Bøker utgitt av Christian Faith

Shelly Parker's life of trauma and abuse was all she knew. Her dream world was her means of escaping. Beth Parker, her mother, stayed with Curt, her husband, out of fear. His threats of taking Shelly and Beth never seeing her again to destroying her parents' farm were constant. Shelly loved her gramma and the safety in her arms as she prayed, but those times were not enough. It was easier when Curt worked in Chicago until he bought the house out in the country and moved Henry, his dad, in to watch Beth's every move.The final blow started with the attack on Shelly, followed by Beth and ending with his dad. Henry told Beth to call her friend Helen to help get her and the kids out. With the help of dear friends, they hid out until Shelly became sick again. Curt found them! With police sirens in the background and Beth lying on the ground unconscious, fear had taken another turn. Shelly questioned, Will we ever be safe again?

Kingdom of Forgiveness gives the reader practical biblical knowledge of God's pattern for total reconciliation in the community of faith. This book will help one understand the need to let go of past offenses and release the hurt that accompanies unforgiveness. The goal of the book is to communicate steps that will assist in living a life of total forgiveness.2

As Blossom's life cycle begins, she learns at an early stage how important it is to surround herself with positive friends who will help her grow in confidence and gain high self-esteem. Throughout her life cycle to become a beautiful and unique creature, Blossom is faced with her fears and insecurities, worrying about what the world may think of her. By grace she is blessed with an amazing friend, Ollie the Owl, who will help her throughout every stage of her life cycle by speaking positive affirmations over her through his faith in God. He teaches her that no matter what the world may through her way, she must trust the process and her faith will bring her through.

Ramute Moye holds a doctorate of agricultural science, is an alternative medicine consultant, holistic energy healer, and integrative nutrition coach.Ramute enriched her life by becoming an organic gardener. For the last twenty years, she has practiced holistic healing, utilizing homemade remedies, yoga, and meditation rather than taking pharmaceuticals.Her dream is to share life lessons with you so you can be healthy, happy, and live life to the fullest! In this book, you'll learn how to cleanse your body of toxins, find healthier foods, cook healthy and delicious food at home, use the healing power of your mind, meditate and do yoga, use natural home remedies and healing plants, and use holistic healing.Create a healthy lifestyle plan. Having a healthy lifestyle is easy when you know the right steps!

In Ellie's deepest, darkest moments, she wanted to know "What did I do wrong? Why didn't she want me? Why couldn't I have been born to you?" In my deepest, darkest moments, I had cried out to God, "What did I do wrong? Why won't you send us a baby? Why would you make me want to be a mother and then not give me a child?" Looking at Ellie was like looking at my own pain through a two-way mirror. The holes in her heart matched my own. She wanted a mom. I wanted a baby. And God had answered.Sallie and her husband, Seth, have been struggling to start their family for years. Doctors, inconclusive testing, and the pain of empty loving arms were taking a toll on their lives and their marriage. When Sallie has an encounter with God, she gives the reins of her life to Him. That's when the Lord sends them down a winding, complicated path toward adoption.Ellie is a ten-year-old girl who has never known anything but violence and pain. Nothing has ever been permanent in her young life, and she has become withdrawn and aggressive. She is tossed through foster care from home to home until one day, her social worker tells her she is going to be adopted.Their worlds collide, and in an instant, everything is changed. But how can Seth and Sallie possibly help an angry and out-of-control Ellie overcome the terrors of her past? Love alone will not be enough. There is only one solution--the light always drives out the darkness.

Have you ever felt like you are the only one going through something? You are alone, hurting, and the harder you try, the bigger the circumstances get? Me too! I have walked many unwise decisions or circumstances not in my control, but I am here to tell you that there is a God that never leaves or forsakes us. My hope is that you will find solace in the outcome of how God's healing hand took my broken vessel and molded me into His vessel, and that you, too, will know He is with you.

All the numinous events hidden safely from ridicule, criticism, and disbelief bubbled up from deep in my heart when my childhood friend died in 1985. The voices, visions, sighting, and apparitions throughout my life clamored acknowledgement. Gossamer threads anchored to my life fabric at various points in my life told vignettes of mysteries about which I wondered.After he started school, he changed from a happy little boy to one depressed and afraid. Though I asked, he would not tell me what happened, only snippets plus a warning to me before I started school. He was particularly afraid to go to the outhouse alone because of a phantom. We had appendectomies within a week in 1947 and spent five days in the hospital together. He was in the children's ward and I in the women's ward.The epiphany after Johnny's death was the most wonderful and horrendous event of my life. It answered questions for which I needed answers plus information I did not contemplate. When his spirit came to me, explained and verified his words and actions in childhood, it was apparent all I had been a witness to needed to be revealed.The mysteries disclosed must be open to others. Just as I needed more information, some other soul may need the information I can offer. This is my purpose.

Growing up in any major metropolitan city can be extremely challenging, especially when you're African American. I never thought that an everyday normal little kid that I was would experience such a roller-coaster ride of a life. It was almost a guarantee that I would end up in jail, uneducated, or even dead by the time I was sixteen. That's according to statistics in the 1980s.As time went on as a sixth-grader, I soon found a few ways to escape the ways of my community. Some of my friends and family, unfortunately, struggled a lot worse than I could ever imagine. The educational system in my town seemed fine to me as a kid. Even in the 2000s, there were some who questioned public school education but not many who took responsibility for teaching their own kids before they even entered a school building.Street education is what most of my peers learned before grade school. We had to learn how to cook and clean behind one another because most of my friends, including my brother and I, didn't have a father in our home. So our mom struggled a lot to maintain a stable home while trying to keep us safe from the streets. Sometimes, our only escape from the dangers of our community was sports. So when we played, we played hard. But never was I ever challenged more than when I put that stick in my hand!

I'd rather have Jesus!The number of mistakes I've made in my life is too many to list. But thankfully, grace covers them all. This book is to be my testimony that God is greater than all our sins, forgives us, and uses us for His kingdom. One of the hardest things I had to do was to forgive myself. The mistakes I made are all on me while my restoration is all on Him. You and I were created to serve at His will, and I assure you that, once you grasp that understanding, your life will change, and your rewards will be beyond your comprehension.Our world is at crossroads. Our political system is in disarray, and we are seeing prophecies of old unfold in our midst. Earthquakes, diseases, wars, and natural disasters occur at a greater rate than ever before. Civil unrest in the United States is in a dangerous state. I don't know if we, as Christians, are raptured pre-, mid-, or post-tribulation, but I believe we are close to finding out. My hope and prayer are that you will secure yourself, loved ones, and others you may meet by spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.There is a place in Nome, Alaska, that receives children who are in state custody. They have been abused and neglected and are provided care and comfort and love in a safe environment. Nome Children's Home exists from receiving grants and donations and is always in need of financial support. If you are so led, please consider a donation to Nome Children's Home, Nome, Alaska, 99762.

There are so many questions. Where were you and what were you doing on September 11, 2001? Why are there so many people in the world who hate us? Why did God let this happen? Why should God step in and protect us? Isn't it more reasonable that God might treat us like He did the Israelite people? Is there any hope for the future?

What an amazing journey it has been!A celebration marking the hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the imposing stone structure overlooking the southern end of Diamond Park in the city of Meadville, Pennsylvania, kicked off on Sunday, March 31, 1968.Marking the occasion, a volume detailing the early years of the Methodist Church in Meadville was produced, putting access to the history of the congregation in easily accessible form.The current volume has been designed to apply that tradition of one-stop accessibility to the subsequent half century. To bring that dream to fruition, a devoted group has devoted countless hours to researching and compiling the years 1968 to 2021.Continuing to build on the kind of firm foundation that grows from an awareness of where Stone United Methodist Church has been, its move into the always unknown future is underway.Greetings, reader!Thank you for joining us in a look back at the past fifty-plus years of the ministry of Stone United Methodist Church. My heartfelt thanks to Dr. Armendia Pierce Dixon for compiling the material and writing the text. Her attention to detail and faithful accounting of events has been invaluable. Thanks also to those who have given of their time, resources, energy, and expertise over these past decades to make possible the ministry you read about in these pages.Honoring our past with confidence, we look to the future while embracing our mission statement: Compelled by God's love, Stone UMC is an inclusive community of faith, meeting people where they are, connecting them with Christ and one another, helping them live as disciples of Jesus Christ.To God be the glory.--Rev. Sarah Daniels Roncolato

Personal Crossroads is a story about two youths, their friendship, and through their friendship a budding romance while realizing that God is truly in charge of them.

My Life Was Predestined by God is an encouragement to the readers that God sees you. He knows your every thought and every move that you make. Sometimes your plans may not go in the direction of your choice, your life may not be going the way you planned, and the thing that you desire to have is a lost cause--but hold on. Do not give up.In this book, you will see how God will give you the desires of your heart as he promised in his Word if you will let him. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I want you to know that if it matters to you, it matters to him. Paul said in Ephesians 1:11, "In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will." After reading this book, you will see that "it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of his good purpose" (Philippians 2:3).God said to Jeremiah, "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born, I set you apart and appointed you" (Jeremiah 1:5)."'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope'" (Jeremiah 29:11).

How do you know when you're facing the sun? You'll know if you're facing the sun when you see your shadow fall behind you. Try to face both the sun and God's Son, Jesus, so your shadow and troubled circumstances and situations will fall behind you. Look at Jesus and not the water!

Notes from Grandma is a collection of various Scripture verses and expository thoughts which originated as notes to the author's oldest granddaughter in an effort to encourage her each day. Notes from Grandma consists of 365 inspirational and spiritually motivational vignettes intended to inform, uplift, encourage, and edify the reader.

We take for granted how important our hands are. Our hands are 100 percent responsible for our capability to work, to play sports, to drive, to cook, to hold hands, etc. I cannot imagine life without my hands. When our hands are used for good, they can provide us with wealth, fame, and a prosperous life. Our hands are a blessing, but if we misuse them to do things that are illegal, they can be a curse "What are your hands doing?"

The world lives like this life will go on forever and thinks they'll never die or stand in judgment before God. This world is living just like they were in Noah's days, seeing nothing wrong with living in sin, but Fred Davis wants to ask everyone. Where do we draw the line? On sin, and on living right, and on how the Bible teaches how we are supposed to be living. Especially in the last days and JUST before Jesus Christ returns for his people that are supposed to be watching and praying! Number one point is, no one will stand in your place on judgment day! How we live today will determine our destiny on judgment day.

A hurt, frightened dog finds healing, comfort, and true friendship with Jesus and his "no matter what" love."Friend" is the name Jesus gave him, and he becomes close friends with Jesus as he travels around with him and witnesses first hand that Jesus loves everyone, no matter what.He learns from Jesus who man's best friend really is as he witnesses Jesus's love for others and his purpose to love, heal, and help everyone. Jesus truly is man's best friend and shows Friend, the dog, how to have that same kind of "no matter what" love for others also.

I am super excited about my book Get Up, Momma. This book is so dear to me. I dedicated my book to my daughter. When I was pregnant with her, I was diagnosed with prediabetes that really never went away. I was super tired and exhausted; it was just hard for me to do anything with her. Diabetes is a serious condition in the African American community, as well as all over the world. We have to keep fighting to be well and do self-care. I'm still fighting, and it's not as easy. Mothers and women in general have a lot of titles and we have to tell ourselves to "Get up, Momma."

This book was born from my burden (1) that people who call themselves Christian might desire to read and study the Scriptures themselves (John 5:39); because of (2) the great fear I have that many who think they are Christian have been misled and do not know the truth (Ephesians 5:6).Chapter 1 deals with four questions concerning salvation: Why do I need to know about the Gospel? What if I don't know? How can I know? How can I be assured once I know?The two theses are the remainder of the book elaborating on the security of our salvation and the study of the Scriptures and church history concerning the rapture of the church.