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The Supernatural Ways of Royalty: Discovering Your Rights and Privileges of Being a Son or Daughter of God
Bill Johnson , and Kris Vallotton Manufacturer: Destiny Image Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0768423236 |
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How Living Supernaturally Will Take You from the Prison to the Palace.Customer Reviews:
Rewriting the way you approach life.......2007-09-07
Listen as you drive around.......2007-08-13
Bill has awesome insight..........2007-07-28
Great Book.......2007-06-08
Spiritually Awakening.......2007-05-30
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The King's Daughter Workbook: Becoming a Woman of God
Diana Hagee Manufacturer: Nelson Impact ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1418505536 |
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This 13 week, interactive study looks at issues many women face today and reminds them of their inherent value as daughters of the one true King.
Mordecai's challenge to Esther, "Were you not born for such a time as this?" is repeated for all women throughout the ages, says Diana Hagee. Every woman has a divine destiny. But women cannot fulfill that goal unless they understand His biblical guidelines.
In this interactive workbook, Diana leads women through a self-examination of their lives and their goals from God's perspective, not the secular society's. Topics such as self-esteem, diligence, attitude, goal setting and stewardship encourage women to establish a strong foundation for growth while learning to see themselves in a new light.
Through scripture, thought-provoking questions and answers, prayers, practical advice and devotional ideas, women learn how valuable they are to God and how they can have an intimate relationship with Him while evaluating the standards that make them a daughter of the King.
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The King's Daughter Becoming The Woman God Created You To Be
Diana Hagee Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0785266445 |
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Mordecai's challenge to Esther, "Were you not born for such a time as this?" is repeated for all women throughout the ages, says Diana Hagee. Every woman has a divine destiny. But women cannot fulfill that goal unless they understand His biblical guidelines.
In this interactive workbook, Diana leads women through a self-examination of their lives and their goals from God's perspective, not the secular society's. They look at Scripture that shows how valuable they are to God and how they can have an intimate relationship with Him. And then they evaluate the standards that make them a daughter of the King: God's blueprint for their unique personality, for their sexuality, and for their relationships in the home and in the workplace.
Ideal for individual use as well as for a woman's Bible study or for a larger discipleship/mentoring group, the book includes instructor's notes and an appendix of suggestions on how to conduct this twelve-week course.
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Please read it.......2004-03-08
A blueprint for becoming a godly woman!.......2003-11-28
Please don't look at the title or the chapters and think for a moment that this book holds nothing useful for you. You will not be sorry if you read it and apply its principles. Each chapter concludes with "Action Points", which are questions for you to answer based on the chapter, a short reading assignment from the book of Esther, and a prayer.
An awesome guide to becoming a woman of God.......2002-03-09
An awesome guide to becoming a woman of God.......2002-03-09
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Sons of God: Daughters of Men
Edward F. Malkowski Manufacturer: Bits of Sunshine Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0974395005 |
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Sons of God - Daughters of Men is a history book written for a general audience. It inherits it's title from the peculiar introduction to the story of Noah's flood, in the 6th chapter of the biblical Genesis, where the "sons of God" saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and took them as wives. There, they are described as "heroes of old" and "men of renown", supposedly at a time when mankind was just created, eight generations before Noah.This rather eerie reference to seemingly divine men has been, for myself, a continuous source of curiosity. If they were so famous, why then are there no other writings of their acts and deeds? And why were their offspring and descendents referred to as giants? Never having obtained a plausible answer from anyone, I contend that something significant happened a very long time ago. And whatever happened was hidden or lost during subsequent generations. The intriguing part is that traces of their existence made their way into the most popular book in the history of civilization.
Sons of God - Daughters of Men is about history and not theology, although it is difficult not to mention and discuss various theological ideas and trends. It is about setting aside any preconceived ideas and doctrinal notions, recovering the prehistory from the earliest chapters of Genesis, and placing them in their proper context. This book's intent is to reveal the historical facts behind the stories.
There is abundant archeological evidence concerning the prehistory of man. And, although its interpretations are often debated among the scientists themselves, their factual basis is irrefutable. If the Bible, in general, is historically accurate, then it's earliest stories must agree with the archeological and other historical sources. Human events in ancient history did not occur in a vacuum and therefore, are not without an historical context. Sons of God - Daughters of Men hunts through the pages of history in search of facts, in an attempt to establish Genesis as a far more believable and literal text than anyone's wildest dreams.
Our search begins in 19th century America when settlers moving into the Ohio River Valley unearthed the remains of a forgotten civilization, a society where giants lived among men, and a culture that encompassed the vast, eastern territories of North America. For their posterity, numerous county histories and eventually the United States Geological Survey documented the events of this almost forgotten chapter in U.S. history.
We follow the historical evidence of giants back to ancient Israel and the legendary King David, to Joshua and the conquest of Canaan, then to Abraham and his flight from the Sumerian City of Ur; and finally to Noah, his great-grandfather, Enoch, and the antediluvian world of Genesis where a clash of cultures sparked the most famous fable of all. With scientific and historical evidence cast in complementary light we can see fact in myth, and reveal the truth behind Adam, Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden. We also discover the culture of long forgotten people, the true progenitors of civilization whose origins reach back 40,000 years.
Human culture has had a long history of conflict and order. Those who succeed tell their story, almost always as the only story. It is cliché, but true, history is written by the victor. Nations, societies, movements, and ideas that failed somewhere along the way are often depicted as inhuman or evil and in most cases were probably neither. Their vain struggle offers valuable insight into our past and own way of thinking. To truly understand the triumphant we must also understand the defeated.
Sons of God - Daughters of Men does not find its answers in angels, demons or extra-terrestrials, only history and the mountain of evidence produced through 150 years of archeology, anthropology and comparative mythology.
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Implying a connection that was never delivered.......2006-11-11
But what about the GIANTS?!.......2006-07-01
A story of prehistory and the birth of civilization.......2004-03-09
Eye opening.......2004-03-08
Fascinating Research.......2004-01-06
I found it a fascinating collection of information.
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From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God
Rose Marie Miller Manufacturer: Shaw ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0877882592 Release Date: 2000-03-07 |
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For all those who live in fear of never quite "measuring up," this honest account of one woman's spiritual crisis provides a new look at the transforming power of God's grace in the midst of weakness. Readers will be encouraged to relinquish the role of spiritual "orphan" and embrace a forgiving heavenly Father.Customer Reviews:
From Fear to Freedom.......2004-01-03
Are Jack and Rose Marie bucking the heavy emphasis of law in our sanctification that the Reformed tradition advocates? Are the Miller's advocating a Lutheran position of sanctification as getting use to our justification? (More on Lutheran doctrine of Sanctification, read Lutheran Seminary Prof. of Systematics & Author of Christology David Scaer) I believe the Miller's are advocating the proper Biblical position that the body of Christ grows in their faith by being attached as branches to the vine. We are to keep our eyes focused on the Jesus Christ the author and perfector of our faith.
I was blessed by the quote at the beginning of the book by Francis Schaeffer "The present value of the blood of Christ." was proclaimed by Schaeffer when a crisis would present itself. I have reworked this quote after reading this book to say in all trying circumstances: "This situation is another opportunity to see God's faithfulness of Grace and Mercy work in my life." vs. the old defeating attitude, "Here I go again, another trial I can't control".
As a step father of two unsaved adult children 19 & 27, I found great encouragement from the Miller's new confidence in prayer for their daughter Barbara's salvation.
Several years ago, I dropped out of the Miller's Sonship course because I was afraid my mentor was going to abandon me in my orphan state and not raise me out. I have been passionately reading sound Biblical material on the implication of the Fall and how it radically turns me into an orphan fearing the unknown. Both Sonship and this book will be life changing for you like me. Nearly every page has a sentence or paragraph that I have highlighted. "Goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever"!
Has this book changed my life? Yes. Why did I give it four vs. five stars like the other reviews?
Rose Marie by her own testimony in Chapter 6 describes a true conversion experience of seeing her sins and the righteousness of Christ. "I was so deeply convicted of my sin against God and awed by his receiving love that I barely made it through lunch that day." "Was this a conversion experience? Many people have asked that question. I am not certain. I had known all the right Christian words. And I prayed and had seen answers to prayer, especially in matters of health, protection, and material provision for our family. (Rose Marie-that is common grace, not regenerating grace-my words) But before Switzerland my working religious outlook does not seem to have generated by grace. Below the surface, mine was a religion of self-control through human will power, and my primary interest was in self-justification, not in Christ's justification." Rose Marie must edit this section before its next printing and say I was not saved. I was trusting in my own righteousness. I could not forgive, and scripture is clear Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."
Many details were left out. The story was shortened. I would like to know more about Rose Marie's relationship with her sister, mother and father when they lived in her and Jack's home. How did she handle a home full of people from the congregation that Jack was pastor when she had a mentally ill mother and sister to care for? Was her husband Jack adding additional burden? To my memory, Rose Marie does not share much about what her friends said to her during her struggles before her conversion experience in Switzerland. All her advice seems to come from her husband Jack.
"Why do I have such a hard time trusting God whenever the way before me is unfamiliar?" Read the book and be blessed!
Freedom From Legalistic Christianity.......2003-05-07
For every woman.......2003-01-25
From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God.......2000-04-14
Life changing, real life examples, teaches grace.......1999-05-12
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God's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission
R. Marie Griffith Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0520226828 |
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In recent decades, religious conservatives and secular liberals have battled over the "appropriate" role of women in society. In this absorbing exploration of Women's Aglow Fellowship, the largest women's evangelical organization in the world, R. Marie Griffith challenges the simple generalizations often made about charismatic or "spirit-filled" Christian women and uncovers important connections between Aglow members and the feminists to whom they so often seem opposed. Women's Aglow is an international, interdenominational group of "spirit-filled" women who meet outside the formal church structure for healing prayer, worship, and testimony. Aglow represents a wider evangelical culture that has gained recent media attention as women inspired by the Christian men's group, Promise Keepers, have initiated parallel groups such as Praise Keepers and Promise Reapers. These groups are generally newcomers to an institutional landscape that Aglow has occupied for thirty years, but their beliefs and commitments are very similar to Aglow's. While historians have examined earlier women's prayer groups, they've tended to ignore these modern-day evangelical groups because of their assumed connection to the "religious right."Customer Reviews:
Brilliant Work.......2007-06-27
Good insight into an oft-mocked group........2006-01-19
Interesting, scholarly study of women aglow fellowship.......1999-10-31
dull boring and repetative.......1999-07-27
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Praying God's Will For My Daughter
Lee Roberts Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0785265813 |
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Whether you are praying for particular needs--confidence, protection, forgiveness--or for your daughter to experience the power and presence of God, this book contains the perfect prayers. With hundreds of prayers grouped according to specific needs and based entirely on Scripture, you will always have within your reach a rich resource of personal, inspirational prayers.Customer Reviews:
Together.......2002-05-24
This book re-energized our prayer life!.......1999-09-14
One of our favorite prayers was "We pray that neither death nor life, nor angels or principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate our daughter from the love of you God, which is in Christ Jesus, her Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)
A Book Every Christian Parent Should Keep at Their Bedside!.......1999-09-07
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Living As A Beloved Daughter Of God: A Faith-sharing Guide For Catholic Women
Patricia Mitchell , and Bill Bawden Manufacturer: Word Among Us Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1593250525 |
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The Kitchen God's Wife
Amy Tan Manufacturer: G. P. Putnam's Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0399135782 |
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"Tan is one of the prime storytellers writing fiction today."Customer Reviews:
As usual, Amy Tan has won me over.......2007-09-29
Wonderful Book.......2007-08-16
Hope above all,.......2007-06-07
Cultural Dynamics.......2007-04-05
The kitchen God's wife.......2007-02-20
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The Arms of God: A Novel
Lynne Hinton Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312347952 Release Date: 2005-10-20 |
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Alice is making her daughter dinner when her mother Olivia, who left her at a day care center when she was four, appears at her door. Alice has learned almost nothing about Olivia, when suddenly Olivia dies, leaving Alice to sift through her belongings. As she pieces together her mothers life, Alice learns how a woman can become so desperate that she leaves her childand so courageous that she finds her again. Not since her bestselling book The Friendship Cake has Hinton created characters who are so filled with heartache and fragile hope, that they will become a permanent part of the readers life.Customer Reviews:
beautiful crafted novel ~ a must read!.......2006-02-18
Beautiful artful prose.......2006-02-05
Artful Story.......2005-12-23
Wonderful Novel!.......2005-11-30
the meaning of motherhood.......2005-11-20
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