His Grace Is Enough

His Grace is Enough is a book written with the hope of helping Christians better understand the Grace, Love and Forgiveness that God provides to us. His Grace is Enough includes the personal testimony of how God's Grace has impacted his own life in a number of remarkable and extraordinary ways during the past fifteen years. The author believes that many Christians miss the blessing of these three very fundamental and important theological truths found in Scripture. Tom hopes that by writing His Grace is Enough, many more Christians will be able to take hold of and effectively apply those truths in their own lives, so they might have a much deeper appreciation of God's gift of Grace and a more meaningful relationship with Him and others. Thomas Bartel Scottsdale, Arizona 2007 Tom accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior in 1991. Since that time he has been involved in several areas of ministry including divorce recovery, divorce prevention, reconciliation, marriage preparation and evangelism. Tom was the founding Executive Director of the Arizona Alliance for Faith Based and Community Action in 2001. Tom has participated in a number of missions to South America, traveling to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to establish new Evangelical Bible churches in those countries. Tom graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2005 with a Master's in Theology, Biblical Studies, emphasis in Family and Pastoral Counseling. Tom has also developed a website ministry called savebyhisgrace.org for Evangelism Outreach. He presently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and attends Highlands Community Church there.

Can a fifteen-year-old girl, facing a bleak existence on her own, survive the rural life of 1868 Kansas? Join author Sherry Porter in her first book, His Grace Is Enough, as she shares the story of Carrie Nelson. When a terrible epidemic sweeps across the plains, bringing sickness and death to friends and neighbors, Carrie's own beloved parents fall victim. In a matter of days, she finds herself orphaned, desolate, and solely responsible for running the family farm. Although she was raised in a Christian home, Carrie quickly begins to question a God who would let her parents suffer and die. Can a kindly, thirty-year-old widower, with three young children of his own, help Carrie see that God is not the one who caused her grief, but is the one who can help her through it? This emotional and uplifting story will draw you in and tug at your heart. Experience the joys and sorrows of this disheartened young woman, as she learns the truth about our loving Father—that His Grace Is Enough.

This book of meditations has grown out of the Grace Radio Ministry Broadcast, which has aired for more than five years from 2005 to 2010. In the broadcast I would share words of encouragement, deliverance, and salvation in an effort to heal the hurting, direct the wavering and unsaved, and inspire the saints of God on this Christian journey to keep on keeping on. There is a calling upon my life to teach the Word and preach the Word of God, and I must be obedient to God, who has called me, so I pray, study, write, and teach to please God and help somebody. I thank God for Stephanie Ward, the announcer of Grace Radio Ministry, and Derrick Williams, media specialist, who are always waiting in the wings to assist me with recordings. I thank God for my pastor, Reverend Dr. Kenneth W. Jackson, who has recognized my calling and recommended me to teach at the United Theological Seminary of Houma. I enjoyed my two-year stay at the United Theological Seminary of Houma, and now on my pastor's recommendation I am presently an instructor at The Christian Bible College of Houma, Louisiana. Thank you, God, for Pastor Jackson. Just when my soul needed a revival, God used Pastor Jackson to recommend to the board of directors at Christian Bible College to hire me to teach. Thank you, Pastor Jackson, for being obedient to the voice of God.

The calling we all have and called to is not for the feint of heart, it is not for the self-powerful, not for the self-sufficient, not for the strong willed, but, for the one who rely on God's grace, for the one who yarn for more of God's sufficiency, for the one who gives God alone the Glory no matter what is achieved. With the current global situation, destabilization and civil unrest spreading sporadically, I have heard so many people say these are uncertain times. But I am propelled to let them know we do not live in uncertain times. Realistically, these are really certain times. These times are as certain as any time in all of human history, and the God of the universe laid out these times in great detail, point by point, and in fact, with all the details needed by His people to lives in times of absolute certainty! So no, to believers there's nothing uncertain about the times we live in

Don and Karen Clifford put God's promises to the test when they found themselves in storm after storm as they lost three small children to accidents and disease. These life-long Christians tell their inspiring story and share the lessons and insights they gained as they found God's grace to be sufficient. Here is what some Christian workers have to say about Grace Enough for Three. Few have experienced the sorrow of Don and Karen Clifford with the death of three small children at different times as well as two miscarriages. Most marriages do not survive such tragic events. Don and Karen are testimony to the biblical truth that God's grace is sufficient in the darkest hours of life. They are a joy filled couple faithfully serving the Lord. Their faith and faithfulness are an inspiration to others. When I read their story it became the seed for a series of messages on THE SUFFICIENT GRACE OF GOD. Their story will challenge you to overcome the difficulties in your life by trusting in God's sufficient grace. Dr. David Sheppard, Senior Pastor First Baptist Church St Charles, Mo. As I read "Grace Enough For Three," I was totally captivated, reading deep into the night and early mornings. "Grace" reads almost like fiction - but it most certainly isn't fiction. Don and Karen lived every moment of this fascinating and riveting story. In their lives, through their pain and oft times lack of understanding, they learned much about God's wonderful love and grace. Our thanks to Don and Karen for allowing us to be a part of their experience, for a look at how God can work in mysterious but marvelous ways in the lives of his children. Dr. M. Dale Allen Professor of Bible Missouri Baptist University

Illustrated, rhyming children’s book on the Christian message of God’s grace and forgiveness. This illustrated, rhyming book will help parents explain to children the unique and wonderful Christian message of God’s grace-that Jesus offers forgiveness and allows us to move on from our mistakes. It can be used to share the heart of the Christian faith with children or to remind them that Jesus is the person to run to when they mess up. Children will learn that God’s grace is enough to cleanse and change us every day, as the book itself says... My child, here’s the truth: From God, you can’t hide He sees what you’ve done He knows what’s inside But please don’t despair There’s good news, I say! Whatever you do God’s grace makes a way Yes, his grace is enough It’s so big and so free His grace is enough Both for you and for me This beautiful hardback book makes a great gift for children ages 3-6 and even beyond.

Come journey with me through the raw experiences of my personal testimony of finding beauty in brokenness. As you read the pages of this book, let your heart grasp the realness of its content. In that place, my heart learned to abide within the grace and mercy of God. The wilderness treatment brought enlightenment and deliverance within my heart. Many years had been spent trying to conform and even run within the opinions of others. The need for acceptance, approval and love drove me to 'the performance mode.' As you read through the chapters, you will see the joy of being delivered from being a 'stereo-typed' woman and minister. Who had believed that unless she walked, talked and aligned within the likeness of others opinions, she would never be used! This process brought me to the truth of having 'real' relationship with God, Yeshua and the Holy Spirit. The truth of perfect love, hope, peace and trust became a 'known' place within my heart, mind and even actions.

Everybody is destined to take this journey. Brothers, mothers, lawyers, teachers, spouses, pastors, children—each will come to a day when suddenly a loved one dies and the grief journey begins. This is a trip nobody looks forward to taking. It is a lonely, one-way road that must be traveled by placing one foot in front of the other. There are no shortcuts, U-turns, or express lanes. In the beginning, the road is so clouded over with emotions, we cannot see the end or how anything good can ever come from our loss. Fortunately, God can. Mourning Break offers hope through personal stories and scriptural guidance for how to move forward with life. You will be able to reflect on God’s Word as it applies just to you. Take a break from your grief, and be reminded that joy, indeed, comes in the mourning.