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First published in 1885 by South African religious leader and writer Andrew Murray, "With Christ in the School of Prayer" contains 31 powerful and inspiring lessons on prayer in daily life. While born in South Africa in 1828, as Murray's father was a Dutch Reformed Church missionary sent from Scotland, Murray grew up educated in Scotland and later the Netherlands. He returned to South Africa in 1848 after his ordination, pastored several churches...
2) How to Pray
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"How to Pray" is the inspiring treatise on prayer by R. A. Torrey, the famed American pastor, educator, writer, and evangelist. Born Reuben Archer Torrey in New Jersey in 1856, Torrey was educated at Yale University and Yale Divinity School before becoming a minister in Ohio. Torrey later joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelical work in Chicago and became the superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Evangelization Society, now the Moody...
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"The best leaders bring all of the resources in their world into play to accomplish something great."
John Maxwell
Influential author and teacher John C. Maxwell travels around the world to meet with people of all backgrounds, helping them discover their God-given purpose. John's timeless leadership principles equip and empower people—from Fortune 500 companies to community leaders—to do remarkable things...
John Maxwell
Influential author and teacher John C. Maxwell travels around the world to meet with people of all backgrounds, helping them discover their God-given purpose. John's timeless leadership principles equip and empower people—from Fortune 500 companies to community leaders—to do remarkable things...
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Sometimes life just hurts. Whether it's the sting of a current loss or long-standing heartache, let God's love enfold you and restore the wounded places of your soul.
Lisa Are Wulf, an award-winning author, invites you to embrace your inner healing within the sacred space of your heart. She offers encouragement, compassion, and strength for the journey.
"Enfolded in God's Arms" features 40 short reflections, comforting bible verses and prayers,...
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Distorted views of intimate relationships abound. Let's offer youth a better option.
Social media, television, and the Internet feed destructive information to tweens, teens, and young adults. Hookup culture, the acceptance of sending nudes, and rampant pornography contribute to unrealistic sexual expectations. At what cost?
Barb Winters addresses the heavy loads of anxiety, worry, and depression among young people. She offers practical advice for...
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Pray Like Jesus, co-authored by Pastor Mark and his daughter Ashley, is more than just a book; it's a journey into the profound prayer life of Jesus. This book is not merely meant to change the way you pray; it aims to transform your entire life. Many books cover prayer and the life of Jesus, but few delve into Jesus's prayer life, which is a paragon of perfect communion with God.
Pastor Mark and Ashley explore the how, why, and where of Jesus's...
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The relationship between a father and daughter is profound. Jay and Rae Anne Payleitner share their own insights into this sometimes complicated but ultimately fulfilling relationship. Rooted in Scripture and full of stories, this book will deepen dads' and daughters' appreciation for one another.
The relationship between a father and daughter can be uniquely close and utterly mystifying. But an active and prepared father can make all the difference...
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Win Your War is a deeply insightful book that empowers its readers with the knowledge and tools to overcome the challenges posed by spiritual warfare in their relationships, parenting roles, and marriages. Grounded in biblical teachings, authors Mark and Grace Driscoll explore the narrative of Adam and Eve to provide a profound understanding of the nature of spiritual warfare. The book proposes that human history and the Bible's storyline unfold as...
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Don't let harmful dialogues play through your mind; it's time to flip the script and reclaim your joy. Soon you'll begin to see life in a brand-new way.
Negative, broken, lie-filled sentences fill your head as you work, play, and go about your life. These scripts are sidelining you, maligning you, harming you.
What if there were another way? What if your life didn't have to be defined by what others say? Or even by what you say to yourself over...
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No matter how busy or complicated life becomes, God can be found in the details of the day. In this lighthearted yet realistic look at the ups and downs of daily life, Teresa Tomeo provides daily reflections to soothe the souls of Christian women everywhere. Her wisdom and humor will show you how you can experience God's presence in the most ordinary moments.
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Living on high alert drains your energy and steals your joy. There is a better way and Seizing the Good Life will help you find it as it takes you through the Gospel of John.
Shellie Rushing Tomlinson believes we really can have a growing faith and know a surprising, sustaining joy despite the chaos of breaking news and a culture bent on erasing the Everlasting God. “Seizing the Good Life” takes the Gospel of John and teaches the reader how to...
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Can you thrive in a world of pandemics, plagues, famines, economic collapse, and wars? Does God care and does He have a plan for your deliverance? Yes! God desires to equip you and then send you as a solution for these challenges. Set in a world of multicoloured eagles, winged horses, crater-topped mountains, and white-robed Elders, this book chronicles the author's visions and dreams, which outline blueprints for navigating and conquering the mountains...
14) The Gift
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This book is truly a gift to hurting women, especially those who have undergone the trauma of abortion. Speaking with both passion and compassion, Jeannie leads readers to spiritual freedom from their past sins, and from the wounds inflicted on them by others. It is a combination of focused Bible study, "love letters from God", Jeannie' s own story, and her insightful and godly encouragement. Jeannie gently but insistently leads readers along a difficult...
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The colleague who threatens your position at work. The friend who talks behind your back. The woman who seems to have it all together-while you are barely hanging on.
Sometimes the women in our lives feel like enemies. But the real enemy is the one who is trying to defeat you with lies that lead to insecurity and isolation, discord and division. She's Not Your Enemy equips us to battle Satan's deception through the solid truth of God's Word. Popular...
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“Restored for HIS Glory” is a help for women and men who experience the pain of post-abortive stress syndrome (PASS). Author Denise South shares her own abortion experience with readers along with the trauma of her childhood and failed marriages that lead up to choosing abortion then she leads readers into the truth that while the darkness is sometimes very dark-lightless-it can never extinguish the light. God asked Denise, " Are you willing to...
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How many survivors will it take for us to see the life behind the abortion?
Today's culture would have us believe that abortion is simply a choice, a right, a controversial argument, and a religious and political issue of pro-life vs. pro-choice. It has become easy to think of the unborn as disposable products of conception-medical waste. But all of that changes when that "product of conception" defies the odds and arrives into this world as a living,...
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Do You Recognize Holiness in Your Own Life and in the Here and Now?
These days, brokenness feels more comfortable to discuss than holiness. It's easier to say that we are messy than holy, that healing is a long way off. To say that we are holy seems like one step away from holier than thou, and no one ever wants to be that.
Holiness Here offers practical and inspiring ways to transform your life by helping you see the holiness within your ordinary,...
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A seasoned author and masterful storyteller, Tricia Lott Williford encountered the public trauma of the death of her husband, but she held quietly the private trauma that happened at the same time: grooming, manipulation, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse by a person of trust. Tricia and her therapist, Jana Richardson, LPC, have written a resource to help others recognize the veiled dynamics of abuse, where it starts, how it escalates, and how survivors...
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