Biblical view of suffering Personal account of God using suffering for His blessing Inspirational story of God at work

What do you do when it looks like your world is about to fall apart? What happens when the thing you fear the most is happening to you? And what do you do when the God you love does not instantly take away what is hurting you? When Taylor Frankford was diagnosed with breast cancer just twelve weeks after giving birth to her youngest son, her world shattered. Taylor had questioned God in the past and had experienced moments of uncertainty before but had always found that her faith was stronger. This, however, would push her faith and trust in God to a depth and strength that she had never known before. Though He Slay Me is Taylor's story of faith and her own testament to the goodness of God. Her story is a powerful message to anyone who has ever doubted their faith and is a reassurance that even at the worst moment of their life, they can be sure that God is still there, He is still in control, and He had a purpose for their pain. Read Taylor's inspirational story here!

Offers an inspirational and compassionate approach to understanding the problems of life, and argues that we should continue to believe in God's fairness.

Profound reflections on the cross that help you to meditate on and marvel at the sacrificial love of Jesus. This book can be used as a devotional, especially during Lent and Easter. These profound reflections on the cross from David Mathis, author of The Christmas We Didn’t Expect, will help you to meditate on and marvel at Jesus’ life, sacrificial death, and spectacular resurrection-enabling you to treasure anew who Jesus is and what he has done. Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This book will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won: “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) This book can be used as a devotional. The chapters on Holy Week make it especially helpful during the Lent season and at Easter.

Believers know that when we die we enter heaven and will spend eternity there with God and the saints who have gone before us. But what actually happens in heaven? What are we going to be doing there? Won't it get boring at some point? According to Scripture, a large part of our experience of heaven will be a continual revealing of God's glory. Not just his glory in the moment, but during all of time. The mysteries of providence, the hidden movements of God throughout history, and the forgotten and unnoted works of even the most obscure of God's people will be unveiled so that we can see how wise, loving, gracious, and powerful our God is. And though we will experience perfection in heaven, we will never be omniscient, which means we will always be learning more about God's glory, inspiring us to return joyful praise and thanksgiving. If your vision of heaven has been limited to clouds and harps and angels, it's time to expand that view with the truth found in this biblically based look at the afterlife.

We live in a world in which we face all kinds of trials, and we can easily feel discouraged, become angry with God, lose our joy and passion for praise, or even give up on God. Some life challenges can be so overwhelming that the last thing I would want to do in those circumstances is give praise to God. But thanks be to God for giving me a garment of praise where I always find myself in His presence-blessing His name through my trials. The good news is that same garment is available for you today, and it's not too late for you to get your passion back and praise Him. As David says, "I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips" (Psalm 34:1).In Unstoppable Praise, a message of hope and faith resounds throughout its 14 categories of poems. I therefore hope these poems will encourage and inspire those of you who may be enduring a crisis-or not-to not give up on life or God. He is not yet done with you. He has a plan for your life.