Download or read book Free of Me written by Sharon Hodde Miller and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a culture that's all about self, becoming the best "me" I can be instead of becoming like Jesus. This me-centered message affects every area of our lives--our friendships, our marriages, even our faith--and it breaks each one in different ways. The self-focused life robs our joy, shrinks our souls, and is the reason we never quite break free of insecurity. In this book, Sharon Hodde Miller invites us into a bigger, Jesus-centered vision--one that restores our freedom and inspires us to live for more. She helps readers - identify the secret source of insecurity - understand how self-focus sabotages seven areas of our lives - learn four practical steps for focusing on God and others - experience freedom from the burden of self-focus Anyone yearning for a purpose bigger than "project me" will cherish this paradigm-shifting message of true fulfillment.
Download or read book Nice written by Sharon Hodde Miller and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God never called us to be nice. What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with clichés? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice? We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. When we choose to be nice instead of faithful, we bear fruits that are bland, bitter, empty, and rotten to the core. In this life-changing book, Sharon Hodde Miller explores the seemingly innocent idol that has crept into our faith and quietly corrupted it, producing the bad fruits of cowardice, inauthenticity, shallowness, and more. Then she challenges readers to cultivate a better tree, providing practical steps to reclaim our credibility as followers of Christ, and bear better, richer, more life-giving fruits.
Download or read book The Cost of Control written by Sharon Hodde Miller and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all wish we had more control. When our relationships are strained, when our bodies refuse to cooperate, when the future is uncertain, control promises security and peace. If only I were in charge, we dream. And this illusion seems more attainable than ever. Technology, science, medicine, and the internet all promise us ever-increasing mastery over our world. The problem is, control is a "devil's deal." The more we seek it, the more it betrays us. In place of predictability, it gives us anxiety. In place of certainty, it creates more complexity. And in place of unity, it divides. It's not just that we cannot control things; it's that we break them even more when we try. Thankfully the answer to our craving is not simply to "let go and let God." When our kids aren't listening, when our loved ones are self-destructing, or when our health is declining, we don't have to scramble after control, nor do we have to throw up our hands. Instead, God has given us a better tool. In this culturally insightful and eye-opening book, Sharon Hodde Miller helps us discover the real power God has given us in Christ, to exercise influence over ourselves and our lives.
Download or read book Dear Daughters written by Susie Davis and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Dear Daughters, Susie Davis creates a bridge between two groups of women–dear daughters and spiritual mamas. Dear daughters are young women in search of spiritual guidance and spiritual mamas are women just a little further down the road with age-old wisdom to share. Each group has valuable insight for the other and the hope is that the reader will invite someone to come alongside them, pore over the included letters together, and pass along wisdom and advice that will make both lives more beautiful, wherever they are in their God story. This book, ideal for a gift, is a casebound hardcover with ribbon.
Download or read book Atlas Girl written by Emily T. Wierenga and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disillusioned and yearning for freedom, Emily Wierenga left home at age eighteen with no intention of ever returning. Broken down by organized religion, a childhood battle with anorexia, and her parents' rigidity, she set out to find God somewhere else--anywhere else. Her travels took her across Canada, Central America, the United States, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. She had no idea that her faith was waiting for her the whole time--in the place she least expected it. Poignant and passionate, Atlas Girl is a very personal story of a universal yearning for home and the assurance that we are known, forgiven, and beloved. Readers will find in this memoir a true description of living faith as a two-way pursuit in a world fraught with distraction. Anyone who wrestles with the brokenness we find in the world will love this emotional journey into the arms of the God who heals all wounds.
Download or read book God Made All of Me written by Justin S. Holcomb and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This simply told, beautifully illustrated story from the authors of Rid of My Disgrace and Is It My Fault? helps two- to eight-year-olds understand why their bodies matter and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate touch. God Made All of Me gently opens a conversation that every family needs to have.
Download or read book Free to Be Me written by Dawn Chrystal and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free to be Me Do you ever wake up some days, and wonder, ‘What on earth is this all about?’, ‘Where am I going? ‘What’s wrong with me? ‘Who am I?’ Do you hear yourself saying, ‘I can’t do this anymore’? Please stop and listen to this inner voice. This is the voice of your soul calling out to be heard. Your soul is saying, ‘It is time for change. I am ready to make a difference’. Free to be Me is a step by step healing manual to help you re-evaluate what is happening in your life. We all come to crossroads in our lives, where we need to acknowledge what is going on. A crossroads where you have this uneasy feeling, that you can no longer walk the path you are walking. If your life is feeling out of balance, this is your time to make changes. This is your time to start to empower yourself, to create the life you desire, and the life you deserve. The author, Dawn Chrystal, uses her life experiences and knowledge, to gently help you to recognise where you have lost your way. Dawn introduces natural techniques, and Bach Flower Remedies to help you peel away the layers which no longer serve you, to reveal your true potential, and the person you were born to be. She says, ‘I respect that everyone is on their own individual path, and that your journey will be unique to you. Take what you need from each section of Free to be Me, and bring it into your life each day. Every time you walk away from your book, bring the techniques you have learnt today into your daily life. The more you work on you, the more empowered you will feel. The peace of mind, and the clarity you find, will be priceless’. To kickstart your healing journey, Dawn offers you introductory offers, to help you explore the benefits of the Bach Flower Remedies and her personal guidance. Use your book as a workshop manual. Each time you pick it up, you are stepping in to learn about yourself, and how you can enhance your life.
Download or read book Drama Free written by Cindi McMenamin and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the World's a Stage"— What Part Will You Play? You know what drama is...in your circle of friends, your workplace, your extended family, and in the unexpected circumstances of life. But has it gotten to be too much? Truth is, we've all been both actor and audience when it comes to life's dramas. But here's another truth: You don't have to let it sweep you away. Discover a biblical script for a more peaceful life as you learn how to... dial down the drama in your own life respond appropriately to situations that would otherwise escalate incorporate "scene changes" to eliminate inevitable drama view high-maintenance individuals through the eyes of Christ become an anchor in the storms that swirl around you The world may be a stage—but you can find freedom from the drama.
Download or read book You and Me Forever Marriage in Light of Eternity written by Francis Chan and published by Claire Love Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage is great, but it’s not forever. It’s until death do us part. Then come eternal rewards or regrets depending on how we spent our lives. In his latest book, Francis Chan joins together with his wife Lisa to address the question many couples wonder at the altar: “How do I have a healthy marriage?” Setting aside typical topics on marriage, Francis and Lisa dive into Scripture to understand what it means to have a relationship that satisfies the deepest parts of our souls. In the same way Crazy Love changed the way we saw our personal relationship with God, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity will radically shift the way we see one of the most important relationships in our life. Jesus was right. We have it all backwards. The way to have a great marriage is by not focusing on marriage. Whether you are single, dating or married, You and Me Forever will help you discover the adventure that you were made for and learn how to thrive in it. 100% of the net proceeds from this book will support various ministries including those that help provide shelter and rehabilitation for thousands of children and exploited women around the world. For more information, please visit: youandmeforever.org
Download or read book Words Set Me Free written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time. This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African American figures in American history. Douglass spent his life advocating for the equality of all, and it was through reading that he was able to stand up for himself and others. Award-winning husband-wife team Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome present a moving and captivating look at the young life of the inspirational man who said, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
Download or read book Free to Be Me written by Stasi Eldredge and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who am I, really? How do I figure out what to do with my life? Does anybody really care about me? Why can't I be as pretty as her? Stasi Eldredge understands the doubts, struggles, and fears you are facing. She has been there! Now Stasi invites you to walk with her as she helps you understand the lies this world tries to sell you, and believe that God sees you as beautiful and worthy—right now. With honesty and grace, Stasi will help you see the hand of God in your story and trust Him with your every hope and dream.
Download or read book Outwalkers written by Fiona Shaw and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tense, page-turning story of survival in near-future England, Jacob must go to all lengths to find his dog and escape to freedom with a gang of rebel children. In a frighteningly real near future England, Jacob escapes from the Academy orphanage to reenter a world that is grimly recognizable. The Coalition can track anyone, anywhere, from a chip implanted at birth. Now Jacob must fulfill his promise to his parents, find his dog, Jet, and navigate his way out of England. Their only hope is a band of children who have found a way to survive off the grid: The Outwalkers. Their rules are strict, but necessary if they're going to get out alive...
Download or read book The Truth Set Me Free written by Shaerica Wright and published by Dspublishing. This book was released on 2014-10-11 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lies we tell, the facade we put up, and the mask we put on until we become entangled in a world of deceit. A world full of embellishment, where we leave reality and live in a world only made of fairy tales because truth be told we are afraid of our own truths, afraid of what others may think or say, and afraid of the uncertainty of reality. The Truth Set Me Free is about living a lie and telling a lie until one day God's truth set me free! I had to come to grips with who I really was. The truth about me is that I was a liar, fornicator, lustful, angry, suicidal, depressed, bitter, drunken, and perverse young woman who blamed everybody else for who I was. I needed The Lord to save me from me! The spirit of lying and deceit had to go and the only way was by the power of God's Word and through prayer! Gods truth is what set me free. What lies have you allowed yourself to believe? What lies have you told? What lies are you in right now? Can I tell you it doesn't matter, because God's word is sharper than any two edge sword! Become aware and be free! Know the truth so you can be free in Jesus name!
Download or read book Giving God the Worst of Me written by Dana K. White and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dana K. White started ASlobComesClean.com in 2009 in a desperate attempt to get her home under control. She had no idea where her deslobification journey would lead, both in her home and in her spiritual life. This is the story of how God worked in her life to show her that He was more concerned with her heart than her home.
Download or read book Free to be Me written by Baila Vorhand and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom of Self Forgetfulness written by Timothy J. Keller and published by 10 Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart? This is one of the questions the Apostle Paul addresses as he writes to the church in Corinth. He's not after some superficial outward tinkering, but instead a deep rooted, life altering change that takes place on the inside. In an age where pleasing people, puffing up your ego and building your resume are seen as the methods to make it, the Apostle Paul calls us to find true rest in blessed self forgetfulness. In this short and punchy book, best selling author Timothy Keller, shows that gospel humility means we can stop connecting every experience, every conversation with ourselves and can thus be free from self condemnation. A truly gospel humble person is not a self hating person or a self loving person, but a self forgetful person. This freedom can be yours...
Download or read book Gluten Free Is Part of Me written by Laurie Oestreich and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're a kid who's gluten-free, Be all that you would like to be. It's just a part of who you are, You're still a bright and shining star! This book gives young children a simple way of understanding what it means to have celiac disease. It gives them the language to talk to their friends about this important aspect of who they are, while helping them to see that the condition does not define them.
