After Erwin Lutzer, senior pastor of the Moody Church, and his wife, Rebecca, realized that memorizing Scripture has nearly become a lost pursuit today, they decided to create this practical, relevant resource filled with powerful verses and insightful explanations to help stimulate a spiritual hunger in readers’ own lives. With more than 35 topics and questions for reflection and further study, readers will discover how God’s Word will: sustain them in times of need comfort them in seasons of sorrow strengthen their hearts in times and areas of weakness direct their steps and decisions toward God’s will These handpicked verses provide a foundation of wisdom and hope to show readers who God is and what He has done for them, as well as who they are and how they can successfully live the Christian life.
Jodie Berndt shows you how to make the Bible a book of prayers that can powerfully influence your children’s lives. You’ll discover how to pray specifically and expectantly for their faith, character, safety, relationships, and future. You’ll gain new, biblical perspectives on God’s purposes for your children. And through the encouragement of the Scriptures and true-life stories, you’ll find out what a huge difference your prayers really make in the lives of those you love most. Discover How to Pray God’s Will for Your Children’s Lives There’s no place like God’s Word to turn to when you want to pray confidently and effectively for your kids. “Prayers permeated with the Word of God bring about changes in our children and keep us in touch with God’s priorities. This is a wonderful resource that you will want to refer to over and over.” Fern Nichols, founder and president of Moms in Touch International “If I could choose only one book to help me pray for my children, this is it! Not only has Jodie given us a rich treasure of true stories, practical prayers, and relevant Scriptures for our children, but a surprise awaits! In reading this I found my own confidence if God growing. RUN and get this book for moms and grandmoms.” Susan Alexander Yates, author of How to Like the Ones You Love “I know of no one who can speak more authoritatively than Jodie Berndt on praying for your children. Every parent who wants their children to grow into godly men and women should read this book.
Life-Changing Verses is not your typical devotional book. Its objective is to enable Christians to personally apply specific Bible verses to their personal lives. At the same time, you will learn more about your Bible as well as receive an in-depth discussion of the verses selected. The objective is to encourage you to become more Christlike in your living. Through reading Life-Changing Verses, you will become very familiar with Gods story in the Bible. Life-Changing Verses has been used in Bible study groups to generate discussion over specific topics.
One of today's best-selling study Bibles--the NIV Life Application Study Bible--has been updated and expanded. The newly revised edition includes over 300 brand new Life Application notes, 350 note revisions, 16 new personality profiles, updated charts, and a Christian Worker's Resource make this study Bible even better. Features: * The bestselling NIV translation * Over 10,000 in-text application notes -- including 300 new notes and significant revisions to nearly 350 others * Over 100 personality profiles with sixteen new ones * Most charts revised to clarify meaning and importance, plus eight all-new charts * New information on the intertestamental period * Christian Worker's Resource, a special supplement to enhance the reader's ministry effectiveness, includes: How to Become a Believer, How to Follow Up with a New Believer, Mining the Treasures of the Life Application Study Bible, So You've Been Asked to Speak, and Taking the Step to Application
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be. No More Faking Fine is your invitation to get honest with God through the life-giving language of lament. If you've ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it is to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. When life hurts, we often feel pressure--from others and ourselves--to keep it together, suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who lovingly invites us to give honest voice to our emotions when life hits hard. For most of her life, Esther Fleece Allen believed she could bypass the painful emotions of her broken past by shutting them down altogether. She was known as an achiever and an overcomer on the fast track to success. But in silencing her pain, she robbed herself of the opportunity to be healed. Maybe you've done the same. Esther's journey into healing began when she discovered that God has given us a real-world way to deal with raw emotions and an alternative to the coping mechanisms that end up causing more pain. It's called lament--the gut-level, honest prayer that God never ignores, never silences, and never wastes. No More Faking Fine is your permission to lament, taking you on a journey down the unexpected pathway to true intimacy with God. Drawing from careful biblical study and hard-won insight, Esther reveals how to use God's own language to come closer to him as he leads us through our pain to the light on the other side, teaching you that: We are robbing ourselves of a divine mystery and a divine intimacy when we pretend to have it all together God does not expect us to be perfect; instead, he meets us where we are There is hope beyond your heartache, disappointment, and grief Like Esther, you'll soon find that when one person stops faking fine, it gives everyone else permission to do the same.
Hide God’s Word in Your Heart! Wherever life takes you, the Topical Memory System (TMS) provides a portable, effective way to memorize Scripture. Developed by The Navigators, the Topical Memory System is a clear, simple, proven way to meditate on key Bible verses. As a result, you will experience: Freedom from anxiety. Writing God’s promises on your heart helps you live in God’s perfect peace. Triumph over temptation. Scripture memory makes the sword of the Spirit readily available for your battle against sin. Confidence in witnessing. Share the gospel effectively with friends, family, and neighbors using verses you know by heart. Spiritual strength. Sense God’s presence moment by moment and him trust more deeply to meet the needs and opportunities that arise each day. Hide God’s Word in your heart where it will shape you from the inside out. This Kit Includes: Course Workbook, Virtual verse “cards” Includes 8 translations, each with 60 verses: NIV, ESV, NASB, NKJV, KJV, NRSV, MSG, NLT
Life-Changing Verses about Men is not your typical devotional book. It attempts to answer the question, "How does the Bible describe a real Christian man?" Its objective is to enable Christians to personally apply specific Bible verses to their personal lives. At the same time, you will learn more about your Bible as well as receive an in-depth discussion of the verses selected. You may find yourself greatly challenged with Life-Changing Verses about Men. The objective is to encourage you to become more Christlike in your living. Through reading Life-Changing Verses about Men, you will become very familiar with God's story in the Bible. "This is a great book to have with you when you have a few minutes. It reduces some of your favorite verses into bite-sized chunks that you can absorb. Your life would be better if you took five minutes to read one chapter a day." Josh Hunt, author Teach Like Jesus and Good Questions Have Small Groups Talking
Bible Verses on Happiness, Prosperity & Long Life. Atonement, Blesstings, & Prayers Answered. Wisdom verses. Do's and Don'ts verses. And Faith verses. Excellent for Meditation or Verse a Day. Sample verses include: HAPPINESS Psalm 69 [32] The humble shall see this, and be glad; and your heart shall live that seek God. (KJV) Psalms 149 [5] Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. PROSPERITY Proverbs 3 [9] Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: [10] So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Malachi 3 [10] Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. LONG LIFE Psalms 91 [14] Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. [15] He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. [16] With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. Job 29 [Job Speaking] [12] Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. [13] The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. [14] I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. [15] I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. [16] I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. [17] And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. [18] Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. ATONEMENT Isaiah 43 [26] Put Me in rememberance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. (KJV) Hosea 6 [6] For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. BLESSINGS Proverbs 22 [9] He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor. Deuteronomy 24 [19] When thou cuttest down harvest in thy field, and has forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. PRAYERS ANSWERED 1 Samuel 7 [9] And Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him. 1 Kings 3 [4] And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that alter. [5] In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what shall I give thee? WISDOM PSALMS Psalms 22 [24] For He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid His face from him; but when he cried unto Him, He heard. (KJV) Psalm 119 [165] Great peace have they which love thy law: ... Psalm 119 [45] I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. (NIV) Psalm 145 [19] He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: ... (KJV) PROVERBS Proverbs 8 [35] For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD. Proverbs 16 [6] By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: ... Proverbs 20 [18] Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. Proverbs 17 [14] The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. ECCLESIASTES Ecclesiastes 7 [9] Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 4 [6] Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 5 [3] ...a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Ecclesiastes 5 [20] For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. DO'S & DON'TS Deuteronomy 6 [18] And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, (KJV) Leviticus 7 [7] As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. Genesis 3 [3] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Deuteronomy 8 [10] When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which He hath given thee. Isaiah 40 [31] But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not be faint. Malachi 4 [2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up [frolic (NIV)/leaping (ESV)] as calves of the stall. FAITH Scripture states the earth is round as opposed to flat. Isaiah 40 [22] It is He that sitteth upon the 'circle' of the earth... (KJV) Scripture reveals Light was created first, not the earth, and science has proven solar systems revolve around a core of Light within a galaxy. Genesis 1 [3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [5] … And the evening and the morning were the first day. We now know the Sun or any star has a life expectancy. Psalms 102 [25] ... and the heavens are the work of thy hands. [26] They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: Science has proven that the universe is constantly expanding. Isaiah 51 [13] ... the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; … A movie called 'Patterns of Evidence' archaeologically proves the existence of Israel's Exodus -available on YouTube. Joshua 21 [45] There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. Scripture foretells the ability to live forever. Deuteronomy 11 [21] That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. Other verses of interest: Deuteronomy 28 [13] And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath;... Genesis 28 [14]…and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Isaiah 33 [6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times and strength of salvation [deliverance]: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. Pi = 3.141592 Google Books App's 'Read Out Loud' feature allows for audio book like listening.
Blending lyrical content for the expression of poetic production, the style of this book showcases how precise the art of words and phrases are conjoined to become a definitive interpretation of poetry. Relating on the topics of love, religion, politics, family, friendships, and other common areas in life, Life Verses: The Song of a Writer displays the intellectual capability of allowing the originality from the Authors perspective to be showcased. Taken from the experiences of the Authors own life and trying to distinguish between the imaginative versus the reality, the composing is very much relating his experiences and others as well.
