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Why Should I Pray How God Shares His Heart With Us
$6.25Add to cartHave you ever felt discouraged about praying? Sometimes it feels like there are more reasons not to pray than to pray. Discouraging circumstances that haven’t changed, long-standing requests that haven’t been given a yes, boring prayer meetings the list of reasons to give up can make prayer seem more like a duty instead of a delight.
Pastor and author Scotty Smith has struggled with prayer too, but he shares how his prayer life was transformed when he learned that prayer was about talking with his heavenly Father as a dearly loved son. Prayer isn’t a spiritual duty to be performed or a spiritual vitamin to be taken. Using personal examples of how he uses Scripture to pray, Scotty Smith gives practical, encouraging guidance how prayer can transform your relationship with God and your approach to life.
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Worry : The Joy Stealer
$5.99Add to cart“Don’t worry about it.” Too often, this is easier said than done! For some, worrying comes as natural as breathing and is easy to dismiss as a by-product of concern: “I worry about you because I care about you.” Whether it’s about passing a test, a loved one’s safety, or personal pressures, the weight of the what-ifs leave us weary and steal our joy. In Worry: The Joy Stealer you’ll discover:
*What exactly is worry?
*What makes people worry?
*How is worry different from anxiety and concern?
*What factors contribute to worry?
*How to correct faulty thinking.
*How to stop worrying and start living. -
Anxiety : Calming The Fearful Heart
$5.99Add to cartThe fearful unknowns, unending what-ifs, sleepless nights, and nervousness lead to a sense of impending doom. Then muscles tense, thoughts race, hearts pound, and breath is shortened. It’s anxiety. Anxiety is complex and multifaceted, affecting every area of life. The good news is that God invites you to bring your anxiety to him. Discover how God’s word can help calm the fearful, anxious heart.
*What causes anxiety?
*What are anxiety disorders?
*The connection between anxiety, stress, and depression.
*Myths and misconceptions about anxiety.
*How to control your thoughts.
*How to calm your body. -
Explaining LGBTQ Plus Identity To Your Child
$6.25Add to cartLGBTQ+ identities and their widespread acceptance have produced a host of questions and quandaries for Christian families. How do you help your child navigate a world where a classmate may be transgender and neighbors are a gay couple? How do you explain these issues and teach children to respond to LGBTQ+ identity with truth and love?
Tim Geiger explains how best to help young people understand LGBTQ+ identities and struggles in light of Scripture, while modeling the compassionate concern of our Savior. He also shows you how to build authentic friendships with members of the LGBTQ+ community, always remembering our common need for grace, repentance, and faith.
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Envy And Jealousy
$5.99Add to cartFrom the bestselling Bible counseling series, June Hunt’s new title addresses key problems, barriers, and solutions for overcoming envy and jealousy. Using the series’ easy-to-read layout, checklists, summaries, and overviews, discover: How to eliminate envy, how to rise above jealousy, how to have an attitude of gratitude, and much more!
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Boundaries : How To Set Them How To Keep Them
$5.99Add to cartDo you feel guilty when saying no? Are you afraid of the anger of others and therefore feel compelled to always give in–and be a “peace at all cost” type of person? In Boundaries: How to Set Them–How to Keep Them, discover: how burdens are lifted with boundaries, biblical guidelines for setting boundaries, how to identify and reestablish broken boundaries, and more!
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Quantum Faith
$4.01Add to cartHow does quantum physics relate to the Bible? Can words move mountains? How did Jesus supersede the laws of physics?
There are amazing similarities between the teachings of Jesus and the discoveries of the new physics, quantum theory. The concept of speaking to mountains and trees may not be religious metaphor, but laws of a new physics that have not been fully understood.
Jesus taught that our words are powerful enough to move physical matter. Quantum physics has discovered that subatomic particles respond to the observer.
In this book, you will discover that your words and your faith (beliefs) are unseen forces that affect everything in your world. You are the one giving substance to your world through words!
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Caregiving : A Privilege Not A Prison
$5.99Add to cartIntroducing Caregiving, the new book part of the 44 minibook Hope for the Heart series with over one million copies sold. Caregivers want to do their best, but the challenges of helping someone day after day can be draining. Where do you find strength and energy to care for others- no matter what circumstances? This quick-guide to caregiving covers the issues that caregivers face, defines the roadblocks and their causes, and shows steps to solution with biblical hope and practical advice.
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Aging Well : Living Long Finishing Strong
$5.99Add to cartIntroducing Aging Well, the new book part of the 42 minibook Hope for the Heart series with over one million copies sold. Aging Well shows how you can be a vibrant senior, one with grace and joy, no matter what your physical circumstances. This quick-guide to aging well covers the issues that seniors face, defines the roadblocks and their causes, and shows steps to solution with biblical hope and practical advice.
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God Is My Source
$3.49Add to cartTake the God Is My Source challenge! Many people are faced with overwhelming financial challenges. When they compare their paycheck to their needs, they wonder…How are we going to pay for this? Where will the money come from? What are we going to do? When we look to the Word of God, scripture after scripture proves that God is THE SOURCE of everything we need. In this little book, Gloria Copeland and Pastor George Pearsons will help you renew your mind to become fully persuaded that God is your Source. Now, heres the challenge: Read the seventy God Is My Source scriptures every day. Read each scripture, and SAY IT out loud! Follow the WRITE IT assignments. Log every financial and provisional miracle that you receive. When you SEE IT work, it will encourage your faith.
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Self Esteem : Looking Up Instead Of Looking Inside
$6.25Add to cartHow do you answer the question: “Who am I?” Do you base your self image on your successes, failures, acceptance, and/or rejections by others? Most of us do, but when we base our value and worth on external sources rather than what God says, our self-image will shift like sand, leading to an unstable and anxious sense of who we are.
Experienced counselor and author Leslie Vernick shares that the answer to healing a negative self-image and low self-esteem is not in trying harder, gaining more popularity, being more productive, having more possessions, securing more power, having a coveted position, or in achieving perfection. A healthy sense of self doesn’t happen by focusing on self at all. Instead a healthy self-image combines the security of knowing God’s love with the humility that comes from knowing ourselves and how much we need Christ.
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Suffering : Where To Turn When Life Falls Apart
$6.25Add to cartSomeone you love is ill, your child is in trouble, financial problems mount, you lost your job, your spouse left you-the list of troubles we experience is both uniquely difficult and depressingly similar. In this world we will suffer, Jesus promised that. But he also promised us something of infinite value-he will be with his people in their suffering.
Steve Brown, a well known radio Bible teacher, writes honestly about his own struggles with suffering, but then also shares the hope he has found in the presence of Christ. It is in turning to him and remembering that he knows all about our struggles that we experience the power to endure in love and hope through the most difficult situations.
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Healing Broken Relationships
$6.25Add to cartArguments. Betrayal. Inattention. Some of the reasons that relationships shatter. Anger. Confusion. Hurt. Frustration. Some of what we feel when a relationship falls apart. We all have experienced how hard relationships can be in this broken world.
Experienced counselor Jayne Clark unpacks the issues that can lead to a broken relationship and then guides readers to a deeper trust in Christ-the one who died so that our relationship with God could be restored. You can look to him, the friend who “sticks closer than a brother,” and ask him for wisdom, help, and the ability to forgive. As you trust in him, no matter the outcome of your relationship struggles you can be confident that God is good, that he is in this with you and that he will use it for your good and his glory.
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Calling Things That Are Not
$4.01Add to cartThe principle of calling things that are not as though they were is the spiritual principle through which everything physical becomes manifest. God created the light by calling for “light” when only darkness was there. Jesus used this same method, calling the lepers clean, and the dead to life, and peace to the storm.
You must call for what you desire. if you want your dog to come, you call the dog, not the cat. You call for what is not there. Whatever you call in the natural will come. Call what does not exist and continue to call until it manifests.
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When Cancer Interrupts
$6.25Add to cartYour cancer diagnosis comes as a surprise-and not a pleasant surprise. It is a hard and threatening jolt. Perhaps you are still in shock. Still trying to wrap your mind around the new reality of your diagnosis and what it means for your present and future. Is it possible to walk by faith on this difficult journey?
David Powlison, speaking both as a counselor and as someone who has been diagnosed with cancer four times, describes the uncertainty, the physical pain, and the emotional and spiritual struggles that come with a cancer diagnosis. There are no easy answers or quick fixes when you have cancer. But the presence and purposes of Christ make a decisive difference. He is the one who knows you, loves you, and promises to be with you as you walk through a valley of the shadow of death.
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Fathers Guide To Raising Girls
$6.25Add to cartRaising daughters is a joy. Nothing prepares a dad for the rush of feelings that accompany holding your baby girl for the first time. But along with the joy, comes the questions. How do you protect her from harm, set her on a good path, and help her become the woman God has designed her to be? You can use your “guy instincts” with your boys, but how do you guide your daughter?
As a fellow father of three daughters, Andy Farmer provides some guiding principles and helpful encouragements for navigating the murky waters of parenting girls. With constant reminders of the Father’s grace and provision for you, he offers concrete suggestions for creating an environment where your girls can develop the same dependence on Christ that sustains you and that will allow them to thrive and grow.
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Fathers Guide To Raising Boys
$6.25Add to cartBeing a father of boys is a privilege and a joy, but it’s also challenging. We know that fathers are an important influence on their sons, and we want to have a positive impact on their lives. But we wonder exactly how we can help them grow to be the men God is calling them to be.
Rob Green, a pastor and father of boys, starts by acknowledging that dads are completely dependent on God to help their boys grow into godly men. Then he goes on to share practical suggestions for guiding your son, while avoiding the pitfall of assuming your efforts could ever produce a perfect child. This minibook will encourage you to strengthen your relationship with Jesus, help you live according to his Word, and give you concrete advice on how to faithfully raise up your boys to love God and others.
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Preparing For Fatherhood
$6.25Add to cartSo you’re going to be a father. How do you process that news? How do you get ready? Whether the news came as a complete surprise or it was long awaited, it probably has left you with lots of questions. Questions about yourself, your ability to be a good dad, and how to help with all the work that comes along with parenting. It might not feel real quite yet, but the more it sinks in, the more overwhelmed you feel at the responsibility awaiting you-not to mention the ups and downs of the pregnancy and birth!
Deepak Reju, a family pastor and father of five, understands the challenges you are facing and offers helpful, concrete wisdom about how to process the news, care for your wife, and prepare for the little one’s arrival. And he will guide you in how to care for your new family in dependence on your perfect heavenly Father.
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Procrastination : Preenting The Decay Of Delay
$5.99Add to cartI can always do it tomorrow!” Are you caught in the tomorrow trap? Have you noticed how the decay of delay has affected various areas of your life? If allowed to continue, the pursuit of the trivial will preoccupy your attention and paralyze your progress.
When you procrastinate, you will…
*Miss deadlines, miss appointments, and miss opportunities
*Frustrate the efforts of others who depend on you to do your part
*Major on minor things, and minor on major things
*Demonstrate an irresponsible lack of concern for your obligations
*Put off until tomorrow what needs to be done today
If you are plagued with procrastination, with God’s help you can rearrange your priorities and complete your tasks on time. Productivity can replace your tendency toward procrastination when guided by the biblical principles of good time management. Be assured, you can defeat procrastination, finish tasks on time, and enjoy the process. -
Chronic Illness And Disability
$5.99Add to cartYou feel insignificant, deprived, even resentful-these are the side effects of chronic illness your doctor failed to mention. Although you try to see the bright side, your outlook is often overcast by the chronic nature of your condition. While others appear to enjoy good health and vitality, you struggle for sensible answers.
Have you asked…
*Why is this happening to me?
*How can I help others when I can’t even help myself?
*Is God punishing me?
*Has my sin brought on this condition?
*If I have enough faith, will God heal me?
Even with a chronic health concern, you can experience the soothing balm of God’s peace as you apply the biblical prescription for victorious living. And as you do, you can bring encouragement and hope to others who also need God’s peace in the midst of pain. -
Victimization : Victory Over The Victim Mentality
$5.99Add to cartDoes a crisis from your past still affect you? Is it hard to dismiss demoralizing experiences, such as the embarrassment over having an alcoholic parent, or the moneymaking scheme that bankrupted you, or the lingering effect of a spouse’s unfaithfulness? Such experiences can leave lasting scars, can devour self-worth, and can ultimately leave you feeling isolated and inferior.
Do you know how to…?
*Identify emotional, physical, and mental side effects of victimization
*Recognize codependent tendencies of a victim
*Know your true self-worth
*Conquer irrational fear
*Establish and maintain good boundaries
If left unchecked, the victim mentality can paralyze your heart and mind for a lifetime. For lasting change to occur, you must rely on the truth of God’s Word-truth about His mercy, and truth about your worth. He wants to set you free from the past with His transforming power to become all He created you to be! -
Critical Spirit : Confronting The Heart Of A Critic
$5.99Add to cartWhen turbulent trials blow across the sunny skies of your life, how do you respond?
Do you stew and fret, searching for solutions? Instead, realize that the presence of trials in your life reveals that God may be trying to get a message through to you. Trials are tests of your faith, patience or endurance through the process of suffering-providing the quality or worth of something or someone.
Amidst trials, recognize if you…
*Have a tendency to deny the facts
*Always have reasons to blame other people
*Are prone to sink into self-pity
Read June Hunt’s book, Trials: God’s Refining Fire, to understand that the Spirit of Christ is living in you and gives you power to live above the winds of any adversity. -
Spiritual Abuse : Religion At Its Worst
$5.99Add to cartHave you become sidetracked in your thinking? Has your attention been so centered on what spiritual leaders or the church will think of you and expect from you that you’ve lost focus on what God thinks?
Perhaps you’ve unintentionally confused pulpit persuasions with direction from God’s Word.
Do you know how to…?
*Recognize warning signs of spiritual abuse
*Distinguish between law and grace
*Biblically answer legalistic arguments
*Move from spiritual death to spiritual life
Find out how to recognize when others attempt to gain control by twisting the truth and manipulating Scripture. You can move from legalism to grace, from pleasing man to acknowledging your accountability to God, through prayer and personal study of His Word. -
Alzheimers Disease : Help For Families In Crisis
$6.25Add to cartIt starts out as small moments of forgetfulness that can be chalked up to simply getting older. But as time passes and symptoms accumulate, you are forced to face the fact that your loved one has Alzheimers disease. Now youre wondering how the course of the disease will run and how you will provide for their care. How do you help your loved one when you feel overwhelmed by the diagnosis yourself? Drawing from his years of experience as a physician, Robert Smith takes you through the various stages of Alzheimers disease and the difficulties that each presents. Pointing you to Christ for strength and encouragement, he offers many practical suggestions to help you care for your loved one, both physically and spiritually.
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Reconciliation : Restoring Broken Relationships
$5.99Add to cartSarcasm. Hurt feelings. Misunderstanding. Alienation. When hurt people connect with other hurt people, relationship breakdowns are sure to occur. Why is it so hard to patch things up? Who should make the first move? This 96-page book on reconciliation tackles how to forgive the “un-forgivable,” how to move past the hurt, and how to restore relationships by restoring trust.
What is Reconciliation? 3 Core Truths about Broken Relationships and Reconciliation
Forgiving someone is not the same as reconciliation.
Unforgiveness is the root of unresolved conflict.
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Friendship : Iron Sharpening Iron
$5.99Add to cart“Make new friends but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.” Perhaps you remember singing that song as a child. Friendships are indeed valuable, but sadly, some friendships are toxic. This 96-page Friendship book is packed with advice on friendship, including how to be a good friend, how to make new friends, how to spot the warning signs of unhealthy relationships (including codependency), and more.
Discover God’s heart on friendship and enjoy having Bible-based advice on how to build lasting, fulfilling, and healthy friendships! With June Hunt’s Friendship Minibook, discover-
The difference between codependent and healthy friendships.
How to reach out and be a friend.
How to make new friends and create healthy friendships.
How selfishness sabotages friendships.
The value of vulnerability in friendships. -
Singleness : How To Be Single And Satisfied
$5.99Add to cartSome Christian singles are perfectly content while others are not. Many feel like they are missing out because they re missing marriage, wondering: Is there something wrong with me? When is it my turn? What if I never find someone? In Singleness: How to be Single and Satisfied, June Hunt reveals how to be happy being single, how to uproot common causes of discontentment, and how to find joy in knowing that God is our ultimate need-meeter for love, significance, and security.
Whether you are single for a season or single again, discover biblical truths about how God wants to use your singleness to fulfill His purpose and plan for your life. Perfect resources for anyone who is single and Christian (including single Christian women, single moms, single Christian men, etc.)
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Stress : How To Cope At The End Of Your Rope
$5.99Add to cartStress: Running on Empty will help you to discover how to balance stress, how to find peace in the midst of chaotic circumstances, and how to avoid becoming a mess because of stress.
Are the effects of a crazy busy schedule weighing you down? Do you feel that if you have just one more pressure added to your life, you will break? If we re not careful, stress can come between us and our relationship with others and with God.
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Gay Dilemma And Your Church
$6.25Add to cartWhether it’s a friend, family member, neighbor, or coworker, chances are you know someone who’s gay. You want to respond well, but you’re not sure how. How do you help and encourage other Christians struggling with same-sex attraction? How do you interact with those who have embraced homosexuality as a lifestyle, both in and out of the church?
Through his years of ministry experience, John Freeman offers timely wisdom for engaging with people who experience same-sex attraction, whether in your church or in your community. Using biblically grounded principles, he guides you in having meaningful, productive conversations with people you meet who are struggling in this area.
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Protecting Children From Abuse In The Church
$6.25Add to cartHow do we protect the children in our Christian community from sexual offenders?
We are becoming more and more aware of the prevalence of child abuse, both in society at large and in the church. We want to protect children in our community from abuse, but we don’t always know the best ways to go about that.
From his years of experience as a child abuse prosecutor, Boz Tchividjian unpacks the dynamics of a church environment that allows perpetrators to thrive and offers constructive help for educating and training your church to recognize and deal with potential abuse. Using biblical principles and the example of Jesus, he shows you how to cultivate an attitude and environment in your church that provides safety and protection for these young ones.
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Bringing Christ To Abused Women
$6.25Add to cartViolence against women is a growing concern, both in America and around the world. We want to help, but the problem can seem too big, too complex, too overwhelming, or too far away to tackle. Christ calls us to help the helpless, but what can we do to prevent violence and offer hope and help to women who have been abused?
Based on her many years of experience working with victims as a psychologist, Diane Langberg offers a window into what it looks like to walk with someone who has experienced trauma and abuse. Leaning heavily into Christ as the one who fully understands and redeems suffering, she will open your eyes to see both the horror of such an experience and the splendor of the gospel as it creates beauty from ashes.
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Making Friends : Beyond Loneliness To Rich Relationships
$6.25Add to cartMaking friends is one of the most basic aspects of life, so why does it often feel so difficult? You reach out to others, but they don’t reach back. You think you’ve found a friend, but then they let you down or move away. How do you forge genuine friendships that provide the encouragement and support you need?
With understanding and grace, Dee Brestin unpacks the dynamics of godly friendships and how to develop them. Using several biblical friendships as examples, she guides you to see how Christ provides for your relational needs, both in himself and through others
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Forging A Strong Mother Daughter Bond
$6.25Add to cartMoms want to be close to their daughters. Daughters (for the most part) want a good relationship with their moms. But when that relationship is strained by one person’s attempt to control and manipulate, closeness is replaced by hurt, disappointment, anger, and fear.
Leslie Vernick shares two stories of moms and daughters who learned how to move beyond the cycle of manipulation and control and give and share love honestly and without fear. By revealing how Christ calls and empowers us to love, she offers hope and practical help in breaking these destructive patterns of relating.
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Your Husband Is Addicted To Porn
$6.25Add to cartBetrayed. Broken. Angry. Devastated. Chances are, you’ve felt one or all of these since discovering your husband’s interest in porn. How can you possibly trust him again? How do you rebuild your broken heart and fractured marriage? Is it even possible? Vicki Tiede understands personally what a difficult struggle lies ahead of you and offers the comfort and wisdom she received from God in the wake of such betrayal. Offering helpful, practical resources, she guides you through the process of understanding the problem, finding hope in Christ, and seeking help from others.
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Can You Change If Youre Gay
$6.25Add to cartThere are many voices weighing in on the question of whether you can change your sexual orientation. Yes, no, maybe so-it can be confusing and disorienting to sort through the mess. You want to follow God, but what does that mean when it comes to same-sex attraction?
With wisdom and compassion, David White helps you sort through the many voices and opinions to hear what Jesus has to say to those struggling with same-sex attraction. Offering solid biblical guidance, he uncovers the true nature of gospel change that goes far beyond sexual orientation, right down to the level of identity, and offers immense hope, encouragement, and support.
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Your Child Says Im Gay
$6.25Add to cartFour little words that will rock any parent’s world: “I think I’m gay.” If your child said this, you are probably experiencing a combination of shock, denial, anger, confusion, and uncertainty. Despite your shock you still want to respond well. What should you say? What questions should you ask? How do you move forward in your relationship?
Tim Geiger walks with you through the ups and downs of dealing with your child’s revelation. With the wisdom and compassion of Scripture, he offers helpful advice for navigating the new complexities in your relationship with your child and hope for moving forward together.
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Success Through Failure
$5.99Add to cartFind out the successful habits of highly successful people
What is success? Winston Churchill said, “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” June Hunt adds, “And without losing your faith.” Life isn’t like the movies; so don’t let Hollywood fool you. Chances are the successful business or successful people that you look up to have experienced several failures. This easy-to-read mini-book, Success Through Failure, is packed with practical and Christian advice on how to move you from despair and hopelessness, to vision and courage. Includes tips for “success”, success quotes, and more!
Author and Christian radio host June Hunt has counseled hundreds of people who have experienced terrible setbacks.
Find out:
*What those successful people do to turn failure into success.
*How God helps you find your passion again.
*What you true identity is in Christ-not a loser but someone who is called to a good future.Find out How Your Personality
Can Be Used to Turn Failure into SuccessYour feelings as you face failure depend on your personality type. Learn what the different personality types are, how they each handle failure, along with the Bible promises that God has especially for you.
Included in this mini-book is what makes you a failure and what makes you a success.
In the section titled, “Steps to Solution,” June Hunt explains:
*8 things to know about yourself
*How to find God’s forgiveness in your failures
*What to do when you have failed
*How to turn stumbling stones into stepping stones
*What to do when someone fails you
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Loneliness : How To Be Alone But Not Lonely
$5.99Add to cartGod designed us to be in meaningful and satisfying relationships with friends, with family, and possibly with a husband or wife. But the reality is we can feel so lonely, so separated, so isolated, and thinking no one really understands. This mini-book Loneliness: How to Be Alone but Not Lonely gives christian advice on how to find comfort in knowing God understands our deepest times of loneliness. He knows the heaviness of your heart. And you will find practical and biblical advice on how to find joy in times of solitude.
The loss of a relationship-whether by death, divorce, or rejection of any kind-can leave us feeling devastated.
But you don’t have to feel lonely forever…
Loneliness: How to Be Alone but Not Lonely will help you discover…
*4 ways to break out of loneliness.
*How to take control of your feelings.
*3 ways you can start feeling better right now.
*10 Bible promises that will give you comfort and hope.June Hunt, a Christian counselor who has been embraced singleness, knows exactly what you are feeling. “Find out how I handle loneliness so that it becomes the doorway leading to a deep relationship with God. I will show you how to turn loneliness into healthy solitude that will bring you closer to God.”
Author and Christian radio host June Hunt has counseled thousands of people over the past 20 years. She helps you understand your loneliness so you know what approach to take, so you can break free of loneliness.
Bonus: June’s easy-to-read mini-book has a Loneliness Checklist that helps you-
*Identify the characteristics that make it difficult to find comfort
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Gambling : Betting Your Life Away
$5.99Add to cartStatistics on addiction and gambling reveal the negative impacts of gambling addiction. Incidents of bankruptcy, crime, corruption, domestic abuse, destruction of marriages and families, and suicide attempts are higher in the lives of those with a gambling addiction than with any other addiction. This new 96-page, Christian addiction recovery mini-book, Gambling: Betting Your Life Away, helps you or your loved one find freedom from an addiction to gambling.
Once the exhilarating ecstasy of winning has captured the mind, will, and emotions, all bets are off on the likelihood that people will find freedom on their own without gambling treatment. But don’t bet your life away! With the transforming work and intervention of the Holy Spirit, freedom from a gambling addiction is possible.
This Christian addiction recovery mini-book is easy-to-read and covers signs of the 4 different types of gambling:
*social gambling
*professional gambling
*compulsive gambling
*pathological gamblingGambling: Betting Your Life Away will give you :
*God’s heart on gambling-find out the parables Jesus told on money and gambling.
*Gambling’s false promises
*How to beat the get rich quick” mentality
*How do we reverse our focus: to worship God over gambling?
*How can you hang onto God love and let go of cheap love.June Hunt, a Christian counselor, includes helpful insights and biblical wisdom to help you determine whether you or a friend struggle with a gambling addiction.
Learn-
*How to know whether you are a problem gambler and need gambling treatment
*The compulsive gambling quiz
*Treatment programs for gambling addiction
*How to target a transformed life
*How to walk out of problem gambling in a godly way
*How to conduct a crisis intervention
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Adultery : The Snare Of An Affair
$5.99Add to cartHas your heart been broken by an unfaithful spouse? Has your life been gripped by the agony of adultery? Has your life been forever changed because of the snare of an affair? Adultery is no small matter, especially for those who experience the intense pain of living with a mate who breaks the marriage covenant. In God, there is hope for you and your situation. Gods uses the marriage relationship to develop sacrificial love, commitment, and forgiveness. Because of God’s magnificent grace there is redemption for the adulterer, and God promised to lift up the one whose heart has been broken.
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Domestic Violence : Assault On A Womans Worth
$5.99Add to cartGod designed the marriage relationship to benefit one another. He intended married couples to love, honor, and cherish each other all the days of their lives, but life doesn’t always turn out that way. In some relationships, cruelty has replaced the sacred relationship defined by God. The Domestic Violence mini-book outlines a Christian approach to help you identify and stop physical and emotional abuse.
Experts estimate that 1-in-3 women suffer from some form of violence from a husband, boyfriend, or relative. In too many homes around the world, the marriage bond has become bondage-shared lives have become shattered by abuse. Husbands berate, belittle, and betray their wives. Yet these secret assaults stay hidden from the outside world. One mate harming the other has undermined the sacred relationship created by God.
Any form of abuse is a flagrant violation of the marriage vows, To have and to hold from this day forward,”to love and to cherish, ’til death do us part.” And although such abuse is too frequently behind closed doors, it is blatantly in the open before the eyes of the Lord.
Included in the mini-book Domestic Violence: Assault on a Woman’s Worth are abuse checklists with a list of behaviors that you may have observed or experienced. God has a heart for those who are victims of domestic violence. He wants you to know that he hears your cries; he thinks you are worthy of love without violence, and he holds you in the palm of his hand. Learn the causes of violent behavior and the reasons many women won’t leave abusive relationships.
In the section titled, “Steps to Solution,” June Hunt gives many tools:
*How to answer a person who claims that violence is justified.
*How to know whether the abuser has really changed
*How to build healthy boundaries
*How to prepare a safety plan
*How to use the law in the United States
*And much more.This mini-book is a quick overview and is easy-to-understand. It focuses on the key issues and is perfect for the busy person who needs instant advice.
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Suicide Prevention : Hope When Life Seems Hopeless
$5.99Add to cartNothing is as heartbreaking as a loved one who has lost hope and is contemplating suicide. A person who seems cheerful one day can slip into despair and hopelessness the next. God’s heart is tender and full of compassion toward those experiencing deep pain. The mini-book Suicide Prevention covers the steps to identifying and preventing suicide using a Christian approach. Suicide prevention requires compassion toward the sufferer, along with practical steps and biblical assurance of God’s love.
The Bible says, The Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion” (Isaiah 30:18). He feels the emotional, spiritual, and physical agony that engulfs the lives of those teetering on the brink of absolute hopelessness and suicide. And from God’s tender heart springs forth words of wisdom, life-transforming truths that truly affirm your value to him.
You will learn how to better reflect God’s heart to help those who are hurting, and you will gain practical insight on what to say and what to do. This mini-book is filled with practical advice and Biblical wisdom to guide you as you reach out to a suicidal friend.
Suicide Prevention is an easy-to-understand book that covers the basics everyone should know, and separates fact from fiction:
*Fable: Never talk about suicide with deeply depressed people-it could give them ideas.Fact: Asking what someone is feeling doesn’t create suicidal thoughts. You can assume that most depressed or very anxious people have given some thought to taking their lives. Demystify the subject by talking about their feelings.
*Fable: More suicides occur in the winter holidays.
Fact: Suicide rates are below average in the winter and above average in the spring, peaking in April. For youth, suicide rates are higher in the summer. For middle-aged adults, age 36 and up, suicide rates rise again in the fall. In general, suicide risks decrease as social interactions increase. Becoming aware of the most frequent occurrences of suicide will help you discern when a struggler is at risk. Suicide Prevention helps you spot the characteristics of a person in danger. Learn –
*The 3 stages of potential suicide
*Which emotions to watch for
*The types of suicide: symbolic suicide, copycat suicide, and the newly coined “bully-cide” affecting young people.Know the answers to these vital questions so that suicide can be prevented:
*When are suicide attempts more likely?
*Are suicide rates higher in urban or ru
