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What if your greatest weakness is your greatest strength?For the Enneagram Eight-the Defender-life is all about protecting and empowering others. While our unfair and apathetic world desperately needs your big heart and bravery, sometimes your desire for intensity causes you to either burn out or burn bridges.Certified Enneagram Coach and pastor, Tyler Zach, offers this 40-day devotional to help you hear from God and encourage you as you make the world a more just place with your passion, determination, and resiliency.Inside, you'll discover how to conquer your fear of vulnerability, develop greater emotional intelligence, master the art of slowing down, navigate the complexities of being misunderstood, adopt mercy as your new currency, and find peace in God's presence rather than springing into action. Be prepared to encounter a powerful God who wants to refine those smooth edges without compromising your true self.

Have you ever been in circumstances where you had to trust in God alone? Thirty-one women, your sisters, are here to encourage you in your circumstances with their stories of trusting God for their families, in loneliness or widowhood, for today and for the future, in loss and anxiety, in hard choices and times of abundance. In life. These thirty-one devotions will point you to the Faithful One, our God, in whom you can safely trust. Each devotion includes a purpose-filled statement, a thought to help you practice trusting, a prayer to direct your conversation with God, and most importantly, a promise from His Word.

Without Christ, joy is elusive. True joy is found only in the daily intake of God's matchless Word, unceasing meditation on His promises, and routine adherence to the knowledge of Him. And that joy is ours for the taking-now and forever. In Daily Doses of Joy, a thirty-day devotional, author Ted Pagel will quiet your heart and soul before the Lord as you learn to abide in Him. As your heart draws nearer to His heart and His desire for you to live in perfect peace and joy each day, you will:Unearth God's treasure trove of love that often goes unnoticed in our busy lives.Find solace as you are filled with the all-knowing Spirit of rest, peace, and wisdom.Discover the sufficiency of God's character as He completes His perfect work in you.Receive heart-restoring revelation of the Lord's unchanging goodness in all things.Renew your trust in Him as the giver of joy and lover of your soul.The gift of the joy of the Lord is not occasional-He freely gives it daily. Take it, and revel in His unwavering faithfulness.

Volume 1If Not For You is a collection of Psalms and devotionals curated by the author to encourage the reader through the highs and lows of life. Through Volume One, you will go on a journey of diving into the word of God in a deeper and more meaningful way and learn how to use it to shift your perspective and transform your life.

"21 Heartfelt Prayers For your Kids" was written to inspire parents to intentionally pour out their hearts to God in prayer for their children based on the scriptures. The 21 prayer topics in this prayer journal are not an exhaustive list of prayers, but they can get you started on a beautiful journey of thanking God and seeking him on behalf of your children.As you get started with these devotionals, prayer points, and scriptures, let the Lord take you on a journey of personal transformation, instructions, and answers to your heartfelt prayers concerning your children.

This devotional grew out of a desire to press our church family closer together in what we sought to give the Lord as it pertains to Christian Service. With this in mind, this small devotional guide will serve as our first para source. Material, designed and developed by me to steer everyone at the church in the same direction.This book is not a theological treatise in Christian doctrines and dogmas though it contains some of both. TYjis book is simply a study guide for the servant members of our congregation to glean, gain and grow from as we seek to work together for the cause of Christ and the glory of our God.

This collection, Rays of Hope Devotions, was written while traveling in a motor-home full-time. After years of volunteering and full-time employment in a church, how do you maintain your faith and growth on the road. Carolyn found that by writing and sharing her thoughts with others via email, she could be accountable to growing her faith and maintaining her relationship with Jesus. Scripture was seen all around her in nature, in their activities, in their families expanding with grandchildren, in their service through NOMADS, in her quilting, and in continuing with bible studies once spending winters in Arizona. May these devotionals inspire you to look deeper into your everyday activities and relationships and see God active in your life. Perhaps they will help guide you into a better relationship with God, the Father, and Jesus, His Son, through the Holy Spirit.

Incline My Heart is the second entry in The Daily Search for Wondrous Things, a new devotional series from Jason Hardin. Each volume provides three months' worth of practical encouragement with reflections that flow in a simple pattern:Sundays: from the PsalmsMondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: from the Old TestamentTuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays: from the New TestamentThis second volume will continue to give you a daily dose of fuel for your journey as a disciple of Jesus.

"Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. And let those who love Your salvation stay continually. 'Let God be magnified!'"Psalms 70:4 (New King James Version)This book encourages everyone. You will learn how God leads you through your difficult times. Even with a lot of ups and downs, the journey with the Lord is still awesome. The end result is a wonderful glorification of God.

Prevailing Prayers: Carrying the Mantle of Prayer is my personal journey of discovering I carried the mantle of prayer and intercession. This book will answer many questions why you may feel a burden to pray and intercede for others. Many people believe in prayer, but sometimes they don't believe God hears them when they pray. God hears every believer when we pray. Dorothy will help unlock and explain how to identify the mantle of prayer and intercession. By gaining understanding of your prayer assignment, you will be able to position yourself to tear down Satan's kingdom. Never underestimate the power of prayer and intercession.

Authentic cowboy and ranching stories, and poems from my life, a cowboy and pastor. The book also contains devotionals that reflect the western culture while purposely leading people to the Way and the Truth and the Light of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

The central thesis of this book is that the most urgent thing in our generation is the emergence, in the Church, of men and women who know God and serve Him from this knowledge.The author, Z.T. Fomum, boldly argues that anything a man can do for God is of no consequence if it is not done as an overflow of his knowledge of God.An initial encounter is important, but beyond that, it takesspiritual knowledge,a high frequency,intensity, anda long durationof encounters between a man and his God.This book is a pertinent plea that no one should serve God without knowing Him.It's highly recommended.

Finding the Secret Place is a short devotional intended to encourage the reader to long for a deeper relationship with God. He longs for His children to come to Him. May the words in this book draw you to His secret place.2

Blissful Devotions: A Mother and Daughter's Journey of Faith is a 90-day devotional and journal designed to inspire and encourage your heart. It incorporates various elements such as inspiring scriptures, testimonies, prayers, and a song for reflection. The journal page allows you to record your thoughts and revelations as you engage with the material. Overall, Blissful Devotions aims to provide a delightful and meaningful experience to support your spiritual journey. "This book, written by Alma Chambliss and Arleathia Chambliss Wright, is a collaborative effort between a mother and daughter. Their goal is to share their personal testimonies and the stories of others, illustrating how God has blessed their lives by revealing His purpose and will. Throughout our lives, we all encounter moments where God reveals things to guide us through trials and challenges. While life is not easy, God is present to protect us, offer forgiveness, and help us learn from our mistakes. Through sharing their experiences, the authors aim to enlighten and encourage readers, assuring them that God extends His grace to everyone and that everything will ultimately turn out fine if they remain connected to Him. The book emphasizes the greatness of God's love and encourages readers to try Him for themselves to witness its power."

When it comes to leadership, we often neglect the book that can truly transform our hearts, thus transforming ourselves, our relationships, and our leadership: the bare Word of God. The Bible is filled with leaders who both triumphed when walking with the Lord and experienced significant failure for trying to lead and do things independently from Him. However, one leader stood above the rest: Jesus.¿¿Leading with a Humble Heart is an invitation for leaders to stare the challenges of leadership in the face through humility and confidence that can only be found in God's Word and prayer. By intentionally being in God's Word and prayer each day, God will not only equip us to face the challenges and tests of leadership, but we will also learn to thrive in those moments and seasons as we operate from a position of humble confidence.¿This devotional book is for leaders from any walk of life looking to learn, grow, and improve themselves and those they lead. Whether you are a business owner, pastor, teacher, mother, father, coach, male or female, this devotional book is for you. Leading with a Humble Heart aims to quiet ourselves as leaders, help us be still each morning, and allows us to spend 40 days with God in His word, reflecting on our leadership for transformational leadership wisdom.

Jane Austen - novelist, forthright letter writer, daughter and sister of Anglican clergy - had a rarely-matched insight into human character. Like Lent itself, she exposes frailty, caprice and pomposity without losing a profound and compassionate understanding of human nature. Her life was profoundly shaped by the church and Christian spirituality, making her writings an ideal accompaniment for the 40 days of Lent.Rachel Mann introduces Jane Austen, her world and her ideas, and, for each day of Lent, offers commentary on a short excerpt from her writing to explore how her faith can illuminate ours. She brings Jane's novels into conversation with biblical and spiritual ideas and also with today's questions about class, sexuality and race.Themes explored include: The Triumph of Love, Learning Wisdom, Seeing Beyond the Surface to the Truth, Knowing Where Your Treasure Lies, The Temptation to be Prideful and Prejudiced, The Pomposity of Religion, Privilege and its Limitations, Duty and Good Manners, and much more.

What if you were your biggest limitation to happiness?For the Enneagram Seven-the Enthusiast-it's all about living life to the fullest. While our negative and overly serious world desperately needs your energy and optimism, sometimes your fast pace causes you to become overextended, scattered, and dismissed by others.Certified Enneagram Coach and pastor, Tyler Zach, offers this 40-day devotional to help you hear from God and encourage you as you make the world a more exciting place with your imagination, spontaneity, and enthusiasm.Inside, you'll discover how to overcome your fear of pain, enjoy pleasure without living for it, establish boundaries that lead to greater freedom, find contentment with less, and gain lasting peace in God's presence rather than through your future plans. Be prepared to encounter the God of abundance, who doesn't want you to miss out on the wonderful plans He has for you.

So many Christians today- unsure of who they are, have settled for a version of themselves that's defined by society. They've missed the glorious adventure of what it means to discover who God says they are and desires them to be.RADIANT is for anyone who's ever been told that it's better to hide than shine. It's for the ones who've let fear pull a blanket over their faith. It's for those who've held back, but yearn to break free. It's for all the men and women who've wanted to step into more but have been stuck- questioning whether or not the world really needs their light. If this sounds familiar, then RADIANT is for you.RADIANT starts by examining the areas where the light within you has been under attack and how the truth of your identity in Christ sparks the flame you need to shine. Join author Peyton Hoffman as she examines what it means to learn your true identity in Christ, become radiant, and keep your light burning in a world that's growing increasingly dark.Incorporating biblical truth, personal insights, testimonies, questions for individual reflection, prayers, and declarations, Peyton leads you back to Jesus to spark a fresh fire within your heart and fan the flame of your faith. There's a remnant rising, on fire with the radiance of the glory of God. It's time to start living into all you were created to be. It's time to be unafraid to shine!

Have you ever thought about how you'd be written in someone's testimony? After you think about it, will you stay the same or change? I never thought about it until I began writing my own testimony.In the blink of an eye my life was unidentifiable. I never imagined I'd face battles of this nature. My storyline changed direction the moment I called out to God for help. I remained faithful and trusted God while He orchestrated a rescue plan. God answered my prayers and met my needs in unexplainable ways. God sent His people from the city on a hill, one by one. May your strength and hope increase as you read about how amazing God is in my testimony."The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles." (Psalm 34:17)

The cover is based on a dream I had in 2013.I am in a dense forest. The ground is covered with crisp brown leaves. Looking around, I see no way out of the forest. Then suddenly, stepping stones appeared leading through the forest. In my sock feet, I start jumping from stone to stone. Every time I would jump, these gray, slimy, eel-like creatures I will call Snipes would jump up out of the leaves and nip my heels. The ground was full of them. I froze, and would not jump anymore.Then in the distance I saw a man, like an angel. He was dressed in a brown suede-like skirt and vest with brown strappy sandals to his knees. He had a long stick and was poking the ground. I could see the Snipes moving away every time he would poke into the leaves. I began jumping again as he came through the forest.Soon I came to a ridge that overlooked a clearing. The sun, like a bright white light, was shining through the bare trees. Leaping from the ridge, I began twirling, changing from my dark, drab clothes into a white dress when I lit on the ground into the clearing. I stood there basking in the glowing light.The dream continues.I walked through the clearing and came to the edge of a mountain. Looking down the mountain, I saw a village where the houses looked like little matchboxes. Where I was standing, to my left, suspended in the air was a box of white tissues. I pulled one out and began poking it into the fist of my left hand; it turned into a flower like a lily. Then I heard a voice whisper, "This is for your healing."

One of the greatest motivators in life is joy. When joy is at the root of your actions, your work will give you great satisfaction. Whether you work as a tradesperson in a shop, or sit in an office, or serve in a church, the joy inside you will set you apart from the rest of the world.This devotional contains lessons derived from the stories and people written about in the Bible, as well as the real-life experiences of the author. What is your story?

Prayer can be and should be one of the most enjoyable things in life!After walking with God and being a part of many Christian circles and ministry for over forty years, Scott Tavolacci found that most people who call themselves Christians have a hard time consistently establishing an intimate communion with God, and often substitute church activity, church doctrine adherence, and church attendance for true relationship and prayer.If prayer and meditation is arduous for you and you have a hard time enjoying it, learning the principles in this book can help you. In Prayer, His Presence, & Intimacy with God, a few of the truths you will discover are:¿ The importance of worship and how it is the highest form of prayer¿ Your identity in Christ and the New Covenant¿ The benefits of speaking in tongues¿ A practical guide for developing an intimate prayer lifeOur prayer lives should be inspired to know God, be known by God, and make God known. Join Scott Tavolacci as he takes you through his own journey and watch as prayer becomes one of the most enjoyable times of your day!

God's invitation, "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3 NIV), has no expiration date! Prayer is the most common activity among the members of all major religious groups. Unfortunately, to an increasing number, including Christians, this activity or discipline called prayer is now purely ritualistic and fruitless as they do not see any evidence of real results. Consequently, many have quit praying or refrained from participating in any type of prayer gathering. Even some Christians who once believed that prayer produces results have begun to have unsettling doubts about whether God still hears and answers prayers. Whether you are aware or not, prayer is the means for humans to commune and partner with God to advance His kingdom purpose and will in our lives and the affairs of the earth: "May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10 NLT). This biblically-based prayer journal will ignite or reignite your faith and passion for prayer. God is alert and is actively watching over His word to fulfill it (Jeremiah 1:12). That is why each prayer is anchored in the scriptures. Although this journal is designed for personal use, I encourage you to use it for fellowship and small group prayers as well. Be prepared to pray and journal your evidence of answered prayers. You will be convinced that God still hears and answers prayers.2

Your marriage has a 100% chance of success if you do it God's way.When you married, you made promises to God and each other. Sadly, we live in a culture that doesn't take promises seriously and discards relationships easily. But your marriage can be different. By keeping your promises, you can experience the joy, fulfillment, and blessing God intends for you as a couple. Develop a legacy of blessing for your children and for every generation that follows thereafter.Jimmy and Karen Evans will guide you with the timeless truth of God's Word and the wisdom of more than forty years of standing for healthy marriages. They will help you understand and embrace God's design for your relationship. Start this devotional today and watch God make your marriage a miracle!

Experience the power of a fresh encounter with God every day! Fresh Fire, by Dr. Eric Speir, is the perfect devotional for busy believers who want to cultivate a vibrant relationship with the Lord. In this book, you'll encounter short and powerful daily devotionals that will help you keep your passion alive and burning.This book is filled with practical and humorous daily devotionals to help you:Rekindle your relationship with GodExperience a life-changing transformationUncover the beauty of God's WordFeel empowered to live with passionYou'll find uplifting stories, thoughtful reflections, and inspiring scriptures to help you stay focused and connected to God. Plus, you'll discover the power of God's Word and how it can revolutionize your life.

A Psalm a Day Keeps the Devil Away is a 365-day devotional. Start your day with a word a day from Psalms. The light of his word will illuminate your potential, teach you how to navigate your way through a dark world, and draw you closer to God. Don't wait until January, start your journey in Psalms today.