Spiritual Growth Love

MacKenzie "Mac" Davis left her hometown of Red Leaf, Wisconsin, to pursue a degree in journalism. But when her dad, the town's beloved Coach Davis, suffers a mild heart attack, Mac returns home to help out. She takes a job at the weekly newspaper, but instead of covering serious topics her editor wants her to write about social events - like the garden club's flower show and the historical society's afternoon tea.

Eight years have passed since Holly last saw her high school sweetheart, Josh. Now the wedding of Josh's best friend has brought him back to Martinsburg, Texas. His duties as best man and Holly's as the church's volunteer wedding coordinator link them together. As they work behind the scenes to plan a beautiful November wedding for their friends, they're forced to confront painful reminders of what might have been.

The truth of God's love is a message many of us have always known, but we need to be reminded of it again and again. In our limited understanding, we have difficulty comprehending it. God has loved you with an everlasting love, and yet no matter how deeply we feel him in our lives, the word of God often goes unheard. This is why, in the noise of the modern world, the simplicity of his message is all too easily lost. Yet while our prayers have no answers we can hear, that does not mean God has no voice.

Hello, I know we've met before, at least momentarily a time or two since you were conceived. Recently I've heard you've mistaken others to be me. I wouldn't typically be bothered by that, as I don't force myself upon anyone who doesn't want to befriend me. The reality is I am keenly aware of the truth that without me you are nothing.

The title of this book came from a conversation between a first grader and his mother. He must have felt that his teacher was pining away every evening, every weekend, and every summer, just waiting to be with the class again. Actually, most teachers fill their off-hours very well with other children and their own children in Sunday School, Y camps, or other community programs.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to A Father's Love: My Journey with God and learn about the author's journey with God in Christianity.

Lenaburg desperately wanted to be part of a girl tribe in middle school. She wanted to belong, to have friends—to be seen. So the unathletic, gangly sixth-grader tried out for the cheerleading squad. She didn’t have fancy clothes like the other girls, and she noticed that everyone else had “a chest”. So Lenaburg stuffed a pair of her brother’s sweat socks into her bra. You can probably guess the rest: One sock fell out when she started a tumbling routine.

Jacob and Solomon were polygamists. Tamar and Rahab were prostitutes. What are polygamists and prostitutes doing on the pages of holy scripture? And God told the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute. What about Cain - did he really marry his sister? Abraham did, and he was also a polygamist. Lot offered his daughters up for rape, David committed adultery (or rape?), and the Bible calls both men righteous. Love, Old Testament style, was bizarre.

In We Love, We Laugh, We Cook, Becky - a butter and bacon loving mama - and Rachel - a vegan bean eating daughter - share stories of their crazy, wonderful, and sometimes challenging lives as Rachel becomes a mother herself. From food for a family reunion of 30, to lunch for a party of one in a high chair, to a hot meal for a sick friend, the authors demonstrate grace, acceptance, and love to others through the bonding gifts of humor, attentive listening, and cooking... whether diners prefer beef or tofu in their stew.

In Is This The One?, Steve Arterburn - an award-winning author and the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries - has created a "how-to" plan for happier, stronger marriages. He contends that living in a "no regrets" relationship can be as simple following this spiritually solid and personally drawn plan before the first "I do" is even spoken. He prescribes three sets of ten carefully devised dates designed to help couples reveal their true colors and clarify whether or not they are a compatible match.

When we say we have faith in people or material things, it’s because they have proved themselves in the past and we expect them to do the same in the future. But that’s not faith. It’s belief.

Has life ever broke your heart and left you with the broken pieces of what you thought your life would look like? Or have you hit a breaking point that has caused you to feel defeated and depressed? There may be breakups, life transitions, unexpected events, and moments that leave you feeling like moving forward is impossible, but it’s possible! You weren’t meant to stay stuck. God has big plans for you and He doesn’t want you wasting time and energy going around the same mountains that keep you frustrated or fearful.

En este audio libro, encontraras las palabras de una mujer que vive apasionada por Dios, y su deseo es contagiarte para que lo busques con esa misma o mayor intensidad. Este audio libro es especialmente para todas aquellas personas que desean más de su presencia. Aquellos que desean sentir más su poder, su unción fresca que renueva, qué levanta, qué enamora, y que enciende la pasión hasta del más indiferente. Es para todos aquellos que a lo mejor han sido despreciados por muchos que ya están en un nivel más alto, pero se olvidan que un día también estuvieron ahí.

According to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, God raised up Methodism in order to spread the central teaching of entire sanctification. The church has offered an unbalanced understanding of the gospel for too long. This book calls all Methodists—the spiritual descendants of the Wesleyan revival, regardless of contemporary denominational expression—back to who we have been at our best. Perfect Love provides an in-depth explanation of entire sanctification and helps listeners pursue all that God has for us.

In this compelling book, Ben Luke Smith shares his unwavering faith in Jesus Christ and invites listeners to embark on a transformative path towards spiritual growth and enlightenment. Through heartfelt narratives and deep reflections, Ben Luke Smith delves into the essence of the Christian faith, illuminating the path to salvation and truth through the teachings of the Gospel

Life is full of challenges and even as Christians, we are not strangers to pain and suffering. The stories in the Bible have shown us that even favored kings like David and Solomon had their share of ordeals. The apostle, Paul, had to walk a lonely and hardship-filled road on his way to greatness. Job, a person worthy of admiration, went through sickness and almost loses the fight for his faith.

Fire in My Heart is a good all-around introduction (or refresher for longtime Christians) about living the Christian faith. Sr. Ann presents a practical and personal guide to loving God and other people. In her words, "These bedrock priorities in my personal life and prayer have brought me closer to the Lord and increased my hunger and thirst to follow after Him ever more closely. I pray that those same blessings will be yours."

The Bible tells a story—and it may be one you haven't considered. It is the story of God and humans in an unexpected relationship of faithfulness and love. It's about people who fail and about the God who pursues them with his unrelenting covenant love. And it concludes with a miracle plot twist so astonishing, it changes everything.

The world is changing, along with our ideas around sexuality, authority, patriarchy, and truth. Despite the Church's best attempts at downplaying the changes, millions of intellectually honest people are entering into a process often referred to as deconstruction. In The Reconstructionist, pastor, and author Jonathan Foster offers up his own deconstruction story, how it stirred up the fear of his denomination, his subsequent expulsion, and how the insights gleaned might just point a way forward. It's based on three simple ideas: people > text, mercy > sacrifice, and love > fear.

Distilled from the Bible's timeless truths and the experiences of everyday life, these meditations reveal a love that is boundless, fearless, stubborn, lavish, outlandish, and intentional.