Christians often hear that following Jesus means our lives should be full of satisfaction. But how many of us actually experience that kind of life? Amy Simpson wants to debunk this satisfaction myth in the church. In this freeing confession, Simpson explains that our very unsatisfaction indicates a longing for God, and understanding those longings can bring us closer to him. Discover anew what it truly means to be satisfied in Christ.
Reflecting on the confusion, shame and grief brought on by her mother's schizophrenia, Amy Simpson provides a bracing look at the social and physical realities of mental illness. Reminding us that people with mental illness are our neighbors and our brothers and sisters in Christ, she explores new possibilities for the church to minister to this stigmatized group.
My book Justice for Shelby, you see it's not just about me being homeless, it's about the courts and how they discriminated me, how the judge just let all happened like I wasn’t a person like what I said about how the Jones made me believe that I couldn’t care for my daughter how can they just say that to me and my own mother who suffers from bipolar and has a drinking problem lets her own mother beat me and my brother why must I we go through sooo much heartache and pain. Why does my own mother have to have hate in her heart why does my own daughter have to be in such pain and be away from me and suffer such abuse like me. I have been trying to break the chain for years. Why does my brother be so fragile, so bad, that he has a mind of a 4 year old. Why did he have to die from cancer why do I have a mother who has bipolar and schizophrenia and have a drinking problem and be with men who are abusive and have drinking problems.
Millions of people in our society, even Christians, are frantic with worry. But we are called to live with joy and contentment, trusting God with the present and the future. Amy Simpson shares with us that worry is a spiritual problem, which ultimately cannot be overcome with sheer willpower—its solution is rooted entirely in who God is.
A fresh new voice on the clean-with-steam romance scene ... sassy and nervy." -Serena Chase, USA Today HEA If you can trust your enemy with your life, what's to stop him from stealing your heart? Hopelessly unlucky in love and a target for tragedy, Joselyn Whyte hardly leads the charmed life you'd expect of an heiress. When she becomes the mark of an arsonist, the last person she expects to ride to her rescue is her nemesis-the man who sealed her fate as a frigid and lonely "Snow Whyte." Firefighter Finn Carson might talk a big game, but behind the swagger and the dimples is a man tormented by a mistake that cost a life. When a force stronger than his stubbornness pulls him off the bench and into a 5-Alarm fire for a miraculous save, Finn decides the key to his redemption lies with the Ice Princess he loathes. But the price to freedom from the guilt and nightmares might be too steep if it means bartering with Joselyn's father by posing as her boyfriend-her safety and the ruthless billionaire's Senatorial campaign hanging on the combustible edge of a decade old grudge. When secrets from the past resurface, the ruse and reality collide and threaten to thaw their heated rivalry-turning hate into something that terrifies them even more than the cunning predator with a bent sense of justice.
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Get serious about fun with games that youth group members will really love. With everything from relays to brainteasers, this book has the perfect games to prime teenagers to talk about issues most relevant to their lives. Every game relates to an important youth topic and includes strategic discussion questions to help students open up and talk about their feelings, concerns and opinions.
God is loving but God is also just. Help your teenagers understand what they owe to God--and how God's justice plays out in a confusing world--with these relevant and revealing studies. Book jacket.
There is a soul hunger in students today to be challenged spiritually. To go deeper with God. Deeper into a spiritually disciplined life. Diving Deep offers a creative ancient-future approach to traditional spiritual disciplines, like worship, solitude, prayer, fasting, service, and study. Youth leaders will challenge their students with 13 flexible, interactive lessons that will give them a solid foundation for their faith.
Provides lesson outlines to teach junior high school students about their emotions and feelings, discussing how a relationship with Jesus will help them achieve everlasting love and comfort.
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