 2014. In this updated edition with new study questions, popular Bible teacher Jen Wilkin challenges women to go deeper in their study of Scripture, offering a clear and concise plan they can use each time they open their Bible. Many Christian women know it’s important to study God’s Word-but often don’t know where to start. If they’re not careful, they can let their emotions rule their study of Scripture and forget that the Bible is primarily about God and not us. This book will equip women to engage God’s Word in a way that both trains their minds and transforms their hearts.
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Risen Motherhood : Gospel Hope For Everyday Moments
$19.99Add to cartFind Hope and Joy in Everyday Moments
Motherhood is a series of moments-some of them magical, others messy and mundane. In every part, God is there and wants to pour gospel truth into you. Learn how you can grow spiritually and share His love with others, especially with your family, right where you are.
Discover how the gospel impacts all the areas of your everyday life, including your:
*Attitude-examine your heart and get answers to overcome common issues, such as anger and frustration.
*Marriage-see your husband the way God sees him and transform your view of your spouse.
*Body image-reject cultural pressure for physical perfection and pursue internal beauty.
*Relationships-love those you interact with from a gospel-motivated mindset.
*Home life-spend your time at home with purpose and intentionality.Experience how the “big picture” of Scripture-creation, fall, redemption, and restoration-applies to you in powerful and practical ways.
That is how you live out Risen Motherhood: by remembering who you are in Christ, what He has done for you, and what He has called you to do.
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Beholding And Becoming
$32.99Add to cartBecome What You Behold
You are in the process of becoming. Every day is an opportunity to be shaped and formed by what moves your heart…drives your thoughts…captures your gaze. Is it any wonder that where you direct your eyes and your heart matter in your day-to-day?
We become what we behold when we set our hearts and minds on Christ and His redemption story here in the details of our daily lives. Not just on Sunday, not just on holidays, not just when extraordinarily hard or wonderful things happen…but today.
Bestselling author and artist Ruth Chou Simons invites you on a new journey to Beholding and Becoming. With more than 850 pieces of intricate, original artwork, Ruth encourages you to elevate your gaze to the One who created all things.
Today is an opportunity for God to demonstrate His love and His faithfulness in the midst of your mundane. No circumstance is too ordinary or too forgotten for Him to meet you there in worship. His transforming grace turns your “everyday ordinary” into a holy place of becoming.
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Crutch Of Success
$16.99Add to cartBorn in Korea in 1956 soon after the end of the Korean War, Steve Stirling was stricken with polio at age one when his father unknowingly brought the virus home after consoling a friend whose child had contracted the disease. Steve survived; the son of his father’s friend did not. Marital and financial struggles caused Steve’s father to leave him at an orphanage when he was five. Three weeks later, his three-year-old sister was left there as well.
After four years, they were adopted by an American couple, Jim and Lynn Stirling, who settled in Anchorage, Alaska. The Stirlings now had seven children, all but one of whom was adopted.
Steve’s legs were paralyzed but his mind was sharp. He excelled in school, earned degrees at Cornell and Northwestern universities, and married. He and his wife, Sook Hee, moved from city to city as Steve moved up the corporate ladder with several Fortune 500 companies. They had two children and plenty of money, but their marriage was not happy.
Then they came to a saving faith in Jesus and their lives changed forever. They traveled to Korea and miraculously located Steve’s birth family. On a subsequent trip to visit the orphanage where he had grown up, Steve encountered a fellow handicapped orphan who had also become a Christian and his words caused Steve to rethink his life direction. He decided to shift his executive career away from the corporate world in order to devote his energies to nonprofit charities, working for World Vision and several others. Now he is the executive director for MAP (Medical Assistance Programs) International, based in Georgia, and spends as much time as possible spreading the gospel message as well as distributing medical assistance to developing countries. “For me, joining the MAP family feels like ‘coming home,'” he says. “It’s a culmination of my personal and professional life experiences.”
A vial of polio vaccine costing sixty cents could have prevented Steve from contracting the disease.
Steve’s favorite Bible verse is Ephesians 2:10: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (nas). He sees God’s hand bringing all the elements of his life together perfectly for His purpose.
“I believe God has called me to be the voice of millions of children who desperately need life-changing medicines,” Steve says. “He has given me these experiences, even polio, to prepare me to be used by Him. I’m not bit
