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Curious about your own image of God, how you see God, what you believe about God? Take this opportunity to identify your own unique way of seeing God. What does God look like to you? How does that image effect your life and your desire to be with God or reject God. Does something need to change? Are there other possibilities? Read these fascinating stories of God and take time to reflect and journal about your own experience of the Holy One.

The only path to life (not mere survival) for a human being is the love of God. But what is love? There are many definitions of this short word and even more opinions about its meaning. There are also those who say that there are different types of love. However, Scripture simply states that God is Love and that love comes from God; so why is there such confusion about love? Part I of "Because God Is Love" exposes the passionate and alluring - yet deceptive - reasons behind this confusion of meaning; brings forth the simple truth about love in its human facet; and shows how everything else that has been called "love" is nothing other than a delusion that is akin to idolatry, and as such it is destructive and completely removed from the true love of the Lord our God: The only power that redeems, fulfills and provides meaning to the existence of those who wholeheartedly love Him.

Cancer...Divorce...Death...Accidents...Natural disasters...Hunger...Disease. There is so much suffering in our world. It makes us wonder if God really exists. If so, does he truly care about us, or did he simply create the universe and then slip away, leaving us to our own devices? If he does care, then why doesnt he do something to stop all the turmoil in our lives? This book explores the answers to these questions and more, revealing the character of God and his plan for our lives found in the writings of the Bible. If you have ever wondered why God allows suffering, now is the time to find the answers. Lets open Gods word together and uncover the mysteries of Gods character and his plan to deal with pain and suffering.

Author, Giselle Dupree, created this booklet for people (like herself) who are not biblical scholars, but want to understand our human relationship with Creator God and not be overwhelmed with complicated concepts and explanations. This booklet offers a simple explanation and basic understanding of why God created the heavens, earth, all of its inhabitants, and why we mutually exist for one another. This booklet is for anyone (Christian and non-Christian) with a desire to understand God's love and plan to create an eternal family for Himself, explained from The Creation in the book of Genesis to the completion in the book of Revelation, in an uncomplicated way. In God's Love Story from Beginning to End, the author helps the reader to discover and understand how much there is to love about yourself through understanding how much God loves us. You will embark on your journey of self-discovery and purpose by learning what God's love is and then immersing yourself within each guided bullet in the text to help build your understanding, self-worth, love for God and others, and improve your relationships through life's journey. Through reading God's Love Story from Beginning to End, you will learn: The love that God has for you. What is God's purpose for you. Why are you here on earth. Why do we need God in our daily lives. Inspiring prompts and bullets that will help you tap into your Spiritual faith to believe. Create a life filled with God's love, purpose and compassion after reading God's Love Story from Beginning to End.

I want to share some Good News with you. The Good News is that Love is alive and well in the world. As the song says, Love is the Answer to all of the hurts, sickness, anxiety and anger in the world. Love is available to all people. Love soothes our hurts, helps to heal our sickness, and eases our anxiety. Love comforts the grieving, reduces anger, and offers hope for the future. People are hard-wired to crave love, and to respond to love by loving others. We know love is real because we have experienced it ourselves, we observe that love causes people to change their behavior, and we read about or talk to people that are in love. The Good News is that there is a higher form of Love than human love. God loves you and wants a close relationship with you. John, a follower of Jesus, said God is Love (1 John 4:8). John also said, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God(1 John 4:7). If God is Love, then knowing Love means that we also know God. If we believe that Love is real, if we love others and accept Johns testimony, then God is also real and has the qualities of Love that we have experienced. Love is always available, faithful, caring and true. Gods Love can bring something good out of bad situations, provide hope, and give us the strength to live through the situations. Jesus talked about and demonstrated Gods Love for all people. Jesus was the Son of God, which meant that he came from God and lived his life perfectly, as God wanted him to live it. He showed a new relationship with God, a relationship of Love, service, forgiveness and reconciliation. Jesus provides Love, hope, and strength that helps each person live a better life on earth, and an eternal life to come.

This Bible Survey of the Old and New Testament is specially created as a tool to help study and navigate through the Bible simply and easily. It can also serve as a part of your home school or private school Bible curriculum. The surveys are simple to read and comprehend. You can also use it to test your knowledge of God's Word. Our churches, Christian Schools, and church programs do not provide the level of Biblical training needed to foster a deep-rooted faith and passion for God's Word. At Inspiring Life Books we want to change that. So we created this Bible survey to help readers of the Bible rightly divide and handle God's truth. Thank you for supporting this work to fortify your faith.

How can people of faith foster love and resilience in our children while building sustainable, diverse communities? That’s the big question Ken Whitt answers in light of the many threats looming in our world. Through wisdom he has gleaned from scientists, scholars and lots of real families, Ken shows how God’s love is a hopeful compass in our lives. He encourages enjoying stories, songs and explorations of the natural world with children, and closes with “100 Things Families Can Do To Find Hope and Be Love.” Because Ken has years of experience working with multi-generational groups, his book encourages reflections and activities with our families that he knows will be both fun and faithful. The cover of his book illustrates a central story he shares about the wonderment families discover when they look up into the starry night sky with their children. “Ken Whitt offers care to weary souls in this book. It is not just his words but the spirit that manifests through the words. Ken says that love is at the heart of reality and love is what he gently breathes on us here,” Christian ethicist David Gushee, author of Changing Our Mind, writes in the book’s Foreword. “As you read this wise and joyful book, I know you will feel both instructed and delighted, and you will agree that your life has been enriched by adopting Ken Whitt as a literary pastor, mentor and friend,” Brian McLaren, best-selling author of more than 20 books, writes in the Preface. “In extensive dialog with scientists and theologians, Ken shows the delightful and enriching complementarity of faith and science. Both can feed us mentally and emotionally, and both are needed to move us in constructive and creative ways in the face of the global perils we face,” writes Daniel Buttry, author of Blessed Are the Peacemakers and the former Global Consultant for Peace and Justice of the American Baptist Churches.