Download or read book The Happiness Dare written by Jennifer Dukes Lee and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to be happier? No matter who you are or how you feel, chances are you would answer yes. And Jennifer Dukes Lee was no different. For years, she wrestled with a constant nagging sense that she wasn’t as happy as she could be. At the same time, she felt guilty for wanting something so “shallow.” After all, doesn’t God only care that we find joy in our circumstances? Or is it possible that God really does want us to be happy? Determined to get answers, Jennifer embarked on a quest to find out whether our happiness matters to God and, if so, how to pursue it in a way that pleases him. In The Happiness Dare, you’ll learn what she discovered, including how to: Understand the five happiness styles and maximize yours Overcome the four biggest obstacles that stand in the way of your happiness Find your happiness sweet spot—the place, relationship, or activity that gives you the greatest sense of well-being Discover what you can do in just five minutes a day to be happier Will you take the dare? Join Jennifer in the pursuit of your truest, most satisfied, and most faith-filled self.

Download or read book Evensong written by Gail Godwin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2000-02-29 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To read Gail Godwin is to touch the very core of human experience. With inimitable grace and aching emotional precision, Godwin probes our own complexities in characters whose lives oscillate between success and struggle, stoic resolve and quixotic temptation, bitter disappointment and small, sacred joys. Now with Evensong, she again translates our everyday existence into soul-touching truths as she brings to brilliantly realized life the people of a small Smoky Mountain town--and a woman whose world is indelibly altered by them.

Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Download or read book Worship Matters Foreword by Paul Baloche written by Bob Kauflin and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is more essential than knowing how to worship the God who created us. This book focuses readers on the essentials of God-honoring worship, combining biblical foundations with practical application in a way that works in the real world. The author, a pastor and noted songwriter, skillfully instructs pastors, musicians, and church leaders so that they can root their congregational worship in unchanging scriptural principles, not divisive cultural trends. Bob Kauflin covers a variety of topics such as the devastating effects of worshiping the wrong things, how to base our worship on God's self-revelation rather than our assumptions, the fuel of worship, the community of worship, and the ways that eternity's worship should affect our earthly worship. Appropriate for Christians from varied backgrounds and for various denominations, this book will bring a vital perspective to what readers think they understand about praising God.

Download or read book Someone Like You written by Karen Kingsbury and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Science raises questions only love can answer in this moving and thought-provoking novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “heart-tugging and emotional” (Romantic Times Book Reviews) life-changing fiction. One frozen embryo. Two families with life-long secrets. And a guy who never planned to fall in love again. Maddie Baxter West is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Maddie with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world—Maddie had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Maddie leaves her new job and fiancé, rejects her family’s requests for forgiveness, and moves to Portland to find out who she really is. Dawson Gage’s life was destroyed when London Quinn, his best friend and the only girl he ever loved, is killed. In the hospital waiting room, London’s mother reveals that London might have had a sibling. The frozen embryo she and her husband donated decades ago. When Dawson finds Maddie and brings her to Portland, the Quinns—her biological parents—welcome her into their lives and hearts. Maddie is comforted by the Quinns’ love and intrigued by their memories of London, who was so much like her. Is this the family and the life she was really meant to have? Now it will take the love of Dawson Gage to help Maddie know who she is...and to help her find her way home.

Download or read book Collection of Poetry written by Shelley J. Madkins and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There comes a time in all our lives when we listen to and need the words, special poems, song lyrics, and greeting cards that come from a published poet and deep within someone else’s psyche. We can use these to wish someone in our lives a happy birthday or anniversary, and things and wishes such as the way someone makes you feel as a lover, or how proud we are to have a loved one in our lives. If you’re looking for a collection of poetry to help you wish congratulations, Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Father’s Day, or congratulations on your new baby, Shelley J. Madkins offers the perfect collection of poetry for you. and, if you are a songwriter and you would like to use some of my poems for songs that you are going to use on your album you can for a small fee. About the Author Shelley J. Madkins has four paralegal diplomas: one is an associate degree, two are career diplomas, and one is a certification from Webster University. Madkins also has two other career diplomas: one in criminal justice, and another in bookkeeping and accounting. Madkins holds a BA in legal studies, and she is working on her master’s degree in science in criminal justice.

Download or read book A Card a Day written by Papercrafts Magazine and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2009 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 365 card ideas.

Download or read book 936 Pennies written by Eryn Lynum and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the Most of Your Time with Your Children On the day of their baby dedication, Eryn and her husband were given a jar of 936 pennies. The jar contained a penny for every week they would raise their child until graduation, and they were instructed to remove one penny each Sunday as a reminder, placing it into another jar as an investment. At some point every parent realizes time is moving swiftly, and they ask themselves, How am I investing in my child? Through personal stories and biblical examples, 936 Pennies will help you discover how to capture time and use it to its fullest potential, replacing guilt and regrets with freedom. Meanwhile, your kids will see how simple choices, like putting the cell phone down and going on a family hike, will make all the difference. Together you will stretch time and make it richer. Craft a family legacy in tune with God's heartbeat as you capture a new vision for your children and learn the best ways to spend your pennies.

Download or read book Count Them with Me written by Franicia White and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun rhyming book is filled with colorful pictures that are calming to the senses. Enjoy reading it with a lively cadence or relaxing tone. More pages are included in the end to guide and encourage your child to master their spelling and counting numbers 1-100!

Download or read book Rainbows for Blake written by PrayerForPreemies.com and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paperback book reveals the struggle of Micro-Preemie, Blake Michael Johnson, born 10/16/04, 14 weeks premature, weighing only 1 lb, 6 oz. Blake's survival required 14 months of Children's Hospital Intensive Care Support before he was healthy enough to go home with his parents to his waiting nursery. He triumphed over multiple serious issues such as: Bacterial Infections, Chronic Lung Disease, Severe Pulminary Hypertension, PDA Surgeries, Heart Banding Surgeries, Heart VSD Surgery, Hernia Surgery, ROP Disease requiring Laser and Vitrectomy Eye Surgeries, Liver Complications and Ventilator Support Issues, and more. This story focuses on how his parents supported his struggles and how a community of family and friends supported all three with a continuous outflowing of love and prayer utilizing an online journal for daily connection to everyone. Prayers focused on God's promise of the HOPE to be found at the end of HIS Rainbow (after the storm of struggles).

Download or read book Understanding God written by Veronica Grant-Miranda and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cure for Sorrow written by Jan Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jan Richardson unexpectedly lost her husband and creative partner, the singer/songwriter Garrison Doles, she did what she had long known how to do: she wrote blessings. These were no sugar-coated blessings. They minimized none of the pain and bewilderment that came in the wake of a wrenching death. With these blessings, Jan entered, instead, into the depths of the shock, anger, and sorrow. From those depths, she has brought forth words that, with heartbreaking honesty, offer surprising comfort and stunning grace. Those who know loss will find kinship among these pages. In these blessings that move through the anguish of rending into the unexpected shelters of solace and hope, there shimmers a light that helps us see we do not walk alone. From her own path of grief, Jan offers a luminous, unforgettable gift that invites us to know the tenacity of hope and to recognize the presence of love that, as she writes, is "sorrow's most lasting cure."

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Download or read book Unexpectedly Accepted written by Sanidya Bundela and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being a wondrous soul, Aparna followed her boyfriend’s commands. Ready to comply anytime he needed her to. Unknown to the fact, that she was just a status symbol for him. Aparna always found herself in a dungeon. Aarav, a guy who loves cartoon characters more than a real girl had no idea, how his life was going to end up in a real relationship. What started as a fight, ended up in a very enticing cum crazy relationship. Aarav and Aparna started chatting only to find out how preposterous they were. Her mischievous nature and game of truth and dare attracted Aarav and his gentleman attitude and lack of experience with real life girls, attracted Aparna. They both found themselves emotionally attached and connected, which makesthem fall in love. A story that ends in such different way than what most people would assume. A story of two who never followed society’s norms and stood for each other every time. Find out how they stick themselves to a ground full of rebels and make their way through all of it.

Download or read book The Pleasures of God written by John Piper and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Desiring God reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Includes a study guide for individual and small-group use. Isn’t it true—we really don’t know someone until we understand what makes that person happy? And so it is with God! What does bring delight to the happiest Being in the universe? John Piper writes, that it’s only when we know what makes God glad that we’ll know the greatness of His glory. Therefore, we must comprehend “the pleasures of God.” Unlike so much of what is written today, this is not a book about us. It is about the One we were made for—God Himself. In this theological masterpiece—chosen by World Magazine as one of the 20th Century’s top 100 books, John Piper reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Then we will be able to drink deeply—and satisfyingly—from the only well that offers living water. What followers of Jesus need now, more than anything else, is to know and love—behold and embrace—the great, glorious, sovereign, happy God of the Bible. “This is a unique and precious book that everybody should read more than once.” —J.I. PACKER, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia

Download or read book The Way to Pentecost written by Samuel Chadwick and published by CLC Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the young pastor of a self-satisfied English congregation in the 1880s, Samuel Chadwick was so frustrated over his lack of power in the pulpit that he collected his sermons in a pile and set fire to them. The result was immediate: The Holy Spirit fell on him.

Download or read book Poems for Your Inspiration written by Rema R. Kenton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems For Your Inspiration