Defeat is not in the athlete's vocabulary. It is in their spirit.How have sports evolved from a healthy expression of talent and prowess into a relentless vortex that grinds that talent into the athlete's internal, secret defeat? Anymore, this truth is like watching a funnel cloud develop before it advances into an F-5 tornado. Most of us recognize it. Most of us talk about it. But few are willing to acknowledge and heed its warning.1000% ...

Defeat is not in the athlete’s vocabulary. It is in their spirit.How have sports evolved from a healthy expression of talent and prowess into a relentless vortex that grinds that talent into the athlete’s internal, secret defeat? Anymore, this truth is like watching a funnel cloud develop before it advances into an F-5 tornado. Most of us recognize it. Most of us talk about it. But few are willing to acknowledge and heed its warning.1000% is the book that will take you into t...

Do you find yourself in a dark spiral of emotional torment as you repeatedly attempt to resolve issues within your relationship? Does it feel as though you walked right into a trap and that your reality has shifted into an atmosphere of lies? The branches of seduction seem to reach out to you with the most beautiful gestures of love only to repeatedly bludgeon you with those very same limbs. The healthy identity that you once recognized and embraced has been eroded with a gradual, calculat...

Darkness fell upon her as if it had its own life. As it turned out, it did.Charlie’s 39-year-old journey was surrounded by hidden forces. Blind to their powerful influences, she unknowingly walked into a wicked trap that she believed to offer momentary peace. However, this trap was permanent in its grip, and it thrust her into hidden realms that were more alive and vivid than her conscious awareness.Profound regret and overwhelming fear became her reality as she was dragged t...

You have big dreams and major goals for your life. You want to be a leader, fulfilled and fully realized, always able to take what life throws at you and stretch beyond the status quo. But for some reason, you never quite get there. You just aren't living up to your potential, and you don't know why.Now America's leadership expert, John Maxwell, gives you the tools you need to Be All You Can Be. In this powerful book filled with easy-to-grasp truths you can put to work rig...

Just as the sun blinds our eyes to a sky filled with stars, Jesus’ deity can blind us to the unseen riches of His humanity. In The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, Steven K. Scott reveals the hidden treasures to be found in Christ’s life as a human. When you learn from Jesus’ life on earth, your own life will be propelled to a whole new level of achievement, happiness, and success.As you look at Jesus’ life, you will learn how to:•Find new meanings that will ra...

The relationships in your life will make the difference between happiness and misery.The right relationship will launch you to the heights of achievement; the wrong one will tether you to mediocrity. Your relationships will be your sources of greatest joy and your venues of greatest pain. Van Moody says, “When people show you who they are, pay attention.”We need to undertake the important task of evaluating our relationships intelligently. We need ...

Learn to speak to God through prayer, offer him praise and thanksgiving, and listen for an answer.How important is prayer in the life of a Christian? Doesn't God know what we need already? Do you look forward to praying, or do you dread it?It is never a mistake to pray, but we need to understand fully what prayer is and its role in our lives. Learning to Pray, by Christian leader and pastor Billy Graham, looks at the incredible pri...

God has a personal vision for our lives, and He wants us to know it even more than we do. But determining God’s will can be a difficult process, especially when we need to make a decision in a hurry. The Discovering God’s Will DVD and its companion study guide, designed for small groups or personal study, take you through the important steps of decision making, pursuing God’s will, seeking counsel from others, learning to use discernment, and understanding the mind of God through ...

It's not what you think that will impact your child; it's what you communicate. Charles Stanley focuses on the parental role as one of stewardship rather than ownership. As a parent, you have a stewardship entrusted to you, and are responsible to God for your actions toward your children. To keep your children on your team, you must assure them from the beginning that you are on theirs.

Everyone disagrees on some things; this is inevitable. The question is, how can we disagree with those we love, but increase the odds that we will live and love to fight another day? How can we learn to fight fair? In this companion to One of Us Must Be Crazy... and I'm Pretty Sure It's You (a treatise on "making sense of the differences that divide us"), Tim and Joy Downs aren't playing around (too much, anyway). This time they concentrate less on how to make sense of our diferen...

Are you ready to experience God's best?In How to Reach Your Full Potential for God, best-selling author, teacher, and pastor Charles F. Stanley laid out seven essentials to an abundant life?the life of purpose that God planned specifically for you.The How to Reach Your Full Potential for God Study Guide, takes you even deeper into biblical text to understand your unique role in the Father's kingdom. To help you, there are:Think About Toda...