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Life is always full of new and unexpected challenges, but each challenge is also an opportunity to draw closer to God. Fr. Jacques Philippe, a beloved author and renowned spiritual director, will show you how to maintain peace of heart through turbulent times and discern the choices that will be helpful for you and others.Written in a simple and inviting style, Trusting God in the Present is your spiritual direction manual to trusting God in the midst of difficult times. You'll find that God is, indeed, with you, and he is inviting you to a new perspective, renewed hope, and a more abundant life.

Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe highlights the complex interplay between religion and sexuality in Zimbabwe. It shows how religion both facilitates and complicates the expression of sexuality in Zimbabwe. Approaching religion from a broader perspective, this volume reviews the impact of African Indigenous Religions and Christianity in its varied forms on the construction and expression of sexuality in Zimbabwe. These contributors examine the role of indigenous beliefs, as well as interpretations of sacred texts, in the understanding of sexuality in Zimbabwe. They also address themes relating to sexual diversity and sexual and gender-based violence. Overall, this book sheds light on the ongoing relevance and strategic role of religion to contemporary discourses on human sexuality.

Here's your invitation to deeper intimacy with your loving heavenly Father--the million-selling devotional classic from Frances J. Roberts.

Have you or another woman you know suffered from a loss of a child due to a miscarriage, illness, decisions, or any other life altering circumstance? This book serves as a comfort for their grief. Filled with messages of love, this book will help bring a new perspective.

Regina L. McCray is a 34-year-old native of Clarksdale, MS. She graduated with a B.S. in Communications and Paralegal Studies from Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS in 2005. During the Fall of 2004 while attending MUW, she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior. She earned her M.S. in Clinical Speech-Language Pathology from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ in 2013. Regina has always had a love for writing. During high school, she thoroughly enjoyed writing poetry. Regina currently practices Speech-Language Pathology in a school setting near her home town of Clarksdale. Her hobbies include conversing with family and friends, playing card and board games, shopping, and traveling. Regina hopes that sharing her experience of disobedience to God's will, being emotionally abused in her marriage, and being restored by God's grace and mercy will help people who are living in that situation know that God loves them too much for them to remain in a situation in which they are being abused in any way. Also, she hopes that her experience will encourage other believers to continue in their walk, answer their calls to share Christ, and continue to grow in our Lord and Savior. Regina L. McCray was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She was baptized in 1997 but truly accepted Christ during the fall of 2004 while completing her undergraduate studies at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi. Since accepting Christ into her heart, Regina has been on a journey inclusive of highs, lows, and all that fall in-between. Through disobedience, Regina finds herself at rock bottom and has to go back to God for Him to restore her broken pieces. If Not for God's Grace, Regina's first book, is a task ordered by God to be completed as a testimony of His unending love, grace, and mercy. To God be the glory!

The Ananga Ranga (Stage of Love) or Kamaledhiplava (Boat in the Sea of Love) is an Indian sex manual written by Kalyana Malla in the 15th or 16th century AD. The poet wrote the work in honor of Lad Khan, son of Ahmed Khan Lodi. He was related to the Lodi dynasty, which from 1451 to 1526 ruled India. Later commentators have said it is aimed specifically at preventing the separation of a husband and wife. This work is often compared to the Kama Sutra, on which it draws. It was translated into English in the year 1885, under the editorship of Sir Richard Francis Burton ."Satisfaction and enjoyment comes for a man with possession of a beautiful woman. Men marry because of the peaceful gathering, love, and comfort and they often get nice and attractive women. But the men do not give the women full satisfaction The reason is due to the ignorance of the writings of the Kamashastra and the disdain of the different types of women. These men view women only from the perspective of an animal. They are foolish and spiritless".The work was intended to show that a woman is enough for a man. The book provides instructions in how a husband can promote the love for his wife through sexual pleasure. The husband can so greatly enjoy living with his wife, that it is as if he had lived with 32 different women. The increasingly varied sexual pleasures are able to produce harmony, thus preventing the married couple from getting tired of one another. In addition to the extensive catalogue of sexual positions for both partners, there are details regarding foreplay and lure.

The Perfumed Garden by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi is a fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature. The full title of the book is The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight (al-rawd al-'âtir fî nuzhat al-khâtir).The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health, and recipes to remedy sexual maladies. It has a section on the interpretation of dreams. Interspersed with these there are a number of stories which are intended to give context and amusement.According to the introduction of Colville's English translation, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi probably wrote The Perfumed Garden sometime between 1410 and 1434. Sheikh Nefzawi, full name Abu Abdullah Muhammad ben Umar Nafzawi, was born in the Nefzawa region in the south of present-day Tunisia. Circa 1420 he compiled at the request of the Hafsid ruler of Tunis, Abû Fâris `Abd al-`Azîz al-Mutawakkil, the present work. The reputation acquired by this work in the Arab world was similar to that of the Arabian Nights.

The Christian Church tells gay people that they are unacceptable to God. It has falsely represented Jesus to a world that has always accepted that, if the Church says it, it must be true. There is a vast mission field out there, but the Church is singling gay people out as enemies of God as if He doesn't want them to be saved. The Church Is Dead is an attempt to convince the Church of its fundamental error regarding salvation. This book explains what the Church must now do. The Church and the gay community are not going to agree in the near future on whether homosexuality is natural. Rather than put a wedge between the two parties, however, the Church needs to decide what is important. The Church Is Dead challenges the established churches' beliefs and pronouncements on the subject of salvation, especially regarding the concept of faith plus works. It condemns the teachings of the pastors of some of the megachurches regarding tithing, and how they have used their pulpits to feather their own nests, making themselves fabulously wealthy at the expense of the poor people they cajole and bully into giving money to their churches. It is my hope that The Church Is Dead will convince the Church it's on the wrong track; that it will challenge Christians who condemn gay people because they think God expects them to; that it will encourage gay people, showing them that, even if the Church hates them, God doesn't.

If there is one word which encompasses a common theme for my life, that word would be grace. Not man's restrained, conditional, and flawed grace, but God's un-restrained, un-conditional, undeserved, and flaw-less grace. In good times, God's grace covered me. In tough times, God's grace covered me. In my mistakes, God's grace covered me. Even in my shame, God's grace covered me. Scripture tells us in Ephesians 2:8, "God saved you by His grace when you believed. And, you cannot take credit for this; it is a gift from God." Accepting, and believing, that God's Word is sound and true, then I have just one question for you, "Why is it sometimes so difficult to extend the same measure of grace to the next woman, as you know that you have certainly received?" In accepting to walk in the purpose of my assignment, God is showing me that He is able to use my mess for His message-His message of the gift of His grace. If I am being transparent, I knew this task would be challenging. Challenging because I knew that self house cleaning would be inevitable. Now really, who really likes to clean? But, if we're being honest, who really needs to clean? But, who really needs to clean? As I began this process of self house cleaning, this one phrase kept ringing in my spirit, "God's glory, being revealed through you, will manifest as you practice what you preach." Those weren't just words for the moment, but those were words for a lifestyle. So, in my practice, I'm learning to stand exposed. I'm learning to be transparent. I'm learning to stand accountable in my truth. I'm learning to stand in integrity. No matter how it looks, feel, or even smell. May I share something with you? God's grace has not failed me yet. And, it never will! I am here to testify that never at any point in my life has God forgotten about me. And, guess what? I have a little secret to share with you, "God has not forgotten about you either." The same undeserved and flaw-less grace that God extends to me, is the same undeserved and flaw-less grace that He desires to extend to you as well. All He asks is that you believe in Him. Initially, it was not unveiled to me why it was that I had to expose the most vulnerable aspects of my life. However, as I continue to God-vigate my journey, God gives me, what I like to call 'snippets.' And, one of the little 'snippets' revealed to me, was that in order to make myself relatable to other women, I would actually have to be able to relate. Be relatable to the guilt that the next woman may have experienced. Be relatable to the insecurities that my fellow sister(s) may have struggled with. Be relatable to the embarrassment that may have plagued you; enough to make you want to run and hide. Or, being relatable to the shame that may have burdened you to the point where all you want to do is hang your head in disgust and disbelief. So, if that meant that I would have to go first, I am assured that God has equipped me for the journey. First to expose myself. First to stand accountable. First to be transparent. First to share the little pearls of wisdom that God's grace has allowed me to gather along the way. Little pearls of grace to walk, to stand still, to endure, to sustain, and to triumph. #TeamWelcomeToTheGraceChronicles

"Many go into marriage thinking, "This is it! We've got the rings, the spouse, the sacrament--now our life together can really begin!" So it can be a shock when struggles and trials emerge. Frustrations. Arguments. Hurts, Feeling overwhelmed. Lack of unity. Lack of trust. Edward and Beth Sri, national Catholic presenters, vulnerably share their own experience of the joys and struggles of real married life. They remind us that the challenging aspects of a marriage are not only to be expected but are the very places Jesus wants to meet us and do his most important work. They are also the places that surprisingly can be a gateway to a greater love and a lasting joy."--Page [4] of cover.

Weekly prayer prompts, devotions, and exercises for managing anxiety and finding relief.It’s easy to get swept away with the demands of responsibilities, social obligations, and increasing distractions of this noisy world. Written by Christian life coach Helen Lee, MSc., Finding Peace is a guided prayer journal for women featuring 52 weeks of prayer prompts and devotionals to anchor the anxious heart in God’s unwavering and unconditional love. Finding Peace features:  52 weekly prayer prompts and devotionals: Heartfelt prayer prompts and bible devotionals to remind you of God’s guidance and love as you navigate through everyday stressors Spacious beautiful design: A journal that lays flat for ease of writing and spacious blank entries for personal prayers and private thoughts in one beautifully decorated journal to help combat ruminating and anxious thoughtsScripture verses for the anxious heart: Carefully selected biblical passages that specifically speak to worries, fears, and anxietyWeekly anxiety relief exercises: Action-oriented exercises paired with weekly devotionals to encourage and guide women through their anxiety and the challenges they may face dailyFaith-based and evidence-based techniques: Thoughtfully designed, these Christian therapy-based exercises are effective tools for anxiety relief.  Christian life coaching: Author and life coach Helen Lee, MSc’s passion has helped many women to live courageously and experience spiritual growth.