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Own Your Story Workbook: A Guided Christian Workbook for Writing Your Testimony
Have you lived through something you never planned—but now sense God might want to use?
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Own Your Story is a faith-centered workbook created for Christians who feel called to write their testimony, but want to do so with wisdom, care, and discernment. This is not a how-to guide for publishing or a pressure-filled prompt book. It is a gentle, structured space to reflect, write, and steward your story in God’s timing.
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Through Scripture, thoughtful prompts, and ample writing space, this workbook walks you through the key movements of a testimony—from early foundations and seasons of struggle, to surrender, transformation, and life now. Along the way, you’ll be invited to pause, pray, and consider not just what happened, but how God met you there.
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This workbook is designed for those who already sense a nudge to begin writing and want a safe, grounded place to do so—without oversharing, retraumatizing, or rushing the process.
Inside this workbook, you’ll find:
• A guided testimony timeline that honors both pain and redemption
• Scripture reflections woven throughout each section
• Writing prompts that encourage honesty without pressure
• Discernment exercises to help you decide what to share and what to hold
• Emotional check-ins and grounding moments for heavier sections
• Space to write slowly, prayerfully, and with intention
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Whether your story is meant to remain private, be shared in a small group, or eventually become a book, Own Your Story helps you take the next faithful step—one page at a time.
Your story matters.
And it deserves to be told with wisdom, grace, and care.
Small Town Sunday
RYBICKULOUS EXCLUSIVE
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Big 2026 announcements from Small Town Sunday
Small Town Sunday joins the show to share exciting updates for 2026, including a strategic move into the country music market while continuing to welcome gospel radio support.
They also announce a brand-new EP, The Gray Sessions, set to release in late spring, along with an upcoming single, “The Good and Bye,” a powerful song about healing, grief, and letting go. With a full calendar and fresh music on the way, 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for Small Town Sunday.
We are so excited to follow and continue supporting their journey!
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Garbage Bag Life (6 book series)
By: Dr.-Sharon-Zaffarese-Dippold
Dr. Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold moved numerous times in and out of the foster care system, the one constant being her sole means of transport--the hated garbage bag. This series explores all types of abuse patterns she encountered and her rise above.
LIKE NEVER BEFORE
By: Rev. Andrew Rosenbarker
This is a 21 days devotional to help give you some key factors that have helped me grow in my relationship with God, to have a deep relationship with God Like Never Before!
You have to do things that you may not have done. If nothing changes, nothing changes. God wants to see us more than just an hour on Sunday. Many times most of us just pursue him casually, irregularly, or occasionally. My prayer is this book will help you deepen your intimacy with God, that you will say "I have experience God like never before!"
I want to see people find healing in their pain, because pain paralyzes people. Once God brings healing to the pain, they can walk towards freedom. Hurt people hurt people, healed people heal people!
We all have so much in us that God wants to use to impact the world.
This 21 days Devotional will help give you steps to pursue Christ, deal with your pain, and impact the city for good.
Nicole Colwell
About the author
Nicole Colwell wrote her first story when she was 10 years old. She self-published her first book in 2012 and has gone on to publish several fiction and nonfiction Christian books. Nicole bases each book on the Word of God, and if you're looking for encouragement, look no further than the pages of one of her books.
Nicole attended Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA. She lives with her husband, has four children, and adores her German Shepherd and her Siberian Husky.
New Covenant Tithe
by Curtis L Schulze (Author)
The Tithe today is a most misunderstood topic! Many have relegated it to a thing of the past (as outdated), while others have misunderstood and misapplied its meaning and practice in the church today. This book will attempt to explain the tithe from strictly a New Covenant perspective. For most, who teach in favor of the tithe for today, do so from the Old Testament writings. It is rare to find those who teach the tithe from the New Testament. Many believe the New Testament writings have nothing to say about the tithe, while others apply the tithe today from an Old Covenant Perspective. In this book we will show the tithe is for today, and a very important part of New Covenant giving. This revelation of the New Covenant tithe is a Pauline revelation. Many see the tithe as only belonging to the Law of Moses. In this book, we will show from the New Testament that the tithe belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ. My hope in writing this book is that those who believe the tithe is not for the New Covenant will come to understand its importance in today's church; and others who apply the tithe to the letter of the law will come to understand the tithe today as operating under faith alone. The tithe is timeless, found in Christ from the foundation of the world, expressed through the faith of Abraham, and immortalized in the Law of Moses: today the tithe has come full circle, from Christ to Abraham, through Moses, and now returning back to Christ. Just as Moses was given the plans of the tabernacle upon the holy mount, God inspired Abraham's faith to tithe the spoils of war. This same tithe was commemorated in the Law of Moses as a shadow of those greater things to come found in the person, life, work, ministry, and passion [death, resurrection, and ascension] of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the tithe according to the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Praying The Bible
by Donald S. Whitney (Author)
"All Christians know they should pray, but sometimes it’s hard to know how—especially if the minutes start to drag and our minds start to wander. Offering readers hope, encouragement, and the practical advice they’re looking for, this concise book by professor Donald Whitney outlines a simple, time-tested method that can help transform our prayer lives: praying the words of the Bible. Praying the Bible shows readers how to pray through portions of Scripture one line at a time, helping us stay focused by allowing God’s Word itself to direct our thoughts and words. Simple yet profound, this resource will prove invaluable to all Christians as they seek to commune with their heavenly Father in prayer each and every day."
“Who am I becoming?”
That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren’t pretty. So he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words:
“Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life.”
It wasn’t the response he expected, but it was—and continues to be—the answer he needs. Too often we treat the symptoms of toxicity in our modern world instead of trying to pinpoint the cause. A growing number of voices are pointing at hurry, or busyness, as a root of much evil.
Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a fascinating roadmap to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.
John Mark Comer
God has a name
What you believe about God sets the foundation of the person you will become.
In God Has a Name, pastor and New York Times bestselling author John Mark Comer invites you to rethink many of the prevalent myths and misconceptions about God and weigh them against what God actually tells us about himself. After all, what you believe about God will ultimately shape the type of person you become.
We all live at the mercy of our ideas, and nowhere is this more true than our ideas about God. The problem is many of our ideas about God are wrong. Not all wrong, but wrong enough to form our souls in detrimental and disheartening ways.
God Has a Name is a simple yet profound guide to understanding God in a new light--focusing on what God says about himself in the Bible. This one shift has the potential to radically alter how you relate to God, not as a doctrine, but as a relational being who responds to you in an elastic, back-and-forth way.
John Mark Comer takes you line by line through Exodus 34:6-8--Yahweh's self-revelation on Mount Sinai, one of the most quoted passages in the Bible. Along the way, Comer addresses some of the most profound questions he came across as he studied these noted lines in Exodus, including:
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Why do we feel this gap between us and God?
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Could it be that a lot of what we think about God is wrong? Not all wrong, but wrong enough to mess up how we relate to him?
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What if our "God" is really a projection of our own identity, ideas, and desires?
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What if the real God is different, but far better than we could ever imagine?
No matter where you are in your spiritual journey, God Has a Name invites you to step into a fresh and biblically rooted vision of who God is that has the potential to alter your life with God and shape who you become.
S.E. Rybicki Top Pick!!!
Practicing the way
WINNER OF ECPA’S CHRISTIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover the path that leads to a deeper life with God.
“One of the most important books I have read in a decade . . . If we would all follow in this way, our lives would change and the world would change.”—Jennie Allen, author of Get Out of Your Head and Find Your People
We are constantly being formed by the world around us. To be formed by Jesus will require us to become his apprentice.
To live by what the first Christian disciples called a Rule of Life—a set of practices and relational rhythms that slow us down and open up space in our daily lives for God to do what only God can do—transforms the deepest parts of us to become like him.
This introduction to spiritual formation is full of John Mark Comer’s trademark mix of theological substance and cultural insight as well as practical wisdom on developing your own Rule of Life.
These ancient practices have much to offer us. By learning to rearrange our days, we can follow the Way of Jesus. We can be with him. Become like him. And do as he did.
The Evidence Study Bible: NKJV: All You Need to Understand and Defend Your Faith
The NKJV Evidence Bible is the official Bible of The Way of the Master TV show and ministry.
The ground–breaking Evidence Bible that has been used by countless numbers of Christians on the front lines of evangelism is now available:
In an easy to read New King James version.
The words of Christ in red letter.
Complete with a user friendly concordance to help the reader find key words.
A new and updated commentary and supplemental material answering some of the most asked questions for believers and non–believers alike.
This Bible continues to explain how to approach members of other faiths.
This Bible continues to point out the thoughts of some of the most well known figures in history and what they had to say about God.
Twelve Extraordinary Women
Discover how true faith can leave a lasting legacy with a poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible's most faithful women.
Come and take a deeper look at women who were ordinary, common, and in some cases even ostracized and rejected by society, yet each was made extraordinary by her life-changing encounter with God.
In Twelve Extraordinary Women, bestselling author and Bible teacher John MacArthur shows you that the God to whom they were so faithful is the same God who continues to mold and guide you today.
As you meet these women in Scripture and get to know more about their lives and characters, they will challenge you, motivate you, encourage you, and inspire you with love for the God whom they trusted, served, and loved, teaching you that:
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Your personal struggles and temptations are the very same kinds of trials that all believers of all ages have confronted
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Even in the midst of your trouble, God remains eternally faithful
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Through God, anyone can become extraordinary
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Ruth (Ruth 1– 4)
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Anna (Luke 2:36–38)
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Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus (Luke 10:38–42)
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Mary Magdalene (Matthew 27:56–61)
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Sarah (Genesis 11–25)
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Hannah (1 Samuel 1–2)
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The Samaritan woman (John 4)
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Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke 1–2)
From Eve to the Samaritan Woman, these twelve women each serve as reminders of both our frailty and our potential. Together, they all point us to Christ and His grace.
Twelve Extraordinary Women Workbook
A childless woman long past childbearing age. A young widow from a foreign land. An elderly widow living at the temple. Two sisters with very different personalities. Most of the women we know from the Bible were unremarkable in and of themselves. They were ordinary, common, and—in some cases—from shockingly low places in society. In each case, what made them extraordinary was a memorable and life-changing encounter with the God of the universe.
The Twelve Extraordinary Women Workbook brings you face-to-face with the women of the Bible as you've never seen them before. You'll discover their struggles and doubts. You'll learn about their fears and failures. You'll explore how God used their faith and commitment for His plans. And you'll come to see that if God can work in these ordinary women's lives in such extraordinary ways—He can certainly do the same in your life!
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Eve: Mother of All Living
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Sarah: Hoping Against Hope
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Rahab: A Horrible Life Redeemed
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Ruth: Loyalty and Love
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Hannah: A Portrait of Feminine Grace
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Mary: Blessed Among Women
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Anna: The Faithful Witness
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The Samaritan Woman: Finding the Water of Life
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Martha and Mary: Working and Worshiping
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Mary Magdalene: Delivered from Darkness
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Lydia: A Hospitable Heart Opened
Based on John MacArthur's bestselling book of the same name, this revised and updated edition of the workbook includes biblical studies of each woman, thought-provoking questions, and life application assignments.