Because He Saved Me


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Have you ever found yourself at a crossroads in life where you knew you werenaEUR(tm)t on the right course, but you didnaEUR(tm)t know how to choose the correct one? Or perhaps you feared that you were coming up upon treacherous terrain, yet you knew you werenaEUR(tm)t properly prepared to face it? Read one womanaEUR(tm)s journey through tragedy and how listening to GodaEUR(tm)s voice not only prepared her for it but also provided her the direction to complete GodaEUR(tm)s will throughout the trip. Because He Saved Me is an inspirational story detailing the importance of clearing out this worldaEUR(tm)s clutter to make room for the Holy TrinityaEUR(tm)s overwhelming power and His ability to guide us through impending adversities, ultimately leading us to the glorious eternity reserved only for ChristaEUR(tm)s church. This prevailing and motivating story centers around the miraculous survival of the authoraEUR(tm)s husband after he suffered a rare and generally fatal cardiac event. With the divine preparation received during the three months beforehand, the author was able to fully submit to the Holy Spirit and accomplish seemingly impossible feats during the emergency. Focusing on the emergency and the seven days spent in the hospital, as well as the three months before and after the miracle, it is fascinating to watch the story come full circle into a true modern-day miracle. Filled with undeniable numeric signs and scriptural guidance from God, angelic encounters, and a medical marvel, Because He Saved Me is certain to strengthen your faith and inspire you to seek GodaEUR(tm)s voice as you navigate your individual course through this world and into eternity. Sharing this story is not intended to gain the author any praise; rather, the sole intention is to praise God and spread His wondrous glory in an effort to win souls for heaven. To God be the glory; praise to above!




Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart


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“If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians. In Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart, J. D. shows that faulty ways of present- ing the gospel are a leading source of the confusion. Our presentations may not be heretical, but they are sometimes misleading. The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality. Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance, showing that salvation is a posture we take to the promise of God in Christ, a posture that begins at a certain point and is maintained for the rest of our lives. He also answers the tough questions about assurance: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation? Such issues are handled with respect to the theological rigors they require, but Greear never loses his pastoral sensitivity or a communication technique that makes this message teachable to a wide audience from teens to adults.




No More Faking Fine


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Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be. No More Faking Fine is your invitation to get honest with God through the life-giving language of lament. If you've ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it is to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. When life hurts, we often feel pressure--from others and ourselves--to keep it together, suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who lovingly invites us to give honest voice to our emotions when life hits hard. For most of her life, Esther Fleece Allen believed she could bypass the painful emotions of her broken past by shutting them down altogether. She was known as an achiever and an overcomer on the fast track to success. But in silencing her pain, she robbed herself of the opportunity to be healed. Maybe you've done the same. Esther's journey into healing began when she discovered that God has given us a real-world way to deal with raw emotions and an alternative to the coping mechanisms that end up causing more pain. It's called lament--the gut-level, honest prayer that God never ignores, never silences, and never wastes. No More Faking Fine is your permission to lament, taking you on a journey down the unexpected pathway to true intimacy with God. Drawing from careful biblical study and hard-won insight, Esther reveals how to use God's own language to come closer to him as he leads us through our pain to the light on the other side, teaching you that: We are robbing ourselves of a divine mystery and a divine intimacy when we pretend to have it all together God does not expect us to be perfect; instead, he meets us where we are There is hope beyond your heartache, disappointment, and grief Like Esther, you'll soon find that when one person stops faking fine, it gives everyone else permission to do the same.




Soul Songs


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Re-tune your heart to what God thinks and wants with these studies in the Psalms




Glorious Weakness


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As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself. In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit," Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps." She calls on readers to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God--instead, it is our very invitation to enter in. Anyone who has struggled with feeling inadequate, disillusioned, or just too broken will find hope. This message is an antidote to despair, helping readers reclaim the ways God is good, even when life is anything but.




I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die


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A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.




The Valley of Vision


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If Jesus Could Not Save Himself, How Would He Save Me?


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As the country recognizes the 101st birthday of former President Ronald Reagan, this memoir offers insight into a local Anglo-Protestant community in Westchester, California, that was but one grain of sand in a sea of change that led to the Reagan Revolution. In the early 1980s, this cohort of Anglo-Protestants reached out to neighborhood youngsters in a dedicated attempt to “save” them from hell. Julian Segura Camacho, a Mexican American teenager living in California at the time, soon found himself attending an all-white church, primarily upper class but still sprinkled with less fortunate ones. This Assembly of God church became a family and much like any relationship, Camacho found pleasure and anguish as different personalities played themselves out. As a member of this communal religious and racialized space, Camacho was able to see firsthand how the Reagan Revolution attracted those who felt the US was becoming too secular. Yet this book is not political; it is simply a story of a Mexican American boy engaged in a seven-year routine of bible study, youth and boy scout activities, and camping trips, along with sermons about the coming of Christ, and the evils of Darwinism.




NIrV, Kids' Devotional Bible, Hardcover


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With a year’s worth of devotions, the Kid’s Devotional Bible will help children develop a habit they’ll keep. Engaging questions, two-color illustrations, fun weekend activities, and a dictionary make this a Bible they’ll want to read and apply to their lives. It also includes the New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)---the NIV for KidsTM.




Remembering The Times (He Saved Me)


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Remembering the Times (He Saved Me) is a life story about the author. In this book she will become very transparent and very humble to tell her story. The bible says we are overcomers by the words of our testimony and the blood of the lamb. Well without tellin gher story she would still be bound and so would many others all around the globe. Read the heart of the author and be made whole.




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