You're Too Blessed to be Stressed! It is easy to become overwhelmed in our fast-paced world, especially with the myriad of challenges we face–struggling to meet basic needs, raising children in an unsafe world, and being assaulted with ever-negative headlines in the news. Yet too often we’re overloaded because we pick up things God never intended us to carry. So how do we ease the load? In Rhythms of Grace, Duane Sheriff, senior pastor and international speaker, calls you to follow the pace of God’s guidance that will bring peace in chaos and strategies to sustain you in hardships. Pastor Duane explains how to... Find rest for your weary soul Detox from life’s troubles Trust God instead of facing problems alone Break the cycle of fear and worry Ignite the power of thanksgiving Following the calm rhythm of God’s grace allows you to enjoy a supernatural peace. Let today be a fresh start to rest in the Father’s arms
InvalidTag charset="utf-8" Knowing God's Voice Can Be Easy Does God’s voice seem distant in your life? Do you grapple with the fear that you’re missing out on His plans for you? In a world brimming with distractions, you can silence the noise and encounter His promptings. You were created to hear Him! For over three decades, Duane Sheriff has discovered why so many Christians feel disconnected from the voice of God. Through his accessible and practical teachings, Duane demystifies the way God communicates and equips you to discern His voice amidst life’s chaos. By confronting the common roadblocks that obstruct your spiritual ears, you will understand how to: Recognize the different ways God speaks to us Overcome the six barriers to hearing God’s voice Nurture your inner spirit to be attuned to divine guidance Embrace scripture as the bedrock for divine direction Apply the critical role of multiple confirmations in understanding God’s will Discover the importance of God’s love as the compass for your life choices Hearing from God shouldn’t be a strenuous task but a natural, joy-filled communion. Say goodbye to the question marks overshadowing your spiritual walk, and step into the clarity and conviction of a life driven by divine whispers.
It's inevitable offenses will come! Jesus said offenses will come—whether it’s a subtle dig, obvious jab, or an action. Sometimes they come from those closest to us, and they can destroy our peace, our relationships, and ultimately, our destiny. It’s easy to take offense, and that’s exactly what Jesus warned against. In Erasing Offense, Duane Sheriff, senior founding pastor and international speaker, unravels the enemy’s plot to destroy your relationships and reveals biblical strategies to keep you walking in supernatural peace. Prepare yourself to withstand this cunning temptation by... Understanding the deadly nature of harboring offense Recognizing how to discern and identify offense Learning how to process offenses correctly Discovering how to keep your heart from hardness Reversing the effects of offense in your life and family The devil often has one card to play—and that’s offense. Don’t play into his hand by allowing him to steal your peace. Erase offense from your life and step into supernatural harmony and tranquility.
With so many obstacles arrayed against them, how can any couple hope to make it in today's world? Health issues. Financial pressures. Misunderstandings. Sexual brokenness. Societal confusion. And, as if these storms were not bad enough, Satan is specifically targeting Christian marriages. When the winds howl and the rains fall, it is vital for any marriage to be secured against the tempests of life. There's no time like the present to prepare yourself with the strong anchor lines needed to keep your relationship thriving amidst these challenges. For over thirty years, Duane Sheriff has pastored Victory Life Church, based in Durant, Oklahoma. Over the course of his ministry, Pastor Sheriff has reached thousands of people around the globe with biblical teaching and the hope of the gospel. In Better Together, Pastor Sheriff offers six trustworthy anchors to steady your marriage through the inevitable storms. By absorbing the lessons in this accessible yet powerful book, you will learn how to: - Build or rebuild trust in your relationship through unshakeable commitment - Communicate in an effective, loving, and truthful way - Forgive your spouse and ask for forgiveness when needed - Get on the same page when it comes to money, debt, and financial priorities - Live out the biblical, complementary roles of husband and wife with confidence - Develop a healthy view of sex and romance that will draw you together, not tear you apart Plus, at the end of each chapter, focused questions and action steps will help you begin living out these truths in your marriage in reflective, intentional ways. Marriage is an incredible gift when God is central to the relationship. Read Better Together today to deepen your understanding of the principles that God, the Creator of marriage, has established--so you can experience the oneness and strength He intends for your relationship
Duane was one of six siblings, one of two sets of twins, that were all abandoned when he was a child. He then became a ward of the Memphis, Tennessee, Juvenile Court System. As a child, he lived in a number of institutional settings: foster, group and children's homes, shelters, and detention facilities. In the ninth and tenth grades, he attended predominantly black schools and lived at a children's shelter. During this time of his life, while he was not a minority, he lived as one. At the age of sixteen, his Aunt Mary McNiell became his legal guardian, which kept him from being sent to a reform school. Duane and his Aunt Mary lived in Gulfport, Mississippi. Duane attended Gulfport High School and played on the football team as a center. His senior year of high school the team was undefeated and won the state championship. Duane attended Mississippi State University on a football scholarship. He played on the offensive line and spent one year as a graduate assistant coach. He graduated with a degree in social work and a certificate in corrections. Duane spent thirty-two years in law enforcement. Most of Duane's law enforcement career was with the Austin Police Department in Austin, Texas. This book is about his life's journey from being an orphan to becoming a police officer. The book was written with thanks to others in law enforcement, with hopes that they too, one day, will share their experiences with others in an effort to be sources of encouragement to each other.
The Antichrist has arrived but nobody will believe Pastor Tom Horn or Father Vince Nalone. Jehosea Cahmael has saved the world. He has done nothing but good deeds. How could such a man be evil? The two friends have given up everything to warn the world, but their warnings fall on deaf ears. After Tom loses his family in an explosion both he and Vince are forced into hiding. They ultimately become fugitives from the law-wanted for murder in the deaths of a sheriff and five of his deputies. The sanctuary they find is a death trap. Their attempt to help becomes their undoing. Only God can save them.
Coyote and Magpie reexamines the murder charge and, often under difficult conditions, collects information that will be used during a new trial. Involved in the quest for new information and eventual justice are Deputy Sheriff Lenny Craig and citizen Delmar Mentis, who take the reader along with them as they investigate every aspect of the crime that they believe was committed by Irana Dubliski. As evidence is collected, Deputy Craig and Delmar Mentis convince Sheriff Chester Overman and Judge Wolfe that the ultimate sentence be given to Irana Dubliski. Debts due from certain legislators enable the law enforcement group to carry out an unusual punishment at the old, vacated prison. Strange legal and quasi legal machinations are not uncommon in Wyoming, and although this is a purely fictional possibility, that very possibility of using the old prison during an actual case was discussed in 1992. What will Deputy Craig and Delmar Mentis achieve in their investigation and court room drama? What event awaits the defendant Irana Dubliski at the old prison? We shall see as Coyote and Magpie is read.
Deputy Sheriff Lenny Craig and Delmar Mentis set about to solve the murder of a man found lying on a popular hiking trail. Their task is made more challenging by the difficult-to-decipher clues that they have discovered around the area of the murder scene. Their contacts with local residents do provide them with valuable information, but events beyond their control prevent them from quickly solving the murder case. The man who could help them withholds information that would specifically describe the motives, the means, and possibly the way the murder was committed.
A Private Investigator Reveals it All: Pulling back the covers and exposing it all, Duane reveals the intimate details of his life from childhood, and takes you through to adulthood. He reveals himself in an open and volnerable way. Not for his own enjoyment, but because there were lessons to be learned by each aventure, and you'll discover what those lessons were. You'll be able to say yes, I've been there, or you'll file it away for future reference so you won't have to learn something yourself, in a more difficult way --- from your own experience. You'll live in his shoes as he exposes in detail things that you rarely hear a man reveal. This extremely personal book is something you'll never forget. Duane's life was one experience after another. Some Good, some Bad, some Ugly, and you'll go there with him. He'll share true stories of his life with 25 years as a Private Investigator. He'll tell you of the triumphs and the downfall he had as a Search and Rescue Team Commander, and the lives that were saved in between the two. He'll take you with him during two decades of racing motorcycles. And you'll run with him when he competes in what has been said to be the toughest endurance race in the world. This book will appeal to both men and women. Likely for different reasons. Those who aren't excited, saddened, scared, and sometimes angry, may not be human. Stand by, this is going to be a great ride.
Last Chance is the highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Last Stand.Gideon Johann is the new sheriff of Last Stand, Colorado, hoping to put roots down in the place where he grew up. Set free from the years of running from his conscience, he still has trouble accepting that the past has forever unchained him as he navigates his romance with Abby and fatherhood with Joann while coping with a mysterious man intent on exacting revenge for Gideon's past deeds and carrying out the responsibilities that come with the job of sheriff.Mary, the hard-luck whore, finds her status in life changed, but not the misfortune that seems to follow her like a shadow.Gideon and Mary both try to escape their pasts and start new lives, but find it easier said than done as forces work to derail their paths to happiness.
Ever since they first met as eleven-year-old youngsters, a brotherhood has been forged between Lefty Wolfson, an amnesiac Anglo Vietnam vet, and Jingles Blue Moon, a full-blooded Shoshone. For five years, Jingles has mistakenly believed that Lefty was killed in actionuntil he suddenly encounters him deep in the Wyoming wilderness, instigating a surprise reunion that will lead both of them down unexpected paths. After a night of bonding over a campfire, the brothers are surprised by the game warden who confronts the two men and arrests Jingles for allegedly poaching an elk. As Lefty teeters on the brink of falling into a darkness prompted by horrific memories of war, he realizes he needs to find a way to secure Jingles release from prisonjust as he learns that the game warden is married to his high school sweetheart, Donna Williams. Now he must rely on tenacity, horses, friends, fists, guns, and his true love for help as he struggles to meet his challenges, reconcile with his past, and assure his legacy. In this western thriller inspired by true events, a Vietnam vet fights to help his Shoshone brother and find love amid the unforgiving Wyoming and Montana wilderness.
The Fernandeño Tataviam Band of California Mission Indians have lived in Southern California in the area now known as Los Angeles and Ventura Counties from time immemorial. Throughout history, these Indigenous Californians faced major challenges as colonizers moved in to harvest the resources of the California lands. Through meticulous archival research, authors Duane Champagne and Carole Goldberg trace the history of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band from the time before the Spanish arrived in the Americas to the present day. The history of Southern California’s Indigenous communities is mapped through the story of family and their descendants, or lineages. The authors explain how politically and culturally independent lineages merged and strengthened via marriage, creating complex and enduring coalitions among Indigenous communities. The Indigenous people of Southern California faced waves of colonizers—the Spanish, then the Mexicans, followed by Americans—and their coalitions allowed them to endure to today. Champagne and Goldberg are leading experts in Native sovereignty policies and histories. They worked in collaboration with members of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians to illustrate how the community formed and persisted. A Coalition of Lineages is not only the story of a Native Southern California community, it is also a model for multicultural tribal development for recognized and nonrecognized Indian nations in the United States and elsewhere.
A House Called Alcatraz I discover an old run down shack house. In side I find a dead body. I get questioned by police about the dead body. I go back to the house and find there is spirits in the house. I tell them I am not a threat. I am a friend. They have a story they want to tell, all story's are how the souls ended up in this run down house shack. I interview soul by soul, they share history of the Grim Reaper and history of a small town called Shady Oaks. This place is haunted and crazy things happen here. Why can't this place be torn down will surprise you.
Providing a refuge from the gangster wars during the days of prohibition, Cobb's Landing was a haven for the leaders of organized crime and a location where they were free to frolic and party. But they went too far. Their wild and miscreant behavior roused the small town into a gang of vigilantes determined to rout the high-flying gangesters from their nest. War transpires pitting once again good against evil.
In the year 1885, the sleepy little Nevada town of Broken Jaw Junction is a quiet place--until Old Jake finds gold! Suddenly the town is overrun by outlaws, galoots and trouble makers of all kinds, and there doesn't seem to be a sheriff in the old west who can stop them. That is, until vegetable-loving 'Itchy Mitch' Gardener arrives. He looks like a harmless West Virginia farm boy who would rather just plant tomatoes and hoe weeds than fight outlaws. But somehow he manages to stop quick draws, bank robbers, cattle thieves, claim jumpers and bullies. And he does it all with just a few carrot sticks and celery! It looks like Sheriff Mitch is unstoppable and that law and order and vegetable salad have come to Broken Jaw Junction to stay. But even Itchy Mitch isn't invincible, and one day he meets his match in a most unexpected foe ...
From the first "Cheese Day" in 1874 to the "Great Limburger War" of 1935, author Duane H. Freitag peers into the nooks and crannies of the tumultuous political history of Green County, Wisconsin. In this previously untold story, Freitag pulls back the curtain to uncover how the Swiss immigrants who settled in southern Wisconsin influenced Green County politics from 1845 to 1945. Buffeted by wars, dairy industry economics, murders, epidemics, the temperance movement, and LaFollette progressivism, this immigrant group was heavily involved in each major election, asserting their political will in candidates and through the polls. In addition to exploring the politics of the region, Freitag also discusses what caused shifts in Wisconsin's political winds throughout this period by placing Green County elections against the larger context of political landscape of the United States as a whole. In doing so, he examines the history of America and demonstrates how Swiss immigrants and other Wisconsin cultural groups responded to the events that shaped the nation. From the abolition of slavery to prohibition, the Great Depression, and concerns about America's involvement in two world wars, Sauerkraut, Suspenders, and the Swiss demonstrates the remarkable story of Wisconsin-and American-politics.
These true-to-life experiences show how you can overcome and grow from the problems in your life. After all, if it had not been for Goliath, David would have remained a shepherd boy. The challenges that you face are part of life, not the end of it. I used my spiritual strength to conquer those problems and strengthen my faith. You will also see how we can have disappointing times in all segments of life. This includes professions, family, church members, banks, and, most of all, the corporate United States under the control of the unconstitutional Federal Reserve and its collection agency Internal Revenue Service. You will see how our challenges sometimes force us to study and research such entities and discover the fraud and corruption that exists in government, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Reserve, and our judicial system. These things are not taught in government-operated schools that indoctrinate our school kids from an early age. Our judicial system is just as corrupt and no longer rings the bell of justice that was experienced during those wonderful days of freedom and liberties that were enjoyed by all Americans. Today it is all about the money, control, connections, and punishment. You will see that all those areas of life mentioned above use punishment rather than compassion to resolve or correct a situation. There are at least 15 percent of innocent people in prisons for political reasons or just to put another notch in some judges' belt. At least 39 percent of people in prison are nonviolent and should not be placed in prison. A judge in Tennessee stated that his goal was to sentence ten thousand years by his retirement. That is a vendetta, not justice. My purpose in sharing the information within is to reveal to you the two governments that are prevalent in America today. There is the Constitutional United States of America with its fifty sovereign states controlling their own affairs. Then there is the corporate United States, which has become an unconstitutional central government controlling every aspect of the lives of Americans. You were not taught in school about the bankruptcy that the United States was forced to file to the private-owned Federal Reserve in 1933. This is explained herein. I explain how the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Reserve, and its national banking system are frauds as well as corrupt. They use any means necessary to control the citizens of America even by murder, which is also proven from personal experience. The primary purpose is to awaken "we the people" of this country to how they are in prisons without bars and do not realize it. My desire is to awaken the sleeping giant and motivate you to become active in taking back America before it is too late. I hope reveal some records straight and reveal the truth of several personal situations. It should illustrate how our spiritual strength can assist each of us in continual challenges in our lives. The spirit is of utmost importance in moving through this journey of life to arrive at our destiny. Society has lost respect for other people as we witness the atrocities that take place every day. Not only is our patriotism being tested, so is our faith. Our destiny is not found in this life but rather in the life to come.
The night was long and cold as it was the 11th month on the 12th day of 1803 when a woman by the name April Lee Smith was giving birth. There was a scream that could be heard across town, a man named Paul Reaper stood right by her side and held Aprils hand tight as April screamed from giving birth in the one room run down shack of a home where they have been living for the past two years. The town doctor was a man by the name Frank Smith was Aprils brother that was delivering Aprils baby. It was a happy time for April and Paul for this is their first child together. Paul was a black smith here in Shady Oaks, the town was sure not getting any rest on this night. No sir not one second of rest, but it was a day that will never be forgotten here in Shady Oaks.
This book is a collection of short stories, 12 are adventure stories, and the rest are a mixture of westerns,sifi,love,dark humor,spy,ghost and even a fairy tale. I do hope that you, as a reader will fi nd what you are looking for.
The Bible is filled with stories of people who walked away from face-to-face encounters with Jesus thinking he was a total jerk. This book explores the premise that if Jesus were to return today as he did two thousand years ago, he (or she!) would meet the same fate. That is, his own people would fail to recognize who he is, they would argue with him incessantly, and seek to have him destroyed. Written by a seasoned atheist turned Christian, this book seeks to help non-Christians have a better understanding of Christianity, including why we don't always do as we should. More importantly, at a time when many of our religious and political leaders are calling us to make America hate again, this book gives permission to people of all faiths to reject that call and follow Christ's call to love one another. Christ's message of love and shalom is timeless, and this book seeks to make Jesus present and relevant in our lives today. Join a retired school bus driver as he takes you on a trip through the Bible to see things that many lifelong Christians have not seen, including reasons why we all may want to argue with Jesus. See why there is no such thing as a "Godly" institution, how God has been warning us about global warming for forty years, how men are responsible for most abortions, and how Christians are called to move forward to make the world a better place rather than reverting to a mythological "great" past.
Dane Barton, a twenty-two-year-old college dropout, languishes in a dead-end job at a twenty-four-hour convenience store. An only child of Milo and Beatrice Barton, Dane still lives at home with his parents in rural Hennepin County, west of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Danes employment at the convenience store abruptly ends with an early morning robbery that sends him to the hospital and places him in conflict with his employer, Chester Reynolds, who struggles to rescue his three convenience stores from bankruptcy. After recovering from injuries incurred at the robbery, Dane refuses to return to the convenience store. He moves on with his life, accepting a position with a telemarketing firm where he meets Ashley Ryland, his first serious romantic relationship. From telemarketing, Dane moves into real estate sales, which takes him to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and a confrontation with his former employer, Chester Reynolds. In Mexico, Reynolds has sought refuge from prosecution for fraud and collusion back in the Twin Cities.
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