Christianity
164 Articles & Excerpts
Get a Grip
Becoming a Millionaire God's Way: Getting Money to You, Not from You by Dr. C. Thomas Anderson Many Christians believe that God wants them to prosper, but they have become content with sitting and waiting for God to drop money into their laps. The Bible teaches that God blesses the work of your hand, but if your hand isn't doing anything
Keep On Keeping On
A Leader in the Making: Essentials to Being a Leader After God's Own Heart by Joyce Meyer One time I became frustrated because it seemed the seed of a dream I had inside of me would never bear fruit. At the time I was teaching a little Bible study and not doing much else. It was a time of real discouragement for me
Don't Miss Out
How to Hear From God: Learn to Know His Voice and Make the Right Decisions by Joyce Meyer Recently God told me that when we are unwilling to hear in one area, it may render us unable to hear in other areas. Sometimes we choose to turn a deaf ear to what we know the Lord is clearly saying to us.
Receiving the Holy Spirit
Contact with God by Anthony De Mello I wish to situate this retreat in the context of the Church and the world today. We have assembled here for a period of silence and prayer and withdrawal at a time when the Church is in crisis and the world in desperate need of peace and development
You Are Full Of Potential
A Leader in the Making: Essentials to Being a Leader After God's Own Heart by Joyce Meyer The undeveloped, wasted potential in this world is pathetic. Everyone was created to do something great-great in its own realm. Each of us has the potential to become great at something-a great wife, a great mom, a great seamstress, a great husband
Beginnings
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by María Rosa Menocal This rich and complex culture shared by the three faiths thrived, sometimes in the face of enmity and bigotry, for nearly seven hundred years. Ironically, it was on the eve of the Renaissance that puritanical forces finally triumphed over Spain's
I Will Not Quit
The Power of Determination: Looking to Jesus by Joyce Meyer So often, someone will come to me for advice and prayer, and when I tell them what the Word of God says, or what I think the Holy Spirit is saying, their response is, I know that's right; God has been showing me the same thing.
The Story of Martin Luther
Martin Luther by Martin E. Marty, Ph.D. Martin Luther is the story of Martin Luther, not a history of the Protestant Reformation, though its subject was the most prominent figure in the combined religious and political stirrings of sixteenth-century Europe.
Mastering Money
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity : A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance by Edwene Gaines We as a human race have managed to build the internal combustion engine, eradicate polio, and make TV dinners you can heat in just minutes in the microwave. But we have not yet learned one of the most important things of all: how to form a healthy
Homecoming
It's More Than the Music : Life Lessons on Friends, Faith, and What Matters Most by Bill Gaither, Ken Abraham Life lessons on friends, faith, and what matters most. It's More Than The Music presents for the first time Bill's life and career-from his early songwriting triumphs and performances in small churches to his recent concerts in sold-out arenas.
Alone but Not Alone: Our Heart's Mirror
In this moving, interactive guide, Serita Jakes helps you take an eye-opening look at your past and present, heal the broken places, strengthen your faith, and reach for happiness. With prayers, Scripture, and thoughtful reflections, Serita leads you
Lord, Teach Me
The Power of Simple Prayer: How to Talk with God about Everything by Joyce Meyer Have you ever really considered what prayer is and why you pray? Do you understand just how your prayer impacts your life? Joyce unravels the mystery of talking with God by explaining and exploring the different types of prayer
Don't Ignore the “Ifs” and “Buts”
Me and My Big Mouth: Your Answer is Right Under Your Nose by Joyce Meyer Please notice the ifs in this passage. So often we choose to ignore the ifs and buts in the Bible. Consider, for example, 1 Corinthians 1:9,10: God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on)
The Good Fruit Will Keep You Where the Gifts Take You
Secrets to Exceptional Living: Transforming Your Life Through the Fruit of the Spirit by Joyce Meyer Many people whose gifts move them into a place they desire I haven't developed the qualities they need to remain there. Or they may stay for a while at a certain level where their gifts took them but never move beyond it.
Who or what is a Catholic?
The Reformation: A History by Diarmaid MacCulloch This Greek word has become one of the chief battlegrounds in western Latin Christianity, for it is used in different ways that outside observers of Christian foibles find thoroughly confusing.
The Many Reflections of Shame
Deceived by Shame, Desired by God by Cynthia Spell Humbert Rape, incest, alcoholism, addiction, divorce, bitterness, gossip, abortion. The list could go on and on with ways sin poisons our lives. Whether the sin is self-imposed or committed by someone else, it always has the potential to cause us a deep-seated
The Desert Pilgrim
The Desert Pilgrim: En Route to Mysticism and Miracles by Mary Swander In this exquisite memoir, critically acclaimed writer Mary Swander recounts her extraordinary trek from suffering to emotional, physical, and spiritual recovery. After a car accident left her almost completely paralyzed and in chronic pain with no medical
Enlarging Your Vision
Your Best Life Now Study Guide: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential by Joel Osteen How do you break out and experience your full potential? The answer lies in a simple yet profound process to change the way you think about your life and help you accomplish what's truly important. In this seven-week companion to his book, Your Best Life
How Can I Become More Like Christ?
The Low Road to New Heights: Following the Only Path to True Success by Wellington Boone Jeff is just about ready to give up on trying to live the Christian life. Everywhere he goes he keeps running into the same problem. People can be impossible to live with-forget trying to treat them as Jesus would treat them, in a way that honors God.
“If It Be Thy Will”
Me and My Big Mouth: Your Answer is Right Under Your Nose by Joyce Meyer I once heard it said that a person operating in faith will never pray, if it be Thy will. There was no other explanation given; therefore as a young Christian I took the statement to an extreme.
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