Hope. This one word can make your whole life incredibly exhilarating and passionate, or the lack of it can wear you down to questioning why you're even here. Why do some people have it and others long for it? Hope Always Wins will inspire and challenge you to believe in God's great plan for you, starting exactly where you are. Everything you've been through will work in your favor. Hold on tight, hold on to God, and trust His plan. I'm thankful for breathtaking, awesomely-wonderful moments and I'm thankful for moments of deep sorrow, because God uses them all. Miscarrying my first baby, divorcing after 20 years, going through a house fire, navigating incredibly scary career changes, losing my amazing father, and facing that surprise battle with breast cancer, God was there. Every step of the way, He was there - and He is with you, too. Life is about to get exciting. Hope Always Wins provides practical steps to believe in your next-level life. Your current journey is a setup for where you are going. The next 15 days will get you back on course with the strength and confidence to accomplish your God-given vision. Here's to your new adventure. You've heard it said, "This is the first day of the rest of your life." The Bible refers to "new beginnings," "a new day" and the "mercies of the Lord are new every morning." Today is your day! "May the God of hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." (Rom 15:13) We have a God-given mission to fulfill. I'm in this with you, cheering for you, and believing God for miracles waiting on the other side of your heart to hope again. Marla Lucas is a Christian radio personality, Executive Director for Dream Network, and author. Her hobbies include writing, fishing, Jeeping, lattes with friends and everything family! Her favorite pastimes are laughing, traveling and lake-time. She grew up in Oklahoma, then came to Missouri to attend college and never left. Her two grown sons, Stephen and Christian, live nearby and are her greatest joy. Her love for God and passion to inspire hope is the driving force behind her unstoppable zeal for life. You can contact Marla on her website: marlalucas.com.

In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brallier and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times. Where does hope live? In your family? In your community? In your school? In your heart? From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classroom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows that hope can live everywhere, even—or especially—during the darkest of times. No matter what happens: Hope wins. Contributors include: Tom Angleberger, James Bird, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J.C. Cervantes, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, Karina Yan Glaser, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman, Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Rex Ogle, James Ponti, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Ronald L.Smith, Christina Soontornvat, and R.L. Stine.

This introduction to Reformed apologetics explores foundational principles and offers practical guidance for talking with unbelievers.

The Athlete’s Bible: Strong Edition features the NLT translation and includes study notes and tools provided by Fellowship of Christian Athletes to help equip, encourage, and empower athletes in any sport to study God’s Word.

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

Draws on research to offer strategies for adopting a high-hope attitude and shaping a successful future, and provides real-life examples of people who create hope and have changed the lives of their communities.