My life began innocent enough, but then I found trouble time and time again. Always making the wrong choices and never believing in what I couldn’t see. I was raised to believe that I was a worthless piece of crap and would never amount to anything. I always thought I was in control of my life so I tried to be the best piece of crap that I could be until God sent me children. Then I found my worth in taking care of others. I know now that I am not worthless and I will never be alone. I am ...

This morning, somewhere between your first step on the floor to your last step out the door, you stuffed your bag full. No, not your purse, or a diaper bag, or your child's lunch box, but one created in your mind. And you didn't stuff it with books, band-aids, or baby food-you filled it with burdens. The kind of burdens moms carry.The suitcase of guilt. A sack of discontent. You drape a duffel bag of weariness on one shoulder and a hanging bag of worry on the other.No wonder you're...

We all expect our parents to precede us in death. No one expects to have to make their child's funeral arrangements. And the loss of a child brings with it a special and persistent manifestation of grief that can feel "like a stomachache that never ends."Gone but Not Lost is a thoughtful gift for a family that has experienced the death of a child. Each of its brief chapters covers one element of grieving, bringing readers through sorrow and helping them deal with feelings ...

God is good, God does good, and oh, how He wants you to be happy.In her new book, The Sacrament of Happy: What a Smiling God Brings to a Wounded World, Lisa Harper unveils that happiness is a gift from God that we can unashamedly enjoy. Happiness tends to be cast as a fluffy emotion without substance rather than a biblical concept, but this is not theologically accurate. Wearing the twin hats of both seminarian and belly-laughing adoptive mom, Lisa Harper dismantles the ol...

Get Out and Close the Doors Behind You: (Spiritual Secrets To Deliverance and Sobriety) Addiction has consumed so many of us and our loved ones. It has had its ugly grip in our bloodlines for generations. Are you struggling with addiction to tobacco, alcohol or drugs? Do you have a family member or friend who is? This book is designed to help the reader learn how to be set free from the bondage of addictions -- totally, completely, forever, and for the last time. This Step-By-Step Guide wi...

Is it possible to know God? Is it possible to experience God? Is it possible to hear Him speak?My journey with God unfolds: the highs, the lows, the mistakes, and the victories. In my story, you will see how I developed faith and experienced results. You will see my struggles and what I needed to do to continue on with God.Does having a relationship with God have to continue to be a mystery or thought of as impossible? I can't figure out why it has to be this way. Many so bli...

A message of hope and total healing from the daughter of one of the country's most dynamic and popular pastorsThe quickest way through a challenge is to hand it over to the One who calms the seas simply by saying, "Be still." If God can do that, He can certainly handle anything you are currently facing.Tish Hagee Tucker, daughter of Pastor John Hagee, is living proof of that. In Master of the Impossible she tells her story of being healed from cancer...

What would it be like if someone were completely, 100 percent for you?The loser. The rising star. The drug addict. The good Christian kid gone bad. The undeserving overwhelmed with gratitude. Whoever you are and wherever you’ve been—Jesus is for you.Not when you clean up your actor when do the right thingor when put your life back together.Jesus is for you—in the midst of now. Whether you woke up amazed by your bles...

A calm moment is a rare find in a mom’s chaotic day. But she needs it. She needs the moment to refocus and refresh her soul. She needs the inspiration to find God in the mess and the mundane that often defines her. She craves the solitude of a moment with the Master to quiet the storms. She needs to laugh and remember why she loves being a mom.Don't Make Me Come Up There! is filled with inspirational and hilarious true-life stories and reflections written by a very human m...

If God is a good Father, why would He make the Christian life so hard? He wouldn't. God made the Christian life easy, but we make it hard.From Tragedy to Triumph is Jeremiah's first book detailing his journey as a mischievous boy to falling in with the wrong crowd, getting involved with drugs and alcohol, in trouble with the law, and ultimately, being diagnosed with an incurable disease.This book is a testimony to the power of God and when you lay down your life an...

"When a woman is strong in spirit, there is nothing she can't accomplish."One FIERCE Lady,LisaThis book will touch your heart and prayerfully expose and heal some areas you thought were too painful to deal with.Beginning with who these women are, what happened in their lives, despair, violence, illness, death, marriage, pain, healing, spiritual awakening, and the strength to get up and move on to live health...

What It's Like to Die-from Someone Who Did.Why are we afraid of dying? Where does death lead? Is there an afterlife? I Shook Hands with Death offers the answers as Pastor Mike Robertson shares his heartfelt account of dying at 19 in an east Texas lake, seeing his lifeless body, and then suddenly being brought back to life. Robertson's encounter with death-a near death encounter (NDE)-is a candid conversation with the reader about death, the supernatural world, God's love, ...