My Imperfect Faith

My Imperfect Faith

Author: Julia Jax

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 1645159051

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For years, I lived with imperfect faith""always having one foot out the door and ready to run at a moment's notice and never truly wanting a meaningful relationship with the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. However, God is patient, relentless, and seems to have more love than I can ever imagine. So this is my story of finding God's light and truth in the craziness of life and how I am letting go of my imperfect faith and moving toward a more perfect faith with the help of God the Father, His Son, and Holy Spirit. In the end, my hope for this book is that through my words, others will come to recognize God's light and truth, even in their imperfect faith, and ultimately find their way back home to the Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus because His beautiful light shines brightly upon all of us even when we cannot see it and most especially when we do not want to believe in it. "For you were going astray like (so many) sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls" (1 Peter 2:25).


Perfectly Imperfect Mira

Perfectly Imperfect Mira

Author: Faith Pray

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780316541169

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Mira wants to be good at something, but she is held back by her desire to be perfect.


My Crazy Imperfect Christian Family

My Crazy Imperfect Christian Family

Author: Glenn T. Stanton

Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781576834039

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While exploring and debunking the myths surrounding the supposedly perfect Christian family, Stanton tackles such issues as communication and sexuality, showing readers what should really happen in a Christian home.


Sacred Marriage

Sacred Marriage

Author: Gary Thomas

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0310340667

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What if God designed marriage to make you holy instead of happy? What if your relationship isn't as much about you and your spouse as it is about you and God? In Sacred Marriage, bestselling author Gary Thomas uncovers the ways that your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God and with each other. Join over one million others who have already uncovered Thomas's tips for fostering a sacred marriage. Within the pages of Sacred Marriage, Thomas invites you to see how God can use your relationship with your spouse as a discipline and a motivation to love God more and reflect more of the character of his Son. In addition to life-changing insights from Scripture, church history, and time-tested wisdom from Christian classics, you'll find practical advice and techniques to make your marriage happier by becoming holier husbands and wives. In Sacred Marriage, Thomas will give you all of the tools you need to: Turn marital struggles into spiritual and personal appreciation Love your spouse with a stronger sense of purpose Confront your weaknesses and sin in order to grow your relationship with God and with your spouse Partner in the spiritual growth and character formation of your spouse Transform a tired marriage into a relationship filled with awe and respect Thomas reveals that sacred marriages teach us to love God and others well by fostering a healthy sex life, a strong prayer life, and a rich spiritual life. God uses our marriages to help us grow in character, in prayer, in worship, and in service--we just have to recognize that the purpose of marriage is holiness, not happiness. Each copy also includes thought-provoking discussion questions designed to spark conversation between couples and small groups, allowing you to dive deeper into the lessons that Thomas shares in Sacred Marriage. Join the one million others who have already started on their journey to transforming their relationship with their spouses and with their Creator.


An Imperfect Woman

An Imperfect Woman

Author: Kim Hyland

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1493408399

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Women are bombarded with ideas of perfection--and tips for how to achieve it--every day. From her work to her looks to her parenting, today's modern woman is expected to strive to be picture perfect in every way. As a result, calls for authenticity and imperfection are on the rise. Yet, deep down, most of us still want to achieve perfection. Why? The desire to be perfect, says Kim Hyland, is actually a God-given urge. After all, we were made for Eden. But there is a difference between perfection and perfectionism, which is our attempt to achieve perfection on our own, by our own strength, and for our own purposes--the original temptation in the Garden. In this freeing book, Hyland offers women a stirring manifesto for acknowledging their limitations and embracing the perfection of God through his grace. This is a book for every woman who gives 110% and yet feels shame when one little thing goes wrong.


Kill the Spider

Kill the Spider

Author: Carlos Whittaker

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0310338018

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Carlos Whittaker equips you with practical steps to destroying the roots of your deep-seated habits so you can get rid of what's holding you back and embrace true freedom in Christ. Are you tired of trying to live for Christ--only to fail time and time again with the same old behaviors? Do you pray for guidance, ask for deliverance, and vow to do better, yet fail to progress? As an author, speaker, podcaster, and communicator for our time, Carlos has lived much of his spiritual life in the spotlight. But, like any Christian, his faith story has had its ups and downs. He spent decades trying to figure out how to be a "better person." Time and time again, he strived for holiness, only to get caught in a cycle of destructive habits, behaviors, and thought patterns. But the buck stops here. Or, rather, the spider is killed here. Throughout Kill the Spider, Carlos walks you through the key aspects of killing the spiders in your own life, including: Confessing the lies you've believed Renouncing the lies that have held you back Rejecting every lie that Jesus has exposed to you Replacing these lies with Jesus's truth In Kill the Spider, Carlos shares everything from hilarious, self-deprecating stories to passion-filled wisdom to teach us that we can't just clear away the pesky cobwebs. Instead, we need to find the spider--the source of the issue--and take it out entirely. Carlos offers a breath of fresh air to any believer looking to finally step into the freedom in Christ. Take a seat, open up your book, and grab a shoe. We're going on a spider hunt.


A Warrior's Faith

A Warrior's Faith

Author: Robert Vera

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1400206790

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An exhilarating story of a young Navy SEAL whose relentless faith transformed his life and inspired everyone who knew his courageous story. In A Warrior’s Faith, Ryan Job’s close friend, Robert Vera, recounts how the highly decorated Navy SEAL’s unstoppable sense of humor, positive attitude, and fierce determination helped him survive after being shot in the face by an enemy sniper on a roof in Ramadi, Iraq. Though blinded, the irrepressible Job recovered from his wounds and began facing a new set of obstacles with his characteristic humor and resolve. He married the girl of his dreams, hunted elk, climbed Mt. Rainier, graduated college with honors, influenced countless people around him, and was looking forward to being a father—before his life was tragically cut short by a hospital medical error. Vera’s raw, often funny, and heartfelt account of his friend’s life offers readers a way to find hope in the middle of life’s raging storms.


The Beauty of Broken

The Beauty of Broken

Author: Elisa Morgan

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 084996525X

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Find beauty and hope by facing and dealing with the messiness of family life. The family is an imperfect institution. Broken people become broken parents who make broken families. But actually, broken is normal and exactly where God wants us. In The Beauty of Broken, Elisa Morgan, one of today’s most respected female Christian leaders, for the first time shares her very personal story of brokenness—from her first family of origin to the second, represented by her husband and two grown children. Over the years, Elisa’s family struggled privately with issues many parents must face, including: alcoholism and drug addiction infertility and adoption teen pregnancy and abortion divorce, homosexuality, and death Each story layers onto the next to reveal the brokenness that comes into our lives without invitation. “We’ve bought into the myth of the perfect family,” says Elisa. “Formulaic promises about the family may have originated in well-meaning intentions, but such thinking isn’t realistic. It’s not helpful. It’s not even kind.” Instead she offers hope in the form of “broken family values” that allow parents to grow and thrive with God. Values such as commitment, humility, relinquishment, and respect carry us to new places of understanding. Owning our brokenness shapes us into God’s best idea for us and enables us to discover the beauty in ourselves and each member of our family.