A little girl is meant to be cherished and loved. So what happens if she is abandoned, neglected and abused by those meant to nurture her? This memoir is about such a girl but she has a secret. In the midst of her great despair a Savior comes and takes her to their special place. There, He offers her a love that shes never encountered in life. A love that can resurrect the dead places in her heart if she lets Him.

Talith Koum:: Little Girl I say to you, "Get Up!" are words spoken by Jesus Christ to resurrect a 12 year old girl who was pronounced dead. To the delight and amazement of her parents and spectators, she was immediately resurrected. Author Stephanie Lewis uses this passage of scripture and others as inspirational anecdotes for women. This book is designed to illustrate the power of Jesus Christ in our lives, through faith and obedience to Him. The 30 day devotional addresses many issues that have the potential to hinder the purpose and destiny of young girls and women, but also provides personal and spiritual insight on ways to overcome those barriers. Readers will find themselves motivated to experience a deeper relationship with Christ as well as equipped to successfully triumph through daily adversity

At the heart of this book is a verse-by-verse exposition of the New American Bible text of Mark's Gospel. Interspersed throughout the text are dozens of short essays giving the social, political, economic, and religious background, and questions for reflection.

Traditioned innovation is a habit of being and living that cultivates a certain kind of moral imagination shaped by storytelling and expressed in creative, transformational action. Moral imagination is about character, which depends on ongoing formation that takes place in friendships and communities that embody traditions and that are sustained by institutions. There is no quick-fix or set of techniques that will create a mindset of traditioned innovation. But we do believe that you can learn to cultivate it by Becoming immersed in an imaginative engagement with the story of God told through Scripture Learning from exemplary institutions, communities, and people practicing traditioned innovation. Discovering new skills for integrating character formation and dense networks of friendships, communities and institutions into your leadership and life. Navigating the Future will explore stories and tips for cultivating traditioned innovation that will stimulate your thinking and inspire your imagination for more faithful and fruitful living along with the cultivation of more vibrant, life-giving institutions.

Fr. Deiss helps readers discover the environment of light--Joseph and Mary's tenderness--in which Jesus' humanity developed. This work reflects on the child Jesus, stressing the influence that Joseph and Mary had on Jesus' childhood at the human level--both intellectually and spiritually.

The Life Application Bible Commentary series is the only commentary to offer sermon and lesson applications alongside stirring commentary. Each volume in the series provides in-depth explanation, background, and application for every verse in the text. Perfect for sermon preparation and lesson planning, this one-of-a-kind reference provides excellent quotes and a bibliography for additional commentary. Additional features include Charts, diagrams, and maps on the same page as their related verses Quotes from various versions, such as the NIV, NRSV, and NLT Key information graphically highlighted

This handy, inexpensive pocket guide, useful for proclaimers of the word in the Sunday assembly, includes the words and names used in the readings for Sunday Mass and feast days. Helps lectors to proclaim the word with ease and confidence.

The truth is, the nits are out there.... What's weird about Samantha T. Mulder's birthday? (She has two of them: January 22 and November 21.) What's amazing about Mulder's cell phone? (It operates inside a metal boxcar, buried in a canyon, out in the deserts of New Mexico: anywhere!) Scully and Mulder, you have reason to be paranoid. Armed with keen detective sense, attention to detail, and a VCR, author Phil Farrand has done some forensic work of his own and dissected every technical foul-up, plot oversight, and alien intrusion on the X-Files(r). Paranormal he's not, but he'd like to know why T.A. Berube has a six-digit zip code or how the VCRs at the 2400 Court motel in Braddock Heights, Maryland, can play a tape after it's been ejected. Nitpicking? You bet. So join his conspiracy to have hours of mental stimulation and fun with: Equipment flubs Changed premises Plot oversights Fun facts Trivia questions Reviews of every show for all four seasons And more

On a cold blustery Sunday morning in January 2017, it was the first time my family and I stepped into the foyer of the Redeemer International Church of The Hague. We were met by a vivacious colorful woman who welcomed us and introduced herself by saying, “Good morning! My name is Rhonda, just like the song “Help Me Rhonda,” now you’ll never forget!” And she was right, how could we forget? We were from America and very familiar with this popular Beach Boys’ song. But besides that, we will never forget this warm welcome and who could guess that this woman would become one of my closest sisters in the Lord – a covenant sister. Rhonda Dikoko is a whirlwind, a dynamo, a beautiful, passionate and committed woman of God. I know of her toil in the Lord, how she gives 100% in everything she does. I’ve personally experienced this love and compassion at time when I was sick at home for a few weeks. Even though she was working full time, she came almost every day; to check on me, to bring me homemade soup and to give her encouragement. She doesn’t know it, but she carried me those weeks and I will never forget the blessing she was to me and my family. As you read this devotional book, you will see a glimpse of the wonderful woman Rhonda is, but I know with all her heart – she would want you to not see her, but Jesus Christ in her, daily working in her to bring the full glory unto God. ---- Mary Thomas, member of Redeemer International Church of The Hague.

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