From Pain To Prosperity

From Pain to Prosperity highlights the highs and lows of life and how they are expressed in our inner thoughts. There are moments we are on the mountain top and days were are in the lowest valley and in this book you see the thought of a young girl during those times

The turn of the millennium has stimulated much scholarly reflection on the historical significance of the twentieth century as a whole. Explaining the century’s dual legacy of progress and prosperity on one hand, and of world war, genocide, and mass destruction on the other, has become a key task for academics and policymakers alike. Not surprisingly, Germany holds a prominent position in the discussion. What does it mean for a society to be so closely identified with both inflicting and withstanding enormous suffering, as well as with promoting and enjoying unprecedented affluence? What did Germany’s experiences of misery and abundance, fear and security, destruction and reconstruction, trauma and rehabilitation have to do with one another? How has Germany been imagined and experienced as a country uniquely stamped by pain and prosperity? The contributors to this book engage these questions by reconsidering Germany’s recent past according to the themes of pain and prosperity, focusing on such topics as welfare policy, urban history, childbirth, medicine, racism, political ideology, consumerism, and nostalgia.

Pain Peace & Prosperity is a 3 part book series which details the extremely hard and complex upbringing of rapper/actor Brian "Saigon" Carenard. Saigon is mostly known for his recurring role on H.B.O.'s hit show Entourage; as well as being a legend in the NY underground Hip Hop scene for well over a decade. Before there were any film crews and music studios, there was project housing, poverty and years of being incarcerated that plagued Saigon's life. In this 3 part book series, he explains the source of the PAIN, that put him in search of the PEACE, that would ultimately lead to some PROSPERITY. This is the reality of the guy who duped Turtle on Entourage. The reality of the guy who has had multiple public fist fights with other famous rappers. The reality of the guy we seen on Love and Hip Hop NY struggling to co parent with the mother of his son. This is the 100% complete, real and honest, in his own words, GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD. It a most certainly a must READ...... Read and Review now.

What do you do when one day you return home and life as you knew it had changed forever? Well I can answer that, the only thing you can do is trust God to get you through it. Most people would probably not share the things that I'm going to share in this memoir. In fear of being judged or even embarrassed. I choose not to feel neither, I believe that what I experienced, many have experienced and refuse to talk about. I know God allowed me to get through the most difficult time in my life, so that I can speak to his people about it. So that they can be encouraged to go through what life throws at us and come out on the other side, whole, happy and healed. Don't get me wrong, it was challenging being so vulnerable, but I believe God wanted me that way so that I can reach the broken so that they can see his faithfulness. There were times that I did not think I would make it through this devastation, but I continued to trust God throughout the process.

How have millions of American Christians come to measure spiritual progress in terms of their financial status and physical well-being? How has the movement variously called Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It and Claim It, or simply prosperity gospel come to dominate much of our contemporary religious landscape? Kate Bowler's Blessed is the first book to fully explore the origins, unifying themes, and major figures of a burgeoning movement that now claims millions of followers in America. Bowler traces the roots of the prosperity gospel: from the touring mesmerists, metaphysical sages, pentecostal healers, business oracles, and princely prophets of the early 20th century; through mid-century positive thinkers like Norman Vincent Peale and revivalists like Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin; to today's hugely successful prosperity preachers. Bowler focuses on such contemporary figures as Creflo Dollar, pastor of Atlanta's 30,000-member World Changers Church International; Joel Osteen, known as "the smiling preacher," with a weekly audience of seven million; T. D. Jakes, named by Time magazine one of America's most influential new religious leaders; Joyce Meyer, evangelist and women's empowerment guru; and many others. At almost any moment, day or night, the American public can tune in to these preachers-on TV, radio, podcasts, and in their megachurches-to hear the message that God desires to bless them with wealth and health. Bowler offers an interpretive framework for scholars and general readers alike to understand the diverse expressions of Christian abundance as a cohesive movement bound by shared understandings and common goals.

"I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could not find it; I looked in books, but could not find it; I looked within, and found there both the cause and the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found the remedy. I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the Life of adjustment to that Law; one Truth, the truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient heart." James Allen's inquiry within became The Path of Prosperity, first published in 1901 and still valued today as a guiding light for people to find within themselves the source of success, happiness, and accomplishment.

A captivating first-person look at one of the world's most powerful prosperity dynasties that offers a unique perspective on greed, the Church, and the journey toward Truth. Millions desperate for hope and solutions are enticed by the promise of the prosperity gospel--that God will do whatever they need with just a little faith and a financial gift. All the while, prosperity preachers exploit the poor and needy to stockpile their riches. What can followers of the true gospel do to combat the deception? Through a remarkable and fascinating journey, Costi Hinn went from a next-generation prosperity preacher to the first to abandon the family faith and share the true gospel. Nephew of the world-famous televangelist, Benny Hinn, Costi had a front-row seat to the inner workings and theology of the prosperity gospel. But as Costi's faith deepened, so did his questions about prosperity teaching. As the deceptions in his past were exposed, Costi came face to face with the hypocrisy and devastation caused by his belief system, and the overwhelming truth about the real Jesus Christ. This captivating look into the daily lives of one of the world's leading prosperity dynasties offers a thoughtful perspective on the perils of greed, the power of the true gospel, and hope for the future of the global church. Through real-life stories, Costi challenges and equips readers to be living lights pointing the way to the true gospel and the saving grace of Christ. God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel will bolster your faith and encourage your own journey toward the Truth. Spanish edition also available.

Sarah Smith is your average twenty something living in London. Like many millennials flocking to London with big aspirations of finding love and big careers, Sarah seemingly managed to make one of her dreams come true. "Most twenty-five-year-olds with a hot live-in boyfriend would find much more intriguing ways to spend their nights than watching Netflix on the sofa till the early hours of the morning. But alas, that was not to be my life. It was either Netflix or lie awake in bed with my boyfriend asleep next to me, wondering what had happened to our relationship. I had chosen Netflix." When her relationship crumbles and her job as a receptionist at a high ranking newspaper is threatened, Sarah finds herself plummeting to rock bottom. On the verge of homelessness, Sarah conceded that there she had no other choice but to make that dreaded phone call, to her mother. "Cameron and I broke up," I mumbled. "I don't have anywhere else to go." I held my breath as I waited for her to respond. My stomach was in knots and I felt like I was my teenage self again, waiting to get a telling off for something I had done wrong. Back in her childhood room, in debt with redundancy looming, Sarah questions the choices she'd made that led her to where she was. But, when a girl had a spirited colleague in her corner and a chance encounter with the hot new CEO of the Mirror, Sarah slowly starts to realise that the best part of rock bottom was that the only way left, was up. She starts to wonder if there wasn't some sort of purpose to it all. She soon realises that maybe she had to lose the dead weight of her old life, so she could sour to the top of her new. Sarah's story reinforces to us all, the age old saying, that when life gives you lemons....you get out a big jug and make some lemonade.