This book reveals a path traveled by a young woman in search of love. Although love was found in possibly all the wrong places, learning always took place. The journey begins with the first encounter of “girl meets boy love” and ends in a discovery of self. Once the discovery of self took place there was room for self-expression. While part one is the author's personal account, part two is a collection of poems, which in one way or another exhibits the writers' reaction to power, pain, passion and love. [Author bio]Dona Wells, motivated and inspired, decided to write about her experiences in life. At age sixteen, Dona gave birth to her daughter. She was then forced to mature and deal with various dilemmas while raising a child and facing relationships gone astray.

Member resource for 8 session young adult Bible study by Ben Stuart.

Readers learn the secrets of staying together and how to be selective when choosing a mate.

Pain doesn’t last always Sometimes only for a night Try not to resist It hurts the more we fight Overcoming life’s difficulties is daunting. At times, it seems the burdens that we bear are too painful to overcome. They keep us from even trying to accomplish the things we want most. It seems the only way to outlast the pain is to ignore it, when, in truth, the only way to discover the unlimited potential inside of us all is to embrace the pain, face the Authentic Self at our core, and use the strength therein to triumph over any obstruction in our way. Based on his powerful, true journey from a childhood rife with poverty, incarceration, addiction and rage to the successful adult life he achieved, award-winning performer, writer, and motivational speaker Daniel Beaty presents the tools that readers need to overcome any obstacle and tap into their full capabilities. By outlining an alternative mode of thinking, especially for the modern African-American man bombarded by negative stereotypes in the media, Beaty empowers the individual and encourages readers of all backgrounds to learn from their cultural and family heritage while forgiving and letting go of the negative so that only the positive remains. Beaty’s story, supported by deeply personal advice from notable mentors such as Bill Cosby, Leontyne Price, Sydney Poitier, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee, serves as a strong reminder that success is ultimately possible, not in spite of struggles but as a result of lessons learned and power drawn from those lessons.

In this life, you have 2 choices.You can let the pain from your past create the prison in your mind OR You can choose to trust God and take the pain from your past & Turn it INTO Your PASSION!Tiffany Bellamy-Lyles has chosen what's BEST and is NOW EQUIPPED and READY to POUR into YOU!Journey with Tiffany as she shares the intimate highs and lows thrown her way. Her road to Victory has not always been easy but Glory to God It has Always been worth it.Be encouraged for GREATER in this seasonPain, Purpose, Passion ...the untold story.

Follow God's process for growth and learn how you can benefit from life's challenging experiences with this book by bestselling inspirational author T.D. Jakes. In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with the age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice? In his most personal offering yet, Bishop Jakes tells crushing stories from his own journey-the painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to encourage you that God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering, you will be surprised by God's joy, comforted by His peace, and fulfilled with His purpose. Crushing will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” — 1 John 2:15 Those who struggle with habitual sin are keenly aware of the despair and fatigue that comes from trying harder and harder to control the desire to do what is wrong in the eyes of God. For this person, there be times of limited success in overcoming sin, but eventually he/she falls back again into unhealthy patterns. In "The Expulsive Power of a New Affection", Thomas Chalmers argues that no matter how hard we may try, we’ll never overcome habitual sin in our lives unless we switch our affections from the world to Jesus Christ. Thankfully Christ loved us first and is more than willing to set us free if we’d only realize the true Gospel power that we can all have in our lives today.