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SNEAK PEEK: God Gave Us Easter by Lisa Tawn Bergren
“God loved us so much he wanted us to always be with him too. Thats why God knew hed need to give us Easter.
Click here to download a sample of God Gave Us Easter.
As Little Cub celebrates Easter with Papa, Mama, and her brother and sister, she begins to ask her papa questions about this very special day of the year. Papa lovingly explains Gods plans for his children, while taking Little Cub on a memorable walk through her stunning Arctic world, and he shares how Easter came about in clear, simple terms that even the littlest cubs can understand.
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Self-imposed Guilt
Some of us have an internal “guilt table” to determine how badly we should feel:
Falling asleep during the 6:00 P.M. news. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Sending store-bought cookies to school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Forgetting to pick up child (first time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Forgetting to pick up child (second time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
If too many tasks and not enough time sounds like life at your house, the solution is as close as Sesame Street. Just practice [ … ]
Gods Arms
When we ignore our Father’s warnings, we forfeit the safety of His shore and plunge into the ocean of harm’s way: the undertow of over-commitment, the current of wrong choices, and the rising tide of moral danger. Perhaps that’s where you are right now. If so, there is hope. You only have to call out to God for help and He will pull you safely to shore. David cried out, “Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me” (Psalm 31:2) and “Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters” (Psalm 144:7).
“But, Sharon,” you might say, “you don’t know how far I’ve fallen. You don’t know what a mess I’ve made of my life.”
You are right. I don’t [ … ]
NEWS: FEARLESS Author Eric Blehm Featured on TIME.com
Eric Blehm, author of Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown, was featured on TIME.com. Go here to read Eric’s tribute to the SEALS who were killed on August 6, 2011 in a Chinook crash, seven of whom were interviewed for the book just weeks before.
SNEAK PEEK: A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs
Christmas Eve 1894
Click here to download chapter one of A Wreath of Snow.
All Margaret Campbell wants for Christmas is a safe journey home. When her plans for a festive holiday with her family in Stirling crumble under the weight of her brothers bitterness, the young schoolteacher wants nothing more than to return to the students she loves and the town home she cherishes.
Then an unexpected detour places her in the path of Gordon Shaw, a handsome newspaperman, who struggles under a burden of remorse and shame.
Click here to download chapter one of A Wreath of Snow.
Pleasure in Jesus
Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. This is not now our experience. Three things stand in the way of our complete satisfaction in this world. One is that nothing has a personal worth great enough to meet the deepest longings of our hearts. Another is that we lack the strength to savor the best treasures to their maximum worth. And the third obstacle to complete satisfaction is that our joys here come to an end. Nothing lasts.
But if the aim of Jesus in John 17:26 comes true, all this will change. If God’s pleasure in the Son becomes our pleasure, then the object of our pleasure, Jesus, will be inexhaustible in personal worth. He will never become boring or disappointing or frustrating. No greater treasure can be conceived than the [ … ]
NEWS: CNN’s HLN Interview With “Cleaning House” Author Kay Wills Wyma
CNN’s HLN interview with Cleaning House author Kay Wills Wyma addresses the question, “Are we raising a generation of helpless kids?”
To hear Wyma’s take on it, click here
For more HLN coverage on “How NOT to raise a spoiled brat!” and Cleaning House click here
SNEAK PEEK: Greater DVD Participant’s Guide by Steven Furtick
Are you ready to open your imagination to the possibility that God has a vision for your life that is greater?
Click here to download the first chapter of Greater DVD Participant’s Guide now.
In the Greater DVD, Pastor Steven Furtick draws on the biblical story of Elisha to empower you to:
Take a God-given dream from idea to reality
Stretch your limited resources and abilities in ways you never thought possible
Replace the images of yourself that keep you feeling stuck in the past
Make a significant impact with your life starting today, rather than making endless plans for tomorrow that you never get around to
The Someday Syndrome
Someday. One day. When. If. Then it’s over. When are we going to wake up
and realize this is life?
This is your life, right here, right now. Wherever you’re reading this page, feeling whatever you’re feeling, facing whatever you’re experiencing, Someday is right now. We’ll always be tempted to resort to the Someday Syndrome, but this mind-set robs us. Someday, when whatever we’re looking for happens, then we’ll start living. When everything settles down someday, then we can savor life. But things won’t settle down. Once we attain what we think we wantmore money, a less hectic schedule, the right jobwe’ll soon realize that it doesn’t fulfill us, and we’ll begin looking for the next big thing.
God did not design us simply to stand by and watch life pass as we wonder why we aren’t more fulfilled. [ … ]