Download or read book What Is Our Net Worth in the Eyes of God written by Ruben C. Martinez and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many individuals go through life while never putting a thought to the value God puts on each and every one of us. For that matter, many don’t even put a value on themselves at all. It was after interviewing many people and challenging them with the question “What is our net worth in the eyes of God?” that I realized that most people didn’t know how to answer this question. Most of the answers varied depending on the very diversified lives of every individual. This book is intended to help open our eyes and minds to a point that we can realize our worth in the eyes of God to a point that we will know how much we are worth to God first, but then to ourselves. That because we are created by God, we are unique and special. We must be prepared to make changes and learn to prioritize our lives. Instead of being followers, be pioneers. We are very valuable in the eyes of God!
Download or read book Youth Retreats for Any Schedule written by Maryann Hakowski and published by Saint Mary's Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retreats offer young people an opportunity to learn more about themselves, build relationships with others, and grow in their relationship with God. Retreats are occasions for conversion and a chance to get away from the busyness of life and encounter God. Youth Retreats for Any Schedule includes five retreats on a variety of topics that speak to the needs and daily experiences of young people. Ministry leaders can use each retreat as written or mine the book for resources to use in religious education classes, youth group meetings, mission trips, and so on. The retreats and activities can also be used as a springboard for creating new retreats.
Download or read book Seismic Shifts written by Kevin G. Harney and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s easy to talk about changing your life.Here’s how to actually do it.If you long to experience transformation in the most significant areas of life, this book will become your road map. Seismic Shifts is about change—positive, quality change that can help you? experience deep and lasting joy ? engage in a growing and dynamic relationship with God ? feel healthy, rested, and peaceful ? build intimate relationships marked by honest communication ? attain financial security and contentment ? enjoy sharing your faith naturally and consistentlyBy making small adjustments in just the right places, you can set off a chain reaction that will redefine the landscape of your life. Dreams really do come true when you learn how to take little steps that make a big difference.Small changes can yield huge transformations in the most important areas of your life. My friend Kevin Harney shows you how in his inspiring and practical book. —Lee Strobel, author, The Case for Christ and The Case for a CreatorKevin Harney is both a gifted communicator and a seasoned pastor. Seismic Shifts will be a gift to individuals and churches alike.—John Ortberg, Teaching Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and author of God Is Closer Than You Think and The Life You’ve Always WantedKevin Harney is totally on track with Seismic Shifts. With skillful pen, Kevin teaches us how to create powerful movement in our lives.—Randy Frazee, Teaching Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and author of The Connecting Church and Making Room for Life
Download or read book One Year with Jesus written by Kelsey Scism and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every girl's guide to discovering who you truly are in Jesus Being a middle school girl is . . . a lot. It seems like every day presents a new challenge as you navigate friendship, crushes, girl drama, stress, school, and confusing emotions. One Year with Jesus is your guide for dealing with the stuff that life is throwing at you right now. Think of this devotional journal as a safe space where you can get real with God--and where God can bring you the peace and comfort you need. Inside this book you'll find: · 52 devotions to help you apply God's Word when life gets messy--one for every week of the year · Reflection questions to help you grow closer to Jesus · Journaling space so you can be honest with God about how you feel These early teen years can be really hard--but they can also be really beautiful. Because it's here that God shapes the girl you once were into the woman he created you to be.
Download or read book Fearless a Journey to Financial Peace written by N. M. Elliot and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After finding her brother dead from a financially motivated suicide, this gripping story shows one womans journey from her haunting financial past to financial hope. I harbored my own financial distress and secrets just like my brother. I knew that I needed to tell my husband about our own descending financial situation. The dread was back with its baneful eyes piercing my soul. I was utterly lost, and I needed to find a way out. Money pervades all aspects of our lives; however, our past pervades all areas of our money. I was already married with a family when I found out how my childhood fears influenced my financial decisions. Looking back I remember my father as a mans man. Standing at six foot four, he was an imposing figure. He had a narcissistic personality which both attracted people to him and made people fear him. As a child, each evening when the sound of my fathers footsteps reached our front porch, one of us children would yell, Run! Katherine Paterson, national ambassador for Young Peoples Literature, said that a childs heart is a resilient thing. Bend in out of shape and it bends back but rough it up too much and it develops ruts. My heart had developed deep ruts, and for most of my life when I felt fear, I ran. This is a book about how I stopped running.
Download or read book Fearless written by N. M. Elliot and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After finding her brother dead from a financially motivated suicide, this gripping story shows one woman's journey from her haunting financial past to financial hope. "I harbored my own financial distress and secrets just like my brother. I knew that I needed to tell my husband about our own descending financial situation. 'The dread' was back with its baneful eyes piercing my soul. I was utterly lost, and I needed to find a way out." Money pervades all aspects of our lives; however, our past pervades all areas of our money. I was already married with a family when I found out how my childhood fears influenced my financial decisions. Looking back I remember my father as a man's man. Standing at six foot four, he was an imposing figure. He had a narcissistic personality which both attracted people to him and made people fear him. As a child, each evening when the sound of my father's footsteps reached our front porch, one of us children would yell, "Run!" Katherine Paterson, national ambassador for Young People's Literature, said that "a child's heart is a resilient thing. Bend in out of shape and it bends back but rough it up too much and it develops ruts." My heart had developed deep ruts, and for most of my life when I felt fear, I ran. This is a book about how I stopped running.
Download or read book The Money Challenge for Teens written by Art Rainer and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s teens are faced with more financial opportunities—and threats—than ever before, from summer jobs and scholarships to credit card applications and student loans. How are young people supposed to learn to avoid early pitfalls that could devastate their financial futures and instead take steps that can set them up for a future filled with security, contentment, and generosity? The Money Challenge for Teens can help. Author Art Rainer introduces readers to some fictional young friends who are navigating financial waters and learning how God would want them to face college choices and car loans and thoughts about retirement (yes, even as a teenager!). While reading about the fictional friends’ steps and missteps, readers will learn simple, practical lessons and adopt real-life goals to start their journey to a healthy and godly financial future.
Download or read book Make Your Splash written by Laura Harris Smith and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An energizing, mobilizing read!"--Dr. Robert Jeffress Test the Water, Take the Plunge and Turn the Tide of Culture If we were created to make an impact, why do most of us feel like we're drowning in problems and fears? Why does making a living feel like fighting the current? The answer, say pastors and culture-makers Christopher and Laura Harris Smith, is simple: You need to find your river of influence. With fresh revelation and contagious excitement, Chris and Laura introduce the groundbreaking twelve cultural rivers of influence. Full of hands-on assessments, thought-provoking questionnaires and dynamic Scripture teachings, this is your map to a river adventure like no other. Along the way Chris and Laura help you · discover your spiritual personality · discern your natural, acquired and spiritual giftings · channel your personality and giftings into your God-appointed purpose · identify--and jump into!--your river of influence · flow with God toward your future · and more! Don't let fear erode your purpose or ebb your eternal impact. It's time to dive in to all He has for you--and make your splash that turns the tides of culture and ripples into eternity. Features exclusive access to videos and BRAND-NEW spiritual personality and job placement tests.
Download or read book Loonie written by John Wishart VanDuzer and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relentless pull to buy more stuff, our love/hate relationship with money, and the disconnect between how we spend our time and money and what makes life meaningful—LOONIE covers these topics and more using humour and a chatty style -- John VanDuzer
Download or read book Rose s World written by Rose Lavis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-12-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a mentally ill mother and a violent, alcoholic father, Rose Brenda Lavis started life with less than a bright beginning. Despite her dysfunctional family and the years spent moving from one children's shelter to the next, Rose found an inner strength and resolve to not only survive, but thrive. Rose's World is the inspiring true story of an unwanted girl who fought against a dismal fate and created a secure and successful future. As the second oldest of five children, Rose grows up in a world of constant change. The family often moves, and Rose is forced to change schools, find new friends, and readjust to different towns. But her mother's mental illness and her father's frequent absences drive Rose to internalize her feelings, resulting in a fragile self-esteem. As an adult, Rose tries to put her difficult past behind her, but she soon realizes that to truly find healing, she must confront the darkness of her childhood. Through incredible determination, Rose begins to see her difficulties as learning experiences and discovers a world full of light, laughter, and warmth. Ultimately, Rose realizes that she can take control of her tomorrows by embracing the unknown with open arms. Poignant and bittersweet, Rose's World shares one woman's dramatic journey from despair to hope.
Download or read book For Every Fear a Promise written by Brad Hicks and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real people face real fears! Dr. Hicks inspires you to discover that God has designed a way to help you cope with the fears in your life. There are many statements in Scripture that either explicitly or implicitly teach us not to fear. What you may not have discovered is that for every one of those there is a promise from God to help you overcome the fear. With each devotional you will find a "fear not" and a "promise" from Scripture. As you discover and appropriate those promises, your fears should begin to subside. You will - find yourself identifying with the stories that illustrate Bible truths about fear; - be encouraged as you discover a blend of the spiritual and the therapeutic in coping with fear; and - confront your personal fears and discover God's overcoming promises through each Scripture-rich, life-applied devotional.
Download or read book Treasure in the Trash written by J. Roger Tanga and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people allow life blows to stop them from fulfilling their divine destiny. Bombarded with negative opinions of men and tossed by life's tribulations, they lose their purpose in life and forfeit their dreams. - Do you feel limited because of your race, ethnicity, color, gender, or national origin? - Are you crushed by failure and purposelessness? - Have people made you feel that you will never amount to anything? In this riveting and compelling book, J. Roger Tanga uses biblical and contemporary examples to challenge you to discover your real worth and become all God meant you to be. Your worst setback can set the stage for your best comeback. God can turn the scars of your past into stars for your future. He can turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones. People may see trash, but God sees a valuable treasure in you. You must read this book! J. Roger Tanga is pastor of Living Hope Omega Ministries in Columbus, Ohio (USA). Over the past, he has served as pastor, national director of Children Ministries, and national Pastor of Youth Ministry for Full Gospel Mission in Cameroon. He has also been active in the ministry of Haggai Institute for leadership training, serving as National Vice-President of the Cameroon National Alumni Association, and international faculty at the Mid-Pacific Center in Maui, Hawaii, and Singapore. J. Roger Tanga earned a Master's degree in Christian education from the Assemblies of God Graduate School of Theology (AGGST) and a Bachelor in Theology from the West Africa Advanced School of Theology (WAAST) in Lome, Togo. He is also a conference speaker and a Bible school teacher. Relocated to the USA, he now lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Becky, and their four children.
Download or read book God and Money written by Gregory Baumer and published by Rose Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two young Harvard MBAs on the fast track to wealth and success tell their story of God's transforming power and how Scripture brought them to the startling conclusion that they should give the majority of their money away to those in need. Packed with compelling case studies, research, and practical strategies, God and Money offers an honest look at what the Bible says about generous giving. No matter what your salary may be, God and Money shows you how you can reap the rewards of radical generosity in your own life.--from publisher description.
Download or read book A Few Steps Away from Victory written by Desolyn L. Hicks and published by Faithcures. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside this new, revolutionary book, you will be empowered with step-by-step spiritual guidance, and discover how to move forward from brokenness, control of your negative emotions, have a forgiving heart, and balance your life, trust God by changing your mindset with key Bible verses and prayers that will encourage you. God loves you, and wants you to be healed from disappointments, unmet expectations, and betrayal from individuals that you trusted wholeheartedly; and start experiencing His abundance.God has the perfect plan for your life you are destined for a divine purpose! A Few Steps Away From Victory helps in jumpstarting your healing process, and places you in a perfect position to experience God’s promises, and ignite His power to walk with absolute confidence.
Download or read book Where Has God Gone written by Jean Maalouf and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GodGod is dead, declared Friedrich Nietzsche. Thank God! Who needs that God anyway? We now have the other gods weve created to fit our deep desires and make us feel that it is WE who are in charge, and not anyone else. We thought that these human-made gods were not only more convenient, more suitable, and much easier to worship, but they also held the key to freedom, security, and happiness. Did they? Who and what are these gods we love to worship? What kind of religious practices will we use in order to please them? Has religion become a sophisticated tool that allows us to hide from the true God? Has religion become a ready commodity we use every time we want to subdue an opponent? Is religion still needed when science and reason are now the light of our world? Is religion more than a good business after all? Does religion help to bring personal and world peace, or does it provoke violence and wars? Do we really need God to tell us what the truth is? How do we know what is good and what is wrong? In this book, you will find an answer to these questions and to many more. You also find an explanation for why religion, when it is reduced to an abstract concept or to the mere embodiment of human institutions, will not help men and women to achieve their life purpose and reach their highest potential and destiny. Instead, it may even be dangerous. A deformed religiona religion with a false god or without God at allcould become fanaticism, ideology, Puritanism, abstraction, a weapon to win an argument, humiliate the opponent, and even kill the adversary. A true religion preaches love, not hate. So tell me who you worship, Ill tell you who you are. This book is, in a sense, a heretical book. It is disturbing, bold, radical, and controversialintentionally controversial. Dr. Maalouf is hoping to shock readers out of apathy, indifference, compromises, and idolatry into the true reality of what being human with a divine destiny is. This is a must-read book for all those who seek God beyond their gods, the whole truth beyond their half-truths, and the depth of a divine connection beyond the letter of the law. It is a hard-hitting challenge to false beliefs and a much-needed wake-up call to refocus attention and desire on what is essential and most lasting.
Download or read book Flood My Soul Volume Iii written by Reveral L. Yeargin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-04-27 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flood My Soul is a continuation of the miraculous writings from Reveral L. Yeargin that are inspired by the Holy Spirit to aid each individual in their time of despair, time of success and as a daily devotional. If I enjoyed writing them, you will enjoy reading them and together we will give God the glory. Don’t hesitate, jump right in and allow the power of God to continue to transform your mind, body, spirit and soul.
Download or read book Contagious Generosity written by Chris Willard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general practices related to church funding aren’t producing the same results they have in the past. There is a general acceptance that something has changed but little talk or interest is coming from traditional church leader training sources such as denominational entities and seminaries. Pastors are largely left to their own devices to “figure this out.” They need a lifeline. While some churches are experiencing exponential growth, some churches - despite their best efforts - have been unsuccessful at moving beyond survival mode. Coupled with increased competition from other nonprofits and a decline in the commitment to give to the church first, churches risk losing the funding they need. A growing number of leaders are beginning to discover there is another way and are struggling to understand what makes one church generous and another not. There is a need in the market to offer a simple, working definition of “generosity” and reveal the “secrets” some church leaders seem to have simply stumbled upon which are resulting in unexplainable ministry growth and unprecedented church funding even in the midst of tough economic times. The content of this material was developed and refined by Jim Sheppard and Chris Willard through years of ministry leadership in the local church, consulting with church leaders across a broad spectrum of church settings, and through participation in and leadership of the Generous Church Leadership Community facilitated by Leadership Network. Of particular benefit will be the collection of observations and best practices gleaned during the Generous Church Leadership Community that originated within real-life church leadership situations and scenarios by highlighting specific challenges, methods, and successes.
