More God Allows U Turns

Author : Allison Bottke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781586603014
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More God Allows U-turns written by Allison Bottke and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in the U-Turn collection is filled with true stories of people from all walks of life who have made U-turns in their lives. These stories show how faith in God can inspire, heal and give hope.

Author : Allison Gappa Bottke
Publisher : Bethany House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780764201813
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Allows U-Turns for Teens written by Allison Gappa Bottke and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic, candid, and poignant, these 50 original accounts of God at work in the lives of teens offer encouragement and guidance for young adults whose own lives are headed down the wrong path.

Author : Allison Gappa Bottke
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781586605780
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Allows U-Turns a Woman's Journey written by Allison Gappa Bottke and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers can be encouraged to know that their trials are not unique when they read this collection of stories by, about, and for women.

Author : Allison Gappa Bottke
Publisher : Good News Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781682160695
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Allows U-Turns (Pack of 25) written by Allison Gappa Bottke and published by Good News Publishers. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is sometimes difficult to see that God is paying even the slightest attention when our lives are a mess. I mean, where is He, exactly, when you really need Him? The "God is great," "God is good," and all the other "God is terrific" stuff is hard to find during times of turmoil and tragedy. I know I did not think God was so "great" when my now ex-husband was dragging me up a flight of stairs by my hair. No way was God "good" when my bones ached from punches and kicks, and my eyes burned from hot tears of despair and fear. God did not seem so "terrific" when I stared into the hate-filled eyes of my husband as he held a knife to my throat or a gun to my head and sneered, "If you scream one more time I will kill you." My parents divorced when I was young, leaving an emptiness in my heart I could never understand. As a teenager, I felt apart from girls my own age, and I rebelled strongly against any and all authority. I had given up on God long before I ran away at the age of fifteen to marry the eighteen year-old man who in one year went from being the love of my life to my abuser, jailer, kidnapper, rapist, and attempted murderer. By the time I was "sweet sixteen" there was no doubt in my mind-if God existed it was certainly not in my world. After the birth of my son and my divorce, both at the age of sixteen, there was no room in my life for anything but the here and now. Practical things consumed me, like going back to school, working, child care, housekeeping, paying bills, and learning how to be a mother. I was so very lost. I filled my days with busy take-charge tasks. I filled my nights with alcohol, drugs, parties, and self-destruction. I filled my soul with empty promises and emptier pursuits. Over the years, another marriage and divorce, several broken engagements, more than one abortion, and frequent extreme weight gains and losses left me even more emotionally crippled. Why couldn't I find happiness? Why did it seem as though nothing I did worked out? Why did I feel so worthless? The feelings of utter helplessness and hopelessness, the unrealized dreams, broken promises, and dead-end streets overwhelmed me. One summer evening I was taking a walk in my neighborhood when I noticed people going into the neighborhood church. Suddenly my legs developed a mind of their own, virtually propelling me up the steps and through the doors. Alone in the church balcony, I looked toward the pulpit and saw the statue of Jesus with outstretched hands, looking right at me. Hot tears fell down my cheeks as emotions I could not explain filled my heart and soul. What was wrong? What was happening to me? Why was I sitting in a strange church crying like a baby? When the Pastor began to speak, it was a message of being lost, without direction, without hope, without faith-and how it did not have to be like that. He talked of how we needed only to listen to the Holy Spirit and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into our hearts and He would be there-just like that. My walk with the Lord started that day, a day that forever changed the course of my life. Suddenly I wanted to know more about this relationship with Jesus of which the Pastor spoke. Over the next decade the world opened up to me in ways I could never have imagined. Opportunities, experiences, and spiritual illumination did not make my life perfect, but it was a life of healing and hope, a life of promise where before there had been empty desolation. Psalm 71:20 says, "Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up." And bring me up He did. Jesus Christ took my broken spirit and my lost soul, filled with guilt and pain, and turned me around, setting me on a new course. He filled that empty place in my soul I was trying so desperately to fill with drugs, alcohol, relationships, material goods, work, and empty pursuits. He forgave me the sins that weighed heavy on my heart, showing me I no longer had to carry the burden alone. He can do the same for you. I did not "get religion." I "got a relationship"- a relationship with Jesus Christ. Second Corinthians 5:17 says it all: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" Are you ready for a new relationship and a new life? No matter what we have done, no matter where we have been, it is never too late to change direction, becauseGOD ALLOWS U-TURNS! If you would like to turn your life around, pray this simple prayer from your heart: Dear Heavenly Father, I have been going down the wrong road and I want to make a u-turn toward You. Thank You for giving Your Son as a sacrifice for my sins, that I might not die but have eternal life with You. Please forgive my sins and come into my life. Fill me with Your love and the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name, amen." Adapted from the book series God Allows U-Turns (c)2001 by Allison Gappa Bottke. Used by permission of Promise Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing in association with Alive Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. To obtain your copy, please visit your local bookstore. For information on future volumes or to submit your own u-turn story for publication, visit the website at http: //www.godallowsuturns.com.

Author : Allison Gappa Bottke
Publisher : Bethany House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780764201806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Allows U-Turns for Women written by Allison Gappa Bottke and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These affirming stories of powerful and passionate faith--perfect for devotional readings--inspire women to live their daily lives for the Lord. Real-life stories of love, forgiveness, prayer and more inspire and encourage"--Provided by publisher.

Author : David Barton
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1629980250
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-Turn written by David Barton and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining current research with the authors’ trademark insight and analysis, U-Turn gives readers a unique view of the moral and spiritual condition of Americans and provides specific insights into how we can turn our nation around

Author : Tony Evans
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1462790623
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-Turns written by Tony Evans and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and renowned preacher Tony Evans concludes his series of books about God’s direction over our lives. In ­U-Turns, Dr. Evans shows readers the reality of human freedom, the consequences that come from negative choices, and the way to reverse those consequences. By aligning your life choices under God’s Word and pursuing an intimate relationship with Him, you can experience the abundant life Jesus has for you. You get to choose whether or not you want that. If you do, you will see how God can reverse the negative consequences of decisions you’ve made.

Author : Dean O Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991480524
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-Turn to God written by Dean O Webb and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, you will read testimonies of broken lives that have been changed by the power of God. Addiction knows no boundaries. Some Faith Farm Ministries' students have been abused, broken, prostituted, or convicted as criminals; some having served prison time. Others come as children from loving homes and a church background, but were sidetracked into drugs and alcohol by peer pressure. Some have been upstanding citizens who were involved in some kind of accident or sustained an injury that led to an addiction to prescription pain medicines and have lost everything. Others have been very well off financially and had their lives destroyed because of their addictions. Regardless of their circumstances, they have made a complete "U-TURN" in their lives. These are stories of lives transformed by the power of unconditional love and the grace of God. Dean Webb has done an excellent job of bringing a book to the reader that testifies of the grace, mercy, and goodness of the Lord, as He stands waiting, with open arms, to welcome home His prodigal sons and daughters, whose lives have been shattered by addiction. This book is a celebration of all who have passed through the gates of Faith Farm Ministries and were set free by the power of Almighty God. No one who made a choice to socially use a mood-altering substance intended to become addicted to it. Addiction is destructive for families, friends, finance, relationships, jobs, health, and really, anything that a person holds dear to their heart, including his own life, if he does not get help. An old Japanese proverb says, "First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man." The same can be true for any mood-altering substance, when a man or a woman has an addictive personality. Webster's New World Dictionary defines rehabilitation as, "to restore to rank, reputation, etc., which one has lost; to put back in good condition." Faith Farm Ministries is NOT committed to putting "back in good condition." We are committed to regeneration. Webster's defines regeneration as, "spiritually reborn; renewed; to cause to be spiritually reborn; to be made anew." No one can argue that addiction is now at epidemic levels. Everyone knows someone; a loved one, a neighbor, a co-worker or friend who has addiction issues. Overcoming codependency can be as difficult a challenge as overcoming an addiction. Faith Farm lives out its purpose for our students daily: "Restoring Hope... One Life at a Time" and these are their stories. Please enjoy reading them.

Author : Allison Bottke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889501956
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Allows U-Turns written by Allison Bottke and published by . This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Grierson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596917954
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-Turn written by Bruce Grierson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this impressively researched and incisive book, Bruce Grierson draws on over three hundred stories of so-called "U-turners," who have risked their livelihoods to answer a sudden wake-up call. We meet people who change political parties and careers, doctors who quit to become poets, men who become women, people who suddenly become revolutionaries for a cause they didn't care about the day before. In chapters that address everything from the neuroscience behind epiphanies to the possibility of "forcing" a U-turn, Grierson brilliantly describes and elucidates this powerful, mysterious phenomenon, and in doing so illuminates all of our continual struggles with life choices and identity.