Give Up Worry For Lent

Author : Gary Zimak
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594718823

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Give Up Worry for Lent! by Gary Zimak Pdf

Catholic author and self-described “recovering worrier” Gary Zimak combines practical spirituality, daily scripture readings, and simple action steps to help you kick the worry habit as part of your Lenten renewal. He shows you how to let go of the anxiety-producing areas of life in order to find the lasting peace that comes from trusting God. During the season of Lent, Catholics and other Christians frequently give up something they enjoy as a measure of penance or self-discipline—and often fall back into old habits at the first “Alleluia!” In Give Up Worry for Lent!, Zimak offers fellow worriers practical, scripture-centered advice on how to relinquish the need to control the uncontrollable—not just for Lent but for good—and how to find peace in Christ. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, Zimak guides you to ponder a scripture passage and to apply it to your own life by following four simple steps: read reflect respond pray As you continue to meditate on scripture and practice the simple action steps at the end of each reflection, you will find it easier to replace old worries with new messages of hope and to change your life forever.

Author : Gary Zimak
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646800520

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Give Up Worry for Good! by Gary Zimak Pdf

Winner of a second-place award in the healing and self-help category from the Catholic Media Association. Gary Zimak’s bestselling book Give Up Worry for Lent! has helped countless people tackle their worry habit. Now, Zimak returns with an eight-week resource you can use anytime of year with more insights and habits that will help you win the battle against worry and experience the peace that only Jesus can provide. Give Up Worry for Good! will help you learn that it is possible to stop worrying. And Zimak will give you the tools you need to do it. Drawing deeply from scripture, Zimak challenges you to walk in confidence with the Holy Spirit and to share what you’ve discovered with others—even as you continue to work on your own to break that worry habit once and for all. Get rid of the stressful, energy-sapping behaviors that keep you on edge and rob you of joy by cultivating habits of contented, peaceful living every day with promises from the Word of God: Turn to God for help. Do what you can. Expect difficulties. Surrender. Look back with thanks and trust. Interactive questions and daily reflections reinforce each lesson every week. Whether you are already a Zimak fan or are just discovering his principles of worry-free living for the first time, Give Up Worry for Good! will keep you focused and motivated as you seek victory over anxiety. This book is perfect for individual or group study.

Author : Gary Zimak
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646801305

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Let Go of Your Fear by Gary Zimak Pdf

Worry begins with fear. And events in our time—pandemic, war, political division, hate—are making us both worried and fearful. Gary Zimak, author of the bestselling Give Up Worry for Lent!, wants to help you find hope in God no matter what life sends your way. Zimak explores two Gospel stories of Jesus calming storms—and his disciples—to show you how to manage the big feelings of fear in your life. His practical retelling of the familiar stories, when Jesus is asleep in the boat and when he walks across the water toward his disciples, is an invitation to encounter the Lord in the midst of your own storms and move from discouragement to courage and away from anxiety and toward hope. Fear is like a smoke alarm, Zimak says. It’s designed to warn you of impending danger so you can take appropriate action—and maybe even save your life. But often your internal alarm system is too sensitive. As a result, you’re afraid when you shouldn’t be. “We’re afraid because we don’t believe that God loves us, is with us, and is bigger than our problems,” Zimak writes. In Let Go of Your Fear, you’ll discover: No matter how bad things look, there is always hope. God allows storms in your life to remind you to rely on him. God is sometimes silent but he is never absent. Jesus understands our feelings. He experienced them, too. Fear is a natural emotion that signals an opportunity for trust. When you start to sink, let go of self-sufficiency and reach for Jesus. Jesus’s peace is most powerful mid-storm. Perfect for individual or group use, each chapter of Let Go of Your Fear includes reflection questions to help you identify the times and places you are most likely to wrestle with fear and to guide you to establish new habits that move you away from discouragement and anxiety toward greater faith, hope, and trust.

Author : Gary Zimak
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646801893

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When Your Days Are Dark, God Is Still Good by Gary Zimak Pdf

“We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) It’s easy to see the work of God’s hands when things are going right—a promotion, a new baby, or a financial windfall. But what about when things go wrong? How could God possibly make good out of illness, death, or betrayal? In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul boldly asserts that God uses all the circumstances of our lives—good and bad—to express his love for us. In When Your Days Are Dark, God Is Still Good, Gary Zimak—author of the bestselling and award-winning Give Up Worry for Lent!—shares personal stories and scripture narratives to show you that God is not only present in your pain but also uses your pain to transform you into a holier, more compassionate person. St. Paul’s confidence was born of conviction as one who had endured great suffering for the Gospel—and had found God faithful. Zimak looks at the story of Paul and other biblical figures in both the Old and New Testaments to show how God used their painful circumstances to bring about good, including: Adam and Eve eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—God didn’t abandon them, but sent his Son to undo their disobedience; The death of Lazarus—Jesus’s miracle of raising Lazarus brought many to believe in him; The disciples on the road to Emmaus were lamenting the death of Jesus—they met the risen Lord, whom they did not know until he broke bread and gave it to them; Hagar, the maid of Abraham’s wife Sarah, is used to give Abraham a son—though she was cast out by Sarah, God made her son the founder of a great nation; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who suffered religious persecution at the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—God kept them unharmed when they were thrown into a fire for not bowing to a golden image. Their safety caused the conversion of the king; and The apostles in the upper room in fear after Jesus’s death and Resurrection—Jesus visited them in the locked room and brought the gift of peace through the Holy Spirit. Each chapter includes questions for reflection and a prayer.

Author : Paula Pryce
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190680589

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The Monk's Cell by Paula Pryce Pdf

Based on nearly four years of research among semi-cloistered Christian monastics and a dispersed network of non-monastic Christian contemplatives around the United States, 'The Monk's Cell' shows how religious practitioners in both settings combined social action and intentional living with intellectual study and intensive contemplative practices in an effort to modify their ways of knowing, sensing, and experiencing the world.

Author : Gary Zimak
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594719844

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Let Go of Anger and Stress! by Gary Zimak Pdf

How do you let the Spirit work in you to bear good fruit when you’re dealing with the never-ending drama of social media, a frustrating coworker, or the aggravating next-door neighbor? How do you stop letting stress and anger take control of your life? Using the nine fruits of the Spirit as a guide, bestselling author Gary Zimak will help you free yourself from anger and stress to find peace and to live the life God has planned for you. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law” Galatians 5:22–23. In Let Go of Anger and Stress!, Catholic author and self-proclaimed expert worrier Gary Zimak reminds us that the Holy Spirit is gifted to us by God in Baptism and strengthened in Confirmation. Because of that precious gift, we have everything we need to produce Christ-like fruit in our lives. And it’s by those fruits that we will be judged at the end of our lives. “No good fruit = no heaven,” Zimak writes. Zimak shares his own story of overcoming destructive habits that caused anger, drama, and stress by allowing the Holy Spirit to work in his life. Throughout this practical and engaging book, you will discover step-by-step guidance for growing each of the nine fruits of the Spirit in your own life; “Remember,” “Reflect,” and “Respond” prompts that will help you to develop new habits and attitudes; and prayers to help you take your next steps under the Holy Spirit’s guidance.

Author : Jeffrey Kirby
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594718748

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Be Not Troubled by Jeffrey Kirby Pdf

For more than 250 years, Abandonment to Divine Providence by Fr. Jean-Pierre de Caussade has offered inspiration and spiritual balm for those plagued with doubt, anxiety, and fear. Motivated by his own life-changing encounter with this spiritual classic and the popular resurgence in practicing Christian mindfulness, bestselling author and retreat leader Rev. Jeffrey Kirby serves up six meditations, rooted in Caussade’s work, for today’s reader and presents them as a personal retreat. Perfect for anyone looking to renew their trust in God and live freely in the present moment, Be Not Troubled invites you to let go of what you can’t control and discover a place of deep serenity in God. How does the contemporary person who is constantly forced to multitask, is fragmented and torn in different directions, and feels more connection through technology than through face-to-face interaction come to know and experience God’s presence? In Be Not Troubled, Kirby draws on his decades of experience as a popular retreat leader and speaker to offer you the wisdom of Caussade distilled into a six-day personal retreat that equips you to embrace the present moment and shake fear from your mind—all by recognizing the power of God. This process begins with time-tested tools drawn from the renowned spiritual classic Abandonment to Divine Providence, which presents a series of influential spiritual reflections from Caussade, a beloved eighteenth-century French Jesuit. In popularizing this classic for today’s readers, Be Not Troubled rejects a spirituality of fear and shame by introducing you to God as a loving provider who knows you and wills your happiness; guides you in personally surrendering your will to God—an essential step in developing deep faith; helps you see God in the details as you recognize ordinary moments as opportunities to experience God and his love for you; and instructs you in embracing the sacrament of the present moment, dispelling doubt and anxiety from your life. Practical steps, invitations to practice presence, and reflective prayers guide you through these spiritual habits, which are broken out into six days of brief, accessible meditations that can be completed in the midst of your daily life. Rather than the future or the past, and rather than in cyberspace or somewhere else, God is found in this moment and in this place. The present moment can be lived and cherished as a sacrament, a visible sign of invisible graces. And it’s in this sacrament that we can most know ourselves and encounter the living God.

Author : Deacon Greg Kandra
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646801381

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Befriending St. Joseph by Deacon Greg Kandra Pdf

After Pope Francis declared 2020 the year of St. Joseph, interest in the patriarch of the Holy Family and patron of the Universal Church was heightened worldwide. In Befriending St. Joseph, popular blogger Deacon Greg Kandra leads you on a journey of imaginative exploration and spiritual renewal rooted in the few Bible stories where Joseph is written about. This book offers a fresh take on the centuries-old devotion known as the Seven Sorrows of St. Joseph and provides an opportunity to ponder Joseph’s role in our salvation and to become more like him. Although the Bible doesn’t record St. Joseph saying a single word, we know he became what God wanted him to be with patience, attention, trust, and prayer. The biblical account of Jesus’s life shows us that St. Joseph had faith in times of uncertainty and courage in times of danger. Kandra shows us Joseph as a gentle man, pure of heart, trusting in God, and a role model for those who feel unworthy or unready. Through guided reflections, Kandra helps you imagine what life may have been like for Joseph, Mary, and Jesus and offers guidance to help you better navigate your own life, with particular attention to trust, purity of heart, courage, and persistence in faith. Kandra invites you to: trust the mystery of God when life seems shattered; persist in caring for those you love, guide, and protect; be courageous and compassionate in the face of suffering; find strength to comfort others; attend to those on the margins; pray for the grace of endurance; and expect to find Christ in unexpected places. Each chapter of Befriending St. Joseph includes a scriptural verse about Joseph that lies at the heart of the devotion, original prayers by Kandra, and questions for self-reflection, journaling, or faith sharing. The appendixes include additional prayers to St. Joseph and an adaption of the Seven Sorrows devotion for group prayer.

Author : Deacon Eddie Ensley,Robert Herrmann
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594719561

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Pause in Wonder by Deacon Eddie Ensley,Robert Herrmann Pdf

Do you want more joy in life? Make room for a daily encounter with the Lord. In Pause in Wonder, Eddie Ensley recounts stories from his own spiritual journey as a Native American and a Catholic deacon to show how you can experience joy even in the most difficult circumstances. Simple, spiritually sound prayer practices—based on scripture and tradition—heighten your sense of wonder and bring you greater joy in everyday life. “Joy has its tendrils in God,” writes Deacon Eddie Ensley. “It draws on the infinity of his love. Having joy is a matter of being in relationship with the wellspring of joy, not due to our circumstances. God is always available, always ready to touch us. The question becomes: Are we willing to touch him? Do we want to seek deep joy in our lives?” With compassion and wisdom, Ensley draws from his Native American heritage and spiritual journey to the Church to explore joy’s true meaning and how to find it and experience it in both happy and discouraging seasons of life. Combining prayer exercises with his personal testimony, Ensley and his ministry collaborator Deacon Robert Herrmann will help you appreciate in a new way the life-changing power of the sacraments and other riches of the Church, and to be more mindful of the invisible realities all around you. Ensley and Hermann offer step-by-step pointers to help you cultivate practical spiritual habits such as engaging in contemplative prayer and journaling to enrich your prayer life. You will also learn how to: Choose joy, centering your whole being on God Become the custodian, rather than the prisoner, of your thoughts and emotions Experience release from stresses and worries by learning to “sing with the angels” Pour out your joy upon others through the intentional practice of compassion. You will discover how to encounter God in deeply personal yet practical ways. Fresh approaches to prayer combined with scripture and the wisdom of the saints will help you rejoice always and appreciate life in all its messy excellence.

Author : Christopher S. Collins
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646801244

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Habits of Freedom by Christopher S. Collins Pdf

Awarded second place for classical spirituality by the Catholic Media Association. Do you feel exhausted, anxious, or distracted? Do you want to free your mind from mental clutter? Popular retreat leader and spiritual director Fr. Christopher Collins, SJ, says that if you turn your heart to God you will find clarity and spiritual peace. In Habits of Freedom, Collins offers you five practical tools to help you develop a habit of daily discernment that will lead to inner calm. Drawing on the wisdom of St. Ignatius Loyola and his renowned Spiritual Exercises, Collins offers practical spiritual exercises for incorporating five tools into your daily life to help you de-stress, organize your thoughts, and experience the calming presence of Jesus. These are: allowing God to show you the signs of oncoming anxiety and mental breakdown; developing the ancient practice of spiritual discernment to help analyze your moods and perceptions; interpreting life events with an eye toward personal growth and resiliency; practicing detachment from negative influences; and engaging in interior sensitivity to how God works to bring you peace. Habits of Freedom is an excellent resource for spiritual directors and individuals, as well as for use in prayer and parish groups seeking practical material that can speak broadly to members from a variety of backgrounds and seasons of life. The book can be easily adapted for small groups and retreat use. A free small-group guide is available at AveMariaPress.com.

Author : Sam Fatzinger,Rob Fatzinger
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646800483

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A Catholic Guide to Spending Less and Living More by Sam Fatzinger,Rob Fatzinger Pdf

Are you struggling under the burden of debt without a financial cushion to fall back on? Do you long for financial freedom—to live comfortably, pay for your children’s education, or retire while you’re still young enough to enjoy it? Sam and Rob Fatzinger can help you cultivate the values and virtues you need to achieve your financial goals. In A Catholic Guide to Spending Less and Living More, the husband-and-wife team shares their extraordinary story of raising fourteen children on a modest income while living in an expensive metropolitan region. Their practical wisdom, hard-won spiritual insights, and Catholic perspectives on how they have created their own plan based on the financial advice of popular experts such as Dave Ramsey, Chris Hogan, and Brandon “Mad Fientist” Ganch will help you achieve your financial goals: Break free of debt—even if your family lives on one income. Pay off your mortgage and other big-ticket expenditures. Save for long- and short-term goals. Enjoy fun family vacations without going into debt. Cultivate interior virtues such as gratitude and generosity to prevent resentment and hoarding. Help your kids become good money managers and discerning consumers. Achieve a happier marriage and family life through Catholic principles of good stewardship.

Author : Roman Mansker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798728889199

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Give Up Worry For Lent! by Roman Mansker Pdf

The Secret to Stopping Fear and Anxiety How To Overcome Fear And Anxiety In 30 Seconds What Does The Bible Say About Fear And Anxiety Difference Between Fear And Anxiety With Examples To be free from the shackles of the corporate hierarchy, to be free from the constraints of managing other people's diaries, to be free from building someone else's dream to the detriment of pulling a wage, and most importantly be free from the undervalued, unworthiness that these environments tend to layer unconsciously into our energetic systems.

Author : Hope Horner
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781300496069

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2012 Prayers to the Permanent Priest by Hope Horner Pdf

Author : Tom Stella
Publisher : Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781773430393

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CPR for the Soul by Tom Stella Pdf

Author : Madeline Rose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798703485477

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Lent Cards To Color And Share by Madeline Rose Pdf

A colorful season of grace, the spirit of Lent is here! As we commemmorate Jesus' journey to the cross, let us reflect and share the essence of lent through these coloring cards! Other than praying & fasting, feed your spiritualities in meditative benefits of coloring activity which would grow your faith, and creativity at the same time. Lent Card Book Features: 25 Lenten coloring card pages Measuring 8.5 x 11 inches Premium designed glossy cover back and front Printed single-sided to prevent bleed-through Makes a perfect gift of mindfulness and creativity Give someone your Lenten wish now! Hit that "BUY NOW" button today!