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While enjoying a fast start to the Christian life is common, finishing strong is less frequently experienced. In The Uzziah Syndrome, United States Navy Chaplain Daniel Klender explores the 40 keys to finishing strong in the Christian life. The Uzziah Syndrome offers a treasure trove of inspiring stories and practical biblical insights that serve as a hedge against finishing the Christian life poorly. Borne out of 30 years of civilian and military ministry experience, The Uzziah Syndrome will enable you to pursue the Big Holy Audacious Goals God intends for all of His children.

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In Adventures in Alaska with My Angel Joe, author Les Bingman shares the true-life stories of his near-death experiences while growing up in bush Alaskaand how a guardian angel, Joe, saved him at each step along the way. Raised in the shadows of some of the best bush pilots and commercial salmon fishermen in Bristol Bay, the young Les tries to mimic these men he grew up idolizing. This proves harder than he imagines, and as he repeatedly finds himself in potentially deadly situations involving airplanes and boats because of his naivety, he finally begins to recognize the feelings and signals that can only be from his own personal guardian angel, who he eventually names Joe. From out on the ocean to up in the sky, Less guardian angel Joe is always there in ways both subtle and obvious, protecting Les from his own reckless ways. Experience the highs and lows and ups and downs of an Alaskan life spent chasing a dream, and reflect on those subtle miracles in your lifeand with Gods help, you can start to realize that you are never truly alone.

God is passionately pursuing you. There is a notion in our world that we must find God, that it is on our shoulders to search for a hidden God. If God had not or does not reveal himself, we would not even know that there is a God. He is self-revealing and on a mission to provoke a response in us. He pursues us in three fundamental ways. First, the act of creation itself is an incredible act of pursuit by God. He is the Creator-Artist, with his masterpiece in mind, and we are part of the tapestry of creation. Second, the act of inspiring a book, the Bible, to codify his message demonstrates God as divine author pursuing us through his written Word. Finally, the act of the incarnation is the crowning act of pursuit. Christ, the incarnate Son of God, is on a mission to rescue the love of his heart. It is the perfect fixing the broken, the highest becoming the lowest, the resurrected lifting the dying from the very grave. Gods pursuit of us takes place on his dance floor, his universe, his masterpiece. His pursuit unfolds throughout history on our battlefields, in our crucibles, and through our worst trials. He brings the scars of his cruciblethe crossinto our crucibles and rescues us. In responding to our pursuing God we find our greatest healing.

In this book, you will find poetry based on stories in the Biblepoems of prayer, haikus, life, Satan, and love. If you are a poetry lover and enjoy reading Gods words such as myself; both are in this book. This book could serve as another tool for you to study Gods Word and provide a new, fresh, and innovative way of understanding his word through poetry. Each title of poetry reflects a biblical story, such as The Biblical Superman taken from the book of Judges, 12 Stones and a Prostitute taken from the book of Joshua, and many more. There are poems about Lucifer called He Made Me Do Ita new twist on the old term the devil made me do it. There are inspirational pieces to aid in reflecting upon life as we all grow with God. With each poem, there are thought-provoking questions which may relate the poem to your life or questions you might have during your biblical studies. As you read his Words more and appreciate all his wonderful love, the more you will grow and realize we are all Gods children. Stay blessed.

The England of the seventeenth century, with its political and religious turmoil, was really not so different from the America of the twenty-first. Since the fall in the Garden of Eden, there has always been Gods way and mans. Hence the timelessness of John Bunyans allegorical masterpiece, The Pilgrims Progress, which first appeared in 1678. Forged from the Wilderness is the story behind the book, the story of John Bunyans life and of a little-known woman named Elizabeth, whom God much used to help shape him into the man he was called to be. By earthly standards, theirs was an unlikely union. Yet she became the dedicated stepmother of his four children, a courageous champion for her husbands freedom from prison, and a catalyst for the publishing of his works.Through meticulous research, I have endeavored to capture the real John Bunyan, the real Elizabeth, the real hardships they faced, and the real England of their time. How they lived in their world has much to tell us about how we ought to live in ours.

This book is about a man named Jack who grew up to be racist and who truly hated all races that werent white American. While walking in his racist lifestyle, he believed that he was living righteously as a Christian, until one day, something happened that changed his life forever.

In 1980 Wendy followed the suggestion of a friend to keep a journal by just picking up a pencil and starting to write. By the following year, it became apparent to Wendy that the writings were not just her personal devotions. They had become the Songs of the Spirit, which Wendy has always maintained are not hers, but instead she is the messenger. A member of the New Hampshire Diaconate community suggested that the daily writing be shared through email. So began the ministry of sharing a morning message of hope, courage, understanding, forgiveness and love. Through this collection, the Songs begin a new journey, which Wendy offers with deep gratitude for the gift.

Passion is a desire that goes back to the Garden of Eden and ends with the apostle John, and its always powerful. If there is anyone who can know about love, its God. With so much purity from Gods Word, we are enlightened and yet discouraged at times by our surroundings. As for Gods people, were to have the desire to love one another deeply as we try to wear love wherever we go. We are told to love and never give up, and whatever we do, its to be done in love. So how do we guard our hearts? What do we aim at and why? When there is wisdom and knowledge and understanding, and combined together, we reach a higher level of joy and excitement. With love there are moments in which we are at our lowest because of misunderstanding. Thats when God sends his love and his people to give us some powerful truth and insights. Its the love that we have for our family and friends. May this book be the moment for which were created to inspire, exhort, and discipline the heart to set it on fire and multiply with more truth. Theres so many powerful thoughts in this book of important reminders and clever comments. So let the flames begin within our hearts. Lets change this world of ours with some powerful insights within this book. I sincerely believe its impossible for you not to find some thoughts thats not going to be beneficial to inspire your life.

Many Christians are unaware of what God expects from them when they fast. Many do not know the work that transpires when they fast and leave it up to chance, being uncertain that God will respond to them. Even more, many do not know what to expect from God after they fast, and so they overlook His blessed responses. In Fasting Gods Way, author and reverend Clayton Driggs shows us how God has given clear instructions about how we should fast-and why we should. The Bible reveals how God made fasting one of the most important things we should do, and Reverend Driggs explains that this is why a proper understanding of fasting should be restored in church congregations everywhere. Since fasting is a demonstration of love for God and others, we all should learn how to avoid illegitimate fasting and prepare our lives for fruitful, restorative fasts. By understanding the dos and donts of fasting-as well as the whys and hows-you will discover the keys to powerful and effective fasting. God has expectations of us when we fast, and if we meet these expectations, then we can look forward to results every time we fast. We must first truly understand how to fast Gods way, and know what to expect, then fasting can be a springboard to the many great exploits God desires to accomplish through us. So let Fasting Gods Way become a springboard for knowledge about fasting, and the start of a healthy fasting lifestyle.

The Advent Overture will change the way you look at the Christmas season. With winsome charm and wit, its prose and poetry present enlightening and enriching meditations on the Nativity story, with deeply personal and poignant applications that will relate to the contours of every readers life. It gives a unique and refreshing perspective on all the players in this theater of grace, who will become your mentors as you read, speaking to your own choices and challenges, problems and pains, beliefs and behaviors. You will identify with their fears as well as their faith and feel equally included in Gods plans and purposes for the coming of Jesus. Every note of this overture will encourage you to engage the symphony that follows in the gospels and epistles, which develop and fulfill all that is intimated in the Nativity narrative. Once read, you will want to give this book to others as a personal invitation to join the concert.

If we open our hearts to God, He is waiting and willing to walk with us through difficult times. He wants us to have an attitude of praise, as this will usher in His presence and strengthen our relationship with Him. It can be difficult, during tough times, to find an attitude of praise, but what if it was something you could find any day, in any circumstance? Through struggles and trials, cancer survivor Bobbi Jane Huerta has been able to find strength, hope, and peace by praying and meditating on Gods Word. Pearls of Grace is a collection of her inspirational poetry, penned during quiet moments spent seeking the Lord. To enlighten and educate, scripture is cited to accompany each poem. Bobbis hope and prayer is that readers will be inspired to delve deeper into Gods Word and discover His gift of grace along with a treasure more precious than pearls: true love for the Lord. It is possible to praise Gods light even in the darkest of times if we turn to His Word and His loving faithfulness. The question is, are you ready to accept peace and everlasting love?

The tongue is a useful rough muscle located at the bottom of your mouth. It helps you to be able to enjoy your foods as you chew them, and when your food comes into contact with all your taste buds, it creates an explosion of flavors. The tongue can also be used for proper speech, either by using it to glorify God or using it to kill and destroy, which you will find in the book of James in the Bible.

Beautifully illustrated, Gods Original Superheroes is a perfect book for parents and grandparents to teach children truth about the Angels Love, Protection and Infinite Desire to do His Will, all the time remaining His Humble Servants. What child doesnt know about Superheroes? Take this opportunity to teach them Biblical proof that Gods Power and Love shine forth through His Original Superheroes, the Angels! Enjoy a beautiful message, breathtaking illustrations and supporting Scripture proofs on each page making this childrens book entertaining and educational!

Beautifully Naked is a unique devotional that takes the reader on a journey of self-evaluation and reflection to embrace her spiritual life in this modern-day society. While the image of women is being attacked in many ways, Beautifully Naked challenges young women to live a transparent and unashamed life. This devotional will include journal entries for women to reflect on themselves in order for them to develop a genuine relationship with Christ, activities for both groups or individuals, and open discussions. This devotional will appeal to a wide age span of young women from the teenage years to young adults. Furthermore, this devotional book is meant to empower young women in their godly identity within this secular culture. Women who are feeling the desire to be comfortable in their skin will find hope in Christ. Metaphorically, to be beautifully naked means to be embrace how God intended us to be, exposed for who we are and not ashamed. We are made by Gods design, and that makes us worthy of the freedom in Christ to express his purpose for us as women.

For over two hundred years people did not call on God by name. It wasnt until the birth of Adams grandson Enos, that men began to call upon the name of the Lord. God explained to Moses that He had appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses was given the task of returning to Egypt and demanding the release of the Israelite slaves. Moses asked God When I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto thee, and they say to me, what is his name? What shall I say unto them. God said to Moses I AM THAT I AM and He said, thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. God goes on to say to Moses... Thus, you shall say to the sons of Israel, The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My Memorial-Name to all generations. IAM Holy; Creator; The Most-High God; Righteous; Joy; Peace; Lord Mighty in Battle; God of the Battle; Conquer; High Tower and Strong Tower; Defender; Deliver; Thy Strength; Thy Sword; Thy Shield; Your Rock; The Wine; Your Fortress; Your Refuge; Shepherd; Kingsman Redeemer; Jubilee; Horn of thy Salvation; Sanctifier; Love; Mercy; Grace; Hope; Provider; Healer; Omnipresent; Omnipotent; Judge and Jealous. Now there are covenant names of Jehovah and redemptive names through which God revealed himself to Israel. These different names do not signify 40 different Gods, but HIS Characteristics, or HIS attributes.

Shake, waggle, and roll with a lively pup who is busy as can be from sunup to sundown. Join in on the actions as Russ T. Pup runs, sings, plays, and wags his tail from cover to cover. Be on the lookout for his kitty pal. She is never far away!

This book is an incredible biography of Evangelist Alta O. Holders life and how she has been hit by four cars and dragged by three of the four and how God miraculously saved her life from those accidents. She is convinced Satan was trying to take her life, but God didnt allow it. This book is intended to give the reader hope to go on whether you are an alcoholic, rape victim, drug addict, homeless person, etc.

A sweet young boy looks down upon a frog. It is a moment of delight for himin life, nature, and everything that speaks to him of goodness and truth. He cares not that his shoes are old and worn out. He is released from whatever it is of poverty or contradiction that he must face. His destiny has been defined for him; his life is affirmed. Fate will not overcome him.Certain patriarchs and matriarchs, poets and sages, lovers and apostles, slaves and hymn writers, and prisoners and pilgrims make their contribution to this volume. Their lives were taken up with journeys of faith and passages of profound significance for them and many others. They struggled bravely against oppression and refused to surrender. They were ordinary men and women of complex emotion and conflicting thought. Yet their movement was always forward to a welcoming God, the one who had always been with them in some way or another. In whatever circumstance they found themselves, they had an enduring smile in their hearts if not on their faces. They affirmed life and defied fate.Within these pages, you will find encouragement for your faith, biblical exposition from the Old Testament scriptures with reference points to the New Testament, stories of journey and song, sagas of struggle and resolution, chronicles of courage and caring, and histories of divine interventionall of them measured against an infinite glory and the weigh scales of delight.

I was a chubby kid that grew up in a Pentecostal preachers home. I was constantly teased, bullied, beat up, and humiliated. After almost committing suicide, I found hope. This book was written with the objective of helping readers understand that the past is over and your best days are yet to come. You cannot change the past, but there is a way to deal with your painful memories and emotions that exist deep inside the small crevasses of your heart. Isaiah 43:1819 (NIV) says, Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. You can release the past and step forward to a brighter future! Dont let low self-esteem from a bullys powerless words limit you any longer. You have greatness inside of you and can achieve your greatest dreams and desires.Bullied to Blessed is an invitation to each of us to choose the empowered, overcoming mind of Christ rather than a victimhood mentality in all areas of our lives. Weaving his personal journey together with faith building Scriptural Truths, Dave first personalizes the importance of intentionally keeping right thoughts and words before us then he makes the Biblical principles contained in the various aspects of his story accessible to the reader. This book will challenge you, encourage you and ultimately call you to live a richly blessed life. Jonathan WigginsSenior Pastor Rez ChurchLoveland, Colorado

Hope Through the Ages offers poetic insight into the relevance of the Old Testament, though millenniums away from this day in age. Some things never change no matter the time and space, like the hearts desire to be in a close relationship with God. Hope Through the Ages is a unique scriptural study on Gods omnipotent presence. This book shows how Gods love and mercy graces us with he himself as we enter into his presence and come to know the sovereignty of God, the greatest love ever known.

LaJune Daricious Greenfield is down on her luck. A few months ago she had the most wonderful lifeor so she thought. From being a lawyer to enjoying time with her children, suddenly everything changes. Her husband leaves her and takes all the savings. Shes left jobless and with two young kids to feed, no food in the refrigerator, and not a dime in her bank account. So where does she go from here? Not Church as Usual is the touching and sincere chronicle of a woman trying to put everything back togetherwith a lot of help from God. A story based on faith, hope, and some hard work, it illustrates how even with good moral character, bad things can still happen. But by living life according to Christian values and principles, LaJune shows us how we can overcome these challenges and discover a new life that is full of joy, peace, and love. Good still triumphs over evil in this story, and even though the world can test our faith, God will always be there to show us the path forward through the darkness and the valleys in life. Because in the end we all deserve a new beginning, and God will provide it for uswe just have to trust in his ways.

Twiggle Wiggle and Squiggley Wiggley are the last two crawling caterpillars in the lost land of Cool-Pillars. Knowing they are the only hope to keep the butterflies from becoming extinct, Squiggley desperately searches for the Chrysalis Kingdom. During his search, he is captured and thrown into a dark cell. Twiggle Wiggle is more concerned with being beautiful and strutting with the Cool-Pillars than finding a kingdom that doesnt exist. But when she discovers her best friend has been taken prisoner, she puts her life in danger to save him. With Twiggles sacrifice, Squiggley discovers where the Chrysalis Kingdom is, but Mr. Cooley and his guards have surrounded the two friends and are closing in. No more butterflies! declares Mr. Cooley.

Sarah Nell Bonhoeffer, an American school teacher, was on an Italian vacation when things went terribly wrong and she became stranded in Italy.

Sadly, Christinas journey, and her childrens experience of being collateral damage, is not atypical. Kudos for her strength and bravery in putting her story out there as a cautionary tale for others. (Dr. Susan Weitzman, author, Not to People like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages). Christina Masks Nightmare is constructed around fragments from a life in agony as one woman attempts to escape abuse, retain her sanity, and regain the custody of three children the family court and her husband have taken from her. Its all herethe daily records over months, then years; the diary entries; the self-blame; the excuses; the shame; the absurdist dialogues with family therapists; marginalia from readings or lectures or religious texts; letters pleadings with judges and lawyers and evaluators; poems; letters to and from the children, real and imagined; the reports that put her claims of abuse in quotations; and so, so much more. These pieces are loosely joined by a narrative and an interior monologue that I sometimes found too much to bear. But then I realized I was scanning something akin to a Picasso painting, whose underlying truth lay not in what was on the page, not the fragments, but in the hope that put them out here, no more evident than in the endlessly reasonable letters Mask writes to intractable foes. Mask has cast her eye on what Yeats termed the broken, crumbling battlement of the self and lived to write it. As one director famously said about the sixty women and children crowded into her six-bedroom shelter, If they can manage this, they can manage anything. Christinas book gives us faith that she is right. (Evan Stark, PhD, MSW. The writer is professor emeritus at Rutgers University, and author of Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life [Oxford, 2007]).

It can be complicated to parent and meet the needs of children who have a gap in age. One child is playing with a toy car while the other is learning to drive a real one. For the mom starting over, it can be especially challenging to get back into baby mode after enjoying the freedom of self-sufficient children, yet it can be done! In this book, you will find eight practical, time-tested tips to help any mom juggle their day-to-day responsibilities, especially those raising children with an age gap.

Many Christians dont realize that God intended for prayer to be part of the armor of God as our long-range weapon against Satans darts. A Prayer Warrior After Gods Own Heart gives practical advice on how to become not just a Christian who prays but also a mighty prayer warrior for God. Just as civilians are protected by a relatively few number of trained soldiers, most people in the body of Christ dont take the time to pray as they ought. It then falls on those who wish to be part of the elite and Gods special forces to rise to the challenge.

Whispers Etched in Stone is a remarkable anthology of poems of varied, subtly different, yet simple reflections and personal thoughts on love, life, and faith. Elisa Morellis ardent wish is to share with others, through poetry, her understanding of goodness in its many forms. And to help others to know why we believe the way we believe.

Nana and Kevie decide to go fishing one day. Then Kevie finds out if she closes her eyes and makes a wish, magical things begin to happen. This book is a lovely story that shows the relationship between a child and her grandparent and the special time they share together. It is a gentle reminder that it is not always about the things you might do together but, more importantly, about that special person who sits right beside you to brighten your day.

Our daughter, when pregnant with her second child, was concerned her son didn't want to become a big brother. This sparked a thought about bluebird-brood behavior, and this book was born.