In our culture today, Christians all around America are finding it hard to battle the spiritual warfare that is all around us. We find ourselves busy, tired, frustrated, and to the point of burning out. Our tendency as humans is to fight our battles with our own strength. Like King Saul, we don't wait on the Lord. We rush into battle before God arrives, because we believe our gifts and talents are enough. This has become a common reaction in life until we are confronted with a storm so great that it reminds us of our need and dependence on Christ to intervene on our behalf. The purpose of Abide: Forty Days to Abounding Freedom in Christ is to remind us that we are to remain in Christ at all times. Jesus clearly told us in John 15 that He is the vine and we are the branches. The branches by themselves will not produce fruit. Only when we are connected to the vine will we be able to endure life's most difficult challenges. Even when we engage in the most mundane things in life, it is important that we learn abide and lean on Christ. Like Mary, who sat at the feet of Jesus, we must remain in Him so that His Spirit will exude from us and produce the good fruit. Abide is a forty-day devotional that teaches what it means to remain in Christ by highlighting eight different areas of practice. These areas include abiding in Christ, the Word, prayer, fire, suffering, hope, rest, and love.

In our culture today, Christians all around America are finding it hard to battle the spiritual warfare that is all around us. We find ourselves busy, tired, frustrated, and to the point of burning out. Our tendency as humans is to fight our battles with our own strength. Like King Saul, we don't wait on the Lord. We rush into battle before God arrives, because we believe our gifts and talents are enough. This has become a common reaction in life until we are confronted with a storm so great that it reminds us of our need and dependence on Christ to intervene on our behalf. The purpose of Abide: Forty Days to Abounding Freedom in Christ is to remind us that we are to remain in Christ at all times. Jesus clearly told us in John 15 that He is the vine and we are the branches. The branches by themselves will not produce fruit. Only when we are connected to the vine will we be able to endure life's most difficult challenges. Even when we engage in the most mundane things in life, it is important that we learn abide and lean on Christ. Like Mary, who sat at the feet of Jesus, we must remain in Him so that His Spirit will exude from us and produce the good fruit. Abide is a forty-day devotional that teaches what it means to remain in Christ by highlighting eight different areas of practice. These areas include abiding in Christ, the Word, prayer, fire, suffering, hope, rest, and love.

It seems wherever you look today, people are starting a new brand, whether it be through their YouTube channels, blogs, or websites. Often, they even create their own apparel with their logos on it to sell to the public. Peoples' identities are very much tied into the brand they have created. While there is nothing wrong with this practice, the belief system in our postmodern culture has created a deep-seated confusion regarding identity, morality, and truth. This has led to a faulty worldview that is saturated with a "me mentality." People now make up what is right and wrong, and they wrap it up in a logo and market it to the world. The purpose of Brand Yourself with Honor is to bring us back to a biblical definition of what it looks like to have honor in our lives. Brand Yourself with Honor is forty-day devotional based off of 2 Peter 1:5-8, which lists seven different characteristics, such as virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. These seven characteristics, listed by the apostle Peter, are not optional but are necessary in order to brand our lives with honor and integrity. As believers in Christ, our lives must be a testimony to the character of God. When the world sees us, it should think of Christ Jesus Himself. When we live out these seven characteristics, we will, no doubt, bring honor to His name.

Enjoy having practical advice and hope for those struggling with overeating in this beautiful daily devotion. Support your own or a loved one's journey with this devotional that's designed to help do the hard inner work when it comes to your health. This book is packed with:Daily devotions on recovery from food fixationThought-provoking personal questions and practical applicationsPowerful prayers inspired by Scripture5-minute devotions with further study optionsWhen it comes to focusing on your health, it’s not merely about calories, exercise, or diets—it’s about your spiritual and mental health as well! In this devotional, you will read powerful Bible verses, encouraging devotionals, inspirational quotes, and prayers—all focused on finding freedom from overeating. It will be an opportunity to work with the Lord to heal your pain, redirect your thoughts, set healthy boundaries, and discover the path that God has intended for you. The Devotional on Overeating That Tackles the Mind, Body, and Spirit A lot of guides and handbooks for overeating and food compulsion ONLY deal with dieting or the psychology of healthy boundaries. But this devotional also tackles the spiritual aspects of struggling with food. Enjoy 100 daily devotions you can read in just minutes on these topics:Behavior—Mindful Eating, The Mirror, Gut-Brain Connection, and more!Psychology—Stewarding Well: Your Brain, All Good Versus All Bad, Managing Expectations, and more!Spirituality—Lead with Praise, See the Unseen, Spiritual War, and more!Having an unhealthy relationship with food has become the norm in our culture. Ads for new diets, workout regimens, and medical procedures bombard us at every turn. The desire to make changes to our bodies is common. We want to feel comfortable and confident in our own skin, and God wants that for us as well. Key Features of the 100 Days to Freedom from Overeating Daily Devotional Choose to spend the next 100 days finding freedom from overeating. 100 Days to Freedom from Overeating is the latest in the New Life Devotions series by best-selling author Stephen Arterburn. The scriptures you will read—the devotionals, quotes, and prayers—will begin to change the way you think and feel. Key features of this devotional are:Full colorSimple daily format, covering 100 days100 need-to-know topics (like Peaceful Eating, Gut-Brain Connection, Spiritual Transformation, and more!)Key verses, quotes, and refreshing devotions100 prayers for everyday useMakes for an excellent repeatable studyIn the 100 Days of Freedom from Overeating devotional, readers will be renewed with a deeper sense of confidence as they are led to experience the powerful, transforming effect God's love has on their health. Perfect for:Individual studyPrayer groupsDiscipleshipSmall groupsSupport & recovery groupsChurch libraryChaplaincy or prison ministry

On August 14, 2011, when I was in Kandergrund in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland an important connection became very clear to me. I recognized a spiritual cause for why we are losing part of our youth. I was very shocked. I thought of my children and grandchildren. Since then I have been intensively occupied with this subject.Now I believe that the same spiritual cause is behind many of our problems; specifically the personal problems, in the local churches and the world-wide church. It is the lack of the Holy Spirit. If this is the cause, then we should urgently address this issue. If the cause can be eliminated or considerably reduced, then many problems will become superfluous or will be resolved.

Based on the popular spiritual healing program designed by Bob Schuchts and the John Paul II Healing Center, Lenten Healing offers a twist to traditional Lenten fasting: instead of giving up chocolate, give up your sin. This daily Lenten devotional offers a unique approach to fasting, helping you reexamine the psychological and spiritual roots of sin in your life while sharing reflections and prayer exercises for overcoming sinful habits and acquiring virtuous ones. Lent is the ideal time to identify and address "spiritual blind spots"—unacknowledged emotional wounds and false ideas that hinder your prayer life and worship. During each week of Lent, Ken Kniepmann of the John Paul II Healing Center breaks open one of the seven deadly sins (pride, lust, gluttony, sloth, anger, envy, and greed) and its corresponding virtue (humility, chastity, abstinence, diligence, patience, kindness, and liberality). You'll start by learning about the sin and how it manifests itself in daily life and thought patterns. Then you'll move into reflection and prayer exercises that guide you through the process of renouncing that week's sin and resolving to adopt that week's virtue. Fasting, the practice of giving up pleasures or comforts, allows us to grow in holiness by putting our desires to a kind of death. Obvious examples include giving up a habit such as a favorite food, sleeping in, or late-night TV—but what happens when you try to give up your sins while recognizing the deeper reasons you commit them in the first place? By seeing those connections and praying specifically for God's insight, healing, and revelation, you’ll be able to experience God’s mercy and love to a greater capacity. Kniepmann helps you see how the depth of Catholic teaching is connected to your daily life. Sin isn't just an activity; it is a place of the heart (the interior life) and the movement of the heart (toward or away from sin) as related to thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. By the time Easter arrives, you'll possess a deeper understanding of sin and emotional wounds as impediments to intimacy with God and come away with tangible, practical tools for addressing those impediments in your life.

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.