Be a Blessing to Someone Today is an uplifting and inspiring book. It suggests ways to be kind to and bless others. It also encourages blessing others as God has richly blessed you. For example, sharing a warm smile with someone or paying for a person's meal who is in the line behind you at a lunch counter are ways to bless recipients. Follow Jesus's example and be kind to someone with whom you would normally disagree with or ignore. Kindness can be a catalyst for changing the hearts, minds, and souls of people. Moreover, when you embrace those who are different from you with genuine kindness and love, you are mirroring Jesus's universal love. The writer has made it her mission and invites others to be kind and, therefore, be a blessing to as many people as possible! She follows the tenets of both simpler and brotherly love and the loftier agape love. When you bless people with sincere kindness, you open doors and bridge barriers to acceptance and reconciliation. It should be intentional and not random. Christ Jesus, in His last hours on the cross, blessed the two thieves by taking them to paradise. Being kind to someone who has hurt or humiliated you is difficult. But with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you can still be a blessing to one who has wronged you by showing kindness, gentleness, compassion, and sympathy. With our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, you and I can turn moments of kindness into a lifestyle change. "Joyce Williams Graves is a wife, mother, and grandmother, but more importantly, she's a Christian/Child of God. Joyce started the Bible Ministry, "Project Blessings," in 2016 to purchase Bibles for others to share the "Good News" and bless people all over the world. She and her husband, Glen, live in Fort Washington, Maryland with their poodle, Energy."

Be a Blessing to Someone Today is an uplifting and inspiring book. It suggests ways to be kind to and bless others. It also encourages blessing others as God has richly blessed you. For example, sharing a warm smile with someone or paying for a person's meal who is in the line behind you at a lunch counter are ways to bless recipients. Follow Jesus's example and be kind to someone with whom you would normally disagree with or ignore. Kindness can be a catalyst for changing the hearts, minds, and souls of people. Moreover, when you embrace those who are different from you with genuine kindness and love, you are mirroring Jesus's universal love. The writer has made it her mission and invites others to be kind and, therefore, be a blessing to as many people as possible! She follows the tenets of both simpler and brotherly love and the loftier agape love. When you bless people with sincere kindness, you open doors and bridge barriers to acceptance and reconciliation. It should be intentional and not random. Christ Jesus, in His last hours on the cross, blessed the two thieves by taking them to paradise. Being kind to someone who has hurt or humiliated you is difficult. But with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you can still be a blessing to one who has wronged you by showing kindness, gentleness, compassion, and sympathy. With our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, you and I can turn moments of kindness into a lifestyle change. "Joyce Williams Graves is a wife, mother, and grandmother, but more importantly, she's a Christian/Child of God. Joyce started the Bible Ministry, "Project Blessings," in 2016 to purchase Bibles for others to share the "Good News" and bless people all over the world. She and her husband, Glen, live in Fort Washington, Maryland with their poodle, Energy."

Blessed people flourish by a power that transcends human talent or hard work--a mystical grace empowers them to be joyful and fruitful. But does it ever feel like others are blessed while you're stuck? With honesty and warmth, Alan Wright shares his inspiring journey from craving blessing to living the blessed life. The absence of his father's affirmation left him struggling for years with symptoms of the unblessed life: shame, pretense, and drift. But when he grasped the most powerful blessing in the Old Testament--the mysterious, ancient blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh--he learned how to receive blessing and how to bless the lives of his loved ones. And you can too. With biblical insight and practical wisdom, The Power to Bless shows you how to craft a positive, faith-filled blessing. By learning a few simple, biblical skills for imparting life-changing blessings, you'll be more spiritually blessed than you'd ever imagined, and you'll be equipped with the power to bless the people you love.

Everyone wants a home that is beautiful and clutter free. But most of us are unsure how to get there without breaking the bank. Popular interior designer Shannon Acheson takes the guesswork out of creating a lovely home. Home Made Lovely is a mind-set: decorating should be about those who live there, rather than making your home into a magazine-worthy spread. Shannon walks you through how to · decorate in a way that suits your family's real life · declutter in seven simple steps · perform a house blessing to dedicate your home to God · be thankful for your current home and what you already have · brush up on hospitality with more than 20 actionable ideas that will make anyone feel welcome and loved in your home In Home Made Lovely, Shannon meets you right where you are on your home-decorating journey, helping you share the peace of Christ with family members and guests.

Logos Bookstores' 2014 Best Book in Spirituality 2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner 2014 Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders (The Leader's Inner Life) A Special Award of Merit, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore In these pages Dallas Willard explores what it means to live well now in light of God's kingdom. He reflects on the power of the Trinity in our lives, the meaning of knowledge, the importance of spiritual disciplines and much more. Dallas Willard offers poignant thoughts about what it will be like to transition into the very presence of Christ in heaven. This book is adapted from the talks given at the February 2013 Dallas Willard Center "Knowing Christ Today" conference in Santa Barbara, California. Each chapter is followed with an illuminating dialogue between Dallas Willard and John Ortberg. The book closes with the theme of offering a blessing to one another. These reflections form an apt conclusion to Dallas Willard's public ministry. It is a gift of grace. A conversation guide written by Gary W. Moon is included. Also available is the companion Living in Christ's Presence DVD.

New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

The Bible teaches us', Russ Parker writes, 'that blessing is a unique ministry resource gifted to believers to effect the purposes of God in peoples' lives.' In this enthralling book, the author tells of situations of family estrangement, depression and chronic illness; of times of hopelessness and helplessness where miraculous transformation has been wrought through calling on God to bless someone with the richest blessing they are able to receive. As he has travelled the country teaching on the ministry of blessing, Russ has seen an enthusiastic response and uptake, especially amongst those involved in prayer ministry. He believes it is time for all who want to be part of God's renewal - both in church and through reaching out to the wider community - to consider how we might help others to flourish as the people God has called them to be. 'Russ Parker's ground breaking work on healing community history will be so helpful to churches. It has greatly helped me.' The Rt Revd Graeme Dow, former Bishop of Carlisle