Get Money Do Good by J.D. Vermaas is a powerful true account of many adoptions into one family.
From a family of two children it grows to twelve as the Vermaas parents open their home and hearts to children who are unwanted and damaged.
The family live in America but adopt from overseas. Their son has Asperger’s so they understand all about love, care and patience. Their hearts are huge and full of love.
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Is God Speaking To Me? by Lysa Terkeurst is a really powerful read about hearing from and being obedient to God.
We want to live lives in expectation of hearing from God but we must make sure we recognise His voice. How do we do that? By reading His word (the Bible) and knowing when He speaks to our heart.
“Whatever God says to do, do it.” Do not delay. If you do not respond to God, you will be missing out on a divine appointment.
We need to show the world Jesus by the way we live. When He calls us in our busyness, we must say yes. “Saying yes to God isn’t about perfect performance, but… perfect surrender to the Lord day by day.”
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Love Quest by Noah Bolinder is a powerful book that will aid your relationship with God. Noah Bolinder works through key chapters in the Bible revealing how God created us to love. He shows just how much God loves each one of us and passionately pursues us as if we were the one and only.
God did not create us to be robots. “True love is always a choice.” God wants us to want to love Him.
In Adam and Eve we were separated from God by sin. In Jesus’ death on the cross, the barrier to God is removed. “You deserve death” and yet we receive grace. Grace means unmerited favour. Grace restores our relationship with God. “Jesus comes to earth to show us God’s heart.”
We move into God’s heart because of grace not deeds. It is not about what we can do but what Jesus has done.
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All Of Us Warriors: Cancer Stories Of Survival And Loss by Rebecca Whitehead Munn is a collection of twenty stories of people who have been diagnosed with cancer. Each story is unique. We must never compare our walk with someone else’s journey.
The stories are written in a very personable way. They will each ‘speak’ to your heart. Each chapter contains treatment experience and what was helpful along the way. There are also suggestions as to what helped to ‘support myself’ and the support from others that helped. The stories are all linked with a cancer diagnosis that interrupted busy lives, forcing people to slow down and to evaluate what is really important.
Many drew closer to God. “Her faith became her anchor for her.” God is a sure and certain anchor through all the seasons of life. Another story cited “I had to rely completely on the Lord.” Sometimes when life threatens to derail all that we know, all we can do is to run to God. We must trust in His goodness even when life is hard.
There is power in prayer. “I am confident that the power of prayer is why I am still living today.” However I am sure we have all prayed over people believing they will be healed and they have died. We will never know this side of heaven why God heals some but not others.
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