Whether you're starting your first church, or know you need to re-evaluate your current ministry, the collection of checklists and step-by-step walkthroughs in Setting the Atmosphere for the Day of Worship will provide many "Aha! moments for crafting your church's ultimate worship experience.The practical insights gained from decades of study and pastoral experience, provide a holistic framework from which churches can critique their vision and practices from a wide spectrum of practical, service-related topics. The process will help you achieve greatly desired outcomes for each aspect of your worship services, and you will be empowered to act intentionally toward excellence in ministry.Setting the Atmosphere for the Day of Worship is also a practical, approachable, and direct blueprint for church planters, and will be a great help before the launch. You will also find this book will help you most effectively steward your God-given resources to reach many more people with the life-changing message of Christ.

New York Times best-selling author Jentezen Franklin is back with a message that will inspire you to break free and reclaim a life of passion, purpose, and praise.

Not only does this book explain what God requires of a Christian wife, it explains clearly how to obey God's commandments in order to become that wife. --from back cover.

Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Bible & Devotional) Sheltering Mercy helps us rediscover the rich treasures of the Psalms--through free-verse prayer renderings of their poems and hymns--as a guide to personal devotion and meditation. The church has always used the Psalms as part of its prayer life, and they have inspired countless other prayers. This book contains 75 prayers drawn from Psalms 1-75, providing lyrical sketches of what authors Ryan Whitaker Smith and Dan Wilt have seen, heard, and felt while sojourning in the Psalms. While each prayer corresponds to a particular psalm and touches on its themes and ideas, it is not a new translation of the Psalms or an attempt to modernize or contextualize their content or language. Rather, the prayers are responses to the Psalms written in harmony with Scripture. These prayers help us quiet our hearts before God and welcome us into a safe place amid the storms of life. This artful, poetic, and classic devotional book features compelling custom illustrations and beautiful hardcover binding, offering a fresh way to reflect on and pray the Psalms.

Women were created for intimacy with God. But so many things get in the way! Past abuse. Regret. Shame. Feelings of unworthiness. How can worship hold any real meaning? Using the model of Mary of Bethany, who anointed Jesus' feet with costly perfume, readers discover how the act of worship itself is transformation. Worship can be a place of truth and transparency! Through stories of gifted women who have overcome tremendous pain and obstacles to become worship leaders today, they show the deepness and wideness of God's love for women everywhere. They also explore the lives of biblical women who worshiped despite oppressive circumstances, and found strength and confidence to continue to focus on God. Readers will find courage to overcome the past and the desire to worship God extravagantly and wholeheartedly.

In the 1980s, Miller shows, a complex set of independent developments gave rise to what is known as the Faith At Work movement. He analyses the history of the movement, examines membership profiles and modes of expression, and constructs and proposes a new framework for discussing the movement.

Whatever It Takes is specifically designed for every pastor, worship leader, choir member, and musician who is serious about taking corporate worship to another dimension of spiritual encounter. All over the world the faithful gather in places identified as the house of the Lord in hopes of experiencing the manifest presence of God. Our songs, prayers of invocation, and overall liturgy are a continuous effort to this end, acknowledging that there is always more of God to be experienced. The question is: Do we really want another dimension of spiritual experience? And if so, are we willing to do whatever it takes?