Building Spiritual

This collection is like the bones of a body - a framework around which the remaining body of work can arrange itself. Sure, there's a lot that needs to be filled in to make it all come to life, but with Bones, now we've got the basic building blocks in place. Plus the words go down like a strawberry milkshake - pleasing to the tongue yet with all the calcium we need for optimum health.

You want to live a "good life" and be a "good person," but life can shift right under your feet and get messy and unpredictable. How do you stay strong and hopeful when you see cracks forming in your relationships, at work, or even in your own character? Is your faith strong enough to help you stand when life tries to knock you down? In How to Stay Standing, Alli Patterson will show you how to build a faith that can withstand anything the world throws at it.

Since the release of this book, the testimonies have been rolling in...for those who have never spoken in tongues - receiving it for the first time; for those who have not experienced or understood the fullness or specifics of this powerful gift - becoming free and confident on its parameters and usefulness. Each chapter answers a burning question that many Christians have about speaking in tongues.

Would you like help from God, your creator, to build deep and meaningful relationships and become a more loving person? This affirmation handbook is filled with many great affirmations that will encourage and remind you to reach out to God to help you be more loving and caring. Be inspired to reach out to God to listen wholeheartedly to people and want to know and understand them. Be encouraged to reach out to God to work through feelings of pain, anger, and hurt to develop a loving and caring heart.

Do you want wisdom and understanding? Do you want to live by truth and overcome deception? Do you understand how wisdom relates to faith and salvation? Wisdom and understanding are important keys to spiritual strength and spiritual growth.

Knowing God’s love produces wonderful fruit. God takes the initiative to reveal his heart of love and compassion for his children.

In Storycraft, renowned author Walter Wangerin, Jr. explores the power of narrative and storytelling to impact message, messenger, and hearer. Through preaching and teaching, the gospel comes alive—is incarnated—in the words, actions, and stories we tell. Well-crafted stories shape the relationship between tellers and listeners, between preachers and people. And in the telling, trust is established, faith is formed, and lives change. Together, Wangerin's reflections create a theology of story that shows how the Word of God takes on flesh in practiced speech.

Passion with Purpose: The Fire Within divulges what it means to build a life of fulfillment, destiny, and impact by uncovering the relationship between passion and purpose. It explores significant lessons from author Steven Mezzacappa’s experiences and sheds light on a new way to look at passion and your relationship with God. Passion with Purpose shows us that we all have inherent worth, value, and a call to love others and make a profound difference in our communities and in the world. However, we must earnestly humble ourselves and continually be inspired.

Through today's culture, the enemy has declared war on your family. Relentless attacks from television, movies, and social media chip away at your hope for change. You long for a home marked by encounter and presence, but most days are marked by weariness and resignation.

You'll find a sassy, funny, authentic, and encouraging friend in master word weaver Jami Amerine, as she comes alongside you to share God's overwhelming grace and patience in an inside-out journey to wellness. She'll introduce you to a Heavenly Father who adores you, right where you are. And she'll let you have a peek into the insane ride of her life that led her to complete freedom after years of hating herself - while she was completely and utterly adored by Jesus.

En este libro vemos la manera de cómo ser edificados y la manera de cómo edificar la iglesia. La manera de cómo ser edificados se refiere al hecho de que los creyentes seamos juntamente edificados, y la manera de cómo edificar la iglesia se refiere a nuestro servicio para la edificación de la iglesia. Al presentar esto, Witness Lee primero habla respecto a la necesidad de tener una visión. Luego, considera el tipo del tabernáculo del Antiguo Testamento. Finalmente, nos presenta una comunión relacionada con el aspecto práctico en nuestra experiencia de la edificación genuina en la iglesia.

This book helps followers of Jesus see themselves as Jesus sees them—people indwelled with his Spirit being built up to impact the world. You will move beyond education and knowing things about Jesus to spiritual awakening and transformation through daily immersion in Scripture. J. D. encourages reading the Bible with others and to put spiritual insights into action.

Growing up in the charming South, Brandon Russell didn't realize what life had in store for him. A chance meeting planted the seed that would forever change his course. Graduating from college armed with the lofty goal of changing the world, Brandon tells the story of how he came to know fame. It wasn't until Brandon lost his father to cancer did he realize his father's actual tools would give him his true calling in life.

Every believer begins the journey toward faith with questions. Those questions may differ, but they all ultimately lead to the same place, "Is there a God?" Until we answer that question with certainty, we will weave in and out of faith, unsure of what we really believe, and just who we believe in. Am I: Building a Life of Personal Faith helps take the growing believer through the fundamental questions of faith, not to preach what they should believe, but rather to uncover what they already believe.

Every day and everywhere, everyone can live a powerful life of Kingdom impact, Jesus-style! One ordinary life making a powerful difference - that's God's amazing 'Plan A' on display. Using real-life, riveting stories and a contemporary scriptural lens, Dwight Robertson shows how God's exciting kingdom-building plan takes life - literally - in ordinary individuals.

Rough Cut Men utilizes a strategic blend of “guy” movie scenes, real world tales of men, biblical truth, and even throws in some of the author’s personal testimony to accomplish one focused mission: to get men talking to each other about what’s really going on in their lives. Each chapter contains hard-hitting questions designed to drive men deeper in their walk with other men and with Christ.

Después de cuarenta años de ministerio y consejería, Max Lucado ha descubierto que nada reanima el alma sedienta, como las promesas de Dios. Cada capítulo de este libro explora una infinita promesa que guiará al lector a vivir su vidas basándose en verdades permanentes y encontrará una esperanza que es un ancla para su almas, inamovible e inquebrantable. Desde el principio de los tiempos, la relación entre Dios y el hombre ha estado moldeada unas exigencias y promesas concretas. Estos pactos son decretos inalterables que definen el mover de la historia.

Joseph Holland dedicated his life to helping Harlem's homeless. His tireless outreach efforts revealed an essential truth: people lead fulfilling lives because of their foundational values. Drawing wisdom from his real-life experiences, Holland developed a method that allows anyone to build a solid spiritual and moral foundation to thrive in the face of adversity, live each day with inspiration, and rise to his or her divine destiny.

What do I do now? Many new and existing Christians face this question, and rightfully so. The purpose of this book is to give a foundation on the fundamentals of living your new life in Christ. This book is for those who wish to mentor new believers but who also need spiritual guidance in teaching people from the Bible how to become effective and God-fearing disciples of Jesus Christ.

Each of us is given a unique gift from God. But, unfortunately, we never give thought to this until we are faced with trials and tribulations. These can often tell the story of our character. We can be seen to be weak or strong depending on our reaction as to how we handle these matters. Given the vision to share how the acronym of the word ACHIEVE can be used systematically in your day-to-day life to refocus your belief on achieving your goals.