Bookshop by the Sea

Author(s): Denise Hunter
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Price: $1.99       (Ends July 31)

Sophie Lawson should be enjoying her sister’s wedding day. But nothing could have prepared her to see the best man again.

After her mother became bedridden and her father bailed on the family, Sophie found herself serving as a second mother to her twin brother, Seth, and younger sister, Jenna. Sophie supported her siblings through their college years, putting aside her own dream of opening a bookshop in Piper’s Cove—the quaint North Carolina beach town they frequented as children.

Now it’s finally time for Sophie to follow her own pursuits. Seth has a new job, and Jenna is set to marry her college beau in Piper’s Cove. But the destination wedding reunites Sophie with best man Aiden Maddox, her high school sweetheart who left her without a backward glance.

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Christian Coaching eBook sale

1% Better: Reaching My Full Potential and How You Can Too
Author(s): Don Yaeger
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Price: $1.99       (Ends July 31)

What would life look like if you measured your success by improvements instead of victories? Nik Nikic shares the incredible story of his son Chris’s journey to become the first person with Down syndrome to ever complete an IRONMAN® triathlon, inspiring others to achieve their goals by getting 1 percent better every day.

From the moment Chris Nikic was born, his parents knew he could achieve anything he set his mind to do. So when he became involved in triathlons with the Special Olympics, his dad, Nik, took on the role of coach and encouraged Chris to aim even higher. Together, they set their sights on making history—Chris becoming the first person with Down syndrome to complete an IRONMAN® triathlon.

Written from Chris’s father’s perspective, Nik shares the 1% Better mindset that has helped Chris achieve many of his goals—and the underlying principles of the 1% Better system can help you pursue and achieve your dreams too! Through Chris and Nik’s story, learn the benefits of applying the model to your own life and discover how to:

Overcome the mental hurdles of pain
Stay motivated using three irrefutable laws of motivation
See failures as opportunities for improvement
Form a lifelong habit of success
You may never be the best. But you can be better than your best when you stop imposing self-limitations and begin the journey to reach your goals—one confident step at a time.

Publisher’s Note: 1% Better is written in Nik Nikic’s voice. Chris and his accomplishments are the focus of 1% Better, and Chris is a coauthor of the book as he was interviewed by his father and the writer.

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A Coach for Christ: Becoming the Disciple You Were Meant to Be
Author(s): La Vonne Earl
Publisher: Kingdom Press Publishing
Price: $0.99       (Ends July 31)

New and improved version of A Coach for Christ with a bonus of Godly Meditations for each area of your life and an Appendix Full of Resources.

Fulfill the great command as a Christian to “Go and make disciples of all nations.” Matthew 28:18-20

A Coach for Christ equips believers to become an influence on others in order to bring them to Christ.

Often people don’t understand how to gain the rapport necessary to lead others, A Coach for Christ solves that problem. In it, believers discover how to relate to others so they can lead them on the right path. It is a great resource for parents desiring to help their children get into a true relationship with Jesus and transform their lives. With A Coach for Christ, believers learn effective communication tools that draw others in. You are given a strategic template to help you ask the right questions in order to effectively bless others in a way that satiates their true desires.

A Coach for Christ is very innovative and unique in its approach to bring others into a saving relationship with the Lord. No longer will people be turned off by Christian dialogue as believers will discover new tools that work. In A Coach for Christ, believers will:
Gain a greater love and understanding of the Lord and a new love for ALL people
Improve their own life as they become more aware of what may be holding them back
Learn how to develop a new godly narration that naturally drives one to success
Learn how to coach professionally with proven, godly methods
Gain strategies to help one achieve the rapport necessary to lead anyone to the Lord
Receive information on how people learn and develop symptoms
Be given secular tools with a Biblical foundation to help heal others
Discover real tools with a solid Biblical truth to help train the mind for success
Achieve an understanding of others and the ability to relate to ALL people in order to lead

Seeing the Unseen God

This e-book was chosen by our readers to be placed on sale.

Author(s): John Davis
Publisher: Christian Focus Publications
Price: $2.99       (July 26-27)

No one has ever seen God. In fact, the Bible says it’s impossible. And yet, to live the Christian life, you must see God. If we can see God, the very sight of Him will fuel and motivate all the other aspects of our lives. So how do we do it?

John Davis delves into the ways that we can see God. We see God in His Word; we see Him in the person of Jesus Christ; we even see Him reflected in one another. Although God remains unseen, He has revealed Himself in a whole host of ways. Our hearts perceive Him in the beauty of creation, and in moments of wonder and transcendence. Davis also gives helpful counsel for when we feel like we can’t see God, or don’t want to see Him.

When we behold God’s glory it changes everything about us. In keeping our sight fixed on Him, we reflect Him more and more. John Davis invites us to join him in fixing our eyes on the One who is invisible and look forward to the day when we will see Him face to face.

Life in the Wild: Fighting For Faith in a Fallen World

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Author(s): Dan DeWitt
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Price: $2.99       (July 31-Aug 1)

“Life sucks! What are you going to do about it?”

We see Jesus, we believe in Jesus and we wait for Jesus, yet still we suffer. This book offers real and rugged answers in life’s dark places. Discover how to live with hope in a fallen world and be encouraged.

Walking through Genesis 3, Dan DeWitt shows us how we can look at this world realistically but without despairing, as we wait for God to keep his promise to bring us out of the wild and into his new creation. It’s the contrast between Eden, where everything reflects God’s perfection, and exile, where everything is spoiled by sin. The book helps us survive living in exile – Life in the Wild – until “the glorious day when God will welcome us home, out of the wild”.

This book holds dark and light in balance. It shows how we are living with the effects of the fall (we are messed-up people living in a messed-up place) – but God’s promise, made in Eden, serves as a beacon of light to guide our steps in this fallen world.

 

Emotional Healing Through Scripture

Author(s): Nic M. Saluppo
Publisher: N/A
Price: $3.99      

Are you wishing for emotional healing, but having trouble finding it through your faith? Do you pray and pray, but experience no emotional transformation?

Often, it can seem as if faith and spirituality are disconnected from emotional wellness. Since emotions are such a significant part of life, how can it be that God left the path to emotional peace and recovery out of scripture?

The problem isn’t scripture, the problem is societal conditioning that leaks into how we perceive our faith. This 40-day devotional pinpoints the ways we have mixed cultural programming into living our faith, making it impossible to experience emotional healing. Once your eyes are opened to this issue, you’ll experience scripture in a completely new way—a way that brings you the emotional wellness you’ve been wanting.

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Signs of Hope: How Small Acts of Love Can Change Your World

Author(s): Amy Wolff
Publisher: Zondervan
Price: $1.99       (Ends Sept 1)

Changing the world–or at least your corner of it–is easier than you think.

With so much suffering in our communities and in the world, it can feel impossible to make an impact. “What good can I possibly do?” we ask.

Amy Wolff, a busy mom and small business owner, often felt this way–and didn’t feel qualified to connect and uplift others. But one day, after hearing about several suicides and suicide attempts in her community, she printed 20 yard signs with hopeful messages and anonymously placed them throughout her city. This small action sparked a global movement of encouragement, hope, and love, which spread to 50 states and 27 countries in just 18 months.

Signs of Hope is an intimate collection of stories from Amy’s personal life, as well as people impacted by the movement, about the power of hope and love in the midst of suffering. This book discusses:

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (but were afraid to ask)

Author(s): Eric Metaxas
Publisher: Waterbrook
Price: $1.99       (Ends Aug 15)

Who doesn’t have questions about God? But where in the world can you go to get answers?

Eric Metaxas has been there, so he gets it. Which is why he’s written this shockingly down-to-earth book on the big questions everyone asks (but not always out loud).

Totally conversational and sometimes flat-out hilarious, this book asks:

* How can a good God create a world that has evil and suffering?
* Is God anti-sex?
* Doesn’t science make God obsolete?
* What’s the real story on miracles?
* If God is everywhere, why go to church?
* Don’t we already have God within us?
* Isn’t God too busy running the universe to care about the details of my day?

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