Live Hard

Crafted in the early days of the pandemic of 2020, the words of the poet-King David speak directly to the anxiety, fears, and troubles of our own day. And as the psalm leads to green pastures, still waters, and pathways ahead, the listener will find their confidence and faith in God renewed and refreshed. When the Lord is My Shepherd makes the ancient psalm sing a new song in our own day.

When you don't know The Rules it's hard to stay safe. After a traumatic incident, Aster finds that her blood work comes back with some unusual readings. Unsurprising, as she's the last of an alien race called the Kibsu. But Aster doesn't know this. Immediately, Aster finds herself the focus of a hunt, with her mortal enemies, the Trackers, on one side, and the American government on the other. There seems to be nowhere she can run. But help often comes from the most unexpected quarter.

All the people who have made an impact on history varied in many things, but they all had one thing in common - they worked hard. It is only true that "the heights by which great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight but while their companions slept, they kept toiling upwards into the sky." The Lord has given us work to do. He desires it accomplished. If we are to accomplish that work, we must put all that we are and all that we have into it.

Part philosophy, part anecdote collection, and part no-nonsense guide, Ask a Native New Yorker will become the default gift for transplants to New York, whether they're here for internships, college, or starting a new job.

Significant success doesn't wait for us - we must Go Get It! Legacy living is our catalyst for transformative action. This inspiring guide empowers you to turn daily habits into a lasting impact, becoming the example others follow. Don't just leave a legacy, live one every day. Let the 7 principles in this book show you how. Go get it!!!

There is great satisfaction when we see purpose in our circumstances. It is easy to find our purpose when things are going well and life is skipping along nicely, but what happens when we have a tough situation to go through? Is there purpose in the hard times? Unfortunately too many of us see difficult circumstances as something to get away from, or find a way to change, and never embrace the purpose for our challenges that God has in mind. All of your circumstances have a purpose. In Mastering Your Seasons, author Lisa Schwarz guides you through the seasons of life and uses biblical ...

This beloved classic by A.W. Tozer is for the spiritually dissatisfied, for the passionate, for the hungry. If your hunger and thirst can only be satisfied by God himself, and the desire for the piercing sweetness of the love of Christ overrides all competing desires, then Pursuit of God will intoxicate you. You cannot afford to not listen to this book. Chapters include discussions on the bliss of following hard after God, the sacrament of living, the blessedness of possessing nothing, as well as the paradox of the simultaneous pursuit of God while being pursued by Him.

The Christian Capitalist explores various scriptural references that support twin pillars of Christian belief: 1) working hard to make a productive benefit from talents and materials that God has provided all people; and 2) giving generously to share those benefits with our neighbors in the name of Jesus Christ. Through a discussion of Holy Scripture, it analyzes various passages that relate to these concepts of productivity and generosity, along with two thousand years of history discussing the good works of Christians as examples.

Waiting is hard. Waiting is good. Then there is a time, where we should stop waiting and go for it! Waiting on God's timing for the things we want in our lives can be so hard, yet there are so many reasons why we need to wait. What are you waiting for?

There comes a point in the game of life when you have to decide whether you are going to play the cards you have been given or fold. Adversity can break you, leaving you in a constant state of emptiness and self-perpetuating cycles, or it can be the catalyst for a new life. Top-performing insurance agent, trainer, and speaker Jack Jameson invites readers into a deeply personal, edge-of-your-seat memoir of his upbringing, learning in the school of hard knocks, to a life radically transformed.

When someone is grieving, what should you say? How can you help? How do you comfort without offering shallow platitudes? The Book of Comforts stands in the gap between suffering and hope, offering listeners the abiding comfort found in Scripture and personal experience. Scripture deals plainly and honestly with suffering and simultaneously points people to the rich hope we find in God. The Book of Comforts is a beautiful and comforting gift for those in hard places.

Carl moved into his childhood home after his parents died. It’s a house filled with fond memories...like when he was a teenager and his girlfriend, Jesse, would throw pebbles at his window at night to lure him outside. So he thinks he’s dreaming when late one night, he hears those pebbles hitting his window again...and there she is outside. But she died three weeks ago. Is she an impostor? A ghost? Or is the answer even more chilling?

Any kind of loss - whether the death of a loved one, breakdown of a relationship, or loss of your job - can be devastatingly painful, leaving life feeling empty. Even subtle losses in life can trigger a sense of grief. But, loss is a natural part of life and can be a catalyst for new beginnings. By working through your emotions and taking time to heal and accept your loss, you will discover that it is also an opportunity to find new meaning and make positive changes in your life.

Karl Dutton has been rotting on Texas' death row for 9 long years. Now with only 4 weeks to live, new evidence has been revealed that may just clear his name. With new hope he embarks on a last ditch effort to save his life--only to find that some very powerful people would be prefer to see him die. Will Hogarth is back in his most gut-wrenching and personal case ever. Thrown into an impossible race against time to save the one man he once considered his sworn enemy.

Janelle, a freshman in college, is coping after the tragic death of her father in a suspicious automobile accident. Her grades are slipping, but she's offered an extra credit assignment to help get back on track. The assignment? Work as a volunteer for a suicide hotline. When she receives a call from a deranged man who knows everything about her, her family secrets are brought to light. She soon discovers that her father didn't just die in a car wreck - he was murdered, and now the killer is after Janelle and her loved ones.

Written by two women who were bereaved at a young age, It's Your Loss explores approaches to grieving loss to find the one that's right for you. Any kind of loss - whether the death of a loved one, breakdown of a relationship, or loss of your job - can be devastatingly painful, leaving life feeling empty. Even subtle losses in life can trigger a sense of grief. But, loss is a natural part of life and can be a catalyst for new beginnings.

Life is not easy, but it's more difficult when we just put our head down, ignore everything and everyone around us, and try to push through till we get to the other side. Identifying the reasons we don’t ask for help is the first step toward making real change and experiencing all that God has for us.

I wrote this book to communicate many of the lessons that God has taught me through many trials in my life. I hope to provide you those hard-knock lessons without the cost I paid for them in physical, mental, and spiritual pain. My reference to hard-knock lessons is based on the fact that most of them were self-inflicted in that God promises chastening to those that He loves. I clearly understand that God must love me a lot based on the frequency of the chastening.

Billie Jo Higgins may be small, but she is a skilled burglar, using her craft to keep her and Toby, her addict twin brother, afloat in a hard world. It is a difficult life, but the two are surviving. They take care of each other.

Party-girl Katie Hawkins doesn’t really contemplate religion and God much—until a needed teaching job falls in her lap. Katie begins working at a private school, where she teaches hungover, smokes in the teachers’ lounge, and makes up her own answers to her students’ questions about Jesus. She would never have imagined that she would soon become a Spirit-filled follower of Jesus with a passion for glorifying God.