https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4PPF38 Formally titled Desire's Promise - Newly revised and expanded. Carlie Livingston is steering into her last year of college in Oxford, Ohio, confident that she and Lance Holloway are headed to the altar after graduation. Those plans are wrecked, however, by her dad’s infidelity, causing her parents to walk through a messy divorce. Will she have the same fate if she marries her college sweetheart who comes from a secular family? Her mother insists she will. She tests God’s Word by letting Him take the wheel of her life. But if God...
Posted by Karen Jurgens on 01/02/2018
As a young girl, Jean sat on the swing as her classmates raced across the playground and wondered "How do they do that?" As a teenager, she watched her friends go off on dates and thought, "Will anyone ever love me?" And when she was a young adult she realized that God has a plan. An absolutely wonderful plan. Jean Abbott's journey from wheels to heels is a powerful and uplifting story of faith and perseverance. As a young child, Jean Sharon Abbott was diagnosed with spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. After enduring three decades of countless doctors visits,...
Posted by Jean Abbott on 12/16/2017
Lore and Michael started their family with great hope for the future, but when their son’s life begins to spiral downward, they come face to face with what it truly means to trust in God. This film unflinchingly explores the topics of Parenting, Suffering and Loss, and God’s Sovereignty. ...
Nothing Is Wasted: A True Story of Finding Peace in Chaos chronicles a mother’s journey of trials and doubts, faith and triumph, through the rocky terrain of her son’s life with Asperger Syndrome, bipolar disorder, depression, and addiction. The reader has a mom’s eye view of the challenges she and her family face as they navigate through the public school system, private rehab programs, the Texas justice system, and normal life as evangelical Christians with a child who doesn’t seem to “fit the mold” of expectation in any given system, let alone in his...
Posted by Lore Cottone on 10/28/2017
The wind was blowing gently, but enough to stir the leaves on the ground. It was a sunny day with a few fluffy white clouds scattered through the sky. Gerald Ray and Timmy were walking through the park. They had just finished playing ball with their friends and were on their way home. But they were not quite ready to go home. The two brothers decided to sit by the small pond and skip stones across the water. “Wow! That was a good one!” Gerald Ray shouted! “Timmy was always good at skipping stones,” he thought to himself. Have you ever wondered how God talks to you or...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
How Did He Get In There is another fun adventure of Timmy and Gerald Ray. Go on a journey with the boys as they go on a summer vacation! The boys go camping with their parents and in arriving, their curious nature gets the best of them and they can’t wait to go wandering around in the woods. They come up to the back end of a cave and through a hole, they see a bear! Wondering how the bear got in through that small hole makes Gerald Ray start wondering how Jesus gets into your heart. Parents, here is another fun adventure for your children and a way for you to answer that same question...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
Have you ever felt helpless, not knowing how to help someone understand the love of God and what receiving Jesus is really all about? God gives you a love that will heal every area of your life. Not everyone listens to the Father’s guidance and due to the free will God gave everyone; we get hurt in the process. That is where God comes in, (Psalm 34:18) “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” The Day Hope was Born is a book with a few short stories and poems that will stir your heart. As it speaks to your heart share it with the ones...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
An Eagle’s Flight: The Eagle is a majestic bird; especially as you see it soaring high into the sky with its wings spread wide. The way eagles court each other, protect and raise there young is very much the same as how God is with us. Have you just been saved? Maybe it has been a short while since you have received Jesus but there are many questions you do not understand about walking with God? Maybe you just want a closer walk with God and are seeking more understanding about the trials you are now going through. Let the Holy Spirit speak to your heart as you read An Eagle’s Flight....
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
At her favorite place in the park Grace cries out after discovering what her father had done to her and at that moment, she just needed to be held. “Why, why daddy! Why did you hurt me like that! Why! I want to hate you, but I can’t! Why did you do that to me! Why, why, why did you do it? Oh, Lord, I know I need to let go and forgive. I understand what it means to forgive that itis releasing me from the hold of my abusers. I do get it, Father, that as long as I hold on to bitterness and resentment and do not forgive the ones that hurt me,...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
The full purpose of the HolySpirit is to glorify Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit intercedes for us. He also draws you to Jesus, for no one comes to the Father unless he is drawn. Weare to be the voice, the hands, and feet for which the Holy Spirit shines through from us to others. We are not to just go to Church and say, “we are a Christian,” we are to live it. Living out your daily life as a true child ofGod loving people, as a way of life is the best testimony you will ever have.The Holy Spirit helps you, teaches you and guides you. Read through this study and ask the Lord to...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
REAL LIFE ROMANCE by Rhonda Stoppe (Harvest House Publishers 2018) Imagine a book that helps you teach your teens or young adult children about Real Life Romance that honors Christ. What if this book was easy to read, with all the feels that keeps your young reader coming back again and again to each short story of true love? That's what you'll find with Real Life Romance! And don't be surprised if these sweet stories rekindle the romance in your own marriage too! Whether you're single and looking for a reason to believe or a parent watching your own child...
Posted by Rhonda Stoppe on 09/08/2017
FOR THE BRAND-NEW CHRISTIAN Christmas Edition of the Grace Warrior Devotional Series. Seeing the Babe-in-a-manger piece haphazardly stuffed between the Ninja Turtle Cowabunga Christmas plaque and snow globe with Frosty in beachwear made me want to run and hide. How could anyone celebrate Christmas in the midst of the commercialized chaos? God reminded me that in the middle of the confusion are people; grieving, worried, and desperate ones seeking relief. What better time than Advent to share with them what the season represents – hope, peace, joy, and love? ...
Posted by Melissa Kirk on 08/29/2017
