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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Don’t Settle for More Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing. While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it...

Maybe people have written you off—or maybe you’ve written yourself off. You might feel like damaged goods… washed up… only able to live a second-rate life because of the mistakes you’ve made or the injustices you’ve endured. Can I tell you something? Your story isn’t over. There are more pages to be written, more mountains to climb, more lives to impact for Christ.

It wasn't supposed to be this way. We start out with hearts brimming with hope and excitement. And that energy carries us for a while, maybe even years. But one day we suddenly find ourselves like the man in the prodigal son story: half dead, going through the dreaded motions, hoping no one around us notices. But they do. It's not that we've stopped loving God; it's just that things have happened along the way that have caused us to settle for small lives defined primarily by activity for God.

This short, no-nonsense guide equips you with practical tools and Christ-centered encouragement for the daily grind of Christian family leadership. Joel Beeke speaks directly to men pursuing biblical manhood—challenging them to step up to God’s calling—while reminding them to rest in the finished work of Christ alone.

This book is about having a REAL relationship with God. The author will take you on an image-rich journey through your daily prayer times so that the resulting intimacy with Him actually changes your life. Is your prayer life rote, boring or even worse—has it become a chore?

The inspirational classic, More than a Carpenter, is now updated for a new generation of seekers with a fresh look, revised material, and a new chapter that addresses questions commonly raised today. Former skeptic Josh McDowell is now joined by his son Sean as they examine the evidence about Jesus. Is he really the Lord he claimed to be? How can we know for sure? More than a Carpenter offers arguments for faith from a skeptic turned believer.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen shares his best wisdom on the simple choices we can make to live life to the fullest. What if a healthy, abundant, joyful, faith-filled life is within reach? What if you could increase your energy, vitality, and happiness, and stop dragging...

It has never been more difficult to flee sexual immorality and pursue holiness. We live in an age of unprecedented access to sexual temptation. Previous generations faced adultery, prostitution, and brothels. But not every person had a brothel in their pocket. Our society’s obsession with sex, coupled with the technologies that make pornography so accessible, make it more challenging than it’s ever been. The result is that our families, our churches, and our society are being devastated by a pornography epidemic.

We humans are prone to failure. We’re experts at muddying, mixing, and messing up our lives. Who among us hasn’t looked up from the bottom of a pit and realized he dug it himself? Who hasn’t fallen so far, messed up so badly that she thought there was no hope? And it’s at these low...

I am no productivity guru. I am a writer, a church leader, a husband, and a father with many responsibilities and with new tasks coming at me all the time. I wrote this short, fast-paced, practical guide to productivity to share what I have learned about getting things done in today's digital world. Whether you are a student or a professional, a work-from-home dad or a stay-at-home mom, it will help you learn to structure your life to do the most good to the glory of God.

The New York Times bestselling author of Chase the Lion reveals seven powerful habits that can help you tackle God-sized goals by turning yesterday’s regrets and tomorrow’s anxieties into fuel for a better today. “This book will change the trajectory of your life.”—John Maxwell, #1 New...

Jesus promises 'life and life to the full'. So why do so many people walk away from faith—and not just teenagers but people who have been in church for years? The full life offered is one of genuine relationship with God and others, but has our tendency to fight vulnerability, mask weakness and hide disappointment cost us the real thing? Have we tried to keep it together, keep the faith, until we simply can't do it anymore?

In this moving and inspirational memoir, singer Ally Brooke recalls her journey to fame, reveals how she has remained true to her beliefs through her most difficult moments. Featuring sixteen pages of never-before-seen photos, Finding Your Harmony takes readers behind-the-scenes of her proudest...

Here is a gripping analysis of the brutal landscape of the criminal justice system, as well as an ode to the richly complex interior lives of people struggling to become free. Dustin Feddon, a Catholic priest, and founder of Joseph House in Florida, tells it like it is, taking the listener with him on his journey, capturing the heart-wrenching realities of those incarcerated, yet bearing witness to the transcendent love manifest among those the state calls “the worst of the worst.

What is real? Do you ever wonder if something is truly real? Can real things become more real? In More Love-More Real More Real-More Love, we will explore answers to the question. The exploration will begin with excerpts from a popular old children’s story, The Velveteen Rabbit.

When Liz Parker was growing up in a Liverpool vicarage, she never in her wildest dreams imagined that she would one day grow up to marry a missionary pilot and eventually serve with him in Uganda. This is the incredible story of their family's travels, from their four-year preparation in South Africa, to the sun-drenched land of Tanzania, the unexpected conflict of South Sudan and the fast-moving busyness of Kenya. Follow their journey, through each new country, through every up and down of family life, and meet inspiring people along the way.

In All Alone-Not Alone, the fact that each person is a unique individual, a discreet person, generates a sense of aloneness, and the provision of the Lord to be with each person in a special way is explored. In Experience Love-Express Love, I explore the characteristics of experiencing love from God and from others and the characteristics of expressing love to God and to others. The Tale of Two Containers is a metaphor identifying and describing the difference between a Jesus follower and a person who does not know God and is lost from God.

How we all long for peace! Peace of mind. No more conflict. No more confusion. No more uncertainty. Just peace and rest. Maybe just peace of quiet and silence. God offers a Jesus follower peace. He offers it in many ways. The Lord also offers a peace that passes understanding. Join me in exploring. The Jesus follower can stand fast, can stand firm. Standing firm takes courage. The things to stand firm for are important to the Jesus follower and to the Lord. Explore these things for which to stand firm found in Scripture.

Watered-down messages and spiritual "fast food" fail to feed the hunger of those who truly seek the heart of God. What Christians need, according to David Wilkerson, is a confrontational message that will provoke them to righteousness-the message that Jesus alone can satisfy the hunger. Hungry for More of Jesus issues a passionate call to a deep walk of daily discipleship.

Read by the author. Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out. Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future? Too often, we feel...