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(Un)Qualified: How God Uses Broken People to Do Big Things

Who You Think You Are Is Not as Important as Who God Says You Are

Many of us wrestle with the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God’s work or to live out the calling we imagine. But God has a way of using our weaknesses for good. In fact, God loves unqualified people.

In (Un)Qualified, Pastor Steven Furtick helps you peel back the assumptions you’ve made about yourself and see yourself as God sees you. Because true peace and confidence come not from worldly perfection but from acceptance: God’s acceptance of you, your acceptance of yourself, and your acceptance of God’s process of change.

This is a book about understanding your identity in light of who God is. It’s a book about coming to terms with the good, the bad, and the unmentionable in your life and learning to let God use you. It’s about charging into the gap between your present and your hopes and meeting God there. After all, God can’t bless who you pretend to be. But he longs to bless who you really are; a flawed and broken person. Good thing for us that God is in the business of using broken people to do big things.

Being Unqualified Is God’s Favorite Qualification

Our culture tells us that the answer to our failures is to fix them. The solution to our weaknesses is to hide them. The secret to our success is to appear as flawless as possible. But God’s qualifying system is different than the world’s. So is his view of our weaknesses, our purpose, and our true selves.

In (Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick explores who God is as the great “I AM”, and then helps us discover our own identity. Delving into the story of Jacob, Furtick invites us to acknowledge our weaknesses and ask God to work through them.

The truth is, God has created us to be more, to accomplish more, and to love life more than we ever thought possible. But to become who he has called us to be, we must embrace who we are right now. (Un)Qualified equips us to face obstacles and failures without losing a sense of purpose. We can have a thriving sense of hope that God is working in us and through us, not in spite of our weaknesses but often as a direct result of them.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Signature Series

An unmissable companion to Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. With the signature series, you have the opportunity to listen to Stephen Covey teach each of the 7 Habits. Each disc is filled with never-before-released material, giving you access to examples and insights regarding the application of the habits to today’s challenges. Use the individual discs to review areas of your personal and professional life you want to improve. Or listen to the set from beginning to end to experience the power of all the habits working together.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Year-In-A-Box Calendar (2016)

Featuring beautiful scenic imagery and quotes from the book that set the standard in the self-help industry. Features daily tear-away pages. Printed on a matte paper stock, this calendar is 6 1/8″ wide x 5 1/4″ tall.

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  • Inspirational Quotes
  • Height: 5.250 inches. Width: 6.250 inches.
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Adult Coloring Book: Bible Verse Coloring Book: Inspirational Bible Blessings Quotes for Christians and People of Faith – Stress Relieving Patterns and Designs

Adult Coloring Book With Bible Verses or Bible Quotes for Blessings, Faith and Relaxation – Be Blessed as you experience the peace and fun of inspirational coloring!
Color a variety of artistic designs with inspiring bible quotes.

Ideal coloring book for adult colorists and for all those who seek blessings, faith and inspiration. Relax and de-stress with this inspiring and calming collection of beautifully illustrated bible verses.

To avoid color-bleeding and for framing purposes, each of the individual drawing is intentionally printed on a single page with the reverse left blank.

Enjoy coloring and most importantly – May you be blessed!

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Motivation for Creative People: How to Stay Creative While Gaining Money, Fame, and Reputation

“I love my work so much I would do it for free.”

Many creative people have uttered these words in a moment of enthusiasm — they express the joy of creative work. But they also hint at some of the pitfalls that lie in wait for creatives . . . 

In one sense, creative people have no problem with motivation. We fall in love with our creative work and pursue a career that allows us to do what we love every day. 

Psychological research confirms what we know in our hearts: we are at our most creative when we are driven by intrinsic motivation — working for the sheer joy of it, regardless of rewards. Focusing on extrinsic motivation — such as money, fame, or other rewards — can kill your creativity. 

If you don’t feel excited by the task in front of you, it’s impossible to do your best work, no matter what rewards it might bring. You may be determined not to sell out, but selling yourself short can be just as damaging. And when it comes to public recognition, comparisonitis and professional jealousy can consume far too much of your creative energy. 

Working for love is all well and good, but if you’re a creative professional you can’t ignore the rewards: you need money to enjoy your life and to fund your projects.You may not need to be famous, but you do need a good reputation within your professional network. And if you’re in a fame-driven industry you need a powerful public profile, whether or not you enjoy the limelight.There’s a precious balance at play–get it wrong, and you could seriously damage your creativity and even your career.

For the past twenty years creative coach Mark McGuinness has helped hundreds of creatives like you to overcome these challenges. A poet and creative entrepreneur, his previous book, Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success, is an Amazon.com Creativity bestseller.

In his latest book, Motivation for Creative People, Mark helps you rise to these challenges and create a fulfilling and rewarding creative career. All the solutions he shares have been tested with real people in real situations, including ways to:
stay creative and in love with your work–even under pressureovercome Resistance to tackling your creative challengesreclaim your creative soul if you wander off your true pathstop selling yourself short–and start reaping the rewards of your creativityattract the right kind of audience for your workcultivate an outstanding artistic reputationavoid destroying your creativity through attachment to money, fame, reputation, and other rewardssurround yourself with people who support your creative ambitionsavoid getting stuck in unhealthy comparisonitis or professional jealousybalance your inspiration, ambition, desires, and influences in the big picture of your creative career
Motivation for Creative People is the perfect guide to figuring out your different motivations and how they affect your creativity and career. The book is packed with practical advice and inspiring stories from Mark’s own experience, his transformative work with coaching clients, and famous creators and creations — including Stanley Kubrick, Dante, The Smiths, Shakespeare, kabuki drama, and Breaking Bad.

If you are serious about succeeding in your creative career — while staying true to your inspiration — read Motivation for Creative People.

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Motivation: 78 Practical Motivation Tips for Lazy People: Motivation, Motivation Book, Motivational Tips, Motivation Guide, How to Get Motivated

Motivation: 78 Practical Motivation Tips for Lazy People You might be someone who has a lot of dreams and goals that you aspire to achieve, but have lost hope. You might be ambitious and have burning desire to reach some amazing points in your life, but you feel indifference right now. You might be someone who is going through the challenges of life and have begun to notice that you are losing the love of life. Whatever the case is, I have good news for you. You can live a happy life and reach all of your aspirations. Since I know you are busy and to help you in this process, you need to be able to find various ways to help you to motivate yourself during these rough times that you experience.

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A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties

Dear Listener,

Many people have wondered why I’ve been speaking out on controversial issues for the last few years. They say I’ve never held political office. I’m not a constitutional scholar. I’m not even a lawyer. All I can say to that is “guilty as charged.” It’s true that I’ve never voted for a budget America could not afford. I’ve never raised anyone’s taxes. And I’ve never promised a lobbyist anything in exchange for a donation.

Luckily none of that really matters. Our founding fathers didn’t want a permanent governing class of professional politicians. They wanted a republic, in Lincoln’s words, “of the people, by the people, and for the people”. I believe that making a difference starts with understanding our amazing founding document, the US Constitution. And as someone who has performed brain surgery more than 15,000 times, I can assure you that the Constitution isn’t brain surgery. The founders wrote it for ordinary men and women, in clear, precise, simple language.

I wrote this book to encourage every citizen to read and think about the Constitution and to help defend it from those who misinterpret and undermine it. In our age of political correctness, it’s especially important to defend the Bill of Rights, which guarantees our freedom to speak, bear arms, practice our religion, and much more. The Constitution isn’t history – it’s about your life in America today. And defending it is about what kind of country our children and grandchildren will inherit.

I hope you’ll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways that the founders established the greatest democracy in history – and the ways that recent presidents, congresses, and courts have threatened that democracy. As the Preamble says, the purpose of the Constitution is to create a more perfect union. My goal is to empower you to help protect that union and secure the blessings of liberty.

Sincerely,

Ben Carson

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A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties

Dear Reader,

Many people have wondered why I’ve been speaking out on controversial issues for the last few years. They say I’ve never held political office. I’m not a constitutional scholar. I’m not even a lawyer. All I can say to that is “Guilty as charged.”

It’s true that I’ve never voted for a budget America could not afford. I’ve never raised anyone’s taxes. And I’ve never promised a lobbyist anything in exchange for a donation.

Luckily, none of that really matters. Our founding fathers didn’t want a permanent governing class of professional politicians. They wanted a republic, in Lincoln’s words, “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” A country where any farmer, small-business owner, manual laborer, or doctor could speak up and make a difference.

I believe that making a difference starts with understanding our amazing founding document, the U.S. Constitution. And as someone who has performed brain surgery thousands of times, I can assure you that the Constitution isn’t brain surgery.

The founders wrote it for ordinary men and women, in clear, precise, simple language. They intentionally made it short enough to read in a single sitting and to carry in your pocket.

I wrote this book to encourage every citizen to read and think about the Constitution, and to help defend it from those who misinterpret and undermine it. In our age of political correctness it’s especially important to defend the Bill of Rights, which guarantees our freedom to speak, bear arms, practice our religion, and much more.

The Constitution isn’t history—it’s about your life in America today. And defending it is about what kind of country our children and grandchildren will inherit.

I hope you’ll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways that the founders established the greatest democracy in history—and the ways that recent presidents, congresses, and courts have threatened that democracy.

As the Preamble says, the purpose of the Constitution is to create a more perfect union. My goal is to empower you to help protect that union and secure the blessings of liberty.

Sincerely,
Ben Carson

From the Hardcover edition.

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Eagle People Journal: Daily Inspiration from Ghostdancer Shadley (Volume 1)

From the pages of Ghostdancer’s journals comes daily Hope, Faith, Strength and Vision for the warrior in all of us. Join with Ghostdancer’s loyal Facebook followers and receive encouragement from this respected Tribal elder in walking the Jesus Way.