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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Michelle Moore, a woman in her late thirties, is a data analyst, a devout Christian, a wife, and a friend. Finding herself in a routine job, a loveless marriage, and having a best friend that she has nothing in common with, she finds herself reflecting on the meaning of her life. Angela Reynolds, her best friend since grade school, has been battling medical problems for years and finds out she is pregnant with a rare and fatal condition. Angela, wanting to keep the baby, seeks a second opinion. Michelle returns home to catch Richard, her adulterous husband, and Angela, her best friend, in her bedroom packing to go and see a specialist to try and save the baby, his baby. Even more, devastating to Michelle is Richard told her he did not want kids when she desperately wanted to start a family. In constant communication with God and through much anger and pain, Michelle struggles to understand and find the strength to heal, forgive, and move forward. Amid the pain of losing a husband and best friend, God calls her into a preaching ministry. Reluctantly she turns to her pastor, Marc Collins, for guidance on marriage and ministry. Pastor Collins has been secretly sustaining a broken marriage with his wife finally issuing divorce papers. Being a fervent man of God, he struggles with the image he will send to his congregation if he submits to a divorce. As she works with Pastor Collins, Michelle prepares for her call into ministry. At the same time, she must deal with gossip and rejection from some fellow church members and district church leaders who do not believe God calls female preachers. In her search for a first sermon, she is instructed to address the congregation in love. She reflects on her need to forgive and love Angela and Richard after the pain and heartbreak they inflicted on her. With full support from her pastor, she delivers a powerful trial sermon encouraging the congregation that in order to give the love of Christ, we must become the love of Jesus. A sermon that led to Angela giving her life to God. Following her first sermon, Michelle embarks on a breathtaking courtship then marriage to Pastor Marc Collins. Her final big decision is a request from her new husband to quit her great paying job to work in the ministry full time with him. Being insecure from her previous marriage where Richard rarely stayed home or spent any time with her, she is afraid if she spends too much time with her new husband, he will eventually get tired of her and seek reasons to leave her alone. After some persuasion from her husband, she eventually overcomes her insecurities realizes how much he loves her. In her journey to becoming love, Michelle had to not only learn to love herself and others, but she also had to realize how much she is loved by God, her family, and friends.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | When God Makes Himself Known pulls readers into fictional characters dealing with life, church, work and family in situations similar to what people experience everyday. At some point on this journey called "life", God is brought into the picture and we decide if we want to learn more about Him or not. If we confess that we are Christians, at some point, we had to acknowledge that God exists. None of us were born with this understanding. We may be taught from an early age, but at some point, whether through teachings or experiences, God presented Himself to us. In order to be a follower of someone, we must first believe they are real. While following the main character's transformation of acknowledging and believing in Christ, we have the opportunity to think of our own experiences with God. Regardless of religion or nationality, God created all and offers His salvation to each individual. The choice to accept is up to us.When most people think of 'God' they automatically think of "sin," and we shouldn't. God is "Love." To become a Christian means we are becoming love. What we do reflects who we are, which in turn reflects the way we love ourselves and others. We shouldn't automatically think of what we can or cannot do, but who it is we want to become. When God Makes Himself Known opens us up to the endless possibilities of becoming "LOVE.".…