Download or read book My Kidneys Failed Me But God Didn t written by Courtney Starks and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are countless children and young adults who are currently on dialysis fighting for their life. Many of them have never even enjoyed their youth yet, and my heart goes out to them.I, too, have endured a life-altering illness, so this book reflects my agony and my victory. I share my truth and transparency to encourage and inspire others on dialysis never to give up.Life does not stop because you are on a machine! This book empowers readers to trust God, lean on His promises, and allow Him to make them victorious.Readers will also gain awareness of life on and off dialysis, a sense of hope, the ability to empathize with those who are battling kidney failure, and the importance and power of kidney donations. This book has been birthed to change the perspective, attitude, and faith level of both kidney patients and those connected to them on their journey.There is no limit to what God can and will do in your life when you learn how to trust Him. My story, testimony, and tips listed in this book are all intended to not only inspire, but to draw readers closer to God despite their illness, sickness, or disease.

Download or read book One Needle at a Time written by Ihab Botros and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease in my teenage years. My loving wife donated her kidney to me, but the Lord had other unforeseen plans. Join me on our journey. I will tell you our story and many unbelievable supernatural miracles we witnessed, become your voice from the dialysis chair, bring you my extensive practical experience with kidney disease, and take you on my journey from a rock bottom of disappointment to the growing faith of understanding the Lord's plan. My story is an honest attempt to pull back the curtain on real-life challenges, overcoming difficulties, finding truths, and growing a deeper faith. I hope that you find comfort and validation in what you might be experiencing yourself and to find strength and solid faith that may have been hidden from your eyes deep inside your inner being and within your own grasp. My story is a story of hope and discouragement, fear and strength, denial and embrace, faith and mistrust, miracles and letdowns, and weakness and supernatural strength. My story is your story, told one needle at a time.

Download or read book Lukewarm written by Edith Warren and published by Trilogy Christian Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I am a good person. I go to church, I work hard, I pay my tithes... I don't do this, I don't do that, and I would never, ever do some of things the world is doing. Then why are these things happening to me? What am I doing wrong? This was the beginning of my journey to enlightenment. I found out that I had a deep respect for God, but not a relationship.' I wrote this book when I was diagnosed with kidney failure and going through dialysis. Dialysis turned my whole world around. I really couldn't work much, I lost my good credit, and everything I had done to make my life better, everything I worked for, was gone. My faith was the last thing I was trying to hold on too, but my faith was fading fast. I just didn't think that I had to go through an illness that would stop me from taking care of myself, especially since I had no one else to take care of me. I was mad at myself, at the world, and God. If I knew that I was going to end up alone, sick, broken, and broke, I should have allowed myself to have more of a good time in life instead of being so disciplined and "good." I was born in the mid-'50s in Westgrove, PA. At about three years old, in 1958, we moved to Delaware and I have lived there ever since. I attended the schools in Newark, DE, graduated from Newark High in 1973. I served in the Army from 1975 to 1978, came home, and worked in manufacturing, banking, health care, many other services. I was saved in my twenties. After that, I was in and out of many churches until I found a church where I was satisfied. Attended community college for several years, I have several degrees from Delaware Tech. I was diagnosed with kidney failure in May of 2013. That was a turning point in my life and why I had to write this book.

Download or read book Brian s Bean written by Cristina E. Gault and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about Brian who suffered through a life-threatening illness. With pure determination, strength, and a donation from his wife, he overcame his illness. It tells the story of Brian's life, many struggles, and the various procedures to get him prepared for the big one he would need to live. This is a love story about two people who were brought together by God, who revealed their true life's purpose at a time it was needed the most. The intent of this story is to inspire others to find their purpose, pray about it so it is revealed, and use it where it is needed. It tells a story of friendships, grace, mercy, giving to others, and love. Brian was never really sick a day in his life. However, he did spend much of his young life in a hospital, watching his brother (Tim) get through a debilitating and paralyzing leg and hip disease. This may have prepared him for what he would go through much later in life. One has to wonder if that was the beginning lesson he would need to find his own strength and courage by learning and observing his young brother. His wife also spent much of her young life in a hospital, visiting her brother (Henry) who had severe asthma attacks. Was this setting her up to handle the challenges she would soon face when her husband developed a chronic and deadly illness? There are signs all around us; some are just more aware of them than others. Sometimes, God opens our eyes to help us see clearly what we are facing and how to get through it. Prayers, encouragement, hope, and love are the most important factors when getting through a debilitating disease.

Download or read book Victorious written by Rob Chifokoyo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is full of my own life experiences that have shown me time and time again that Gods hand is upon us even when it may be scary, dark and hopeless. He is in the midst of our circumstances, walking us through, and revealing the victory we have in His Son Jesus. This is a book about love, failure, pain, trouble, fear, healing and ultimately about victory before there is ever any hope of receiving it.

Download or read book No Fear No Doubt No Worry written by Lori Jane Hawkins and published by Lori Hawkins. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need God to physically heal you? Ready to walk by faith in Christ; not by sight no matter what happens? Tired of worrying about tomorrow needing to find true peace? Living in fear of death? Lori Hawkins addresses all these questions and more in his powerful book of pain and perseverance. She grew up in a small rural farming town in central Illinois. As a single parent, she earned two Bachelor Degrees in Science. She worked until becoming very ill around the age of 48. Not able to work, she needed major surgery at 51. Her body shut down immediately after that surgery. Six weeks later, she became jaundiced and was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease (cirrhosis). Her illness progressed rapidly leading to doctors telling her she needed a liver transplant to survive. Discover what happened and how God intervened in her body, soul and spirit. Discover for yourself how to… Fight fear with love. Fight doubt with trust. Fight worry with faith. “This biblically rooted book is filled with Lori’s candid experiences, with practical faith and wise application of God’s wisdom for you! Read it and give copies to everyone you know facing chronic or terminal illness.” -Dr. Larry Keefauver, Bestselling Author of When God Doesn’t Heal Now. Join Lori in her pilgrimage from Sin City to finding her way back home and back to God. Discover the strength and power that God has given you to get through any adversity. How do you respond to your trials and tribulations? What belief system do you have anchoring you in a storm? Have you reached your place of ultimate helplessness? How would you describe where you currently reside in your faith, trust, and love of our heavenly Father?

Download or read book By Faith Not By Sight written by Scott MacIntyre and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving story of hope, faith, persistence and the power of dreams. A piano prodigy, a nineteen-year-old college grad, a Marshall scholar, and an American Idol finalist. This guy had it made. He could sing. He could ski blind. What couldn’t he do? Even if you saw him in concert, you might not believe that Scott MacIntyre is blind, and you’d never guess that at nineteen, he faced a diagnosis that rocked his family and nearly took his life. So how did he do it? How did he overcome the odds? This is Scott’s story, but he’d be the first to tell you that it’s not really about him. This is the story of how God used a dedicated family, a selfless acquaintance, hardship, and a host of characters to give him life, faith, determination, and experiences most can only imagine. Peek behind the scenes to see how he learned to overcome his disability, how he made it in the music industry, how he found the love of his life, and how God taught him that in all things, we can truly achieve our dreams By Faith, Not by Sight.

Download or read book Lost Soul written by Josephine Jeffries and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeffries details how the grace of God spared her from her rebellious ways andlife on the wild side. (Motivation)

Download or read book Torn Garments of a Christian Soldier written by Debbie Y. Prejean and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torn Garments of a Christian Soldier was given to the author by the Holy Spirit, during a time of much prayer and fasting. Throughout this book you will be able to understand the different levels of brokenness and also deliverance in each chapter. This particular book was written to allow all to have an open mind toward inner feelings we dare not talk about. As you read each chapter, you will see how others express their emotions with life challenges and some of great pain as they recognize that all Gods children have issues at times. I pray that this book will touch and inspire each of you.

Download or read book Loving The Game When The Game Doesn t Love You Back written by Brandon Sweeney and published by Brandon Sweeney. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, thousands of athletes work hard to excel at their sport, while sacrificing their time in hopes of one day playing professionally. Some make it but many do not. Most often we hear the stories of athletes that have succeeded. However there are many more untold stories of great athletes who did not. Brandon Sweeney shares his story of the setbacks he had to overcome when his dream of going to the NFL was shattered by a career ending injury. It was a long process of readjustment for Brandon but he ultimately discovers his true identity, and God-given purpose. Brandon wrote this book to motivate, inspire and challenge athletes to recognize the importance of preparing for life on and off the field, but ultimately to help others discover their full potential and their God-given purpose beyond the game.

Download or read book The One Year Book of Healing written by Reggie Anderson and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year, experience deep healing and refreshment. We're all sick and we're all hurting. Whether it's a broken arm or a broken heart, a chronic illness or wounds from our past, the fact remains: We are all in desperate need of God's healing. In our pain, it can be easy to believe God has forgotten about us, to believe that he doesn't even care. Dr. Reggie Anderson, author of the acclaimed memoir Appointments with Heaven, knows it can't be predicted how God's healing work will come to pass in our lives and hearts . . . only that it will. As a country doctor who has had remarkable experiences attending people in pain, Reggie wants you to see what he sees every day--that whatever your sickness, whatever your hurt, God is alive and active in your life. He wants you to be truly well, even if that looks different than you might expect. Rich in story and inspiration, The One Year Book of Healing will reveal the many ways our Savior heals and intervenes in the lives of the sick and the hurting--giving you the faith, hope, and patience to believe that God can do the same in your life.

Download or read book I Play the Notes but He Makes the Music written by Geri Hudson Morgan and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All her life Geri Hudson Morgan has been an exceptionally interesting and energetic person who loves people. Her adventures in life have included being honored at The Great Hall of the People for her work in China, and praying with a witch doctor in the depths of Africa. An active teenager growing up in Dallas, Geri was voted class favorite, played competition tennis, and appeared on several local TV shows. As a pianist, she won talent contests in the Dallas Metroplex and was a regular guest artist at the State Fair of Texas. At eighteen, she began a successful career as a professional organist, playing for Dallas restaurants. She served as a full-time organist at the International Christian Center for seventeen years, and was co-hostess of a daily TV show. You will never meet another person like Geri, so diverse in her interests and yet so focused on the call of Jesus on her life. She is a master storyteller and this book is filled with amusing and inspiring accounts of how God has led her life. You will be fascinated as her stories unfold in the pages of I Play the Notes, But He Makes the Music.

Download or read book 2007 written by Shelby Corbitt and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hallelujah written by Wendy Johansson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the journey of Wendy and her family when her father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Find out how God walked with her through the myriad of experiences she faced at the most difficult time of her life. Hallelujah, gives us a new way to embrace illness, death, and grief and be 'led by the spirit'.

Download or read book Dead Woman Talking But Gods Got This written by Dr. Frankie J. Monroe-Moore and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an inspirational story by Dr. Frankie J. Monroe-Moore. She shares her journey from poverty, homelessness, marriage and motherhood to walking across the stage, with the use of a walker to receive her Doctorate in Educational Leadership on May 16, 2009. Four months earlier, on January 5, 2009 she entered the hospital clinically dead. She had no pulse or heartbeat and her kidneys had completely shut down. According to her body temperature she had been dead for two hours. The only way the doctors knew she was still alive was she was talking. She needed six pints of blood, but the doctors could not find out where her blood had gone. She was not bleeding internally or externally. A mysterious mutated blood cell was also discovered in her blood stream. She shares an enthralling account of heavenly and demonic forces that were present during her 25 day stay in the hospital 17 of which were in two intensive care units. It is a testimony of triumph of the human spirit and the power of God. This story provides a riveting display of power and surrender to God. Through all she had gone through in life and was still here showed why she had so much faith.

Download or read book One written by Michael Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gospel Freed From Christianity “ONE – The Gospel According to Mike” uncovers the good news in a way never before examined in traditional religion by removing layers of sectarian doctrines and denominational views that have been piled upon it for centuries. This truth returns the message of Christ to its deserving and proper place of being called “Good News.” It’s a gospel unhidden and unfettered by the dogma of theologians and institutions. It is a gospel freed from Christianity. A gospel based solely on scriptural and Biblical foundations. “ONE” scripturally debunks the doctrines that have propagated the fear of a still angry God and eternal punishment.

Download or read book After the Worst Day Ever written by Duane R. Bidwell and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who care for chronically ill children, a new understanding of hope that equips adults to better nurture pediatric hope among sick kids—articulated by the children themselves As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hope can sometimes be hard to come by. For parents and caregivers of children with serious illness, there can be a real struggle to move beyond one's own grief, fear, and suffering to see what hope means for these kids. Duane Bidwell, a scholar, minister, and former hospital chaplain who has struggled with serious illness himself, spent time with 48 chronically ill children in dialysis units and transplant clinics around the United States. Chronically ill kids, he found, don’t adhere to popular or scholarly understandings of hope. They experience hope as a sense of well-being in the present, not a promise of future improvement, an ability to set goals, or the absence of illness and suffering. With this mindset, these kids suggest a new understanding of pediatric hope, saying hope becomes concrete when they (1) realize community, (2) claim power, (3) attend to Spirit, (4) choose trust, and (5) maintain identity. Offering textured portraits of children with end-stage kidney disease, After the Worst Day Ever illustrates in their words how sick children experience, maintain, and turn toward hope even when illness cannot be cured and severely limits quality of life. Their insights reveal how the adults in a sick child's world—parents, chaplains, medical professionals, teachers, and others—can nurture hope. They also shift our understanding of hope from an internal resource located “inside” an individual to a shared, communal experience that becomes a resource for individuals. Rich and moving, Bidwell’s work helps us imagine anew what it means to sustain hope despite inescapable suffering and the limits of chronic illness.