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The same God who leads us to green pastures guides us through the valleys. #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how God uses the darkness in life for good. All of us will go through dark times that we don't understand: a difficulty with a friend, an unfair situation at work, a financial setback, an unexpected illness, a divorce, or the loss of a loved one. Those types of experiences are part of the human journey. But when we find...

"Feeling stuck no matter how hard you try to make positive changes in your life? You can start living the life you want through the practical, biblical, and highly doable strategies in The Power to Change. Few things in life are more frustrating than knowing you need to change, wanting to change, and trying to change, but not changing. Craig Groeschel knows what it's like to be caught in that demoralizing cycle. That was his own story--until he discovered...

Mit sieben Abenden will der Ehe-Kurs verheirateten Paaren helfen, eine gesunde Ehe zu bauen und stets Neues aneinander zu entdecken. In diesem Leitfaden erfahren Veranstalter und Leiter, wie sie das dafür nötige Setting gestalten. Tipps zur Durchführung der Abende werden genauso gegeben wie praxiserprobte Ratschläge, eine offene und zugleich geschützte Atmosphäre für die eingeladenen Paare zu schaffen. Mit detaillierten Ablaufplänen, will...

Hello, I'm Shalom Min the servant of ChristThe essence of our faith. These days, the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ is considered more brilliant and precious. The world is running faster towards the end. The division is further tarnishing and degenerating the gospel as if it had sensed its end was near, and spreading constant temptation (Adm. 4:4) so that Jesus' gospel could never be engraved on its heart.At a time like this, when it is not...

Ministers David Felten and Jeff Procter-Murphy, along with an all-star cast of Bible scholars and top church teachers, provide a primer to a church movement that encourages every Christian to "live the questions" instead of "forcing the answers." Based on the bestselling DVD course of the same name, Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity includes commentary from such bestselling authors as Diana Butler Bass, John Shelby Spong,...

Fulfilling Love exposes the lies of the sexual world around us. As a Christian woman is led down the destructive path of sexual sin, valuable lessons are learned dealing with the true meaning of sex, which was created by God. The deception of the enemy began in a marriage bed and destroyed a home. A real woman becomes trapped in real sin and is saved by the real God. The world is shouting sex, and the Lord is calling the Church to boldly speak out...

Gregory Nnaji revives the spirit of the early twentieth century Christian writers. Unlike the vast majority of authors today that focus on how-tos and building a better me, Gregory places his emphasis on the supremacy of Christ and His work within the believer. His books are birthed out of personal prayer, struggle, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Gregory’s latest work is no exception. Fresh Spring is, as the title implies, a fresh perspective...

"He comes as yet unknown into a hamlet of Lower Galilee. He is watched by the cold, hard eyes of peasants living long enough at a subsistence level to know exactly where the line is drawn between poverty and destitution. He looks like a beggar yet his eyes lack the proper cringe, his voice the proper whine, his walk the proper shuffle. He speaks about the rule of God and they listen as much from curiosity as anything else. They know all about rule...

Morning, Midday and Evening Prayer and Complies with Meditations for the day and four years of Daily Readings from Books 1 and 2. This ebook has been designed to make navigation through each day's prayer cycle as easy as possible without having to refer to a table of contents and also contains Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible and music from the Celtic Daily Prayer CD. The ebook works best on touch screen devices. Celtic...