In spite of its apparent simplicity, "being with" is a phrase with deeply profound significance. Having someone who cares enough to "be with" us, personally and authentically, is arguably the deepest of all human needs. In times of crisis and loss, the reality of this need is apparent and inescapable; and yet, "being with" relationships turn out to be equally as important in our day-by-day activities. Modern-day medicine and psychology have made it incontestably clear that authentic personal relationships are central and irreplaceable in the nurturing of human health and healing. Amazingly, it turns out that the pledge to "be with" us is the most consistent promise of the God revealed in both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. In other words, what we human beings need most is precisely what the God of the Bible promises to give to us--and what he calls us to share with each other With so much significance loaded inside this one little phase, it follows that much of our hope to be whole and fulfilled human beings, living in a healthy and productive world, rests on a conscious commitment to nurture "being with" relationships, personally and within the various levels of human society. This book explores the foundations, implications, benefits, and procedures for becoming "being with" people living in "being with" relationships.

"True Vine" is a series of inspirational thoughts that consists of many different biblical principles. Each principle has reference Scripture that brings a fresh inspiring outlook into the truth of God's Word. This book contains valuable insight for those who desire to know God in a deeper and more personal way. It is a powerful guide that reveals hidden truths that are only seen with spiritual eyes and brings to the surface many divine principles that we are required to obey. The teachings open up many of God's covenant commandments along with His covenant promises. It contains spiritual wisdom and direction for those who long to break free from the bondage of man-made denominational laws to experience the freedom and liberty of Jesus Christ. "True Vine" emphasizes the love of God that He has toward His creation. These inspirational messages communicate how to reach the fullness of God's glory and blessings. Born-again believers who long for a more intimate relationship with our Creator will be touched and strengthened by the perceptions in this book. The insights will help to grasp the realization of how much God loves us. The result of knowing and understanding the truth of God and His Word is joy and peace with an effective prayer life.

This is a glimpse of Gerie's journey of incredible faith; true and faithful friends; her dedicated church family. You will laugh, cry, be angry and sad. This is a book of wisdom and understanding of our innner most feelings. It will leave you in deep thought and it will force you to look at life differently. The book invites you to be a witness to God's unconditional love through His grace and mercy. If there is doubt, this will give you courage. If you are struggling with challenges, this will give you the will power to overcome and move on. You will not be able to put it down. You will want to go back and re-read time and again.

The Twelve Steps program of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of us. Without it we would not have found our way. I for one am extremely grateful for this life saving gift. My concern for its continued life is the drifting from its foundation. The Twelve Step program has lost its fire. The fire lost is the spirit, the spirit of God. The spirit is still smoldering in the Twelve Step program, just waiting to be ignited again. I will introduce you to the founding fathers of AA; show how the program's foundation was originally based in Christianity and a relationship with Jesus; share my experience with the Twelve Steps developed by the founding fathers; and provide you with a method to apply the Twelve Steps as originally developed by the founding fathers to your life. Working the Twelve Steps as they were originally intended can change your life dramatically, break the addiction cycle and create a relationship with Jesus. The fire of the Holy Spirit will become part of your life. Gary Agnew has recaptured the original and true spirit of the Twelve Step Movement that was founded upon explicitly Christian principles; namely, that without Christ we can do nothing, but in Him we can do everything. A Higher Power of this Movement was originally the Holy Spirit of the Christ who lives within. Faith, hope, love and forgiveness are the essential principles of AA. Rev. William McCarthy, MSA An essential role of healing is turning our minds and hearts toward God. Gary Agnew captures the centrality of this wisdom in a remarkable way in his Twelve Step book. In recovery sometimes therapy is needed; sometimes medication, but ultimately the healing is between the person and God. The Twelve Steps are a way of life-a guide that everyone can use to live in freedom and peace. The Holy Spirit is the Guide within it who heals us. I am thrilled to have this book as a resource in the healing process. Mary Alice Rossini, NP Nurse Practitioner/Psychiatry

We serve a mysterious God who speaks to us in ways that seem to stretch the ordinary. In turn, He grabs us with the tug of His extraordinary love to send His children a message of heavenly proportions. Experience A Mighty Warrior's Footprints of Love and see for yourself how God uses His message to be a personal piece of your journey with Him. In A Mighty Warrior's Footprints of Love, God leaves behind His footprint of love in the form of visions and dreams to unlock the mysteries of His desires for His people. See how God uses the evidence left behind to encourage, enlighten, and empower you to become that which He has predestined you to become.

The word of God is not designated to any one group or nationality, but instead is available for all who wish to learn His word and apply it to his or her daily life. Even better, understanding the Bible does not require a degree in theology, but simply an open heart and mind.

Uplifting and deeply moving, "Walking with God Is a Divine Journey" shares ways to develop a closer relationship with God through our life's experiences. Author Lisa Olivares Young explains how, regardless of how your life began or how many mistakes you've made, the promises of God are deeply rooted within us to seek the life He so graciously desires for us.

Young uses personal anecdotes and biblical stories to illustrate how God has worked in her life. She also explores the doubts, fears, and perplexities she has endured in various life situations, illustrating how she found comfort and guidance in the Bible and through prayer. Each chapter touches upon a subject often encountered in our walk with God, including learning from your past;
overcoming life's challenges;
discovering your purpose;
taking the road less traveled.

Part memoir and part Bible study, "Walking with God Is a Divine Journey" will help you develop your faith, understand God's love and guidance, and listen to His correction, all by reading and applying His word.

"Marcus Laughlin has done the body of Christ a great service in writing Setting Your Compass to Impact the World. Marcus writes what he lives. Using Scripture as his guide, he gives personal examples and practical insights to believers as to how they can be 'salt and light' in the culture and community in which they live. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any believer who is serious about wanting live, on a daily basis, the faith they profess." --Dr. Jarrett Stephens, teaching pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church "Setting Your Compass to Impact the World begins with a simple assertion that we must first know that we are loved by God. This trusting that God is love can lead us by faith to trust His plan for our life. We were created with gifts or abilities to fulfill God's plan and not our own. Ultimately this book helps each of us discover our purpose is to glorify God by fulfilling our loving Savior's plans for our lives. It's time to reset our compass on the King and His kingdom." --Mike Fechner, president and founder, HIS Bridgebuilders

"And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." -Mark 12:30

First Love between the Bridegroom and His Bride was inspired by the precious Holy Spirit; therefore, all Glory goes to Jesus Christ.

First Love between the Bridegroom and His Bride's intent is to draw you into a deeper, more intimate relationship with the most beautiful King you have and will ever meet. His name is Jesus, the Son of the Living God.

The Holy Bible is used to point you to the importance of an intimate relationship with your Bridegroom (Jesus Christ) as well as maintaining daily fellowship with the wonderful Holy Spirit.

I pray the blessed Holy Spirit will impart a deep longing, hunger, and thirst for that relationship and fellowship for all who reads this book. Amen

The goal of this book is to help create an intense desire to meet the Lord Jesus at the Lord's Supper on a regular basis, just as He has a passionate longing to meet us there. It has weekly meditations to help enrich that special time, which can inflame a consistent devotion that can relight your candle. It can be used as a launch pad by the pastor, teacher, or preacher for individual sermons and teachings on the Lord's Supper, or simply a devotional companion for the Christian at home.

Some churches have a tendency to use the same meditation, same Scripture, and often the same songs every time they observe the Lord's Supper corporately. This regular practice can become boring, routine, ritualistic, and eventually meaningless without taking an approach to deflect that. It helps to use a different meditation every time: take a new outlook, change the topic, or use a new theme of our Lord's life and sacrifice and meditate on it, though maintaining the foundation of Christ's sufferings and crucifixion.

Recognizing that human experience is very much influenced by inhabiting bodies, the past decade has seen a surge in studies about representation of bodies in religious experience and human imaginations regarding the Divine. The understanding of embodiment as central to human experience has made a big impact within religious studies particularly in contemporary Christian theology, feminist, cultural and ideological criticism and anthropological approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Within the sub-field of theology of the Hebrew Bible, the conversation is still dominated by assumptions that the God of the Hebrew Bible does not have a body and that embodiment of the divine is a new concept introduced outside of the Hebrew Bible. To a great extent, the insights regarding how body discourse can communicate information have not yet been incorporated into theological studies.