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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: It's Okay to Ask for HelpAt least once in their lifetime, more than seventy percent of Americans will experience a disturbing event. An estimated twenty percent of people who share a stressful experience may also have post-traumatic stress disorder. Get help. Never give up!

Journey through Exodus by Mike Newberry

If you've ever wondered what it was like to slip into a cult and find your way out, this is that story. Here you are taken on a firsthand stream-of-consciousness journey so you can experience what it was like for Thane Mathis to be inside the Unification Church for three years. Then the story continues about what it was like to leave and move on. It is also a story about how the spirit of Jesus manifested at critical times to guide the author to safety and give him the clarity of vision and strength to go on. The author shares intimate details about his relationship with each of his parents and psychological insight into how that set him up for cult life. He also explains the doctrine of Reverend Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church, comparing that doctrine to the teachings of Jesus. Finally, the author tells what happened to each of the key players in this story and offers his closing thoughts on the lessons he learned from all of this so that you can gain this wisdom.

Maritza is a single mother of one beautiful girl. She struggled most of her life with mental health issues caused by physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Throughout her journey, she faced betrayals, abandonments, bullying, homelessness, grief through failed relationships, loss of jobs and family members. She was led by all her emotional pain, causing her to lose her identity. As she came into her darkest valley, she discovered an arrow that led her to repentance and surrendered her heart to Jesus. Facing her truth was painful, but long overdue.It was a liberating experience, for the truth has set her free and now walking in a healing journey, shining her light of hope to the world. What once was dressed in darkness now is light. What once was dressed in pain and loss of hope, it's now her strength of redemption. For all those who come from the same place of darkness, she hopes to be the compass that leads them to God so they can find the salvation, love, grace, mercy, liberation, healing, and redemption they have longed to find.

Meet Billy B. Nice, just your average preschooler learning to make choices to be nice to others.

Sometimes we want wings of celebration for birthdays, holidays, and such. Other times we need wings of transition to carry us through times like changing locations, illness, the loss of a loved one, or other challenging times. And on occasion we just want wings of encouragement and inspiration to help us grow. The words in this book are intended to help you "find your wings" and elevate your heart.

Cornelius was the first Gentile to receive word about Christ. But he was the leader of the Romans who crucified Jesus. Why was he chosen? How was he chosen? Who gave him the message? What was the result? How did he respond? What was God's plan for him? What about his friend, Pontius Pilate? This book attempts to answer all these questions. It all could have happened this way.

Though I've been writing poems since high school, I wasn't published till 1987.This book is a combination of poems from that book and others I've been writing in the past few years.Most of the poems come from events around me, either that I've experienced or that others have related to me.As you read these, you might even find that you also have experienced the same at different times of your life.

Rot, the Day of Rot, is the second of two volumes on a hound of wolf-mix that becomes a feral dog and one of her pups, Rot. In these two books, significant questions asked by dog lovers are answered. The first has to do with whether a dog has a soul, and the second, whether a dog has an afterlife. The author of these books is well-qualified to answer these questions since he is a graduate of two seminaries and was a student of a world-famous Hebrew scholar who taught from his own Hebrew text--Toyozo W. Nakarai. The first question as to whether a dog has a soul is in the first book on Red, and the second question as to whether a dog has an afterlife is in the second book on Rot.Rot, like Red, was a real dog, but his story is told in a fictional narrative. The principle from Proverbs 12:10, that the righteous care for their animals as opposed to animal abuse, continues from Red, into and through the book of Rot. Red, horribly abused in book one, is avenged in The Day of Rot. Rot, like Red, becomes a story of excitement and adventure. Follow Rot's conflict with the killer of his mother. There is great pleasure and laughter in Rot's victories. You will be chuckling at what he does, and his last move against his mortal enemy will shock you right out of your socks. Note Rot's personality in this book, his deportment, for example with the hawk who tried to kill him. Rot, a dog of amazing resilience, is a delightful read that puts right book one and ends well.

Join the adventures of Mama Peaches and her cubs as they navigate through all the pitfalls of everyday life. This book is based on a real family and actual events that they have overcome.

Do you think feelings are real?To know the unseen, love, hate, crying or screaming--are these real?Open your mind, clear away space and time.Learn to believe, share in unexplained treasure we were designed to receive.

The poems in this book were written to encourage, comfort, and inspire. Just as a flower needs both sunshine and rain to flourish, so it is with mankind. Sometimes we welcome sunshine and shun the rain, but both are needed in order to flourish. Too much of one and not enough of the other can be detrimental. It even takes a ray of sunshine after the rain to create a rainbow. This book consists of a group of poems that reflect on the upshot/results of both sunshine and rain.

Everything that you have been going through from childhood to adulthood, bad or good, has a powerful meaning behind, but time waits for no one. God's timing is on time and never too late. When things become too much, and you can't handle the situation, the situation should make you better, not bitter. I tell my grown-up children that whatever happens in life--good, bad, and ugly--is not for you. It is to help someone who has been through the same situation, and you can be a blessing to them.

Have you ever tried to express yourself but just couldn't find the right words?Jesus and Me is a look into the poetic mind of Troy Gagne through nature, laughter, life's trials, struggles, and finding redemption in these trying times.Life moves so fast, and before we know it, we're stuck in the daily grind.We forget about dreams and aspirations that once motivated us. Stop! Take a breather! Take that leap of faith! Rediscover the motivation and drive that once fueled your passion to achieve your dreams. We are never too old to make a difference and achieve those goals.The words and inspiration will touch your heart and give you the words that are difficult to find as you read through the pages of Jesus and Me.

An Appalachian story of a six-year-old boy moving to his grandfather's property on Elkhorn Creek in eastern Kentucky, where he experiences all the great things about living off the land from fruit trees, a garden, catching crawdads, minnows, and tuffies, fishing, and learning to swim. Starting school from first to the third grade. Having the teacher in the second grade put him in a special class for slow learners and being bullied. Learning how important studying in school is to getting straight As. Getting his first bicycle, a dog, and a horse. Losing it all when his parents got a divorce, moving to Chicago with his mother and learning to adapt to the big city life, then moving to Indiana and going to school with Amish kids, and living in the country, saying goodbye to his mother when the court grants his dad full custody, then moving back to Elkhorn Creek after eighteen months, and through all the diversity not letting it trouble him, but learning how strong he has become and more determined to live a happy and prosperous life.

0The book is based on recognizing one's purpose in life as well as combining that purpose with the purpose of the Holy Spirit in everyone's life. This includes the processes that each of us must endure in life and applying the processes of the Holy Spirit to fulfill life's existence. This is where we identify as individuals different levels of prosperity and fulfilling God's promises with the prosperity of the Holy Spirit by overcoming our obstacles and struggles and arriving at our destination with peace, joy, and greatness through the kingdom of God.

Going from being angry at God to falling on my knees to repent for years of misdirected anger, dealing with a head injury that caused me to have to learn how to read again, to countless injuries, a near-death experience to becoming the biggest hypocrite of them all...what do all of these things have in common? God brought me through all of these issues. When the enemy attacks, we need to cling to God, not run away from him.I was saved at the very young age of nine. I truly did not understand what this meant at that time. I would learn as I grew up, and I would consider the church that I attended on my own (my family wanted nothing to do with church at that point in time) as my refuge. It was my happy place. I loved being involved with church.Years later, I would go through something that made me angry at God, and that anger lasted far too long. Thankfully, a friend of mine would recommend something that would make me realize that my anger was misdirected. At that moment, I knew what I had to do. I had to pray and repent.A few years after this, my marriage looked as though it was too broken to save until God stepped in and did what I thought was impossible. He saved my marriage. He brought my husband and I back together, made us stronger, and we renewed our vows.

There is a messy secret within the Western evangelical church, and it is starting to get out. We're not who we think we are, and it is becoming painfully obvious to the rest of the world around us. The secret? We have abandoned the preaching of the true gospel and, as a result, admitted thousands of people into our local assemblies who are lost and dead in their sin. This has landed the evangelical church in utter ruin and devastation. Rather, than hearing the cross and the gospel of Christ proclaimed in our churches, we now hear the relative gospel, a gospel of ceremonial works that cannot save anyone. And we are facing judgment because of this. Scandals wreck whole denominations. Sin plagues our congregations and pulpits. People remain dead in their sin, and the testimony of Christ suffers shame. The church is now almost indistinguishable from the secular culture that we are called to reach. We have wholly embraced cultural Christianity. It is time to face the ugly truth in the mirror and return to the preaching of the true biblical gospel as revealed in Holy Scripture. We must return to preaching the fundamental truths of God's Word. God is holy in His righteousness. Man is dead in his sin and incapable of saving himself. Hell awaits any who would dare to trust in anything other than Christ to save them, for He alone is our atonement and propitiation. Trusting in His death and resurrection is the only means of salvation from sin and hell. We must call people to repent of their sin, submit to Jesus as Lord, trust in Him alone, and follow Him. It is time to condemn the relative gospel in all of its forms for what it is--a false gospel. Salvation is not found in a ceremonial ritual, politician, political party, or ideology. It is found in Christ alone. We must repent, turn back to the Bible, preach it unashamedly, and trust God alone to save. It is time to condemn cultural Christianity.

The reason for the title for book is this: some said we wouldn't make it, but God. I wanted people to know you can make it. People can say anything, but if you trust God, the sky is the limit. You prove that you can do it. Without trust and favor, you will fail. When you are being led by the Main Leader, you can do all things.

The Master and the Pot is an analogy of Jesus and the cross and God's love for all of us. As the master poured out his love for the broken pot, so did Jesus pour out His love for us. We are renewed by Christ's love and redemption.In our times, more than ever, Jesus is our hope and strength. Just as the pot is made new, so are we in Christ Jesus!

Have you ever thought that, maybe, life was just too hard? Maybe you just want to give up? Tracy feels like this on a daily basis with all that she has been through in the short forty-two years she has been alive. She has had so many life experiences and challenges along the way. The only thing that got her through everything was God. He kept showing up when she was at her lowest and carried her through each and every obstacle along the way.Boy, was her life filled with obstacles along the way, and it seemed each season of her life was a lesson all unto itself. In The Summer I Found Hope, Tracy deals with many different obstacles that she has faced, and all occurred or started in the season of summer. This is the first book in a series of four books named after the seasons of the year.Some obstacles that Tracy deals with in The Summer I Found Hope include* weight issues, which turn into an eating disorder;* an abusive teenage relationship, which distorted her self-image;* infertility, premature labor, and challenges of raising a preemie;* the death of a loved one;* Moulton's greatest traveling adventures;* having a child with multiple chronic illnesses yet no diagnosis for years; and* learning how to be an advocate for herself and her family.Grab your comfy blanket, and sip on your favorite drink as you come along on her journey of being an overcomer and full of hope despite her circumstances.

Everyone loves a good story, and there are no greater stories than those written by God Himself. Bible Stories in Poetry presents these inspired accounts in God's own words, side by side with poetry that warms the heart and delights the soul. Both young and old will enjoy these timeless truths in verse. Look for more titles to come soon.

The Greatest Gift graciously given to us by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is simply explained by a father to his nine-year-old daughter as she anticipates her tenth birthday. As Ellie ponders the tangible gifts she will receive, her father captures this opportunity to share the story of salvation and what this entails for anyone that accepts this gift from our heavenly Father. As Ellie contemplates the magnitude of this gift, she has her own ideas of what to do with the greatest gift. This is a simple story explaining salvation that can be used for any age or stage in life.

Millie, the oldest of twelve children, grew up in the only house on a small island in the Philippines. Her days were spent doing chores and helping with the children. It was a hard life, and food was often scarce. They did what had to be done in order to survive day by day. This was how Millie felt life was for everyone, because that was all she knew.Millie's life changed as she got older, and her father noticed her growing into a beautiful young woman. At night, she would roll herself inside her floor mat to protect herself from her father's attempts to have his way with her. She felt the only way she could survive was to run away from home. It was difficult for her to leave her mother and siblings, because she loved them and knew she was the one who did most of the hard work for the family. Several times her attempts to escape ended with her father and mother finding her and bringing her back. It was by the hand of God that she was finally able to escape for good. God guided Millie through good times and bad times. The Lord always provided what and whom she needed as Millie found her way on her own. This was when Millie truly realized it was God who was taking care of her, because God was always a step ahead of her. Millie went through difficult times, but God always created something good from a bad situation.

The Tree was born of unusual and tragic circumstances in the pre-Columbian prairie that would become Nebraska. As a young tree, it was fortunate that it was not the victim of a tornado or other weather denizens. Once The Tree was a hundred years old, it was able to take the arrows of young Pawnee honing their skills as well as being part of their festivals. Slaves fleeing the South looked for the bent branch on The Tree to point them correctly onto the North. But The Tree valued above all the ones that came to talk to it, finding its shade and shelter a haven for their thoughts and even a spoken word or two.The Tree still grows today, inviting others to come to its haven.

The greatest blessing in my life has been my journey to Jesus. It has greatly built my faith, hope, courage, understanding, and will to please God in all my ways. Romans 8:28 says, \"And we know that all things work together for the good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose. The trials and tribulations that I\'ve been through have been many, but the blessings from God have been more. God has pulled me out of situations where I have been on the brink of death several times. Some or all of those times He sent angels to protect me. Many times in prayer I asked God to help me to help myself so I can help others. He\'s given me the gift of faith and healing as a result. But as it is written, \"Eye has not seen nor ear heard, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.-1 Corinthians 2:9. This book I have written, Journey To Jesus, is to inspire and encourage others in the ways of the Lord. Should I blame Him for sending the hail in the rain? Or placing the thorns with the roses? He is hope in the valley when I\'m at my end. He\'s more than a man. I find no fault in Him. On my journey to Jesus I woke up one morning to quickly write down the words of a song that God gave me in a dream. The first verse and chorus says, \"There\'s a better day ahead, a better world we\'ll see. People everywhere are friends, there\'s peace and harmony. Someday, someday very soon. No pain, no tears, no troubles or fears. For the children of The King, when Jesus comes again. Someday very soon.\" The other two verses to this song are in this book, Journey To Jesus.