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What’s Next for Your Church?
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, church leaders are facing challenges they’ve never encountered. As you scramble to adapt to this fast-changing situation, you must also begin thinking through the months ahead to consider: how will my church recover?
The Church Recovery Guide outlines the practical steps you can take to help your church not only survive but also thrive in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis. Pastor Karl Vaters offers insights from his extensive experience in church ministry to help you think through:
- Reconnecting with your congregation
- Dealing with the financial repercussions
- Encouraging and supporting your staff
- Clearly communicating a fresh vision for the future
- Reworking your church’s technology and online strategy
- Ministering to people feeling isolated and fearful
The Church Recovery Guide will provide the direction you need to help your church bounce back to full health and chart a path forward to even greater vitality.
Find Daily Peace in a World of Chaos
The unpredictable, unprecedented repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have upset nearly every facet of life. For many, the hope of returning to “normal” has slowly given way to fear of the unknown. To cling to what’s certain in a time of uncertainty, to find peace when anxiety abounds, look to the Psalms.
Psalms for the Anxious Heart is a short, daily devotional that offers meditations of truth and peace. Each devotion includes a reading of a Psalm, a brief teaching on the passage, a salient truth to cling to, and a suggested song to guide further meditation. Enter the Psalms and find relief and hope for your anxious heart in these trying times.
Discover the whole Bible story.
Though the Bible is the perennial best-selling book, many people don’t know where to begin. Open the Bible in 30 Days is a comprehensive and engaging tool that gives you an overview of God’s Word. Colin Smith opens the Bible in three stages: the Old Testament where we meet God the Father, the Gospels where we learn to trust Christ the Son, and the New Testament letters where we discover life in the Holy Spirit.
Open the Bible in 30 Days can be used individually or alongside “Open,” an online guided journey through the life-changing story of Scripture. Grab a copy of Open the Bible in 30 Days and visit openthebible.org to get started.
'Be wrong about social security, be wrong about baseball, be wrong about your career choice, but don’t be wrong about where you will spend eternity.'
How You Can Be Sure You Will Spend Eternity with God—it’s a big promise, but this short book delivers. It answers a host of questions, such as:
- Will good deeds help me get into heaven?
- Who goes to heaven and who doesn’t?
- What role do I have in my own salvation?
- Can I lose my salvation if I commit a serious sin?
- Is it wrong to doubt my salvation, and what should I do if I doubt?
Dr. Lutzer takes many scriptural teachings and siphons them into clear, cohesive truths. The result is a concise, accessible book about how to be saved and be sure you are saved. It is straight gospel—applicable to the skeptic, newly saved, and long-time believer alike.
What if your ordinary interactions with family, neighbors, and coworkers are actually invitations to adventure with God?
Sent: Living a Life that Invites Others to Jesus invites you to grow joyfully with Jesus as you live out your true identity as sent to share Jesus with others. Heather and Ashley Holleman have fully embraced their identities as sent through nearly two decades of full-time ministry. With joy, they proclaim the name of Jesus knowing that God is always at work around us, that He is seeking and saving the lost, and that He is excited for us to do this work with Him.
In Sent, they provide insights and stories gleaned from their experiences so you too can live into your identity as sent. You’ll learn practical strategies for gathering those in your community through discussion questions and activities that teach everything from asking good questions to sharing your own stories of gospel transformation. Use this resource individually or in groups to grow in intimacy with Christ as you engage the world around you with the hope and love of Christ. When we believe in God’s desire to reach the lost, how we live our own lives changes, and we begin to partake in the joys—not obligations—of evangelism.
Has the World Confused Evil with Righteousness?
When sin is disguised as virtue, the path to cultivating righteousness becomes impossible. Such is the challenge Christians face in the modern age. Not long ago, most people would agree that the seven deadly sins are in fact deadly. But ask them today, and you’ll hear a different answer. Today, “anger” is often considered an admirable emotion, “lust” the only expression of love, and “greed” the unassailable right to “get what’s yours.” The world can rebrand sin all it wants and declare the death of truth, but it has no power against the truth of the Scripture. What God calls sin is sin—no matter what the world says. And sin always has the same destination—death and destruction.
Dangerous Virtues examines how to recognize these seven deadly sins as they are subtly disguised in today’s culture. Dr. John Koessler provides a theology of sin and why the Christian must develop a prayerful heart and discerning eye to identify where sin exists in a world where good is called evil and evil called good.
How often do we stop to consider who the God is that we worship?
When we draw near and learn more about this God, we become amazed at who He truly is. Join Tony Evans as he dives into the character of our awesome God—one attribute at a time. In God, Himself, we are invited, with unveiled faces, to behold the glory of the Lord—just as the Apostle Paul instructed the Corinthians to do. Dr. Evans offers insights about the character of God that will challenge you to pursue greater intimacy with Him and help you understand more fully what it means to be made in His image. For after all, as image-bearers knowing who He is defines who we are.
You’ll learn about attributes like God’s wisdom and word, His sufficiency and sovereignty, and His goodness, grace, and glory that make Him the great God that He is. Dr. Evans also includes activities and challenges to help you know how to both process and respond to learning about God. Find your heart encouraged and your worship enriched as you learn about the beautiful nature of our God, the source of all goodness and life.
At the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference on May 24, 2018, Loved Baby received Selah Awards for Nonfiction Book of the Year and Best Book in the category of Inspiration and Gift.
Close to one in four American women experience the silent grief of pregnancy loss. Loved Baby offers much-needed support to women in the middle of psychological and physiological grief as a result of losing an unborn child.
In Loved Baby, author Sarah Philpott gently walks alongside women as they experience the misguided shame, isolation, and crushing despair that accompany the turmoil of loss. With brave vulnerability Sarah shares her own and others’ stories of loss, offering Christ-filled hope and support to women navigating grief.
This fresh and compassionate devotional offers:
· Real talk about loss
· Christ-filled comfort
· Tips to manage social media, reconnect with your partner, and nourish your soul
· Knowledge that your child is in heaven
· Strategies to walk through grief
· Ways to memorialize your loss
Whether your loss is recent or not, Loved Baby can be your companion as you move from the darkness of grief toward the light of hope.
Lord Ganesh is the son of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva. He is the first one to get worshipped before worshipping any other god. We can say in short that there is no Hindu who doesn't perform Lord Ganesh’s worship. In Ramayana Lord Rama had worshipped Lord Ganesh.
In Mahabharata Lord Krishna had also worshipped Lord Ganesh. They have become the role models to the whole world. Before the beginning of any work it is common to worship Lord Ganesh. There are many Holy hymns on Lord Ganesh. Lord Ganesh’s favorite food is modak.
He gets pleased if we offer Durva grass to him. He also loves red Hibiscus flower. He is called the vighnaharta because he wards off all the obstacles in our life. He is also called vighnaraja. There are infinite names to Lord Ganesh which we cannot explain. He ties a snake around his waist.
The vehicle of Lord Ganesh is mouse in Hindu culture. Lord Ganesh is worshipped all over India. His miracles have been described in all of the 18 Puranas. There are many forms of Lord Ganesh.
He has got two wives one is riddhi and the other is siddhi.Lord Ganesh has got 32 forms of incarnations. The modak which you offer to Lord Ganesh will give you good results. Lord Ganesh does not bias among his devotees. He is specially worshipped on sankashti days. On Ganesh Chaturthi people fast and perform vrath.On this day it is forbidden to see Chandra the moon.
On this day there is a custom to bring Idol of lord Ganesh which is made out of clay and after worshipping it will be drowned into the nearby Ponds, lakes, Canals. In some places people do keep the idol of Lord Ganesh from Chaturthi to Anant Chaturdashi and then do the Visarjan of the idol. Visarjan means leaving the idol of Lord Ganesh and make it drown.
Do you dread the high cost that comes with purchasing Christmas gifts?
Do you feel overwhelmed when decorating for the holidays?
Do you feel defeated by not having enough time to fulfill all of society's idealized holiday traditions?
Do you feel exhausted from picking up mountains of toys and dread adding even more to your home?
Do you feel the urge to scale back, but you're not sure how to get your family on board?
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out of this rut is to successfully 'Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas.'
You do not need to be a practicing minimalist to receive the benefits of the actionable items in this book. Even minimalists struggle during this busy, consumerist-driven season! Minimalism is a philosophy and lifestyle that encourages intentionality with your money, items and time. It is a deliberate, simple way of life where each item brings you true value and true joy.
This book will shift your mindset by walking you through the basics of minimalism and exploring the relatively new history of the 'Story of Santa' to more easily resist the clever marketing and cultural expectations of this season.
After a brief synopsis of the author's own minimalism journey with two children, and her struggles during Christmas time, Meg Nordmann gives actionable steps you can take to have more control of this season. Her steps will help you craft a peaceful, slower, and less expensive holiday.
Some of the strategies discussed are how to:
- Prep and declutter four main areas of your home
- Simplify your decorating
- Say 'No' with grace
- Curate a holiday calendar with a slow, intentional pace for events and traditions
- Become more present and less distracted
- Purchase drastically fewer gifts (three strategies)
- Explain your minimalist goals to extended family
- Prepare children of all ages for a 'smaller' Christmas
- Make room for the inevitable new items entering your home
Whether you are currently a minimalist or have never heard of minimalism, everyone can benefit from the mindset shifts needed to best prepare for the busiest and most expensive time of the year.
Technology, algorithms, marketing experts, influencers and our own peers can be incredible forces to resist. These lead to an expensive and overwhelmingly busy few months, as they urge us to chase perfect gifts and perfect ideals.
By putting the tips outlined in this book into practice, you will instead discover a more simple and slower pace of life with a focus on gratitude and time with your loved ones. 'Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas' and discover the peace and joy we all crave during this magical time of year.
She's desperate to save her ranch. He wants to help her any way he can. Will their invented I-Do open doors that have previously been closed and lead to a happily-ever-after for both of them?
Callie Foster is at her wit's end when it comes to running the Shining Star Ranch. She can't give it up and let it go into foreclosure. But she doesn't know how to save it either. Even with the help of her sister's new cowboy billionaire husband, there seems to be a never-ending string of work and bills she can't keep up with.
She's turned down offers from potential buyers, because the ranch has been in her family for generations. And when Liam Walker, the handsome cowboy billionaire tech genius who moved in next door, offers her a way to keep her ranch and enjoy it too...she sends him packing.
But Liam isn't one to give up when he knows what he wants. And he's liked Callie Foster since the day he moved in last year. She's the most stubborn woman he's ever met when it comes to getting help, but he never stops offering to make her life easier. Because he wants her life to be easy. Wants to be the one to take care of her.
In order to save her ranch, she'll have to shelve her pride. Once she manages to do that, she goes to Liam and asks for his help. He quickly proposes a way for the Foster sisters to keep the ranch forever, and that involves an I-Do Callie's not sure she's ready to give. But as Liam spends more time with her, she starts to see him as less of a friend, and more of a boyfriend. Can Liam turn his invented I-Do into a lasting relationship by Christmas?
