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Have you ever wondered what it really means to surrender all to God? In her memoir, Eileen Kusakabe describes her years of growing up in Hawaii, feeling despised because of her Caucasian heritage. As the youngest latchkey child with an unstable father, she wonders if even God despises her for all of her failings. Trudging through adulthood, she hears a message of God's design for a life of significance. Frustrated and fearing she missed her chance, she gets on her knees and gives her life to God. All of it. His unwanted response leaves her fighting for her life.

No ano de dois mil e treze, retornei ao meu estado, após um período seis anos afastado, por ter minha vida ameaçada pelo crime organizado. A ordem de retornar veio daquele que criou todas as coisas e ao dar a ordem me garantiu também que algo só me aconteceria se Ele deixasse de ser Deus! Durante o curto período que fiquei no estado me hospedei na casa da avó de minha esposa, em uma cidade do interior, chamada Cajueiro.

Minha visão espiritual foi se abrindo aos poucos, a primeira vez que me recordo foi aos oito anos de idade quando senti pela primeira vez uma paz de espírito e me vi mergulhado em um silêncio profundo, como se todas as coisas, até mesmo o vento, estivessem em silêncio, quando pela primeira vez ouvi uma voz suave sussurrando ao meu espírito coisas que se realizariam décadas mais tarde. Ao ficar adulto, todas as vezes que minha vida corria perigo de alguma forma me era avisado, ou acontecia algo que impedia de seguir aquele caminho que me levaria à morte.

Digging deep for six weeks into the dynamics of Christian growth, listeners discover the power of coupling deep repentance with joyful belief. re:FORM takes the best principles and practices gleaned from many years of development experience and thousands of transformed lives.

Finding Joy in the Morning tells you how to surrender the natural human proclivity to try to be in control, so that you will know the peace and find the joy that comes with knowing God is always with you and always in control.

In his book, Life's Alternatives, Mike Walsh poses these questions in his investigation of the reigning philosophical worldviews on topics ranging from politics to pop culture. As he examines what the various approaches have to offer, Mike lends his insight into what will inevitably grant people the answers they seek.

This audio guide is about how God never gives up on us. Elbert Williams testimonies demonstrate that through faith in Jesus, all things are possible. At the conclusion of each testimony, listeners are invited to reflect on how Jesus has impacted their lives.

As a pastor for both small and large churches, Jonathan Geraci has discovered that many believers' struggles come down to how they relate to money. In this audiobook, you will discover a Biblical holistic view on wealth that may surprise you. You will learn how modern financial advisors and the ancient words of scripture agree. These simple and engaging strategies will teach you Biblical habits for building wealth.

Love Focused will help you discover a very different approach to life and God that makes living in a difficult world satisfying and successful. It describes a model for living that frees you to enjoy a better life without having to change or control your world. And most importantly, Love Focused will help you succeed at the two things God says are most important: loving God and loving others. If you think about it, we are all working hard at trying to get things to turn out a certain way.

The Legends of Truth tells the true story of Christmas as written in the New King James Version of the Holy Bible. The 24 carefully selected passages and music for the movie are performed and arranged to share the true Christmas story of Jesus.

Is God visible in our lives today? Does he show up in the ordinary things of life? Does he still speak? Yes, God does show up and is still speaking. He didn't speak through the Bible then become silent. Everywhere and in ordinary everyday life he continues to talk to us, but are we listening? Lily Pads contains slice-of-life stories that reveal God. It's about hearing God's voice through the everyday noise. Through visible things an invisible God demonstrates his presence.

We have a propensity to build machines out of our faith. We like to put in the right things in hopes it will churn out the right product. We become proud of the manufactured machines of faith we have built. The troubles with machines are they have no hearts and they break down. If your machine has broken down, you may have no idea what to do.

After years of believing Chuck's affair is behind them, Bobbi's marriage is tested again when Tracy Ravenna resurfaces. Tracy's not alone, though. Jackson Charles Ravenna is the newest student in Bobbi's first grade class and the spitting image of her husband. When Chuck decides to pursue joint custody, they discover Jack isn't the only secret Tracy's been hiding.

Still Restless tells the stories of individuals who had personal one-on-one conversations with Jesus as recorded in the Bible. Parallel stories are told of people alive today who have had similar encounters with Jesus. The book's purpose is to catalyze an end to the inner restlessness that so many of us experience. It opens the door to personal peace that Jesus promises.

Andrew Murray's True Vine is a 31-day devotional examining the Parable of the Vine and the Branches in John 15 verses one to 16. Each day’s devotional elaborates and expounds upon the chapter, offering deep and detailed spiritual insight on the meaning of phrases like “abiding in Christ” and “vine on the branch”. The work is an inspirational guide on how to dwell in God’s love, maintain communion with Christ and replace fear with peace of mind.

This book (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that - "They themselves are makers of themselves" - by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage. That mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance....

The Adventure in Biblical Thinking Study series comes in three volumes. The volumes are a collection of studies of biblical concepts and principles. Most of my audiobooks contain several individual topical studies. My goal in creating the Biblical Thinking Study series was to gather the many topical studies into three larger volumes. Volume one contains 22 short-length studies.

In All Alone-Not Alone, the fact that each person is a unique individual, a discreet person, generates a sense of aloneness, and the provision of the Lord to be with each person in a special way is explored. In Experience Love-Express Love, I explore the characteristics of experiencing love from God and from others and the characteristics of expressing love to God and to others. The Tale of Two Containers is a metaphor identifying and describing the difference between a Jesus follower and a person who does not know God and is lost from God.

How we all long for peace! Peace of mind. No more conflict. No more confusion. No more uncertainty. Just peace and rest. Maybe just peace of quiet and silence. God offers a Jesus follower peace. He offers it in many ways. The Lord also offers a peace that passes understanding. Join me in exploring. The Jesus follower can stand fast, can stand firm. Standing firm takes courage. The things to stand firm for are important to the Jesus follower and to the Lord. Explore these things for which to stand firm found in Scripture.

Can you pray for money? For abundance and wealth? Of course you can! In fact, you can ask God for "convenient, useful, and necessary things for our present and above all future life" as San Giovanni Damasceno suggests. Or as St. Augustine teaches: "It is lawful to ask in prayer what is to be desired." In this audiobook are many prayers for wealth and well-being.