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Smash Your Alarm Clock is about making money, but it's also about how to have a more fulfilled and meaningful life. It's a book about having freedom to pursue your passions and interests - whether that's spending more time with your family, playing golf, volunteering at an animal shelter, or traveling the world. Studies show that having more money actually does make people happier - but it's when we use money to enrich our lives and to help others. We each have within us the power to turn our lives around at any moment.

Despite high-minded ideals, temptation always seems to loom around the corner, threatening to derail us into a desperate world of secret behavior and covered-up indiscretions. From families to marriages to businesses, on a scale as global as the credit default swap meltdown or as personal as our last session on the Internet, we are suckers for bad ideas.Why do we so often make poor decisions that can lead to life-shattering results? Why do we promise ourselves to do better only to slide back into our old habits?

An effective new voice in the contemporary church movement shares important lessons from his failures and successes in building a community that reaches out with maximum impact within an emerging culture. Over the past decade, Mike Tatlock has been on a journey to examine the life of Jesus with a view to developing a church that truly makes a difference. His hard-won lessons have shaped a ministry philosophy that is connecting people in community to engage the world around them.

One thousand women were asked one bold question. What must a dad do, be, or say to raise a confident, successful daughter in today's society?

Exasperated from getting Bible verse answers when you just need a hug or an “I hear you”? Ever felt empty, asking God, “Is this all there is to life"? By stripping Christian image, we begin to live God’s abundant real life! In Imagine, DeeAnn shares her personal quest for real. Surprisingly, many of the answers she sought came not from within a church building but from within a homeless shelter where she volunteered.

Are you sometimes perplexed with Jesus’s teaching? Do you really want what he wants? Bestselling author Kyle Idleman reveals that the key to the abundant life Jesus promised lies in embracing His inside-out way of life. As he examines Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, Kyle unpacks the many counter-intuitive truths, including: brokenness is the way to wholeness, mourning is the path to blessing, and emptiness is required in order to know true fullness. Ultimately you will discover how Jesus transforms you as you begin to live out these paradoxical principles.

From the influential and ever-growing movement "I Am Second" comes a remarkable collection of well-known lives transformed from restless to happy by the power of God.

We all crave love. We try to fill the void inside with any number of poor substitutes. We seek validation from empty outlets. We're thirsty for compliments. We change who we are to impress people who aren't looking and don't care. Yet, we are still desperately searching for a love that changes everything for us, a love that doesn't fade and doesn't fail - even when we do, That's the kind of love God shows that he has for us through the remarkable story of Hosea and Gomer.

In "Jesus: A Gospel of Love," mystic David Hoffmeister offers a profound and transformative interpretation of the Gospels of the Bible, focusing on the presence of Jesus in our lives and the power of his teachings to guide us in our spiritual journey. This book, compiled of Bible quotes and David's insights on the mystical teachings of Jesus, offers insight into how the teachings of Jesus are still applicable in our modern lives. With a focus on love and forgiveness, this book offers a holistic view of Jesus' truth and will help you deepen your understanding and practice of faith. With ...

God shares his heart with the author in a way that is raw, honest, and candid. Hear how God speaks to his friend, who is interested in hearing from him. Listen in on these conversations as God gets personal and even emotional about the things that matter to him and that should ultimately matter to everyone.

From singer, model, and YouTube celebrity Natasha Bure, the daughter of Candace Cameron Bure, comes a real, honest conversational audiobook that doesn’t hold back. Everywhere she goes and every video she posts has one basic message: this is real, this is life, and we all go through it. Whether it’s acne, boyfriends, faith, stress, or having fun, Natasha’s view is to simply be honest, simply be real, no matter what you face. Natasha’s real and relatable tone paired with personal notes and stories will help listeners see that living a “real” life is the best life.

Sixty-five million Americans are living in condominiums today and the number is growing. Condo Living will help you decide whether living in a condominium is right for you. Each of the book’s 15 chapters provides you with valuable information as well as humorous and surprising examples of condo rules and customs. Learn about the unique nature of condo life. Weigh its pros and cons versus living in a house, an apartment, or a cooperative and consider its advantages, shortcomings, quirks, and joys before you buy.

Step into an engaging journey from the quiet fields to the bustling city streets with our new eBook, "Homestead to City." This comprehensive guide takes you through every stage of transitioning from rural life to the vibrant heart of the city in thoughtful, easy-to-understand steps. In the opening chapters, "Homestead to City" offers profound insights into understanding and managing the emotional impact of such a significant transition. Subsequent chapters guide the readers through the practical process of preparing their homestead for sale - from assessing the state of your property and ...

How are you today? We would hazard a guess that your answer will be along the lines of "I'm so busy", "I feel so frazzled", or "what-am-I doing-even listening to-this-book, I've got so much to do!" However, we also suspect that you know in your heart of hearts that life's not supposed to feel like this. You're not supposed to feel like you're in a hamster wheel that you can't get off; that life is a whirlwind or one never-ending to do list. You know there has to be another way.

The Great Covid Migration is upon us. As the Covid-19 pandemic upends the standards of life across America, are you ready to leave the stress, hassle and taxes of the big city for small town America? If you tired of paying high taxes, ridiculous parking fees, wanting more social distancing, having increased stress levels by living in the Big City? If so, this book is an absolute must… Within the next few minutes you'll find hidden gems of knowledge and wisdom that will change your life forever! But, before you go any further, ask yourself the following questions?- Is living in the big ...

In Ask Jesus, there are a whole lot of us who secretly wonder as to why God doesn’t say yes more often. Statistically, it seems that there are some people who seem to have their prayers answered a lot more often than others. While for others, Heaven seems to be awfully silent toward their hard-pressed requests. By logical deduction you cannot help but wonder, “Does prayer make any difference, does it change things? If so when, or how?" Pastor, teacher, and author James Doss lays out clear biblical principles that helps us to navigate the storms of life.

In Help, I'm Dealing with Trauma, pastor Lemuel R. T. Blackett reveals honest, heartbreaking experiences growing up in a struggling family in London and then New York. He witnessed trauma and at times was himself on the brink of self-destruction. He shares his insecurities, disappointments, loss, betrayal, even church hurt, experiences that have left him resistant to letting his guard down. Though a minister, he avoids sugarcoating religious jargon and brings you real stories about how he found his way through with prayer, therapy, and simple patience and strength of will, and how you can too.

Bob Roberts Jr. shows how present-day disciples of Jesus can find in their daily work the resources they need to transform the world for Christ. Roberts explains how ordinary Christians can embrace a kingdom perspective and watch their global connections become opportunities for fulfilling Jesus' Great Commission.

Practical life skills that every young adult should know before leaving home. Congratulations, your life as a young adult is about to start. The world is now full of possibilities and adventures! But are you ready to leave home? Do you have all the skills to live independently and thrive?

The evangelical church is home to many who claim to follow Christ but who show little evidence of a truly transformed life. Todd Wilson's Real Christian: Bearing the Marks of Authentic Faith biblically defines what it means to be a true Christian, calling listeners to look at their own lives and diagnose where they aren't living authentically for God.With a prophetic voice, Wilson looks at how we deceive ourselves into thinking we are really living for God through believing the right things or doing lots of spiritual activities.