How's your life? Does it tell a wonderful story fi lled with grace, character, and courage? Or are you stuck in the past, struggling with regrets and fears?

PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW STORY.

"Same Life, New Story" is a ten-week Bible study that offers women a powerful truth: one small change can have profound effects. With humor, vulnerability, and transparency, Jan Silvious--a professional life coach--uses a unique blend of modern-day anecdotes and biblical character stories to bring you out of the land of what is and victoriously into the land of what can be.

Each chapter examines the life of a woman from the Bible, providing unique insights into scripture as well as questions for personal reflection and journal exercises. Learn how to overcome the past, conquer fear, say "I can," face adversity, and harness resilience.

See your story through the eyes of Naomi, Leah, Rahab, and Deborah. Discover--as Hannah, Abigail, and Elizabeth did--the irreplaceable role that God longs to play in your life. Learn, as Jan did firsthand, that changing your perspective can truly change your life. Within you lies a new story just begging to be told. What are you waiting for?

From all of your favorite Women of Faith(R)

This lighthearted and inspirational collection of brand new devotions shares a message of grace with the warmth and wisdom fans have come to expect from Women of Faith(R).

• Boundless Grace offers a love that has no limits, a spacious freedom for the woman who trusts in the Lord every day.
• Unfathomable Grace reaches deep into the heart, showing that wherever you go God is always there ahead of you.
• Immeasurable Grace is the overflowing, never-ending fullness of life and joy kept in the heart of God for his children.
• Eternal Grace shelters us through the storms of life and walks with us even through the valley of the shadow of death.

Together, forty devotionals told in the authors' diverse voices give a compelling view of why and how we can find infinite grace in Christ.

"Infinite Grace "includes a special tribute section remembering Barbara Johnson. Sheila Walsh, Luci Swindoll, Mary Graham, Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, Thelma Wells, Carol Kent, Sandi Patty, and others remind you that even if time is scarce in the busyness of life, God's "grace "never is

No one wants to be labeled a whiner, but many of us go through life with a "poor me," victim mentality that sounds a whole lot like whining. God never intended for us to act like "little girls," says Jan Silvious. His goal is for each of us to live as "big girls"-mature Christian women-who are capable of enjoying the richness of life He has planned.

In Big Girls Don't Whine, Jan helps women: Move beyond the past and on to healthy relationships, Choose to be proactive rather than let life just "happen," Discover their full potential, And become everything He made them to be.

So how can we tell if we're living life as an immature 'little girl" or a confident "big girl?"

A little girl x2026; Is insecure Becomes the victim of circumstances Says "I can't" Manipulates

A big girl x2026; Is secure Rests in God's sovereignty Says, "I can" Communicates

In Big Girls Don't Whine, Jan Silvious calls us to be real women in a real world, free to experience a life of full of potential and vision. This book is the how-to manual for making it happen.

The world is filled with difficult people. It is impossible to avoid them. (You may have one, in particular, in your life right now.) In dealing with such people, we often try a number of coping strategies. Unfortunately, our best attempts at making peace often fail. This is because the difficult people in our lives are often what the Bible calls
"fools." And dealing with fools requires a special kind of biblical wisdom.
You've tried everything-from confrontation to passivity. You've found out what doesn't work; now discover what "does. "Gain the tools you need to get along with others and conduct your relationships in a manner that honors God-and preserves your sanity!-in "Foolproofing Your Life: Wisdom for Untangling Your Most Difficult Relationships." Learn how new insights from the book of Proverbs can help you respond to those relationships that seem hard to untangle.

"Think twice" encouragements for women to help them make smart choices in life.

Popular author and conference speaker Jan Silvious is back with savvy advice for women to help them deal with the important choices they face every day. Realizing choices bring consequences, she shares the value of the second look, the second perspective, and the second consideration as well as the significance of acknowledging red flags. Jan offers biblically sound, psychologically positive wisdom for smart choices in 8 critical areas: Time Money Words Family Men Giving Rest God

Please Don t Say You Need Me . . . is a common plea voiced by people trapped in unhealthy, codependent relationships. Confused by their conflicting emotions, they feel trapped between wanting to love and care for someone else and yet, at the same time, needing to escape from that person s intense and suffocating demands for self-esteem. Jan Silvious offers practical, biblical answers for those dealing with codependency---actually, people-dependency---that can exist between mates, siblings, parents and children, and friends. .Who is the codependent person? .What is a codependent relationship? .What role does guilt play in a codependent relationship? .Can Christians be codependent? Jan Silvious answers these questions and shows readers how to identify and break the cycle of a codependent relationship in a loving, scriptural manner. Here is insight, hope, and encouragement for replacing unhealthy ways of relating with a new approach that can bring balance and wholeness."

An 8-week inductive study on mentoring, "Influence" looks to God's Word for truth about growing mentoring relationships rather than building mentoring programs. Using the flexible study format of the Sweeter than Chocolate series, authors Jan Silvious and Pam Gillaspie guide students through a study of mentoring relationships in the Bible while sharing snapshots from their own mentoring relationships along the way. Looking at both sides of the mentoring relationship, "Influence" works well as a group or individual study. The eight lessons cover a variety a mentoring relationships and consider not only mentoring benefits but also the importance safeguarding against potential problems as well. Topics include: Wise Friends Lead to Wise Ways Mentoring in the Moment: Learning the Art of Paying Attention Mentoring for the Long Haul: Leverage through Access and Observation Mentoring in the Church: A New Testament How-To Guide Mentoring Gone Wrong: Learning from Failed Relationships The Mentoring of the Spirit and the Word Empowering Your Legacy: Passing on to Others what God has Taught You No matter where you are, there's always another step to take. There's always more to learn . . . there are always others who can influence you and those you can influence. How far your pebble of influence will ripple in the lives of others, only God knows. Completion of this course in a group setting entitles you to receive 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) through the Association of Christian Schools International.

Each person has his or her own particular way of looking at life: a kind of grid that helps readers process whatever comes their way. Though this grid can be a helpful tool, far too often it is a weight around the neck. So what can be done about it? How can readers change their perspectives-replacing the grid that drags them down with one that equips them to face life's challenges and live victoriously?
In "Look at It This Way," author and speaker Jan Silvious explores, in-depth, vital truths that can help Christians reframe the way they think: breaking them out of their self-pity, anger, depression, anxiety and hopelessness, and equipping them to deal with the events, circumstances and people in their lives in a healthy and positive way. Jan highlights such key truths as "Whatever happens, it's one event in a lifetime of events," "For every choice there is a consequence," "God isn't angry with you," "The last chapter has not been written," and eight others.
Deeply rooted in Scripture, these valuable insights will give readers hope and real help for managing their thinking, showing how they can, at last, move forward with the courageous and grace-filled life God intended them to live.

"From the Hardcover edition."

Let's face it. More often than not, in today's hurried-up society, many of us have devotions quickly or not at all. Jan Silvious has written The 5-Minute Devotional for all of us busy women. This five-minute-a-day devotional will inspire and encourage all of us who struggle with too many commitments and too little quiet time. For each workday of the week, all 52 weeks of the year, you will find spiritual and emotional refreshment in these beautifully written meditations. Marriage, forgiveness, trust, communication, love, and relationships are only a sampling of the themes featured in the devotions and listed in the topical index. You will carry the truths you gain from each devotion through your day. So take five minutes to focus on the Lord -- and see what a difference it can make in your workday.