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Too many Christian men start enthusiastically, then fall short. Falling short can be a public fall: Church-going husband has an affair. High-profile ministry leader gets caught in a scandal. Outspoken advocate is marred by hypocrisy. But for most men, falling short isn't a newsworthy spectacle. It's subtler. Closer to home. It's floundering in the faith. Stunted spiritual growth. It's entering the race God has called them to, then choosing to coast. This story doesn't make headlines, but it's far more common. Will this be your story? ENDURE is a practical, Scripture-steeped guide to help men finish the race God has set before them. Whether you are young or seasoned, married or solo, spiritually fit or totally anemic, this book was written for you. Empowered by the Holy Spirit and equipped with fresh insights, you will grow in biblical maturity, be challenged to change, and find strength for the road ahead.

Plain and simple, life doesn't always turn out the way we imagined. Yet, we can respond in God-glorifying ways even when circumstances fall short of our desired hopes and expectations. With practical, biblical counsel from the Scriptures, we have the tools we need to put away sinful responses and be women who smile at the future (Proverbs 31:25). In reshaping how we think about disappointments, trials, and delays, we can grow in contentment, trust, and hope in the unexpected parts of life. In each chapter we'll look to the Scriptures for the life-transforming help only God can give. This book is designed to be an aid to growth, which is why inductive Bible study questions accompany each chapter, providing even more treasures from God's Word for hope and encouragement.

"Have you ever had moments when your words got the better of you? Maybe you knew how much something would hurt, but you said it anyway because it felt good in the moment. Maybe you're fighting a habit of complaining or yelling, when you really want to be a person who speaks with kindness and patience. Or maybe you stay silent because you're never quite sure what to say. Whatever your "maybe" may be, you are in the right place. Sarah Molitor understands your struggle to speak words that matter. As a wife, mom, and the creator of the popular Modern Farmhouse Family online community, Sarah has learned firsthand that, yes, words can hurt-but they can also help and heal. In Well Said, she uses authentic, relatable stories paired with biblical truth to help readers learn how to create a habit of speaking life-giving words that build others up, use their words to create grace-filled, positive relationships, develop a healthy, balanced approach to social media (and find their wisdom filter), feel equipped to use words to forgive and reconcile so they can live freely and fully . . . and so much more. Well Said helps you explore what it means to speak words that are more than just constructive and kind but also direct you to the very heart of Jesus. Sarah will be the trusted friend who walks alongside you, encouraging you to discover God's true heart for the words you speak every day"--

God Nods on True Love (in the God Nods Trilogy) contrasts how main characters find two very different kinds of love: an agape-love commitment needed for True Love marriage or philia-love needed for companionship. Readers will also understand how the Theory of Evolution is trying to refute God's Creation - and HOW to pose Challenging Question that force evolutionists to defend their opinions, which lack scientific evidence. The Theme is: "We know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)God Nods are God-orchestrated events - during the good times and the bad times - that fulfill His Purpose for each believer. God Nods are totally different from what "happens" because of Blind Fate, Good Fortune, Lady Luck, Random Chance, or Coincidence. God Nods on True Love addresses important questions that many people ask:After opposites attract, can they stay attached? Can I change myself or change the other person so we mesh?How can what I learned be completely unlearned so that transformational relearning can occur?What is true love and why is it so elusive?Does reliance on Fate produce better results than God Nods [God-orchestrated events, based on Romans 8:28]? How can a Christian defend faith in God and a Bible-based Worldview (Theism) against vicious attacks from anti-Christians?

COVID-19 paralyzed the world and changed global practices. Mortuaries were overcrowded with thousands of bodies and unable to provide traditional burials due to this infectious virus. Families were left shattered with broken hearts and unanswered questions.The response from medical staff wavered as updates about the virus were fluid, and government officials seemed silent. The effects of this pandemic touched people from all walks of life, including the Lynch family.In this book, Courtney shares how what he thought was a common cold caused him to knock at death's door. He chronicles the events leading him to an unconscious state. Evelyn, his wife, shares how the persistent prayers of their family and faith community reawakened him to another chance at life. "Although the journey and road to recovery were painful, I'm thankful for the opportunity to share my testimony."

"Other than baby Jesus, the central character of the Christmas story is a woman named Mary. At Christmastime we remember that an ordinary, young, poor, oppressed woman was chosen to play a significant and breakthrough role in the redemption of the world. It is no mistake that a woman gets to be a part of all this, and that her voice, her questions, her fears, and her actions matter. Mary's faith and her wisdom form an astonishing aspect of the story of how God became a person for the love of this world. And in our weary world that is waiting and longing for light, meaning, peace, and love, we can do as Mary did when she "treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.""--

Religion und Geschlecht sind eng miteinander verflochten: Religiöse Traditionen, Anschauungen, Symbole und Praktiken sind geschlechtsspezifisch geprägt; Geschlechterrollen, Stereotype und Ideale werden religiös untermauert und sanktioniert. Nicht nur religiöse Traditionen selbst, sondern auch die Erforschung und Darstellung von Religionen sind überwiegend durch androzentrische Perspektiven gekennzeichnet. Gegenstand dieser Einführung ist eine Revision religionsgeschichtlicher Daten und Perspektiven auf der Basis umfangreicher Forschungsergebnisse der religionswissenschaftlichen Geschlechterforschung. Darüber hinaus machen ausgewählte systematische Analysen Zusammenhänge und Unterschiede zwischen verschiedenen religiösen Traditionen hinsichtlich der Konstruktion, Idealisierung, Normierung und der symbolischen Verwendung von Geschlecht sichtbar. Anhand von exemplarischen Feldern sozialer Interaktion werden zudem die vielfältigen Wechselwirkungen und die Intersektionalität von Religion, Geschlecht und Gesellschaft verdeutlicht. Der Band bietet damit Einblick in ein differenzierteres Bild von Religionsgeschichte und zeigt Ziele und Vorgehensweise einer geschlechtersensiblen Religionsforschung auf.

Gli Aghori sono un ordine monastico di sadhu asceti Shaivite con sede in Uttar Pradesh, India. Sono l'unica setta sopravvissuta derivata dalla tradizione K¿p¿lika, una forma tantrica e non pura di shaivismo che ebbe origine nell'India medievale tra il VII e l'VIII secolo d.C. Analogamente ai loro predecessori, gli Aghori di solito si impegnano in rituali post mortem, spesso dimorano in ossari, spalmano le ceneri della cremazione sui loro corpi e usano ossa di cadaveri umani per creare kap¿la (coppe di teschio con cui Shiva e altre divinità indù sono spesso iconicamente raffigurate) e gioielli.

God is the creator and composer of all things. But what does it mean to be connected to our creator? And how does a woman set the greatest craftsman on full display in her life?Jacquie R. Maldonado has written this book to call women to transform themselves into the call that God has placed on their lives. In The Greatest Craftsman Jacquie takes an analytical perspective and formulates new understanding surrounding the relationship between us, God and our minds. She teaches on God's image, what it means to be a co-creator, tearing down mental strongholds, our DNA in Christ and more.This book is for women who are in a mental rut and who want to better understand their relationships. It is for those who want to know who they are in Christ and how to use their God given talents for His glory. Expect to be challenged to change old ways and replace them with new revelation.

The Wilderness is a real place where the Israelites got stuck for 40 years on their way from bondage to the Promised Land. In your social, dating and married life, you don't even want to go through a Wilderness, much less get stuck there. The Wilderness Romance (The Social Wilderness) explores some reasons why people end up in Wilderness Relationships, how to avoid getting into them, and how to get out if you are stuck in one.

"Great Lover Blueprint for Men is an amazing culmination of multiple disciplines distilled into practical examples and easy to follow practices. Tj Bartel has personally taught me most of what is in this life-changing book, and my life has indeed been radically transformed-I am a great lover! He breaks down 'mysterious' concepts like 'energy' into bite-sized, digestible, and actionable information. This book is the blueprint for transforming your patterns into being the great lover that you want to be!" -Tobias White◆◆◆Step into your full potential as a man and loverIn the struggle to keep up with evolving gender roles both in and out of the bedroom, many men find themselves failing to find sexual fulfillment for themselves or their partners. In The Great Lover Blueprint, Tj Bartel shares his wisdom, with accessible and loving language, about how to understand and communicate with the women in our lives. Bartel offers his incredible toolbox of practices, including breathwork, energy, touch, pelvic, and other techniques to enhance connection and sensitivity. With more than twenty years as a spiritual entrepreneur, Bartel effectively guides those ready to become Great Lovers through his 8-step process to cultivate sexual connection and intimacy: Step 1: Develop the Great Lover MindsetStep 2: Bridge the Gap Between Men and WomenStep 3: Understanding EnergyStep 4: The 7 Modalities of TouchStep 5: Explore the Lost Art of KissingStep 6: Learn the Keys to Moving EnergyStep 7: Unlock Her Full Orgasmic Potential (and Yours!)Step 8: Give an Awakening SessionWith a clear-cut and easy-to-follow roadmap, the stories and lessons in The Great Lover Blueprint will guide you on a journey to being the best possible version of yourself, so that you can awaken to more love, pleasure, connection, and intimacy in your life-by being a Great Lover!Enjoy the ride!

The Book "Rescue Me" is a Real Life Testimony about the horrors of pornography and Sexual Immorality. The true life experiences and short shorties in the book will give the reader an overall reality of how terrible this struggle really is. It will give anyone that reads the book helpful steps, direction, and formatted instructions to build on. Also, the holy scriptures of God's biblical word shares as a guide to allow the holy spirit to work in each person. John J. Kaiwi is currently an online Preacher at Oasis Church Hilo. John and his wife Theresa are also involved in several ministries such as Hawaii Brown Bag Ministry which is a food insecurity Ministry which feeds approxiamtes 25,000 people annually in their community. Pastor John also has a online "Rescue Me" Men's Ministry that helps men with sexual addiction issues and challenges.

The traditional roles of men and women in relationships are changing rapidly, and men are looking for ways to distinguish themselves as high-value partners in the current relationship landscape. STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man distills the existing research on mental health and relationship science into the six essential green flags a modern woman is looking for in a man.In this book, you will find:¿ Self-regulation skills for healthy conflict¿ Tips for increasing your emotional connection¿ The types of sexual desire and tips on nurturing pleasure¿ The five love languages and how you and your partner may differ¿ The four positions of a constructive conversation¿ Tools for repair after conflict¿ The role of attachment styles and trauma in relationships. . . and so much more.STRONG provides the motivated modern man with immediately applicable tools and skills to step up his relational game and come out on top.

When it comes to sex, dating, and relating, are we growing gardens or building towers? The Garden of Eden provides us with a timeless vision for cultivating fruitful and healthy relationships. However, instead of growing gardens, the Tower of Babel promotes a humanistic culture that results in confusion and chaos. Babel may have been knocked down, but its lure remains, glowing as bright as our phone screens late at night. There's no need for Christians to cave into confusing cultural trends. This hope-filled and captivating teaching provides a Scripture-based perspective on sex, dating, and romance that compels Christians to walk in purity and passion. By exploring a positive and powerful theology on sex and dating, Breaking Up with Babel presents a sexual gospel that outshines the humanistic messages of broken sexuality, pornography, sex outside of marriage, and digital dating in a Babel-weary world. God's people are called to live their most fruitful lives by answering questions such as:How does sex affect our body, soul, and spirit?Why should we wait until marriage to have sex? Why is pornography terrible for our sex life?How do we date biblically in a digital world?Why do we need boundaries to have healthy relationships? How can we be restored from heartache and brokenness?Breaking Up with Babel is your guide to growing wholesome relationships. It's time to break up with Babel for good and return to the Garden.About the authorNikki Dent is a pastor, Bible teacher, and itinerant preacher who lives with her husband and three daughters on the East Coast of Australia. She has passionately taught on sex, dating, and relationships from a Christian worldview for ten years in Christian leadership academies, discipleship training schools, and young adult ministries. As a former youth pastor, she has over a decade of experience ministering to young people and providing biblical answers to their modern questions.

Marriage is a sacred event. A man and woman coming together is a beautiful thing. It is a precious gift not to be taken lightly. There is deep significance and wonderful meaning behind this unique, special bond. It was meant to be unbreakable.Throughout the course of time and history, the institution of marriage has lost something. Today, many couples are breaking up badly. Millions of families are being torn apart, and countless commitments are failing everywhere. Perhaps your own marriage is in jeopardy. Is there heartache in your home, conflict down your hallway, or bitterness in your bedroom? What is the solution?Husband & Wife was written to help you and your spouse rediscover your united purpose. It is to keep the two of you at peace, not through the lens of secular society but through the eyes of your creator, the one in whom all things exist and are established. By embracing God's outlook on marriage, you can journey alongside each other to apply spiritual principles outlined in Scripture and learn to demonstrate love the way Jesus did. From there, the Holy Spirit can lead you to marital success. The Challenge: changing your heart from the inside out and renewing your mind from within. This book will inspire you to take it on. Let's get to work!

Taking tentative steps toward physical or emotional recovery? Learn to lean on Jesus during hardship and trust Him to get you through.Do you desire to experience God while enduring life's challenges, but you're not sensing His presence? When you are struggling to understand the Lord's intentions? Living and finding her way through an autoimmune condition for the last eleven years, Karen Brough has dedicated herself to encouraging others through their own personal adversities. Now she offers dynamic testimony and gentle guidance so you too, can be revitalized and uplifted.Take A Breath With Him - Experiencing God When You're Getting Back On Your Feet is an inviting look into how to grow closer to God through intentional faith. Drawing the reader in with her warm journal-style conversation, Brough shares her genuine questions, the Father's answers, and the prayers she crafted in response. When you follow her guided prayers for exploring a deeper connection to the source of strength, find your life-saving hope planted, watered, and growing.In Take A Breath With Him, you'll discover how to: - move past pain and grief, attuned to the wins, and sustained by hope.- harness the power of words for inspiration and steadfastness- armor up against spiritual enemies to find victory.- praise and worship so your mind stays focused on Him; and- find God in your daily routine, the importance of prayer ministry, and much, much more!Take A Breath With Him is an essential guide for your earthly journey with our Heavenly Father who loves you. It is the second book in the "Be Held By Him" series. If you like relatable teaching, earnest advice, and gracious encouragement, then you'll adore Karen Brough's nurturing volume.Buy Take A Breath With Him for a divine heart-to-heart today!

"Build a confident friendship with Jesus that will carry you through the seasons of wilderness and back to abundance, with ancient wisdom alongside modern guidance from pastor and speaker Faith Eury Cho"--

You can affirm both the Bible and people who are LGBTQI+.Many Christians are conflicted between including and accepting LGBTQI+ Christians and upholding scripture. They are dissatisfied with the limited welcome given in churches, and feel torn when told that being lesbian, gay, trans, or bisexual is wrong.But the two don't have to clash. This book shows how biblical verses sometimes understood as condemning LGBTQI+ people have been misinterpreted by being taken out of their context. It also shows how the Bible can support positively the full inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in church.Straightforward and easy to follow, yet based on the best scholarship, this book helps resolve the tensions around the Bible, sexuality and gender without compromising love or scriptural faithfulness.

110 individual messages of hope, encouragement, and promise that point the reader to the ONLY solution to ALL of life's problems: a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the creator and sustainer of life.

Life is not fair.You've got to fight for what you want. But this is not the kind of fight you can win with fists or physical weapons because your enemies are systems. In fact, the odds are stacked against your success. You are not expected to make it. You are not expected to rise above the status quo. But some expectations are not worth living up to.Montez Johnson was not handed anything on a silver platter. He grew up in the ghetto of the ghetto, dodging bullets, surrounded by dying dreams, and labeled a failure. But he found a way out of the struggle, a pass from living paycheck to paycheck, and became a hero to his family and community.In The Unstatistic, he shows you how you can finally catch a break and get ahead in life. Through his own life story, he freely hands you the keys he struggled to obtain so that you can release yourself from the prison of discouragement and hopelessness. You don't have to figure it all out on your own. This book contains footprints for you to follow. Read this story, and see and believe your own potential to be great no matter what "they" say.

Worship & Prayer Journal: At the Feet of Jesus, Record Your Time As You Sit at the Feet of Jesus.Get ready to take your faith to the next level! As you sit at Jesus' feet, your faith will grow as you hear His word, commune with Him in prayer, and feast upon His faithfulness. In this beautiful journal, you can record your time with God.Includes 52 Week/Day Entries- Can be used as a week/day depending on your preference. Record the scripture you are reading and your response to it in prayer and a journal page.Plus, an answered prayers section to record Jesus' faithfulness.Grab your colored pencils and get creative with the images. This journal will be a powerful memorial of your relationship with a living, loving Savior.Creative Worship & Prayer Journal With Coloring GraphicsJournal Section Includes 52 Week/Day EntriesAnswered Prayers SectionMemorialize Your Time, See Your Faith Grow

You are beautiful. Inside and out, God has blessed you with a beautiful spirit that makes you who you are and one that is meant to be exhibited to the world. Yet, thanks to lies, negativity, unavoidable conflicts, life choices, and other obstacles that have come your way over the years, you allow inhibitions to hide your true self from the world, don't you? It can be difficult to reach out for help or find a support system due to self-doubt, but it is never impossible to find. Remember, these life hinderances have been placed in your life by Satan as he tries to change you and take you away from your Heavenly Father. Do not give the deceiver that power. Leave behind your self-doubts. Step into your self-assurance. Regain your self-reliance. Reclaim your self-worth. And don't just walk into it, own it! Inhibited... Unmasking Yourself and Owning Who You Are is Pamela Staples' guide to help you develop a character that shows love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance to the point of owning who you were initially designed to be in Jesus Christ. To reveal your character, you must first unmask your inhibitions and then detoxify your mindset using twelve methods of mental sedation: - Regeneration - Self-Determination - Heart Transplantation - Inebriation to Transformation of the Mind - Kingdom Participation - Mental Recuperation - Heart and Mind Rejuvenation - Godly Interpretation - Dependable Capitalization - Christ-Like Motivation - Visions of Inspiration - Selfless Justification The time to cleanse your soul, strengthen your mindset, and live the divine lifestyle God always intended for you has arrived. With the aid of Staples' mental sedation methods, wisdom from God-driven Biblical figures, empowering Scripture, and more, your spirit will finally be set free to exhibit the best spiritual character traits God has bestowed upon you.

What an honor it is for you to have this book in your hands! I feel blessed beyond measure to have completed this project. Blooming With Jesus started because my adult children asked me to write down all the silly sayings they grew up hearing. As I began to write them down, the Lord laid on my heart to connect the idioms to Scripture. These devotions are a glimpse into my life and real situations through the years but more importantly they reveal how the Holy Spirt empowers us to become stronger than we ever imagined and love others more deeply. As you journey with me through these pages, my prayer is your faith blossoms as you grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

In Moments Of Silence started out as a question about the purpose and value of woman. The answer surprisingly came back in such a beautiful way that it became this book not just for Rain but for all women. In her own journey, Rain Johnson grew up in the church yet struggled with understating her value, purpose, and importance as a woman to God. Rain knew in her heart that she was created for more. She embraced the promises of God and sought Him for herself, in an uncharted way, which revealed her beauty to God, mankind, and creation. Rain now lives with a new, wonderful, and God given perspective on life with gratitude like never before. In Moments Of Silence reminds you that you already hold everything needed to live a victorious successful life. And that it begins with connecting your spirit to the Spirit of God which begins the gift of receiving.

A Fresh, Holistic Approach to Understanding GenderBreaking current deadlocks within gender theory and theology, this book articulates an answer to the question "What is gender?" by drawing on a theology of human love."A breath of fresh air that has the marks of a rush of the Spirit, do Vale's work clears the confusion, fear, and acrimony that has clouded around the concept of gender. Gender as Love provides erudite guidance through the theory and, even more, rich exegetical and theological resources for living justly in response to God's undeserved gifts, including the gift of gender. The joining of confidence in Christ with an epistemic humility that results in godly patience makes this author and this work a timely gift and a necessary read."--Amy Peeler, Wheaton College"Everyone knows what topics to avoid at the dinner table: religion, politics, and--wait for it--gender (the new taboo topic now that sex is 'safe'). Gender as Love is not dinner conversation; it does not shirk the difficult questions but confronts them head on, with clear-sighted reasoning and openhearted compassion. Here is biblically grounded wisdom for male and female Christian disciples intent on using their sexed bodies in ways that foster love of God and neighbor. Here is the best kind of theology: direction the church desperately needs for such a time as this."--Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School"Answering John Webster's call to engage in 'theological theology, ' do Vale adroitly clarifies how, precisely, we ought to conceive of gender from within the divine economy. Do Vale proposes that gender is a form of love directed toward various social goods in a manner that shapes the self. The result is, in a word, remarkable. This book is everything theology should aspire to be: elegant in its argumentation, accessible in its prose, brilliant in its content, and unreservedly devoted to the God of the gospel. It will remind you of why you first started writing and reading theology in the first place."--Daniel Lee Hill, George W. Truett Theological Seminary

You are seen, heard, known, and namedNo matter your season of life as a woman, you long to be loved and appreciated. But perhaps most days you're left feeling unseen, unheard, or unknown. Though centuries apart from your life today, the women who knew Jesus faced similar fears and insecurities. Their names aren't etched onto the pages of Scripture, but they are etched into the heart of God. In this book, Paige Allen invites you to take a second look at the life-changing encounters of seven unnamed women who came face-to-face with Jesus in the Bible. Weaving personal stories with timeless biblical truths, Paige shows how just one encounter with the love of Jesus empowers you to: - live with an unshakable sense of security and identity- stand confident in the chaos or the silence- trust His goodness whether your hands are empty or full- pursue Him boldly, even in the face of censureDaughter, you are seen, known, and named by the Creator who breathed the stars into existence--even on the days you feel invisible. This is your invitation to let go of shame and discover the courage, grace, and compassion to live seen and make Him known.

Dear Friend,If there is one relationship book you should read, this is it. We have left relationship matters to singles who are looking or married who are in trouble. The statistics highlighting loneliness are dumbfounding. Something is seriously wrong, and we are not paying attention to it.More people are single who want to be married today than at any time percentage-wise, in historyMore people, now more than ever, are choosing not to be married because of the failure of previous attempts.There are more single parents today than at any time since creation.Divorce rates in the church and outside the church are holding steady at 51 to 53%.Marriages are lasting shorter than ever.People are yearning for companionship and friendship, and longing for connection. Every new app that offers new modes of connection becomes a blockbuster overnight. There are more dating sites now than at any time in history. That should tell us something.The heart of a true lover is a verse-by-verse exposition of the Song of Solomon. You will be amazed at the depth of revelation that God is releasing to humanity in this book. That is why I can boldly say that if there is one book on relationships that you need to read, it is this one. This book is not just a book on relationships, it is a study guide, it is an exposition, it is a prophetic insight, it is a revelational thesis and above all, it is a now word of God to you.From chapter one where I show how our romantic life is a Love Song to our partners and to God, to Chapter 9 where I show that God has a plan for a partner for you who is coming with angelic and divine help us your covenant helper, to chapter 12 where I show that God intends to regenerate the aura and atmosphere that we carry as individuals so that it stops putting off the people we're supposed to attract and be attracted to and begins to bring you into the place where God intends to connect you with the people.It is impossible to fall in love the right way and not have it make a direct impact on our walk with God. God is bringing people into your life that will help you fulfill your call and destiny, and this book is about to help fulfill that prophecy. Also, God promised me that this book will help the readers prepare for the end times. You are possibly wondering how a book on relationships would have anything to do with the end times. Relationships are particularly important especially now in the end times. In Malachi 4:5-6, God promised to send a prophet to fix relationships. Right there on the cross when Jesus was dying, he fixed the relationship between Mary his mother, and John, the youngest disciple he was leaving behind on earth. There are so many signs in the Bible that prove that in the end times God will be interested in our relationships because our relationships will help us thrive and survive.Thank you for checking out my book, I hope you decide to buy it, and I hope you decide to grab a copy for that friend that you think would need it. I would love to hear from you, I would like to hear your comments, I would love to answer your questions and I would love to make your acquaintance. I feel connected to every one of you reading this. You are my brother you are my sister and God knows us by name.Thank you and God bless youSincerely Henry