When Life Becomes a Maze Guidebook by David Mains

Life can sometimes be complicated.  Trials, never ending problems, and wrong decision making affects our everyday activities.  When we encounter a perplex situation, we need a good book to comfort us.

When Life Becomes a Maze Guidebook by David Mains is a perfect companion as we journey through life's ups and downs.  From his own experiences, David Mains honestly and vulnerably shares the principles he has learned while in his own maze. No matter what puzzling perplexity you face, you can press through to emerge with the Lord by your side!

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Two are Better than One by David Mains

The truth is this: We cannot do it on our own. Nor did Scripture intend for the life of the Christian to be a solo life. Hungry Souls ministry is based on the premise that we are strengthened with others walk alongside us. We are developing a Covenant Group paradigm so others may begin to experience the amazing gifts given when a group of people commit themselves to holy growth together. This book helps you develop one prayer partner relationship, and it was written because we discovered that a majority of Christians have not even established a regular praying friendship. Tested through Mainstay Ministries' 50-Day Spiritual Adventures, this practical little booklet has affected amazing change in 1000’s of believers' lives. Group purchase discounts are available.

Two are Better than One by David Mains is available at http://mainstay.stores.yahoo.net/twoarebetter.html   Grab a copy for you and your prayer partner.

Doghouse

Back when you were growing up, was there a doghouse in your family? Not outside for Fido, but a figurative doghouse that one of the family members always occupied?

Maybe there was a favorite child, another who was usually in a more neutral spot, but also a son or daughter everyone knew was regularly in the doghouse. That was for doing something bad or embarrassing. Along with putting a family member in that position went the withholding of love. For example, a parent might not talk to the person for days … or weeks … or months! The family “doghouse” can be an awful place for the person in it.

But how does one get relegated to the “family doghouse”?

Lots of ways. Maybe you didn’t keep your room clean, or you broke something, or you stepped on the neighbor’s flowers while retrieving your Frisbee, or you wore your hair too long, or you dated somebody your parents didn’t approve of, or one year you didn’t drive home for Thanksgiving to be with the family. You can still be put in the family doghouse long after you leave the home you were raised in.

Just as there would be a lot of hurt involved in having to live outside in a literal doghouse, so this position of receiving criticism is an awful place to be consigned to. You know that if you’ve ever been in it. That’s why families tend to joke about who’s in the “doghouse.” The pain is too great to talk about in a more-serious way. A family doghouse is often part of a dysfunctional home where love is given more on the basis of performance than it is unconditionally. The unstated rule is, “Please me, and you’ll earn my love. Go contrary to my expectations, however, and you’ll know my displeasure, believe me!”

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The 2012 Olympic Winter Games will be front-page news in America soon.  These upcoming events occur from July 27-August 12 in London, England, and feature world-class competitors who are vying to become recognized athletic champions.   Pastor, you can leverage all that media attention into spiritual lessons taught at your church!  Preach through the brand new sermon series Go for the Goal: Becoming a Spiritual Champion.  While they watch others on TV strive to become athletic champions, you'll encourage your congregation to put into practice what the Scriptures have to say about becoming spiritual champions!

Christian Gifts for Mother's Day 2012

These books are specially written for parents especially mothers to make them well-equipped mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  Karen Mains, an author, speaker, radio / television producer and co-host is also a mom of 4 kids.  Every book that she wrote is based on her personal experience, her travels and her religious missions.   She is committed to create healthy families and is eagerly wants to share her invaluable spiritual journeys through her books.  A must-read books, these are perfect and ideal Christian gifts for Mother's Day 2012.

Friends and Strangers by Karen Mains

Friends and Strangers by Karen Mains chronicles the beginning of the journey into self-knowledge, a painful odyssey particular to the work of the middle years. This narrative focuses on the ages from 38-45. Each of us has hidden areas, lies we tell to ourselves that we don’t know we are telling. The work of the Holy Spirit is to continually bring us into truth. In this book I begin to look at truth through encounters with strangers, people I meet along the way, brought to me by God, who have rich gifts to give that shake my smug thinking. I am convinced that no encounter is casual, as each has the potential to move the ground beneath our feet, which is never as solid as we like to think.

The Key to a Loving Heart by Karen Mains

"Our heart is a habitation," says Karen Mains. "There is a mansion in our souls for which we need to take intimate responsibility." Unfortunately, because of sin, our hearts consist of "mean rooms, damp basements, narrow hallways, cramped spaces . . . The place God created to be open to the fresh wind of his Spirit, the dwelling he desires to occupy in order that it may be habitable to others, has become boarded. the windows are shuttered, the blinds drawn. Dust is accumulating. The doors have been padlocked."

What is the key that will unlock a wide veranda here, a turret spiraling there, or a whole new wing of rooms? The key that opens the door to the locked rooms of our hearts is forgiveness. And that is what this book is all about .  As you read  The Key to a Loving Heart by Karen Mains, this book will bring you to the positive side of life.

The Fragile Curtain by Karen Mains

In the spring of 1980, Karen made a traveling survey of the refugee camps of the world. She went to interpret the pain and suffering of these people; instead they showed her the meaning of her own life—and of yours and mine.  There in the crowded refugee warehouses, Karen saw the beauty common to us all. The wonder of birth. the sacredness of words— "I love you," "I'm sorry," "I want you." And the joy of a welcome home: the glad clamor of hello as a new group of refugees arrive at a camp, resurrected from death and despair to begin again.

The six-week journey became a pilgrimage through two worlds: the one of the camps and the thousands and the backyard world of home and family.  The Fragile Curtain by Karen Mains is a perfect companion for women as they travel life's challenges, and achievements.