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  Limping with God - Jacob & The...

  Chad Bird

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  When we look to the Bible for role models in our daily discipleship, we tend to think of Noah's obedience and David's bravery. Limping With God: Jacob and the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship posits that we can also look to Jacob.
  Jacob seems to be anything but a model disciple, though we can learn a lot from his journey.
  
  He's a trickster, liar, and selfishly ambitious man who fathers children with four women and leads a dysfunctional family rife with jealousy and backstabbing.
  
  But Jacob is also Israel, the namesake of the Old Testament community of God, chosen and blessed. As such, this sinner-saint, who limps along with the Lord, burdened by weakness and beset by problems, is the mirror image of all of us who follow Jesus.
  
  In Jacob's life we see our lives, our struggles, our failures, and most especially the God who loves us and chooses us as his own. As we explore his bio, from his wrangling in the womb with Esau to his death as an old man in Egypt, we will learn more about ourselves and the God who is with us and for us in Jesus the Messiah.
  
  From the author: "I have entitled this book Limping With God instead of Walking With God or Running With God, not because there would be anything wrong with those metaphors, but because, as Jacob limped away from his famous wrestling match with God, so we all get by on bum hips and bad knees. Following Jesus, we gimp our way down the dark and slippery paths of life. As we do, we discover, ironically, that the longer we follow him, the weaker we become, and the more we lean on our Lord. Finally, at our most mature, our eyes are opened to realize that we've never run or walked or even limped a single day of our lives.
  "We've been on Christ's shoulders the entire time."

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  Souvenirs of the Holy -...

  Laurie M. Brock

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  Connect with God, memories, and your deepest self through the simple stuff of life. In this indelible work of spiritual formation, Episcopal priest Laurie M. Brock invites listeners to contemplate ordinary things.  How might the sacred astonish us by showing up in everyday items? 
   
  Rocks. Cast iron skillets. Portraits. Calendars. Shoes. The regular objects of our lives can be conduits of God's love and grace—if we notice them. In Souvenirs of the Holy, Brock helps us see everyday items not merely as objects gathering dust but as keepsakes from the literal and spiritual journeys we have taken. With pastoral presence, humor, and poetic grace, she helps us tap into the unseen realms underneath the things we take for granted: a coin from our father holding complex yearnings for love, the scar on our arm speaking of survival, the quilt on the bed holding scraps we've inherited, the garden shears reminding us that pruning brings forth new life. 
   
  Join Brock on a journey of spiritual direction through everyday things, and discover the sacred in the ordinary. Reflect on the items in your life that connect you to a God who dwells within and beyond the material world. With creative ideas for praying with objects, this book is ideal for book clubs, church circles, and small groups seeking deeper, more tangible spiritual experiences.

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  The Reward of Good

  ShaykhPod Books

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  The following short book discusses some good characteristics and actions and their reward in both worlds. This discussion is based on Chapter 3 Alee Imran, Verses 130-136 of the Holy Quran: 
  “O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allah that you may be successful. And fear the Fire, which has been prepared for the disbelievers. And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy. And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden [Paradise] as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous. Who spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allah loves the doers of good. And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know. Those - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers.” 
     
  Implementing the lessons discussed will aid one to Adopt Positive Characteristics. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind and Body.

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  Church Culture - How to Assess...

  Yvette Thibodeaux, Jim Ozier

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  Learn to understand culture and implement positive change. 
   
   
   
  A church's culture is the launchpad for everything a church does, the starting point for every ministry. If the culture is "off," everything else will be out of kilter. Church Culture equips every pastor and leader with the tools necessary for culture change. Authors Ozier and Thibodeaux, both experts in this area of church leadership, teach the basic concepts so listeners can understand what culture is and why it's so crucial. Even more importantly, they provide a step-by-step process leaders can use to diagnose and gently shift the culture in their church. For some churches, wholesale change is in order, but most need only to make some crucial adjustments. The book provides a full set of tools for implementing the process in any setting. 
   
   
   
  The pastor's top priority is creating and maintaining the church's culture; Ozier and Thibodeaux make the tasks easy to understand and show leaders how to proceed capably and carefully.

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  Sandover Beach Week

  Emma St. Clair

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  When she said goodbye, she broke both their hearts. Is it too late to mend them? 
  Since Emily rejected Jimmy, her life has been a string of one disappointment after another. A girls’ beach trip seems like the perfect escape to reflect. The only problem: Sandover Island is the place Jimmy calls home. She just needs to avoid him for a week ... 
  When Jimmy’s fire station gets a call for an emergency rescue, the last person he expects to find in danger is Emily. Seeing her again forces him to confront old wounds, even as fresh new feelings begin to bloom. 
  She destroyed his heart once. Can he possibly trust her with it again? 
  Find love on the beach today with this sweet story of forgiveness, friendship, and faith!

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  A Sudden Romance - A...

  Rose Fresquez

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  She hates being defined by the wealth she was born into. He sees her for who she is. Can a guy from the wrong side of the tracks overcome his insecurities to offer an heiress his heart? 
  Architect Iris Stone designs fabulous buildings but can’t manage her love life. Even seemingly perfect dates end up collapsing. Her family insists she’s trying to build castles in the sky without laying any foundation. But that doesn’t stop them from choosing her to plan the next huge family event—something she’s not sure she can pull off solo. 
  Painfully shy chef Sabastian Diakos, is content working behind the scenes for the billionaire Stone family, even if most of what he does has nothing to do with his culinary skills. They’ve been more than generous. But if he accepts their offer to buy him his own restaurant, he’d never see Iris again. Not that she has any idea of his feelings. 
  When Sabastian overcomes his shyness to help her with the reunion, he shows her that love is found in unexpected places. Until another billionaire starts pursuing her. Now, Iris is falling for the quiet chef, but not sure what to think. All the years in their house, he’s never shown admiration for her. Could he be the real deal, or is she building castles in the sky again?

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