Paul had a thorn in the flesh. Teresa of Avila had splitting migraines. Augustine was threatened by a marauding horde. We'll examine how God has used suffering and difficulty to strengthen and prepare us, and then explore how we benefit from this same process today.

How can we handle our anger and help those we love with theirs? Dr. Gary Chapman offers helpful and sometimes surprising insights on why we get angry, what we can do about it, and how we can use anger for good.

Learn how to keep emotional love alive after you come down off the initial “in love” experience! Many couples live for years with empty ‘love tanks’. If we genuinely feel loved, life is beautiful. Discover your spouse’s ‘love language’ and how to speak it, keeping the ‘love tank’ full.

With the Bible under frequent attack, it's vital for Christians to be able to explain to our friends why we trust it. Encounter some amazing new evidence that shows how the Gospel contains eyewitness testimony and learn how we can share this with skeptical friends.

Romans 1:21 says an ungrateful heart opens the door to spiritual darkness. This class examines the importance of maintaining an attitude of reverence and awe toward God, not becoming callous toward his blessings and miracles and learning to live with sincere gratitude and thankfulness.

Positively addressing our physical condition with the right motivation, can lead to increased sensitivity to hearing God's voice, renewed strength to fight temptation, greater energy to accomplish God's work, superior joy to live life, and a fortified soul better able to serve and love others.

Phil Callaway has been called "the funniest Canadian alive," but never by his school teachers!

He is an award-winning author and speaker. Phil is one of the most popular speakers in Canada and a frequent guest on national TV. His hilarious stories on family life have been featured in hundreds of magazines world-wide. Phil has the amazing ability of blending side-splitting humour with Christ-centered inspiration.

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John Ortberg is one of the best-selling Christian authors of all time. He is an inspiring speaker and the senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to joining MPPC, John served as teaching pastor at Chicago’s Willow Creek Community Church. His many books include The Life You’ve Always Wanted and The Me I Want To Be. johnortberg.com

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Break Forth Ministries presents John Eldredge John Elredge is a bestselling author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God’s love, and learn to live in God’s kingdom. John and his wife, Stasi, live near Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is well known for his many best-selling books such as Wild at Heart, Fathered by God, Waking the Dead, and Epic.

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Break Forth Ministries is happy to present Kay Arthur.

Five-time Gold Medallion award-winning author Kay Arthur founded Precept Ministries International with her husband Jack in 1972 with the vision to establish people in God’s word. God is using Kay in a ministry to more than 120 countries, as the author of more than 100 books and Bible studies translated into over sixty-five languages. As host of “Precepts for Life”, a daily radio and television program, Kay is actively teaching an audience of 305 million people. www.precept.org

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