Download or read book Shared Blessings A Place to Belong written by Circle of Friends Ministries and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for “a place to belong”? Find it in God’s love! Shared Blessings provides 90 devotional readings from female writers, guaranteed to provide a spiritual boost. This new compilation focuses on God’s kindness and all the good things He provides. Entries from writers past and present provide encouragement to see God at work in daily life, jobs, friendships, and family. With well-known contributors like Sheila Walsh, Thelma Wells, Wanda E. Brunstetter, Hannah Whitall Smith, and Frances Ridley Havergal, Shared Blessings also includes heartfelt entries from women of the Circle of Friends Ministry based in Ohio’s Amish country.
Download or read book Sharing Blessings written by Rahel Musleah and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the spiritual message of each of the Jewish holidays? How do we teach it to our children? Many books tell children about the historical significance and customs of the holidays. Now, through engaging, creative stories about one family's spiritual preparation, Sharing Blessings explores ways to get into the spirit of the holidays all year long. Musleah, mother and journalist, and Klayman, father and rabbi, gently give our children the spiritual message and help adult and child explore it together. For 13 different holidays and festivals, there is a story about David, Ilana, and their mom and dad�a story focusing on the spiritual value embodied in each holiday. Being afraid of the dark, taking a walk in the woods with Grandpa, arguments between David and Ilana, sharing family photos; all become opportunities for learning about how each holiday's meaning is related to our daily life. Each story begins with a brief explanation of the holiday and concludes with a special prayer that child and adult can share to bring the spiritual meaning of the holiday into their own lives. Shabbat Family • Rosh Hashanah Responsibility • Yom Kippur Prayer • Sukkot Peace • Simchat Torah Joyousness • Hanukkah Convictio • Tu B'Shevat Wonder • Purim Gratitude • Pesach Continuity • Yom Ha-shoah Free Will • Yom Ha-atzma'ut Community • Shavuot Education • Tisha B'Av Rebuilding
Download or read book 99 Blessings written by David Steindl-Rast and published by Image. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Source of all blessings, you bless us with dreams-dreams while we sleep and dreams in our most wakeful moments. May I be responsive to both forms of dreams and pass these blessings on by living a life that is faithful to their guidance. From beloved author Brother David Steindl-Rast comes this beautiful collection of original blessings meant to guide readers through each day with wisdom and spirit. This gift book of ninety-nine personal and original blessings from Brother David Steindl-Rast, known for his pioneering work in interfaith dialogue, marks the first time the member of the Benedictine Order of Catholic monks has crafted a series of prayers for the general reader-from Catholics to Protestants, Jews and Muslims, agnostics and uncertain. Blessings are life-giving only as long as we pass them on, so this book is meant to be shared with friends, family, coworkers, strangers, and anyone in need of a few words of inspiration and guidance.
Download or read book The Blessings Jar written by Colleen Coble and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Celebrates the bond between grandparents and grandchildren and teaches little ones an important lesson about recognizing all of God's blessings"--Back cover.
Download or read book Ask Me for a Blessing You Know You Need One written by Adrian Dannhauser and published by Broadleaf Books. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a blessing? Do you have to believe to receive one? Can you doubt while you pray? And can you extend grace to others while still desperately in need of it yourself? Once a week Episcopal priest Adrian Dannhauser stands outside her Manhattan church beside a chalkboard sign that reads "Ask me for a blessing (because God knows you need one)." Passersby stop, chat, and ask for prayer: for a sick friend, an addicted son, an upcoming job interview, the state of our nation, or the grief of our world. Bus drivers sometimes open their doors for a quick prayer before the light turns green, and someone once took her to meet their doorman so she could bless him too. Half of those who stop are in crisis. Someone always cries. A few are simply curious. Through the heartfelt, frank, and sincere stories of her unique ministry, Dannhauser offers glimpses into the tender, holy, and sometimes hilarious moments of sidewalk prayers. With a potent blend of reverence and irreverence, as well as insights from Christian scriptures, she delves into the power that ancient ideas--blessing, forgiveness, miracles, and prayer--hold in a disenchanted world. For people of Christian faith, other faiths, or no faith at all, having spiritual conversations, even awkward ones with strangers on the street, can help us face our vulnerability, where we may discover a grace sufficient for all.
Download or read book Consider the Blessings written by Thomas S. Monson and published by Deseret Book. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents fifty of the true accounts President Thomas S. Monson has shared over the years.
Download or read book 1 Corinthians written by Anthony C. Thiselton and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Thiselton's lengthy New International Greek Testament Commentary volume The First Epistle to the Corinthians (2000) has become a standard work on 1 Corinthians. In this "shorter" commentary Thiselton draws on his excellent exegesis from that volume but combines it afresh with keen practical and pastoral application for readers at all levels. Thiselton delves deeply into the context and text of Paul's first Corinthian letter as he suggests, section by section, how the book applies to pastoral and practical issues. He draws vivid parallels between the growing church in Corinth and the twenty-first-century church, demonstrating that today's church also faces a seductive culture of competition and consumerism. The church in Corinth preferred its self-centered theology to the Christ-centered gospel of the wider apostolic church. Paul's response in 1 Corinthians, amplified by Thiselton's commentary, becomes a living, practical, transforming word from God for Christians today.
Download or read book Blessing written by David Spangler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the most basic human level, we all want to be blessed. We want life to bring us good things, to shield us from harm, from fear, from loneliness. A blessing can be anything-a kind word, a prayer or ritual, a gesture, an embrace, a gift. Blessing is the culmination of David Spangler's remarkable career as a spiritual thinker and teacher: the definitive book on how to channel our natural sense of compassion. With specific exercises and examples to guide and inspire us, this book helps us answer the ancient human calling within us all.
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."
Download or read book Will You Hear It written by Savannah Alan and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an employee of the U.S. Government for many years, I sometimes tend to regard classified information as simply normal everyday work. But when I saw something that is clearly Bible prophecy being played out right before my very eyes, it definitely got my attention. Often God positions us in specific places at specific times so He can reveal things to us. Will You Hear It contains specific information He revealed to me, and requires that I share it with you. I asked God to clearly show me exactly what He wants me to do with this vital information and then turned to His Word for guidance. Have you ever watched a good movie for the second time and saw something remarkable you missed the first time? That's how it is with God's Word, and I believe there is a reason for that. God points things out to you at exactly the right time for you to use them. You will do well to obey and follow the path He is laying out for you. I began this writing with the intentions of sharing it only with my family and a few close friends. I gave it to those I felt led to and thought, "Okay, I did what God wanted me to do. They can either believe me or ridicule me for it. But it's done." But it wasn't done. God said, "Give it to all who will accept it." I pray God will prepare your hearts and minds to receive this exactly as He intends.
Download or read book Peace in the Face of Cancer written by Lynn Eib and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of us are living in the shadow of cancer. Some are hoping to beat the odds and become cancer-free, while others know they are facing cancer for the long haul. And even more of us are standing by someone with a cancer diagnosis and feeling helpless as we grapple with the uncertainty it brings. Whether the cancer is considered “in remission,” “cured,” or “chronic,” it is possible to find peace as we face it. In this beautiful, giftable book, cancer patient advocate Lynn Eib shares how to live well from the moment of diagnosis through the rest of life. She weaves the story of her own experience as a long-time cancer survivor and those of others around the world into these hope-filled pages. You’ll discover how to bring God’s peace into your own home and heart—regardless of your or your loved one’s medical prognosis.
Download or read book Inspirational Blessings written by Nomi Sharron and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning! It is dangerous to read this book! For it will change your life, and there is no going back. We have all been offered many more Blessings than we may have received. This book is a tool to help you open up and receive them. Your life is a journey into healing physical, emotional and spiritual. Your Blessings are the building blocks along this path. This book of Inspirational Blessings offers you a transformational journey into yourself. It can inspire and enrich your life beyond measure, guiding you to fulfill your deepest dreams. It is a blueprint for living your life with greater consciousness, helping you to recognize the best of who you are, who you can be; to see the infinite possibilities that your life offers, bringing integrity, wholeness, abundance, self-empowerment and unconditional love. Let Inspirational Blessings help you release everything that keeps you stuck and fearful, liberate your imagination, creativity and self-esteem, expand your courage, and recognize the miracles in your life! There are fifty-two Blessings to help you move forward on your spiritual journey. And the Joker, who brings fun and delight and humour into your life! The journey of Inspirational Blessings offers you growing wisdom and compassion, and the recognition that your life is a Blessing. It guides you towards the profound Mystery and meaning of life, expanding your consciousness, connecting you to your Higher Self and to the Source of the All That Is. The journey of the Blessings is your journey home.
Download or read book Journey to Noble Ideals written by M. Fethullah Gülen and published by Tughra Books. This book was released on 2014-12-07 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to Noble Ideals is a compilation of speeches Fethullah Gulen delivered in Pennsylvania, USA, between 2012 and 2013. The book provides guidelines to build our individual ladders to self-discovery. In Gulen's prescription, climbing this ladder requires "lifelong contendedness," "a spirit of chivalry," "becoming soil to grow roses," "balance and moderation," "being self-critical," "not to be dizzy with worldly pleasures," and "sincerity of intention." Nourished from a millennium old accumulation of knowledge and tradition, Gulen speaks of preserving one's "chastity of thoughts" but not lagging behind, and instead soaring across the "horizons of spiritual knowledge." For Gulen, a healthy society is built on a "happy marriage," observing the "rights of neighbors," "sound reason," and "asking for forgiveness." Above all, his faith rests on a firm belief that "God is sufficient" for all. This work will be a source of inspiration for all the travelers' journeying to noble ideals.
Download or read book The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Set of 30 volumes written by John MacArthur and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 9511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set includes the entire collection of the MacArthur New Testament Commentary series: Matthew 1-7, Matthew 8-15, Matthew 16-23, Matthew 24-28, Luke 1-5, Luke 6-10, Luke 11-17, John 1-11, John 12-21, Acts 1-12, Acts 13-28, Romans 1-8, Romans 9-16, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians & Philemon, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter & Jude, 1-3 John, Revelation 1-11, and Revelation 12-22. The MacArthur New Testament Commentary series continues to be one of today's top-selling commentary series. These commentaries from respected Bible scholar and preacher John MacArthur give a verse-by-verse analysis in context and provide points of application for passages, illuminating the biblical text in practical and relevant ways.
Download or read book The Granny Nanny written by Lois Young-Tulin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-05-31 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think about it. In order to be grandmothers we once had to be mothers. After giving birth, we, as the mothers, were responsible for our baby's/child's well being. As grandmothers, on the other hand, we have choices. Our roles are open for interpretation and conscious choices. When I became a grandmother, and even when my daughters-in-law were pregnant, I made a conscious decision to be an involved grandmother, one of the caretakers or a Granny-Nanny. I was sure that helping out and taking care of a baby would be easy like getting back on a bicycle after a twenty-year lapse. Oh, how wrong I was. There are new rules, new products, new findings and plenty of taboos. How did my three children ever survive their hazardous childhoods? Parenting rules have gone through some serious revisions since author Lois Young-Tulin raised her kids. In her helpful guide, The Granny Nanny, Young-Tulin offers a unique opportunity for today's grandmas to hone their skills and learn the twenty principles for successful grandmothering in a modern world.
Download or read book Kairos Defining Moments written by B.W. Hambrick and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever had a moment when everything seems to change? What makes that momentary but long-lasting difference? God shows up to participate in our lives and performs a miracle, speaks words of peace, gives new direction, or whatever else the Creator of the universe chooses to do. But in those defining moments, virtually everything changes; the impossible becomes possible. Why? Because God is God, and He still rules His universe. The God who created all things can accomplish more in His defining moment than we can accomplish in a lifetime. After all, according to Genesis, He created the heavens and earth, including man, in just six days and rested on the seventh. From that truth, one would draw an obvious conclusion that what we do is not going to impress God; but when He acts in our behalf, it will always astound us. We serve an awesome God! Those times are kairos moments. For twenty-five years, Pastor B.W. Hambrick has pastored the people of the Ephrata Church of the Nazarene, Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Changed lives, culture change, renovations, new buildings, even relocation have all been part of the ongoing movement of the church. There have been many events that have defined the church and Pastor Hambricks ministry, but nothing has defined it quite like those unique moments, those kairos moments, when everything changed for the better. Nothing, absolutely nothing, can explain the stories shared here, except the immediate intervention of God.
Download or read book Building Saint Joseph Altars written by Laura Padron and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to learn how to build a Saint Joseph Altar from beginning to end? Understand all the ins and outs? Learn Saint Joseph Altar history and tradition? Become accomplished in baking and cooking delectable Saint Joseph dishes and pastries? If so, this book has your name on it--a labor of love by Laura Padron, with contributions from Saint Joseph Altar experts and devotees in the Rockford, Illinois area.Enjoy the pictures and stories, recipes, and helpful hints, along with strategic guidelines and to-do lists to ensure your success in building a beautiful Saint Joseph Altar in your parish or home. Start the tradition, and you will see how your life becomes more enriched.Viva San Giuseppe!
