Encouragement and Lay Counseling
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Armed And Dangerous
$17.99Add to cart1. Armed And Dangerous
2. The Sacrifice Of Praise
3. Coals From Heaven’s High Altar
4. The Spirit Helps Us In Our Weakness
5. Thy Kingdom Come!
6. Praying In The Will Of God
7. Needs, Needs, And More Needs
8. Praying Through Anger And Discouragement
9. Prayer Is Not A Prelude
10. Hearing God Speak When We PrayAdditional Info
Learn how prayer makes you ARMED & DANGEROUS…to the armies of darknessTherefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 NASB
Scripture invites us to approach the throne of grace boldly 5through Jesus Christ. So why don’t we do it more consistently and with more confidence? Perhaps it is because we do not see ourselves as God sees us…warriors in His army of light.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS-that’s how Satan’s armies of darkness see you, no matter how young, weak, or ineffective you feel. Because you can pray and because God invites you to come to Him, you can and do make a difference in the war between the armies of darkness and the army of light. When you pray, “Thy Kingdom come,” Satan trembles.
In this book you’ll learn how prayer works, the importance of prayer, the nature of praying for others, praying in the will of God, praying for your needs and how to do it all with greater power…God’s power.
Embrace your important role in the magnificent and holy work of prayer. Learn to pray for the kingdom of God. With God as your prayer partner, you’ll discover powerful answers and extraordinary grace.
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Living Somewhere Between Estrogen And Death
$18.99Add to cartFor women only, this is one of Barbara Johnson’s most unique books. With her zany collection of observations about “life between the Blue Lagoon and Golden Pond,” Barbara jumps right in, showing women how to survive growing older with courage and joy.
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Faith To Meet Our Fears
$11.25Add to cartForeword By Charles E. Poole
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Do We Have To Be Perfect?
Chapter 2. When Anger Gets The Best Of Us
Chapter 3. The Faith That Matters
Chapter 4. Listening For The Whisper
Chapter 5. The Last Word Is Peace
Chapter 6. Learning To Love Ourselves
Chapter 7. Do We Really Want To Be Changed?
Chapter 8. The Power To Forgive
Chapter 9. A Faith To Meet Our Fears
Chapter 10. Is There Life After Divorce?
Chapter 11. The Focus Of Our Attention
Chapter 12. Living With Wonder
Appendix – Preaching That MattersAdditional Info
A Faith to Meet Our Fears takes seriously some of life’s toughest questions and attempts to shed some biblical insight on them. Reading this book, filled with real-life issues, is like talking with a counselor or a good friend. Learn how your faith can help you handle anger, fear, and perfectionism. -
10 Habits For Effective Ministry
$10.75Add to cartMany pastors are stressed out, discouraged, and tempted to leave the ministry. Erdahl identifies 10 lifetime habits that can improve your effectiveness, including how to be lifelong learners, respect boundaries, encourage spiritual gifts, bond with your people, live by grace, and exercise pastoral/prophetic leadership.
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Im So Glad You Told Me What I Didnt Wanna Hear
$19.99Add to cart201 Pages/9 Chapters
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For parents who have been knocked to the floor by bad news and plastered to the ceiling by unwelcome surprises…here’s a book to prop you up, scrape you down, and (believe it or not) help you laugh again.Bad news is bad enough. But bad news about your children carries a triple whammy of pain, worry, and “where did we go wrong!” An accident, an illness, an unwholesome lifestyle, a devastating decision-the truth about these awful events can turn your life upside down, isolate you from family and friends, drain you of hope, and overpower you with stress.
If that’s your experience right now, this book can be a lifesaver. Crammed with practical guidance and sanity-saving laughter, it’s a gift of hope to you from “the queen of encouragement,” Barbara Johnson and other men and women who are “out there on the dance floor of life, doing the lost-parent shuffle.” Drawing on her personal experience, her years of ministering to parents in pain, and the letters she has received from hundreds of hurting (and healing) parents, Barbara Johnson shares:
– what you can expect in the days ahead-and how to cope
– what to do with your shock, pain, and guilt
– how to find grace for your ongoing stress
– how to love your kids without trying to “fix ’em”
– how to find comfort and encouragement in scripture, friendship, and the knowledge that you’re not alone
– how to locate a support group-or start one of your own
– how to pull together with your spouse-instead of letting your pain pull you apartShe salts each chapter with wry observations, uplifting letters, sunny day-lifters, cartoons, and just-plain-funny one-liners-to lift your spirits and bring you comfort. Whether you’re stuck on the ceiling, groping through the tunnel, smoldering in the fire, or down for the count, this book can keep you moving and even keep you laughing through your tears as you travel the rocky path from “Why me, Lord?” to “Thank you, Lord.”
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21 Century Pastor
$24.99Add to cartThe third millennium. It’s a time of tremendous opportunity for the church–and tremendous challenge. More than ever, pastors need a model for ministry that can equip them for the rigors of a restless, increasingly secularized culture. In the 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher explores the apostle Paul’s concept of ministry to offer a paradigm that is both biblical and relevant. Paul’s view is fleshed out with examples from Fisher’s own twenty-five years of pastoral experience, presenting a roadmap for today’s pastor that is scholarly, practical, dynamic, and inspiring. The 21st Century Pastor first addressees crucial issues of pastoral identity, the significance of geography, time, and ecclesiology. It then explores Paul’s metaphors for ministry (jars of clay, farmers and builders, servants and stewards, and others) to reveal an accurate portrait of an effective, biblical pastor–the kind who will speak to the heart of modern culture rather than languish on its fringes. Filling the rare role of a pastor to pastors, Fisher’s sage insights help pastors answer their own identity questions, empowering them to minister to a deeply needy society. Says Fisher, “Pastors who know what time it is will, in the name and power of God, create communities of faith where the values of the Gospel are embraced, taught, and lived out.”
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Why God Why
$13.99Add to cartThis book explores the age-old question of why a loving God allows suffering to visit God’s children. The author encourages us to examine God’s eternal presence in times of blessed joy as well as during sorrow and care, and offers scripture and anecdotes to illustrate God’s comfort and grace during all situations in our lives.
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Triumph Against Trouble
$14.99Add to cart1. Injured Knees
2. Challenge Of The Classes
3. Taking Out Trees
4. Disables Again
5. Trip To Nowhere
6. San Simeon By The Sea
7. Settling In
8. Thanksgiving
9. The Great Illness
10. Cheri Is Stricken
11. The Messiah
12. Dear, Dear Friends
13. The Will To Be Well
14. Thrill Upon Thrill
15. The Tide Turns
16. California Quake
17. Heading Home
18. The Stirring Of Spring
19. Fire Season
20. The Fun Of Finding A New Home
21. The Crash P. 138Additional Info
Problems – they can grow like weeds in a freshly planted garden. Over a period of time veteran author Phillip Keller and his wife, Ursula, experienced problems – both physical and spiritual – that brought them face-to-face with the believer’s ultimate test of faith. Can God be trusted to handle the difficulties of life in His way and in His timing?
Every Christian will face life’s troubles – whether physical, emotional, or spiritual – and everyone can use a source of encouragement and guidance through those tough times that leads to spiritual triumph in Christ. -
Nurturing Silence In A Noisy Heart
$12.99Add to cartPreface
1. Silence For Survival And Hope
2. Discovering Your Privacy In Order To Nurture Silence
3. Down-to-Earth Centering In Silence
4. Silencing The Strange Noises Within Your Heart
5. Silences You Cannot Safely Ignore
6. The Serenity Response To Silence’s Call
Questions For Reflection And Discussion
Notes
For Further Reading
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This highly readable and engaging guide to finding and cultivating inner peace offers practical tips for the general reader whose life is filled with busyness and stress. Nurturing Silence in a Noisy Heart includes a “practice of silence” test and questions for reflection and discussion, which make the book ideal for small group study or as the focus of a retreat or conference. -
Building Your Mates Self Esteem
$19.99Add to cart287 Pages In 18 Chapters
8 ChaptersAdditional Info
This eloquent source of instruction for anyone seriously committed to a strong, meaningful marriage will teach you how to:Appreciate your role in building your partner’s self-esteem.
Learn practical and effective ways to love and support your mate.
Repair past hurts in your spouse’s life.
Build mutual intimacy through unconditional acceptance.
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Safe People Workbook (Workbook)
$14.99Add to cartCountless individuals have invested themselves into people who’ve shipwrecked their lives in return. If you’re one who has chosen the wrong people to get involved with or makes the same mistakes about relationships over and over again, then the Safe People Workbook offers you a hands-on remedy. In this companion to Safe People, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend walk you through frank, soul-searching questions into active change and practical steps for growth. The Safe People Workbook gives you solid guidance that will help you – Correct things within yourself that jeopardize your relationship security – Learn the 20 traits of “unsafe” people – Recognize what makes people trustworthy – Avoid unhealthy relationships – Form positive relationships — In manageable steps that promote progress and inspire confidence, Cloud and Townsend help you restructure your approach to relationships. You can stop being a victim and begin enjoying the kinds of healthy, reciprocal relationships everyone wants and needs. The Safe People Workbook may be the most important safety manual you’ll ever read!
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Laugh Again
$19.99Add to cart1. Your Smile Increases Your Face Value
2. Set Your Sails for Joy
3. What a Way to Live!
4. Laughing Through Life’s Dilemmas
5. The Hidden Secret of a Happy Life
6. While Laughing, Keep Your Balance!
7. Friends Make Life More Fun
8. Happy Hopes for High Achievers
9. Hanging Tough Together and Loving It
10. It’s a Mad, Bad, Sad World, But
11. Defusing Disharmony
12. Freeing Yourself Up to Laugh Again
13. Don’t Forget to Have Fun As You Grow Up
14. A Joyful, Grace-Filled Good-byeConclusion
Notes p. 245Additional Info
Did you hear the one about the Christian who couldn’t keep from laughing?Chuck Swindoll has not only heard it, he tells it in this delightful book that gives us permission to be happy again.
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Door Of Hope
$18.99Add to cartCONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction1. Healing Emotional Wounds
2. Step I. Face The Problem
3. Step II. Recount The Incident
4. Step III. Experience The Feelings
5. Step IV. Establish Responsibility
6. Step V. Trace Behavioral Difficulties And Symptoms
7. Step VI. Observe Others And Educate Yourself
8. Step VII. Confront The Aggressor
9. Step VIII. Acknowledge Forgiveness
10. Step IX. Rebuild Self-Image And Relationships
11. Step X. Express Concern And Empathize With Others
12. Restoration – His Redeeming WorkCommonly Asked Questions About Abuse And Recovery
About The Author
Notes
Books For Further Reading P. 227Additional Info
A REMARKABLE STORY OF HEALING AND INSPIRATIONVictims of abuse – any abuse – need to know how other people have made it through the recovery process. As a victim of incest herself, Jan Frank understands the myriad emotions that victims struggle with and offers ten proven steps toward recovery in DOOR OF HOPE.
A powerful story of inspiration and restoration, DOOR OF HOPE is Jan’s journey toward wholeness. But it is much more than a story. It is hope for other victims. And in this updated edition, Jan provides a special section featuring answers to questions most often asked by abuse victims and those who love them.
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You Set My Spirit Free
$17.00Add to cart40 Chapters
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John of the Cross (1542-1591) was one of the brightest spiritual lights of the dark and tumultuous 1500s. His teaching led thousands to inner freedom from “the dark night of the soul”-the state of spiritual blindness in which most of us live our days, unaware that God is right beside us, in love, in freeing power. Through great opposition and danger, John taught countless men and women how to find freedom in the Spirit.John’s words and deep understanding of spiritual truth will also help you find a richer experience of God, leading you to:
*a fresh infilling of the love of the Father.
*renewed wonder at the beauty and holiness of Jesus, our Lord and brother.
*the discovery of the Holy Spirit’s presence, helping you daily, with new strength and freedom from within.Treasured and classic writings that have had a profound impact on the church down through the ages.
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Mama Get The Hammer Theres A Fly On Papas Head
$18.99Add to cart8 Chapters With 172 Pages
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Laughter lace, reality based, and just a little bit off the wall, this book is vintage Barbara Johnson – a gift of hilarity and hope from America’s queen of encouragement.Barbara Johnson has staked her life and her ministry on the healing power of a positive outlook. But here she zeros directly in on the therapeutic benefit of a smile, a giggle, and a good old-fashioned belly laugh. She insists that laughing in the face of adversity is not a form of denial, but a proven tool for managing stress, coping with pain, and maintaining hope. And to prove her point, she presents this funnybone tickling, heart touching laugh manual – packed with hard-earned wisdom.. and custom designed to nudge you (giggle) down the road to positive living.
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Encourage Me : Caring Words For Heavy Hearts
$14.99Add to cartPart One:
ENCOURAGE ME, LORDPsalm 61:1-2
Searching for Shelter
You Are Important
You Are Not a Nobody
Call for Help!
The Hammer, the File, and the Furnace
An Antidote for Weariness
“Final Descent … Commence Prayer”Part Two:
ENCOURAGE … ME LORD?Philippians 2:1 – 5
Take Time to Be Tender
A Bridge Called Credibility
Stay in Circulation
The Fine Art of Blowing It
The Heart of Encouragement
Dress Your Dreams in Denim
“The Opra ain’t Over’
Be an Encourager!
96 PagesAdditional Info
Are you discouraged? Do your shoulders ache with the weight of carrying your problems alone? Do you wish you could find someone who understands, someone who won’t condemn you for your failures or ridicule you for your mistakes? Let Chuck Swindoll put a friendly arm around your shoulders and show you how the burdens can be lifted from your heart. Encourage Me offers tender insight into the needs of the human heart and how God wants to meet those needs through the gift of encouragement. Swindoll says, “Encouragement is awesome. Think about it: It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day . . . or week . . . or life.” This classic devotional is a treasury of thoughts on finding the encouragement you need — and learning to share that encouragement with others. -
Wednesday Workout : Practical Techniques For Rehearsing The Church Choir
$15.99Add to cartOffers a non-technical approach to the planning and execution of the weekly choir rehearsal. Includes basic information and helpful hints that will help make the first rehearsal—and every rehearsal—a success.
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Seasons Of Your Heart (Revised)
$13.99Add to cart1. Taking Off Your Shoes: The Season Of Wonder
2. Standing On Tiptoe: The Season Of Hope
3. Washing Feet: The Season Of Love
4. Racing To The Tomb: The Season Of Mystery
5. Walking With Strangers: The Season Of FaithAdditional Info
In this masterpiece of simplicity, Macrina Wiederkehr offers a series of meditations to bring us closer to a “God for all seasons,” revised and expanded into this new edition.Designed for daily use as well as for retreats, Seasons of Your Heart is an eloquent and lyrical invitation to journey through the spiritual seasons of wonder, hope love, mystery, and faith.
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Ministry Of Nurture
$24.99Add to cartDiscipling teenagers means building a real-life faith into them. Which is exactly what youth ministry veteran Duffy Robbins explains how to do — definitively — in this sensitive, in-depth, and practical look at leading your kids into discipleship. No stranger to the challenge of discipling young people, Duffy draws from his decades of youth ministry experience as he describes a thorough, flexible discipleship program you can use with your students. In The Ministry of Nurture you’ll find– How to make faith practical in everyday life – How to help your kids develop their own faith – Seven keys to effective discipleship – How to help your kids build a faith that lasts – How you can help your kids apply their real-life faith in three key areas of the Christian life: outreach, nurture, and service – An important look at the two sides of peer pressure in the lives of young people — Whether you’re new to youth work or a veteran, The Ministry of Nurture is an indispensable addition to your youth ministry library.
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Gentle Persuasion : Creative Ways To Introduce Your Friends To Christ
$14.99Add to cart1. Can You Bake A Cherry Pie?
2. Seeing Is Believing
3. Scouting The Other Team
4. Packing Your Bag
5. Finding The Lost Sheep
6. Cashing In On Your Networks
7. Cultivating Your Cul-de-sac
8. Growing Crops, Not Weeds
9. Culture Vultures
10. Sow And Tell239 Pages
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Gentle persuasion is an encouraging appeal for Christians of all ages and abilities to become part of God’s strategy for bringing needy men and women to Christ. Join Joe as he explains how cherry pies, hammers and saws, lawn mowers, broken-down cars, chariots of fire, babysitters, duck hunters, llama farmers-and even attack lambs with steel wool-can draw your friends to the Savior. -
Preaching Through A Storm
$24.99Add to cart1. I’ve Been In The Storm So Long
2. Predicting A Storm
3. Maintaining Relationships
4. The Eye Of The Storm
5. The Identity Of Evil
6. If It Had Not Been For The Lord
7. The Preacher’s Friend
8. Tragedy Or Triumph?
9. The Storm Is Passing Over
10. Preparing For The Next Storm
11. Storms Keep Coming224 Pages
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The context was a building program for an urban congregation. The beginning bore no omens of controversy. But before long, both the pastor (the author) and the congregation found themselves in a storm that threatened the church’s very existence and the pastor’s future in ministry. It is common in this kind of storm that neither the preacher nor his flock will expect to hear from God. But the arresting message of this book is that it is often through the preaching itself that God speaks to the issues of conflict. It is through preaching that the issues are resolved, and neither the pastor nor the people are left unchanged. By example and by precept this book shows how to weather a storm in the only successful way — by preaching through it under the guiding hand of a compassionate God who knows our human anguish. This is a book you cannot afford to ignore. For, as one preacher puts it, you’re either “coming out of a storm, in a storm, or heading for a storm.” -
Bible Readings For Caregivers
$8.99Add to cartWe all have opportunities to show caring to others in our daily lives. Caregiving is not limited to the professionals. Whenever we reach out in empathy to someone in need we are caregivers. We may stand beside cheer to a lonely person. We may allow a person to express feelings about a job loss or the agony of a divorce. As a member of the body of Christ, “if one part suffers, every part suffers with it” (1 Cor. 12:26). If we listen through the pain, walk with the person through troubled times, and present a word of hope in Christ, we offer Christian caring.
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Paster As Person
$24.00Add to cartPastors are persons. Most of the problems pastors experience in the parish are not caused by the pastor forgetting he or she is a pastor. Most difficulties pastors face in the parish arise when the pastor forgets that he or she is a person. This book is about the pastor as a person. It is a book about the experience of people who are pastors – their thoughts and feelings and behaviors. But this is also a reflective book, bringing to bear upon the pastors and their situations the perspectives of anthropology, the behavioral sciences, and philosophy, as well as theology.
