Driven By Pain Changed By Grace

Author : Peter Lyndon-James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646814520
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven by Pain, Changed by Grace written by Peter Lyndon-James and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from Tough Love, Peter Lyndon-James offers a darker, grittier and more detailed insight into his past in his second book, Driven by Pain, Changed by Grace.With the same disarming, plain-spoken honesty, Peter leaves no stone unturned in relating his experiences with drugs, crime, violence, suicide and sexual abuse in a dark narrative that is painful to read, yet impossible to put down.From his early childhood Peter recounts a heart-breaking tale of abandonment, neglect and abuse, dove-tailing into an adolescence dominated by juvenile and criminal institutions that were to forge the broken sense of self that would drive his drug addiction and criminal lifestyle.Using the skills he learned from the juvenile detention and prison system, complemented with the unforgiving lessons of the street, Peter entered adulthood as a volatile, violent man intent on a destructive path that would lead him and his wife Amanda on a nomadic journey across Australia. Barely a step ahead of the law, steeped in dysfunction, Peter's downward spiral seemed unstoppable, even the birth of his children scarcely slowing his appetite for drugs and crime. Despite the dark world Peter inhabited, a seed of hope had been planted in him by Broken Chain Ministry as a young teenager. With occasional glimpses of the divine, it was this seed that would grow, against all odds, into a yearning for something more powerful than the carnage that ruled his life up to that point.A series of inexplicable incidents opened Peter's heart to something that would eventually lead him to become one of Australia's most effective healers of men and families that are broken by life-controlling addiction. As founder and CEO of Australia's largest and strictest rehab, Peter's life has transformed beyond belief, casting him as an unlikely saviour of desperate, damaged people that have been annihilated by drugs and substances.From the darkness comes a dawn. Just as grace has made whole a broken life, Peter's second book reveals the true power of real transformation from the very deepest level and the impact it has on friends, family and strangers alike.

Author : Peter Lyndon-James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646966700
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tough Love written by Peter Lyndon-James and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tough Love will equip you and your family to successfully handle a person on drugs. While primarily focused on meth, the principles in Tough Love apply to all addictions.

Author : Becky Harling
Publisher : Tyndale House
ISBN 13 : 1617479675
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom from Performing written by Becky Harling and published by Tyndale House. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delving into fresh insights from Jesus’ parables, author and speaker Becky Harling directs you to leave behind a life dependent on the accolades of others and go on a grace-filled journey of seeking God’s applause alone. The 12 lessons feature discussion-provoking questions and exercises for personal or group study.

Author : Kathleen Norris
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781573227216
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazing Grace written by Kathleen Norris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Cloister Walk, a book about Christianity, spirituality, and rediscovered faith. Struggling with her return to the Christian church after many years away, Kathleen Norris found it was the language of Christianity that most distanced her from faith. Words like "judgment," "faith," "dogma," "salvation," "sinner"—even "Christ"—formed what she called her "scary vocabulary," words that had become so codified or abstract that their meanings were all but impenetrable. She found she had to wrestle with them and make them her own before they could confer their blessings and their grace. Blending history, theology, storytelling, etymology, and memoir, Norris uses these words as a starting point for reflection, and offers a moving account of her own gradual conversion. She evokes a rich spirituality rooted firmly in the chaos of everyday life—and offers believers and doubters alike an illuminating perspective on how we can embrace ancient traditions and find faith in the contemporary world.

Author : Cyrus Dunham
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316444952
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Year Without a Name written by Cyrus Dunham and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "stunning" (Hanif Abdurraqib), "unputdownable" (Mary Karr) meditation on queerness, family, and desire. How do you know if you are transgender? How do you know if what you want and feel is real? How do you know whether to believe yourself? Cyrus Dunham’s life always felt like a series of imitations—lovable little girl, daughter, sister, young gay woman. But in a culture of relentless self-branding, and in a family subject to the intrusions and objectifications that attend fame, dissociation can come to feel normal. A Lambda Literary Award finalist, Dunham’s fearless, searching debut brings us inside the chrysalis of a transition inflected as much by whiteness and proximity to wealth as by gender, asking us to bear witness to an uncertain and exhilarating process that troubles our most basic assumptions about identity. Written with disarming emotional intensity in a voice uniquely his, A Year Without a Name is a potent, thrillingly unresolved meditation on queerness, family, and selfhood. Named a Most Anticipated Book of the season by: Time NYLON Vogue ELLE Buzzfeed Bustle O Magazine Harper's Bazaar

Author : James B. Richards
Publisher : Whitaker House
ISBN 13 : 1603747966
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grace written by James B. Richards and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many things that we all believe yet do not experience. We all want victory, yet few find it. One of our greatest frustrations is that much of what we believe really doesn’t work. Too often we spend our lives struggling with the same issues. The feeling of defeat can be agonizing. It is as if we are caught in a maze of formulas and rules. We know there’s something missing, but we’re not sure what. In our search for truth, we lose our way among the dos and don’ts of religion. Christians everywhere have been missing the truth about grace--and the result is defeat and frustration. In this life-changing book, Dr. James Richards unfolds the mystery of grace. You will find the power to overcome instead of repeatedly seeking forgiveness. You will conquer personal issues instead of enduring them. You will discover God’s power of effortless change instead of your best effort to change. This reality will transform everything you are experiencing with God. Grace: The Power to Change will bring you into the dimension of Christian living that Jesus called “easy and light.” This is a must-read for every believer!

Author : D. N. Grace
Publisher : Books By Grace LLC
ISBN 13 : 1735252026
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book YOUR PAIN IS NOT A WASTE written by D. N. Grace and published by Books By Grace LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D.N. Grace tells her story as a cancer survivor. Still in her twenties, Grace sees her life goals unfolding just as she planned. With a passion to serve God, her dream school within reach, and the love of her life at her side, she suddenly finds her life out of control and turned upside down taking a very different path. In Your Pain Is Not A Waste, Grace tells her story of being diagnosed with stage 3 soft tissue sarcoma and given two years to live, only if the chemotherapy drugs work. Cancer survivors will learn about: * early symptoms of cancer that can easily be missed and ignored * a new perspective of pain and how to value and embrace each moment * faith, peace, encouragement, and a renewed desire to fight Caregivers will learn: * How to be consistent in their love through the ugliness of the disease * Statements/words detrimental for a cancer patient to hear * How to be a strong encourager for their loved one Your Pain Is Not A Waste reveals: * the long-term side effects of chemotherapy treatment, the questions, the conflicts, the sacrifices * the tough choices cancer patients and their caregivers make every day and the pain they have to endure in their battle to beat cancer * the truth about cancer, and how sarcoma can leave the cancer survivors and their caregivers weary Through her journey and after facing cancer, Grace learns how God creates beauty out of ashes, and how He shapes a person as He works through pain. She learns that her pain is not a waste of time and sends a final message that in the midst of sufferings and with God's strength, you can still fight and win the battle over pain. Scroll up and get your copy today. It will change not only your life, but also the lives of your loved ones as well. Editorial Reviews: A Must Read for Those Going through Pain A touching, authentic, and powerful story of a young Christian woman's painful, yet faith-filled, cancer journey. Unique perspectives from her devoted husband, beloved sister, and loyal friend are interspersed with her deeply personal account. This book will encourage your heart, challenge your thinking, and strengthen your faith or invite you to seek out a relationship with Dalia's Lord Jesus Christ. Kim Coburn, an avid reader, breast cancer survivor and aspiring writer Sacrificial Love Wins out over Pain and Isolation Your pain is not a waste takes you through the journey of a beautiful young girl who had no care in the world until she had to face the most dreaded news: she was battling cancer even the most expert physicians had no clue how to treat. An enormously painful experience filled with failure, loss of hope, and feelings of isolation, but also amazing support from special people in her life that God used to carry her through this darkness as she grew stronger in faith, more driven, and full of purpose and determination to help others through this book. It's such an inspiring story of faith and Christian sacrificial love as it should be that happened in our modern day. I can attest to how true and powerful every word in this book is as someone who has been there as her doctor and friend, and someone who knows or has met all the main characters of the book. Dalia has simply retold her story in this book in the very same words she had spoken to me or picked up the phone to share some news. This couldn't be told better. Dr. Viviane Bishay, Grace's primary care physician and friend About the Author D.N. Grace was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2016 when she was 28 years old. Poised on the cusp of enrolling in her dream school for a master's degree in counseling. she found life taking her down a twisted and ugly path, one full of pain and frustration that led her to an amazing growth beyond description. Throughout her story, she shows how to hold onto faith during the darkest of times, how to search for hope, and how to understand the purpose of pain. This true story of Dalia's inspiring journey holds a multitude of life lessons. Dalia and her husband, Remon, along with their sweet dog, Hodor, live in Orlando, Florida.

Author : Michael Reeves
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433565358
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rejoice and Tremble written by Michael Reeves and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear is one of the strongest human emotions, and it is one that often baffles Christians. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." — Proverbs 1:7 Fear is one of the strongest human emotions—and one that often baffles Christians. In the Bible the picture can seem equally confusing: Is fear a good thing or a bad thing? And what does it mean to "fear the Lord"? In Rejoice and Tremble, Michael Reeves clears the clouds of confusion and shows that the fear of the Lord is not a negative thing at all, but an intensely delighted wondering at God, our Creator and Redeemer.

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 1594634408
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The question of why God would allow pain and suffering in the world has vexed believers and nonbelievers forever. In Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller takes on this enduring issue and shows that there is meaning and reason behind pain and suffering, making a forceful and groundbreaking case that this essential part of the human experience can be overcome only by understanding our relationship with God. Using biblical wisdom and personal stories of overcoming adversity, Keller brings a much-needed, fresh viewpoint to this important issue."--Back cover

Author : Elizabeth Lesser
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 1588361594
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Broken Open written by Elizabeth Lesser and published by Villard. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity—now updated with additional toolbox materials and a new preface by the author In the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which people weather change and transition. In a beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have risen from the ashes of illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one—stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. And she draws on the world’s great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.