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The world tells us that having a good job, owning your own business, money, fame, and influence are all important for a successful life. If we don’t have them, we feel like a failure. But even when we achieve them, we still end up unhappy, unfulfilled, or lonely.
God wants us to be successful, but His definition of success is not the same as the world's definition. The truth is, God’s way of achieving the dreams and desires that truly fulfill us and bring genuine joy to our lives is very different—and that is what we need.
In The Pathway to Success, you will discover a deeper understanding of what it means to seek success God's way. Through her practical, relatable insights based on God’s Word, beloved Bible teacher Joyce Meyer reveals how to actively pursue the keys to true, lasting success.
Full of rich encouragement and timeless wisdom, The Pathway to Success will allow you to refocus your life and fulfill your God-given destiny as you walk out the purpose He’s planned for you.
The CSB Everyday Study Bible features concise study notes excerpted
from the award-winning CSB Study Bible and foundational study tools
throughout to help Christians grow in their faith. This easy-to-carry
study Bible is designed to equip readers with a “go-anywhere” resource
to foster daily engagement and application of God’s Word.
Features include:
• Concise study note commentary on every page
• Helpful articles from leading Bible scholars
• 99 “Essential Truths” of the Christian faith
• Character profiles of important men and women in the Bible
• Maps, illustrations, and timelines
• Book introductions
• Durable Smyth-sewn lay-flat binding
• Two-column text format
• Topical subject headings
• 10-point type size
• Black-letter text
• Ribbon marker for easy referencing between pages
• Presentation page for gift-giving
• Full-color maps
The CSB Everyday Study Bible features the highly readable, highly
reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB). The CSB captures
the Bible’s original meaning without sacrificing clarity, making it
easier to engage with Scripture’s life-transforming message and to
share it with others.
Do you ever get a glimpse of yourself that is exactly who you want to
be, but always seems just out of reach? The happier, kinder, less
stressed, more courageous you? The ideal version of you isn't imaginary
at all. It's actually the authentic you trying to break through. And
it’s not a future version of yourself you have to chase. The true you
may be new to you, but it’s not new to God. It's the you he knew all
along.
In Do the New You, New York Times bestselling author and pastor Steven
Furtick speaks directly to the challenge of living out your God-given
identity and calling. He explores and unpacks six practical mindsets
everyone can adopt to get from who you are today to where God is taking
you.
These six statements are truths you can speak over yourself any time
and anywhere:
• I’m not stuck unless I stop
• Christ is in me. I am enough
• With God there's always a way and by faith I will find it
• God is not against me, but he's in it with me, working through me,
fighting for me.
• My joy is my job
• God has given me everything I need for the season I’m in
These simple, powerful, memorable phrases will shift your focus,
feelings, and actions to align with God’s vision of you. God isn’t just
calling you to do you. He’s calling you to do the new you—the unique
and powerful person he created you to be.
In Jesus luister, 'n 366-dagstukkiegebedeboek, word jy uitgenooi om jou
verhouding te verdiep met die Een wat met oneindige liefde na jou
gebede luister.
Deur daagliks tyd in gebed saam met God deur te bring, sal jy:
• Leer hoe om te bid
• Jou gebedslewe verryk
• Ondervind hoe gebed jou hart en lewe verander
• Jou verhouding met God verdiep
• Vrede, vreugde en hoop vir moeilike tye vind
Kenmerke:
• 366 dae van gebed wat gebaseer is op die Bybel
• Met Skrifverwysings ná elke gebed
• 190 mm x 140 mm, hardeband, met 'n lint vir plekaanduiding
• 12-punt lettergrootte
In Jesus Listens: 100 Mini Devotions of Gratitude & Joy Sarah Young
takes you on a 100-day journey to find all the blessings God has placed
along your day.
By undertaking this journey with her, you will:
• find that no pleasure is really complete without expressing gratitude
for it
• build a foundation of gratitude within you
• be on the look out for all the treasures God has placed along your way
• start to recognise the blessings you often overlook
• start to show more gratitude for God's grace
• be more aware of the many other blessings God provides
• experience more joy
Features:
• 152 mm x 107 mm, softcover
• Convenient pocket size
• 10-point type size
In Jesus luister: 100 mini-oordenkings vir dankbaarheid & vreugde
neem Sarah Young jou op 'n reis van 100 dae om al die seëninge uit te
ken wat God elke dag oor jou lewenspad strooi.
Deur hierdie reis saam met haar te onderneem, sal jy:
• agterkom dat geen vreugde volledig is as jy nie daavoor dankbaar is
nie
• 'n fondament van dankbaarheid in jou hart vestig
• op die uitkyk wees vir al die skatte wat God daagliks op jou pad sit
• die seëninge wat jy voorheen misgekyk het, begin raaksien
• groter dankbaarheid begin toon vir God se genade
• meer bewus raak van al die ander seëninge wat God ook voorsien
• vreugde ervaar
Kenmerke:
• 152 mm x 107 mm, sagteband
• 10-punt lettergrootte
In Jesus Listens: 100 Mini Devotions of Comfort & Peace Sarah Young
takes you on a 100-day journey to find comfort in the Peace of His
Presence.
By undertaking this journey with her, you will:
• be able to pour out your heart to God
• learn to really trust God
• find comfort in His Presence
• learn to forget the worries of the world
• relax in His peaceful Presence
• experience His peace
• start to enjoy His Presence
Features:
• 152 mm x 107 mm, softcover
• Convenient pocket size
• 10-point type size
In Jesus luister: 100 mini-oordenkings vir vertroosting & vrede
neem Sarah Young jou op 'n reis van 100 dae om vrede in sy
teenwoordigheid te vind en verkwik te word.
Deur hierdie reis saam met haar te onderneem, sal jy:
• jou hart voor God kan uitstort
• leer om God werklik te vertrou
• vertroosting vind
• leer om jou wêreldse bekommernisse te vergeet
• ontspan in God se teenwoordigheid
• vrede ervaar
• God se teenwoordigheid kan geniet
Kenmerke:
• 152 mm x 107 mm, sagteband
• 10-punt lettergrootte
In life, we often look for fulfillment in our performance. We try to
earn our way to happiness by achieving goals and meeting obligations.
We try everything we can to earn favor with God. But what we find
instead is disappointment, fear, and weariness.
In Grace, Period., Pastor Robert Morris shows that we don’t need to
live this way. What we truly want has already been given to us—we
simply need to receive it!
Looking in-depth at the life and teachings of Jesus, Pastor Morris
reveals the beauty and perfection of God’s amazing grace. He uncovers
its sheer abundance, lavishness, and extravagance, and explains what
happens in our day-to-day lives when we fully accept it. Exploring the
blessings we have now—access to God’s love, favor, and approval—Pastor
Morris teaches us how to find rest, gratitude, fruitfulness,
confidence, joy, and the list goes on.
In other words, Grace, Period. is a clear and compelling roadmap for
arriving at an end to striving and shame. It’s a guide for finding and
enjoying the abundant life God sent Jesus to purchase for us. A life
given to us by grace—only grace.
Your words are like seeds. Every time you say them, they're taking root
and growing. Are you planting good seeds? Are you seeing the increase,
the health, the relationships, and the happiness you dream about? If
not, check out what you’re saying. Whether you realize it or not, the
words you speak today are setting the direction for the rest of your
life.
In Speak the Blessing: Send Your Words in the Direction You Want Your
Life to Go, bestselling author Joel Osteen offers you unique insights
into this profound truth: Your words have creative power. When you
discover the power of speaking what God says about you, you give those
words the right to come to pass. There is a miracle in your mouth.
There is healing in your mouth, freedom in your mouth, and new levels
in your mouth. But nothing happens until you speak the blessing.
Your words become your reality. Start blessing your future today. Use
the words you speak to unlock the power within and create the life you
were designed to live. The life-changing possibilities are limitless.
Do you ever get a glimpse of yourself that is exactly who you want to
be, but always seems just out of reach? The happier, kinder, less
stressed, more courageous you? The ideal version of you isn't imaginary
at all. It's actually the authentic you trying to break through. And
it’s not a future version of yourself you have to chase. The true you
may be new to you, but it’s not new to God. It's the you he knew all
along.
In Do the New You, New York Times bestselling author and pastor Steven
Furtick speaks directly to the challenge of living out your God-given
identity and calling. He explores and unpacks six practical mindsets
everyone can adopt to get from who you are today to where God is taking
you.
These six statements are truths you can speak over yourself any time
and anywhere:
• I’m not stuck unless I stop
• Christ is in me. I am enough
• With God there's always a way and by faith I will find it
• God is not against me, but he's in it with me, working through me,
fighting for me.
• My joy is my job
• God has given me everything I need for the season I’m in
These simple, powerful, memorable phrases will shift your focus,
feelings, and actions to align with God’s vision of you. God isn’t just
calling you to do you. He’s calling you to do the new you—the unique
and powerful person he created you to be.
Stripping our minds of the expectations that inundate our world has
never been more difficult. One quick scroll of our phones and we're
consumed by other people's projections of how we should be feeling or
responding.
The ability to determine your truth without judgment is the beginning
of harnessing authentic power in Christ. When we do the work of
embracing where we are, we create space for God's love to meet us in
our most raw form and then polish us to shine like never before. Power
does not lie in success, achievement, or performance. Power rests in
humility, honesty, and the commitment to continuous growth.
Power Moves will help you to qualify whether you're living life
authentically or if you've found a way to maintain status quo. It will
reveal the principles required to tap into the most powerful version of
who you are, then lead you in how to introduce your authentic self to
the world around you.
Sarah will help you:
• Give language to your changing needs
• Acknowledge and applaud your growth
• Refuse to bear the weight all at once or all alone
• Release your power
Open your eyes to the way that God sees you and awaken your boldness to
effect change in the world by living out the truth of who God says you
are with confidence.
Your words are like seeds. Every time you say them, they're taking root
and growing. Are you planting good seeds? Are you seeing the increase,
the health, the relationships, and the happiness you dream about? If
not, check out what you’re saying. Whether you realize it or not, the
words you speak today are setting the direction for the rest of your
life.
In Speak the Blessing: Send Your Words in the Direction You Want Your
Life to Go, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen offers you
unique insights into this profound truth: Your words have creative
power. When you discover the power of speaking what God says about you,
you give those words the right to come to pass. There is a miracle in
your mouth. There is healing in your mouth, freedom in your mouth, and
new levels in your mouth. But nothing happens until you speak the
blessing.
Your words become your reality. Start blessing your future today. Use
the words you speak to unlock the power within and create the life you
were designed to live. The life-changing possibilities are limitless.
Through personal experience and countless conversations, speaker and
Bible teacher Jennie Allen has come to realize that most of us need to
unlearn some deeply damaging messages about our emotions. We've been
taught, for example, that emotions are untrustworthy when, in fact,
they are a gift from God to help us notice what is wrong and where we
need to heal. Your emotions are not something to suppress or ignore.
They are meant to be felt, examined, and shared.
In this transformational look at our inner life through the lens of
science and Scripture, In Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel
and Knowing What to Do About It Allen shows how, instead of trying to
conceal or control our difficult emotions, we can intentionally notice,
name, and connect with our feelings in ways that lead to deeper
connection and lasting health.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned Bible teacher
Joyce Meyer instructs readers on an integral part of the Christian
faith--knowing God's will and acting on it--in this practical and
encouraging book.
Did you ever dream about what you would be when you grew up? We think
naturally about our purpose because God tells us that He created us to
do great things. But how do we know when we have truly found God’s
calling for our lives? Many people live most of their lives striving to
find and follow God’s will but still wondering whether they’ve gotten
it right. The many pressures, expectations, and distractions we
experience can create confusion and anxiety and cause us to doubt
whether we are following God’s will or if He even has a plan for us at
all.
Beloved Bible teacher Joyce Meyer invites us on a journey to
confidence, freedom, and peace through exploring the wisdom of what the
Bible tells us about God’s character and about His love and purpose for
us. She also offers practical steps to discovering how to build your
trust in God, seek His guidance, and overcome the fear of missing out
on His best for you.
If you’re struggling to have confidence that you can hear God’s voice
and know what He’s created you to be and do, Finding God’s Will for
Your Life will leave you with more peace and more confidence to live
joyfully in God’s love and walk the path He has for you.
The fear of the Lord gives believers the power to live with
uncompromising faith—a powerful reality we see played out in the pages
of the Bible as well as in our lives today. In Everyday Courage,
respected Bible teacher, speaker, and bestselling author John Bevere
reminds us through Scripture, devotions, and examples from the fathers
and mothers of the faith that we, too can live with courage because the
fear of the Lord swallows up every other fear in our lives.
Each entry offers:
• A Bible passage to help you discover how to fear God—and why the fear
of the Lord is your ultimate source of strength
• A thoughtful reflection on the day's Scripture
• Stories of biblical figures and other heroes of the faith who lived
courageously
• A powerful prayer to seek courage every day
As you rediscover the power of holy fear in your life, you will step
bravely into courageous living and bolder faith—every single day.
The highs and lows are part of your story, but they aren't the whole
story. With God's help, you can build the resilience to keep pushing
forward and hold onto hope--even in the face of setbacks or obstacles.
Permission to Dream by bestselling author Christine Caine will:
• Teach you about resiliency and how to be strong despite the challenges
• Help you listen and tune into God’s calling so you can overcome
previous pain
• Provide you with steps on how to overcome feelings of unworthiness
• Teach you strategies to help you manage disappointment and maintain
hope
This book is for anyone who:
• Knows their purpose but isn't sure how to take the next step forward
• Questions their value
• Feels like they're not enough
• Is wondering what God has planned for them
Curated from messages shared in Unstoppable, Undaunted, and Unexpected,
along with new insights and encouragement, Permission to Dream is a
reminder that you are needed in this world, and you matter. Your
purpose is bigger than you know, and God has created you to do
something that will reflect his light in the world, and he has
qualified you to do it. With his help, you can fulfill all that He's
created you to do.
It is not an accident that racism is alive and well in the American
church. Racism has, in fact, been taught within the church for so long
most of us don’t even recognize it anymore. Pastor Albert Tate guides
all of us in acknowledging the racism that keeps us from loving each
other the way God intends and encourages siblings in Christ to sit
together in racial discomfort, examining the role we may play in
someone’s else’s struggle.
How We Love Matters: A Call to Practice Relentless Racial
Reconciliation is a series of nine moving letters that educate,
enlighten, and reimagine discipleship in a way that flips the church on
its head. In these letters that include Dear Whiteness, Dear America,
and Dear Church, Tate calls out racism in the world, the church, within
himself and us. These letters present an anti-racist mission and vision
for believers to follow that helps us to speak up at the family table
and call out this evil so it will not persist in future generations.
Tate believes that the only way to make change is by telling the truth
about where we are—relationally, internally, and spiritually. How We
Love Matters is an exposition of relevant Biblical truth, a clarion
call for all believers to examine how they see and understand each
other, and it is a way forward toward justice, reconciliation, and
healing. Because, yes, it is important that we love each other, but it
is even more important how we love each other.
Happiness is considered a destination, but the finish line is
constantly moving—when we get married, find that dream job, move away
from home, have a baby, build a dream house, etc. We are promised that
a happy life is tied to these milestones.
But what if society has it wrong? What if happiness isn't the goal at
all?
With her trademark candor and hilarious storytelling, MK paints a
picture of a different life—one bursting with a force that is far more
sustainable and vibrant: joy.
Crazy Joy will help readers:
• Identify and reject ridiculous expectations that society has placed
on their lives
• Liberate their hearts from the comparison prison and feel content in
their current circumstances
• View themselves, inside and out, as the masterpiece creations they are
• Find joy (and dare we say, laughter!) in the middle of life's biggest
messes
Witty and refreshingly honest, Mary Katherine invites her readers to
embark on a counter-cultural journey toward a life filled to the brim
with contentment, humor, and most importantly, Crazy Joy.
Whether you're a leader of ten, a hundred, or many more, there's no one
more important to lead than yourself. If you're not leading yourself,
why would anyone else want to follow you? Ryan Leak speaks to thousands
of leaders every year, and he has learned that the most successful
people have taken ownership of their own development—and in order to
realize your potential, you need to fully understand yourself.
Being a great leader is not about having all the answers but asking the
right questions—and that starts with careful introspection and inviting
others to tell you what they see in you. Leveling Up helps you focus on
the person you're becoming and think about the goals you want to
accomplish.
Some of the twelve strategic questions in this book include:
• What is it like to be around me? (The Self-Awareness Question)
• What credit can I give away? (The Team Player Question)
• Who knows who I really am? (The Transparency Question)
• What's my definition of success? (The Vision Question)
• Do I have to do it all? (The Rest Question)
• Am I enjoying it? (The Fun Question)
Leadership theory and business practices are important to study, but
nothing is better than discovering the answers that will reveal who you
are at your core, where you want to go in your career and life in
general, and how you can influence and impact those around you.
Jesus promises a type of joy that no one and nothing else can
provide. His joy is full and complete. His joy is unspeakable. His
joy is powerful when it is paired with His ability to heal us and
make us a whole. His joy lasts forever and no one can take it from
you! As you enter into the wholehearted joy of the Master, He takes
great pleasure in healing life's deepest hurts, replacing lies with
the truth and restoring relationships that are broken, especially
to Himself. He is the only true, life-giving joy and it is
available to you now, even in your darkest moments. Each page of
Experiencing Joy leads you through the journey of unblocking
everything which stops you from reaching out and grabbing what is
yours to have and to hold. It is no coincidence that as God
perfects and completes you, your joy is made perfect. Join those
who have discovered that giving God joy is the greatest purpose of
life. But first you must make a choice: do you want to please God?
Then you are ready to enter into the joy of the Lord! His joy lasts
forever and no one can take it from you!
Getting to Thanksgiving exposes the dynamic interactions that can
occur between family members. It humbly reminds us to not only
teach our children well, but to learn from our own experiences to
become an admirable role model. This inspirational novel will cause
many to realize that getting to Thanksgiving is not only a physical
trip, but also a spiritual journey. Vince Sanford is a high school
football coach who has entered a midlife dilemma. How can he be
sure that he is passing on important values and stories to his
children? What coaching has he gained from his parents and his own
past? Can he handle a serious illness in his family? Such questions
are raised during this heartwarming story about coming of age,
family values, self-discipline, and offering thanks for life's many
blessings.
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