Pain With a Purpose takes a look at what pain is, what it does, and how it effects our lives. Often times as believers we are made to feel like we should not have to endure any pain, but not true. The more anointed you are, the more you will be tried. The more gifted you are, the more you will be tested. This book brings a sense of reality to your pain in order to find meaning. Part of understanding your pain is acknowledging it and accepting the process that comes with it. This book is intended to highlight that. Often times your perspective of pain can hinder you from seeing the bigger picture-- that there is a purpose in this somewhere. The process is intended to help someone else. There will always be challenges in life. How you face those challenges sets the tone for how you maneuver through life. This book is written specifically to anyone who has ever experienced pain and did not understand why or was not sure of how to move forward. Understanding the process can help you move from hurting to healing to wholeness. This book is written to offer insight. This is written to offer hope.

What type of pain are you experiencing in your life? Physical? Spiritual? Emotional? Have you ever wondered why? What is the purpose of the pain? Join the author as she takes you on a journey through her life of physical pain, spiritual pain, and emotional pain where she learned that all pain has a purpose. She was born into a Southern family who had migrated to the North, bringing with them skeletons of pain that they passed on to the next generation. Travel through the years with her and learn how God took the pain of alcohol, drugs, physical abuse, addictions, death, false accusations, and health and revealed the purpose for those life-changing, painful experiences. Read how God used the pain of her spine, infertility, lumpectomies, and so many other physical pains to refocus her on growing His kingdom. Reflect on your current pain so that you too can one day hear those words "Well done, my good and faithful servant."

With life growing inside of her, Talia Williams finally understood that love could no longer hold her abusive marriage together. To prevent losing another baby, she seeks refuge with her parents, but with Khalil hot on her trail, she is forced to move in with her sorority sister, Alanna Davis. Living under one roof gives the women an opportunity to reconcile past differences and together deal with love, pain, and life's transitions. Realizing that the search for his wife is in vain, Khalil retreats. He comes to accept the consequences of his actions and attempts to reconstruct his life, but an unexpected visitor from his past may destroy all that he has worked to rebuild. Eventually, futile efforts to handle life on her own push Talia into the arms of Christ and give her the hope that she needs to believe that her marriage can be healed. Just when all seems well, she is blindsided by tragedy, causing her faith and relationships to be stretched to the limit. Pain's Purpose is the first in a series that tells the story of reconciliation, forgiveness, and discovery of unconditional love.

Your Pain Has Purpose is a practical guide that will transport you from being stuck at the place of your pain, and moves you to a new paradigm, to a new and exciting odyssey of your life. You will unlock the hidden treasure of wisdom that can only be discovered out of your pain and adversity! You will be fascinated once you understand how God uses lifes setback as building blocks to fuel, ignite your dreams and passion to push you to become the best version of yourself. As you turn the pages of Your Pain Has Purpose you will discover: 26 Secret hidden keys that will allow you to reinvent yourself! A thirty-day Power Action Plan that is designed to mentally fortify you! Learn how to transcend your pain and misfortunes! Begin the journey and unlock the Blessings, which await you on the other side of your Pain.

You may have recently suffered the loss of a loved one, a job, a home, or a business. Or perhaps you’re rebuilding after a painful divorce. Major losses like these can sap the joy out of life, trapping you in pain. Authors Duane and Cindy Mullett have experienced tragic loss and understand the meaning of suffering. Together with Dr. David Ferguson, they detail a tried-and-true journey from grief to recovery. With interactive prompts and exercises to help process loss and forge ahead, From Pain 2 Purpose empowers readers to: • receive comfort for past losses, • find healing for broken hearts, • build spiritual strength, • rediscover emotional wholeness, and • enjoy greater peace of mind. Embark on your path to recovery and let the hope of God’s promises unlock a renewed sense of purpose for your life and future.

If not betrayal or remorse, then who was this dark shadow standing ever so close to me? "Excuse me, Miss; are you okay?" I looked up into the bartender's kind face. "Sure ... just a lot on my plate-the price of a successful life." Inside, I was shutting down, and the tape kept playing: "Keep functioning! Be strong. They count on you. You can handle it." Who were they? Is there too much on your plate? Are you trying to keep it all together? Do you find yourself forced into looking for another job or career and don't have the energy or resources to think about it? Does your present success have anything to do with your real purpose in life? Dive into this creative, thought-provoking story and workbook to find relief, rejuvenation, and revelation in your search for answers to life's challenges. The vignettes in this book provide fresh possibilities for rethinking any circumstance in your life. Author Cynthia Ryk gives her readers a fun-loving way to explore important issues and practical insights into the question of why. "The Foreplay... is about freeing yourself of the pain that keeps you from abounding Clarity, Ecstasy, and Outright joy in your life. This inspiring book will light your path to Purpose." -Debra Benton, author, The Virtual Executive and CEO Material

A revolutionary approach to dealing with life's challenges that guides readers in how to face them and to recognize them as gifts from God. At one time or another everyone finds themselves questioning, "Does God still love me? Is there a purpose for all this pain?" Drs. Meier and Henderson teach readers how to face painful struggles head-on in a way that allows them to grow and mature emotionally and spiritually. In this timely book they explore the seven most common life challenges: Injustice Rejection Loneliness Loss Discipline Failure Death In addition they offer the three reasons we often miss the gifts these challenges can be. This unique approach to an age-old problem will encourage and challenge readers to grow through their struggles instead of wasting energy trying to avoid them altogether.

From Pain to Purpose is a suspenseful memoir depicting the costly commitment of a young woman to keep her faith to the end. Emboldened by an abiding love for Christ learned in the trenches of the underground church, Lumi’s Christian discipleship was a costly undertaking. As the daughter of a communist party leader, she encountered bitter opposition to her faith from family, educators, and the government. At nineteen, Lumi finds herself at the harrowing epicenter of events that led to her arrest, imprisonment, and death sentence during the December 1989 anticommunist revolution. Woven into the story are romantic interests, challenges presented by peers, and a struggle with a call to ministry that made no sense for a woman. Upon the overthrow of communism, Lumi pilgrimages to an uncertain future in the United States, where she faces a different kind of prison, crueler than the communists could ever invent. From Pain to Purpose is a story of triumph birthed from a stubborn refusal to give up and the faithfulness of a God who cannot lie.

The trauma that I have experienced from the age of 5 years old until my teen age has developed me into a damage little girl. Eventually, I became a unhealed woman. “I realize my hardest battles in life helped launch me forward to purpose. The abandonment, rejection, disappointments, shame, failure, betrayal, rape, and depression. God used to birth a powerful ministry inside of me. I remember in my childhood experiencing rejection and abandonment from family and friends who was suppose to love and embrace me. The painful slander and abuse that destroyed my confidence as a child. I was a teenager when I was violated. I felted like I wouldn’t ever recover from the pain of sexual abuse and betrayal. I felt discarded and filthy and ashamed. I felt like I deserved what happen to me. I went into a deep depression that led me into suicidal thoughts and attempts. At the age of 18 I was broken and I felt worthless without hope. One Friday night service I receive the precious Holy Spirit with power. My life was different day on, I knew God had a purpose for me. God begin to heal me in areas of where I was broken in, some areas are in the process of being healed due to the unhealed symptoms. God also, provided me with the necessary strategies, resources, and place people in my life that was equip to help me on this journey. What God has placed in me had to be birth. I was carrying a promise inside of me that had to come fourth. My pain helped pushed me to the feet of Jesus. It was in my brokenness is where the oil flowed. Seeking God’s Kingdom and his righteousness has allowed success and favor to overtake my life. I am a chosen vessel of God who discovered my divine purpose on earth. The things that tried to destroy me God has allowed me to triumph over it. It’s working for my good. I am living testimony that you can come from anywhere and God can use you for glory. Birthing purpose out of pain is a love story of how God’s love rescued me from a place of brokenness to restoration. My pain helped me to aligned to my divine purpose. I smile now because I realize now how much God loves me. Not even the lies of the enemy can convince me anything different.