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Do you feel lost in a difficult season, wondering, "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU?!" Perhaps you heard God speak, but now He seems silent. Maybe you moved forward in faith, but now His presence is nowhere to be found. Welcome to the wilderness―the place between receiving a promise from God and seeing it come to pass. But here's the good news―this is no purposeless wasteland. God uses the wilderness to prepare and equip you for your destiny―that is, if...
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Your inner storms show you what's really going on inside, reveal what you really believe, and actually make you stronger. In this powerful book Walsh will help you see that by standing on God's words and promises, we can fight the chaos, redefine our failures as new beginnings, and create positive declarations of hope.
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"As a journalist suddenly skeptical of the power of words to tell the deepest truths of other people's stories, Jeff Sharlet turned to taking snapshots and posting them on Instagram- images that he then reflected on in words of extraordinary intimacy andpower. A visionary work of radical empathy, this collection of images and reflections is framed by the two years between his father's heart attack and his own, a time defined by insomnia and late-...
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Wrecked is about the life we are afraid to live. It's about radical sacrifice and selfless service--how we find purpose in the midst of pain. It's a look at how we discover fulfillment in the least likely of places. It's about living like we mean it. It's a guide to growing up and giving your life away, helping you live in the tension between the next adventure and the daily mundane. This book is for us--a generation intent on pursuing our life's...
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"Do you feel like you're missing something? What if this feeling wasn't a bad thing? It could be a longing for more of God and a catalyst to living the life that was designed before the foundations of the earth were laid. A lot of us, if we're honest, are afraid. We hold our dreams close to our chest. But our passions have a purpose -- they were engineered for God's greater plan and he intends for us to use them for his glory and purposes. In Restless,...
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"Meg Apperson grew up having a relationship with Jesus, and she always trusted God.... In this heartbreaking beautiful memoir, you'll learn how a mother fought for her child, her family, and even herself as she grappled with the weight of failure--of letting down everyone around her and feeling let down by God. But in the midst of the fight, through heavy grief, she not only discovered her own voice--she discovered that God is both good and faithful."--Front...
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Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? We go to movies that make us cry, or scream, or gag. We poke at sores, eat spicy foods, immerse ourselves in hot baths, run marathons. Some of us even seek out pain and humiliation in sexual role-play. Where do these seemingly perverse appetites come from? Drawing on groundbreaking findings from psychology and brain science, The Sweet Spot shows how the right kind of suffering sets the...
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Most people see trouble as something negative and seek to avoid it whenever possible. But what if it's those troubles that actually lead to greater blessing and purpose? In The Blessing of Adversity, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and the 62nd chaplain of the U.S. Senate distills the wisdom gained from thirty years as a counselor, theologian, and psychologist. Barry Black offers a blueprint for removing the sting of life's trials, showing us how to let...
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Every sufferer looks longingly to Christ and secretly asks, How could you let this happen? My friend Ed Underwood asked that question openly from his deathbed. We all knew that Ed's only hope was Christ's answer to our plea. Jesus answered, and Ed lives and serves. This is his story-a story I highly recommend, a story that will show you how to take Christ's hand through your darkest days.
54) You're going to be okay: encouraging truth your heart needs to hear, especially on the hard days
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Sometimes it feels like life's falling apart at the seams. Sometimes you're completely worn out by stresses that never seem to end. For every woman who has been disappointed, who has watched a dream die, whose life isn't what she imagined it would be, bestselling author Holley Gerth has a heartfelt message of hope--you really are going to be okay. And it is possible to live with joy, resilience, and strength in both the good times and the bad. In...
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"When his eight-year-old son died suddenly from a fast-moving blood infection, Brady heard the typical platitudes about accepting God's will and knew that quiet acceptance was not the only godly way to grieve. With deep faith, knowledge of Scripture, and the wisdom that comes only from experience, Brady guides readers grieving losses and setbacks of all kinds in voicing their lament to God, reflecting on the nature of human existence, and persevering...
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Kara Tippetts knows the ordinary days of mothering four kids, the joy of watching her children grow ... and the devestating reality of stage-four cancer. In "The Hardest Peace," Kara doesn't offer answers for when living is hard, but she asks us to join her in moving away from fear and control and toward peace and grace. Most of all, she draws us back to the God who is with us, in the mundane and the suffering, and who shapes even our pain into beauty....
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We all can identify with the experience of facing one of life's storms and crying out to God for an answer. However, if we listen closely, we hear Him provide not an answer but rather another question- "Am I Not Still God?" It is perhaps the only question that matters. How you answer it may shape the rest of your life. Using examples from her own experience, Kathy Troccoli shares how God is unconcerned with explaining Himself-instead He is concerned...
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"Struggle well. Fight for progress. Know the one who has fought for you. You don't have to live in this world long before discovering that the pursuit of intimacy with God occurs within the context of adversity. It is a fight. Yet it is a fight in which our King has won the decisive victory! You have been set free ... into a raging battle! But there's good news: your struggles do not mean you're doomed, rather they're actually a sure sign that you...
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Must we stumble through sorrow and tragedy without understanding or is there a lighted way - a path - through suffering? Elisabeth Elliot plots the treacherous passage through pain, grief, and loss - a journey most of us will make many times in our life. Through it all, she says, there is only one reliable path, and if you walk it, you will see the transformation of all your losses, heartbreaks, and tragedies into something strong and purposeful....
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