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One theme that echoes throughout this book is that God had been preparing me for a personal encounter with Him. I recounted how things were during my childhood years. Through a series of circumstances, He set the stage and laid the foundation so He can in the future shape me into whatever form He wishes. In almost all of these testimonies, it’s clear that He (El Shaddai) wanted me to understand what I can be through Him. He guided me through endless crucibles, all for the purpose of allowing me to see His greatness and His ability to transform my life.

In a world fraught with uncertainty, readiness for emergencies becomes a vital skill. The Ultimate Survival Guide for Beginners serves as an essential handbook, offering practical advice for preparing against natural disasters and man-made crises alike.

All are keen to know God in the power of His resurrection, but what do we do when we are called also to share with Him in the fellowship of suffering? Where is God in the heartbreak and disappointment? When your life is turned upside down? Where do you turn in the deep darkness of loss and grief? In Blessed: A Journey through Grief to Gratitude, the author shares a frank and personal story of finding true joy on the other side of great loss.

Can you see God? You don't have to be a mystic to see God's presence in your life. Prayer, community, silence, and the ordinary can be opportunities to see God. This book's series of personal essays explores how we can see God in our everyday lives, from the miraculous to the mundane and even the suffering.

Why do many marriages, families, and careers appear to be perfect? The truth is...there is no such thing as a perfect life within all our relationships. We can be good illusionists, but every relationship has some kind of difficult obstacles that create friction, frustration, or pain. This leaves us feeling alone, angry, hopeless, or unsatisfied as purpose fades away.

We've all heard the phrase "the honeymoon is over". Many marriages take a dramatic turn for the worse after having children, bringing an abrupt end to the honeymoon bliss. When the powerful knowledge of the 4 stages of intimacy and marriage is revealed in this book, an explosive transformation will take place in your relationship. Relief and satisfaction can finally be experienced as hope and joy take your marriage and intimacy to extraordinary heights.

Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. We are all born with different circumstances and opportunities and learn from our mistakes and experiences. The knowledge and wisdom gained are invaluable and make us stronger in mind, body and Spirit. Chris details navigating obstacles of alcohol and substance abuse, severe depression, heart break and loss from a long term relationship, being near bankruptcy and just about wanting to “throw in the towel” altogether.

Today, Luca, a ten-year-old boy, is going to embark on Grammy's Treasure Hunt. Luca is about to experience the most unique ice hockey game ever played. His adventure brings him face-to-face with very unusual opponents, uncommon rules, and a personal challenge for Luca that he very much wants to win. He will meet a new friend who just might be his best hidden secret of all. Luca will need to use his physical skills as well as his personal beliefs to try to win his treasure. Will Luca do what is needed to win the greatest prize? One crucial moment will decide it all.

Camden's Crazy Christmas tells the inspiring story of a young boy who discovers through the magic of Christmas that it is better to give than to receive. Believing it is his time to visit the North Pole, Camden spends the nights leading up to Christmas waiting up for Santa. With each passing night, Camden's hope in Santa grows dim. What happens next not only restores his hope in Christmas but also teaches the valuable lesson of putting others first. Join Camden for Christmas break and discover how this will be a Christmas to remember.

Three Wednesdays, Book II in the Jake and Dora series, takes place during an extremely volatile time period in our nation's history. This novel interweaves Jake and Dora's two parallel lives after they parted company at the end of Sheltering in Place, and the reader wonders if they will ever meet again. On January 6, 2021, when Joe "Jake" Jacobson, in a dusty little town in Georgia, sees someone he used to know breaching the United States Capitol building on the television news during that now-infamous insurrection, a chain reaction of memories coalesces.

In this life-changing book, When Three Hearts Align, the authors believe marriage is a divine institution created by God whereby a man and a woman choose to enter a covenant relationship with each other and have made an "unconditional lifetime commitment" to God to stay with and become one with an imperfect person. You might ask, "How does one do that?" The authors state, "Marriage is a mystical union." It is not easily understood without the willingness to know and understand the Creator of marriage.

Spiritual as F*ck is a journey of self-discovery written with cunning intellect and delightful sarcasm. As someone who guarded themselves from faith under the guise of being 'realistic,' I believe this book will help even the biggest skeptics re-evaluate whether the doubts they cling to are really serving them. Allow Spiritual as F*ck to inspire you on an entertaining journey to trust in the universe and to discover the power of faith, belief, and the law of attraction.

Queen Elise never knew about the dark bargain her father made to secure the throne—until his death left the kingdom and her loved ones in peril. Determined to save her husband and her people, Elise embarks on a daring quest. Along the way, she encounters the brilliant wizards Bernoulli and Archimedes, who gift her magical tools rooted in the principles of fluid mechanics to help her outwit an enemy and restore peace to the kingdom.

Ever since Adam and Eve first cheated on their diet humanity has been plagued with the problem of weight control. Now in this delightfully uplifting book Edward J Dumke offers a refreshing solution to this age-old dilemma with a workable diet strategy. Based on medically sound advice, faith, hope and self control, "the Serpent Beguiled Me and I Ate" begins by delivering us from temptation with "The Seven Lessons", an enlightening exploration of the use of food in the Bible and how it affects our eating habits today.

Our life was supposed to be adorable and unique which turned into a dream of sorrow. Trying to build the perfect family, just so she could destroy it all. There were many days when she was silent and always never around. How could someone so beautiful and full of life turn untrustworthy, unfaithful and undependable overnight? Showing her my affection she was apart of my life, which happened to be urban legend she never cared for anyone but herself, this is why we grow apart?

After a series of incredible, extraordinary events that dramatically changes his life, the author is compelled to look at his past, present, and future, with an entirely new light. A journey into the real story of his life that he was so blind to see, all the doors he was afraid to open, and all the questions he was afraid to ask. A story of love and an insurmountable joy of hope.

Landon was just an ordinary teenager. Starting a new life with his dad in Ohio to get a fresh start after his mom died from cancer, he never expected to embark on an adventure of a lifetime while taking his dog Anna on a run through the woods. But on this journey of light and darkness, Landon discovers he's no ordinary teenager and this is no ordinary world. Experience this adventure with Landon as you're on the edge of your seat, wondering if he'll make this adventure alive and what creatures he'll encounter next.

Grandpa's nativity scene is from the view point of a five-year-old as she describes what her family does on Christmas Eve. A nativity scene that is carved out of wood by Grandpa is the main focus. The family can change the figures to what they think the nativity scene should look like. She takes the listener through some of the chaos around the nativity scene on the piano as she waits for her turn. She lets you know how much Grandpa loves her when a mistake, to everyone else's mind, is noticed.

The book is a first person account of a soldier’s journey, and is based on Artem Chekh’s diary that he wrote while and after his service in the war in Donbas. One of the most important messages the book conveys is that war means pain. Chekh is not showing the listener any heroic combat, focusing instead on the quiet, mundane, and harsh soldier’s life. Chekh masterfully selects the most poignant details of this kind of life.