We know prayer is important! But growing a praying church is not easy! “It may not be easy,” says Jonathan Graf in Restored Power, “but it does not have to be daunting.” Highly practical, Restored Power will show leaders how to become a praying church . . . one step at a time. It will encourage you as it provides manageable ways to tweak prayer, stimulate prayer, and motivate prayer within your congregation. Using his 20 plus years’ experience helping churches grow in prayer, Graf provides down to earth suggestions and things to think about as leaders that will put your church on a steady journey to become “a house of prayer for all nations” (Matthew 21:13).

As an African American woman, you may not realize that God did a marvelous thing when He ordained that you should live at this time in the history of the church and the world. You are highly favored, and now is the time to take back the reality of God’s favor on you, on us as African American women, on our families, and on our churches. Written from the passion of her heart, Debra Berry warmly shares with you the opportunity for restoration. Be Restored is based on her study of Nehemiah, a servant who accepted God’s calling to bring restoration to Israel after they were released from captivity. Be Restored clearly draws stark similarities between plights of the children of Israel and the African American race at the start of the new millennium. You will understand how some of the faithful followers of God achieved success in exile, while you identify with those who were physically free yet locked in prisons of hopelessness and despair. Restoration must start with one woman at a time. “The voice of the Lord and the voices of our God-fearing ancestors call us to continue the struggle for the restoration of our people. We can only do this by the might and power of the God who loves us.”

Are you in need of restoration or spiritual and physical training? Are you dealing with something that keeps you stuck or habitually wandering in a personal wilderness or desert? Do you find yourself always trying to feel satisfied by overeating or overspending? Are you feeling spiritually or physically fatigued? Do you feel its too late for change to take place in your life? Have you thought about what kind of legacy that you are leaving for your children? We all have something to overcome as a result of the consequences of sin, broken relationships, dysfunctional upbringing, or possibly unhealthy eating habits. All can be the results of our apathetic spiritual or physical training. Whatever is keeping you in that personal desert of brokenness can be defeated, and you can be completely restored. Restoration starts from the inside out, and it begins in your mind and processed in your heart. Learn to start with the truth, which is the Word of God; it is a compass that can guide you out of your wilderness. This is a simple study to start the process of restoration that begins with basic biblical principles that you might have been taught as a child, but that were lost as you became distracted with the worlds business, causing you to wander further into your personal desert. It can also be a reinforcement to remind you of Gods plan for your life and of His faithfulness. Dont be like the Israelites and maintain a life of rebellion, dissatisfaction, and disobedience, continuing through life without direction. This is a tool that can teach you how to strengthen your spiritual and physical muscles to overcome dissatisfaction and fulfill the need to overeat.

Frieda Winslow, a woman of faith, lives in southside Frampton, Illinois, amid the notorious Warlords, a deadly and seemingly unstoppable street gang known for their ruthlessness and neighborhood abductions. But Frieda is not about to back down. She confronts the criminal elements head-on and attempts to rally her fearful neighbors to peacefully stand united against the growing threat of the Warlords. While working to uplift those suffering around her, Frieda finds herself struggling to reconcile her own painful past. But when the city is under siege by the hostile takeover of the relentless street gang, Frieda unites a terrified community. The ultimate showdown occurs in Southside Community Park, where Frieda assembles the entire community in the midst of urban war. Confronted with her greatest enemy, Frieda relies on her faith in God. In an explosive and supernatural chain of events, the fate of the city rests solely on Frieda's decisive act of faith and reconciliation. It is only then that she discovers what it means to be forever restored.

Two sisters torn apart by a curse. A prince on a quest to save his realm. Erianna was banished by the Snow Queen at a very young age because of a curse that turned her into a beast every full moon. She must find a way to break the curse by her 21st birthday or she will remain a beast forever. After years of isolation, she finds herself in the abandoned garden of a young girl who looks a lot like the sister she was forced to leave behind. Knowing she will be in grave danger if the Snow Queen discovers she is in her kingdom, Erianna makes her way back into the forest where she has an unexpected encounter with Gabriel, a dashing prince from the spring realm. Gabriel has been sent to the winter realm to discover why his realm is losing its power. He encounters the mysterious woman, Erianna, on his quest to find answers, and through an unfortunate understanding, ends up with a poisonous arrow in his arm. Both Erianna and Gabriel have only until the winter solstice moon rises to break the curse and stop the poison from reaching his heart, or all will be lost. Can Erianna break the curse and find a way to restore her relationship with her sister? Can Gabriel find the answers he needs to restore his realm to its former glory and keep his heart from turning to ice? Follow them on this journey as they discover strength in their afflictions and the powerful faith that will restore even the thorniest of hearts and bring beauty back to the winter realm.

Life can be full of devastating disappointments. However, God can use the ruins of even the darkest circumstances to brilliantly restore our lives for His glory. In Restored, Tom Hardiman shares how God did just that for him. Recounting stories of betrayal and anxiety, Tom explains how God restored his life and made it even better than before. He also described how you can trust God to be your source of restoration.