Books published by Covenant Books

Sally has a longing to be adopted that began when she was placed in a kennel permanently. A Home for Sally shares the story of a young poodle who considers she is unlovable and unadoptable because of her disability. Sally believed that her dream of once again having a family may never come true.

Inspired by people who shared the beauty of laughter with her up until the day they died, Patricia Daletas recently found a way to put down on paper an accumulation of life events that led to one conclusion: Laughter comes with healing. Laughter brings joy. Laughter can be found in even the most difficult of situations. Laughter is a gift from God and can help sustain the heart for a lifetime.In her book Laugh 'til You Die, Patricia endeavors to take her readers on a journey through everyday life, with all its ups and downs, and help them to see that no matter the circumstances life might throw them into, laughter really is the best medicine. Through the sharing of personal experience and scripture, Laugh 'til You Die shows how laughter coupled with faith can bring joy to the soul, to the end of this life, and into the better life that awaits the child of God.Laugh 'til You Die is intended to be read as much or as little at a time as desired to refresh the heart. To provide hope for a weary soul and give confirmation to the life full of joy and laughter that it really is okay to be lighthearted in any circumstance.

Dear Kobe is a letter from a seventy-something former Cambodian army spy and Khmer Rouge survivor to his little boy, the child of his old age. In the letter, he tells a story that seven-year-old Kobe is still too young to comprehend. It is a story drenched in the blood of some two million victims of Pol Pot and his murderous Khmer Rouge. It is a story of survival and escape from the unimaginable horrors of the 1975-1979 genocide.One day, when Kobe is grown up, his daddy probably won't be here anymore. But Kobe will want to know his family history. This is that story.

Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and military members all see the innermost of our dark and fallen world. Jonathan Hickory gives us a veteran police officer's intimate perspective into the struggle that many of our heroes battle in their hearts.Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn't do any more. After the death of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the loss of his first son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers-finding only darkness. Facing the threat of losing his job as a police officer, the loss of his wife and daughter, and contemplating suicide, Jonathan turns to the only one who can truly save-Jesus.Read the powerful true story of how a step into faith saved Jonathan from the clutches of sin and addiction, changing his life forever. This amazing story of grace and the life-changing power of Jesus Christ is guaranteed to encourage everyone who reads it.

Salvation history can be thought of as twofold: one is that God Himself personally takes action and the other is God has humans act. An example of the latter is Exodus in which God had Moses lead the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan. The skin garment that God made with slain animals for the fallen Adam is an example of the former.Adam's fall is the very starting point of God's saving acts in human history. In His saving acts, God utilized his sin as the means of salvation. However, God's plan on saving human beings began far ahead of the creation of Adam, for omniscient God already knew of Adam's fall before the world had begun. As Apostle Peter confirms, God's will to save lost sinners was planned from the very beginning and Jesus Christ was chosen before the creation of the world as our Savior. In His saving plan, Almighty God reversed all the negatives that would arise from Adam's fall into positives, triumphing over them by the cross.We need to be clothed in the robe of righteousness, the garments of salvation through Jesus Christ. The fig leaf coverings sewn by human efforts cannot cover our nakedness. In essence, the grace of salvation originates from God, not from fallible humans. Current human history has been heading towards a thorough restoration of God's image. When the full and perfect restoration of God's image is accomplished, salvation history will finally be complete. Although heavily infected by sin, we have constantly been advancing towards the perfect restoration of God's image and likeness. When Jesus Christ returns to us, our defiled image of God will be transformed into His perfect likeness. On the day when He appears, as Apostle John says, we shall be like Him. That day will be the very end of human history. On that very day, at long last, God's redemptive plan will be completed.

A Strictly Biblical Perspective Ministries Inc. has strategically designed a biblical cognitive character-based training curriculum. It is designed to equip pastors, chaplains, and faith-based instructors with insight for preparing reentry volunteers as mentors to be matched with returning citizens upon their release from prison or while incarcerated. The curriculum is designed with six modules to assist faith-based volunteers in developing a biblical perspective into God's fourfold purpose for their lives: relationships, character development, service, and reproduction. The fifth module is designed to address the spiritual warfare that ministry leaders and faith-based volunteers will encounter in mentoring the "returning citizen population." The final module is designed to assist ministry leaders and faith-based volunteers in understanding how to assist returning citizens in overcoming the effects of alcohol and drug addiction. This course will build the capacity of members within the faith-based community to minister to returning citizens in restoration from crime and addiction. The curriculum is designed to enhance the quality of care to the "ex offender population" by producing spiritually mature mentors walking in close fellowship with God. The curriculum is extremely comprehensive and highly interactive and will assist volunteers in developing a functional understanding of their roles in mentoring returning citizens through the use of scriptures, a series of individual and small group exercises.

"There was so much to see with her newly formed eyes, but her attention was fixed on the glorious being in front of her. The light of His face illuminated the entire world around her, and for a moment that seemed like eternity, she saw and understood love."From Creation to the cross and on to the Lord's resurrection, Eve deals with her penalty and looks ahead through Biblical history to see in her dreams the "future" of her offspring as she lives out her life on earth after the fall. Eve, Wake Up is a look at the highlights of the Old Testament and the people whose lives represent the golden thread of God's plan through the ages, from the very beginning of time to the birth, death, and resurrection of the Savior of humanity, Jesus the Christ. Eve, Wake Up is a fictional account of original Eve drawn out of the author's imagination but founded on Biblical truth recorded in the Holy Word of God. The author continues to share her lifelong passion, for the deep and personal intimacy with God through the story of Eve.For more about the author, please visit her website: www.thespiritiscalling.com

Home is where a child develops a love of reading and coloring. Integrating reading, coloring, and sound will hopefully entertain, enlighten, and encourage an interest in reading where none exist and increase the number of books read by the child who has an interest in reading.Berthella's Animal Sounds is the first for fun reading book in the INJ Collection of Berthella's Fun with Reading series.Berthella's Animal Sounds is a coloring book designed to spark an interest in reading while having fun improving coloring and listening skills. It will carry a child on an adventure through reading, sounds, and coloring activities.Coloring activities will help a child notice the abundance of beautiful colors bursting out all around them while drawing attention to the variety of animals found on a farm.There is an expectation that every child will have fun reading, coloring, listening to, and learning sounds. Through the participation of parents in the reading and fun-focused activities, it is believed that they will see-with pride and joy-their influence in cultivating the skills of their child.It is hoped that presenting reading in this manner will help to create a stimulating reading environment thereby resulting in increased comprehension.

Discover what the Bible says about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. God provides everyone with spirit-given abilities for their walk of faith. Learn about those gifts and put that knowledge to action in the Spiritual Gifts Challenge.

Every sporting moment is a moment of grace. Our God is with us through it all, challenging us to be our best, supporting us through suffering and loss, and calling us to respond to the call of Jesus to live lives of integrity, sacrifice, forgiveness, and love. Sometimes our sporting lives can seem full of overscheduling, selfishness, and pressures that make our participation more burdensome than freeing and life-giving. This is true for parents, coaches, and players alike. Thankfully, Coach God has a game plan for us!Coach God shares the true stories of athletes, parents, and coaches who have demonstrated humility, courage, and openness to enter into the mystery of God's game plan for them. The inspirational stories of Peter Frates, Pat Connaughton, Mark Bavaro, and other famous and not-so-famous athletes witness to the presence of God in their lives. These stories take the reader on a journey of faith in God's Spirit and remind us that we are always in the game and God is always with us. Sometimes God sends assistant coaches-namely our parents, coaches, or teammates-to deliver a message of hope or encouragement. One thing is for certain, as our ultimate coach, Coach God believes that we will be that good until we are that good. We just need to take a knee, look, listen, and believe!

Jesus said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” and He has certainly made good on that promise for the past thirty years. During this time, Jesus has walked with me while providing insights and realizations based on Godly principles that have molded me into who and what I am today. It is my hope that, as you read each devotional in this book, you get a sense of how God goes about His business of molding and shaping us into the image of His precious Son.I once heard a story about how Michelangelo created the statue of David. He simply removed everything that wasn’t David. And so it is with us. God keeps chipping away, removing everything that prevents us from being what He created us to be, and from doing the things he created us to do. I have a long way to go, but I am excited about what God has done and is doing in my life. I look forward to, one day, looking into a mirror and seeing, for the first time, the masterpiece God creates from a life that was once so ugly and covered in sin. Praise the holy name of Jesus!

What does an ordinary community do when the state department settles refugees in their city? How does the arrival of refugees challenge the hearts and minds of residents? These are the questions Reverend Thomas Giles asks himself and his congregation as they wrestle with the ways that compassion is manifested in the city of Portland, Maine.This book of fiction explores the stories of refugees fleeing violence in their homeland as well as in their own backyard.

 As a highly sensitive person (HSP) these are my thoughts and reflections as I saw the world around me and as I perceived things to be. As an adult I see why I have been misunderstood and perceived as difficult. The nature of an HSP is different. It is genetic. I saw things different. This book is for ages 18-35. Young girls can relate and the events in our lives that we let define us and we overcome and survive. We have influences and perspectives from adults, parents, and friends, and then our demon and friendly voices that all fight for a place in this big world. A little girl fighting demons, emotional neglect from parents, cannot create an HSP but it can contribute to more difficult understandings of self and unnecessary hardship. Even if parents provide for their children and they have everything they need, being emotionally neglected for a child that is a highly sensitive person is almost as having nothing at all, so search for self becomes even more complicated than if parents are able to provide emotional support.

There is no greater loss than the death of a child. The Shepherd's Gift: The First Christmas Mourning tells the story of a father who suffers the death of his daughter, the pain and anguish of his grieving, and the healing provided by the birth of a Child. This fictional story set in a small town in Judea more than two thousand years ago tells the story of the first Christmas from the perspective of this father broken by loss. The reader is left wondering whether the shepherd gave a gift or received a gift.For any parent or grandparent who has lost a child, whether from illness, accident, violence, or war, the joy the world celebrates at Christmas with the birth of the Child brings bitter pain to those who have lost their child. My hope is that The Shepherd's Gift: The First Christmas Mourning provides some measure of comfort to the grieving, peace to the restless, healing to the heartsick, and direction to the lost. May your tears nourish new growth in your heart and return the joy of Christmas to you and yours.