Download or read book Living Awake written by Mary Bea Sullivan and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine renewal in fifteen minutes a day. This forty-day program includes simple, yet meaningful spiritual reflections and practices that will guide you on the path toward emotional, physical, and spiritual restoration. Simplicity reigns-just show up every day for forty days and trust the process. Living AWAKE is a gentle reminder that all in life is sacred. Busy, stressed-out people will welcome Living AWAKE's clear and straightforward approach. Drawing from diverse sources and the author's own experience as a retreat leader and spiritual companion, Living AWAKE is accessible to all, regardless of faith or background. About the Author Mary Bea Sullivan is a retreat leader, inspirational speaker, and spiritual companion. She lives in Northern Alabama with her husband, Malcolm, and children, Brendan and Kiki. She is also the author of Dancing Naked Under the Moon: Uncovering the Wisdom Within, a spiritual memoir. Praise for Living AWAKE "Mary Bea Sullivan is a wise guide because she--through her own experience--knows that being and becoming human is a craft which requires practice, like playing a musical instrument or learning how to paint. Here the reader will find a series of practices over a classic period of forty days which will heal the soul, refresh the mind and heart, and open up new pathways." --Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus of Grace Cathedral and Honorary Canon of Chartres Cathedral. "Living AWAKE is a treasure chest of insight, wisdom, and practice. This forty-day journey invites the reader to know herself with love, and to then lavish that love on others. In a day and age when a lot of spiritual pablum is in the marketplace, Mary Bea Sullivan serves up real food for body, mind and spirit, food that is like the bread of communion, giving bread so that the reader can offer bread." --Rev. Mary C. Earle, Days of Grace: Meditations and Practices for Living with Illness. "Living AWAKE is a wonderful manual for the spiritual seeker who thinks globally and is not afraid to move beyond the confines of his or her belief system. Using a combination of personal narrative and insights into the sacred traditions of the world's religions, Mary Bea offers practical exercises for everyday people whose hearts ache for something more. She writes as a seasoned mentor well familiar with the territory, inviting the uninitiated to take the first steps towards living awake because it is a journey she herself has taken." --Elizabeth-Anne Stewart, Ph.D, Jesus the Holy Fool "There is a deep hunger today to have a more intimate experience with the Divine. Living AWAKE is a great way to get started or to get back on your journey with the Divine. This meditative guide comes from the deep wisdom of both eastern and western spirituality, yet it is simple and short enough that it can realistically be done in the midst of our busy lives. And if you stick with it for forty days, you will have established a habit that becomes natural to you and you will be living more awake." --Rev. Bob Haden, Director of the Haden Institute

Download or read book Bless These Lips written by Sharla Fritz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bless These Lips: 40 Days of Spiritual Renewal examines things we say that get in the way of our relationships with God and with others. Each chapter draws on lip product analogies and uses humor, anecdotes, and observations to introduce Scripture passages that address common behaviors and attitudes.

Download or read book 40 Days 40 Prayers 40 Words written by Bruce Reyes-Chow and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 40 Days, 40 Prayers, 40 Words, Reyes-Chow encourages readers to pause in the bustle of their daily lives to reflect, engage, and share during the Lenten season. Forty devotions are each framed around a word inspired by the daily lectionary readings and include a short scriptural passage, inspirational prayer, and reflection. Readers who feel too busy for daily engagement with God will appreciate Reyes-Chow's ability to speak to the blessings and burdens of everyday life in a concise, lively manner. Moreover, readers also have the ability to connect with others through interactive elements like QR codes that link to social media and provide access to additional reflections, graphics, and prayers. This unique resource expands the ways we can connect with God, and with each other, both during Lent and at any time along our journeys of faith. Follow along using the hashtag: #40wordprayer.

Download or read book Give Me 40 Days written by Freeda Bowers and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give Me 40 Days is a timeless and practical devotional to help you put everything in your life (marriage, children, finances, fears, hopes and dreams) into a daily connection with Jesus. This book will teach and convince you why above all prayer is more important.

Download or read book 40 Day Financial Renewal written by Tanesha K. Hollingshed and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “While our first thought was how no one we knew had enough money to lend us for a funeral, our second thought was more personal: We are just as broke as everyone else! In that moment, we realized that we did not want to spend the rest of our lives in that type of financial position. We knew we needed help, but we felt so helpless. We found ourselves doing a lot of praying and crying until Jesus answered.” (Excerpt from the book) The Hollingsheds know how it feels to desperately need money, but not be in the financial position to get it. Unfortunately, many people are experiencing financial problems. It is overwhelming, stressful, and frustrating being in debt and unable to pay bills. Financial problems are one of the main reasons for divorce, friendship demise, business failures, and suicidal thoughts. You are simply a manager of God’s resources while you are here on earth. None of the resources that you spend so much time worrying about, stressing over, and chasing will make it into eternity. In 40 Day Financial Renewal, you will gain a practical understanding of Biblical stewardship and discover Biblical truths that will change your perspective about money and how you manage your money. You will be provided with financial worksheets as resources to assist you with budgeting, calculating your net worth, and financial management. It will equip you to make informed financial decisions, plan for your financial future, and leave a legacy.

Download or read book 40 Days to Reset Your Life written by Shane Idleman and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how prayer and fasting can reset your life and change your spiritual course-as well as the course of the nation.What would happen if we all hit the big reset button? Both spiritually and physically? Individually and corporately?Whether it's a health reset, a financial reboot, or a spiritual do-over, we are intrigued with starting over.The stress and busyness of life can take a huge toll on us emotionally and spiritually. We need a spiritual reset to restore peace and hope. Although it can take twenty-one days to form a habit, it often takes more time to deeply instill that habit. If you're on your 100th attempt to overcome a habit, or if you simply need to get back on track, you need this forty-day resource in your spiritual tool belt. What areas of your life are ready for a reset?

Download or read book 40 Days Fast written by Pana Mamea and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 40 Days Fast by Pana Mamea __________________________________

Download or read book 40 Days with God written by Rebecca St. James and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique devotional from the Grammy Award–winning Christian music star. Bestselling author Rebecca St. James has been a defining voice in contemporary Christian music for decades, winning a Grammy and multiple Dove Awards among other honors. In 40 Days with God, she offers an inspirational devotional based on her reflections about her relationship with her heavenly Father, addressing topics from sin and sacrifice to friendship and faith. Also included as a bonus to her fans are journal entries, song lyrics, and discussion questions.

Download or read book Greatest Habit written by John Cornelius and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A QUESTION: During a Masters of Education research project that compared the findings of two of the most important research projects into the nature of personal greatness - which sought to identify the key practices in the lives of the happiest, healthiest and highest achievers in history - one habit towered above all others, prayer. Yet according to Brandeis University, up to 90% of Americans pray and more than 50% pray daily. There's similar figures all around the world. There's actually no shortage of prayer; but there's a vast and distinct shortage of results. What makes the difference? A CALLING: This question began to intrigue. If prayer is the greatest habit for living our best life - and the research overwhelmingly pointed that it is so - why is it that most that pray, live a life far below their real potential? True to the form of the research findings, much prayer was applied as looking over the studies, and a dangerous calling emerged: "Go into the wilderness for 40 days. Contemplate the principles of effective prayer and they shall be revealed. " A QUEST: For 40 days on the remote island of Tasmania - in total isolation, solitude and silence - nothing was done but to think about these principles. Stepping back from the mountain of researched ideas - the question of what makes prayer effective became a positive obsession, a subject of constant contemplation. The principles were distilled and set up into a logical and learnable system. A PRACTICE: Returning back home, one more question still remained. That's all fine and good in theory, but what about in practice? Can these principles be learned and can they affect real changes? So with a select group of practitioners, the ideas were put into action. There results were outstanding. Here are the 7 most important principles.

Download or read book The Purpose Driven Life written by Rick Warren and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-02-17 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are about to embark on a journey of discovery. Throughout this six-session video-based study taught by Rick Warren you are going to discover the answer to life+s fundamental question: "What on earth am I here for?"And here's a clue to the answer: "It's not about you ... You were created by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.-The Purpose Driven Life DVD Study Guide is designed to be used with The Purpose Driven Life DVD. Whether you are going to experience this adventure with a small group or on your own, this six-session video-based study will change your life.This study has been used by over four million people during the 40 Days of Purpose Campaigns in churches all over the world. When combined with the reading of The Purpose Driven Life, the book Publishers Weekly declared the "bestselling nonfiction hardback in history- this study will give your small group the opportunity to discuss the implications and applications of living the life God created you to live.

Download or read book Creation Sin and Reconciliation written by Robert Ignatius Letellier and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers aspects of the Book of Genesis; as the first book of the Torah, and hence of the Bible, its position is unique, especially in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation, the emergence of mankind, and the beginning of human society. Through close reading of chapters 1–11, 32–33 and 37–50 (the beginning, middle and end of Genesis), with consideration of the language, style and possible implications of the text, this approach explores the fundamental themes of Berishit and the enduring relevance of its powerful message for humanity and our place in the world. The method is both synchronic (a literary, exegetic analysis of the received text), and diachronic (a more historical consideration of other forms of interpretation, whether archaeological, theological, philosophical, generic or comparative). The mystery of creation and the origins of the world and humankind are enduringly important, and with the rise of interest in cosmology and ever-growing ecological concerns for the earth and its sustainability, nothing could be more topical. Where do we come from? What is our place in the world? What is our responsibility for it? Intimately related to Creation are the nature of human origins and the mystery of the beautiful yet disturbing imperfection of human nature and society. Why are we as we are? What does this mean for concepts of family, community and nation? The Patriarchal Narratives of the forebears of Ancient Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph) provide some of the most enduring stories of election, mission, endeavour and interaction in the annals of world literature. The power and unwavering truthfulness of these stories hold a mirror to human behaviour with seemingly fathomless implications. They provide a dynamic, a positive way forward in reflecting on the intractable hostility that perennially blights the history of humankind. The recurrence of universal themes and symbols generated in Genesis and found throughout the Bible (and in wider folk literature) emphasizes the conceptual unity of a Great Code of meaning, and is pertinent to a canonical reading of Scripture; for example, Joseph’s story prefigures that of Jesus, and posits reconciliation as the very harbinger of salvation.

Download or read book ERS Circular written by National Education Association of the United States. Educational Research Service and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hansard s Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Come Away written by Lynn Human and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you wish you could find more joy in your life? Do you find yourself running out of time at the end of your gift called a twenty-four hour day and discover you left God out of it? Is it difficult to like, much less love someone who has hurt you? In the midst of the chaos that seems to be shoved into the day, God wants to take you away with Him, only for a little while. In the middle of the night, He woke author Lynn Human, saying, Arise my love, Arise my love, you are so precious to Me. She was overwhelmed with emotion. Song of Solomon 2:10 states, My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Come Away is the most refreshing, rewarding, and intimate time Human has ever spent with her belovedher Lord. John has written the Epistles of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John (1 John 1:4) that your joy may be full. He has shown her that love is not an option or an emotion; it is a commandment. As Human has studied and the Lord has taken her through the same forty-day journey, her peace and joy levels have risen. She has learned more about who He is, and their relationship is closer than ever. He wants to take you on the same journey. He loves you. Come Away takes only a short period of time each day, and God will more than redeem the time you spend with Him. Will you be daring and take the journey?

Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Roots of Christianity Expanded 2nd Edition written by Moustafa Gadalla and published by Moustafa Gadalla. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egyptian roots of Christianity, both historically and spiritually. This book reveals the Ancient Egyptian roots of Christianity, both historically and spiritually. This Expanded Version of the book consists of three parts to coincide with the terms of trinity. The first part demonstrates that the major biblical ancestors of the biblical Jesus are all Ancient Egyptian prominent characters. The second part demonstrates that the accounts of the “historical Jesus” are based entirely on the life and death of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Twt/Tut-Ankh-Amen. The third part demonstrates that the “Jesus of Faith” and the Christian tenets are all Egyptian in origin—such as the essence of the teachings/message, the creation of the universe and man (according to the Book of Genesis), as well as the religious holidays. The very thing that is now called the Christian religion was already in existence in Ancient Egypt, long before the adoption of the New Testament. The British Egyptologist, Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, wrote in his book, The Gods of the Egyptians [1969], The new religion (Christianity) which was preached there by St. Mark and his immediate followers, in all essentials so closely resembled that which was the outcome of the worship of Osiris, Isis, and Horus. The similarities, noted by Budge and everyone who has compared the Egyptian Osiris/Isis/ Horus allegory to the Gospel story, are striking. Both accounts are practically the same, e.g. the supernatural conception, the divine birth, the struggles against the enemy in the wilderness, and the resurrection from the dead to eternal life. The main difference between the “two versions”, is that the Gospel tale is considered historical and the Osiris/Isis/Horus cycle is an allegory. The spiritual message of the Ancient Egyptian Osiris/Isis/Horus allegory and the Christian revelation is exactly the same. The British scholar A.N. Wilson pointed out in his book, Jesus: The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith are two separate beings, with very different stories. It is difficult enough to reconstruct the first, and in the attempt we are likely to do irreparable harm to the second. This book will demonstrate that the “Jesus of History”, the ”Jesus of Faith”, and the tenets of Christianity are all Ancient Egyptian. This will be done without causing any “irreparable harm” as per A.N. Wilson’s concern, for two main reasons: Firstly, the truth must be told. Secondly, explaining Christian tenets via their original Ancient Egyptian contexts will enhance the idealism of Christianity. This Expanded Version of the book consists of three parts to coincide with the terms of trinity—the Three that are Two that are One. The first part demonstrates that the major biblical ancestors of the biblical Jesus are all Ancient Egyptian prominent individuals. The second part demonstrates that the accounts of the “historical Jesus” are based entirely on the life and death of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Twt/Tut- Ankh-Amen. The third part demonstrates that the “Jesus of Faith” and the Christian tenets are all Egyptian in origin—such as the essence of the teachings/message, the creation of the universe and man (according to the Book of Genesis), as well as the religious holidays. There is an undeniable irony and a profound, deep, undeniable truth in Hosea’s prophetic saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. A deep irony indeed. Let us open our minds and review the available evidence. For the truth is a composite of different and complementary pieces of a puzzle. Let us put the pieces in the right location, time and order.

Download or read book The Broken Covenant written by Robert N. Bellah and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-08-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Second Edition represents Bellah's summation of his views on civil religion in America. In his 1967 classic essay "Civil Rights in America," Bellah argued that the religious dimensions of American society—as distinct from its churches—has its own integrity and required "the same care in understanding that any religion." This edition includes his 1978 article "Religion and the Legitimation of the American Republic," and a new Preface.

Download or read book Self Examination and the Old Testament written by Marc Cogen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the Old Testament wisdom and its many human experiences, Self-Examination and the Old Testament recreates the mindset of the main personalities dealing with self-examination. It is widely accepted that self-examination is fundamental for sustaining a healthy individual life and for peace in society. For the believer, the words and thoughts of the OT are divinely inspired, providing a spiritual foundation, and the many instances of self-examination in the Old Testament show us how to deal with delving into our own hearts and looking closely at what we find there.