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After Gerald Zgabay becomes a Christian, it doesn’t take long before he’s struggling with two disparate issues: the church and pornography. As he discovers what he’s looking for in a church and learns to walk away from another problem, what shines through is hope, adventure, enlightenment, and open adoption.

I remembered the first time I stepped into a church—it was and seemed to foreign to me. I never experienced god before. I was lost—out in the open. My mother never taught us anything about the lord or Christ. I always felt I had an unknowing relationship with him. It was always there or he was always there to protect me and guide me. I always felt a presence;the lords presence. He brought me a mighty long way.

He came to love the ranch family and discover why his boss said that ranching is not for atheists—since a farmer needs to partner with God, who is the Creator and, in his word, gives clear instructions. Their reverence was expressed not in many words but in the way they treated their family, other people, their cattle, their dogs, and the land itself. They worked hard and rested on the Sabbath. They put their trust in God and were rewarded with his smile.

Sundays in the South is the story of God’s redemption and his faithfulness to a couple who has not always been faithful to him. It’s a story of a God faithful to his church despite its warts and blemishes. Follow along with Tom as he recounts their year-long trek and perhaps be inspired to take a journey of your own.

In "I Talked to God," author Michael T. Glaspie delivers a profoundly introspective and unfiltered exploration of his journey towards embracing spirituality and divine communication. With candid sincerity, Glaspie invites listeners into the depths of his own evolution, shedding light on his struggles with fear, procrastination, and societal expectations that once held him back from sharing his truth.

This is an autobiography that takes the listener on a journey—a three-book series, starting with the author’s memoir and motivational copy, which is this book. The book collection is an inspiration to the world at large. You are living in a place where people are in despair, unable to feel hope and the positive energy it gives. In this situation, God wants you to know he is in control of your life, therefore, it cannot be over yet. He has the last word.

Dawn Cogger’s memoir, Womb to Tomb to Womb, provides fodder for life’s journey, a journey with unimaginable positive changes. Her story demonstrates how our life journey and its teachings are unique for each of us. Her life starts with sporadic Christian teachings, and contrary messages that belief in God is not acceptable, her behavior often unacceptable. Her love of nature brings her solace and inspiration. She shares her hunger for prayer and a relationship with God.

Is it possible to go from psychic to prophet? My journey answered that question by highlighting my transformative process into my intended destiny. This process was long and arduous, however; the common thread we can walk away with, is learning to trust the process and more importantly, learning to trust the One orchestrating the process. It's all about Jesus. When it's all said and done, the ancient words penned by Luke in Acts 17 rings true—in him, we move, live and have our being.

In Help from Heaven, Carlos Vivas shares a story of hope and love as he describes the true events surrounding his near-death experience and the miracles he continues to witness since that day. Through nature and spiritual messages, Vivas describes how God not only saved him, he also transformed him.

I Never Walked Alone is the autobiography of my father, Jerry Hale. I feel very privileged to introduce you to his story. It is the story of some of his boyhood events in Texas during the days of corn and cotton. It tells of his move with his family to the Peace River country of Northern Alberta. As you listen to this book you will know what it is like to carve a farm and ranch out of bush land, raise a family of five children, of which I am the eldest, then ultimately lose his home to the Bank.

In Mission with Prophetic Power, Evan Howard introduces us to his good friend John Woolman (1720–1772). In this autobiographical record of his life, Woolman describes his charismatic, contemplative, and evangelical spirituality as he practiced a lifestyle of fair trade (justice) and minimalism (simplicity). Encounter testimonies of the “operations of divine love” in Woolman’s record of the goodness of God.

Unveil the secrets of grace, love, and insight as you witness Sister Annunciata's (Kimberly Braun) life-changing journey filled with twists and turns. From a 17,000-square-foot monastery rising with beauty and strength to the profound beauty of consciousness taking form, this captivating story will challenge your perceptions and make you question what's truly possible.

See how, throughout her life, she became a believer, and even with Kerry and Kaylynn's love and support, she had to find the strength elsewhere to get up each and every day to be the best mom she could be for Austin. Listen to how still, to this day, she struggles with negative emotions and guilt and needs to be reminded often that God is in control, and he will never forsake her, even when she feels she is alone.

As the Lord inspired me to write a children’s book, he led me to write this book - the story of my life, part of it anyway. As you embrace my story, I believe he will touch you and minister to you. By the time you finish listening to my story, the Lord will touch your life in a mighty way and give you a new hope.

This book is a great page-turner you won’t be able to put down! The reader will feel they are sharing in Mark’s rollercoaster journey of self-destruction to becoming an ordained minister. In a world of darkness, brokenness, isolation, and desperation, Mark becomes entrenched in crime, gangs, and drugs, until, that is, he encounters God in a miraculous way. This book is for everyone, whether privileged, atheist, oppressed, or addicted. It will inspire and warm your soul.

Is there something in your life that is keeping you from fulfilling your purpose? What is the mountain standing in your way, preventing you from becoming your best self? In Mountain Mover Manual, entrepreneur, speaker, and executive coach Kevin Carey helps you identify what that mountain is in your life and how to move it.

Grace Santangelo was innocent, reserved, and obedient. At 15, she dutifully assisted in the day-to-day operation of her parents' boardinghouse in Illinois. Never in her wildest dreams did Grace imagine meeting and falling in love with boarder number three, Gio Rivia, a handsome Italian immigrant who was eight years her senior.

Em Jesus, o homem mais amado da história, Rodrigo Alvarez recria a trajetória do messias de uma forma inédita, tentando chegar o mais perto possível da informação em estado bruto. Para isso, ele se debruçou durante sete anos sobre textos históricos antigos e as descobertas arqueológicas mais modernas.

2005 wurde der deutsche Kardinal Joseph Ratzinger zum Papst gewählt. Doch wer ist der Mensch, der als Benedikt XVI. auf dem Stuhl Petri saß? Der Journalist und Buchautor Peter Seewald hat in ausführlichen Gesprächen mit ihm hinter die Kulissen geschaut und präsentiert in dieser Biografie die bisher weniger bekannten Seiten in Benedikts Lebensgeschichte, inklusive seiner Jugendzeit. Seewald ist dem Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche dabei so nah gekommen wie nur wenige andere und liefert spannende Einblicke in die biografischen Stationen, Ansichten und Positionen Benedikts XVI.

Through the suffering and hardships you’ll see a remarkably strong woman emerge, whose extraordinary resolve brought her through the ashes as she gripped her faith and found the strength to soar. Every painful experience grew her unwavering bravery and eventually catapulted her into the arms of Jesus. She also brings light to the epidemic of mental illness and how it is time to erase the stigma in our society and in the church.