Life Growth

The call for tenacious warriors has never been more urgent. We are in the midst of a battle for our generation—losing children to destructive messages, loved ones to addiction, and too many lives to untimely death, health crises, and mental illness. This is not a fight we can ignore. God is raising up His people to stand in the gap, to fight for every soul, and to leave behind a powerful legacy of Christ-followers. It is the rise of Authentic Believers—individuals defined by unwavering conviction, purpose, and resilience.

Have you ever felt like everyone around you has it all figured out, and your life is a complete mess by comparison? Have you ever felt like you were just too different, too broken, or that your life was a waste? Even worse: have you ever felt like you were such a mess that you had to clean yourself up before you came to God? I've felt this way a lot in my life. From a young age, I was abused, neglected, told I was worthless, and made to feel like I had nothing to offer anyone, including God.

Many of us are drowning in news feeds and notifications, overwhelmed by low-grade depression and lofty expectations. In the midst of the daily grind we wonder...Is there more to life than this? There is more. Much more.

Feeling like you’ve been left for dead in a “desert” place of your life? Take heart. God has not forgotten you. Author Todd Shuler’s message of hope is based on his reflections and meditations into the life of Abraham’s son, Isaac. The Well-Watered Life is about thriving in the deserts of your own life, being led out by the power of the Holy Spirit, and learning to be a source of refreshing encouragement to others.

God gives us a fresh slate every day. A repeated gift. How will I accept this gift? Suffering is also a gift. A gift that will grow me and place me in someone else’s story to help them heal. The painstaking season of losing my mother enabled me to become the woman I am today. And this book is the journey to hell and back, where a metamorphosis took place. Acquiring the skill to silence the negativity in my head and around me became necessary if I was ever going to come through the muck alive.

Seeking help is hard. Authentic Therapy makes it easier. For many people, there is fear and stigma associated with entering the therapy room. Maybe you've been told that going to therapy means something is wrong with you. Maybe you don't know what to expect. Even if you recognize the benefits of...

Mikey Lynch describes how we should live as we await Christ’s return and how we work out what a grace-filled, sacrificial life looks like amid the details of daily life decisions.

Open the floodgates of Life-Changing Encounters with God. Born without her left hip and leg, Michele Perry is no stranger to overwhelming impossibility. Yet again and again among the vulnerable children in South Sudan, God uses her and her co-workers - and even the children they serve - to accomplish the impossible. Here she shows you, too, how to experience God's supernatural intervention genuinely, fully in your everyday life - wherever you live.

Drawing from real-life struggles, biblical truth, and decades of experience walking alongside people on their journey to healing, Pastor John Bowman delivers a transformational guide to inner wholeness. Whether you're battling addiction, weighed down by anxiety, or stuck in a cycle of shame and regret, this book offers a path forward—one paved by grace, guided by truth, and sustained by the power of God’s presence.

Healing, Wholeness, and Wellness are your birthrights. God did not design any of us to live a life full of Fear, Lack, and Unhappiness. However, many of us find ourselves living in this state on a daily basis so much so that it’s become the normal way of living.

Do you long to live the abundant life that Jesus promised his followers? If so, then you will want to weave the threads of beauty, truth, life, and love into the tapestry of your life. When these essentials are each present in some measure in our relationships, ministries, vocations, and life choices, then we are more likely to find ourselves living a good and abundant life with God.

In Grace for a Greater Life, best-selling author Lori Wilke invites you to join her on a journey to discover something more in your life than meets the eye. Using understandable and biblically based teaching, she will explain what Jesus describes as the most important characteristics for a person to possess and then help you to develop and apply them to your everyday life. This book will satisfy you as you dare to believe that God will reveal his truth to you!

Becoming strong in spirit has little to do with your education or personality. Instead, it begins with a choice you make right now to live fully for Christ. Drawing from over four decades in pastoral ministry, I will help you take crucial steps toward lifelong spiritual transformation. By building on the foundation laid out for us in Scripture, you will be empowered to meet any challenge life throws your way. Foundations is designed for individuals or groups who want to get serious about their relationship with God.

Every Christian isn't called to adopt, but everyone is called to care for orphans. The evangelical adoption movement is but one strand in a long cord of Christian care for orphans. While adoption trends have fluctuated over time in different contexts, the Bible has not changed its position. The gospel is decidedly pro-adoption and on the side of the orphan. Yet many obstacles stand in the way of the Christian's mission to provide care to the least of these. So, what now?

Deal with the mayhem of life without missing God's intended order! What if your life were not a mess, but a series of purposeful steps - intentional phases through which you could walk in confidence? Imagine being truly prepared for the changes in life, no matter what curveballs were thrown at you! John J. Bissessar is senior pastor of Seasonal Times Ministries, Inc., which offers minister/officiant services for prayer and counseling, baptism, marriage, and other spiritual needs and occasions.

Every person has spiritual life seasons! We all face different natural and spiritual seasons in our lives, some uplifting, some challenging, and some life changing. Through these seasons, we find ourselves in different mental and emotional states of mind or physical wellness. Trust God with your whole life in every natural and spiritual season to increase your hope and give you the radical strength, exceptional confidence, and crazy joy to outlast your circumstances!

Many Christians wake up every day, go about their routines, and visit church now and again, but they aren’t experiencing the victory and power of God in their lives. Depression and disappointment often result, but it doesn’t have to be this way. We often hear messages about how to live as a Christian that are not biblical but from the world. The solution? A return to the basics of our faith to revivify, transform, and empower us to live as Christ intended us.

Christ Is Life: Discovering Life in Obedience to God's Will teaches listeners what the Christian life is really about. It explores the depth of scripture to show listeners the true meaning of Christianity. Christ is not merely a part of your life. Christ is life, and all Christians should live in a way that reflects his great and perfect will.

"God has placed inside each one of us a spiritual dream. It's what God has breathed into us - a little bit of himself. And it's that part that is calling us unto him." So states Jamie Buckingham in this remarkable recounting of his own personal journey with the Holy Spirit, never before in print. From his strict moral upbringing, through his salvation experience, through his "dark pit" days as a disgraced Southern Baptist pastor, through his highly successful writing career, Jamie shares how God broke down his resistance to the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

The community of Christ has a great tradition of invitation. Inviting others to faith requires leaning in to your own story, overcoming fear, and stepping out. But the good news is for everyone, always. And you can help keep it going. Using Scripture and story, Steve Carter casts a vision for nonthreatening conversations that point people to Christ. Most significantly, Steve shows that only through risking it all will we discover what God is truly like.