This is a book about the power of a promise. Esther’s inspiring journey will give hope to those who are struggling t o find a way through the pain of addiction, abuse and grief. With vivid storytelling and raw honesty, Esther shares how a sense of emptiness caused her to look for love, acceptance and meaning in all the wrong places. She was searching for a saviour but alcohol became a cruel master and an unfaithful friend. Spiralling deeper and deeper into the darkness of addiction she finally fell to her knees in desperation, not wanting to live with – or die from – the alcohol that was controlling her life. She cried out to God for help and light entered into her darkness. Then Esther experienced every parent’s worst nightmare as her eldest son, Lee was brutally stabbed to death. In a single moment her whole world would be changed forever. Bravely she fought through the toughest storm of her life. With God’s help she was able to forgive those who murdered her son and began to live free from the hatred and bitterness that threatened to consume her. Rising from the ashes, Esther then fell in love with her soul mate Davie. The battled together through grief and addiction until his life was cruelly cut short and grief entered her world all over again. This is the true story of Esther’s battle with addiction, love and loss and how a promise helped her stay on the road that led back to life.

A series of Bible study guides following the format and content of the NIV Application Commentaries Series. Each study looks at the original meaning, bridging contexts, and contemporary significance of the text, and offers small group participants a better understanding and relevant application of the biblical material to their daily lives.

The Esther Anointing gives you the keys to Esther's success, including the qualities that make women great, the power of influence, and the key to finding God's favor for your assignment.

You are not giving them up. You are saving them. You have my word that I will see they are safe. At wars end, I will reunite you. I promise. A Holocaust story unlike any youve read before. When Yanusz Dov vows to protect the family of his Jewish friend, Kalman Gold during the Nazi occupation of Poland, he is drawn into a saga that spans three generations and three continents. Yanusz stages a daring rescue from a concentration camp, hides the escapees from relentless Nazi hunters, and risks his own family, church, and life in order to keep Kalman, his wife, and his twin children safe. After betrayal and the cruel realities of the occupation shatter the family ties, one of the twins finds a new home in America, while the other is lost without a trace. Separated by thousands of miles, brother and sister struggle for survival, unaware that their fates are still bound together. Throughout it all, Yanusz must rely on courage and faith to repay his childhood debt and fulfill his lifelong promise. The events in this story are timeless and will touch the heart of every reader. "From the ashes of the holocaust, a gripping, powerful tale of love, loss, and redemption." "Certainly, a masterpiece novel portraying dramatic, though authentic, events from the holocaust epoch that are brilliantly intertwined with fiction." -- New York Times best-selling author, Michael Levin

"National Jewish Book Award winner Ron Balson returns triumphantly with Eli’s Promise, a captivating saga of the Holocaust and its aftermath spanning decades and continents. Readers will not be able to put this book down, but will turn the pages compulsively with heart in throat, eager to learn the fate of the Rosen family. Balson’s meticulous historical detail, vivid prose and unforgettable characters further solidify his place among the most esteemed writers of historical fiction today." —Pam Jenoff, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lost Girls of Paris A "fixer" in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later—by the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras—Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli’s company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski—an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin’s subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband’s quest for justice.

"In a counterfactual world resembling the 1930s, the state of Khazaria, an isolated nation of warriors Jews, is under attack by the Germanii. Esther, the precocious daughter of Khazaria's chief policy advisor, sets out on a quest to ensure the survival of her homeland"--

Four troubled teenagers, plagued by anger, rebellion, rejection, and trauma, are given a stark choice: go to jail or go to Promise Island, where they learn to reconnect with Jesus.