Verlag: Bethany House Publishers
It was the halo that caught her heart between beats and made her pause to take notice. When Alessi Moore drives her red Mustang convertible into town, she wonders if this could be the place she was meant to find, a place to settle down. But when her convertible and all she owns is stolen, she is filled with doubt.
Your emotions are not your enemy. They are a gift. Feelings are messy, and we all have different strategies to deal with them—usually controlling, avoiding, or indulging them. But what if you allowed yourself to follow your feelings in prayer instead of trying to run from them? In this must-listen collection of prayers and liturgies, spiritual director Anjuli Paschall helps you move from being stuck in your feelings to a place of peace by ● identifying and giving you words for every emotion—the good, the confusing, and the complicated—helping you name exactly what you feel ● offering you seventy-five prayers to pray—one for every feeling ● providing Scripture for every emotion Feel is a resource to guide you throughout your day and offer you hope, wisdom, and courage through some of the most challenging seasons of your life. Instead of navigating around your feelings, allow them to guide you toward healing, wholeness, and abiding connection with God. And then, you will begin to see how feelings are a doorway into intimacy with a Savior who loves you.Zum Buch
In the words of the creeds, the church is the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic body of Christ. Of those features, perhaps none is as misunderstood as the church's catholicity (that is, its universality)—because while the church is universal, it is also radically local, connected to a particular community or even found on a specific street corner. How might we reclaim the universality of the church without losing its local situatedness? In this Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture volume, pastor and theologian C. Ryan Fields offers a surprising solution: he turns to the Free Church tradition, those churches that are historically separate or "free" from state oversight. Juxtaposing the Free Church with its Episcopal counterpart, he argues that far from neglecting the catholicity of the church, the Free Church tradition can helpfully inform our understanding of the one body of Christ while remaining true to its local roots. Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, promotes evangelical contributions to systematic theology, seeking fresh understanding of Christian doctrine through creatively faithful engagement with Scripture in dialogue with church tradition.Zum Buch
You know her. Maybe you are her. The Most Put-Together Woman in the Room. Make no mistake, she never feels the most put-together. And she doesn't do it to make anyone else feel small. She walks in without a hair out of place, always delivering an A+ performance and relentlessly hard on herself, because she feels like that is the minimum standard she has to achieve just to be welcome in most rooms. Just to be invited to most tables. You would never know by looking at her the hard things she's had to overcome in her life. She succeeds, almost compulsively, in this urgent attempt to outrun her own muddy story. But she is walking around now, reduced to this burned-out, brittle, fragile, ashes-to-ashes version of herself. She is, at last, exhausted. When gold stars, highlight reels, and seeking approval from strangers are not enough, Mary Marantz assures you that you're already worthy and gives you permission to stop running. In this powerful, life-giving devotional, she shows you how to move from achieving, striving, and performing for your worth to the grace, freedom, and purpose that come from knowing that your identity and calling are determined by God. You are not in a race with anyone. Good things take time. And slow growth equals strong roots.Zum Buch
Spiritual language is often male-focused, overlooking the uniquely female experience. Author Shannon K. Evans believes our daughters deserve better. Evans wrote Feminist Prayers for My Daughter as a gift to mothers and women everywhere. It offers short prayers that affirm the unique challenges and embrace the natural abilities embodied by our daughters, young and old alike. Categories of prayers include embodiment, relationships, wholeness, justice, equality, and milestones. This book encompasses all of life from birth to death while imagining God in ways that resonate with the feminine experience. For mothers, grandmothers, mentors, and beyond, this prayer book provides a poignant and powerful path to both encounter God personally and seek the well-being of the daughters in our lives. It gives words to a mother's desires for her daughter in the modern world and breathes hope for a church that will give her equal power.Zum Buch
Reclaim the version of yourself that you once knew—the one with hopes and dreams, optimism and confidence. Then step into the best version of yourself—the one you haven’t met yet! Life throws so much at us. Disappointments, failures, challenges, and even devastating loss. In the process of living, we begin to feel so out of touch with ourselves that we no longer recognize ourselves. In the midst of all that we experience, we forget to remember that we cannot live an authentic life if we’ve forgotten who we truly are. Pastor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen wants us to know that God has promised us that He will recover what has been lost and fix what has been broken. He reminds us that we were create not just to survive but to live in full bloom But first, Joel says, we must come out of hiding and reclaim those parts of ourselves that have been withered by the fires of life. We must actively choose to lay aside the bitterness, the shame, the self-defeating messages we tell ourselves and then embrace, in faith, the vision of who and what we can become—the very best version of ourselves. Rich with scriptural teaching as well as personal testimonies that will uplift and enlighten, Rediscovering the Forgotten You is the reminder you need to help you rediscover and then become the person you were created to be. God has so much more in store for you when you remember the hopeful, positive you you once knew.Zum Buch
In a land on the brink of change, one woman must summon courage to claim the freedom she longs for. ~~ Born into slavery on a South Carolina plantation, Delphina’s quiet strength was shaped in hardship. As unrest spreads across the South and talk of secession stirs fear, she is torn from the only home she has known. Bennett, the disillusioned son of a plantation owner, carries her west, holding out the promise of freedom and new beginnings. ~~ But dreams shatter quickly. When Bennett dies suddenly, Delphina is left with nothing but her newborn daughter and the fear of being forced back into bondage. With no proof of marriage or freedom papers, she cannot protect herself—or her child. Hope arrives with the Shankel family, who welcome her despite society’s scorn. Survival demands more than shelter. Delphina must draw on her faith and resilience to carve a life beyond fear. ~~ Moses, a freedman marked by his own struggles, sees in Delphina a strength that humbles him. Though he has little, he offers loyalty, courage, and a love that could anchor them both—if she dares to trust it. Together, they face prejudice, loss, and the fragile beginnings of a new life, stitching hope into an uncertain world. ~~ Will Delphina find the courage to embrace love and freedom when both feel beyond reach? ~~ Inspirational Christmas Story - Christian Historical Romance - Standalone in the Discerning God’s Best series - Timeline: 1860–1861 ~~ Series order: Desire of My Heart; With All My Heart; Stitched on My Heart (novella); Matters of the Heart; Healing of the Heart; Written on My Heart; A Place to Belong (novella); Keeper of My Heart (preorder). FREE Prequel: Deep in My Heart @ website: HeidiGrayMcGill.Zum Buch
