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Money Talks Participant's Guide: Five Episodes, One Story) (Liquid)
Par John Ward, Jeff Pries. 2005
LIQUID will revolutionize the way you view small group study. This 112-page Participant's Guide with questions and leader's tips acts…
as a companion to the DVD, available in the Leader's Kit. Each episode introduces present-day characters whose problems and struggles mirror biblical stories, illustrating that God's Word is as true today as it was when it was written. With emotionally provoking videos, introspective questions, and tips for leading a small group, LIQUID is the perfect experience for individual growth or small group study.
Great financing is the holy grail of real estate--with the power to make or break the deal. Learn how to…
get the money you need for the property you need.Whether you are brokering your first deal or your fiftieth, finding the right financing for that specific situation can be the most important challenge you face. However, you can find nearly unlimited supplies of funding for all your real estate deals if you know where to lookThe Inside Guide to Funding Real Estate Investments introduces you to the range of options available--from traditional mortgages and asset-based loans to crowdfunding and private money--and provides an inside look into the loan process as a whole and how lenders think through different scenarios. Learn all there is to know about:What lenders are looking forHow to close with confidenceHow to maintain sufficient liquidityHow to protect your credit position for future dealsWhat to do when deals go southWhether you&’re planning to fix and flip or buy and hold, you can rest confidently that you are in prime position to not only avoid costly borrowing mistakes but also be set up for real estate success beyond what you thought possible with The Inside Guide to Funding Real Estate Investments by your side.
This forty-day interactive journey challenges you to come face to face with the real you, identify the internal battles you…
must declare war on, and become the difference-maker God created you to be. Every person has a mission and a God-given potential to impact the world, whether they recognize it or not. But the stuff of life—the loss of a job, the death of a friend or a loved one, the inability to focus due to bad moods or self-sabotaging tendencies—presents challenges and traps us in a helpless, hopeless loop of anxiety and fear. In the Take Back Your Life study (DVD/video streaming sold separately), Levi Lusko gives us forty daily challenges to come to terms with the reality of the battle and take up the weapons God has given us to engage in the fight. When we fail to recognize the reality of our situation, take back your life and fix your eyes on God. When the enemy is seeking to defeat and demoralize us, take back your life by responding to the Holy Spirit's power. When you have to decide whether to play it safe or cross the barbed wire, take back your life by tearing down strongholds. When you have to face your fears, take back your life by stepping out of your comfort zone and following God's call. When you find yourself in the wilderness, take back your life by embracing the struggle and making time with God a priority. This is a journey to get back the life you know you were born for. To change your thinking so you can change your living. To become the difference-maker God sees when he sees you. It&’s your choice. Sessions include: Look in the Mirror Turn Off the Dark Cross the Barbed Wire Run Toward the Roar Embrace the Struggle Designed for use with the Take Back Your Life Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.
Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
Par Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw. 2008
Do the church and politics ever go together? Jesus for President is a radical manifesto--more urgent today than ever--to awaken the Christian…
political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people "set apart" from this world.This collaboration between Shane Claiborne's writing and stories, Chris Haw's reflections and research, and Chico Fajardo-Heflin's 4-color art and design creates lyrical theology that poetically weaves together words and images to sing (rather than dictate) its message.This one-of-a-kind book includes:Messages drawn from biblical theologiansLessons from church historyExamples from modern-day saints and ordinary radicalsA poetic and illustrative perspective of faith This book is perfect for those who seek to follow Jesus, rediscover the spirit of the early church, and represent the kingdom of God.Jesus for President stirs the imagination of what the church could look like if it placed its faith in Jesus instead of Caesar. A fresh look at Christianity and empire, Jesus for President transcends questions of "Should I vote or not?" and "Which candidate?" by thinking creatively about the fundamental issues of faith and allegiance.
Recovering Our Sanity: How the Fear of God Conquers the Fears that Divide Us
Par Michael Horton. 2022
How cultivating a healthy fear of God liberates us from our fear of others, our fear of the future, and…
even our fear of death itself.At times the world feels like it's losing its mind. From politics to the pandemic, we live with an ever-increasing uncertainty, and many of us have grown to fear the rapid disintegration of our society and our own lives.Recovering Our Sanity is not another self-help book about how to beat your daily fears for a better life. It's a book that will show you the gravity and glory of a God who's worthy of our fear. It&’s a book that will reveal how these two biblical phrases—Fear God and Do Not Be Afraid—are not contradictory but actually one coherent message.Michael Horton—Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary—shows us that we cannot fight our fears by seeking the absence of fear altogether, but by living with a fear of God that drives out the fear of everything else. Horton will walk you through the case for the fear of God by:Developing what it means to fear God, biblically and theologically, and what this kind of fear looks like in practice.Categorizing different types of fears—from cultural anxiety to pain and hardship—and what they stem from.Focusing on how to confront our earthly fears with our hope in Christ, rooted in the gospel.Reminding us that God does not exist for us; we exist for God.Humbling, thought-provoking, and hope-igniting, Recovering Our Sanity delivers a timely message that will help you shift your focus from a human-centered obsession with self-preservation to a fixation on Christ and his salvation.Rather than clinging to false securities and promises of immediate gratification, you can gain the lasting joy of knowing the One who has given himself to save us and who says to us, "Do not be afraid."
Meant for Good Bible Study Guide: The Adventure of Trusting God and His Plans for You
Par Megan Fate Marshman. 2020
The most-underlined verse in the Bible, Jeremiah 29:11, says that God has a good plan for you—a plan to give you…
a hope and a future. Are you ready to believe it? Do you think you can really trust God's plan for your life—no matter what your life looks like right now?In this six-session video Bible study (DVD/video streaming not included), dynamic Bible teacher Megan Fate Marshman will take you through an engaging exploration of the significance of Jeremiah 29:11-14. Through interactive Bible study exercises, you will discover how to stop discounting yourself from a hopeful future, start living in active dependence on God, and find your way to the good plan He has for you.In this beloved passage of Scripture, Megan reveals how to trust God in your daily life and, more importantly, how to trust God's definition of good above your own.You will discover: Your not-enoughness is exactly enough for God, and that in fact, you have everything you need to take that first step into the life God has for you.How to stop counting yourself out because Jesus never has. God is up to something really good, and He's inviting you to join Him.How to hear and respond to God's voice, and intentionally grow a personal, intimate relationship with Him.How to defeat anxiety, trust God with all you're carrying and worrying about, and experience a life of freedom in relying on God daily.Designed for use with the Meant for Good Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.
Heart to Heart with Women
Par Marcia K. Moragne-Wells. 2020
The Bible is filled with women who did great things and accomplished what seemed at times like insurmountable tasks. There&’s…
Deborah a great leader, Esther a queen, Naomi a widow, Dinah a curious girl, Ruth a loyal woman, and so many more. Where do you fit in? Are you a wife, mother, ministry leader, employer, employee, or caregiver? Whatever you are called to do, remember to allow God to lead your life. Just like back then, the demands of this life can sometimes seem overwhelming. We must find our refuge in God. Psalm 91:1 (KJV) says &“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.&”
Combo Prospecting: The Powerful One-Two Punch That Fills Your Pipeline and Wins Sales
Par Tony Hughes. 2018
How do you break through to impossible-to-reach executive buyers who are intent on blocking out the noise that confronts them…
every day?In a world where everyone is completely inundated by phone calls, drop-ins, pop-up ads, and junk mail, how can you and your product begin to make its impression known in the business world? By learning how to combine time-tested sales processes with cutting-edge social media strategies. Sales expert and author Tony J. Hughes details today&’s new breed of chief executive buyers, the channels they use, the value narratives that they find appealing, and the mix of methods that will grab their attention.In Combo Prospecting, you will learn how to:Locate leverage points that matterSecure decision-maker meetingsBuild a knockout online brand that distinguishes you from the packBuild a constantly growing list of profitable referralsAnd much more! Old-school prospecting tactics are growing increasingly irrelevant in today&’s tech-savvy online business world. However, new-school techniques alone have proven to not be able to provide the answers. The key to your success is to learn how to unleash a killer combination of old and new sales strategies.
Game-changing new strategies to outsmart, outmaneuver, and outsell your competition!Salespeople face fierce competition in their pursuit of winning deals. Differences…
in product features and functions get smaller by the minute and are not always meaningful to buyers.How do you stand out from the pack and not just land the account, but win deals at the prices you want?Lee B. Salz&’s previous ground-breaking, bestselling book, Sales Differentiation, armed salespeople with strategies to differentiate both what they sell and how they sell it. Sell Different! provides a new component of Sales Differentiation strategy to help you outsmart, outmaneuver, and outsell the competition to win more deals at the prices you want. This book provides you with the tools you need to land new accounts and grow existing ones.The practical, proven strategies presented in Sell Different! include:How to defeat your toughest competitor (hint: it&’s not who you think it is)An actionable 16-phase plan to reach and engage elusive prospectsFinding more of your best clients (it&’s easier than you think)Acquiring more referrals than you ever dreamed possibleVirtual selling and how to harness its potentialNeutralizing the fear of change that paralyzes buyers and kills dealsStructuring pilot programs that advance your dealsIdentifying the critical person needed to win more deals at the prices you wantSolving closing problems and fixing the real issue limiting your successDissecting and resolving the most challenging sales objection — price!What 99.999% of salespeople don&’t do, but shouldExpanding account relationships to explode revenue and lock out the competitionHow to address a major flaw when comparing salespeople with professional athletesAnd much, much more!If you are a salesperson, executive, or business owner who desires to win more deals at the prices you want, then this book is for you.
Ever felt mortally embarrassed when all your friends are discussing the merits of "the 5 points of Calvinism" and you…
don't have the foggiest idea what they're talking about? Ever kicked yourself for not knowing which popes reigned the shortest amount of time? (First on the list is Pope Urban VII, who ruled for a whopping 13 days.)Well, where else could you find the answer to all your problems, but in A Theological Miscellany-a maddeningly addictive cornucopia of trivia and smorgasbord of stuff that will keep you up late at night, reading just one more page. The best little book of trivia and oddities you'll ever find. . . . And if not the best, then certainly in the top ten.
The Power of a Positive Attitude: Discovering The Key To Success
Par Roger Fritz. 2008
In this book, you&’ll discover how to develop a deeper understanding of the effects of your attitude and how it…
influences not only your performance, but the results others achieve.The way we view difficulties and setbacks can make the difference between success and failure. Author Roger Fritz has devoted his career to helping people overcome obstacles and achieve their goals by changing their outlook on life, and he&’ll help you do the same with this useful resource. In The Power of a Positive Attitude, you can learn to succeed in business by: assessing your attitude toward yourself and your co-workersovercoming negative attitudeslearning the dos and don&’ts in dealing with your bossbecoming a better listenerovercoming resistance to change in the workplacerejecting suggestions without causing resentmentgiving and responding to criticism from team membersdisagreeing with employees and colleagues without being disagreeableconquering burnout and stressAttitude affects every facet of our lives—from the way we handle stress to how we communicate at work. Life-affirming and authoritative, The Power of a Positive Attitude is an invaluable book that will empower anyone to face life and work with joy and confidence.
Twitter, smartphones, and self-service kiosks are taking over, and tech-savvy business dealings are no longer an advantage--they’re a requirement. With…
entertaining humor and inarguable logic, author Micah Solomon offers surefire strategies for success by exploring the timelessness of customer service (i.e., what hasn’t changed), the high-tech tools that could give you a customer service advantage, and the systemic social shifts that are changing your customer’s expectations of the way you do business. You’ll learn inside secrets of wildly successful customer service initiatives, from internet startups to venerable brands, and how to turn casual customers into fervent supporters who will spread the word far and wide--online and off. High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service does this by teaching readers the six major customer trends and what they mean for business; the eight unbreakable rules for social media customer service; how to effectively address online complainers and saboteurs on Yelp, Twitter, TripAdvisor, and other forums; how to understand and leverage the rising power of self-service; and how to build a company culture that breeds stellar customer service.With special features including lessons from the latest newsworthy customer service blunders, you’ll be equipped to retool old-fashioned customer service and turn time-strapped, screen-addicted, value-savvy, and socially engaged critics into fervent loyal customers who help your business thrive.
Learn how to master the one skill you can&’t do without in today&’s global economy.As an award-winning author and global…
business leader, David Livermore applies his social science and cultural intelligence (CQ) expertise to teach others how to thrive in increasingly multicultural workplaces and a globalized world. Now, in this essential book, he shows you how to leverage the benefits of cultural intelligence for themselves--including improved decision-making, negotiation, networking, and leadership skills--to gain a crucial advantage in the crowded job market.In The Cultural Intelligence Difference, you&’ll explore:customized strategies for improving interactions with people from diverse cultures,new findings on the bottom-line benefits of cultural intelligence,and many examples of major organizations that use CQ to achieve success.Most people know that some basic cultural sensitivity is important. But few have developed the deep cultural intelligence needed to truly bridge the cultural gaps that exist in every workplace.The Cultural Intelligence Difference delivers a powerful tool for navigating today's work world with finesse--and success.
Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling: An Effective Short-Term Approach for Getting People Back on Track
Par Charles Allen Kollar. 2011
An original, effective, and time-saving approach that benefits pastors overtaxed by counseling demands—fully updated and expanded. Professional counselor and pastor Dr. Charles…
Allen Kollar found that counseling does not need not be long-term or depend on psychological manipulation to produce dramatic results. In most cases, the solution lies with the counselees themselves.Using the tested methods found in Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling, pastors, apart from counselors, will be well equipped to:help their counselees discover a solution and put it in motion speedily and productivelyInstitute healthy change by helping the counselee see and work on the solution with God&’s activity already present in his/her lifecreate solutions with—not for—the counseleeSolution-Focused Pastoral Counseling does not require the counselor to be a highly trained psychological expert. It requires biblically based sensitivity and common sense. Yet this approach also recognizes its limitations and understands that there are situations in which other professional and/or medical help is required.This book reveals the possibility of life without the problem through an understanding of what is different when the problem does not occur or is less intrusive.
Marketing to Gen Z: The Rules for Reaching This Vast--and Very Different--Generation of Influencers
Par Jeff Fromm, Angie Read. 2018
With bigger challenges come great opportunities, and Marketing to Gen Z wants to help you get ahead of the game when it…
comes to understanding and reaching this next generation of buyers.Having internalized the lessons of the Great Recession, Generation Z blends the pragmatism and work ethic of older generations with the high ideals and digital prowess of youth. For brands, reaching this mobile-first and socially conscious cohort requires real change, not just tweaks to the Millennial plan.In Marketing to Gen Z, businesses will learn how to:Get past the 8-second filterAvoid blatant advertising and tap influencer marketingUnderstand their language and off-beat humorOffer the shopping experiences they expectMarketing to Gen Z dives into and explains all this and much more, so that businesses may most effectively connect and converse with the emerging generation that is expected to comprise 40 percent of all consumers by 2020.Now is the time to learn who they are and what they want!
The Marvel Studios Story: How a Failing Comic Book Publisher Became a Hollywood Superhero (The Business Storybook Series)
Par Charlie Wetzel, Stephanie Wetzel. 2020
What can you learn from the world&’s most successful companies? Marvel characters have been shaping pop culture for decades and…
when comic books were no longer keeping the company afloat, Marvel Studios was born.Marvel Studios is the multibillion-dollar home to iconic franchises. They are known for creating brilliant multilayered worlds and storylines that allow their audiences to escape into a fantasy and inspire the creative side of every viewer. But, behind those visionaries is a well-oiled storytelling machine dedicated to getting the Hulk&’s smash fists in the hands of every child and a sea of Spiderman costumes deployed every Halloween.The Marvel Studios Story educates you on how one of the largest creative companies in the planetary universe runs their business and keeps their fans and their parent company, Disney, counting the profits. Through the story of Marvel Studios, you&’ll learn:How to recognize and pursue additional revenue streams.How a company can successfully balance the creative with business to appease investors and fans alike.And how to keep a decades-old superhero franchise new and exciting without losing sight of its roots.The Marvel Studios Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled a struggling comic book publisher to parlay the power of myth and storytelling to become one of history&’s most successful movie studios.
Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success
Par Anne Baber, Lynne Waymon. 2007
This book is a practical, step-by-step guide for creating, cultivating, and capitalizing on networking relationships and opportunities.Updated from its first…
edition, Make Your Contacts Count now includes expanded advice on building social capital at work and in job hunting, as well as new case studies, examples, checklists, and questionnaires.You will discover how to:draft a networking plancultivate current contactsmake the most of membershipseffectively exchange business cardsavoid the top ten networking turn-offsshare anecdotes that convey character and competencetransform your career with a networking makeoverJob-seekers, career-changers, entrepreneurs, and others will find all the networking help they need to supercharge their careers and boost their bottom lines. Packed with valuable tools, Make Your Contacts Count offers a field-tested "Hello to Goodbye" system that takes you from entering a room, to making conversations flow, to following up.
You're Not Finished Yet: 100 Devotions for Building Strength and Faith for Your Journey
Par Christine Caine. 2023
Get the encouragement and hope you need to keep persevering, even when life is tough.Do you have what it takes…
to go the distance? The middle of any endeavor--career, relationships, ministry, health--is often when our resilience and resolve waivers. This 100-day devotional will encourage and strengthen you in the messy middle when peace seems out of reach, the future feels uncertain, and life really gets hard.In You're Not Finished Yet, join bestselling author, human rights activist, and international speaker Christine Caine as she shares stories from her ministry experience and personal walk with Jesus, along with Bible passages and spiritual reflections, taking you on a devotional journey where you will learn how to:Go the distance--not because you have the strength but because God does.Cultivate a life of deep contentment so you can experience more joy and greater peace of mind regardless of what life throws your way.Get your peace back and win the war against worry and overwhelm so you can keep going when you just want to quit.Discover how the pain of your today is preparing you for the promise of your tomorrow.Step out of your comfort zone and take risks so you can keep growing even when life is going great.Reset your focus and priorities so you can break the cycle of going through the motions.Step away from what you thought life would be and trust the purpose and plans God has for you. Today is your day to take the hand of Jesus and go again, dream again, pray again, and believe again so we can keep going through all of life's messy middles. You're Not Finished Yet will propel you on your journey with the inspiration and strength you need to keep going.
The God of the How and When Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video (God of The Way)
Par Kathie Lee Gifford. 2022
Waiting on God and trusting him in the process is one of the hardest things for any believer.In this six-session…
video Bible study (streaming access included), the authors of The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel will take you back to the Holy Land where God made his covenant with people like Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Joshua, and Mary. You'll study their stories and how God delivered on the promises he made to each of them.Throughout Scripture, we see God weaving his plan through the lives of people who had to step out in faith long before they understood what their Creator was up to. Their questions then are ours today: How can we learn to trust in God's timing and God's methods?The God of the How and When (part 1 of The God of the Way Study Series) will show you how God is still building his Kingdom through the lives of the followers of Jesus—and how you're a part of this amazing story. Each session includes clips from The God of the Way that brings the story of Scripture to life with contemporary orchestral arrangements, powerful narration and visuals.Sessions and video run times:The Holy Land (19:00)Abraham (19:00)Sarah (19:00)Moses (18:30)Joshua (19:00)Mary (22:00)This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:The study guide itself—with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader's guide.An individual access code to stream all video sessions online (DVD also available separately).Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
How to Follow Jesus: A Practical Guide for Growing Your Faith
Par Craig Springer. 2020
Millions of people want to follow Jesus, but don't know how. Upon becoming Christians, new believers often end up paralyzed.…
They become overwhelmed trying to master complicated doctrines, frustrated by a large list of rules for policing their lives, and bewildered by a new (and strange) vocabulary. Even worse, there are few books offering simple and clear advice to guide a Christian's first spiritual steps that are written in common, contemporary language. Until now.In How to Follow Jesus, Craig Springer, executive director of Alpha USA, one of America's most effective evangelism movements, explodes numerous myths surrounding the Christian faith that create unnecessary obstacles to growth, including: illustrating that sin and temptation are not the greatest threat to a flourishing faith, forgiveness means going through rather than around our feelings, and how disappointment in the church may be the essential step in growing a foundation for life-changing community. Sharing personal stories from his own journey to a mature faith, Springer sets readers at ease and offers them practical, easy-to-implement advice for following Jesus. Destined to become a timeless classic, How to Follow Jesus is a must read for new and returning Christians.