It is hard to be grateful when you are looking into the jaws of mind-bending pain. Chronic illness, a heart attack, a terrible car accident, caring for a developmentally disabled child, facing betrayal and loneliness. These tough times make you want to give up and throw in the towel. You try to overcome, but the exhaustion destroys your energy and hope. You try to pray, but the pain interrupts your concentration. You want to give up. The topics of fear and hopelessness, depression and suffering, loneliness and worry are issues that author, Joni Eareckson Tada, can speak to personally: A diving accident in 1967 when she was 17 left her a quadriplegic. She has lived 45 years in a wheelchair and she has experienced her share of ups and downs. “But,” she says, “oh, the difference the grace of God has made in my life.” Let Joni tell you her secrets to peace and joy, despite her wheelchair. She has spent decades studying the Word of God. She knows that God does not enjoy seeing your suffering. He has compassion for you and gives you many ways to deal with life’s pain so that you can have peace. This colorful pamphlet gives God’s answers to the biggest questions. You need this if — you are in pain and need encouragementyou have a friend who needs words of comfortyou are a pastor or church counseloryou lead a discussion group or home fellowship She has taken her most important insights on thankfulness and joy and encapsulated them into this 14-page pamphlet. Whether you or a loved one is suffering. This pamphlet will bring you comfort. In A Thankful Heart in a World of Hurt, author Joni Eareckson Tada tackles questions such as: How can I really give thanks for all things?How can I cultivate a grateful spirit?What was the Apostle Paul’s secret to a grateful heart? (He had been beaten, stoned, whipped, starved, shipwrecked and betrayed by people he thought were friends.)How is it possible to rejoice in the Lord always? Key Features of this Pamphlet Bible-based: Scripture-focused, this pamphlet will guide you through your journey using relevant versesPractical: have practical advice and solutions to help yourself or those you serveCompassionate: this pamphlet was written by an author that has wrestled and made peace with God over chronic painEasy-to-Understand: avoids complicated theology and boils down biblical principles in an easy-to-read way that you can grasp in minutes About the Author Joni Eareckson Tada offers hope to people struggling with health and emotional challenges. After a 1967 diving accident left her a spinal cord-injured quadriplegic, Tada embarked on a lifelong study to make sense of suffering from God’s perspective. Joni Eareckson Tada is now an international advocate for individuals with disabilities, and the founder of the non-profit organization, Joni & Friends.

Experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever. With scripture and personal reflections, bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus' message of peace--for today and every day. In this #1 New York Times bestselling devotional, readers will receive words of hope, encouragement, comfort, and reassurance of Jesus' unending love. The devotions are written as if Jesus Himself is speaking directly to each reader and are based on Jesus' own words of hope, guidance, and peace within Scripture--penned by one who loves him and reveres His Word. Each entry is accompanied by Scripture for further reflection and meditation. These much-loved devotions will help you look forward to your time with the Lord. Experience peace in the presence of the Savior who is always with you. This edition is sure to be a favorite in the popular Jesus Calling(R) line. The on-trend fabric cover with foil has feminine floral touches, giving a gorgeous, elegant feel, along with large text and written-out scripture verses.

Some Christian singles are perfectly content--while others are not. Many feel like they are missing out because they're missing marriage, wondering: Is there something wrong with me? When is it my turn? What if I never find someone? In Singleness: How to be Single and Satisfied, June Hunt reveals how to be happy being single, how to uproot common causes of discontentment, and how to find joy in knowing that God is our ultimate "need-meeter" for love, significance, and security. Whether you are single for a season or single again, discover biblical truths about how God wants to use your singleness to fulfill his purpose and plan for your life. Perfect resources for anyone who is single and Christian (including single Christian women, single moms, single Christian men, etc.) Features: Definition Section, covering key definitions and insights on singleness including the 3 types of singleness (single for all seasons, single for a season, and single again) and the unique challenges each faces. Characteristics Section, covering the 18 signs of discontentment and practical ways to use your time of singleness for God's purpose and glory. Experience the peace that comes from fully realizing that it is God--not a spouse--that can complete us, making us fill whole and giving us the love, significance, and security, we so often crave from others. "Steps to Solution" Section provides practical, Bible-based advice on how to develop a healthy perspective of singleness, how to be C.O.N.T.E.N.T, and how to line up your self-image with God's image of you. Includes a close up look at what the Bile says about singleness and includes encouraging Scriptures! The good news is that you don't need anyone to complete you. You are already complete in Christ! Find out how God wants to use your singleness to fulfill His purpose, to fulfill your deepest needs, and ultimately to bring you closer to him.

Making Sense of Suffering by Joni Eareckson TadaSuffering is miserable. When you're overwhelmed by pain and problems, it's easy to feel helpless, hopeless and sinking into a whirlpool of self-pity. Joni Eareckson Tada knows about these emotions first hand. A diving accident in 1967 left her confined to a wheelchair as a quadriplegic at the age of 17. Joni knows what it's like to suffer chronic pain. Yet she has found comfort and meaning in the God of the Bible. Joni says, “Somewhere after the first five years of life in my wheelchair, I noticed a change in my hardships. I was beginning to see how my quadriplegia was working for my good and God's glory - simply put, it meant becoming more like Christ.” Making Sense of Suffering is a Scripture-based ebook that will bring hope and comfort to those who are going through for personal difficulties, and will be a great help to groups dealing with grief, disabilities, emotional and physical trauma, divorce, and more.

Discover Peace, Perspective, and Healing. From a human perspective, God often appears to be an intruder. He presumes, invades, and infringes upon our lives. At times, God encroaches with gentle, subtle reminders - at others, with sudden, devestating judgement. God is not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking...uninvolved. You can count on it - He is intimately involved with the tiniest details of your existence. Learn how His constant presence can bring peace, perspective, and healing into the puzzling and chaotic circumstances of your life.

Are the effects of a crazy busy schedule weighing you down? Do you feel that if you have just one more pressure added to your life, you will break? By taking a closer look at Paul's many experiences, you can check out what circumstances are most likely to cause stress. If the pressures in your life are not being used to press you closer to the Lord, you may be on the way to a burnout! Whether you are personally experiencing a stressful time in your life—or if you are someone who has a heart to minister to those who are being burdened by stress, this quick reference book is for you. Discover the 7 common causes and symptoms of stress—and practical ways to overcome them.13 practical stress management techniques and tips for stress relief.Learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy forms of stress.Find out if you are showing the emotional, physical, and spiritual symptoms of stress with its helpful stress test. Since stress begins in your mind, much misery comes from incorrect thinking. Fortunately, what you choose to think is in your control. Wrong Belief that Causes Stress: "My life is out of control. I feel helpless to cope with all this stress in my life." Right Belief that Reduces Stress: God has allowed this stress in my life to bless my life and reveal my weaknesses. I am grateful for the pressures that have pressed me closer to Him and caused me to allow Christ to be my strength. June Hunt dives into the Word of God and pulls out key principles on how to live a healthy well-balanced life. Whether your stress comes from work, church, family responsibilities, tense relationships (or all the above), find out practical ways to relieve stress and rest in God's peace. By recognizing the causes, effects, and symptoms of stress, you can start taking the necessary steps to refresh, renew, and refocus your life.

"I forgive you." These three little words are so simple, so complex, and yet so powerful! Forgiveness gives us permission to let go of recent irritations or long?held grudges of minor offenses or festering hurts that keep us up at night. Relationships filled with resentment ultimately perish. Relationships filled with forgiveness ultimately prevail. Learn how you can be an expression of God's grace by forgiving others and find the freedom He intended you to have. Learn all forms of forgiveness and the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiveness will shed light on the high cost of unforgiveness versus the high reward of forgiveness. The last section titled Steps to Solution gives you practical advice on how to have a heart of forgiveness with: 4 stages of forgiveness, Forgiveness vs. reconciliation, honesty required for reconciliation, a sample prayer to forgive your offender, 7 ways to sustain a forgiving heart, and much more. Paperback, 96 pages, 4 x 7 inches.