The Hand You Hold Stories By Women With Beautiful Experiences Of Trusting God

Trust issues! We all have them, and sadly, our world today helps propagate our fear of trusting anyone especially after disappointment. But there is a God, and He can be trusted beyond all doubt and above all reason. In The Hand You Hold, from The Trust Chronicles series, there are first hand accounts of trials, disappointment, pain, and even death. But they are more than just stories written by women about trust issues. They are stories of a journey of trust and hope in the living God through personal encounters borne out of a relationship with Him.These women who have shared from the core of their hearts have been stretched taut by excruciating experiences and have learned to grab hold of God's hand.Read, laugh, cringe, cry, be inspired, encouraged and, hopefully, find your own way to the throne of grace where there is always help in time of need. The way out of doubt, despair, confusion, and hopelessness is in the arms of the One who can be trusted; God whose HAND you should hold.

Beautiful in His Time! It's a scary place to be in when you survey your life and it looks like nothing has gone according to plan. And in this unfriendly world, questions and doubts will arise...When a loved one passes...When the good job doesn't materialize as expected...When there are complications with the long-awaited baby...When you find yourself in an abusive relationship or bad marriage and wonder if and how you could ever get out...But as the saying goes, to trust in God is to trust His timing. In Book 3 of the Trust Chronicles series, you will find stories of women who learned to trust as they waited on the timing of God's promise. We can wait upon the Lord by praying, meditating and confessing the word. But there is a different dimension of trust we walk when we have waited upon and experienced the beauty of His timing. It is the hope and prayer of every contributor in this edition that you will be energised in your faith as you trust God and await the unfolding of your testimony. "Lord, I have chosen You alone as my inheritance... I leave my destiny and its timing in Your hands." Psalm 16:5-6 (TPT)

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Add beauty to your quiet time or delight a friend with a gift they will treasure. This deluxe, padded-hardcover edition of Lysa TerKeurst's popular What Happens When Women Say Yes to God (more than 170,00 copies sold) embraces her powerful message of obedience and fulfillment that is changing women's lives around the world. In each chapter and Bible study portion, Lysa, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, shares inspiring stories and compelling insights about what it means to partner with God in all decisions and actions. This adventure leads you to discern the voice of God and say yes to His call experience the deep joy of wholehearted obedience let God affect lives around you in remarkable ways This is your invitation to embark on the transforming journey of faithfulness as you seek God and boldly ask for and expect more from the Christian life. Say yes!

Read through the Bible in one year in as little as 15 minutes a day. The One Year Bible for Women uses the renowned “read through the Bible in a year” structure of The One Year Bible to create a women’s devotional Bible, with the addition of two-minute daily devotionals created for the female reader, on topics like healing, sharing the gospel, salvation, parenting, and many others. This Bible is an all-new women’s Bible in the One Year collection. This ed The One Year Bible for Women is in the King James Version and provides the structure for women to read the Bible in one year, in 15 minutes a day. Key features include: Daily readings from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs 100-word daily devotional thoughts written by Misty Arterburn King James Version (KJV) The One Year Bible for Women can be paired with the simultaneously released One Year Bible for Men, making these Bibles a great resource for couples’ devotional experiences.

It's obvious from the bookshelves and the big screen that heaven is on everyone's mind. All of us long to know what life after death will be like. Bestselling author John Burke is no exception. For decades, he has been studying accounts of people who have had near-death experiences (NDEs). While not every detail of individual NDEs correlate with Scripture, Burke shows how the common experiences shared by thousands of survivors clearly point to the God of the Bible and the exhilarating picture of heaven he promises. Imagine Heaven is an inspirational journey through the Bible's picture of heaven, colored in with the real-life stories of heaven's wonders. Burke compares gripping stories of NDEs to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of heaven: Will I be myself? Will I see friends and loved ones? What will it look like? What is God like? What will we do forever? What about children and pets? This book will propel readers into an experience that will forever change their view of the life to come and the way they live life today. It also tackles the tough questions of heavenly reward and hellish NDEs. Anyone interested in NDEs or longing to imagine heaven more clearly will enjoy this fascinating and hope-filled book.

Some adolescent women struggle to maintain positive self-identity, resilience, and personalized faith development on their journey toward adulthood. It is a contemporary crisis recognized by many, including ministry leaders of faith communities. In today’s fast-paced digital culture, concerns addressing challenges facing adolescent women are evident in research literature. To strengthen their spiritual well-being, emphasis is placed on spiritual formation practices that enhance faith, hope, and personal relationships amid social, peer, and media pressures pulling them into negative, detrimental, and dysfunctional lifestyles. Empirical research reveals a need to transform negative images and self-destruction utilizing stories of holistic well-being. Sowing Stories Deep in the Soul: Biblical Storytelling with Adolescent Women highlights biblical women touched by the holistic healing ministry of Jesus with deep soul-stirring experiences of God’s compassionate love. It meets the need as a spiritual formation ministry model focused on creativity, engaging study, internalized story learning, positive life connections, and performing biblical stories by heart. These expressive aspects form the ancient oral character of Bible stories internalized and voiced in repeated performances for compelling impact and action. Included are replicable results of action research using this model with adolescent women to encourage maintaining Christ-centered lives.