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Title: When Grief Goes Deep: Where Healing Begins

Author: Timothy Beals

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

When you're going through a season of grief, it's hard to fathom that there will be a day when you won't be hurting. Throughout Scripture we are taught to humble ourselves and love one another because empathy is born from loving our neighbor. If you've ever experienced loss, you're able to help others turn their grief into grace and create hope and purpose from what feels devastating and heartbreaking. When Grief Goes Deep, Where Healing Begins is a devotional that helps those mourning:  - build from 'lasts,' those cherished memories of your life with your loved one. - remember that they're not alone. - understand that it's okay to be sad and learn how to process feelings in a healthy way.   The collection of devotions and prayers warmly offers inspiration and hope based in God's Word and his promises to those who have experienced loss. Each devotion includes a Scripture verse and a prayer for healing.

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Title: Life Is Hard. God Is Good. Let's Dance.: Experiencing Real Joy in a World Gone Mad

Author: Brant Hansen

Narrator: Brant Hansen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by the author. 'Quirky and inviting essays on what it means to live joyfully in a world full of 'anger and anxiety'...This optimism booster has a light touch and a lasting impact.'—Publishers Weekly An essential companion to Brant Hansen’s bestselling Unoffendable, this book is about one idea: a mindset of joy. In a modern culture filled with anxiety, depression, and societal clashes, it is not only possible to have a fulfilling, joyful life, but it’s promised to all who follow Jesus. Life is hard, but God is good. And through Him we can start to see the world in a more childlike, humble, and optimistic way. Brant Hansen doesn't follow a success plan. He just keeps simply showing up and taking Jesus very seriously. And by taking Jesus seriously in all of life, he has become more joyful. More peaceful. And full of laughter. And that attitude is contagious to all who read his bestselling books and listen to his award-winning radio show. In?Life Is Hard, God Is Good, Let's Dance, Brant is at his best—sharing stories from around the world, as well as from his own heart and head, with a writing style that will likely make you laugh, cry, and rethink your outlook on life and the kingdom of God. Through his unique life experiences and extensive travels, you will see how God is moving through people all over the world and learn to: - Retrain how you think about joy and be mindful of its positive impact in your life - See that it's possible to live joyfully in a world of anger and anxiety - Completely trust the character and promises of God - Claim the abundant life mentioned in John 10:10 - Live each day simply and with contagious faith and joy   Brant says, 'In this book, I want to take the format of Bob Goff's?Love Does?and mix it with my own strange experiences, in a way that I think Ted Lasso would be proud of.' Through short, energetic, captivating, and often humorous chapters, Brant's message will leave you with a renewed love for a simpler life that overflows with greater joy than you’ve ever experienced. Illustrations can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: The Power of the Blessing: 5 Keys to Improving Your Relationships

Author: John Trent, Gary Smalley

Narrator: Kari Stageberg, John Trent

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In this newly revised and abridged version of John Trent and Gary Smalley's bestseller The Blessing--more than one million copies sold--learn how the biblical gift of 'The Blessing' is key to your self-worth and emotional well-being. People of every age long for the gift of The Blessing--the unconditional love and approval that comes from healthy relationships with your family and with the world around you. This life-changing gift is essential for instilling a deep sense of worthiness and unshakable emotional well-being. In The Power of the Blessing, you'll learn about these five keys to improving your relationships: - Meaningful, encouraging touch - A confirming spoken message - Attaching high value - Picturing a special future - An active commitment   Offering solid, practical advice and a fresh perspective on making this gift a bigger part of your family, The Power of the Blessing effectively communicates these biblically based elements as necessary to prepare you for positive future relationships, including your relationship with a loving God. Written for women and men alike, The Power of the Blessing offers five keys to create a lifestyle of blessing others, including your family and those you love. Your words are powerful, and they have the power to crush or edify. God has always been interested in blessing his people, and we are called to bless others. Choose to speak the power of the blessing today! The Blessing Activity can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: A Savior Is Risen: An Easter Devotional

Author: Susan Hill

Narrator: Haley Cresswell, Hayley Cresswell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Do less. Connect more. This beautiful 40-day devotional for the Lenten and Easter season offers biblical reflections to take you from burnout to burning a little brighter as you celebrate new life, fresh starts, and everyday redemptions. It's a distracted world out there. Maybe you find yourself scrolling more than savoring, texting more than resting, and rushing instead of taking a deep breath. The things you thought would bring connection make you feel more disconnected than ever, with a good dose of exhaustion thrown in. It's time for a reset. A Savior Is Risen is a 40-day journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter morning, a call for you to quiet your mind and soul as you focus on Jesus and His resurrection. In this gorgeous devotional, you are invited to: - Experience the Easter season with fresh eyes and an expectant heart - Practice a modern-day fast from the things distracting you from God - Reflect on Jesus' life and Resurrection - Draw closer to God through silence and reflection - Let go of stress and embrace grace   Each day's entry includes: - A word that embodies the spirit of Easter - A brief reflection on integrating that word into your life - A Scripture passage for meditation - A prayer to bring peace to your mind   A Savior Is Risen is ideal for anyone wanting permission to slow down, as a gift for someone looking for spiritual renewal, or as a beautiful audiobook to be reminded of God's promises. So grab your morning coffee or afternoon chai, and feel your spirit settle as you immerse yourself the ultimate new beginning God has given us all.

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Title: New Marriage, Same Couple: Don't Let Your Worst Days Be Your Last Days

Author: Josh Walters, Katie Walters

Narrator: Katie Walters, Josh Walters

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Release date: January 9, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by the authors. 'For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health.' We say those words and mean them. Until we don't. This is a book about creating a different, better, new kind of marriage with the exact same person—no matter how dire the circumstances—with vision, commitment, and hope in the Lord. Remember those early days of love? When your heart felt all fluttery, and you saw your person through rose-colored glasses? They could do no wrong. You were going to have the most beautiful life with big adventures and lots of sex. Of course, everyone says marriage is work, you knew that. But that was okay; you could get through anything together. It was going to be great. Until it wasn't. Something happened. Or maybe nothing happened. Maybe it was one big something, or a lot of little somethings over many years that landed you in a marriage you hardly recognize. For Josh and Katie Walters, it was a big something: infidelity. Now they counsel couples who find themselves exactly where they were: lost, hopeless, and unsure of how to fix their marriage. This book lays out the principles Josh and Katie learned in that season when God healed and restored their marriage. This process is broken into four parts and is an acronym for the word STAY: - S—start with you. (Discovering that when one person changes, the entire relationship changes.) - T—take quitting off the table. (Bringing your whole self to the solution and not checking out mentally and emotionally.) - A—allow others to be a part of your journey. (Trusting the right people, in the right ways, at the right time.) - Y—yield to vision. (Looking past what is and imagining what could be.)   New Marriage, Same Couple is a book about hope. It's about how to create a brand-new marriage with your spouse, whether you've been married for a short time, or for decades.

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Title: Created to Hear God: 4 Unique and Proven Ways to Confidently Discern His Voice

Author: Havilah Cunnington

Narrator: Havilah Cunnington

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Release date: December 12, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Do you struggle to discern God’s voice in the decisions and challenges you face? God is always speaking--the key is discovering the unique way He speaks to each of us, which is your unique prophetic personality. Hearing God's voice is one of the greatest gifts we've been given, but it can also feel complex and frustrating. As a teenager, Havilah Cunnington didn't think she could hear God's voice, thinking it was like trying to tune into a radio station and never finding the correct frequency. But one night at a conference, she had an encounter with God that changed everything. She realized He had been speaking to her the whole time--she just hadn't learned to recognize His voice. Now an author, speaker, pastor, and founder of the well-known ministry Truth to Table, Havilah teaches people around the world to recognize the unique way God is speaking to them. After more than twenty-five years studying and teaching about hearing from God, she has discovered four distinct ways we hear His voice. In Created to Hear God you will: - identify your unique prophetic personality: Hearer, Knower, Feeler, or Seer; - learn the core concepts of a prophetic personality; - discover how to strengthen and develop that personality; - uncover a relationship with God that has felt hidden for so long; and - learn how God speaks to your family and friends   God is alive and well. It's not about Him speaking but us listening. Through biblical teaching and experience, you’ll receive guidance in hearing and connecting with God. If you love tools like the Enneagram, join the thousands who have already gained a deeper understanding of themselves and others through learning their unique prophetic personality.

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Title: Loyal to a Fault: How to Establish New Patterns When Loving Others Has Left You Hurting

Author: Courtney J. Burg

Narrator: Courtney J. Burg

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Release date: December 12, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by the author. Do you find yourself living as the people pleaser or peacekeeper? Do you avoid conflict? Learn how to overcome your fears about setting boundaries and step into a life that's overflowing with love, respect, and healthy relationships. We are people who love patterns, even if returning to these patterns continues to hurt us or those we love. Some of the most harmful patterns of behavior are passed down through generations and inherited, often without our permission or awareness. The conflict arises when these behaviors are so deeply woven into early family systems that they later become part of our identities, clashing with who God has created and called us to be. As a child, Courtney Burg quickly learned that remaining loyal to others meant keeping secrets, even if these secrets were keeping those she cared for most sick. Her efforts to sustain the peace followed her into adulthood and slowly left her depleted, discouraged, and drowning in the chaos—until Courtney discovered that not only did God grant her permission to engage in relationships differently, but that he gave her specific instruction on how to do so.  In Loyal to a Fault, Courtney Burg unpacks the various ways we cope with, enable, and participate in unhealthy relationships or generational trauma. Using personal examples and providing practical wisdom, Courtney helps you break free from codependent patterns by: - Identifying the role you are playing in keeping the dysfunctional patterns going. - Reframing what it means to love and remain loyal to those who matter most. - Reminding you that boundary work is a biblical practice.   It is possible to learn how to love others well without losing yourself along the way. People pleasing, complaining, and exhaustion may be today's norm, but at any moment you can choose to do things differently. Begin setting boundaries and start enjoying relationships in all the ways God designed you to. Reflection questions and charts can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: The Great Disappearance: 31 Ways to be Rapture Ready

Author: David Jeremiah

Narrator: Larry Wayne, David Jeremiah

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Release date: December 12, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 26

Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Introduction read by the author. An Instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller The rapture is the central event in biblical prophecy. But what does it mean for us today? How can this crucial end times event draw us nearer to God in a world that is seemingly on the brink of chaos? Political turmoil, economic uncertainty, an ideological divide that feels increasingly impassable—the signs of the times point us toward the end, and that can be disconcerting. But the greatest truth about the rapture is not its timing, but its reality—for blessed are all who long for His appearing. The Great Disappearance is a culmination of decades of Dr. Jeremiah studying end times throughout the Bible. In this definitive volume he will explain the meaning of the word rapture, the difference between the rapture and the second coming, and the joy of expecting our Savior to come at any given moment. Dr. Jeremiah will also explore key questions such as: - Who will be raptured? - When will it happen? - What will happen to those left behind? - What will believers experience when they are taken away to heaven? - Will non-believers still have time to repent and be saved?   Dr. Jeremiah seeks to answer all of those questions and many more, not with sensationalism or stories ripped from the headlines but with solid, biblical truth. Because God has laid out His plan for us in His Word so that we might not be caught unaware. We may not know the exact date that the rapture will happen, but we do know it will happen. Are you ready for it? Accompanying charts are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World

Author: Nadya Williams

Narrator: Marni Penning

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Release date: November 14, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church, exhorting them to resist such culturally normalized yet immodest behaviors in their cosmopolitan Roman city as mixed public bathing in the nude, and wearing excessive amounts of jewelry and makeup. The treatise appears even more striking, once we realize that the scandalous virgins to whom it was addressed were single women who had dedicated their virginity to Christ. Stories like this one challenge the general assumption among Christians today that the earliest Christians were zealous converts who were much more counterculturally devoted to their faith than typical church-goers today. Too often Christians today think of cultural Christianity as a modern concept, and one most likely to occur in areas where Christianity is the majority culture, such as the American 'Bible Belt.' The story that this book presents, refutes both of these assumptions. Cultural Christians in the Early Church, which aims to be both historical and practical, argues that cultural Christians were the rule, rather than the exception, in the early church. Using different categories of sins as its organizing principle, the book considers the challenge of culture to the earliest converts to Christianity, as they struggled to live on mission in the Greco-Roman cultural milieu of the Roman Empire. These believers blurred and pushed the boundaries of what it meant to be a saint or sinner from the first to the fifth centuries CE, and their stories provide the opportunity to get to know the regular people in the early churches. At the same time, their stories provide a fresh perspective for considering the difficult timeless questions that stubbornly persist in our own world and churches: when is it a sin to eat or not eat a particular food? Are women inherently more sinful than men? And why is Christian nationalism a problem and, at times, a sin? Ultimately, recognizing that cultural sins were always a part of the story of the church and its people is a message that is both a source of comfort and a call to action in our pursuit of sanctification today.

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Title: Cultural Christians in the Early Church: Audio Lectures: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World

Author: Nadya Williams

Narrator: Nadya Williams

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Release date: November 14, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Cultural Christians in the Early Church Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources. In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church, exhorting them to resist such culturally normalized yet immodest behaviors in their cosmopolitan Roman city as mixed public bathing in the nude, and wearing excessive amounts of jewelry and makeup. Stories like this one challenge the general assumption that the earliest Christians were zealous converts who were much more counterculturally devoted to their faith than typical church-goers today. Too often Christians today think of cultural Christianity as a modern concept, and one most likely to occur in areas where Christianity is the majority culture, such as the American 'Bible Belt.' Cultural Christians in the Early Church: Audio Lectures, which aims to be both historical and practical, argues that cultural Christians were the rule, rather than the exception, in the early church. Using different categories of sins as its organizing principle, lessons consider the challenge of culture to the earliest converts to Christianity as they struggled to live on mission in the Greco-Roman cultural milieu of the Roman Empire. Their stories provide a fresh perspective for considering the difficult timeless questions that stubbornly persist in our own world and churches: Are women inherently more sinful than men? Why is Christian nationalism a problem and, at times, a sin? Ultimately, recognizing that cultural sins were always a part of the story of the church and its people is a message that is both a source of comfort and a call to action in our pursuit of sanctification today.