This book is geared toward helping the reader to overcome guilt and pain through a compassionate biblical perspective and personal issues concerning single parenting.
I was born and raised in Eastern North Carolina in a Christian home. My parents belonged to a Pentecostal Holiness Church. Therefore, I really did not get to enjoy certain portions of my childhood due to all the rules of the church. When I was growing up, as it is today, no one wants to be called "the kid from the Holiness Church." With that being said, I started to do things so that I may fit in with my peers. While trying to fit in with my peers and throughout this journey we call life, I have learned some valuable lessons. In this book, I will share those lessons with you. I trust they will bless your life.
Life Is Never Mainly About Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew up assuming that marriage would meet all of your needs and unlock God's purposes for you. But God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. Not Yet Married is not about waiting quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you "the one," but about inspiring you to live and date for more now. If you follow Jesus, the search for a spouse is no longer a pursuit of the perfect person, but a pursuit of more of God. He will likely write a love story for you different than the one you would write for yourself, but that's because he loves you and knows how to write a better story. This book was written to help you find real hope, happiness, and purpose in your not-yet-married life.
An inspirational guide that will encourage single women to grow in Christ and embrace their current state of singleness. Combining biblical insight and personal experience, Vickie Mitchell helps single women understand salvation and Christian growth, how to avoid the pitfalls of dating and ultimately be satisfied with being single.
The Value of Values Some people are troubled by unwanted world events, others seek to understand the root causes and set remedial plans into action. In "The Value of Values" Ed Gagnon passes on a lifetime of learning and observing relative to the driving forces that are at the root of all actions for all people. People are the summation of their genes, education, life experiences and values learned as children. But it is our values that influence our actions most. It is our values that determine our perception of life. It is our values that guide our beliefs. Understanding and controlling how values are established, acknowledging the need to be true to them, and instilling only meaningful values in our children, is the key to a harmonious society. Join Ed in this inspiring journey into the world of values. Learn how you can make a real difference in your lives, in the lives of the people you care about and eventually in the world in which you live.
A brand-new cover on this bestselling book (over 200,000 copies sold!) will capture the attention of readers. Countering media messages that say happiness equals being in relationships with men, Michelle McKinney Hammond encourages singles to get busy living a life that blesses others and enriches their single experience. Always upbeat, always biblical, Michelle reveals how to find fulfillment now, including getting fit spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Readers will discover how to... squeeze the most out of being single prepare their hearts, minds, and souls for mates be wise about the man thing have their deepest desires and needs met get their priorities in order Packed with lively stories, wisdom for handling real-life situations, and a host of secrets for living life to the fullest, Sassy, Single, and Satisfied gives readers insights on life, love, men, happiness, and God’s love for them.
Leslie Ludy, popular writer and speaker, has a powerful message for today’s single adults. Through personal experience and in interaction with thousands of young women over the past fourteen years, she has found that most Christian young women fall into one of two categories: those who are discontent and unfulfilled, constantly searching for the “right one,” and those who are consumed by a passionate romance with Jesus Christ and are living joyful, satisfied lives. Her desire is to help readers move toward the totally surrendered and fulfilling experience rather than one of striving and disappointment. Leslie shares firsthand stories and testimonials of modern–day single women who may sometimes struggle with loneliness and personal desires but who, in following God’s plan for them, have discovered a deeper delight, purpose and true joy in their lives. Sacred Singleness gives every single woman the inspiration to live counter to the culture and find amazing opportunity in this sacred season.
"Single women can sometimes be magnets for awkward questions, especially within the church community. What do you do with your life if you're not married? With an emphasis on strong marriages and biblical childrearing, unmarried women in the church can begin to think that they are somehow on the sidelines. But this is not the case. In this helpful volume, Nancy Wilson provides straightforward counsel and encouragement for those struggling with "the wait." She addresses practical concerns like building a career but focuses more specifically on important relational issues such as interacting with competitive women, respecting your parents even after you've left their home, establishing standards for male friends, and keeping the right outlook on your life. Whether a woman is called to singleness for a short time or for her whole life, she is called to be fruitful in God's kingdom"--
Jovinianus, about whom little more is known than what is to be found in Jerome's treatise, published a Latin treatise outlining several opinions: That a virgin is no better, as such, than a wife in the sight of God. Abstinence from food is no better than a thankful partaking of food. A person baptized with the Spirit as well as with water cannot sin. All sins are equal. There is but one grade of punishment and one of reward in the future state. In addition to this, he held the birth of Jesus Christ to have been by a "true parturition," and was thus refuting the orthodoxy of the time, according to which, the infant Jesus passed through the walls of the womb as his Resurrection body afterwards did, out of the tomb or through closed doors.