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FREE: US By Daniel L. Tocchini Drawing on personal experience and stories from couples he has coached, Tocchini offers practical guidance to move couples beyond communication tricks and gimmicks to help them truly understand "Us" for the first time—talking honestly, listening generously, tackling tricky issues, breaking out of ruts, and abandoning self-centered "consumer thinking." Get this free ebook through 9/2/2016 Also available free on Vyrso, iBooks, Google Play, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and Christianbook.com A Note from  Ravi Zacharias at RZIM . By now, many of you have read Nabeel Qureshi 's post on the shocking news he received recently that he is in the advanced stages of stomach cancer ( http://bit.ly/2cc15jX ). When Nabeel and I shared a meal a few weeks ago, he had talked of terrible discomfort in his stomach. None had a sense of what lay ahead. Life brings its sudden turns. Our hearts go out to Nabeel and his family, and our prayers for him...

Picture Perfect Free for a limited time Also free on Vyrso and iBooks Frankly, Your Perfectionism Isn’t Enough. Perfectionism is a crushing burden that can leave us angry, anxious, and paralyzed. But the quest for perfection will never transform a heart. Amy Baker examines the root and purpose of the longing for perfection to show how God’s grace transforms the aching “not enough” of perfectionism into the overflowing abundance of faith. Amy Baker, PhD, is the Ministry Resource Director at Faith Church (Lafayette, IN); Director of Counseling for Vision of Hope, a faith-based residential treatment program; Instructor and counselor at Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries; a council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition: and the author of Getting to the Heart of Friendships as well as several counseling minibooks. She and her husband Jeff have two children. Don’t Follow Your Heart (New Book) Free in various formats: Pdf, Mobi (Kindle) and Epub (Apple, N...

Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord , she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30 NKJV I love how the NKJV translates that verse.  I memorized it in the KJV but this captures an essential component on the discussion here: beauty is passing. It's not something that lasts forever.  As a pursuit, it is elusive, subjective and subject to changes outside of a person's control.   Billions of dollars are spent to take ordinary people or those who are less than the most beautiful people and turn them into gorgeous individuals.  Plastic surgery , make-up artists, cosmetics, beauty treatments, exercise regimens and fad diets abound.  Hollywood is so fixated on outer beauty and being more beautiful than the actress or actor next to them that the bar is set ever higher and the stakes are ever greater.  You don't have far to look on the internet to catch a glimpse of one of entertainment's gorgeous people spotte...

pic of Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr. from his blog:  http://rcsprouljr.com/blog The story behind this post: He lost his wife to cancer and his daughter with disabilities less than a year apart. His wife Denise died of cancer on Dec. 18, 2011 .   Daughter Shannon died October 3, 2012 at the age of 15.   She was born with a condition called Lissencephaly, a condition that left her disabled.  Lissencephaly , literally meaning smooth brain, is a rare birth abnormality of the brain that results in profound mental retardation and severe seizures. R.C. Sproul, Jr. Demonstrates that It's Okay to Be Sad When Mourning Loss It's okay to be sad and lonesome months and even years after your loved one's passing.  This is what a fellow traveler in that pain had to say.  It's from someone who believes in God's sovereignty and His purposes even in our earthly struggles. It’s the Little Things; OK, It’s the Big Things Too   from R.C. Sproul Jr. Apr 27, 2013 Jo...

While driving and doing errands today, I came upon a great Family Life Today program that I believe you simply must hear or read.  It is heart-breaking, faith-filled and encouraging all at the same time.   Finding Grace in the Depths of Disappointment with Rob and Rhonda Bugh from the series  When the Bottom Drops Out  (link provided below to get the book) Family Life Today's introduction:  Rhonda was a beloved wife, a great mom and a successful pediatrician. Her husband was a Godly man, a respected surgeon and the love of her life. Together, it looked like happily ever after, until the day her husband came home with stunning news: “I have terminal cancer”. Join us for Rhonda’s powerful journey through the valley of the shadow of death, and beyond. Get the links here to either listen to the broadcast, download it for ITunes or download a transcript for free: Finding Grace in the Depths of Disappointment