Download or read book Mountaintop Experiences in the Valley 2Nd Edition written by Effie Darlene Barba and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountaintop Experiences in the Valley was originally written in 2003 when the author began with asking God "Why so much pain?", "What do I do with this despair?", and "How can I be a testimony to Christ in the midst of all this?" Her initial writing was one to find the answers herself. This second edition expands the books purpose to include you, the reader. This was done by adding too elements to the original version. The author with great honesty reveals what pains or sorrows had lead up to each chapter and what steps you can take if you find yourself in the same trial. This is a must read for anyone who has faced deep despair, loneliness or guilt over a sense of being a failure. This book delves deep into the heart of God through an intense review of scripture dealing with each subject addressed. With each subject addressed, it also gives a step by step guide to how to overcome that trial in your life, so that you may find true joy no matter what the circumstances that surround you.
Download or read book Reflections written by Carole L Barber and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carole looks back at how God was working in her life from the beginning. This reflection reveals that He was in every circumstance preparing her for what lay ahead. He drew her close, set her apart, moved her out of her comfort zone and showed His wonderful love in the lives of her husband, her sons, and in the people He put in her path. God equipped Carole with a delightful sense of humor that has seen her through many embarrassing moments and many trying circumstances. It shines through in her book as evidence of God's grace. The stories about their two sons, now in their late forties, will absolutely delight you with their childlike faith.
Download or read book Expect the Miraculous written by Carol Romeo and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracles are not just delegated to the past. God has more of Himself that He wants to reveal to you hidden in the nature of His Spirit. The experiences that I share are just how they occurred. You will see that God meets us in many varied ways: subtle and miraculous. He is a big God who, I believe, desires for us to know Him in His bigness. Will you press into the more that God has for you?
Download or read book Valleys Over Mountains written by Tom Bump and published by . This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a younger leader, I fought the valley seasons, I wanted to always be on the mountain top. The reality is you can't and won't stay up there. But believe me when I say, I would choose valley's over mountaintops. The greatest lessons I've learned are learned in the valley seasons. I want to take you on a journey through the valley seasons. I want to walk with you and help you find your beauty in the valley. If you have struggled with leadership hurts, overwhelm or burnout this book is to help you find your way. My hope is you'll say, "Valley's Over Mountaintops."
Download or read book Fierce Marriage written by Ryan Frederick and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryan and Selena Frederick were newlyweds when they landed in Switzerland to pursue Selena's dream of training horses. Neither of them knew at the time that Ryan was living out a death sentence brought on by a worsening genetic heart defect. Soon it became clear he needed major surgery that could either save his life--or result in his death on the operating table. The young couple prepared for the worst. When Ryan survived, they both realized that they still had a future together. But the near loss changed the way they saw all that would lie ahead. They would live and love fiercely, fighting for each other and for a Christ-centered marriage, every step of the way. Fierce Marriage is their story, but more than that, it is a call for married couples to put God first in their relationship, to measure everything they do and say to each other against what Christ did for them, and to see marriage not just as a relationship they should try to keep healthy but also as one worth fighting for in every situation. With the gospel as their foundation, Ryan and Selena offer hope and practical help for common struggles in marriage, including communication problems, sexual frustration, financial stress, family tension, screen-time disconnection, and unrealistic expectations.
Download or read book Peaks and Valleys written by Spencer Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parable to help you succeed in today’s challenging environment from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese? A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager (co-written with Ken Blanchard) sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books in print, in forty-seven languages—and with today’s economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to become another Spencer Johnson classic.
Download or read book Journey Into Grace written by Darlene Sala and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey into Grace features 150 devotions based on Darlene Sala's international speaking/teaching ministry. Readings explore themes like fear, forgiveness, learning, loving, prayer, and relationships.
Download or read book Stay the Course written by Brandon Guindon and published by Him Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pastors and church leaders desperately want to make disciples, but they often find themselves veering off the road of discipleship—or even heading toward a cliff. The many challenges of ministry cause churches to stray from effectively making disciples. Stay the Course keeps leaders on the path, so they can help people follow Jesus until the end. Church consultant and lead pastor Brandon Guindon uses seven essential practices—or “guardrails”—to guide you along the road of disciple making in your local context. These core practices come from his experience in various church contexts—from church plants to churches in transition—and guard you from danger on your journey. Embrace these seven practices as Stay the Course challenges and inspires you. This resource helps you apply them to your personal life and implement them in your church, resulting in churches that faithfully make disciples and disciples who stay on track." -- Book cover.
Download or read book Pastor Bob s Valley of Depression Mountain of Victory written by Robert E. Stoudt and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastor Bob was born and raised in the farmland of Ohio. At sixteen he trusted Jesus as his savior, a year later God called him to preach. He is married to Frederica, his wife of forty-six years. God blessed them with four children, eleven grandchildren, foster sons and a foster grandchild. He spent four years in Bible College and graduated in 1969. He pastored forty-two years. This book is a true account of Pastor Bob going through depression. His life proves that no matter how hard the circumstance, one can overcome. Dealing with the death of others is what took him to the ultimate depths, where he faced death in his life. The journey downward was quick, but the road to recovery was very slow and painful. Headaches, head pain, emotional trauma, severe panic attacks and stress was constant day after day. A friend who, had been a soldier said he looked like one of the soldiers returning from war. Even to this day he must be careful to avoid stressful situations. He wants this account of his depression to be a help to those who are going through their deep valley. Chapter thirteen shows that there is hope for all, not only in this life but in the life to come. Pastor Bob's God is a great God and worthy to be praised.
Download or read book Reading and Understanding the Gospels written by Thomas B. Lane and published by Dr Thomas Lane. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading and Understanding the Gospels: Who Jesus Is, What He Teaches, and the Beginning of Christianity. This is the second volume of a three volume series written for anyone who is interested in acquiring basic knowledge and understanding of the Bible, the book that is the foundation of Western and Middle Eastern civilizations. The first volume is titled Reading and Understanding the Old Testament: The Foundation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The last volume will be Reading and Understanding the Acts of the Apostles, the New Testament Letters, and the Beginning of the Church. This second volume, like the others, uses scholarship in a practical manner, moving chapter by chapter through each Gospel using the actual verses as it explains clearly their basic meaning for people in ancient time and our time today. The readers will experience and get a complete sense of the content and meaning of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the Gospels that Christians call inspired writings. Like the first volume on the Old Testament the author integrates the historical and the literary with the theological in order to highlight the meaning of each Gospel. Once again, the author has taken a difficult subject, made it easy reading, and filled it with challenging insights. This book is strongly recommended not just for Christians but for those who are interested in knowing what the first Christians said about Jesus, what he taught, and how Christianity began.
Download or read book Bible Study for Busy Pastors and Ministers written by Reginald F. Davis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastors and ministers have one of the most challenging jobs on Earth. Of all their tasks, one responsibility they cannot neglect is teaching the word of God. Unfortunately, church leaders seldom have enough time to prepare Bible studies for their congregation. This book is a quick resource to help fill that gap. These thematically arranged Bible studies each contain an introduction to a topic and a list of relevant Scripture readings for that topic. Pastors can use the introduction to spark discussion within small groups or to focus on the specific themes during sermon writing. This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for years to come.
Download or read book To Give You a Future and a Hope written by Grace McClain and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than a Biography This book illustrates the role that compassion, conviction and courage can play in overcoming the disappointments and obstacles of life. It further illustrates through one man's life how by faith and trust in the One who rules over all deception, discrimination and greed can be defeated. It gives the Biblical answer to prejudice. It also tells how Tommy McClain helped to overcome a learning disability through a memory system and gives you some tips on how to memorizethe books of the Bible, the Presidents of the U.S. and much more.
Download or read book Walking with God written by Charlie Yang and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The desert, like an uninvited guest, often arrives without notice. It visits us apropos of nothing. It comes in all shapes and sizes, and shakes our souls to the deep. In the desert, we fear, panic, cry, grumble, and groan. In the desert we quest and quest, ponder and pray. We become thinkers, wrestling with God’s silence and inaction....” “A new orientation, a new direction for life begins with the right questions. It is triggered by questioning who we are, what we are called for; different forms of the question, “Where are you now?” “In the journey after Mount Horeb we are changed, walking with a new heart and a new vision, like Jacob. He was crippled but blessed through his wrestle with God in the Jabbok River. When Elijah left Mount Horeb for the place of life where he had been walking, nothing surrounding him had changed, but everything was changed, because the call was renewed and he himself was changed. He, with a new orientation of life, started walking on the same old road.” From the book, “Walking with God.”
Download or read book Worth Every Mile written by Linda A. Ratcliff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of an unforgettable 15,000 mile trip my husband and I took between jobs. Everywhere we looked, we could see spiritual lessons to learn along the way - not only in the beauty of God's creation, but also in the people we met, the structures man has built, and even in our dog's responses to situations. These are lessons everyone would do well to learn.
Download or read book All the Parables of the Bible written by Herbert Lockyer and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1963 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study and analysis of the more than 250 parables in Scripture.
Download or read book Crumbs and Treasures from the Basket written by Eagle Annie and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been written with one simple truth in mind. Every human ever born has been fearfully and wonderfully made and has some specific hidden value within them. However, everyone comes to times of feeling and will wonder seriously if there is anything of value in them or their life. Many wonder from time to time if we have anything of value, beauty, or importance to aim for or look forward to beyond our present circumstances, especially if what we are going through is painful and drawn out. It is possible to learn to find treasures in every person, place, and situation that we go through. It is true that sometimes we need some assistance to look beyond the hidden boundaries of the preconditioning of supposed normality. Healing to our emotional eyes and the eyes of our understanding always definitely helps. Once we have begun such a journey, the joy grows from day to day, and so does the many surprises as we learn to see treasures instead of trash.
Download or read book The Yosemite written by John Muir and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1912 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the classic nature work, The Yosemite, the great American naturalist, John Muir, describes the Yosemite valley's geography and the myriad types of trees, flowers, birds, and other animals that can be found there. The Yosemite is among the finest examples of John Muir nature writings.The Yosemite is a classic nature/outdoor adventure text and a fine example of John Muir nature writings. In this volume, Muir describes the Yosemite valley's geography and the various types of trees, flowers and animals that can be found there. John Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. The 211-mile (340 km) John Muir Trail, a hiking trail in the Sierra Nevada, was named in his honor.[2] Other such places include Muir Woods National Monument, Muir Beach, John Muir College, Mount Muir, Camp Muir and Muir Glacier. In Scotland, the John Muir Way, a 130 mile long distance route, was named in honor of him. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to the preservation of the Western forests. He petitioned the U.S. Congress for the National Park bill that was passed in 1890, establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas. He is today referred to as the "Father of the National Parks" and the National Park Service has produced a short documentary about his life. Muir has been considered 'an inspiration to both Scots and Americans'. Muir's biographer, Steven J. Holmes, believes that Muir has become "one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity," both political and recreational. As a result, his writings are commonly discussed in books and journals, and he is often quoted by nature photographers such as Ansel Adams. "Muir has profoundly shaped the very categories through which Americans understand and envision their relationships with the natural world," writes Holmes. Muir was noted for being an ecological thinker, political spokesman, and religious prophet, whose writings became a personal guide into nature for countless individuals, making his name "almost ubiquitous" in the modern environmental consciousness. According to author William Anderson, Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth", [ while biographer Donald Worster says he believed his mission was "...saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism." 403 On April 21, 2013, the first ever John Muir Day was celebrated in Scotland, which marked the 175th anniversary of his birth, paying homage to the conservationist. Muir was born in the small house at left. His father bought the adjacent building in 1842, and made it the family home.
