Shattered Dreams

Author: Larry Crabb
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307822664
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Using the Biblical story of Naomi, Dr. Larry Crabb shows you how to look through life's tragedies to see the lavish blessings God has for you in Shattered Dreams. “Shattered dreams,” writes Dr. Larry Crabb, “are never random. They are always a piece in a larger puzzle, a chapter in a larger story. The Holy Spirit uses the pain of shattered dreams to help us discover our desire for God, to help us begin dreaming the highest dream.” To help you understand this neglected truth in the deepest and most helpful way, author and counselor Larry Crabb has written a wise, hopeful, honest, and realistic examination of life’s difficulties and tragedies. He wraps these insights around the bold story of Naomi in the Bible’s book of Ruth. As Crabb retells and illuminates this sometimes disturbing and often profoundly touching story, we are shown how God stripped Naomi of happiness in order to prepare her for joy. And we gain an unforgettable picture of how God uses shattered dreams to release better dreams and a more fulfilling life for those He loves. Shattered dreams have the power to change our lives for good. Join Larry Crabb on a life-changing adventure to encounter God in the midst of life’s most difficult times, and learn to live beyond your Shattered Dreams.

Shattered Dreams Workbook

Author: Lawrence J. Crabb
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
ISBN: 9781578565054
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In his book "Shattered Dreams, Larry writes: ""A new way to live is available to us, a way that leads to a joy-filled encounter with Christ, to a life-arousing community with others, and to a powerful transformation of our interior worlds that makes us more like Jesus." Now this Bible-centered companion workbook can guide readers deeper and more intimately into the truths Larry shares, helping them move forward on this pathway to joy. In practical, realistic, and reflective ways, "Shattered Dreams Workbook will show readers how to look through life's disappointments and troubles and see, as never before, just how lavishly God is blessing them-for His pleasure as well as their own. This eight-session study-ideal for individuals or small groups-offers intensely personal study and liberating reflection based on the landmark book by one of today's most respected Christian communicators. It will equip readers to begin the life-changing adventure of encountering God in the midst of life's most difficult times...by living beyond their shattered dreams.

Shattered dreams

Author: Sally Wentworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : el
Pages :

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The Pressure's Off

Author: Larry Crabb
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307822672
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
“This book makes a very important statement about how to live the Christian life. It takes the Christian beyond the obstacles and disappointments and, above all, beyond the age-old enemy of self straight into the arms of grace. Once there, the pressure is off. A real worthwhile read.” —FRANK RETIEF, Presiding Bishop, Church of England in South Africa You can stop trying to get everything right. Is the pressure getting to you? Do you try to make everything work, only to find that your best efforts are largely ineffective? Christians have unknowingly embraced two errors: that following the rules guarantees a good life, and that God is important because He dispenses blessings. When God’s blessings seem to taper off and when life doesn’t work out, people take it upon themselves to make things work. And that creates pressure that we are all too familiar with. In The Pressure’s Off, best-selling author and counselor Larry Crabb introduces you to the New Way of living. God does not guarantee ease or convenience—or even a good outcome as the result of your obedience. But he does promise himself, no matter what the circumstances of your life. When you seek God and nothing else, the pressure truly is off you.

Shattered Dreams

Author: Larry Crabb
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307459500
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams

Author: Br. Harold Reynolds FSC
Publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9712736199
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams overtures profounder understandings into the interconnections between life, dreams, experiences especially on the celebration of successes and on contending with the life’s difficulties in achieving one’s dreams. The socio-political issues implicitly and explicitly embedded in this collection of short stories that youngsters the world over have to deal with, how to tide with destitution, how to get educated to have a better life, how to relate to the Creator, how to live in peace and order, how to live in a life mysteriously destined to happen to anyone but retaining still his/her individuality to be able to still connect with the world created especially for everyone are some of the in this book.

Shattered Dreams, A Plea for Love

Author: Pryncess Walton
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490719989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137

Book Description
Sarah Smith an only child to Lynn and Malcolm Smith, lived in upstate New York was a very reserve girl in high school, very smart but always missed understood because of her shyness, until one day a guy by the name of Jason Alexander dared himself to approach her, and to his surprised, she liked him just as much as he liked her. They spent a lot of time together and had planned to marry when they graduate out of school, until one day Jason told her of his news of joining the military, and that he would marry her after boot camp, after a few year his letters to her stopped, Sarah was heartbroken but vowed to never fall in love like that again, she did not want the hurt the pain, she did not want to suffer anymore, so she felt it was time to move on which is what she did. Sarah moved to LA and landed a very good job. Sarah never in her wildest thought that she would meet the man of her dreams. She had prayed and pleaded to god to send her someone she could love and guess what, he sent her John Bass. One morning she was leaving her apartment for work and then she turned around and there he was just standing there, she fell in love at first sight, it was as if god heard her plea for love that night. She thought she never love again until she met John Bass, he blew her mind, he made her forget the hurt the pain of her childhood sweetheart of Jason Alexander, she thought to herself, what a find figure of man he was and that she wanted not needed to meet him but it was not time, she was almost late of work. John too was staring at her, he could not take his eyes off to her, for you see, he too prayed to find that special someone, and now his prayers was answered, he fell in love with her the moment he saw her. And so, the love affair goes on, there are twist and turns in this plea for love story, John finally re-units with his father, read on.

The Book of Hearts and Shattered Dreams

Author: Ben Dangerfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922527882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Shattered Vows

Author: Debra Laaser
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310541948
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
For any woman dealing with the fallout of infidelity, this sensitive and practical guide offers proven tools to help you make wise and empowering decisions as you deal with your husband’s sexual betrayal. If you have been devastated by your husband's sexual betrayal--whether an isolated incident or a long-term pattern of addiction--you don't have to live as a victim. If you choose to stay in your marriage, you have options other than punishing, tolerating, or ignoring your spouse; in fact, extraordinary growth awaits a woman willing to deal with the pain of her husband's struggles with sexual purity. Even if your spouse will not participate in a program for healing, you can change your own life in powerful and permanent ways. Shattered Vows is inspired by Debra Laaser's own journey through betrayal, her extensive work with hundreds of hurting women as a licensed marriage and family therapist, and her healed marriage after her husband's infidelity. In this book, she gives you the emotional tools to develop greater intimacy in your life, spiritual tools to transform your suffering, and meaningful answers to the questions that arise amid the complex fallout of broken vows: What am I supposed to do now? Why should I get help when this is his problem? How could this have happened? Where can I hide my heart? When will I stop feeling so out of control? What do you mean, "do I want to get well?" How can I ever trust him again? Is forgiving him really possible? How can we rebuild our relationship? The pain endured from sexual betrayal can break your heart, but it does not need to break your life.

Our Shattered Dreams

Author: Martha Gutierrez
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496966406
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Despite our hurts and disappointments in life, we were created with a purpose. Each scene we lived, regardless of the pain inflicted to our soul; in the end, when all the pieces of the puzzle are put together, we will be able to see the magnificent masterpiece, and then we will be able to understand that there was a reason for every shattered dream. Have you wondered if anyone can relate to your pain? This book will help you to discover the beauty among the thorns; will encourage you to continue the fight you are engaged in, and to never give up, because you are making the difference in the midst of your surroundings. There is no victory without a battle. Some abandon their dreams for different reasons. This book will inspire you to be an overcomer, to be the conqueror you were created and equipped to be; even before you realized that you are in a battlefield. You are not alone. There are others like you, who are warriors, and understand that it doesnt matter the many pieces they have to pick up from the floor, and start all over again; they keep fighting for the prize. It doesnt matter how you feel, or how many barriers you have to run over; you are not alone. Your descendants are your fans and witnesses. One day they will reap the fruit of your efforts. While the breath of life is still in us; there is hope, and the sky is the limit! Every hurt and every disappointment is a stepping-stone to your final destination. You are not alone. Dont give up!