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True Stories Of People In Recovery
$16.99Do you struggle with a hurt, addiction, or compulsive behavior?
GOOD NEWS: There is hope for a solution!
True Stories of People in Recovery: Finding Healing from Life’s Hurts, Addictions, and Compulsive Behaviors shares how thirteen people who were in the pit of despair found freedom and now live abundant lives. Some struggled with addiction, others with depression and suicidal thoughts, some with codependency. All share a common solution: a real, passionate love relationship with Jesus Christ. By following their examples, you too can:
*Break out of denial and find ultimate healing
*Build new, healthy relationships and restore broken ones
*Discover your true purpose through a love relationship with Jesus Christ
*Live the honest, authentic, abundant life
*Experience the joy of helping others as you share your experience, strength, and hopeAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Securely Held : Finding Significance And Security In The Shelter Of God’s E
$18.99Experience freedom from approval seeking and deepen your security in God.
A mental and physical health crisis left a pastor’s wife exhausted, desperate, and feeling disqualified for service. Cheryl needed a place of rest from her striving for the approval of others. As she laid down her burden of people pleasing, she found her security and significance in God.
*Learn to live as one accepted by your heavenly Father through the finished work of Christ.
*Walk in new freedom to live and truly love God and others through practical biblical teaching.
*Experience the kinship of the testimonies of other women who have experienced finding their identity in God.
*Discover your value and find rest from striving in God.
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Christmas At The Nativity
$17.95“The nativity scene is like a living Gospel rising up from the pages of sacred Scripture. As we contemplate the Christmas story, we are invited to set out on a spiritual journey, drawn by the humility of the God who became man in order to encounter every man and woman. We come to realize that so great is his love for us that he became one of us, so that we in turn might become one with him.” Pope Francis
On the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s original nativity, Pope Francis gives to the world this stirring call to come to the manger and encounter Christ anew.
Written with his beloved down to earth style, Pope Francis tells the story of Christmas through the lens of the different characters of the Nativity scene. This book, in English for the first time, is destined to be a perennial Christmas classic.
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Wounded Heart Healed Spirit
$15.99This is the true story of how a beaten and bruised twelve-year-old girl escaped the violent abuse of her alcoholic father to become a bold, victorious ambassador for Jesus Christ. In these candid reflections, author Carol Carley shares how the power of God transformed tragedy into triumph.
If you find yourself completely happy, living an unremarkable and predictable life as a Christian, and if you doubt whether miracles still happen, or whether you can get to know God in a deeper and more personal way, there’s no reason to open this book.
But if you dare to believe that your faith can become exhilarating, that you can be intimately guided by the Holy Spirit, and that God can heal your past and empower you to overcome the chaos and challenges, this book will help you explore those possibilities.
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Good The God And The Ugly
$18.00Married to a Prophet: A Glimpse at the Prophetic Life in Action
At just twelve years of age, Kathy met Kris, age fifteen, and for her it was love at first sight. Before her lay the adventure of doing life with a man who would become an influential prophetic leader; raising children while being part of one of the largest Spirit-filled networks on the globe; and her own position of leadership, sparking a movement with her husband that has impacted much of the world.
In this unfiltered, messy and transparent narrative, Kathy Vallotton, a Bethel Church matriarch, traces her life with Kris as she recounts their early married life, his heart-wrenching nervous breakdown, stressful financial setbacks, the jarring experience of living with a prophet, learning to develop a healthy Kingdom culture at home–and how she grew to trust God in the midst of it. You will love her vulnerability, and will grow along with her as you read her hilarious and touching account.
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Most Important Lesson
$14.99What’s the most important lesson you have ever learned?
It took almost fifty-seven years for me to learn The Most Important Lesson-and it changed my life forever. It wasn’t until I suffered a cardiac arrest, was clinically dead for five minutes, and had a profound death experience that I finally realized I had been missing the mark most of my life.
I’m here, thanks to God’s mercy, to share with you the lesson I learned. This lesson is for everyone. And the earlier this lesson is learned and applied, the better!
Don’t waste time like I did. Get started now! You’ll be glad you did.
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Big Brain Bible Games
$16.99Ready to test your knowledge of Scripture and learn more of God’s Word? Then you’re ready for Big Brain Bible Games!
From Guinness World Records Puzzle Master Timothy E. Parker, this brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia, and brain teasers is sure to provide hours of entertainment. The hundreds of games include:
* word searches
* true or false
* word scrambles
* anagrams
* fill in the blanks
* and moreThere’s no better way to combine fun, relaxation, and education than with games.
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Imagine The God Of Heaven
$17.99Millions of people around the world have reported a near-death experience. Do they prove the existence of a loving God?
Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world who have been brought back from clinical death. Modern medical resuscitation and digital communication have revealed a goldmine of intriguing near-death experiences (NDEs) that show us the character of God. John Burke has spent the last three decades studying the commonalities of more than 1000 NDEs. His investigative journey started as a skeptical agnostic, when his own father was dying from cancer. When he first read these eyewitness accounts, he couldn’t help asking himself: “Could this be real evidence–even possible proof of God’s existence?”
In this book, you will discover:
*Analysis of 1000+ near-death experiences and how they reveal the wondrous attributes of God and correlate with the Bible
*Follow up research to Burke’s exploration of the afterlife, Imagine Heaven, a New York Times best-seller of over 1 million copies
*True stories from nearly 70 people from every continent who have died, been resuscitated, and now testify to having been more alive than ever in the presence of a loving God they never wanted to leave
*People of all ethnicities and backgrounds-including doctors, engineers, and CEO-experience the same God.
John Burke unveils the love story and characteristics of this God of all nations, revealed throughout history and in Scripture, now illustrated by these thrilling encounters. You will realize God’s love, power, compassion, friendship, and guidance are closer than you could ever imagine. And for such a time as this, people need to know a loving God is within their reach.
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Longing To Belong
$19.99Growing up in the only Korean family in a Minnesota town, Michelle Lee-Barnewall has felt the pain of racial discrimination and the resulting identity confusion that follows. Through the telling of her personal story, she seeks to transcend the current divide between those who emphasize social justice concerns and those who believe these concerns compromise the core of the gospel.
A Longing to Belong integrates a biblical worldview and personal experience on the topic of race and race relations. Lee-Barnewall writes as both a New Testament scholar and an Asian American who has personally experienced what it means to be racially marginalized, seeking to filter those experiences through the lens of the New Testament and what it has to say to us today about our Christian calling and our identity in Christ as a member of his body.
A Longing to Belong spurs readers to consider what it means to live as racially distinctive people in a fallen world that abounds in misunderstanding and pain and is in desperate need of the gospel of grace, especially as manifested in the redeemed Christian community. This memoir extends the discussion beyond academic discussion of race relations and personal narratives by demonstrating how theology and experience are necessarily intertwined and mutually contribute to our understanding of race and our relationships with each other. Rather than arguing for one “side,” Lee-Barnewall shares examples rooted in her own experience in light of an overarching kingdom theology.
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15 Ways To Live Longer And Healthier (Large Type)
$38.00#1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen shares his best wisdom on the simple choices we can make each day to live longer, happier, and healthier lives.
What if a healthy, abundant, joyful, faith-filled life is within reach? What if you could increase your energy, vitality, and happiness, and stop dragging through the day, living discouraged and depressed, and settling for less than the life you want?
In 15 Ways to Live Longer and Healthier, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen, with his trademark wisdom and encouragement, helps you to discover greater success, stronger relationships, tame stress, and find real happiness. He shows that the key to good health, longevity, and abundance is to keep your soul healthy by focusing on your attitude, your thoughts, and your emotional well-being. In this book, he shows you how to:
*Stay positive toward yourself;
*Deal with difficult people;
*Let go of control;
*Choose to be happy;
*Unclutter your mind;
*Live in the present;
*Tame the tongue; and
*Take care of yourself.Start today to make a real change that lasts. Not just for a week, a month, or a year but for the rest of your life.
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2nd Chance Horses
$15.99From miniature donkeys to enormous draft horses, from regal Arabian stallions to sassy Shetland ponies, horses and other equines bring us delight and comfort whenever we encounter them. Even more so, perhaps, when humans and horses are brought together through a rescue. Whether someone has started a rescue ranch on purpose or circumstances align to match up the right horse with the right person, stories of second chances warm our hearts and restore our hope.
This emotional and inspiring collection of true stories introduces you to a pony who helps a little girl get over her fear of riding, a donkey who discovers his purpose protecting vulnerable lambs, blind horses who teach their human about courage, and even a pony who somehow figures out how to drive a golf cart. By turns humorous and heartwarming, these delightful tales are the perfect companion for those times you long to slow down, take a load off, and enjoy the ride.
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All My Hope
$44.98Julie knew she could spend the rest of her life in prison if she were caught crossing the border with four pounds of methamphetamine duct-taped around her waist. But life had become so overwhelming, so painful, that she no longer cared if she lived or died. So she crossed over the border. And with her arrest as a drug smuggler that day, her years of running from responsibility–and from God–came to an end.
Through one miraculous event after another, God transformed Julie from drug dealer to Hope Dealer. Read her story now as Julie Seals unveils her extraordinary journey of overcoming a 17-year addiction to crystal meth and being transformed by the supernatural power of God.
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Habitat Of Healing
$41.65From trauma to triumph, Krissy Spivey tells her story of growing up in the church and being faced with unimaginable choices that would change the course of her life forever.
At eighteen years old she was baited by a stranger online, raped, and exploited. Months later, when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she chose abortion out of fear of judgement. She tells of her messy transition from religion to relationship after fourteen years of deep repression as a leader in the church. The Lord met her at her most vulnerable, unraveled her faulty identity of helpless victim, and invited her to dine with Him as a healed victor.
The Habitat of Healing is a gathering place for the broken to feast in the fullness of God. It is a fresh take on spiritual freedom that equips the reader with keys to unlock the mystery of the table that they were born to sit at. It is an invitation to be made whole in the Healer’s habitation.
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Near Death Experiences
$44.98If you have ever been curious about life beyond the grave, if you’ve ever doubted whether Heaven really exists, Near Death Experiences is the powerful testimony of life beyond the veil that you’ve been waiting for.
In Near Death Experiences, Randy Kay and Shaun Tabatt have collected fascinating stories of near-death experiences and afterlife encounters from ordinary people who have visited Heaven. Each of these brief accounts paints a clear picture of what heaven is really like and the radical life-changing experiences from those who have stood in the presence of Jesus.
These supernatural accounts of the afterlife will:
*Confront misconceptions about God and Heaven
*Impart the healing love of the Father
*Offer a Heavenly perspective on earthly trials
*Bestow hope to those grieving the loss of loved ones
*Portray the activity of Heaven and its direct effect on your daily lifeDon’t spend another day in confusion or uncertainty. In Near Death Experiences, you will find the afterlife answers, Heavenly hope, and eternal encouragement that you have been seeking.
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Days Journey : Stories Of Hope And Death-Defying Joy
$16.99How Do You Make Each Day of Your Brief Life Count?
Tim Keesee spent years crisscrossing the globe, documenting the gospel’s advance in regions of war and persecution through his writing and films. But double blows from terminal cancer diagnoses in 2019 and 2021 brought his travels to a halt.
In A Day’s Journey, Tim takes up his pen to write dispatches from a smaller, more intimate world. He writes of Christian brothers and sisters who have taught him so much about a day well spent: the way they work and worship, the way they pray and sing, the way they love their neighbors and their enemies, even when beaten black and blue for the sake of Christ.
In this book you’ll have the privilege to walk with Tim through days of pain and hard questions, but also days of grace, wonder, and death-defying joy. Poignant, inspiring, and beautifully written, these stories model the courage we need, the joy we have, the gospel we love, the cross we bear, and the hope we embrace until faith becomes sight.
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Deep Down Things
$19.99There’s no escaping it: everyone experiences seasons of pain and despair.
In 2019, when Amber Haines resigned from her position as church curate and walked out the church doors for the last time, she entered her own season of pain and despair. That season taught her–and her husband, Seth Haines–that the journey toward hope starts with recognizing “the deep down things.”
In The Deep Down Things, Amber and Seth point to a simple truth: even in the darkest times, there are tangible signs of hope all around us. The authors demonstrate how tasting, touching, feeling, holding, and participating in these tangible acts of hope picks us up, builds our strength, and moves us into beauty, even in times of despair. They invite readers to participate with those signs of hope and thereby experience the divine love of God, even in the struggle of their everyday lives.
A lifeline for those who desperately need it, this book helps readers overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world.
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I Didnt Survive
$18.99It’s hard enough having a painful secret that you are terrified of sharing.
It’s even harder when you find yourself in the international limelight as the advocate wife of a Christian hero imprisoned for his faith.
The worst part is fearing that, if you did share this secret, it might devastate the lives of your family and close friends, alienate tens of thousands of active supporters, and cause persecuted people around the world to become even more vulnerable.
Naghmeh Abedini Panahi lived in constant tension from the irreconcilable realities playing out in her own life, in her family life, in the conduct of others, and on the worldwide stage as she interacted with power brokers and well-known religious leaders. Tension involving:
*Steadfastly honoring God versus being carried away by the tide of circumstances
*Personal reality versus public persona
*Genuine faith versus hypocritical religion
*Truth and caring versus the end justifying the means
*Obedience to God versus loyalty to othersFor Naghmeh, it all came to a breaking point, and the only way through it was to die. Not physically, but in experiencing a death and rebirth in her understanding of God, her faith, and her identity as a woman. “I can’t tell you how I was able to make it through, because I didn’t,” she writes. “Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, the new me emerged from the catastrophe of my marriage.”
I Didn’t Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse is Naghmeh’s firsthand story, which takes you from war-torn Tehran to the quiet Midwestern U.S. to the halls of power in Washington D.C. It vividly describes the Islamic upbringing that shaped her, her unexpected conversion to Christianity, and the events that led to her marriage to Saeed Abedini, a magnetic pastor in the Iranian underground church. The book details Saeed’s arrest and imprisonment for preaching the gospel, her fateful decision to share the truth about her husband, her betrayal and abandonment by former supporters, and the new life of advocacy for women that has arisen from the brokenness.
Through the pain, abuse, and loss, Naghmeh clearly demonstrates what it means for us to find our true identity in God, discover the protective care God has for His children, and participate in sharing the love and healing He desires to bring to the world.
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Lazarus And Me
$19.99Have you ever wondered what happened to Lazarus after Jesus resurrected him from death? Lazarus was given an extension of life and time spent on earth.
Do you think Lazarus lived a drastically different life after his resurrection?
Would you think and live differently if you were given such an opportunity?
Dr. Asher Chanan-Khan, a world-renowned cancer researcher and clinical oncologist, experienced such a “Lazarus moment” in his very own life when his terminal cancer was miraculously paused, rendering him an extension of life. Now, 15 years later, Dr. Asher ponders upon his living in these “Lazarus moments.”
Discover how you too can learn about God’s grace in the face of imminent mortality and how the author’s journey in these extended moments of life are purposefully designed to bring glory to his Creator.
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All My Hope
$18.99Julie knew she could spend the rest of her life in prison if she were caught crossing the border with four pounds of methamphetamine duct-taped around her waist. But life had become so overwhelming, so painful, that she no longer cared if she lived or died. So she crossed over the border. And with her arrest as a drug smuggler that day, her years of running from responsibility–and from God–came to an end.
Through one miraculous event after another, God transformed Julie from drug dealer to Hope Dealer. Read her story now as Julie Seals unveils her extraordinary journey of overcoming a 17-year addiction to crystal meth and being transformed by the supernatural power of God.
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Habitat Of Healing
$13.99From trauma to triumph, Krissy Spivey tells her story of growing up in the church and being faced with unimaginable choices that would change the course of her life forever.
At eighteen years old she was baited by a stranger online, raped, and exploited. Months later, when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she chose abortion out of fear of judgement. She tells of her messy transition from religion to relationship after fourteen years of deep repression as a leader in the church. The Lord met her at her most vulnerable, unraveled her faulty identity of helpless victim, and invited her to dine with Him as a healed victor.
The Habitat of Healing is a gathering place for the broken to feast in the fullness of God. It is a fresh take on spiritual freedom that equips the reader with keys to unlock the mystery of the table that they were born to sit at. It is an invitation to be made whole in the Healer’s habitation.
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Christmas Miracles : True Stories From The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
$19.00Give the wonderful gift of Christmas with #1New York Timesbestselling author Karen Kingsbury’s classic collection of true tales, now updated with a new story.
We have all experienced miracles. An incredible chance encounter that changes everything…help that suddenly appears from nowhere…kindness handed to us when it is least expected. In Christmas Miracles, Karen Kingsbury presents real-life stories about people whose lives were changed by the wonder of Christmas.
Every December we look back and marvel at the design of God and see His fingerprints at work in our lives over the past year. Then, with hearts full of hope, we wait in expectation for the miracle of that holy, silent night.
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Charlie Browns Christmas Miracle
$29.00Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made it on to television.
Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate broadcast of the Christmas special–given its incredibly tight five-month production schedule and the decidedly unfavorable reception it received by the skeptical network executives who first screened it–was nothing short of a miracle. Keane explains why the show, despite its technical shortcomings, has become an uplifting and enduring triumph embraced by millions of families every Christmas season, even more than fifty years after its premiere.
This gripping and joyful behind-the-scenes story of how the creators of A Charlie Brown Christmas struggled to bring the program to life will also help readers (and loyal fans) understand how America’s favorite Christmas special changed our popular culture forever. Keane masterfully weaves the momentous events of 1965 (the turbulent year of the program’s production) into his story, providing critical context for a profound new understanding of the program’s famous climactic scene, Linus’s spot-lit soliloquy answering the question repeatedly posed by Charlie Brown–“Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?”
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Learning To Be
$19.99Juanita called it “The Crash.”
Her counselor labeled it “a major depressive episode.” Others called it a nervous breakdown. On the spiritual front, it was a dark night of the soul.
This experience landed Juanita, a busy pastor, mother, and community leader, in bed. When everything in her life finally came to a stop, she found that she had to learn to be-with herself and with God-all over again.
If you are longing for a trustworthy companion through your dark days, this book is here for you. Each chapter includes life-giving spiritual practices to help you discover your own new ways of being.
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Superchef Family Cookbook
$19.99This is the cookbook your family has been waiting for!
*The SuperChef Family Cookbook is more than a superhero-themed family cookbook-It’s two books in one!
*The story of rising Food Network star Darnell SuperChef Ferguson’s life
A cookbook of favorite family recipes written by SuperChef himselfThe biographical introduction, loaded with full-color illustrations, provides motivational content that helps children learn how to be a superhero for Christ. It follows Darnell’s journey from a little boy playing sports with his family and friends in Philadelphia to culinary school, the Olympic cooking team, his eventual fall from grace into trouble with the law, and his life-saving decision to put his whole self into God’s hands. His story then goes on…
The second, bigger section of the book is jam-packed with creative and approachable recipes that the entire family will love-to cook as well as to eat! Culinary tips and techniques will be featured to help children learn to be a super chef like Darnell. This first book features information about knife-cutting techniques as well as safety in the kitchen. There are even QR codes that will take kids to online videos showing Darnell demonstrating the techniques and sharing other inspirational helps.
Accompanying children in their culinary journey is Little Super, a character from Ferguson’s Becoming Super comic book. Little Super will add his own feedback about the recipes and techniques children (and their parents!) will be experiencing together.
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Hearts Of Fire 2
$17.99Shortly after Tamara and her husband moved to the city of Isfara, Tajikistan, a delegation of Muslim women paid her a visit. After welcoming the women into her home, Tamara realized their visit was not a friendly one. The women knew she and her husband were sharing the gospel and declared the two needed to leave the city. Christians–especially those who would share their faith with Muslims–were not welcome. While Tamara heard their message, she did not fully understand the danger she and her husband were in. Tamara is one of twelve courageous women you will meet in this follow-up to Hearts of Fire. From the Colombian evangelist on the run for witnessing to guerrilla fighters, to the American woman who publicly forgave the Islamic extremists who gunned down her husband on the streets of Benghazi, Libya, these women’s lives were turned upside down when they obeyed the words of Christ. However, each embraced the hope found only in the unshakeable eternal kingdom of Jesus Christ our Lord. In addition to these twelve stories, you will also read the testimonies of eleven women who share how God strengthened them and provided for them when their earthly kingdom was shaken as they served Him. For more than 50 years, The Voice of the Martyrs has shared the stories of courageous Christians in the world’s most difficult and dangerous places to follow Christ. This new volume brings you true stories of courageous women, heroes of the faith, who represent countless others facing similar trials today. These role models of faith and obedience will inspire you to pursue Christ with heart aflame, no matter the cost!
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Near Death Experiences
$19.99If you have ever been curious about life beyond the grave, if you’ve ever doubted whether Heaven really exists, Near Death Experiences is the powerful testimony of life beyond the veil that you’ve been waiting for.
In Near Death Experiences, Randy Kay and Shaun Tabatt have collected fascinating stories of near-death experiences and afterlife encounters from ordinary people who have visited Heaven. Each of these brief accounts paints a clear picture of what heaven is really like and the radical life-changing experiences from those who have stood in the presence of Jesus.
These supernatural accounts of the afterlife will:
*Confront misconceptions about God and Heaven
*Impart the healing love of the Father
*Offer a Heavenly perspective on earthly trials
*Bestow hope to those grieving the loss of loved ones
*Portray the activity of Heaven and its direct effect on your daily lifeDon’t spend another day in confusion or uncertainty. In Near Death Experiences, you will find the afterlife answers, Heavenly hope, and eternal encouragement that you have been seeking.
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Bonus Trivia Bible Word Searches Easy To Read Large Print
$7.99What’s better than a Bible word search puzzle?
A Bible word search puzzle containing a hidden Bible trivia question!
Here’s a collection of nearly 50 large print Bible word searches, with every search word drawn from the beloved King James Version of scripture. Hundreds of words will challenge your search skills–and the leftover letters spell out trivia questions to test your biblical knowledge.
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is packed with fascinating people, places, and stories–and Bonus Trivia Bible Word Searches Large Print will introduce (or reintroduce) you to many of them. You’re sure to learn something new as you enjoy these puzzles and trivia questions.
Perfect for rainy days, quiet evenings, waiting rooms, or road trips, Bonus Trivia Bible Word Searches Large Print is the perfect way to pass time.
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How To Know A Person
$30.00NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives–from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain
As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen–to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”
And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?
Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.
The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them, and in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.
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Where Do I Go From Here
$17.99Do you feel stuck? Unsure of how to get your life on track? You are not alone!
With all the current social challenges facing individuals today, it isn’t unusual to feel stuck. We long to move toward health, freedom, and life, but we are unsure how to get there. This new edition of Dr. Trent’s popular book LifeMapping sees him joined by his daughter, Kari Trent Stageberg. Together they provide an effective method to help everyday people learn to navigate the many detours and distractions impacting their careers, families, and ministries so that they can build a more positive life plan for the future.
LifeMapping(R) is a powerful tool developed by Dr. John Trent that teaches people a creative device called “storyboarding.” It helps us gather key pictures and events of our own life stories. Utilizing the biblical truth that Jesus can and does change our pictures and bring us new capacities, it helps us lay out a map toward an even more positive future.
Specifically, you’ll learn how to:*create a clear path to close relationships;
*turn many pieces into masterpieces;
*recognize your strengths, successes, and acceptance levels as well as your emotional freeze points and your individual flash points;
*live authentically instead of constantly worrying about your image;
*storyboard your positive life plan;
*practice learned hopefulness; and much more!
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Ways Of The Leader
$16.99Leaders: Are you feeling overwhelmed in this post-pandemic world? The one-size-fits-all approaches no longer work. You need creative strategies based on godly wisdom that bring people together and break new ground.
In The Ways of the Leader, Bill Mowry unpacks four competencies for everyday leaders in churches, ministries, communities, and businesses. To generate wisdom as a leader, you must become a:
*lifelong learner who views your life and leadership as God’s classroom for discovery;
*collaborator who engages people to explore, create, and implement new approaches;
*cultural detective who examines assumptions and values where you lead and live; and
*ministry innovator who discovers solutions that are crafted to the specific needs of your community.Rise up against the chaos of today as you nurture the wisdom to choose what is good (what brings life and nourishes people) and right (what is just and fair) and impact those right where you are with practical solutions.
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Finding Grace : The Inspiring True Story Of Therapy Dogs Bringing Comfort,
$17.99A powerful true story of what God can do through a willing heart and a wagging tail
After a devastating series of personal losses, Larry Randolph finally had things under control. Then one morning while praying, he felt God speak two simple words to his heart: “Therapy dogs.”
There was only one problem. Larry didn’t have a dog, and hadn’t since the loss of his beloved basset hound, Gus. Why would God say that? Could Larry even open himself up to loving a dog again? He had far more questions than answers.
But then came Grace.
Together, Larry and his beloved yellow lab Gracie brought hope and healing to hundreds of sick and lonely people. But when Larry’s own life takes a shocking and terrifying turn, it’s up to Gracie to rescue Larry and his family too.
*Perfect for those looking for gifts for dog lovers and fans of animal stories
*Told with humor and heart
*Full of life lessons
*Includes photo galleryWritten by Jennifer Marshall Bleakley (Joey and Pawverbs) and Larry Randolph, Finding Grace is the inspiring true story of a man willing to take a leap of faith and the four-legged companions by his side.
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Beyond Pain Revised Edition
$17.95The challenges of pain are very real and they often seriously impact many areas of daily life. Besides the physical and emotional of chronic pain, personal questions of purpose, happiness, and God’s presence in our experience can be difficult to unravel. However, as many have found, the more we intentionally seek to deepen our spirituality and draw closer to God in prayer, action, and faith, the more we discover blessings that not only help us cope better with our physical and emotional pain but become stronger and more resilient in spirit and grace. In reaching for God, we are able to go beyond our pain and experience God’s amazing love and, ultimately find deep, abiding joy. But is this possible when pain is unrelenting? If so, how?
Drawing from the first edition of Beyond Pain: Job, Jesus, and Joy, this Revised Edition offers the story of Job and the example of Jesus Christ as inspiration for navigating the journey of chronic pain through its many levels toward greater spiritual insight, peace, and joy. New in this Revised Edition are Prayer Prompts that the individual reader can use to focus prayer and meditation, and fresh insights from scripture and personal experiences since the first edition’s publication more than 10 years ago. Also included are discussion questions that can be used in small group settings.
Beyond Pain: Job, Jesus, and Joy Revised Edition invites the person who suffers to find fresh inspiration in the story of Job, renewed hope in the life of Jesus, and in all things so light-filled and new, abundant and unending joy.
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Gift Of Joy And Hope
$17.99God is joyful. And He wants us to be full of joy, too.
The past few years have been extremely challenging, but even in dark times, the light of joy can shine bright.
True joy, says Pope Francis, is not a fleeting sentiment or a short-term solution to suffering; it springs from a solid hope that nothing and no one can take away.
A Gift of Joy and Hope is an invitation to embrace authentic beauty and a reminder to be open to encountering God, even in the midst of challenges. In this inspiring collection, Pope Francis encourages readers to change attitudes that exclude others; to reveal the deep dissatisfaction we all hide; and to overcome life’s challenges with courage and faith. He also challenges readers to hope without pessimism or doubt, to hope even in the midst of anxiety, to recognize the beauty all around us, and to let God show us how to deal with your doubts and fears.
This book aims to encourage readers to look outside themselves and believe that hope is still possible and that joy always has the last word.
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Meaning In The Moment
$19.99Life has its ups and downs, and it can feel like we’re always in the middle of a transition.
Whether it’s a painful end or a joyful beginning–or even an uncertain middle–theologian and minister Amy Davis Abdallah has found something that helps: rituals. In Meaning in the Moment, she shows why we need rituals to help survive and even thrive through various seasons of life.
Starting with the foundation that rituals are a core, and underexplored, part of Christian practice, Davis Abdallah draws from theology, psychology, and personal experiences in creating rituals for herself and others. She offers practical guidance for readers to create their own meaningful rituals, including three types requiring varying levels of planning and participation: right now, with friends, and at church.
Readers will emerge with fresh ways to bring their faith to life for themselves, their families, and their church communities–and ready to experience the transformative power of rituals. The book includes a foreword by W. David O. Taylor.
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Crowned With Glory
$17.99America was founded on the concept of the innate and inalienable rights of humankind. Many Christians see an echo of the imago Dei–that every human being carries the image of God–within those ideals. Yet these rights were systemically withheld from the Black and enslaved residents of this country for centuries. Through it all, Black people have proclaimed the truth of their dignity and personhood in powerful and profound ways.
Crowned with Glory collects many of the writings of these men and women, both familiar and lesser-known, to shine a light on what has always been there: an enormous movement of Black Americans demanding the liberty they were promised and deserved. With moving and insightful reflections on these oft-forgotten or suppressed voices, author Jasmine L. Holmes offers a hopeful and encouraging testament to the power of unrelenting cries for justice that will strike a chord with anyone looking for a robust Christian history of resistance.
If you want to understand how we got here, read this book. If you want to know where we go from here, read it again.
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Every Step Is Home
$20.00Globetrotting travel writer Lori Erickson has long searched for the sacred in locations and cultures far from home as well as in her beloved Iowa. But when the pandemic put both air travel and in-person worship off-limits, Lori and her husband hit the road with a camper in tow to discover spiritual sites and experiences in their own home country.
From the Serpent Mound of Ohio to the Redwoods of California-and, ultimately, by air to see natural wonders in Alaska and Hawaii-Erickson uncovers deep connections both to the lands that now make up the United States and to the elements that have had sacred meaning to people throughout history and across the globe. Through her profound, informative, and witty reflections on the power of stone, water, light, fire, and more, readers will discover new destinations in North America while deepening their own connection to spirit. Whether exploring national parks or visiting holy sites, this book makes for the perfect spiritual companion and guide.
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When Shift Happens
$17.99When circumstances in our life change, many of us are left feeling uncertain and uneasy. From pandemics to natural disasters, from personal traumas to workplace issues, we often find ourselves at a crossroads–hurting, blindsided, and confused about what to do.
Michelle McKinney Hammond knows all about life’s curveballs. She’s caught plenty of them. But when she was visiting England for some speaking engagements and the world suddenly went into lockdown mode because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was taken by surprise along with the rest of us. It was time for her to shift gears. Again.
Like a dear friend who’s been where you are now, Michelle offers a calming voice of reason in When Shift Happens: Say Yes to Your Next! Weaving stories from Scripture with tales from her own life, she offers heartfelt lessons, prayers, and reflection questions to help you embrace your next.
When Shift Happens will:
*Provide practical tools for navigating change
*Give you solid spiritual principles for dealing with life’s shifts
*Enable you to consider the value of mistakes
*Help you embrace change as opportunity
*Shift your perspective to expect the best as God redirects“Mindset is everything when confronted with unanticipated change,” Michelle notes. “You are never out of options unless you choose to be. Emerging cycles all point to one thing–whether you are ready or not, shift happens. It’s not the end. There’s always a next!”
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Hopeward : Gospel Grace For Weary Souls
$14.99Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matt 11:28)
Author Dai Hankey is a church planter in Wales and founder of Red Community, a Christian charity that fights human trafficking in Wales. Speaking from a personal experience of burnout, he comes alongside weary Christians to explore what it looks like in practice to really lean on Jesus and enjoy his rest.
This positive and encouraging book takes readers on a hopeward journey with Jesus from despondency to joy. They will discover how Jesus can restore and sustain them, and they will be re-energized to carry on serving him in a joyful and manageable way.
This is a great book to give Christians who feel weary, overwhelmed, stressed, or discouraged, or Christians who feel like stepping back from the things they are involved in at church.
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Teach Me To Feel
$16.99Many of us suppress our feelings because we’re worried they are ungodly. Others of us are so led by our emotions that we let them dominate everything, including our faith.
In these honest, personal and uplifting meditations on 24 selected psalms, Courtney Reissig looks at emotions we all experience, ranging from shame, anxiety, and anger through to gratitude, hope, and joy. For each, she shows how the psalms give us permission to acknowledge how we feel before God, and how they can help us to use those feelings productively and faithfully.
This inspiring book will give women a language to cry out to God in order to help them process their feelings, as well as help them to grow in their faith. Can be used as a daily devotion.
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Jumbo Bible Winter Word Games
$9.99Great for bad weather days, long cold nights, or any “I’m bored” moments
Perfect for kids ages 8 to 12, this book is jam-packed with Bible-based pencil-and-paper games to challenge and amuse, entertain and educate.
Here are scores of crosswords, word searches, acrostics, word scrambles, and more, each one based on a Bible passage or theme.
Looking for something fun to do? Sharpen your pencil and tackle Jumbo Bible Winter Word Games!
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All Is Calm All Is Bright
$17.99All is Calm, All is Bright focuses on the Prince of Peace and celebrates the Light of the World
Short devotionals beginning on December 1 take you from the Old Testament longing for the Messiah through the fulfillment of God’s promise in the story of Jesus’ birth found in the gospels.
Along the way, a day here and there spotlights traditions, songs of the season, and even Christmas movies.
Each day’s reading brings you one step nearer the heart of Christmas:
*Immanuel, God with us.
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Everything Is Not Fine
$19.99Sometimes the world knocks us flat on our butt.
We feel stretched further than we ever thought physically, emotionally, or spiritually possible. And though we are torn up inside, we feel like we need to keep our chin up and put a good face on things. So we pretend that everything is fine, even though it’s not.
Even in the hardest times, strength from God rises from deep in our soul to keep us going. In this honest, inspirational, and humorous book, Katie Schnack goes deep into the hard stuff of life with no sugar coating or toxic positivity to find sustenance she could not imagine. Faced with a child’s medical challenges in the midst of a global pandemic, having strength to get up in the morning and actually enjoy the day was so unlikely that she knew it had to come from God. Schnack’s plucky authenticity shows us how when life is complicated, self-compassion and humor can bring healing and life.
Everything Is (Not) Fine looks at the hard realities of life, but also gently reminds us of the good. Even in dark times, we can get glimpses of light.
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At Any Cost
$29.99Our persecuted Christian family members follow the Lord with a bold and costly faith. They joyfully face oppression, imprisonment and even death because Christ is worthy. In At Any Cost, you will see scenes of majesty and beauty in places where our brothers and sisters are advancing God’s eternal kingdom on some of the most difficult and dangerous mission fields on earth. May this visual journey inspire you to grow in fellowship with them and to deepen your commitment to Christ and his Great Commission–at any cost.
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Visiting Heaven : Heavenly Keys To A Life Without Limitations
$19.99I SPENT 3 DAYS IN HEAVEN… IT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER!
Driven by ambition, Dale Black’s entire life was fixated on personal success… until the day when everything changed. As the only survivor of a horrific plane crash, he encountered the spectacular glories of Heaven. After regaining consciousness, Dale made a supernatural physical recovery, and against all odds went on to become a jet pilot, aviation safety specialist and award-winning airline pilot instructor.
Today, he inspires people worldwide by sharing about the glories of Heaven and the love of God which he encountered during his life-changing visit to Heaven.
“Those who truly love God will love Heaven. Heaven is not meant to be an amusement park destination, but a purposeful lifestyle that is designed to bless and benefit all who reside there. In Heaven you fulfill your predestined purpose while being empowered by the Light and Life and Love of God which exudes from the Throne.”
Dale’s incredible story will stir a passion for eternity now as you…
*Gain clarity about how life continues on after death
*Understand God’s awesome plan for your life
*Discover how valuable your life really is
*Gain greater purpose and clarity today, in light of eternity
*Learn why the glories of Heaven help prepare you for the futureStrap in for the ride of your life as Dale Black shares his journey to Heaven. It changed him forever, and it’s sure to change you!
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How Far To The Promised Land
$28.42From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, Esau McCaulley shares a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope.
For much of his life, Esau McCaulley was taught to see himself as an exception: someone who, through hard work, faith, and determination, overcame childhood poverty, anti-Black racism, and an absent father to earn a job as a university professor and a life in the middle class.
But that narrative was called into question one night, when McCaulley answered the phone and learned that his father-whose absence defined his upbringing-died in a car crash. McCaulley was being asked to deliver his father’s eulogy, to make sense of his complicated legacy in a country that only accepts Black men on the condition that they are exceptional, hardworking, perfect.
The resulting effort sent McCaulley back through his family history, seeking to understand the community that shaped him. In these pages, we meet his great-grandmother Sophia, a tenant farmer born with the gift of prophecy who scraped together a life in Jim Crow Alabama; his mother, Laurie, who raised four kids alone in an era when single Black mothers were demonized as “welfare queens”; and a cast of family, friends, and neighbors who won small victories in a world built to swallow Black lives. With profound honesty and compassion, he raises questions that implicate us all: What does each person’s struggle to build a life teach us about what we owe each other? About what it means to be human?
How Far to the Promised Land is a thrilling and tender epic about being Black in America. It’s a book that questions our too-simple narratives about poverty and upward mobility; a book in which the people normally written out of the American Dream are given voice.
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Bible Diamond Puzzles Large Print
$7.99Bible crosswords and word searches just got a new member of the family. . .
Bible Diamond Puzzles are here!
If you love Bible word games, this brand-new puzzle will challenge and delight.
Diamond-shaped grids contain 16 letters that can be connected to spell words from the King James Version of scripture. Each puzzle provides four or five clues that the letters will solve. . .if you’re sharp enough to make the right connections!
Featuring elements of classic games like Scrabble and dominoes, this Bible Diamond Puzzles collection offers 70 games to engage your mind and spirit.
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Are We There Yet
$24.99Comedic and Inspirational memoir from the stand-up comic who coined the phrase “Happy Wife, Happy Life”.
Leave it to a comedian to find God through the Bible’s most depressing book.
For years, one of the funniest men in America was crying on the inside. Jeff Allen was a comedian with the lead role in a tragedy.Born into a tough working-class Chicago family, Allen fell into substance abuse at an early age, and his problems didn’t magically go away when he got married. In fact, with the arrival of two children, they intensified. The sense that his life was meaningless made his family life as dark and biting as his comedy.
But in his darkest moment, an unlikely encounter with the gloomiest book of the Bible set him on the path to salvation. The opening line of Ecclesiastes– “Meaningless, meaningless, all in life is meaningless”–resonated with him.
So he kept reading, and soon he discovered the Source of meaning. Eventually, Allen found himself with a revitalized marriage and a repurposed career.
If you have struggled to find meaning in your life, this book is for you.
With his trademark humor and unflinching honesty, Allen will point you to the only One who can answer the question, “Are we there yet?” You’ll know when you’ve arrived.
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Generous Lap : A Spirituality Of Grandparenting
$20.00In this charming and inspiring work, Kathy Coffey reflects on the spiritual dimensions of grandparenting–how this stage of life may expand our hearts, enlarge our humanity, put us in touch with fundamental aspects of our selves, and allow opportunities for a more generous and fruitful life.
She notes: “God uses this period in human life to transform us. The most cantankerous, self-absorbed jerks suddenly discover a sweeter side. The stern start spoiling relentlessly. The introverts pull out the photos, cute sayings, and stories. Those who thought their physical ailments were paralyzing sprint after the toddler heading for the street or hoist aging bodies up the jungle gym when a grandchild quails at the terrifying steepness of the slide. As ‘the child grows in wisdom, age, and grace, ‘ we get to marvel, and gradually grow into God’s loving self.
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Girl With The Special Shoes
$14.99Hilda’s family didn’t know she had muscular dystrophy. They just knew their preschooler was losing her ability to walk. But they were determined to find a cure.
Being disabled in Cameroon meant not only obstacles to transport, but visits to diviners and evangelists, threats of sexual assault, discrimination, and a crisis of faith. Despite the hardship Hilda has faced, her family’s unwavering support and God’s unwavering grace have helped her persevere to become a national broadcaster. Her inspiring triumph over adversity will give you hope, no matter how dark your trials. Walk a mile in Hilda’s shoes and learn how:
*She lost her mobility and found her purpose.
*A gutsy girl broke the glass ceiling of disability.
*People saw her broken body, but God saw a worthy vessel.
*She and her family searched for healing, but God had other plans.
*She didn’t need to stand to be outstanding.
*God was on the move when she was stuck.
*Her hope overcame hardship.The Girl with Special Shoes is the witty and heartfelt story of a family’s sacrificial love and a God who refashions pain into purpose.
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Attitude Is A Choice So Pick A Good One
$14.99A Positive Attitude Changes Everything
Author and leadership coach Bob Phillips has witnessed firsthand how choosing to face every day with a hopeful outlook is not only Christlike, but lifechanging! Though it’s easy to fall into a pattern of negative thinking, you can make small decisions every day to make a habit of looking on the bright side.
Inside Attitude Is a Choice–So Pick a Good One, you’ll find helpful tips, biblical truths, and inspiring quotes that reveal how a positive mentality toward life blesses you with perspective, motivation, and happiness. Inside, you’ll discover:
*exercises and actions that help you make optimism your default setting
*principles from Scripture that illuminate the hopeful mindset God wants you to have
*check points for evaluating your attitude and noting your progress towards positivityAttitude is a Choice–So Pick a Good One will move you towards growth in all areas of your life. Full of bite-sized wisdom and uplifting insights, this book will help you make lasting positive changes to how you approach each day.
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