Download or read book No More Faking Fine written by Esther Fleece Allen and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be. No More Faking Fine is your invitation to get honest with God through the life-giving language of lament. If you've ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it is to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. When life hurts, we often feel pressure--from others and ourselves--to keep it together, suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who lovingly invites us to give honest voice to our emotions when life hits hard. For most of her life, Esther Fleece Allen believed she could bypass the painful emotions of her broken past by shutting them down altogether. She was known as an achiever and an overcomer on the fast track to success. But in silencing her pain, she robbed herself of the opportunity to be healed. Maybe you've done the same. Esther's journey into healing began when she discovered that God has given us a real-world way to deal with raw emotions and an alternative to the coping mechanisms that end up causing more pain. It's called lament--the gut-level, honest prayer that God never ignores, never silences, and never wastes. No More Faking Fine is your permission to lament, taking you on a journey down the unexpected pathway to true intimacy with God. Drawing from careful biblical study and hard-won insight, Esther reveals how to use God's own language to come closer to him as he leads us through our pain to the light on the other side, teaching you that: We are robbing ourselves of a divine mystery and a divine intimacy when we pretend to have it all together God does not expect us to be perfect; instead, he meets us where we are There is hope beyond your heartache, disappointment, and grief Like Esther, you'll soon find that when one person stops faking fine, it gives everyone else permission to do the same.

Download or read book God s Perspective for Me written by Kendra M. Dublin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's Perspective for Me Vol. 2 is a collection of poems that are spiritually uplifting. It tells a story of becoming a Christian, falling into the trap of the world, then coming back to God and listening to His words.

Download or read book The Reason for God written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.

Download or read book The Story of Me written by Stan Jones and published by God's Design for Sex. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help parents answer difficult or embarrassing questions about sex comfortably and truthfully (in age appropriate terms), and to encourage healthy communication between you and your child.

Download or read book The Practice of the Presence of God written by Brother Lawrence and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Is God Speaking to Me written by Lysa TerKeurst and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with a deeper awareness of God’s leading isn’t just for a select few…it’s for you too! Have you ever wondered if God still speaks to us today? Or do you worry that what you’re perceiving as God’s voice is really just your own thoughts? You’re not alone. In Is God Speaking to Me?, Lysa TerKeurst shares her own wrestling with these questions and how God has taught her to more clearly discern His direction in her everyday life. Using Scripture, encouraging personal stories, and practical application, Lysa will help you: Stop merely going through the motions of life by learning how to recognize and respond to the Lord’s divine appointments for you. Uncomplicate the idea of listening to God as you use five key questions to help you determine if what you’re discerning is from Him or not. Discover the joy of truly walking with the Lord as you learn how to live in expectation of hearing from Him. Is God Speaking to Me? is both an invitation to a life of adventure with the Lord and the tender reminder that we serve a God who loves us deeply and longs to speak to us personally.

Download or read book Completing Project Me written by Matthew A. Thomas and published by BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your life is a project. Let God lead it. When failure occurs or tragedy strikes, we struggle to make sense of it. Divine interruptions can sometimes leave us feeling confused. From Genesis to Revelation, God uses conflict as a vehicle for growth. Matthew A. Thomas understands there is more behind every situation than what we can see at first. Completing Project Me is an invitation to understand how God uses challenging experiences to make our lives richer. Learn to: - Consider divine interruptions from God’s perspective, - Cultivate resilience in faith, - Deepen your prayer life, and - Center yourself on gratitude. God doesn’t start something to leave it unfinished. He is doing more in your life than you know. Let Him lead you through your conflict and into a more complete life.

Download or read book God Created Me written by Dandi Daley Mackall and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-01-24 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most baby books begin when a baby is born, but this one begins when the world was born, running from creation to Mom and Dad to baby. With helpful charts and plenty of space for photos and cherished memories, the acid-free pages are safe and beautifully designed with full-color artwork throughout.

Download or read book Knowing Me Knowing God written by Malcolm Goldsmith and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Knowing Me, Knowing God, Malcolm Goldsmith provides an easy-to-follow introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as it pertains to the spiritual life. The heart of this book is a spirituality questionnaire and its interpretation in connection to spirituality. The intent of the book is to explore ways in which persons might best open their hearts and minds to God. Knowing Me, Knowing God is a valuable resource for retreat leaders, worship committee members, spiritual directors, prayer group members, and others who are looking for material that help them focus on the needs of their community. The spirituality questionnaire is designed for personal completion as an integral part of the total book. It can, however, be used in small groups to stimulate discussion.

Download or read book What Does God Want Me to Do written by Clem Boyd and published by Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all want a rich life. Not riches-but richness. Who really starts their adult life thinking, I just want to make enough money to pay the bills and retire in forty years so I can finally do the important stuff. But today, that may be exactly where we've ended up. What a gloomy prognosis for such a promising life. None of us start that way, and we shouldn't accept this as a reasonable view of reality. Especially as Christians, we should expect more. Much more. Jesus said, 'I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full' (John 10:10). In What Does God Want Me to Do? author Clem Boyd shares his experience and the experiences of others who've reached for that something more in their relationship with God. They've done so by wrestling with the non-God sources of strength and stability in their lives: careers, the opinions of family members, comfort, and predictability. This motivational Christian living book answers the questions of those in transition and awakens those stuck in a rut. What Does God Want Me to Do? proposes a viewpoint upgrade from 'working hard for God whatever I do' to 'doing whatever it takes to work hard for God.' Making this perspective real may mean altering our current lifestyles so we're even more available to answer the Lord's call. That's what Clem discovered. More and more believers are coming to the same decision. Maybe even you.

Download or read book Heaven God s Promise for Me written by Anne Graham Lotz and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The light is always on Because Jesus is waiting for you. The very best part of Heaven Is that He’s going to be there too. Heaven is a real place. It’s where Jesus lives and waits for those he loves to come to him. It’s a place of joy and love and hope—a place where all of God’s children, young and old, will stay and be happy forever. Engaging questions and scripture references in the back of this book will help parents reinforce the message that Heaven is a place of love that we can all look forward to seeing one day. There’s even a special keepsake invitation for children to RSVP to Jesus!

Download or read book Your Perspective or God s Perspective written by Desreen Clarke-Miller and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you recognize that your ‘overwhelming’ problems are miniscule when you view them from God’s perspective? The author knows that her perspective means sleepless nights due to worry and anxiety, but God’s perspective means that she can rest knowing that He can turn any and every situation around for good. These insightful poems address common and often challenging life experiences that you may be able to identify with. Here is your reminder that God can come through for you regardless of your demographic. You can trust Him. This book consists of fifty heartfelt poems, each with an appropriate scripture verse: experiential and uncomplicated, yet profound. Read, re-read, recite, meditate, enjoy, and share. Be encouraged to embrace God’s truth and choose His perspective – the one where the impossible becomes possible.

Download or read book Does God Really Like Me written by Cyd Holsclaw and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We might believe in God's love in the abstract, but we often live our lives without experiencing it in any deep or lasting way. In this warm, engaging book, pastors Cyd and Geoff Holsclaw share personal stories and simple, clear teaching from the story of Scripture that God not only likes us and wants to be with us, he also wants to work through us to bless the whole world.

Download or read book What God Really Thinks About Women written by Sharon Jaynes and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular speaker, teacher, and author Sharon Jaynes (more than 235,000 copies sold) reveals the stories of women in the Bible who had meaningful encounters with Jesus. With her trademark biblical perspective, Sharon spends time with Jesus' mother, Mary, the woman at the well, Mary Magdalene, and others, and brings to life their experiences with the forgiveness, healing, and love of Jesus. As Sharon explores how God interacted with women of the Bible, she uncovers some surprises and is excited to share the news with readers today--God has great dreams for them and continues to transform women from insignificant to highly esteemed disgraced to full of grace guilty to forgiven Readers will discover God's heart and hope for them as He lovingly exchanges their heartache, hopelessness, or shame for the beauty of wholeness.

Download or read book God Made Me AND You written by Shai Linne and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated children's book invites kids to explore God's design for ethnic diversity and challenges readers—both parents and children—to learn and live out counter-cultural, biblical views, fostering a lifelong celebration of diversity for the glory of God. Designed for four- to eleven-year-olds, God Made Me AND You by Shai Linne is the second book in the God Made Me series, starting with God Made All of Me by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb. Because Scripture teaches that ethnic diversity is not something that should be tolerated but rather enthusiastically embraced, Christian hip hop artist Shai Linne helps children, parents, and caregivers to celebrate this biblical truth through a lyrical, rhyming style and colorful illustrations. God Made Me AND You is an approachable guide for families to begin conversations about cultivating a God's perspective on ethnic diversity, confronting the sins of racism, bigotry, and ethnic pride. Because children learn from family members, media, or peers, parents and caretakers have a responsibility to teach their children what God has to say about the beauty of diversity in his image-bearers, with a particular focus on ethnic diversity. This colorful and compelling children's book serves as a resource and lifelong gift for children and parents, helping families understand diversity from a biblical perspective and with a clear picture of the beauty and glory of God.

Download or read book Don t Lose Heart written by Jason Meyer and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fallen world is full of reasons to lose heart. From the large-scale tragedies of war, famine, and natural disasters, to the more personal tragedies of broken relationships and broken dreams, it can be difficult to avoid discouragement--even for the believer. And yet, Scripture calls us to a life of hope, based not on wishful thinking or avoiding our problems but based on who God is, what he has done, and what he is still doing. In this short, giftable book, pastor Jason Meyer shows you that though the reasons for discouragement seem strong, the reasons we have to take heart and hold on to hope are stronger yet. Through biblical truth and personal stories, Meyer encourages the weary and anxious believer by shining light on the nature of reality, the nature of God, and the intersection of the two in our daily, rubber-meets-the-road lives. The result is a book that lifts our spirits in a world that too often seeks to drag us down.

Download or read book The Will of God as a Way of Life written by Jerry L. Sittser and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical help for understanding and following God's will for your life. "God has a plan for our lives," but what does that mean in practical terms? How do we know God's will for important life decisions, like who to marry, what job to take, what church to join? How can we be free if God has a perfect plan for us? Does suffering mean we are off track? How exactly does God speak? Author Jerry Sittser explores these questions and offers a biblically based approach that is truly liberating. No matter what decisions we've already made, he points out that it is still possible to live out God's perfect will--even if we think we've married the wrong person, chosen the wrong career, or landed in some kind of serious trouble. This new edition includes study questions designed to help individuals or groups who are faced with decisions--large or small.