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This hands-on workbook helps you find a God-honoring vocation that fits your abilities. A complete guide to career planning that includes two personality-measuring tests.
"By Jim Auer ""How does he/she do it?"" We hear this all the time about people who seem to possess inexhaustible supplies of courage when facing uphill recoveries from accident, disease, addiction — serious health conditions. Favorite CareNotes author Jim Auer here gives five critical keys to responding to conditions that confront our strengths: 1. Realize what courage is not; 2. Believe in your own courage and its source; 3. Search for meaning; 4. Cultivate active acceptance; 5. Let mirth build your metal."
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The reissue of Dr. Slattery's indispensable guide to creating a happy marriage. Now updated with questions for individual or group study use, this book offers practical steps to help women enjoy holy matrimony.
Everyone envisions a better life for themselves and their family. But daily demands soon take over the hope of a different way. H. Norman Wright, bestselling author and noted Christian counselor, renews hope for readers with assurance that the simpler life they want is in reach when they* define success in meaningful terms * simplify all areas of work and home* create balanced priorities and downscale* release emotional baggage* set up a personal plan Loaded with sound advice and user-friendly suggestions, Room to Breathe will guide readers toward making manageable changes to their pace, expectations, activities, relationships, possessions, and spiritual life in order to achieve the life of their dreams.Formerly titled Simplify Your Life
Cancer's shadow looms large, even for survivors. Fears may linger: Will the cancer come back? Will I always have complications? Will life ever be normal again? Author and cancer patient advocate Lynn Eib, a colon cancer survivor herself, faces these fears head-on. Drawing on her own experiences, the wisdom of Scripture, and the stories of others who battled cancer, she helps survivors and their loved ones deal with their fears, their moods, their questions, and more. Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow shows that God wants to use cancer survivors in an incredible way, and points them to the hope and healing that only God's light can supply. No glib answers--just the truthful hope that God can penetrate and dispel any shadow in a survivor's life.
There are 23 million divorced people in the United States today. More than 80 percent of these people will remarry, and many of those marriages will fail. Divorce recovery experts Edward Tauber and Jim Smoke draw on their 30 years of experience as divorce counselors and a survey of more than 600 individuals to explore why people end up divorced again and what they can do to successfully remarry. To help readers avoid making the mistakes others have made, the authors present 13 wrong reasons to remarry, including: Loneliness Need to be needed To provide fathers or moms for kids To prove the divorce wasn’t their fault They’ve found their “soul mates” Tauber and Smoke provide practical guidelines based on biblical principles to help people find partners who share values, have compatible personalities, agree on child–raising principles, and more. Includes helpful “Ready2Remarry” self test. About the Author Edward M. Tauber, a corporate researcher, industry consultant, and divorce counselor received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. A former full professor and department chairman at the University of Southern California, he’s also been a senior executive and consultant with many Fortune 500 companies. Edward and his wife, Monica, live in California. Jim Smoke is an internationally known author, speaker, and life coach. He has been a pioneer in the divorce recovery field for more than 30 years. Along with serving as a singles pastor, Jim has written more than 18 books geared to the single and single–again community worldwide including his bestselling Growing Through Divorce (nearly 600,000 copies sold). Jim and his wife, Carol, live in California.
What do you say to someone who is facing a death in the family, a divorce, the loss of a job, or a life threatening illness? In this helpful book Wilfred Bockelman gives practical suggestions for offering care and comfort. He discusses many common situations and provides guidelines for using Scripture and sharing your faith as you reach out to others.
"By Lisa O. Engelhardt. When life crushes our hopes or dreams, we struggle to make peace with reality. Here are gentle words to comfort the troubled spirit and beautiful illustrations to soothe the unsettled soul. The hope-filled messages ease the passage from resistance to acceptance, and from loss to unending life and love. 80 pages. Perfect-bound."
Everyday it seems increasingly difficult for us to make decisions that reflect God's will. We live in a post-Christian culture where the shape of the family is undergoing drastic changes and the spinning advancements of science and technology present moral dilemmas never imagined a few years before. But even though our world has radically changed, God has not changed. Dr. Tim LaHaye points out eight practical "road signs" that can help us find our way to answer some of life's toughest questions, even in the midst of a complex, ever-changing world: * Surrender to God's Word * Pray diligently and consistently * Allow the Holy Spirit's indwelling in your heart * Pay attention to the circumstances of divine providence * Expect God's supernatural peace in your heart * Accept the godly desires God gives you * Listen to godly advice from dedicated Christians * Read the Word to make God-guided decisions By following this down-to-earth advice, it becomes possible to make everyday decisions and life-changing ones that lead to a life of fulfillment within the will of God.
This book is an excellent step to help laypeople understand the science of church growth and apply it to their local church. McIntosh and Martin have taken the traditional concepts of church growth and written them so the average layperson can understand them...For many years church growth has been in the hands of scholars and pastors. This book attempts to help laypeople and church leaders understand the terms and apply them to their chuch.
"I know I'm here for a reason -- but what?" Good question: What's your purpose in life? If you haven't discovered the answer yet, you're about to. And if you're not certain you even have a purpose, get ready for a wonderful surprise. Because you were carefully and lovingly created to reflect God's glory and do his work in ways that are uniquely you. And as these six sessions reveal, God is fully able to strengthen your character, call forth the gifts he's given you, and set you firmly on a path towards fulfilling your destiny.
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