https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4PPF38 Formally titled Desire's Promise - Newly revised and expanded. Carlie Livingston is steering into her last year of college in Oxford, Ohio, confident that she and Lance Holloway are headed to the altar after graduation. Those plans are wrecked, however, by her dad’s infidelity, causing her parents to walk through a messy divorce. Will she have the same fate if she marries her college sweetheart who comes from a secular family? Her mother insists she will. She tests God’s Word by letting Him take the wheel of her life. But if God...
Posted by Karen Jurgens on 01/02/2018
Lore and Michael started their family with great hope for the future, but when their son’s life begins to spiral downward, they come face to face with what it truly means to trust in God. This film unflinchingly explores the topics of Parenting, Suffering and Loss, and God’s Sovereignty. ...
At her favorite place in the park Grace cries out after discovering what her father had done to her and at that moment, she just needed to be held. “Why, why daddy! Why did you hurt me like that! Why! I want to hate you, but I can’t! Why did you do that to me! Why, why, why did you do it? Oh, Lord, I know I need to let go and forgive. I understand what it means to forgive that itis releasing me from the hold of my abusers. I do get it, Father, that as long as I hold on to bitterness and resentment and do not forgive the ones that hurt me,...
Posted by Sandra Lott on 10/20/2017
The inspirational true story of Lori Hynson, a stressed, striving SuperGal who was prideful, controlling, and outwardly successful. But behind closed doors, her Shadow Face took over. Unchurched until her mid-40's, she was a shallow Christian, a church-goer who saw God as a nice, Sunday Acquaintance. But when she finds joy, and six short weeks later tragedy strikes, Lori is determined to fix things all on her own, just as she has always done. She makes demands of God, but when He doesn't respond according to her wishes, she resolves to go it alone. On the worst night of her...
Posted by Lori Hynson on 04/26/2017
Dear Leader, I’m so thankful for your sweet service to our Lord, and your desire to lead others to follow Him more closely. Your job is so important! Especially as we talk about moving in a new direction: from Control Girls to Jesus Girls. As we study the stories of seven controlling women in the Bible, we’ll be looking for two things: Warnings and lessons for ourselves.New insights about God. Yet our goal is broader than just knowing new things. We want to turn in a new direction because we see and know and believe what is true. And what is true about this subject of control?...
Posted by Shannon Popkin on 04/05/2017
Reflections on Surrender is an adult coloring book, filled with truth about control, ourselves, and God–messages that closely correlate with my new book, Control Girl . While you don’t have to work through the Bible study to enjoy the coloring book, we thought it might be nice to offer them as compliments to each other. God never intended you to carry the burden of trying to control everything. Though most of us would agree God is in control, we find ourselves living as if he needed a little assistance from us. Let us entice you to a different perspective. Inside these pages,...
Posted by Shannon Popkin on 04/05/2017
A companion resource for Control Girl:Lessons on Surrendering Your Burden of Control from Seven Women in the Bible . We've compiled each chapter’s meditations into one handy chart for you. You may print these out and distribute as you like. Individuals might like to use the charts to meditate or review, and leaders can use the charts for that week’s discussion in group. Available for free download at ControlGirl.com. ...
Posted by Shannon Popkin on 04/05/2017
These cards are meant to help build a bridge between what we say we believe and the way we actually live. It’s nearly impossible to stop rising panic, anxiety, or anger in the heat of the moment. We have to back up and retrain our hearts beforehand to respond correctly to the things we’d like to control. As Control Girls, we need to meditate on truths that help settle our hearts. Then, when we face situations which would ordinarily send us into a Control Girl tailspin our hearts more readily fly to the truth. Available for FREE download at ControlGirl.com Also Available for...
Posted by Shannon Popkin on 04/05/2017
Little fights with your husband and kids. Unhappiness when things don’t match your version of perfect. Tension, anger, fear, anxiety–it all begins with a heart that craves control. When your perspective of how life should go replaces God’s, you doom your quest for security, peace, and joy before it even starts. Thankfully, there is a better way. Join Shannon as she shares what she has discovered about her own control struggles and about God from studying seven Control Girls in the Bible. Whether it was Eve’s desire to know instead of trust, Sarah’s inability...
Posted by Shannon Popkin on 04/05/2017
"Becoming a woman of power does not mean becoming a woman who controls and dominates. It does mean becoming a woman who influences her marriage, home, family, workplace, and faith community in a positive and edifying way. A woman of power builds up rather than tearing down." Lesson 1, Becoming a Woman of Power with God...
Posted by Sherry Poundstone on 08/01/2016
This book gives help for daily divine deliverance. Please ponder a few questions for a moment. Are you happy in this season of your life? Are you burnt out and left with no hope of anything ever changing for you? Are you able to enjoy what you have presently? Does your past keep you from taking a positive step toward your future? Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenges confronting you in this season of your life?The tsunami, hurricane Katrina, California mud slides, and snow in Hawaii are recent reminders that there are times and seasons over which we have little or no control. The same is...
Posted by Paula Harris on 12/31/2015
There are situations in life where we have absolutely no control over the events that occur such are the events of 9/11, Katrina, changes in the economy, marriage, children, work, and so forth. Yet, each of us possesses strategies of survival S.O.S. within ourselves that we can tap into in the midst of the unexpected. This book will help you with dealing with day to day unexpected surprises and give you strategies to take the leadership role in your life to another level. Available at Amazon: . https://www.amazon.com/11-Pentagon-S-Leadership-Strategies/dp/1438913575 Available...
Posted by Trina Hines on 11/01/2015