Object Lessons for Christmas (Object Lessons for Children)
Each lesson begins with a Christmas object most kids will have at home and uses Scripture-based themes to lead children to deeper spiritual application. Lessons have possible memory verses bolded within the quoted verses, and each includes a simple activity to keep children involved and make the application stick.
Christmas Object Lessons is a fun, easy-to-use, kid-focused book, meant to provide families, teachers, and leaders of children ages 6-12 a tool to keep Jesus the center of holiday festivities. Kids and adults are reminded the baby Jesus is also our Lord and Savior.
This book is ideal for family devotions, home school and Bible school classes, youth programs, and kid’s worship services. Relevant ideas can easily be implemented in sessions for youth and adults.
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Apart from the decision to follow Jesus, there is no greater decision a person makes than the choice to marry someone. For some people, marriage is a joyful experience – filled with delight. For others, married life is a daily struggle – filled with disappointments and disagreements.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is filled with good news for your marriage. As we meditate more and more on the nature of Christ’s Gospel and its application to our daily lives, we begin to see that He has called us to apply His Gospel to every area of our lives, particularly our marriages.
When we center our marriages on Jesus, we begin to better understand how to react and respond to the common sources of stress and disagreement that all married couples face. What does His Gospel say about love, commitment, communication, and mutual submission? How does the Gospel apply to how we handle our household finances?
In this brief book, we’ll take a look at each of these areas and we’ll also examine the very foundation Jesus has called us to build our marriages upon.
Prepare to be encouraged and refreshed.
John Stange has been serving in pastoral ministry for nearly 20 years. He is the Lead Pastor of Core Creek Community Church in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. In addition to his pastoral work, John is also the director of Genesis Christian Counseling and an adjunct professor in the Graduate Counseling department of Cairn University.
John specializes in writing concise books and devotionals that are “long enough to provoke thought, but short enough that you’ll actually finish them.” Please visit his author page on Amazon for more of his recent titles and new releases.
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Finding the Way Back (Forgiving Hearts Trilogy Book 1)
Laurel thought life had dealt her its worst blow when her marriage fell apart. For almost a year, she worked to put herself back together. These efforts culminated in a new job in a new place. Away from all the reminders of pain and humiliation, she can begin again. But what if her attempt to escape doesn’t take her away from Colton, but brings her to him instead?
Colton is reaping the sorrow and misery he deserves. For the worst of reasons, he hurt the woman he loves. Laurel’s heart won’t heal easily or ever without God’s help. Will she give him the chance to regain her trust? Or will he be forced to live the rest of his life without her?
Other books in this series: For Better or Worse: Book 2 in the Forgiving Hearts Trilogy
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When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions (Plus)
“Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers.”—Baltimore Sun
“Grounded in personal experience and bolstered with classic spiritual disciplines and Scripture, this book offers an alternative to fast-fix spirituality.”—Bookstore Journal
Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of “active waiting.”
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Comfort the Grieving: Ministering God’s Grace in Times of Loss (Practical Shepherding Series)
This book is a treasure chest of pastoral theology that will equip you to reach out to those who grieve with the Christ-centered comfort of God rooted in the gospel. The theological foundation espoused here, as well as the numerous practical helps that are included, will help any servant of the Lord to point the hearts and minds of the bereaved to the ‘man of sorrows’ who is ‘acquainted with grief’ (Isaiah 53:3).
The Practical Shepherding series of booklets provides pastors and ministry leaders with advice and practical help to do the work of pastoral ministry in a local church. In Comfort Those Who Grieve, experienced pastor Paul Tautges offers readers a guide to comforting those dealing with death through the hope of the gospel.
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Jesus Unmasked: The Truth Will Shock You
– Who Jesus said He was and why He said it the way He did
– What historical accounts and Biblical details reveal versus what we assume
– Why 4000 years of history, prophecy and chronology force every human being to render their verdict about this one man.
When you encounter Jesus Unmasked, you will not be ambivalent. Jesus gives us clarity and insight into the nature of God. Interact with what Jesus taught about Himself and draw your own conclusions to the world’s most important question: “Who is the real Jesus?”
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Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life
If you’ve ever wondered: Can I set limits and still be a loving person? How do I answer someone who wants my time, love, energy, or money? Why do I feel guilty when I consider setting boundaries? Unpacking the 10 laws of boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend give you biblically based answers to these and other tough questions, and show you how to set healthy boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, coworkers, and even with yourself.
In Boundaries, Drs. Cloud and Townsend show you how to bring new health to your relationships. You’ll discover firsthand how to reclaim your freedom to walk as the loving, giving, fulfilled individual God created you to be.
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A battle rages within every one of us every day. It’s the clash between our sense of stubborn self-sufficiency and God’s call to recognize that we’re really nothing without Him. It’s pride versus humility. And it’s a fight we can’t win without looking repeatedly to Christ and the cross. C. J. Mahaney raises a battle cry to daily, diligently, and deliberately weaken our greatest enemy (pride) and cultivate our greatest friend (humility). His thorough examination clarifies misconceptions, revealing the truth about why God detests pride and turns His active attention to the humble. Because pride is never passive, defeating it demands an intentional attack. The blessing that follows is God’s abundant favor.
“This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit.”
—Isaiah 66:2, ESV
God clearly states that He is drawn to the humble. He’s also clear that He opposes the proud. These two, humility and pride, cannot coexist. Where one is fostered, the other is defeated. Which will you pursue? When you acknowledge the deception of pride and intentionally humble yourself, you become free to savor abundant mercies and unlikely graces. You will find a new life is yours—a life God richly favors. A God-glorifying life you don’t want to miss.
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Reclaiming Love: Radical Relationships in a Complex World
Fernando’s pastoral work—in the midst of the cultural and ethnic tensions of Sri Lanka—often brought up a very real and honest question: “Can the biblical teaching about love actually be practiced?” The answer he discovered is a resounding “yes.” The radical love of God is not only real, but it is the key to experiencing joy in the pain and suffering of this world.
Believers must look to the Scriptures for God’s teaching on the true nature of love, its divine origins, and its power for those who trust in Christ. This book offers reflections on the Bible’s consistent teaching on love and shares real-life experiences of learning to love in difficult situations.
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Former Army MP Landry Parker fell into the recovery specialist role quite by accident—to help her ailing father. Now that she’s on her own, she is determined to prove herself and honor her family legacy.
After being shot in the line of duty, former police officer Nickolai Baptiste became a recovery specialist, and he’s good at his job—maybe even the best.
A potential client pits Landry and Nickolai against one another to find the Dutchman’s Lost Gold Mine map that was stolen from her murdered husband, and the potential payday is too enticing to pass up. The trail takes them from New Orleans to Weaver’s Needle in Arizona where legend claims the mine is hidden. Landry and Nickolai are no strangers to adventure, but the unlikely partners quickly discover there’s someone after the treasure and there are those who want to ensure the lost mine in Arizona’s Superstition Mountain stays lost forever.
Can Landry and Nickolai work together despite their distrust of each other to save the legend before more innocent lives are lost? Will they find the real treasure isn’t the gold, but something more valuable. . .true love and understanding?
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The Preacher’s Lady (Sugar Maple Hearts)
It’s 1855, and Elly Sullivan works on her family cranberry farm in Wisconsin. She’s pledged her unending love to Bo Garrett.
At seventeen, Bo rides off for a month—just a month—to see a little of the world before he settles down with Elly. He falls in with the wrong people and the wrong life. His promises to Elly and the Lord are forgotten in a misspent youth. Eight years too late, he returns, having come to the end of himself and having rededicated his life to God.
Can Bo convince Elly they were meant to be together despite all the bumps in their path?
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For Better or Worse (Forgiving Hearts Trilogy Book 2)
Jackson’s arrival in a new town takes an unexpected turn when he runs into the only woman he’s ever loved. Finding her unmarried has all the hopes and dreams he buried deep in his heart clamoring to the surface. Is he finally going to get a chance with Hannah? Or will the man who broke her heart continue to come between them?
Hannah has strayed from the beliefs of her youth. Jackson’s sudden appearance forces her to acknowledge how far she’s fallen away from God. His friendship, encouragement and unshakable faith make her believe she can move past the mistakes and begin again. But the path to redemption is seldom smooth and one wrong decision can change everything.
Other books in this series: Finding the Way Back – Book 1 in the Forgiving Hearts Trilogy
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Margaret longs to find her soulmate and enjoy the companionship of true love, but is her independence and desire to continue working stopping admirers from showing an interest? Determined to resolve the problem and find the man of her dreams,
Margaret discovers something that may be the answer to her prayers, whilst allowing her to keep her aspirations and ambitions alive.
Replying to an advertisement, placed by Irishman Matthew Murphy, for a bride, can she combine her yearning for love whilst still maintaining her independence, or is this destined to be simply a business arrangement?
Will Margaret ever find her happy ever after true love or will her determined spirit and foolhardiness have disastrous consequences and prevent her from ever fulfilling her dreams?
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What Dreams May Come (A Sweet Dreams Christian Romance Book 1)
But is it possible to fall in love with someone you’ve never even met?
Susannah’s convinced that God has called her to the mission field. That’s why she’s serving him with single-minded focus in Orchard Grove, waiting for the day when she can leave her small town to take the gospel to the nations.
Is falling in love with her missionary recruiter part of God’s plan for her life or a distraction from the real goal?
Scott loves his life. Traveling the globe, offering spiritual support to missionaries around the world offers enough excitement that the loneliness hardly ever gets to him …
Until he receives an application from a young girl with a heart for the mission field as large as his own, a young girl he finds himself falling for even before they get the chance to meet face-to-face.
Unfortunately, a promise Susannah made to her family may tear her and Scott even farther apart than the miles that separate them.
Book one in an inspirational sweet romance series by award-winning Christian author Alana Terry, who has won awards from Women of Faith, The Book Club Network, Grace Awards, and several others, What Dreams May Come is based off of the author’s own experiences falling in love with (and eventually marrying) her missionary recruiter.
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