Discover an exciting adventure waiting for you! It starts when you begin to have an intimate relationship with God. Learn to communicate personally with the Creator of the universe. You'll begin to discern the Lord's voice from other voices and your life will never be the same. 200 pages, softcover from YWAM.
Daily Guideposts: Your First Year of Motherhood is an encouraging daily devotional for the first 366 days of motherhood. Each day's one-page reading offers a nugget of practical faith, a Bible verse, and a prayer. The twenty moms and one dad you'll meet throughout the year have gone through what you are now experiencing. Take heart, laugh, and learn as they share tales of diaper changes, changing relationships with friends and family, and challenges in their prayer life.
Made to Crave is the missing link between a woman's desire to be healthy and the spiritual empowerment necessary to make that happen. The reality is we were made to crave. Craving isn't a bad thing. But we must realize God created us to crave more of him. Many of us have misplaced that craving by overindulging in physical pleasures instead of lasting spiritual satisfaction. If you are struggling with unhealthy eating habits, you can break the 'I'll start again Monday' cycle, and start feeling good about yourself today. Learn to stop beating yourself up over the numbers on the scale. Discover that your weight loss struggle isn't a curse but rather a blessing in the making, and replace justifications that lead to diet failure with empowering go-to scripts that lead to victory. You can reach your healthy weight goal -- and grow closer to God in the process. This is not a how-to book. This is not the latest and greatest dieting plan. This book is the necessary companion for you to use alongside whatever healthy lifestyle plan you choose. This is a book and Bible study to help you find the 'want to' in making healthy lifestyle choices.
Quality time between a mom and a daughter can be the greatest protection against the world's pressures for a girl to mature too quickly. Knowing this, Dannah Gresh, popular speaker and founder of the Secret Keeper Girl conferences, has developed a host of dating ideas to help moms invest the time needed to connect with their daughters. 8 Great Dates includes fun mother-daughter get-togethers for moms and their energetic 8-12 year-old daughters. Each date focuses on one topic surrounding beauty and modesty and is full of fun while at the same time imparting a life and faith-enhancing message.
After the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas participated in her first abortion procedure, she quit her job and walked across the road to join the Coalition for Life. In this heart-stopping personal drama, you'll discover how Abby Johnson's spiritual transformation instills hope and compassion into the political controversy surrounding this issue.
Want to grow closer to God and improve your health in just 21 days? Inspired by the Book of Daniel, blogger Gregory has a plan to help you do just that! Her biblical principles will change the way you view food, your body, and your relationship with the Creator. Includes recipes, devotional readings, and FAQs. 256 pages, softcover from Tyndale.
Perhaps one of the biggest issues all women face is their own insecurity. Beth Moore, one of today’s most admired and trusted Christian writers, wants women to be free from the insecurity trap. So Long, Insecurity will strike a chord with women everywhere, as Beth speaks truth into the lives of readers, showing them how to deal with their innermost fears, rediscover their God-given dignity, and develop a whole new perspective—a stronger sense of self. Women of all ages and backgrounds will resonate with this message of security and discover truths that will free them emotionally and spiritually and lead them to a better life as they walk with God.
It sounds contradictory---we're called to be God's friend and to fear him. As you embark on this life-changing adventure, you'll discover how to balance reverence and communion, embrace God's attitude toward sin, attain godly wisdom, fulfill your destiny, and more. This 20th-anniversary edition features new stories and illustrations, and a foreword by Jack Hayford.
Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible. In other words, boundaries define who we are and who we are not. Boundaries impact all areas of our lives: Physical boundaries help us determine who may touch us, mental boundaries give us the freedom to have our own thoughts, emotional boundaries help us to deal with our own emotions and spiritual boundaries help us to distinguish God's will from our own.
Realizing how hard it is to maintain a faith-based marriage in today's fast-paced culture, this encouraging book delivers "timeless truth in 10 minutes or less." This six-month devotional is divided into 26 themes - a different one for each week - that help couples come together each evening and stay connected to each other and their Lord.
she looked into my eyes and blinked hers slowly and deliberately, like a stroke victim, to show me that although she couldn't speak, she understood what I was saying to her. I stroked her hair softly. 'I know you're in there, honey,' I told her. 'We'll get you out.' Despite the horror of seeing fifteen-month-old Elizabeth slip away into autism, her mother knew that her bright little girl was still in there. When Elizabeth eventually learned to communicate, first by using a letterboard and later by typing, the poetry she wrote became proof of a glorious, life-affirming victory for this young girl and her family. I Am in Here is the spiritual journey of a mother and daughter who refuse to give up hope, who celebrate their victories, and who keep trying to move forward despite the obstacles. Although she cannot speak, Elizabeth writes poetry that shines a light on the inner world of autism and the world around us. That poetry and her mother's stirring storytelling combine in this inspirational book to proclaim that there is always a reason to take the next step forward-with hope.
