The Blessing

The Blessing
Author: Gary Smalley
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1986
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780840730664

Offers advice based on the teachings of the Bible on how to develop a closer relationship with parents and children

Words to Live By

Words to Live By
Author: Moses A. Akingbade
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1612154239

When You Love a Prodigal

When You Love a Prodigal
Author: Judy Douglass
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493420089

Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self- recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?" Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection of 90 essays--90 days of perspective on what God offers to you as you love your prodigal. At the end of each brief essay, response questions will help you process how God intends to use the wilderness journey to mold your spiritual life. You can work through it day by day, or you can read it straight through. Judy has traveled this road with her own prodigal--reading, learning, praying, and seeking God. Over and over he continued to give her wisdom, he sustained her, he covered her with grace, and he filled her with hope. May you, too, be strengthened and filled with hope as together you discover how God will take you through your own valley.

Bless and Be Blessed

Bless and Be Blessed
Author: Peter M. Lord
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2004-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441233253

"When you bless," says Peter Lord, "dramatic, miraculous changes take place." In Bless and Be Blessed, this author and pastor shares how we often neglect to bless others until after death. But it is much more useful to give a good or well-meaning word to our loved ones while they are still alive. Coworkers, children, spouses, and friends all need uplifting messages when they can hear, receive, and be transformed by them. With wisdom, personal anecdotes, and hands-on exercises, Lord teaches readers everything they need to know to deliver powerful words with life-changing impact today. He discusses the scriptural basis for blessing others, describes how readers can receive their own blessing from God, and teaches them to weave the practice of blessing into their everyday lives.

To Bless the Space Between Us

To Bless the Space Between Us
Author: John O'Donohue
Publisher: Convergent Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2008-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0385525648

From the author of the bestselling Anam Cara comes a beautiful collection of blessings to help readers through both the everyday and the extraordinary events of their lives. John O’Donohue, Irish teacher and poet, has been widely praised for his gift of drawing on Celtic spiritual traditions to create words of inspiration and wisdom for today. In To Bless the Space Between Us, his compelling blend of elegant, poetic language and spiritual insight offers readers comfort and encouragement on their journeys through life. O’Donohue looks at life’s thresholds—getting married, having children, starting a new job—and offers invaluable guidelines for making the transition from a known, familiar world into a new, unmapped territory. Most profoundly, however, O’Donohue explains “blessing” as a way of life, as a lens through which the whole world is transformed. O’Donohue awakens readers to timeless truths and shows the power they have to answer contemporary dilemmas and ease us through periods of change.

Daily Words of Encouragement to Live by

Daily Words of Encouragement to Live by
Author: Jim Bostic
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2012-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1449780164

Life for many people does not offer much to be celebrated. Finances are tight, relationships have gone badly, health concerns have risen, children are becoming unmanageable, and it has caused many people to feel defeated. The Daily Words of Encouragement will lift the broken hearted, give hope to the hopeless, and bring healing for your soul.

BLESS

BLESS
Author: Dave Ferguson
Publisher: Salem Books
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1684510880

What If You Could Change the World without Changing Your Daily Routine? When you’ve been transformed by God’s love, you can’t help but want others to experience the same grace and freedom. But how do you share it without scaring them away or offending them? For most Christians, “evangelism” is an intimidating word that suggests handing out tracts to strangers or doing other awkward things. But what if there was a more organic, more authentic way to share your faith with your friends, neighbors, and coworkers? Dave and Jon Ferguson have found five simple, straightforward practices that will allow any believer to do just that. And by consistently living them out, you can affect not just individual lives but your entire neighborhood and community—one person at a time.

Does Grace Grow Best in Winter?

Does Grace Grow Best in Winter?
Author: J. Ligon Duncan
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781596381551

"Does Grace Grow Best in Winter?" addresses the issue of suffering from the standpoint of the sovereignty of God. It teaches that we need to learn that suffering exists, and we need to learn to suffer.