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Books > Christianity > Christian Worship
Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying series
(more than 28 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new
covers and new material to reach a still-growing market of readers
eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives.
After 20 years of raising her son and daughter alongside her
husband, Michael, Stormie looks back at the trials and joys of
parenting and the power in praying for her children. In these
easy-to-read chapters, Stormie shares from personal experience as
to how parents can pray for their kids' safety character
development adolescence peer pressure school experiences friends
relationship with God
This resource will help you to be an amazing praying parent
whether your kids are three or thirty-three.
In this die-cut oversized board book shaped like a Christmas tree,
bestselling author Dr. Mary Manz Simon tells the story of Jesus's
birth through decorations we place on an evergreen each year,
helping little ones better understand and remember the reason we
place ornaments and lights on the tree and what each symbol means.
My Christmas Story Tree: Contains a presentation page to
commemorate the child in your life Has a cover that sparkles with
bright glitter and foil Can be used to create your own Christmas
tradition each year Leads little ones through the first Christmas
story in a way they will easily understand In addition, My
Christmas Story Tree is: A perfect holiday and Christmas gift for
toddlers ages 0-4, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and new moms
Great for lap reading or as a bedtime story, with large
illustrations and vibrant colors to keep kids engaged Helps start
conversations about Christmas traditions and why we celebrate
Jesus's birth by decorating a pine tree each year
Fresh examination of the prayers of Jesus in the Gospels
"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church
invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation
for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and
toward the mercy and grace of Christ. Often, though, we experience
the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement
program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esau McCaulley
introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and
rituals point us not just to our own sinfulness but also beyond it
to our merciful Savior. Each volume in the Fullness of Time series
invites readers to engage with the riches of the church year,
exploring the traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals of the
seasons of the church calendar.
A unique and validating look at the tension you feel between disillusionment and a desire for truth, Searching for Enough helps you see your doubt not as an emotion to fear but as an invitation to be followed.
Do you ever find yourself thinking, "I'm not enough, and I'm never going to be. And I know I'm not supposed to say this, but God's not enough for me either"? Whether or not we attend church, deep down we wonder if the biblical story of faith is really enough for the complexity of the world in which we live. We fill our lives with other things, hoping that maybe the next experience or accomplishment will complete us. Yet with every goal we reach, we still feel discouraged and anxious.
In Searching for Enough, Pastor Tyler Staton draws on ancient and modern insights to introduce us, as if for the first time, to Jesus' disciple Thomas: history's most notorious skeptic. Like Thomas, we are caught between two unsatisfying stories: We want to believe in God but can't reconcile his presence with our circumstances and internal struggles.
But what if there's a better story than shame? What if there's redemption so complete that there's nothing left to hide? What if there is a God who can heal your resentments, fears, and loneliness in such a profound way that you feel whole?
From a place of spiritual companionship and deep authenticity, Tyler shows us that it is not an empty tomb that will change our lives, but the presence of the living God. Whether you are a distant skeptic, an involved doubter, or a busy but bored Christian, Searching for Enough invites you to find enough in a God who offers the only promises that never disappoint.
We know that the earliest Christians sang hymns. Paul encourages
believers to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." And at the
dawn of the second century the Roman official Pliny names a feature
of Christian worship as "singing alternately a hymn to Christ as to
God." But are some of these early Christian hymns preserved for us
in the New Testament? Are they right before our eyes? New Testament
scholars have long debated whether early Christian hymns appear in
the New Testament. And where some see preformed hymns and
liturgical elements embossed on the page, others see patches of
rhetorically elevated prose from the author's hand. Matthew Gordley
now reopens this fascinating question. He begins with a new look at
hymns in the Greco-Roman and Jewish world of the early church.
Might the didactic hymns of those cultural currents set a new
starting point for talking about hymnic texts in the New Testament?
If so, how should we detect these hymns? How might they function in
the New Testament? And what might they tell us about early
Christian worship? An outstanding feature of texts such as
Philippians 2:6-11, Colossians 1:15-20, and John 1:1-17 is their
christological character. And if these are indeed hymns, we
encounter the reality that within the crucible of worship the
deepest and most searching texts of the New Testament arose. New
Testament Christological Hymns reopens an important line of
investigation that will serve a new generation of students of the
New Testament.
Respected Bible teacher Warren Wiersbe defines the essence of
worship and discusses the key issues surrounding this often
controversial topic within the church.
Help for the restless or distracted at Mass: Here are the keys to
prayerful participation at Mass. You'll learn how to quiet your
soul and concentrate your mind so that you can grow more receptive
to the graces Christ offers you in the Mass.
Revival begins with YOU and ME. We can't wait for a national leader
or ministry to "bring" it to us. We can't "make" revival happen.
But WE CAN PREPARE and position ourselves for it. Is it possible in
just 3 steps? In this small volume, discover three perspectives
where what is HARD in the natural becomes easy in the spirit, along
with three transformational prayers to assist you on the journey.
Do you long for a more powerful prayer life? Do you grow
discouraged when your prayers don't seem to change anything or
allow you to hear God's voice? In this video-based Bible study
workshop (DVD/digital video sold separately), Anne Graham Lotz
presents a biblical approach to prayer that will help you: Learn to
listen for God's voice, Know Him in a personal relationship, and
Communicate with Him through His Word. By taking a close look at
the life of Daniel, Anne unpacks the prayer he prayed in Daniel 9.
Following the pattern of Daniel's original prayer as a model for
how we speak to our Creator, she helps us develop a more meaningful
and powerful prayer life. For an entire generation, Daniel's people
had been held in captivity and separated from their homeland. But
when Daniel read a prophecy in which God said He would restore His
people to Jerusalem after seventy years, he claimed that promise
and cried out for to the Lord to bring it to pass. Daniel's example
of praying God's Word back to Him is what Anne calls "reversed
thunder." In this six-session study, Anne explains how we can
reverse the thunder until Heaven is moved and we see real change in
our own lives and the lives of those we're praying for. This guide
includes weekly Bible study readings, video teaching notes, group
discussion questions, group activities, and space for writing your
own prayers. Ideal for use in small groups and Sunday school
classes and includes a simplified Bible study track for more
limited meeting time (such as a workplace lunchtime setting).
Sessions include: Preparing for Prayer Prompting in Prayer Pleading
in Prayer Prevailing in Prayer The Battle in Prayer This study
guide is designed for use with The Daniel Prayer Video Study (sold
separately). A Facilitator's Guide and additional resources is
included on the DVD only.
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