Why This Book Was Written As a young child, I remember when our churches had one night a week to have prayer meetings. Sadly, today our churches have decided that family nights with activities are more important than having prayer meetings. Today our churches have become program-driven-more programs, the bigger the church. A few years ago, I came across this story, and just recently I felt God telling me to bring prayer back to his house. Here is that story. Several years ago, a pastor was asking God to return prayer to our schools. After several months of praying, he asked God why he would not answer his prayer of returning prayer to the schools. God answered him this way, "Why don't you pray for prayer to return to my churches?" Today churches can have the best programs and great outreaches, but it will lack being an impact in their communities until they understand and realize prayer must be brought back to our churches and used the way God has given us to use it. This book was written to not only bring back our churches to the forefront but also to teach why prayer must be one of the pillars our churches need to have. It is to show how to build a prayer ministry and a better understanding of the power of prayer. Our churches must once again become a house of prayer to win the lost and be that light on the hill. We must get our church back on her knees and let prayer in. This book will teach you the art of praying and why we need to pray. It is my conviction for you to change your prayer life or to start a prayer life. This book holds back no punches and is blunt and straightforward.

Shed a spiritual light on some of the biggest problems facing people today: the need to put the role of money in a proper perspective and to solve financial problems. Elmer Towns states at the outset that this is not the primary purpose of fasting and prayer. Instead, it is all about knowing God. It is not about withdrawing prayer on an as-needed basis from some spiritual ATM kiosk. It is about meditation, studying the Scriptures, and communing with God. When we fast and pray in faith, asking for God's help and provision, He begins to teach us how to become good stewards of what He has provided. Chapter topics include "Fasting to Learn Stewardship," "Why We Have Money Problems," and "A Faith Approach to Fasting for Money." Once we understand why we struggle with money problems, we can do something about it with this practical step-by-step guide.

The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.

The issue is church health, not church growth—if your church is healthy, growth will occur naturally. So how do we make healthy churches, driven by purpose? In order for any church to thrive, it must be built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus Christ. In this classic of Christian church stability, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren unpacks this proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to grow: Warmer through fellowship. Deeper through discipleship. Stronger through worship. Broader through ministry. Larger through evangelism. Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Warren will show you how to concentrate on building people and let God build the church. In other words, healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church. And The Purpose Driven Church will show you how to do that. “The Purpose Driven Church has brought focus and direction to more pastors and church leaders than you can count. What a gift!”—John Ortberg, bestselling author.

The King of kings Is Calling Back His Bride To Live For Him Completely In This "Vainglory" Culture That Excessively Obsesses Over Image and Materialism. Sadly, The Standards of The World Have Secretly Crept Into the Body of Christ. We Live In An Anti-Christ Generation Where Sexual Immorality Is Casually Esteemed as "One Night Stand". A Society Blind To The Implications of Sexual Sins That Welcome Divorce Inducing Demons Called "Spirit Husband/Wife". A World With Shockingly Poor Standards of Being Virtuous Among Young Women and Men Being Esteemed By Numbers "6 Pack", "Bank Balance", "Sexual Experiences", Rather Than Integrity. Hollywood Has Painted A Masterpiece of Lies Opposing God's Very Purpose For A Man and A Woman. We Live In A Blind Society Endorsing A Movement of "Women Empowerment", That Is Spiritually Inspired By Jezebel. Woman Empowerment Outside God's Truth Is Poison That Has Become Sweet In This Generation. In Such A Time As This, No Longer Can INCORRUPTIBLE BEAUTY Be Limited To Gender, Background, Ethnicity Nor Financial Status. Incorruptible Beauty That Springs Forth From The Very Word of God Activated Through The Holy Spirit Power of God, Is Compulsory For All Mankind. This Book Serves To Equip The Body of Christ Whilst Challenging Mediocrity For Total Surrender To Christ In All Areas of the Reader's Life Through Inward Adornment Found In God's Word.

Offers a cohesive New Testament theology of petitionary prayer.

Redeeming Ruth is the inspirational, true story of an abandoned baby, a devastating diagnosis, and the way God loves broken, hurting people through us—even though we may be broken and hurt, too. When Meadow met her, Ruth was a sixteen-month-old child that some church friends were hosting from an orphanage in Uganda. She had cerebral palsy and was so weak she couldn’t lift her head. Meadow had always felt a call to adopt, but was this what God meant? Part family drama, part travel adventure, and part memoir, Redeeming Ruth is a heartwarming, against-all-odds story about the most unlikely pairing of a normal American family and a physically handicapped orphan girl from Uganda. Much more than an adoption story, this book explores what happens when we sacrificially reach out and share God’s love with others. Ruth’s story will attract families considering adoption, people raising or teaching children with special needs, caregivers, and those grieving the loss of a loved one, ministering to people with disabilities, or striving to serve God despite their own wounded hearts and broken dreams. Features:Includes a Reader’s Guide at the end of the book for each chapter for group discussion or personal reflection.An eight-page insert with personal photos will be included.All personal proceeds from this book benefit an African missions organization.Meadow Rue Merrill is an award-winning journalist with two decades of published writing experience. She is also a contributing writer for “Motherlode,” a popular column of the New York Times. She began reporting for The Times Record, a daily newspaper in Brunswick, Maine, and spent the following eight years corresponding for The Boston Globe. Most recently she has written for Harvard University. She has regular columns with The Portland Press Herald, Maine’s largest newspaper and Down East magazine.

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Join Max Lucado on a journey to the heart of biblical prayer, and find hope for doubts and confidence even for prayer wimps. Distilling prayers in the Bible down to one pocket-sized prayer, Max reminds you that prayer is not a privilege for the pious nor the art of a chosen few. Prayer is simply a heartfelt conversation between God and his child.

Now with bonus journaling space! A twenty-day prayerful walk to spiritual well-being from the author of the bestsellers The Power of a Praying Wife and The Power of a Praying Parent. Praying God’s Will for Your Life is not a book about finding the right person to marry or deciding on a career. It is a book about a way of life and a heart attitude that are God’s will for everyone who knows Him. That way of life encompasses three important components: An intimate relationship with God A solid foundation in God’s truth A commitment to obedience As she has in previous bestselling books—The Power of a Praying Wife and The Power of a Praying Parent—Stormie invites you to discover the power of prayer, this time encouraging you to pray for yourself as you deepen your walk with God. Accept her challenge to pray for yourself in these areas every day for twenty days, and watch how God changes your life as you move into the center of His will. As you experience the power of God's will in your daily faith journey, take advantage of the bonus Prayer Journal, which offers Stormie's own words of encouragement and plenty of space for reflection and listing prayer requests and answered prayers.