Hope 4 Today

4 DAYS A WEEK CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE "Too busy" is the number 1 reason people don't read their Bibles. "Too distracted" is number 2, even though 93 percent of Americans have 4 or more Bibles in their homes. Our media-driven culture keeps us from what could significantly change our lives-a relationship with God. Research from the Center for Bible Engagement shows that if you'll read the Bible only 4 days a week, you'll make better choices and positive changes in your life. But Christians who read the Bible less than 4 times a week lead lives that are statistically the same as unbelievers. Hope 4 Today is based on a 4-days-a-week schedule to help you revitalize your life. Endorsed by many influential leaders in Christianity today, Kathleen Cooke's short devotions will help you to seek God, grow in hope, share your faith, and stay connected to God in a distracted culture. Change your thinking from Bible-reading time to relationship-building time, and discover a vibrant, life-changing relationship with God. 4 days a week is all it takes.

Experience Jesus TodayTM, recently named the ECPA 2013 Christian Book Of The Year Jesus TodayTM was written during a very difficult time in Sarah Young's life. Yet the words of Scripture and Jesus' own Presence were ever near, bringing her hope and comfort for each new day. Whether you need a lifeline in your discouragement and hurts or are longing for a close intimate relationship with the Lord, you will delight in this new devotional book - a sequel to #1 bestselling Jesus Calling(R). It is written as if Jesus Himself is assuring you that He is in control, that He is good, and that a glorious future awaits all who anchor their hope in Him. Reaching out with peace-filled reminders of Jesus' Presence from the Word of God, these devotions will intimately, quietly connect you with Jesus, the One who meets you right where you are.

Hope for Today: Al-Anon's newest daily reader brings fresh insight and much-needed support to anyone affected by a loved one's addiction.

4 days a week can change your life "Too busy" is the number 1 reason people don't read their Bibles. "Too distracted" is number 2, even though 93 percent of Americans have 4 or more Bibles in their homes. Our media-driven culture keeps us from what could significantly change our lives--a relationship with God. Research from the Center for Bible Engagement shows that if you'll read the Bible only 4 days a week, you'll make better choices and positive changes in your life. But Christians who read the Bible less than 4 times a week lead lives that are statistically the same as unbelievers who never read Scripture. Hope 4 Today is based on a 4-day schedule to help you revitalize your life. Endorsed by many influential leaders in Christianity today, Kathleen Cooke's short devotions will help you to seek God, grow in hope, share your faith, and stay connected to God in a distracted culture. Change your thinking from Bible-reading time to relationship-building time, and discover a vibrant, life-changing relationship with God. 4 days a week is all it takes.

What is hope? Where does it come from? How can believers face the future with confidence—not with blind optimism, but deep trust in God’s plans? In Hope 4 You, First Place 4 Health National Director Carole Lewis examines the theme of hope as presented in God’s Word, and illustrates what hope is and is not through the real-life experiences of Carole and a number of her friends in the faith. Carole leads readers on an exploration of Scripture, which identifies the Holy Spirit as the Source of all hope. With this understanding, believers can walk with God (which restores hope), work with God (which renews hope) and wait on God (which revives hope). Carole underscores that hoping is never passive or inactive; it is productive, meaningful and full of purpose. Hope motivates us to take practical steps toward our mental, physical, emotional and spiritual goals.

Daily sharings from Al‑Anon’s adult children members are for anyone who wants to grow in acceptance, compassion, and understanding. Indexed.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. For Jon Meacham, as for believers worldwide, the events of Good Friday and Easter reveal essential truths about Christianity. A former vestryman of Trinity Church Wall Street and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Meacham delves into that intersection of faith and history in this meditation on the seven phrases Jesus spoke from the cross. Beginning with “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do” and ending with “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit,” Meacham captures for the reader how these words epitomize Jesus’s message of love, not hate; grace, not rage; and, rather than vengeance, extraordinary mercy. For each saying, Meacham composes an essay on the origins of Christianity and how Jesus’s final words created a foundation for oral and written traditions that upended the very order of the world. Writing in a tone more intimate than any of his previous works, Jon Meacham returns us to the moment that transformed Jesus from a historical figure into the proclaimed Son of God, worshiped by billions.

What will it take to see a fresh wave of God’s power crash over the nations? The earth is shaking. The church is suffering from compromise and powerlessness. People are desperate for solutions. The answer will not come from a president; it can only come from a people who know how to bring Heaven to Earth. Could it be that...