Monday, September 5, 2011

Nail It!- Pat Williams with Peggy Matthews Rose

An NBA executive & father of nineteen shares insights guaranteed to help you become any team's "first-round draft pick" 


In this book Pat Williams shows you how to build a business network, plan your career path, package yourself to get the right kind of attention, and much more. The secret to nailing the job interview it to approach life as if every day is a championship game.

"Pat Williams has written a comprehensive guide to winning a job interview. He takes into account all the complexities of a job search and makes the process clear, which is a valuable tool in today's marketplace. Nail It! is helpful, insightful-and well done." -Donald J. Trump

 "Pat Williams nails down the top ten lists for job interviews, but in doing so, he also hits on the head many of the best pieces of advice for living a life of integrity and success. I use many of his chapter subjects in my own speeches about leadership and accountability. Reading this book will help anyone shine during these tough economic times when jobs are few and candidates are many." -John C. Hitt, President, University of Central Florida

About the author: Pat Williams has been a leader in the world of professional sports for more than forty years. After many successful years as general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, Pat helped found the NBA's Orlando Magic and serves currently as that team's senior vice president. Passionate about inspiring positive life change, in Nail It! Pat draws upon his lifetime of hiring experiences to speak wisdom into the job interviewing process.


Sunday, September 4, 2011

Sun Stand Still

If you're not daring to believe God for the impossible, you may be sleeping through the best parts of your Christian life.
"This book is not a snuggie. The words on these pages will not go down like Ambien. I'm not writing to calm  or coddle you. With God's help, I intend to incite a riot in your mind. Trip your breakers and turn out the lights in your favorite hiding places of insecurity and fear. Then flip the switch back on so that God's truth can illuminate the divine destiny that may have been lying dormant inside you for years. In short, I'm out to activate your audacious faith. To inspire you to ask God for the impossible. And in the process, to reconnect  you with your God-sized purpose and potential." -Steven Furtick
 "Pastor Steven Furtick is not normal. The incredible move of God at Elevation Church is not normal. Unfortunately, audacious faith is also not normal. I don't know anyone better positioned to challenge you to rise above mundane living and embrace faith-filled audacity than Steven Furtick. Sun Stand Still is a call for us to live with such audacious faith that people like Pastor Steven and churches like Elevation become the norm rather than the exception." -Craig Groeschel, senior pastor, LifeChurch.tv

"Steven Furtick is one of the freshest and most challenging voices in the church today. In Sun Stand Still, he calls all of us to stop merely believing God can do the impossible and instead start expecting him to. This is a must-read for every Christian."  -Johnny Hunt, senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock Georgia



Friday, September 2, 2011

A Royal Duty.. Paul Burell

"You are the captain of my ship-I am safe with you at the helm." Diana, Princess of Wales to Paul Burell
I just want to start out saying that this book is a great read. I have personally read it a couple of months ago and I highly recommend it. If you were a fan of Princess Diana, you really need to read this. Honestly one of the best books I've read in awhile. -Becky Jurca


Paul Burell-butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, and the man she called "my rock"- presents for the first time the untold story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor. 


He traded the cobbled streets of a coal-mining village for a life inside gilded palaces. He was the favorite footman who formed a unique relationship with the Queen. He was hand-chosen as butler by the Princess of Wales. 


He became her intimate confidant, whom she described as "the only man I can trust." He was accused of theft, then acquitted following the historic intervention of the monarch. He is the one man who can separate the myth from the truth of the Diana years. 


The story of shocking secrets, absolute power, and unlikely alliances. The story behind previously unseen letters and photos and first-person insights. The story that will rewrite history and stand alone as the archive of Princess Diana's time as a Royal. The story of a faithful subject and his moving tribute to the Queen and the Princess he served. 


Paul Burrell served the Royal family for twenty-one years after arriving at Buckingham Palace as an eighteen-year-old-footman, in 1976. Within a year, he was appointed as the Queen's personal footman, and he spent ten years by her majesty's side at all royal residences and on the Royal yacht Britannia. In 1987, he became butler to the Princess of Wales at their country residence, Highgrove, where he remained until the couple's separation, in 1992, when Diana requested that he move to Kensington Palace to serve as her Butler. 
Out of all the servants, staff, and protection officers who ever worked for the Princess, Paul was the only one who remained loyally by her side until her death, in 1997. Following that tragedy, he was honored by the Queen with the Royal Victorian Medal in recognition of his loyalty and service to Diana. He was also appointed as the fundraising and events manager of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. 

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Looking Up When Life is Looking Down- Beth Moore


It's Time for you to sing a New Song!
    Life can be hard and challenging, oftentimes prompting confusion, despair, and the feeling that God has abandoned you and there's no way out. Sometime's life's challenges are the result of bad choices, and sometimes they hit for no logical reason. In Looking Up When Life is Looking Down,  best-selling author Beth Moore unveils for you- whatever the reasons for the challenges you're facing- the powerful message of hope and deliverance found in Psalm 40. She boldly declares God's promise to hear your cries, to establish your feet on solid ground, and to graciously, faithfully, and lovingly provide all that you need in every circumstance of your life.

Life can be excruciating. Crushing, in fact. The sheer magnitude of our worries can press down on our heads and, one inch at a time, we unknowingly descend into a pit of despair. Something so horrible can happen that we conclude we'll never be okay again. We can blow it so badly we think God would just as soon we stayed under that dirt and out of his sight. But if we're willing to let truth speak louder than our feelings and long enough that our feelings finally agree, we can be far more than okay. We can be delivered to a place where the air is crisp, the enemy is whipped, and the view is magnificent.
The Bible teaches that there are no lost causes; no permanent pit-dwellers except those who refuse to leave. Every person can know complete redemption in Jesus Christ, purpose for life, and fullness of joy. No, life won't ever be easy but the trade-off is a spin around Planet Earth that actually means something. I am convinced that when the last chapter of each life story is recorded in the annals of heaven, people would rather have lived out their fullness of days with purpose than without pain.
My life passion is to encourage people to come to know and love Jesus Christ through the study of His  Word. My life message within that passion, however, is complete and glorious freedom. The kind only Christ can bring. I do not know why, but it has never  been enough for me to be free. I want you to be free to. It is not enough for me to know the thrill of God's presence. I want you to know it too. I want you to know the power of His Word that can defy every addiction, heal any affliction, and plug up every pit. I want you to know a love that is better than life.

    "I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He has put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust in the Lord." Psalm 40: 1-3


"Every Person can know complete redemption in Jesus Christ, Purpose for Life, and fullness of joy."




When God Winks on New Beginnings by Squire Rushnell

Whether you're starting out or starting over, it's comforting to know you're never alone- God is watching and guiding your every step.


Oftentimes he sends little assurances to you through so-called "coincidences" or suddenly opens a door of opportunity and encouragement at just the right time- little "godwinks" letting you know he's there.


If you're standing at a new threshold in life and need a boost of reassurance, When God Winks on New Beginnings will ignite your spirit with powerful, true stories of people just like you who have followed the "signposts of encouragement," and watched how godwinks mapped their paths to destiny. 


"Look inside yourself, at the goals and dreams God has planted inside of you, and identify what you need to be happy, then put things in motion to secure that happiness." Robin McGraw

Alone with the Savior

31 Daily Meditations on Christ's Faithfulness

When you're alone with God, do you sense His loving presence? Do you truly feel that no matter what you do, He will never love you less-or love you more-than he does right now? In these encouraging devotional reflections from Decision magazine, Billy Graham invites you to experience your constant Companion during every season life may bring.
Billy Graham has traveled the world preaching the Gospel to more people face-to-face than anyone in history. He has written 28 best- selling books, including Peace with God, The Secret of Happiness, Angels, How to be Born Again, and Just as I am. He still lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Hope for Each Day by Billy Graham

A 365-Day Journaling Devotional


"Therefore I live for today- certain of finding at sunrise Guidance and strength for the way. Power for each moment of pain, comfort for every sorrow, sunshine and joy after rain."


Preface: For many years I have sought to walk with God every day. What a joy it is to wake up in the morning and know He is with me, no matter what the day has in store. What a joy it is to look back in the evening and be able to thank Him for his faithfulness and to experience His peace. What a joy it is to know that someday soon the burdens of this life will be over and I will awaken in His presence.


When I think about God's love, I tend to dwell upon all the good things He has done for us. But then I must stop and realize that even when circumstances have been hard or the way unclear, God has still surrounded me with his love. God's love is just as real and just as powerful in the darkness as it is in the light. And that is why we can have hope. Every day I turn to the Bible to give me strength and wisdom for the day and hope for the future. Its words have seen me through good times and bad-through times of happiness and grief, health and sickness, victory and disappointment. God's word can do the same for you. 
May God use these daily selections to encourage you and give you hope. May they also challenge you both to live more fully for Christ each day and to trust His great love-no matter what comes your way.                                                                                                             -Billy Graham