ARE YOU EXPERIENCING DESPERATE MOMENTS? Whether its discouragement, tragedy, despair, distress, dis-ease, job loss, sickness, foreclosure, divorce, or death of a loved one: any one of these has the potential to send you into a downward spiral. These very serious, urgent and dangerous moments of life may be of a short or long duration. This book was birthed out of the many desperate moments (death of father, mother and brother, heart attack, stroke, and divorce) that the author has experienced. It gives insight into how to handle the night seasons of our lives. Flo Morehead has encouraged, equipped and empowered thousands of people, both men and women, in how to live victorious lives despite the ups and downs of life. Even though the devil desires to use these moments to destroy you, God has another plan. You will learn how to embrace (accept willingly, deal with) the desperate moments, and put them to work for you in catapulting your faith to another level. Dont try to escape - go through Dont give in to the temptations - pass the tests Dont listen to the voices of self and others - listen to the voice of God Dont depend on human effort - depend on the Holy Spirit Dont let it make you bitter - allow it to make you better Dont turn to negative vices - turn to an all knowing God Dont operate in unbelief - operate in faith The good news is, God Is In the Moment!

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING DESPERATE MOMENTS? Whether it's discouragement, tragedy, despair, distress, dis-ease, job loss, sickness, foreclosure, divorce, or death of a loved one: any one of these has the potential to send you into a downward spiral. These very serious, urgent and dangerous moments of life may be of a short or long duration. This book was birthed out of the many desperate moments (death of father, mother and brother, heart attack, stroke, and divorce) that the author has experienced. It gives insight into how to handle the night seasons of our lives. Flo Morehead has encouraged, equipped and empowered thousands of people, both men and women, in how to live victorious lives despite the ups and downs of life. Even though the devil desires to use these moments to destroy you, God has another plan. You will learn how to embrace (accept willingly, deal with) the desperate moments, and put them to work for you in catapulting your faith to another level. - Don't try to escape - go through - Don't give in to the temptations - pass the tests - Don't listen to the voices of self and others - listen to the voice of God - Don't depend on human effort - depend on the Holy Spirit - Don't let it make you bitter - allow it to make you better - Don't turn to negative vices - turn to an all knowing God - Don't operate in unbelief - operate in faith The good news is, "God Is In the Moment!"

The astonishing, Job-like story of how an existence filled with loss, suffering, questioning, and anger became a life filled with shocking and incomprehensible peace and joy. Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for ten years and, after each stay, would return to a life filled with bullying. When she became a Christian, though, she thought things would get easier, and they did: carefree college days, a dream job in Boston, and an MBA from Stanford where she met and married a classmate. But life unraveled. Again. She had four miscarriages. Her son died because of a doctor's mistake. And Vaneetha was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, meaning she would likely become a quadriplegic. And then her husband betrayed her and moved out, leaving her to raise two adolescent daughters alone. This was not the abundant life she thought God had promised her. But, as Vaneetha discovered, everything she experienced was designed to draw her closer to Christ as she discovered "that intimacy with God in suffering can be breathtakingly beautiful."

At one time or another, shifting seasons in family, friendships, employment, and communities will bring each of us face-to-face with the feeling of being on the outside looking in. Because we are made for connection, this will often lead us down one of two roads. Either we will hop on the popular but crowded highway that asks us to do whatever it takes to get noticed, or we'll stand still, paralyzed by the fear that we're not important, loveable, or worth other people's time and attention. But what if there is another way? With an understanding voice that will speak into your own circumstances, Kristen Strong walks beside you along the less traveled but more satisfying third way--the back road way--to belonging: remaining in Christ and relaxing into the unique role God has for you. Along the way, you will learn simple, doable actions that not only will help you feel and know that you belong but will welcome others in as well.

How would you describe the love of God? Throughout the Gospel accounts, Jesus engaged women differently than He did men. Sometimes the difference is subtle. Sometimes it is stark. Always it is profound. Sometimes the love He offers them is gentle. Sometimes it is fierce. Always it is powerful. Sometimes that love feels like a warm embrace. Sometimes it’s more like a piercing jab. Always, it changes everything. Women today long to experience the same sort of life-changing love that Jesus lavished on His followers 2000 years ago. We still want to be completely seen and known and valued and set free—as painful as that process might sometimes be. Pierced and Embraced digs deeply into seven encounters that Jesus had with a wide variety of women in the Gospels to show how His love can be equally transformative in our lives today. It mixes attentive Scriptural engagement with personal narrative and relevant application, making the content fresh, accessible, engaging, and practical. You will: Understand the unique and powerful and complex ways in which Jesus loves the women of the gospels. Recognize your own longings for love and the (often inadequate) ways we seek to satisfy them. Discover how to live in the fullness of Jesus’ love for you. Includes study/reflection questions at the end of each chapter, inviting women to dig into the passages for themselves. Winner of the ECPA's Top Shelf Cover Award 2017

When someone we love dies, our whole world is knocked off balance. One of the most common and yet difficult feelings you experience is isolation. It seems no one understands what you are going through. And many of us are so busy, you dont take the time to fully grieve and, therefore, heal from your losses. It is very true that people who are grieving often feel extremely tired because the process of grieving usually requires physical and emotional energy. The grief you are feeling is not just for the person who died, but also for the unfulfilled wishes and plans for the relationship with the person. Death often reminds most of the people of past losses or separations. Remember, there are a number of conditions that can make it harder for you as a person to successfully make it through the grief process. For example, sudden losses are harder to deal with than ones that have been anticipated. With anticipated losses, the knowledge that a loss will occur allows people to prepare, both by feeling grief before the fact of the loss and also by planning ways to minimize the negative impact of the loss when it does occur. The loss of a spouse, lover, child, parent, or best friend is usually more deeply felt than the loss of more distant relations and friends. This is because such central relationships have long and deeply felt histories and an intensity of attachment that does not occur with more distant relationships. Central relationships are more deeply and significantly knitted into the grieving persons sense of self, and thus leave a bigger hole in the grieving persons sense of self when they are lost. I discovered that when things are going badly, whether in the family or work environment, most of us strive mightily to improve our situations. But what if the way to overcome a series of losses and failures is just to sink into them? We all go through trials and tribulations. Everyone has difficult situations in their life. It is the way we look at them, and the way we handle those situations. I believe it is the struggle we must endure to gain the strength needed to break through the barriers. With every victory comes the strength we need to overcome the obstacles and move forward. Most people today give up easily because of what you may call emotional downturn. This book in your hand has been written and carefully thought out with you in mind. It has been written to bring you out of your sociological pit and emotional defeat. I therefore gladly recommend this book to your reading that you may be built in His grace. I believe that God will never give you more than you can handle. You often wonder how some people cope with their situations in life, I often hear people saying, IdontthinkIcoulddealwiththat but we dont know what strength lies within us, until the time comes to face the challenge. The harder the struggle, the sweeter the victoryNo test, no rewards.

Our ninth-hour pleas, contain a powerful secret: Our most desperate moments are the times we realize our deep need for our Creator God, and realize how meager life is without Him—and that knowledge enriches our non-desperate walk with Him. "Desperate times call for desperate measures." Through the centuries, this phrase has been attributed to many authors in various languages. Even though its beginning can’t be fully determined, its continued use strikes a chord in our culture today. Why? Because in our most profound moments of constraint, we search for something beyond our abilities, knowledge, or experience—something beyond ourselves—to pull us through. For many of us, the desperate measure is prayer. Crisis hits, and in agony, we turn to God. Whether we are experiencing a change in circumstances, need healing from sickness, or confirmation to gain peace for a particular course of action, prayer seems to be our best method for getting it. Yet we often wonder why it seems God isn’t listening to or answering our pleas. We struggle to talk to the God of the universe when Heaven feels so far away. How can we know that God hears our prayers? Why do we pray if not to get what we need or want? If God is sovereign and has a plan, why do we need to pray at all? Does God still miraculously answer prayer the way He did in the Bible? And beyond the desperation: What if praying in a moment of panic is practice for something more? Author Rachel Wojo is the ideal pray-er to shed light on these questions. God has often miraculously answered her prayers, but of those answers have come during seasons of deep personal heartache and loss. Let her teach you how to use the answers given during moments of anguish to enhance the whole of your relationship with God.