The purpose of this book is to reconnect the believer's tenets with God's attributes for the fruit of the spirit. There are Christians who confess knowing God, but the evidence of possessing the fruit of the spirit are absent in their lives. God has a criteria for believers to acquire his fruit of the spirit. The spirit of light must be evidence in your life and not darkness.The Attributes of God: DefinitionsLove denotes an unconditional feeling one has toward another. It is an undeniable action of benevolence that seeks to find goodwill in others. Love does not hurt, and it covers a multitude of sin, as we love and forgive one to another.Joy is having great pleasure and happiness. It is a state of happiness and a source or cause of delight. Joy is the emotion that evokes well-being, success, or good fortune.Peace is having freedom from disturbance, having tranquility or a calmness toward others. Also, it is a state or period in which there is no war or war within. Peace is the harmony of tolerating one another.Patience is having the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset. Patience is a person's ability to wait something out or endure something tedious without getting riled up.Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Kindness is having compassion for others.Goodness is the quality of being morally good or virtuous. Goodness is the state of doing or being morally right.Faithfulness is having fidelity. It is to demonstrate loyalty and showing continuous support for someone else.Gentleness is the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered. Gentleness is a softness of action or effect.Self-control is the ability to control oneself; in particular, one's emotions and desires or the expression of them in one's behaviors, especially in difficult situations.

Back Cover The purpose of this book is to reconnect the believers tenets with Gods attributes for the fruit of the spirit. There are Christians who confess knowing God, but the evidence of possessing the fruit of the spirit are absent in their lives. God has a criteria for believers to acquire his fruit of the spirit. The spirit of light must be evidence in your life and not darkness. The Attributes of God: Definitions Love denotes an unconditional feeling one has toward another. It is an undeniable action of benevolence that seeks to find goodwill in others. Love does not hurt, and it covers a multitude of sin, as we love and forgive one to another. Joy is having great pleasure and happiness. It is a state of happiness and a source or cause of delight. Joy is the emotion that evokes well-being, success, or good fortune. Peace is having freedom from disturbance, having tranquility or a calmness toward others. Also, it is a state or period in which there is no war or war within. Peace is the harmony of tolerating one another. Patience is having the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset. Patience is a persons ability to wait something out or endure something tedious without getting riled up. Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Kindness is having compassion for others. Goodness is the quality of being morally good or virtuous. Goodness is the state of doing or being morally right. Faithfulness is having fidelity. It is to demonstrate loyalty and showing continuous support for someone else. Gentleness is the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered. Gentleness is a softness of action or effect. Self-control is the ability to control oneself; in particular, ones emotions and desires or the expression of them in ones behaviors, especially in difficult situations.

Contemporary agriculture is often criticized for its industrial scale, adverse effects on nutrition, rural employment and the environment, and its disconnectedness from nature and culture. Yet there are many examples of traditional smaller scale systems that have survived the test of time and provide more sustainable solutions while still maintaining food security in an era of climate change. This book provides a unique compilation of this forgotten agricultural heritage and is based on objective scientific evaluation and evidence of the value of these systems for present and future generations. The authors refer to many of these systems as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and show how they are related to the concepts of heritage and the World Heritage Convention. They demonstrate how GIAHS based on family farms, traditional indigenous knowledge and agroecological principles can contribute to food and nutrition security and the maintenance of agro-biodiversity and environmental resilience, as well as sustain local cultures, economies and societies. Two substantial chapters are devoted to descriptions and assessments of some 50 examples of designated and potential GIAHS from around the world, including rice-fish culture in China, mountain terrace systems in Asia, coffee agroforestry in Latin America, irrigation systems and land and water management in Iran and India, pastoralism in East Africa, and the dehesa agrosilvopastoral system of Spain and Portugal. The book concludes by providing policy and technical solutions for sustainable agriculture and rural development through the enhancement of these systems.

The largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically, it fed and sustained Native Americans and European explorers, presidents, and enslaved African Americans, inspiring folk songs, poetry, and scores of place names from Georgia to Illinois. Its trees are an organic grower’s dream, requiring no pesticides or herbicides to thrive, and containing compounds that are among the most potent anticancer agents yet discovered. So why have so few people heard of the pawpaw, much less tasted one? In Pawpaw—a 2016 James Beard Foundation Award nominee in the Writing & Literature category—author Andrew Moore explores the past, present, and future of this unique fruit, traveling from the Ozarks to Monticello; canoeing the lower Mississippi in search of wild fruit; drinking pawpaw beer in Durham, North Carolina; tracking down lost cultivars in Appalachian hollers; and helping out during harvest season in a Maryland orchard. Along the way, he gathers pawpaw lore and knowledge not only from the plant breeders and horticulturists working to bring pawpaws into the mainstream (including Neal Peterson, known in pawpaw circles as the fruit’s own “Johnny Pawpawseed”), but also regular folks who remember eating them in the woods as kids, but haven’t had one in over fifty years. As much as Pawpaw is a compendium of pawpaw knowledge, it also plumbs deeper questions about American foodways—how economic, biologic, and cultural forces combine, leading us to eat what we eat, and sometimes to ignore the incredible, delicious food growing all around us. If you haven’t yet eaten a pawpaw, this book won’t let you rest until you do.

An all-new compilation of healthful and delicious dishes, specifically geared for microwave cooking, features more than 240 recipes ranging from Creole Pork Tenders and other main course meals, to tempting side dishes and luscious desserts, accompanied by tips on ingredients and complete nutritional breakdowns for each recipe. Original.

In his most significant book to date, Dr. Larry Crabb expands on his lifelong work in the field of psychotherapy to adopt a groundbreaking, but biblical, approach to healing the deep wounds of the soul-an approach that centers around building intimate, healing mini-communities in our lives and churches. Dr. Crabb envisions a day when communities of God's people-ordinary Christians whose lives connect as husband to wife, brother to sister, friend to friend-will accomplish most of the healing that we now depend on mental health professionals to provide. God has deposited within us the power to heal soul-disease and that power is released to do its work as we relate to each other in revolutionary new ways. In challenging, practical language, Dr. Crabb shows us how. This revised and updated edition now includes a full workbook for those who want to better learn how to connect with the hearts and souls of those around them.