Women’s Book Club Selections Fiction Selections a voice in the Wind
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- Non-Fiction Selections Hand in Hand with God – Finding Your Path to Forgiveness
- Loving Jesus More
- Crazy Busy – A (Mercifully) Short Book About A (Really) Big Problem
- The Prodigal God, Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faithb
- Made to Crave – Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
- To Live Is Christ – An Interactive Study of Philippians
- Pursuing Purity and Spiritual Beauty
- Mind Change- A Biblical Path to Overcoming Lifes Challenges
- Sacred Marriage
- Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions
- The Ministry of Motherhood
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Fiction Selections A Voice in the Wind, by Francine Rivers Number of pages:546 Group Facilitator: Denise Moroney Summary: Don’t let the length of this Christian historical fiction book dissuade you – you won’t be able to put it down! It is a real page-turner! The first book in the bestselling Mark of the Lion series, A Voice in the Wind brings readers back to the first century and introduces them to a character they will never forget―Hadassah. Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, this young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome. Eve’s Song, by Robin Weidner Number of pages: 276 Group Facilitator: Cathy Morgado Summary:
Infused with scripture, poetry and sentiments from women of many backgrounds, Eve’s Song reaches into the deep places that we, too, are often afraid to go. You will surely find healing and hope as you uncover your own story embedded within the pages of this book!" "Every woman who has experienced grief, regret or confusion will find hope and relief in this poetic portrayal of Eve's journey with God. I predict Eve’s Song will become a classic." — Linda Brumley, Author, My Beggar's Purse The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom Number of Pages: 272 Group Facilitator: Mikala Hammonds Summary:
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazis, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her family survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil. Here is the riveting account of how Corrie and her family were able to save many of God's chosen people. For 35 years millions have seen that there is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still. Now The Hiding Place, repackaged for a new generation of readers, continues to declare that God's love will overcome, heal, and restore. Non-Fiction Selections Hand in Hand with God – Finding Your Path to Forgiveness, Number of pages: 244 Group Facilitator: Maria Feuerstein Summary: Hand in Hand with God: Finding Your Path to Forgiveness This book acknowledges that there is not one simple formula for forgiving. It offers no checklist to pursue freedom from bitterness or resentment. Nor does it rely on an ultimatum that God will not forgive you unless you forgive others. Instead, it encourages you to understand your own heart and the obstacles that make forgiveness difficult. Through exposition of Scripture and compelling real-life examples this book extends God's invitation for you to come to him. Bring him your burdened heart and take his powerful and loving hand. He will compassionately journey with you on a path that you find or construct with his help. It is a book about forgiveness, but it is also a book about trust and grace and hope for a closer walk with God. Some of the things that this book will teach you are how to: • See what forgiveness is and is not • Analyze an offense • Discern pettiness • Make amends • Respond to persistent offenses • Forgive the most profound hurts • Gain perspective • Confront your offender • Forgive yourself and God • and much more. Loving Jesus More, by Phil Ryken Number of pages: 176 Group Facilitator: Virginia Longo Summary: Do you love Jesus more than your spouse? Your reputation? Your kids? Your health? Your job? Your money? As Christians, we’re called to love Jesus more than anyone or anything else. But do we really do this? Emphasizing that God’s love for us is the source of our love for him, Phil Ryken challenges us to take Jesus’s words seriously and think carefully about where our affections truly lie. Crazy Busy – A (Mercifully) Short Book About A (Really) Big Problem By Kevin DeYoung Number of pages: 124 Group Facilitator: Lisa Sharma Summary:
We’ve all heard it. We’ve all said it. All too often, busyness gets the best of us.
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The call to follow Jesus is not simply an invitation to pray a prayer; it’s a summons to lose your life―and to find new life in him. This book will show you what such life actually looks like. The Prodigal God, Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faithb, by Timothy Keller Number of pages: 156 Group Facilitator: Julie Cafasso Summary:
Within that parable, Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way. Made to Crave – Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food, by Lysa TerKeurst Number of pages: 218 Group Facilitator: Jennifer Allen Summary:
To Live Is Christ – An Interactive Study of Philippians, by Tom and Sheila Jones Number of pages: 231 Group Facilitator: Carmen Magras Summary:
Spend a month with Paul and his letter to the Philippians, and you will be ready for a lifetime of challenge. Spend thirty days with this ancient letter, and you'll be ready for good days and tough days, for encouraging days and disappointing days, for days of great pleasure and days of great pain. Take the message here and store it in your heart, and you will become a person of impact who shines like a star in the universe. Once you learn that "to live is Christ and to die is gain," there is nothing that can take from you that deep sense of joy. Pursuing Purity and Spiritual Beauty, by Virginia Lefler Number of pages: 136 Group Facilitator: Ashley Brickhouse Summary:
Mind Change- A Biblical Path to Overcoming Life's Challenges, by Tom Jones Number of pages: 127 Group Facilitator: Tammy Sperry Summary:
Sacred Marriage, by Gary Thomas Number of pages: 269 Group Facilitator: Carol Bright Summary:
Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. It is a spiritual discipline designed to help you know God better, trust him more fully, and love him more deeply. Scores of books have been written that offer guidance for building the marriage of your dreams. But what if God's primary intent for your marriage isn't to make you happy. . . but holy? And what if your relationship isn't as much about you and your spouse as it is about you and God? Everything about your marriage--everything--is filled with prophetic potential, with the capacity for discovering and revealing Christ's character. The respect you accord your partner; the forgiveness you humbly seek and graciously extend; the ecstasy, awe, and sheer fun of lovemaking; the history you and your spouse build with one another--in these and other facets of your marriage, Sacred Marriage uncovers the mystery of God's overarching purpose. This book may very well alter profoundly the contours of your marriage. It will most certainly change you. Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions, by Lysa TerKeurst Number of pages: 200 Group Facilitator: Tina Macy Summary:
God gave us emotions to experience life, not destroy it! Lysa TerKeurst admits that she, like most women, has had experiences where others bump into her happy and she comes emotionally unglued. We stuff, we explode, or we react somewhere in between. What do we do with these raw emotions? Is it really possible to make emotions work for us instead of against us? Yes, and in her usual inspiring and practical way, Lysa will show you how. Filled with gut-honest personal examples and biblical teaching, Unglued will equip you to: Know with confidence how to resolve conflict in your important relationships. Find peace in your most difficult relationships as you learn to be honest but kind when offended. Identify what type of reactor you are and how to significantly improve your communication. Respond with no regrets by managing your tendencies to stuff, explode, or react somewhere in between. Gain a deep sense of calm by responding to situations out of your control without acting out of control. The Ministry of Motherhood, by Sally Clarkson Number of pages: 213 Group Facilitator: Meaghan Quist Summary:
Because Motherhood Isn’t Just a Job. It’s a Calling. A mother’s day is packed with a multitude of tasks that require energy and time: preparing meals, washing clothes, straightening and cleaning the house, and caring for children. These jobs all are necessary and crucially important. But in the dailyness of providing for a child’ s physical, emotional, and social needs, vital opportunities for spiritual nurture and training can be overlooked. This doesn’t have to be the case. You can focus your energy on what matters most. Using biblical wisdom and practical teachings, Sally Clarkson shows how you can make a lasting difference in your child’s life by following the pattern Christ set with his own disciples–a model that will inspire and equip you to intentionally embrace the rewarding, desperately needed, and immeasurably valuable Ministry of Motherhood. Directory: hp wordpress -> wp-content -> uploads -> 2015 2015 -> September 11, 2016 welcome uploads -> July 28, 2014 National Education Trustee Board uploads -> Middleton baptist church uploads -> Pastor Steve Johnson October 2nd, 2016 2015 -> Well, my favorite crazy people are back on tv. Finding Bigfoot Download 32.51 Kb. Share with your friends:
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