The bestselling author of "Matters of the Heart" takes readers right to a core issue: What place does the pastor hold in church, in the community, and in parishoners' own hearts? She minces no words as she describes how spiritual leaders have been placed in our lives to help us move into the full portion of the inheritance God has for us.

Record your spiritual journey! God wants you to receive the full portion of your spiritual inheritance. For most of us, it is a process. A companion resource to Juanita Bynum's latest faith-building book My Spiritual Inheritance Journal provides the opportunity to see your progress and even share it with others. In these fifteen chapters, you will have Scripture verses and principles to help you realize your full potential in Christ. As you write your thoughts, you will be better equipped to: * Hear the voice of the father. * Avoid stepping over authority. * Understand the problem with absence of correction. * Discern the spirit of truth. * Recognize the seduction of the spirit of Jezebel. Add your personal insights, questions, thoughts, and feelings as you discover new wealth in your spiritual inheritance.

"My Spiritual Inheritance Companion Study Guide's" 14-week lessons will help readers know when they've met their spiritual parents, understand the danger of false authority, and more.

Access your heavenly Father's legacy every day! More than daily nourishment to keep your physical body alive, you need your spiritual inheritance from God to reach your full potential in Christ--to inherit the full destiny that He has for you. In this faith-building devotional, best-selling author Juanita Bynum sets you on the right path as she teaches about spiritual leadership and submission. My Spiritual Inheritance Devotional is a helpful spiritual-growth resource for believers seeking more of God. This 100-day devotional will help you: Receive your full spiritual inheritance Grasp the power of obedience Understand the power of direction from your spiritual parents Experience the anointing Stay under authority Put the flesh under submission and fulfill God's will Learn why possessing your spiritual portion is far more important than merely receiving material blessings--it is about taking on the attributes of your heavenly Father's character. Possess your spiritual inheritance daily. Receiving your spiritual inheritance is an ongoing process--not a one-time event. Best-selling author Juanita Bynum takes you on a daily journey toward a greater intimacy with God. Uncover your full potential as you learn to:* Recognize your spiritual leadership* Discern false authority* Understand the power of God's timingIf you are going to accomplish anything for God, you must first understand the importance of divine order and place your life under the obedience of Christ.Featuring excerpts from Bynum's latest book, inspiring scriptures, and her personal experiences, My Spiritual Inheritance Devotional About the author: Juanita Bynum's powerful gospel ministry in word and song has encouraged and transformed millions of hearts worldwide, as has her best-selling book Matters of the Heart. She hosts television programs and often shares her insights in women's ministries. She is also the author of My Spiritual Inheritance, No More Sheets, Matters of the Heart Devotions for Women, and A Heart for Jesus.

A bestselling author shows readers how to go beyond Jesus' model prayer in Matthew 6 into the prophetic patter of prayer as revealed through Moses' tabernacle in the wilderness.

"I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiritual journal, recently discovered among her papers in Georgia. "There is a whole sensible world around me that I should be able to turn to Your praise." Written between 1946 and 1947 while O'Connor was a student far from home at the University of Iowa, A Prayer Journal is a rare portal into the interior life of the great writer. Not only does it map O'Connor's singular relationship with the divine, but it shows how entwined her literary desire was with her yearning for God. "I must write down that I am to be an artist. Not in the sense of aesthetic frippery but in the sense of aesthetic craftsmanship; otherwise I will feel my loneliness continually . . . I do not want to be lonely all my life but people only make us lonelier by reminding us of God. Dear God please help me to be an artist, please let it lead to You." O'Connor could not be more plain about her literary ambition: "Please help me dear God to be a good writer and to get something else accepted," she writes. Yet she struggles with any trace of self-regard: "Don't let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story." As W. A. Sessions, who knew O'Connor, writes in his introduction, it was no coincidence that she began writing the stories that would become her first novel, Wise Blood, during the years when she wrote these singularly imaginative Christian meditations. Including a facsimile of the entire journal in O'Connor's own hand, A Prayer Journal is the record of a brilliant young woman's coming-of-age, a cry from the heart for love, grace, and art.

Although most evangelical traditions bar women from ordained ministry, many women have carved out unofficial positions of power in their husbands' spiritual empires or their own ministries. The biggest stars write bestselling books, grab high ratings on Christian television, and even preach. Bowler offers a sympathetic and revealing portrait of megachurch women celebrities, showing how they must balance the demands of celebrity culture and conservative, male-dominated faiths. And black celebrity preachers' wives carry a special burden of respectability. A compelling account of women's search for spiritual authority in the age of celebrity. -- adapted from jacket