One Thing I Ask

One Thing I Ask is an inviting, refreshing, encouraging, inspirational book for any Christian who is looking to develop, grow deeper in, or re-ignite their relationship with God through His Word. This how-to book filled with powerful scriptures throughout begins each chapter with the authors riveting personal testimony of her Christian journey & real-life experiences and ends with teachings on relevant & practical ways to incorporate and make Gods Word a personal part of ones everyday life. This book is perfect for any Christian who hungers to know God more intimately & is searching for a more fulfilling relationship with God than ever before! Rene Rucker One Thing I Ask is a fresh, inspiring, honest and relevant way to approach and apply Gods Word. I love all the practical applications from the authors real-life experiences and the detailed examples of how to incorporate them into daily life. This is a must read for anyone desiring to start a spiritual journey or if you feel stuck and need to press the restart button. I have fallen in love once again with my Creator and feel spiritually reenergized and ready to tackle whatever comes my way by reading this inspirational book. Georgina Straw This is a great book on the joys and burdens of living a prayer filled life. Debbie relates experiences with Chris, her husband, and her two daughters, Jasmine and Camilia. She is not afraid to tell of disappointment as well as success. It will inspire each reader to a deeper experience with Jesus Christ. Pr. David Newman One Thing I Ask will inspire you to open your heart to the faithfulness of God. As I began to read, each chapter spoke to me about who God is and it reminded me of who I am in Him. This book encourages you to find scripture that will help support you on your journey with God, enabling you to connect with Him on a deeper level. Thank you, Debbie for being vulnerable enough to share moments where God has impacted your life greatly. Michelle Nelson Debbie takes the reader on a heartfelt journey of finding prayers true power and efficacy for your life and a renewed meaning and purpose in your study. She shares personal stories of her God moments when the fragility of her humanity connected with the might of divinity. You will see through every chapter of these God moments how he reveals his love, grace, and power, where the answers in his Word meet her heartfelt prayers. Through her helpful tips on practicing the Word, your devotional life and study will be rejuvenated. Your faithful prayers will take on new meaning and purpose. Lifes journey is rife with God momentsmoments on the journey where people experience such emptiness that God pours overflowing amounts of his presence of love, peace, and grace into their lives. Take the journey One Thing I Ask and be renewed by the power of prayerful practice of the Word. Brian Wright, Briteradio.org

Written over the course of a year punctuated by escalating terrorism and global turmoil, this compilation of fifty-one Divrei Torah asks the reader to confront challenging questions. What do I truly believe? How should I best fashion my conduct? Why does our world seem so random and unfair? What does Torah Judaism ask of me? How can I find meaning in my life? The one thing I ask, King David says in the book of Tehillim, is to be close to God. This single thought, central to the very existence of a Torah Jew, permeates every chapter of Tehillim. With these Divrei Torah, one for each week of the Jewish calendar, the author unpacks the wisdom of Tehillim, seamlessly integrating this wisdom with the weekly Torah portion. This is the authors second book of Divrei Torah. In his first bookBack to the Beginninghe probed the lessons that can be derived from the Holy Torah. In this second book, the author digs even deeper, tackling head-on the most frustrating and troubling elements of the world as we experience it, frankly articulating the questions we ask ourselves as we navigate a world that often seems random and distressingly unfair, using the light of our Holy Torah to guide us and illuminate the dark places in which we sometimes find ourselves.

• More than 500 appearances on national bestseller lists • #1 Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today • Won 12 book awards • Translated into 35 languages • Voted Top 100 Business Book of All Time on Goodreads People are using this simple, powerful concept to focus on what matters most in their personal and work lives. Companies are helping their employees be more productive with study groups, training, and coaching. Sales teams are boosting sales. Churches are conducting classes and recommending for their members. By focusing their energy on one thing at a time people are living more rewarding lives by building their careers, strengthening their finances, losing weight and getting in shape, deepening their faith, and nurturing stronger marriages and personal relationships. YOU WANT LESS. You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The daily barrage of e-mails, texts, tweets, messages, and meetings distract you and stress you out. The simultaneous demands of work and family are taking a toll. And what's the cost? Second-rate work, missed deadlines, smaller paychecks, fewer promotions--and lots of stress. AND YOU WANT MORE. You want more productivity from your work. More income for a better lifestyle. You want more satisfaction from life, and more time for yourself, your family, and your friends. NOW YOU CAN HAVE BOTH — LESS AND MORE. In The ONE Thing, you'll learn to * cut through the clutter * achieve better results in less time * build momentum toward your goal* dial down the stress * overcome that overwhelmed feeling * revive your energy * stay on track * master what matters to you The ONE Thing delivers extraordinary results in every area of your life--work, personal, family, and spiritual. WHAT'S YOUR ONE THING?

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

FOREWORD BY BRENE BROWN and POSTSCRIPT FROM BRAIN PICKINGS CREATOR MARIA POPOVA Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of THE ART OF ASKING. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. THE ART OF ASKING will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.