Somewhere in the Middle East, a mysterious, golden chest has been hidden from the human eye for thousands of years. No one knows its location, but many have searched for it, hoping to be the one to solve the mystery: “Where is the ark of the covenant?” The story of the ark begins, not in its creation under the direction of Moses in the desert, but in heaven, in the midst of the war between Satan and God. The fruit of that war was a fallen earth, and the answer to our salvation is part and parcel of why the ark was made. The contents of the ark of the covenant are the center of the life filled with the grace of Christ. Someday, when Jesus comes again and reveals the ark’s hidden location, long-held mysteries will be solved. But, in the meantime, here is the story of the golden ark, its special contents, and its impact, not only on those who beheld it but on those of us in this world at the end of time.
If you are young, how do you discover your talents and make an impact in life as you grow? The forty-four stories in Girl Power: Stories of Famous Women Who Answered God’s Call When Young describes how Miriam, Jane, Pocahontas, Clara, Harriet, Ellen, Emily, Anna, Elizabeth, Hellen, Rosa, Ruth, Junko, Ann, Sonia, Michelle, Kamala, Suni, and many more, discover their talents and how to use their power. You will learn about … • a woman dedicated to fighting for women’s rights; • a girl destined to care for others; • a brave Indian princess; • The first woman doctor; • a dedicated abolitionist; • a renowned astrophysicist; • a hard-working First Lady; • a gold-medal-winning Olympic gymnast. You can do all things through God. You can discover your abilities, never quit, and answer God's call.
If you are a young person, how do you discover what you're good at and harness it to make a difference with your life as you grow up? The forty-one stories in BOY POWER: How Famous Men Chose to Answer God's Call When Young tells how Abe, Barry, Ben, Bill, Colin, David, Desmond, Dietrich, George, Henry, Isaac, James, Johann, Johannes, John, Joseph, Josiah, Leonardo, Louis, Luther, Martin, Moses, Neil, Nelson, Orville, Samuel, Thomas, Wernher, Wilbur, William, Winnie, and Wolfgang figured out what they were good at and faced difficulties and handicaps to do big things in their lives. You will learn about... - a boy that nobody wanted who used the power of his brain to invent things; - a boy who was at the right place and the right time and brave enough to save another's life; - boys who were lifelong friends and who loved to explore; - a boy who loved tinkering with mechanical things; - boys who liked experimenting with growing things; - boys who wanted to fly; - a boy who mastered a bad temper and read lots of books; - a boy whose dream was to take on injustice; - a boy who was willing to help others who were bullied; - a sickly boy who found out what he was worth to God. Who knows what you will be able to do when you have faith in yourself and let God use you!
Hello my name is Doris about me things I like to do one is write and read. I am from a small town call shorter al, population is 2000 peoples. I am a non smoker, 57 years old.---my height is 5--3--I am really from Atlanta-GA, chilling in this small town-Al, the town of my grandparents. This is the roots where it began myself as a child. My grandparents keeping me while my mother works to supports her 3 daughters. A real women, my arent husband would rub me down with his hands and call me buck while my favorite uncle Ed would take his time taking advantage of me like pinning me down and forcing himself upon me
It's a beautiful love story of Beverly and Jonathan who met while in high school. They had most of their classes together. Beverly's father does not want her to see Jonathan because he believes that Jonathan is not the right person for her. Beverly asked her father if she could invite Jonathan for dinner so he and her mother could get to know him but her father said, "no." Jonathan did not attend church because he worked Sunday's to help out with his twin sisters. After graduation, Jonathan and Beverly lost contact. He went to Dallas, Texas and becomes a Preacher. Years later, after Beverly had graduated college and started her own business, her father realized that she was still in love with Jonathan. So he started out to find Jonathan without Beverly's knowledge. It's a lot of surprises in this story. It touches the heart. Also, a clean story without a high sexual overtone. It'a good reading for Christians and Non-Christians.
This book is a provocative contribution to contemporary ethical theory challenging foundational conceptions of character that date back to Aristotle. John Doris draws on behavioral science, especially social psychology, to argue that we misattribute the causes of behavior to personality traits and other fixed aspects of character rather than to the situational context. More often than not it is the situation not the nature of the personality that really counts. The author elaborates the philosophical consequences of this research for a whole array of ethical theories and shows that, once rid of the misleading conception of motivation, moral psychology can support more robust ethical theories and more humane ethical practices.
Do we know what we're doing, and why? Psychological research seems to suggest not: reflection and self-awareness are surprisingly uncommon and inaccurate. John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles our understanding of ourselves as moral agents with empirical work on the unconscious mind.
As the summer begins, Kate Brown -- attractive, intelligent, forty five, happily enough married, with a house in the London suburbs and three grown children -- has no reason to expect anything will change. But when the summer ends, the woman she was -- living behind a protective camouflage of feminine charm and caring -- no longer exists. This novel. Doris Lessing's brilliant excursion into the terrifying stretch of time between youth and old age, is her journey: from London to Turkey to Spain, from husband to lover to madness: on the road to a frightening new independence and a confrontation with self that lets her, finally, come truly of age.
Doris Cross does it again: good old-fashioned favorites without the fat. Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl, anyone? How about Chicken Pot Pie? Others among over 175 recipes include Onion Rings, Western Breakfast Casserole, and more.
Shocking, intimate, often uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing’s unequalled ability to capture the truth of the human condition In the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In Victoria and the Staveneys, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. The Reason for It traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening modern resonances. A Love Child features a World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.
Mrs. Doris Jean Ford and Dr. Leon Ford of Houston, Texas analyses the success and failure of our modern day marriages and applies significant scriptural documentation to support steps in building successful relationships and marriages.
IS THIS YOUR CHILD? These are the major symptoms of potentially unrecognized allergies. Does your child suffer from any of the following? • Allergic Nose Rub • Eye Circles • Red Ears • Red Cheeks • Eye Wrinkles • Aggression • Lack of Alertness • Mottled Tongue • In this breakthrough book, Dr. Doris Rapp offers a simple yet effective approach to handling "problem" children. Is This Your Child? shows parents how to identify the common foods, chemicals, or common allergic substances that could be the culprits that cause some children or adults to feel unwell or act inappropriately. If your child is always sick, hyperactive, a slow learner, or cranky, the first question you should ask is not "What drug should be prescribed?" or "What have I done wrong as a parent?" Instead, find out the cause. Dr. Rapp gives sensible suggestions about how these reactions to foods and environmental factors can be recognized, prevented, and treated. With this information, many affected children should feel, act, behave, and learn better. If you can detect unsuspected environmental illness in your child--or yourself--you can change your lives so you're more content, happy, and free of illness.
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier year. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine reviles part of her own experience. And in the blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna tries to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook.
The book, "The Trek of a Retired Flak," tells about the life of a young woman who makes it in the business world despite the lack of a college education but by accumulating the necessary experience through sheer luck and opportunities placed in her path. Born in poverty, she managed to have streaks of luck follow her wherever she landed. Not realizing that luck would consistently follow her, she simply followed that streak until she reached the spot when she could no longer count on luck and bowed out when illness took over. A bit of fantasy propelled her into a career she grew to love. Buoyed by the natural stride of her life, she took advantage of every opportunity along the way. She met people she had only seen in the media, turning those meetings into positive experiences and making friends in the bargain. At age 15, she went to work in a mail room in a prestigious insurance agency and closed her career as president of her own company, hiring a crew of six people while taking on a few friends as part-timers who could apply their talents where needed. Their true stories cover a long period of time. Her background caught her in a forward spiral. There are a few stories among the myriad of those that could be told. We hope you enjoy them.
Dorris Lessing's classic series of autobiographical novels is the fictional counterpart to Under My Skin. In these five novels, first published in the 1950's and 60s, Doris Lessing transformed her fascinating life into fiction, creating her most complex and compelling character, Martha Quest.
Ten-year-old Laura must deal with her unease about her lack of religious upbringing, when her best friends are Jewish and Christian, and with her feelings for a mysterious neighbor who seems to be a witch.
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