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To be picture perfect on the outside can cause people to think you have it all together on the inside. Which is exactly the case for Hope Meyer.Stuck in a dead-end job with no vision for her future, parents arguing at home and newly-single under terms she bitterly objects to, Hope puts on a brave front in the face of friends. Only, she's not as subtle as she thinks. Called out on her pretense by a close friend and, drawn into a mission project that causes her to question everything she's been led to believe, Hope finds herself floundering.Until recently, the perfect hair, manicured nails, a wardrobe straight out of a fashion magazine and a handsome suitor by her side had defined her. Now seeing those things as insignificant, and understanding why her boyfriend left, Hope turns to her youth minister for help; with one burning question in mind:Who was she?Set on a path of self-discovery, Hope finds her day to day both unraveling and piecing together like a jigsaw as her perception begins to alter.Will she embrace how God defines her and ultimately learn what true happiness is?

"He forced himself to look up at the board and realised there were only a few minutes left of the lesson. His page was blank, an apt representation of his mind. He just hadn't been able to focus since Jamie had started at school."Luke is in his last year of high school, volunteering at the local nursing home and helping out at his dad's church on Sundays. He also hasn't told anyone he's gay.As his feelings for Jamie grow, Luke will have to figure out how the different pieces of his life fit together. What does this mean for his friendships when his best friend seems to be falling for the same guy? His family, who he could never tell in a million years? And his faith, which has always seemed so sure?Colours is in in-depth look at the LGBT community and the church in an age where we can no longer simply stick our heads in the sand and keep the divide between Christianity, the church, and gay Christians.

This inspirational book captures paintings of Australia's spectacular landscape. With stunning imagery by Virginia Bucknell, woven in with beautiful poetry by Cassa Bassa, A Collection of Paintings & Poetry of Australian Landscape, Seascape & Flora perfectly encapsulates just what is so unique about Australia's landscape.

"Jani has tackled a difficult topic head on. The direct approach in this case is much more useful than the long tangental way round. The narrative is full of helpful insight based on personal experience and professional reflection. A compelling read." Dr. Robert Holmes, Neurocoaching Australia¿¿¿"Jani Marshall generously shares her journey from debilitating and stifling fear to a blessed and life-giving fear of God. The Fear of God is a rich source of practical, biblical guidance for surrendering our lives to God and integrates biblical principles with practical methods of knowing reverence and trust in God." Rev Gayl Mills OAM "This book walks you through the power to be free. If our heart is in trouble, so is our belief system. I love one meaning of the "fear of the Lord," 'as awe that leads to worship.' Jani brings the delight of serving a Saviour who brings awe and joy into our souls. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially to a world driven by fear for many years. Time to be free."Pastor Eve Bassett, Lead Pastor of Abundant Life Ministries, Edmonton, CanadaIf you're living a life that is, at times, gripped by fear, then you're far from alone. Fear and anxiety are two of the biggest issues we face.In The Joy of Fear, author Jani Marshall shares how she lived her life with chronic anxiety - and how you don't have to. Fear and worry played such a key part in her life that she was determined to do something about it. Fear grips Christians just as much as it does others in society, but Jani soon discovered that God actually wanted her to primarily fear Him. Why would God want anyone to fear Him? Jani was tired of fear in her life. She soon discovered that the fear of God is different to fear and anxiety. As well as her anxiety and fear story, Jani teaches throughout this book about how to fear God and why God wants us to fear him.

When, in faith, we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we become a new creation, as St Paul explains in his letters to the fledgling churches he helped to found. As believers, we are no longer in the control and service of Satan and our lives are shaped by our relationship with Jesus, the one who has saved us from sin and death. We become instead, as St Paul tells us, His workmanship and our lives should provide evidence of this to everyone around us.Yet we still face a daily battle while we are here on earth, a struggle between our redeemed nature and our fallen sinful selves. This is a lifelong struggle, in which only by God's strength and the presence of the Holy Spirit within us can we begin to look more like our Creator.His Workmanship aims to explore and deepen our understanding of some of the issues that confront us all in the challenge of becoming God's workmanship in our daily lives. It is designed so that each chapter can be read independently as a stand-alone topic and begins with an exploration of who Jesus really is, His role in creation, and ends by looking at what the bible tells us will happen when He returns.His Workmanship deals in more depth with commonly used terms such as grace, faith and trust, as well as the practical issue of dealing with doubt and temptation. It also includes an examination of the biblical account of the nature and purpose of prayer that goes beyond treating it as a shopping list.His Workmanship will also help you view creation in such a way that it becomes extraordinary evidence in our universe for the work of a creator.

How do you navigate life when you, or those you love, are faced with the loss of what you just can't live without? Your child.Will I Have To Brush My Teeth in Heaven reveals the true story of a family beautifully blessed but tested almost to breaking point. When faced with the illness of their youngest son Samuel, they had to quickly adapt to hospital life with a sick child, and then to life without that child after he passed away. Only eighteen months later, tragedy struck the family again. This time it was their second son, Ben, who at six years old, was diagnosed with brain cancer. Devastatingly, he also passed away.As you journey through their story, you will be challenged to consider some big questions. How do you:respond to suffering?forgive others that hurt you?help others in their loss?hold on to hope when it feels like you have lost, or are losing, everything?Their story, and their ability to overcome will encourage you to go deeper as you ponder God's love for you and others - even when the longed-for healing, or answer to your prayers, does not come. There is a hope that is greater than what we see in this world; come and be enthralled by it.

".....When people ask me where is God? I can honestly say - I've seen Him and I know He's real, He was at our farm, last Thursday. He turned up with a chainsaw, a shovel and a rake to help clean up and return the joy, that Satan tried to take..." ('Last Thursday' Poem)Is it crazy to praise God for disasters? You would think so, but this little book Crazy Praises, challenges that thinking and shows us "not to be conformed by the world" (Romans 12.2) but to open our minds, our hearts and our eyes, to find the answer. It puts forward difficult scenarios and the clever poetry invites the reader to see God as they've never seen Him before. To let go of the old stereotypes and see God in a modern context as real, relevant and personal; to understand that through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, together we can and do change our lives and our world - for the better.The premise of Crazy Praises is that in all things, having God in your life is the answer. Crazy Praises is an insightful collection of eclectic contemporary poetry ranging from the humorous "God is not a Helicopter Parent" to the serious "A Beautiful Ugliness" to the profound "There Once Was a Girl". It has personal, heart-warming stories of a dying man's last wish, unexplained messages from beyond the grave and a church community helping to repair a flood damaged property.Drawing on her own life experience and from people who have shared their testimonies, Crazy Praises is inspirational, dramatic and compelling. Each poem shows how God works in our lives to help us find the good in every situation. Examination of the human experience and the profound truths found in the Bible underpin each poem, leading to the one conclusion that God is Great and He is worthy of all praise. In all circumstances we need to go crazy and praise Him, praise Him, praise Him.Crazy Praises is the third book of contemporary Christian poetry from new author Christine J Bourne. Chris has a Diploma in Christian Counselling, is mad about horses and lives on the Sunshine Coast with husband Peter and their dog, Joy. Chris is a member of two church congregations St Margaret's Anglican at Woombye and Church on the Rise, Maleny.

Good, Better, Best. And then there is Exceptional.FACT: In 2020, approximately 214 million companies existed worldwide. Most of those had a CEO. The sad reality is that too few CEOs are genuinely exceptional.PROOF: Irrespective of size or sector, very few organisations get recognised for outstanding performance and sustainable excellence.AMBITION: Be real in assessing your current reality; be outrageous in visualising your desired future achievements. Then answer just one question: Do I have the internal fortitude to do it?WARNING: In reading The Next Exceptional CEO, your world is about to change!Prepare to become an outlier, statistically, an individual who will never again cope with ordinary, average, above average or good. You will become recognised for being consistently abnormal and counter-culture, breaking new ground and reaching altitudes that few CEOs even dream of, let alone seriously attempt.This book is not for the faint-hearted; it is a real game changer. Reading it and applying its principles and practices will change you, your management team, and the future experience of all your stakeholders.

The term 'Synoptic Gospels' refers to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In terms of organization and content these Gospels have a much closer relationship to one another than any one of them has with the Gospel of John. The question of how they relate to one another is referred to as the Synoptic Question, or the Synoptic Problem. In 1774 Johann Jakob Griesbach created the first adequate means of comparing the three Synoptic Gospels, appending it to his edition of the Greek New Testament. In 1776 he published it separately, designating this work a 'synopsis.' A Synopsis of the Synoptic Gospels originated as a consequence of the intensive work of three Western Australian researchers on the four Gospels in Greek in 1987 and 1988. Over the following decades the synopsis of the Synoptic Gospels they developed was further refined until it reached the form presented in this volume. The Greek text in A Synopsis of the Synoptic Gospels draws on Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (282012), while the English text uses my Under the Southern Cross: The New Testament in Australian English (22021). A feature of a synopsis is that if the prompts are followed (in the present case the Gospel references at the head of each section that are in bold) each Gospel may be read through in order in its entirety. We may refer to this as the 'vertical' feature of a synopsis. Importantly, a synopsis also has a 'horizontal' aspect. The Gospel text is placed in one, two, or three columns. Material placed in a single column is material unique to the Gospel concerned. Material placed in two columns indicates that two Gospels have events or teaching (or both) in the two Gospels named. Similarly, where similar material is found in three Gospels, it is placed in three columns (referred to as the 'triple tradition'). Because the order of the material in the Synoptic Gospels varies, it is often necessary to repeat material for comparative purposes. In the dual and triple traditions, material that is in order for a Gospel or Gospels has the biblical reference in bold, while the biblical reference/s of parallel material not in order is shown in regular type. A synopsis of the Synoptic Gospels is an invaluable tool for comparing and studying the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. From such study it is possible to gain an appreciation of the emphases and perspectives each of these authors brings to their account of the life and teaching of Jesus the Messiah.

It has been years since the last Corriian invasion. Everything seems stable and happy, but it is not as it seems.Bentonius, the spy who defected has returned to his old masters and convinced them with a plan to get ultimate revenge against all the leaders and heroes of past wars.While the deadly plot takes shape, the world is ravaged by a plague that is spreading through all the nations.Norri with the help of the local apothecary finds a cure, a tea made from a small shrub that grows on the verge of the forest. He wishes to help the people of Bernadia who they hear are suffering terribly, but much has changed in the world in a generation. Also perplexing, is a strange prophecy, and a call Norri receives from a heavenly messenger, a Mari, that draws him and his Driadora friend, Lefgild into another long journey, seeking the meaning of the words on a bark-paper scroll.They journey to an unexpected destination, to be witnesses of an event that will change them all in many ways.

Do you ever feel as though you are working hard, but getting nowhere? Do you ever feel stuck? Do you want to give up? Are you exhausted? Is there a sense that something is keeping you back from getting to the Promised Land?Have you tried everything you can to find purpose and value? Have you stopped believing that you will never rise above your circumstances? Do you stop thinking you will ever experience the abundant life Christ came to give to those who follow Him.Don't give up. Don't throw in the towel. You're not alone. Everyone has moments, times, or even seasons of what Jesus' disciples experienced in Mark 6 when as they were "straining at the oars", "making headway painfully". You do not need to continually struggle in this life, even if the "storms of destruction" keep coming. You are not alone. God is with you.In this book, you will be invited to take a moment and consider what it is that is causing you to strain at the oars. You will be encouraged to set down the oars, to rest in God, to trust in the person of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, and allow the Holy Spirit to guide you as you navigate your personal storms of destruction.In this insightful new book, author and pastor Bill Williamson draws a direct correlation between the circumstances life throws at us and how we can find peace - and victory - in the midst of life's storms.

The Corrii have not given up. Their spies have long been searching out Herelstrom and its weaknesses. They do not intend to underestimate them again. When the invasion comes, it comes swiftly, with greater numbers and new terrors.Norri with his friend Gordy and the former Corriian Admiral, Denquinar decide to attempt two almost impossible journeys to reach the Bernadians via the southern mountains and the longer, unexplored sea route to the south, to seek possible help from the Bernadian Emperor and a young man Norri saved, who is the emperor's younger son.They have barely left when the great invasion begins and their friends and all the people they love, are caught up in a desperate struggle to survive. Their young wives must flee into the forest from the grimulves and a new, deadly, winged adversary that seeks only to kill all it finds.Many who never thought of themselves as heroic, find that their choices make them so, as the second great war against the Corrii rushes toward its conclusion.

In this accessible book, join Matt as he responds to God's invitation to pack up his family with just $2 in the bank, wait in airports for breakthrough, and overcome the odds to make it to 'The Call - New York City', to spend 12 hours in prayer with 70,000 other hungry Christ seekers.The book explores the revelations and challenges of what became Matt's first 40 day fast. Featuring personal insights from his journal and practical advice for other seekers, gained from leading his city to multiple seasons of prayer and fasting, and heading up the 40 day fast for 'The Call - Australia'.As you read Matt's story and hear his challenge, you will begin to understand the vital role of prayer and fasting in your life, the life of your community, and the future of this world.

Norri is a young forester who dwells by the edge of the great forest that borders their land. He lives alone since he lost his father, and makes a poor living climbing the giant orkya trees to gather their nuts which he roasts and sells in the local tavern at the end of the week.There is a rumour and growing fear that their old enemies have found a way into their land. Norri and his friends are sent into the forest, to look for signs of them and the huge wolf-like grimulves that are reputed to accompany them.They find more than they feared, and the friends become separated. Norri begins the great journey of his life, propelled by need into many dangers. His friends Tom, Gordy and Brian are embroiled in the increasingly desperate war for which the Corrii have been long preparing.In the terrible struggle that ensues, much is lost but some things that are unexpected, are found.

Jesus spoke on multiple occasions about His bride, Kallah. It is important that His chosen understand what it means to be His Kallah and comprehend His love for us.In Arise Kallah, author Carolyn Minnie encourages the reader to reflect and stew on some truths found in the Word relating to the love Jesus has for Kallah. As you read Arise Kallah you will discover His desires and love for you, deepening your love for Jesus, your Bridegroom.As His Kallah, we are encouraged to prepare ourselves for His imminent return, under the guidance of His Spirit. The reader is prompted to gather oil and fashion a spiritual wardrobe that is lavish in humility, exquisite in love and bright in beauty, which in turn honours and esteems Him.

Adventure: that is what they dreamed of. Packing up their high school lives, jamming their possessions into the car and leaving their small town in the dust, Sam and Anita are inseparable. Best friends for as long as they can remember, Sam's twin brother, Alex, is also never too far away. They call themselves 'the three twins'.Meant to Be is a coming-of-age romance novel set in Wollongong, Australia. It follows the life of quiet but confident Anita through the ups and downs of her romantic life, making friends and gaining independence. All the while, Alex, her best friend's brother, is hopelessly in love with her, trying and failing to confess his love, while she remains oblivious to his affections.Just when you think the path of love will bring them together, unfortunate circumstances and life choices threaten to keep them apart forever. Will Alex's indecision let Anita slip away just when he needs her the most? Told through the eyes of Anita and Alex, this love story will have you weeping and cheering as you unfold the adventure that is love.About the authorSarah Bartlett is a teacher and author from Wollongong, Australia. Sarah's faith and family are foremost in her life and form inspiration for her writing. Meant to Be is her debut novel, inspired by her own life and journey thus far.

"We were propelled, my little family and I, into a dense fog, driven by grief's unbearable pain. The faith we held so dear hung loosely across us like a worn life jacket that we hoped might somehow save us. Each had the task of traversing Tragedy's waters. Every man for himself, yet bonded by our loss"Life changed forever for Barbara and Paul Ireland and their family following a freak accident that claimed their little daughter's life. Three-year-old Laura died tragically and, in the process, left the Irelands devastated.Daddy Will Carry Me is a powerful story told by Barb with rawness and honesty. She confronts the question of "why?" and the dilemma of where God is when the worst happens. The hope-filled pages will bring assurance and encouragement to all who encounter heartbreak and those who stand with them.Barb and her husband Paul were married in 1986. Between them, they have many roles, including Pastor, Farmer, and Teacher. They are passionate about helping people overcome adversity. Barb and Paul live in regional South Australia with their youngest daughter and two dogs. Family gatherings with their children and granddaughters are among their favourite things.

A long white line runs down the center of the main corridor at Soledad State Prison. I walked that line every day. This facility, located in the Salinas Valley of California, housed three thousand inmates.Each inmate had a tale of woe, which explains the circumstances leading to their confinement. That's three thousand unique stories (a few of which were even true). When one adds to this number, the rationale provided by staff explaining why they chose prison employment, the number of stories increase.I ought to know; I was the Law Librarian. And I had stories of my own.Between the covers of this book are some of these stories. The tales are gritty, funny, uplifting and sad. The author notes that many, including Evangelicals, often claim "All Lives Matter." The writer examines historical events to determine the date that "All Lives" began to matter. The writer also notes the composition of the inmate population and connects this number to the "Black Lives Matter/All Lives Matter" movement.

The modern idea of pastoral care is care of people who are in crisis. In this insightful book, author David Pettett argues that rather than being confined to helping people in crisis, pastoral care is actually at the core of Christian ministry. Every aspect of what the pastor does is pastoral care. Pastoral care is first and foremost a spiritual discipline and remains firmly in the realm of theology, not psychology.As pastoral care is an exercise of practical theology, Christian pastoral care is the responsibility, first and foremost, of the pastor who has responsibility for the cure of souls. This responsibility is exercised primarily in a theological framework.In Pastoral Care: The Core of Christian Ministry, the main aim is to encourage pastor/teachers to see their entire ministry in terms of pastoral care. Equipping the saints for the work of ministry for building the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12) is the work of pastoral care, which the pastor/teacher does by teaching the Scriptures. The book seeks to encourage a reversal of this alarming modern trend, which sees pastoral care as only something done for people in crisis.The book also seeks to reverse the trend of outsourcing pastoral care to counsellors and psychologists. It seeks to broaden the focus so that pastoral care is seen to be the whole essence of pastoral ministry. Pastoral care has a whole-of-life focus. From his long experience of Christian ministry, David illustrates practical pastoral care with real life situations. This is a book for pastors to consider the essential nature of Christian ministry and for lay people to think through just what their pastors are up to.

Reading the Bible has been one of the passions of my life for almost 50 years and in this short book I want to share my experience and with it underline the importance of reading the Bible.John 8:31 gives us a clue as to why this is so important. It reads - "Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, if you CONTINUE in my word, THEN you are my disciples indeed."This teaches us that the only way to be a true and genuine disciple of Jesus is if we CONTINUE in his word.

Gangland to Grace is the gripping true story of one man's struggle through a life of gangs and violence in Christchurch, New Zealand before his meeting with God and subsequent mission service to Sierra Leone, West Africa.The depiction of the world he grew up in will have you wondering, at what point is this guy going to be either maimed or killed? As the dust is settling after God's amazing work on his life, the adventures just keep rolling along, but on a new continent and within God's will - rather than his own.This book follows the transformation of a bikie criminal to a loving, mission-minded, family man with a heart for God and His Kingdom. It is a witness to the power of God.Follow the author on X: https://x.com/HuwDonaldson and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HuwDonaldson