Download or read book GraceLaced written by Ruth Chou Simons and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Christian Book Award® This Journey Is as Perennial as the Seasons GraceLaced is about more than pretty florals and fanciful brushwork—it's about flourishing. With carefully crafted intention, this beautiful volume of 32 seasonal devotions from artist and author Ruth Chou Simons encourages readers in any circumstance to become deeply rooted in God's faithful promises. GraceLaced extends a soul-stirring invitation to draw close to God while... resting in who He is rehearsing the truth He says about you responding in faith to those truths remembering His provision to sustain you, time and time again More than 800 individual pieces of art came together in the crafting of this book, including dozens of new, hand-painted Scripture vignettes that Ruth is known for. Who we are and who God is never changes, even though everything else rarely stays the same. Let this book point you to truth as you journey through the changing seasons of your heart.

Download or read book Grace for Godly Living written by Paul Chappell and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Radical grace" teaching has invaded the church! This new teaching on the grace of God gives the believer a "have it your way" Christianity. It seems to say, "because of God's grace, you can do what you want, how you want...you have the liberty in Christ."True grace from God's Word is quite different! True grace teaches us to deny ungodliness and to live soberly and righteously. True grace will transform us into the image of Christ and compel us toward God and away from sin.In these pages, you will discover that God's grace at work in your life will not only compel you to live a godly lifestyle, but it will give you a spiritual maturity and humility towards those who do not.

Download or read book When Strivings Cease written by Ruth Chou Simons and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Secures What Striving Cannot In this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, we feel more anxious than ever. Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. And we end up constantly feeling like we’re behind, lacking, and failing—at home, at work, with friends, with God. Ruth Chou Simons knows something about feeling measured by achievement, performance, and the approval of others. As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Ruth was always on a mission to prove her worth, until she came to truly understand the one thing that changes everything: the extravagant, undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God. In When Strivings Cease, Ruth guides you on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest for self-improvement. She shows you how to confront the ways you look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging; find relief in realizing self-help isn’t the answer because you can’t be so amazing that you won’t need grace; stop seeing God as someone to perform for and start finding delight in responding to his welcome; and let go of trying to rely on your own strength, your own abilities, and your own savvy by truly understanding the freedom Jesus purchased for you. With personal stories, biblical insights, practical applications, and touches of original artwork by Ruth, this transformational book helps you see the beautiful truth that God’s favor is the only currency you need—because in Christ you are enough.

Download or read book The Cycle of Grace written by Trevor Hudson and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you soul-weary? Do you struggle to make time for God in the midst of a packed schedule? Or do you sometimes stay so busy doing things for God that you can't relax and just "be"? Jesus faced amazing pressure and overwhelming demands throughout his ministry, but he did not experience the burnout so common today among Christian ministers and laypersons. You can learn the rhythm of living that Jesus demonstrates — the Cycle of Grace — throughout the Gospels. Use this workbook and accompanying video about the Cycle of Grace either individually or in a small group. The Cycle of Grace examines 4 components of a grace-filled life: Acceptance Sustenance Significance Fruitfulness Trevor Hudson, a dynamic pastor, author, and speaker, introduces each part of the Cycle of Grace in a short video segment (available on YouTube). The video segments are titled as follows: Cycle of Grace 1: Acceptance Cycle of Grace 2: Sustenance Cycle of Grace 3: Significance Cycle of Grace 4: Fruitfulness Cycle of Grace 5: A Grace-filled Way to Live In the workbook Jerry Haas provides practical exercises for individuals and groups, complete with suggestions for journaling and preparing for group sessions. This 6-week study will help you know that God loves you nurture your spiritual life understand who you are called to be in the world learn how to restore balance to your life The workbook includes a Leader's Guide and several useful appendixes. A must-have resource for clergy and lay leaders, The Cycle of Grace is also an excellent text for seminary and college classes preparing students for ministry.

Download or read book Embracing Grace written by Scot McKnight and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book explains that the gospel is about the restoration of "cracked Eikons" (fallen humans) so that humans can be in union with God and in communion with the saints. In the candid and lucid style that has made McKnight's The Jesus Creed so appealing to thousands of pastors, lay leaders, and everyday people who are searching for a more authentic faith, he encourages all Christians to recognize the simple, yet potentially transforming truth of the gospel message: God seeks to restore us to wholeness not only to make us better individuals, but to form a community of Jesus, a society in which humans strive to be in union with God and in communion with others.

Download or read book Grace Looks Amazing on You written by Amy Seiffert and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if today is the perfect time to notice God’s grace in one another? Women are so often weighed down by comparison, anxiety, and fear that the idea that grace could look amazing on them feels unbelievable. But all around us are flashes of grace, shining examples of God’s love. Amy Seiffert says it’s the everyday moments that Jesus shines through: making time for a friend even when your to-do list is pages long; apologizing to your neighbor when you don’t want to admit you are wrong; opening the Bible when your soul feels hollow and empty. Making the choice to accept God’s limitless love no matter what and reflecting it back to the world around you—friend, that’s when His grace looks amazing on you. A perfect gift to affirm and encourage any woman, Grace Looks Amazing on You is a timeless Christian message packed with personal story and reflection, Scripture, and deep biblical truth. This 100-day devotional will help you change your perspective so you can confidently radiate the grace of Christ.

Download or read book Truth and Grace Memory Book written by Thomas K. Ascol and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geared towards toddlers through fourth graders, this resource presents a solid plan for Scripture memory through exposure to great hymns and catechetical instruction.

Download or read book Beholding and Becoming written by Ruth Chou Simons and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth is such a gift to us—her voice is strong and honest, yet believably grace-filled and kind. We learn and grow into who we want to be when Ruth's words and art lead us. —Annie F. Downs, bestselling author of 100 Days to Brave and host of That Sounds Fun podcast Become What You Behold You are in the process of becoming. Every day is an opportunity to be shaped and formed by what moves your heart…drives your thoughts…captures your gaze. Is it any wonder that where you direct your eyes and your heart matter in your day-to-day? We become what we behold when we set our hearts and minds on Christ and His redemption story here in the details of our daily lives. Not just on Sunday, not just on holidays, not just when extraordinarily hard or wonderful things happen…but today. Bestselling author and artist Ruth Chou Simons invites you on a new journey to Beholding and Becoming. With more than 850 pieces of intricate, original artwork, Ruth encourages you to elevate your gaze to the One who created all things. Today is an opportunity for God to demonstrate His love and His faithfulness in the midst of your mundane. No circumstance is too ordinary or too forgotten for Him to meet you there in worship. His transforming grace turns your “everyday ordinary” into a holy place of becoming.

Download or read book In the Grip of Grace written by Max Lucado and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2011-01-09 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exchange the pressure of accomplishment for the peace of God’s grace When the world demands: achieve, succeed, earn, God says: lean on me, trust me, believe me. That is grace. And that is what God offers: unconditional acceptance of a believing heart. Your heavenly Father loves you enough to hold you in his grace. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado will help you release a false sense of self-sufficiency. rest in God’s unbending and unending gift of grace. remember that God is for you and will carry you through every circumstance. Today, leap from the cliff of self-sufficiency and land in the strong arms of the Father who loves you . . . the Father who catches you—every time—in the grip of his grace.

Download or read book Elusive Grace written by Scott Black Johnston and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is suffering through a season of social and political division unseen since the Civil War. Unrest over long-standing social (especially racial) injustices are confronting new, antidemocratic perspectives and practices. So much is at stake. Will this country fulfill or abandon its historic commitment to equality and civil liberties? Can a nation so divided come together again? These questions cut to the core of the beliefs articulated by Christian communities. How can we as people of faith reconcile the call to participate in God's ongoing struggle for justice while not losing our souls to hatred? How can we love our enemies in this time? Scott Black Johnston believes that there is a way to pursue this difficult work and that people of faith can light the way. He encourages us to recommit to our highest principles—our virtues—and to turn hearts poisoned by cynicism into instruments of love. From his pulpit in midtown Manhattan, just one block from Trump Tower, Johnston has a unique perspective on the ideological discord tearing at the nation's fabric. From there, he raises a moral voice that beckons us to become better neighbors, better citizens, better human beings. He calls for the church to model robust advocacy for justice, without denying the full humanity of those on the other side of the argument. This provocative book brings the wisdom of Scripture into conversation with such diverse minds as Emily Dickinson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ayn Rand, and Mister Rogers. Johnston's prose is by turns erudite and poignant, yet always insightful. He offers not just words of hope but a prescribed course of action for individuals and communities alike, as we look to mend our souls and restore our civic life.

Download or read book A Striving Woman written by Felicia Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-17 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Striving Woman: Styled By GraceSome days you give it your all and it seems like you've accomplished nothing;But you continue to strive because you always do your best.Some days it feels like your job, family, husband and kids don't appreciate you;But you continue to strive because you know this is only a test.Some days you feel like no one understands the woman that you are;But you continue to strive because you are determined to make it.Some days you feel as though you want to throw in the towel;But you continue to strive because what would you accomplish if you quit?Some days you look back at your past and wonder "where did I go wrong?"But you continue to strive because you know your future is going to be exceptional.Some days there will be questions, and no one will seem to have the answers;But you continue to strive because you know God has the answers to it all.Some days you feel pain, and some days you feel as though you can conquer the world;But you continue to strive because you know with God you can do all things.There is not a day that goes by that God is not with you every step of the way;So, continue to strive no matter how difficult it may seem, because the Woman you are is the model of what God expected a Strong Woman to be.As women we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders and with our emotions we make decisions that control our destiny.

Download or read book Grace for the Good Girl written by Emily P. Freeman and published by Revell. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Freeman offers advice to the Christian woman on letting go of expectations and trusting in God.

Download or read book Searching for Grace written by Scotty Smith and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Searching for Grace invites you into the kind of relationship that we all long for deep in our hearts. The relationship between Scotty and Russ is scary, vulnerable, painful, but gorgeously loving and drenched in grace.” —Paul David Tripp, author of New Morning Mercies Anxious? Burnt out? Weary? Why is it so hard for our souls to find rest? In Searching for Grace, Russ and his mentor, Scotty Smith, explore the contours of their lives and why embracing God’s grace unreservedly is so difficult for many of us. Their honest conversations offer priceless lessons for parched souls everywhere. Many of us feel anxious and unfulfilled by our everyday existence, yet deeply long for a purposeful, meaningful, and peace-filled life. That tension creates a background buzz of profound discontentment behind everything we do. There is a better way. Searching for Grace reveals the conversations between Russ and Scotty that transformed Russ’s life forever, helping him identify the mindsets that contributed to his restlessness. Straight from his little black journal, Russ shares the seven life-giving principles he learned from Scotty that unleashed him to a refreshingly new life, radically built on God’s grace.

Download or read book Truthfilled Bible Study Book written by RUTH CHOU. SIMONS and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Ruth Chou Simons in this 7-session study as she walks through the Book of Colossians to demonstrate a pattern of being filled up with the truth of God's Word. Learn what it means, how to preach truth to your own heart, and how doing so can help shape your thought patterns, identity, and actions. There's no shortage of self-help, easy fixes, and worldly advice addressing all the concerns on your heart, but only the truth of God's Word was meant to fill you up and satisfy you fully.

Download or read book Learners written by Gien Karssen and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2015 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learners: lessons from women of striving and grace explores the lives of Leah, Sarah, the Samaritan woman, and nine other women of the Bible. Wherever God led them, they walked through periods of growth and even trials, and they also experienced His faithfulness and love. Gien Karssen's vivid sto-rytelling and deep insights about these biblical women will inspire you with courage to follow God wherever He leads you, knowing you too will experience God's faithfulness and love. These stories will remind you of people you know--and maybe even of yourself. Each book in the Her Name Is Woman se-ries brings to life women who are featured in the pages of the Bible. As you grapple with God's role in each woman's life, you will be motivated to live your own life wholeheartedly for God. Each chapter includes relevant Scripture passages and study questions that have made the Her Name Is Woman series a favor-ite guide for Bible studies and small groups. GIEN KARSSEN is author of the Her Name Is Woman series. She was married for only six weeks when her husband was interned in a concentration camp dur-ing the Nazi Holocaust, where he died. She lived the rest of her days avidly mentoring women as part of The Navigators in Europe.

Download or read book Stories of Grace Children s Curriculum written by Striving Together and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stories of Grace, Volume 1, students are invited to enter the lives of thirteen prominent Old Testament Bible characters. From Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, to Abraham, Joseph, David, Esther, and more, students gain a front row seat to the unfolding drama of God?s grace in the pages of Scripture. As each story emphasizes an applicable truth for children, teachers can lead their students to respond to the powerful grace of God in their own lives.

Download or read book Grace in Tension written by Claire McGarry and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all face stress and tension in our daily lives. We might even wonder why our God of abundant goodness doesn’t remove the everyday struggles we face. Jesus’ interactions with Martha and Mary in the Gospel provide us the key to understanding how God shows us his love by allowing tensions in our lives. As we follow the sisters’ transformative journeys through their own struggles, reflecting on what transpires between Scripture verses, we see their initial tension become the catalyst that drives both Mary and Martha to the feet of Jesus — the place where all discover peace. Grace in Tension explores the areas where stress arises in our own lives. Each chapter ends with a thought-provoking prayer to inspire us to go to God with our problems, followed by questions for reflection to help us see all the ways he’s working for our good. God doesn’t create any of it, but he does show up amid life’s difficulties, ready to lead us through. No matter how big or small our struggle, when we seek him out, he reveals what we need to do to resolve our tension, transforming it into grace. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Claire McGarry is the founder of MOSAIC of Faith, a ministry for mothers of infants to school-aged children to explore their faith through motherhood. She contributes regularly to CatholicMom.com and blogs at ShiftingMyPerspective.com. She is the author of Lenten devotional With Our Savior, and her work has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Keys for Kids, These Days, and Focus on the Family magazine. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.