Forgiveness is a gift to yourself!!
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I loved the message in this book. It was recommended by my therapist and felt as if it were written just for me. I feel empowered to work towards forgiveness. I highly recommend this book.
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This is great to get for yourself or as a gift!!! :) Such an inspiring read! You can add it to your daily reading!
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Forgiveness is so important in our lives.  This study audio book will help the a person to dive deeper into forgiveness
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Excellent story!  Insightful message!  Made me want to travel the road or any road to gratitude and forgiveness.. Realized that to stand in the "present", one must let go of the past.. Life is full of pain, but each teaches us to heal, if we are awake to the lesson.
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I am quite the fan of Tony Evans! I heard him preach on the radio and God's Word was so moving! I highly recommend this book! I forgive because God's forgiven me! There are days I struggle when a past situation comes back into memory and I can get angry or bitter. This book helps with that! Whatever spectrum on forgiveness that you're on. Whether it's really hard for you or you struggle only sometimes. Short read. Powerful read. Clarity. Great perspectives that you need to hear! It will really help!
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WISDOM IN GREAT MERCY & LOVE IS ALL IN FORGIVENESS ...

 I WAS MOVED ... BEING A CHILD OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY AN ALCOHOLIC UNCLE , FORGIVING MYSELF FOR THE WAY I
WAS LOST & MAKING BAD CHOICES ... MARRYING TWICE UNFAITHFUL ALCOHOLICS ... LIVING IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S WAY ... LOST & AFRAID ... REACTING .  THIS BOOK HAS HELPED ME TO SEE THE POWER IN FORGIVENESS & REAL  FREEDOM & TRUE COURAGE !  IT HELPS US TO FIND A BETTER PATH TO BECOMING WHO GOD MADE US TO BE .
WE CAN LEARN THIS AT ANY AGE !  OUR KING & SAVIOR  IS THE BEST EXAMPLE  OF ALL AS HANGING FROM THE CROSS !
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This is a really awesome book. Very empowering, Kept me interested and easy to read! Tammys angle on forgiveness exceeds the norm of just telling someone...'Just get over it!'..ii is extremely positive and uplifting! I have already recommended this book to several of my family and friends!
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The Atonement, written by Beverly Lewis captures you from the very first page.  She will take you on a journey that is not only mysterious but heartwarming!

Discover how one Amish girls past can parolize an entire family for years.  When she carries her past decisions with her everywhere she goes how can she find the peace she so desperately craves?  Filling the holes in her heart with volunteering to help her dear sister, homeless people, and those heaven bound at Hospice where does she find the time to heal?

This story will show you how forgiving yourself is the first step to healing and as always reaching out to God will help that happen?  Can Lucy find a way to forgive herself?  Can she find her peace with God again!

This heartwarming story leads you in many different directions to see how many people have found their peace with God and family.  I believe you will really enjoy this story if you choose to read it!

I was not given a complimentary copy of The Atonement but I still offer my honest review for a wunnerbaar-gut story.  I have also rated this book with 5 stars!!!
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"The Heart of the Amish" was both an enjoyable, well-written book, and very challenging at the same time. Story after story of forgiveness, of often instantaneous forgiveness for even the most heinous of crimes, had me reflecting on the state of my own heart. As I read of parents forgiving the killer who murdered and raped their daughter, I wondered could I respond in that way? Or as I read of an adult daughter who has forgiven the father who molested her as a child, I was challenged whether I could offer such forgiveness if I were in her shoes. Fisher has done a wonderful job at compiling all of the different stories in this book, and I appreciated how each story is accompanied by the "Reflections on Peacemaking" sections which provide questions to help you truly think through and internalize the life lesson contained in these stories. This is a great book to not only read on your own but perhaps share with your family by reading chapters out loud, or work through with someone who is really struggling with offering forgiveness for something that has occurred in their own life. As you read through the stories, you will be reminded of the incredible gift that offering forgiveness is, not just for the person that you are forgiving, but for the freedom it offers each of us to release us from bitterness and the poisoning of our own souls.

Like always, Fisher has written a book that has earned a permanent place on my shelf. And, I am already planning to pull this book down in the future to again spend some time learning from the real life examples included in this book. They are powerful indeed! 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
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Wow....was the first word that came to mind as I completed this book. It is a must read. If you are broken or if you were broken and you are seeking restoration this book will put you on that path. The author has put together a great group of awesome woman and have allowed there stories to  be the road map for hurting woman everywhere and from all walks off life. She was able to project the true importance of God given forgiveness. I must admit that I smiled but most of all I cried. The stories are the stories of hurting woman who had fallen down so they would be moved to look up. I  recommend this book to any woman seeking forgiveness and restoration. I pray that God continues to use the author to bless people through her gift of writing.
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Deborah Pegues comtinues to challenge me to be a better version of myself. By sharing powerful stories of forgiveness and the turmoil of not forgiving, I am reminded that I am NOT alone in my forgiveness journey. Deborah  challenges me to look deep within my heart and find any area of unforgiveness. She offers practical and powerful tools on how to settle those emotions. I am eternally grateful for her obedience in writing this book.  It is truly a must read.
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What a gripping adventure I was taken on! And Oh SO POWERFUL! Anyone needing to find peace, love, and forgiveness should treat themselves to this heart-warming novel.  You may look at life in a whole new light....His!
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This is just the book I needed, WHEN I needed it! I've been struggling w/abusive adult immediate family members for years. Up until recently, I kept holding on and hoping for a change. As I've also grown personally, I finally realized on my own that I needed to just walk away, give them to God, forgive them before God and move on! So this book was JUST the support I needed. I've read it entirely and am now re-reading the Chapters that help me the most. Pittelli applies scriptural (Biblical) instruction on how we are to deal with abusers, and it is absolutely incredible, liberating and refreshing!! This could apply to any adult (emotional, verbal, physical OR sexual) abuser in your life, be it your Boss, Co-worker(s), a friend or family member(s). One comment on what she testifies about not forgiving those who don't sincerely apologize, attempt to change etc. We still need to forgive that person in our heart before God. But I think what she means is that if they don't give a sincere, correct apology, we need to confront them of that. If they still refuse, we need to just walk away. Personally, I even told my Mom the last time I saw her, "I forgive all this of you, already." And, "I've already given all this to God". That's important to do and it shows strength, not weakness (in my opinion. Huh, you really know when that person truly is working with evil, when you say those words and they actually shutter, as my Mom did. I absolutely recommend this book!!! Thanks Sister Renee Pittelli, for your testimonies and for speaking the truth, finally! I can't believe there isn't more out there on this subject. And (as Renee also states) adult abuse is so readily spread and one of the only kinds of abuse that is basically excepted by society. To think most people will tell you to never severe ties, no matter how severe or destructive the abuser's behavior becomes to the victim(s). Wow!
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What a wonderful book! Evidence that a GREAT read doesn't have to be long!!

The Bliss of Blessings: How To Receive Gifts is a wonderful guide to receiving our Lord's Blessings on a minute by minute basis. And receive them Forever and Always.

And just like His teachings - the process is 'almost too simple to believe it can work'  -  but it does, because you cannot out give God!! Can't Be Done!

Ask, and it shall be given unto you. Knock and the door will be opened. Give and ye shall receive - and He's not talking about MONEY!! Give of yourself, give LOVE'S Gifts . . . in an unselfish way, to everyone around you, because when you do - God rewards you in ways you can't begin to imagine!

This is a great book. You will not be disappointed!
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Hated Without a Cause...Unlike most reviews and comments; I was able to put the book down. To explain: I had to put it down many times. This story engulfed me and trapped me right there in that single wide with little Dianna. I had to put it down to process, to cry, to laugh, to plot revenge (LOL), to pray, and to praise! As I felt like I was with this little girl, I realized that no one was interceding for her. I mean I pray for my children and many others. God does not need that from us but He does desire it.  And the interceding that I wanted to do some of the time was not of God anyway. Dianna, I was shore-nuff in that car with you headed to get your man! LOL! Of course later I see that there was one "Mommy" interceding for her. Praise God! And her grandmother of course. God will always make things work together for your good.  As you read, you will see that Dianna continued to push and push through those doors that were not easily opened. Praise be to God that He finally laid on her heart that if He is for it, nothing will be against it and that the doors will open much easier.  If we come to a door that seems to be locked, then God must not be for it. If we push through it and continue to hold onto control, then we suffer more at our own hands and then God brings us back full circle and right back where we started. Then hopefully we leave locked doors locked and open that light weight easy screen door. You will come to understand in reading this book that forgiveness is not a feeling. It is not about emotion. It is a choice!!! Sometimes we have to make that choice over and over. Maybe even 20 times a day! Thank God, She's free!! Dianna: I love you, You are AMAZING! I am proud to call you friend, and overjoyed that we are Sisters in Christ.
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I would highly recommend this book. Forgiveness is there if you want it! Salvation is given to you. Just ask!
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"I do not forgive you!" is the thought that burst into my mind as I was forced to consider those who had hurt me in the past. This book challenged me to realize my anger, experience the sadness of what was lost and take a step toward forgiveness for the first time. I plan to give this book to everyone I have ever wronged in hopes they will learn enough to be able to forgive me and hopefully we can all learn to forgive ourselves-this concept was completely foreign to me, truly amazing! Thank you Dr. Stoop you may have helped save my life!