Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Download or read book Walks Through Heaven with Dad a Young Man s Experience with Lewy Body Dementia written by Daniel John Woytowich and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Woytowichs father was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia while he was still in college. This memoir tells the story of the diagnosis of, acceptance of, and journey through the terrible illness that is dementia. Daniel hopes that his familys experience can help others, especially young people, who are dealing with loved ones that have terminal illnesses. It is the story of how a young man watched his fathers life unravel in gradual progression, his coming to terms with the fact that his relationship with his father would be changed forever, and how he eventually came to the realization that no illness, no matter how debilitating, can ever touch what resides deep within all of us, and especially how it can never touch the everlasting bond of father and son.

Download or read book Arms Open Wide written by Sherri Gragg and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come near. Stop striving. The Master of the banquet has raised His glass to welcome you as His dear child. So often Christians view Christ as someone who’s far away and can’t be approached until they have their lives in order. In Arms Open Wide, author Sherri Gragg proves that Christ is a kinder, more tender, more loving Savior than many understand Him to be. Sherri writes in fictional narrative form while mixing biblical history with scripture, creating a setting that transforms readers back in time and places them right in Jesus’ presence. For thirty-four days readers walk with the Savior to witness miraculous healings and events, and give fresh insight into His power by thinking and feeling with people whose lives became instantly transformed by His love and grace. Readers journey with Jesus and His disciples in the most important time in history. Hearts will be stirred and lives will be changed as readers draw near and walk with the Savior as never before. Features & Benefits: Helps readers experience the kindness and grace of Jesus Instills a deep, lasting impression about the love and forgiveness our Savior offers Will transform readers as they engage in a first-person experience of what it might have been like to walk with Jesus when He was on the earth Brings to life biblical traditions and customs while helping readers experience Jesus’ life and the miracles He performed

Download or read book DAD S SUCCESS written by Alfredo Metoyer and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carlos is driven to succeed in life after seeing his dad struggle to make ends meet. After trying to get a loan to attend college and needing his dad as a cosigner, who refuses, Carlos never talks to him again. Fifteen years pass, and his dad dies. Carlos had become a self-made success. After burying his father and told what his dad did since he left, Carlos begins to learn what true success really is.

Download or read book Just Wait Till Your Father Gets Home written by W. Frank Danka and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends, first loves, and memorable adventures are just a few of the unforgettable things in life that stay with you forever. Wayne Danka remembers them fondly in this heartwarming and often funny collection of five short stories celebrating a time when friends, family, and having fun were the most important things. Wayne and the guys he grew up with found themselves mixing it up with neighborhood street gangs, professional gamblers, and even mafia gangsters, all for the love of excitement. It was part of the culture growing up on the streets of New Jersey, a culture of manufacturing mischief, disregarding the probable odds, and simply being unafraid to take life as it comes. From the author of What Do You Want to Do, Break Your Mother’s Heart! comes another opportunity for readers to once again take a step back in time. Just Wait Till Your Father Gets Home! is a genuine testimonial to the magical love between a father and his two sons, the impact loyal friendships have in developing character, and the reverence of an era that will never again be duplicated.

Download or read book A Tribute to My Father written by John Piper and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My father was the happiest man I ever knew. One of the reasons for this was his singing faith. To feel the significance of this, you need to understand that he was a fundamentalist. That's not a bad word in my vocabulary. And he's the reason. Fundamentals are worth dying for and fighting for. But that fight has killed the Song in the hearts of many people. But not in Bill Piper.

Download or read book Banjawarn written by Josh Kemp and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garreth Hoyle is a true crime writer whose destructive love affair with hallucinogenic drugs has sent him searching for ghosts in the unforgiving mallee desert of Western Australia. Heading north through Kalgoorlie, he attempts to score off old friends from his shearing days on Banjawarn Station. His journey takes an unexpected detour when he discovers an abandoned ten-year-old girl and decides to return her to her estranged father in Leonora, instead of alerting authorities. Together they begin the road trip from hell through the scorched heart of the state’s northern goldfields. Love, friendship and hope are often found in the strangest places, but forgiveness is never simple, and the past lies buried just beneath the blood red topsoil. The only question is whether Hoyle should uncover it, or run as fast as his legs can take him. Banjawarn is an unsettling debut from Josh Kemp, winner of the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Echoing Cormac McCarthy’s haunting border trilogy and narrative vernacular that recalls the sparse lyricism of Randolph Stow and Tim Winton, this is a darkly funny novel that earns its place amongst the stable of Australian gothic fiction.

Download or read book Co Piloting written by Jim Haslam and published by Forefront Books. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the remarkable story of one of our nation’s luckiest business leaders of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its topics include sports, military history, and, of course, business principles that are sure to entertain and add value to readers of business books and memoirs. All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit nonprofits that support small business, entrepreneurial, and community-based ventures—so that like Jim Haslam, others also may be afforded the chance to be fortunate in their own unique endeavors. Meet James A. Haslam II—“Big Jim” as he is called by friends and family. The details of his life, his family, and Pilot Company comprise a truly remarkable American story that has yet to be widely told, mainly because Haslam has always refused to write about himself. However, after years of less-than-gentle prodding from his loving family and though under duress, he has finally relented and agreed to pen the incredible story of luck and leadership that has taken him all over the world, has enriched lives in countless communities and philanthropic endeavors, and has led to the growth of the beloved company he founded and still serves daily, even into his late eighties. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Haslam played on the famous 1951 National Championship football team led by coaching legend and mentor General Robert R. Neyland, whose renowned Game Maxims inspired Haslam’s own viewpoints of life and leadership in family, business, and in the art of giving back. From being promoted to Company Commander in Korea at the age of twenty-three to starting out at a small oil company with only one gas station, you will follow the unlikely, harrowing, and often hilarious story of luck and leadership that has led Jim Haslam and his family to serve an unbelievable number of industry, community, and philanthropic endeavors affecting countless people in numerous communities, not the least of all Knoxville—and of course, the beloved university Haslam truly believes has afforded him so much opportunity in life. Through great loss and great luck, unforeseen tragedy and unlikely triumph—the story of the Haslams and Pilot Company offers a unique, entertaining, and encouraging perspective to family, faith, and the discovery of what really matters the most in life. Friends and family also offer their unique stories and insights, including contributions from Peyton Manning, Phillip Fulmer, Rick Barnes, Senator Lamar Alexander, former Walmart CEO Lee Scott, former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and many more.

Download or read book Remember You re A Jones Lessons That My Father Taught Me written by Brian Jones Jr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19.7 million children, more than 1 in 4, live without a father in the home. Consequently, this has caused a father absence crisis in America. Every day, little boys and girls are growing up, going through each stage without that important role a man ultimately plays in a child's life. My father was one of those little boys and through that experience found his purpose: to be the best father to his children that he could be...and he was. On October 31, 2016 I lost the greatest man I?ve known, but the lessons he has taught me will live on forever.

Download or read book Just a Daddy s Girl written by Ashleigh Smith and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to be without someone who has been there through thick and thin, and when they're gone forever, what do you do? How do you feel? At the age of eighteen, how are you supposed to feel especially when the person you lost has made plans for you ahead of time and decided that you need someone to take care of you and to keep you on track? Would you ever have thought that by having that person around would actually be good for you and he might even be the one you fall for? Do we see that there are true people on this planet that can love and make you whole again even though your world fell from beneath you?

Download or read book Simple Pleasures written by K. O. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a daily adventure, sometimes we take it for granted. Simple Pleasures are things that can bring happiness to so many. We should all live life to the fullest, dream the wildest dreams and never lose the passion for life itself. Simple Pleasures is a conglomeration of adventures through life and its many roadways. Thank you to all of you that have been a part of it and my inspiration. Wishing all your dreams, goals and passions come true. Live life, we only have one chance at it, enjoy it and all the simple pleasures.

Download or read book Our Daddy Was a Heroin Addict written by Janece Boyd and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He often appeared amusing to family and friends alike. Daddy was seen as a very cool guy by many people. Of course, I looked up to him. However, secretly, I didn’t expect Daddy to be around for very long. As I continued to get to know more and more of Daddy, this very troubled and dark side of him began to emerge. I hadn’t yet realized that we’re all very complicated and complex beings. Thus, Daddy became frightful to himself, as well as to me. Something about his behaviors became off-kilter.

Download or read book More Than Lust written by L.L. McLane and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than Lust lives up to its title with actually being more than lust. This book is more than the typical love story. It goes to the lives of a group of friends and through the years they grow apart. Friendships are tested, relationships are broken, and even siblings are grueling. Does happily ever after exist?

Download or read book How Long O Lord written by D. A. Carson and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear and accessible treatment of key biblical themes related to human suffering and evil is written by one of the most respected evangelical biblical scholars alive today. Carson brings together a close, careful exposition of key biblical passages with helpful pastoral applications. The second edition has been updated throughout.

Download or read book Forget Me Not written by Dieter F. Uchtdorf and published by Deseret Book. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspirational address to women highlights five things they should never forget about their divine relationship with God: forget not to be patient with yourself; forget not the difference between a good sacrifice and a foolish sacrifice; forget not to be happy now; forget not the "why" of the gospel; and forget not that the Lord loves you.

Download or read book Father s Love Letter written by Barry Adams and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father's Love Letter by Barry Adams is a series of paraphrased Scriptures that take on the form of a love letter from God and will impact your heart, soul and spirit. Experience the love you have been looking for all your life. This gift book contains beautiful full-color photographs and fifty-seven powerful devotional thoughts. A prayer that will help you put into words your response to God follows each devotional thought.

Download or read book Desert Fathers and Mothers written by Christine Valters Paintner and published by SkyLight Paths Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey. The desert fathers and mothers were ordinary Christians living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Arabia who chose to renounce the world in order to deliberately and individually follow God's call. They embraced lives of celibacy, labor, fasting, prayer and poverty, believing that denouncing material goods and practicing stoic self-discipline would lead to unity with the Divine. Their spiritual practice formed the basis of Western monasticism and greatly influenced both Western and Eastern Christianity. Their writings, first recorded in the fourth century, consist of spiritual advice, parables and anecdotes emphasizing the primacy of love and the purity of heart. Focusing on key themes of charity, fortitude, lust, patience, prayer and self-control, the Sayings influenced the rule of St. Benedict and have inspired centuries of opera, poetry and art. This probing and personal SkyLight Illuminations edition opens up their wisdom for readers with no previous knowledge of Western monasticism and early Christianity. It provides insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that describes historical background, explains the practice of asceticism and illustrates how you can use their wisdom to energize your spiritual quest.