Have you ever felt like you were trapped inside a prison within yourself? Have you ever wondered why you constantly make unhealthy choices you know are not good for you? Do you wonder why no matter how hard you try to break free from certain unhealthy relationships, habits, and environments, you always tend to return to them? Do you fear rejection? Are you afraid of abandonment? Has your heart been pierced by the sharp blade of betrayal? Do you have an unhealthy need for acceptance? Have you been continually degraded, looked over, stepped on, ostracized, forgotten, or made to feel as if you were insignificant? Are you terrorized by shame? Paralyzed by fear? Terrified of death? Tormented by guilt or imprisoned by the hardness of pride and long to be set free? If so, then I do believe this book is for you! I think you will be able to relate in your own unique way to the creative communication in this book and find hope, encouragement, and freedom. I do not claim to be the one who is able to set you free, but I can lead you to the One who can and so longs to! Like you, I am an imperfect human being, and I have experienced firsthand the torment and misery these things can inflict upon the human soul. I have experienced how, out of deep wounds, these things can manipulate our thoughts, feelings, and volition and destroy our relationships and even ourselves. I know what it is like to feel all alone and like no one truly understands the hell that's being experienced on the inside daily. You may even be in the grips of depression and feeling like your soul is fading into a black hole of hopelessness and despair at this moment, but I want to let you know that there is hope and freedom for you! There is One who is able and willing to bring your soul out of prison!
Walking round in many circles many years inside your mind Trying to convince yourself that how you’re living suits you fine But deep down inside of you in such turmoil all the time Is your spirit man who senses that your life is misaligned Misaligned with destiny, not living by Divine design Stifling your true potential, keeping your true self confined Confined down inside deep darkness where light never seems to shine Where fear hinders you from truly living life time after time Fear of stepping out in faith and leaving comfort zones behind Terrified of walking through the darkness of the unknown blind So afraid to try again because you've failed so many times If you let your old self go will you like the new you you find? Maybe yes or maybe no, but you can't stay here in this bind Trapped in Mediocre Town witnessing your whole life decline It is time to break your pattern, it is time to change your mind It is time to cross over, it’s time to shift your paradigm!
Matt Graham, star of the Discovery Channel's Dual Survival and Dude, You're Screwed, details the physical, mental, and emotional joys and harrowing struggles of his life as a modern-day hunter-gatherer. Early on in his life, Matt craved a return to nature. When he became an adult, he set aside his comfortable urban life and lived entirely off the land to learn from the smallest and grandest of all things. In this riveting narrative that brings together epic adventure and spiritual quest, he shows us what extraordinary things the human body is capable of when pushed to its limits. In Epic Survival, written with Josh Young, coauthor of five New York Times bestsellers, Matt relays captivating stories from his life to show just how terrifying--and gratifying--living off the grid can be. He learns the secrets of the Tarahumara Indians that helped him run the 1,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail in just fifty-eight days and endure temperature swings of 100 degrees. He takes us with him as he treks into the wilderness to live alone for half a year, armed with nothing but a loincloth, a pair of sandals, a stone knife, and chia seeds. He recounts near-death experiences of hiking alone through the snowdrifts at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and tells us about the time he entered a three-day Arabian horse race on foot--and finished third. Above all, Epic Survival is a book about growing closer to the land that nurtures us. No matter how far our modern society takes us from the wilderness, the call remains. Whether you're an armchair survivalist or have taken the plunge yourself, Matt's story is both inspiration and invigoration, teaching even the most urbane among us important and breathtaking lessons.
In Building a House of Prayer, Dr. Joshua Young - Gi Hong presents us with eighteen easy to follow prayer models to readers who want to approach the Throne of God....
Young life. Why do you carry guns and why do you carry the knife? Walking the streets now in your crew, getting stopped by boys in blue. Fighting and crime, thats all you see. Youre not even safe in your own community. Fighting in school got me kicked out, now Im on the streets dossing about. Getting in trouble and getting in strife finding some things to do with my life. Getting stopped and getting chased, oh my gosh now what a waste Walking on the streets I get pulled by a car. If you have a life like me you wont go far. Dave (15) Hope is rising within a generation I our community here in urban west Bradford. That hope shines out from the pages of this book. It is a hope that is giving young people the drive to achieve their dreams, to battle against circumstance so that they might impact their community, city and nation. The Joshua Project is a community organisation that is helping to welcome in this hope breakthrough by innovating inspirational reponses to the needs that young people in this area present. Dave (who wrote the rap above) has experienced that hope. Daves story is one of the many stories that is briefly spotlighted in this book, but there are many more. These stories have the power to turn your life upside down, they have the power to bring floods of tears to your eyes. Thats the health warning, now turn to the first page and enjoy.
If you ain't rumbling, you ain't living!" With sincere truth, actual life circumstances, and a few honest laughs, Joshua J. Rivers pens Rumble Young Man Rumble as a coach, preparing its protege for its most challenging fight; life. With actual strategies, motivational quotes, and even a pep talk, Rumble Young Man Rumble will surely whip you into mental shape and inspire you to continue to fight, even after you have been knocked down! Life may throw so ugly haymakers at you. But find out how to fight back and even more with this second book published by Joshua J. Rivers!
Poetry. "Whether the alluring notes of its language or the crooning soundtrack of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen, song is inescapable in THE DIEGESIS. Chainsaws and gunshots are as plausible as the echoes of 80s night, and this polyphonic collision attends the still images and tracking shots that measure our interior worlds. Ghostly machinery and figures inhabit these deft poems, but those living are often no less haunting as they bridge past and present with stories found in celluloid or even dropped from the sky. Chas Hoppe and Joshua Young propose action that resides beneath the action: just when we think we've never seen a tattered silk so astonishing, its luminous wings emerge."—Michael Robins "The lack of fear in Chas Hoppe and Joshua Young's THE DIEGESIS is apparent in the first line: 'You want the past to mean everything.' This is book as confession, book as meta emotion, book as Hollywood film set. Footnotes litter the pages like empty clothes leading to a full bed. This is book as fire alarm, book as intimate conversations caught on tape, and we should feel grateful to be invited in. Take footnote number five: 'i'm gonna be more famous than you even realize.' But what Hoppe and Young don't understand is that we do realize. How could we not? I read parts of THE DIEGESIS out loud to my girlfriend. I said, 'This book is kind of awesome,' but I should've edited that. I should've said, 'This book is awesome.' I should've said, 'It is currents. Often the electrical kind, always the human kind.'"—Gregory Sherl "Abundant with poetic moments, overheard voices, metaphoric implications of narrative and film, flourishes of image, THE DIEGESIS is a book that arrests, makes you want go back, leaves you nostalgic and heartbroken for lost moments, obsolete objects. You wish to but cannot push rewind. The book is an exercise of splicing at its literary best and will make you wonder how Chas Hoppe and Joshua Young pulled off such a flawless performance in collaboration and poem-making. I loved being hit, unawares, time and time again, by the freshness of the language, how each poem contained, like a bonus track, a hidden surprise gift."—Jenny Boully
A riveting true story about dreams, dedication, and an amazing robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis' New York Times bestseller and now adapted for young readers by bestselling Mexican American author Reyna Grande. In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much—until two inspiring high school science teachers convinced the boys to enter the competition. Up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, this team of underdogs from Phoenix, Arizona, scraped together spare parts and a few small donations to astound not only the competition's judges but themselves, too. Adapted by Reyna Grande—author of the acclaimed memoir The Distance Between Us about her experience as an undocumented child immigrant—this young readers’ edition of Joshua Davis’s New York Times bestseller showcases these students’ ingenuity and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Timely and empowering, Spare Parts is an accessible introduction to STEM, immigration, and the reality of the American Dream.
Sometimes are thoughts are all we have to keep us going.. For beauty lies in disaster Questions Of A Young Man's Heart is a collection of poetry inspired by true events in my life. The earliest piece was written in 8th grade and the latest was written in May 2012. Everything emotion in the book was inspired. This book is a collection of raw emotion that everybody can relate too. Each poem has been written as a short story to enhance the picture created in the reader's mind. From Anger to Sadness, Lust to humility, Questions Of A Young Man's Heart was written and put together in a way to contain something for everybody.
In August of 2022 EYE AM Publshing released EYE AM By Joshua Seldon which is a children's book of affirmations that help the youth learn more about themselves while having fun reading with there parents. Filled with beautiful colors and amazing illustrations. Each affirmation is unique to the reader because they get to get a perspective of what the affirmation means to the author and then on the following page the reader had the opportunity to write down what the affirmation means to them. Also within the book the word "EYE" is used instead of the letter "I" which directly refers to the pineal gland or what some may call the third eye chakra. From birth to 7 years old the pineal gland/third eye chakra is open during those young aged so children use their imagination, creativity, knowledge, and wisdom. The young mind is more susceptible to retaining knowledge and wisdom as well other things for what they are allowing them to create their reality and let their imagination run wild. Often time, based on the experiences we may have faced during our young and innocent years, may experience things to create a different perspective in the mind. Which leads to changes in the way we see things and ultimately contribute to the development of our brain. EYE AM Publishing is here to say we are changing that narrative by creating books like EYE AM and a whole host of others in the future that will not only help guide and teach the youth but also open the eye in their mind to infinite possibilities. Us at EYE AM Publishing would like to thank you for your support, love, appreciation, and value of our works and we look forward to the bright future of our youth and continuously being the change we want to see in the world. Unity and Love Fam(ily) 💚🙏🏿
This inspiring memoir, now adapted for young adults, chronicles Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat 30 Under 30 phenom Kwame Onwuachi's incredible and odds-defying fame in the food world after a tough childhood in the Bronx and Nigeria. Food was Kwame Onwuachi's first great love. He connected to cooking via his mother, in the family's modest Bronx apartment. From that spark, he launched his own catering company with twenty thousand dollars he made selling candy on the subway and trained in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country. He faced many challenges on the road to success, including breaking free of a dangerous downward spiral due to temptation and easy money, and grappling with just how unwelcoming the world of fine dining can be for people of color. Born on Long Island and raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana, Kwame Onwuachi's incredible story is one of survival and ingenuity in the face of adversity. Praise for the adult edition of NOTES FROM A YOUNG BLACK CHEF "Kwame Onwuachi's story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world." --Questlove "Fierce and inspiring. . . . This rip-roaring tale of ambition is also a sobering account of racism in and out of the food industry." --New York Tiimes Book Review
(Softcover) This adaptation of the Beowulf epic, written for a younger audience, preserves the Anglo-Saxon verse feel of the original text. Illustrations by Sean Yates enhance the reader's experience. Joshua Gray's poetic re-telling of the Beowulf epic as a tale for children gets to the essence of the action with a use of modern English which is accessible and clear for young minds, listening while busily building their own image-worlds...I have the sense that this new text may well encourage very young listeners, years later (after their bedtime stories are a distant memory), to recall this tale with pleasure and to discover a vibrant curiosity to know more about the doings of Hrothgar, Grendel and Beowulf. -- Benjamin Bagby, Performer of Beowulf Gray captures both the fearsomeness of the poem's monsters and the artful alliteration of its Anglo-Saxon origins...Hook the kids with this version, and hope that they will return to the longer poem in later years. -- Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University
What will you build your life on? With startling transparency, Joshua Harris shares how we can rediscover the relevance and power of Christian truth. This is book shows a young man who rose quickly to success in the Christian evangelical world before he realized his spirituality lacked a foundation—it rested more on tradition and morality than on an informed knowledge of God. For the indifferent or spiritually numb, Harris's humorous and engaging reflections on Christian beliefs show that orthodoxy isn't just for scholars—it is for anyone who longs to know the living Jesus Christ. As Harris writes, "I've come to learn that theology matters. It matters not because we want to impress people, but because what we know about God shapes the way we think and live. Theology matters because if we get it wrong then our whole life will be wrong." Whether you are just exploring Christianity or you are a veteran believer finding yourself overly familiar and cold-hearted, Dug Down Deep will help you rediscover the timeless truths of Scripture. As Harris challenges you to root your faith and feelings about God in the person, work, and words of Jesus, he answers questions such as: • What is God like and how does he speak to me? • What difference does it make that Jesus was both human and divine? • How does Jesus's death on the cross pay for my sins? • Who is the Holy Spirit and how does he work in my life? With grace and wisdom, Harris will inspire you to revel in the truth that has captured his own mind and heart. He will ask you to dig deep into a faith so solid you can build your life on it. He will point you to something to believe in again.
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