Books published by Dream Releaser Publishing

Is reconciliation possible?In his groundbreaking book, Walls Can Fall, Kenneth C. Ulmer explored the topic of race from a biblical perspective. Although the book recounted Ulmer's challenging, sometimes personal, and often painful journey into the reality of racism, he cast a positive vision that, in fact, the walls that divide the races can fall. In this accompanying study guide, Ulmer guides readers toward reflection on the biblical principles addressed in Walls Can Fall, and offers practical steps to make a difference in their individual spheres of influence, so they can become not merely hearers of the word of God, but doers.

Is your financial window swollen shut or swung open?God cares about your money even more than you do-not because he needs it, but because your finances reveal more than you can imagine about your relationship with God, your family, your church and the world around you. For many Christians, the limitless resources of heaven are out of reach. Bound by religious tradition, worldly financial practices and even bad habits passed down from generation to generation, we miss out on the peace and prosperity that are promised those who apply God's principles for handling money. In his comprehensive guide to biblical finances, Dr. Chris Bowen uncovers 25 practices that hinder prosperity and 10 that will bring financial freedom. Dr. Bowen tackles topics such as ...keeping money from ruining your marriage,conquering credit-card debt,how tithing works,understanding the 100-fold return,and much more. With transparency and candor, Dr. Bowen reveals his own challenges with handling money God's way and draws simple, practical steps from Scripture that transform the way you will look at your job, your bank account and the offering plate.

CELEBRATE AND NURTURE THE SEEDS OF FAITH GOD HAS PLANTED IN YOUR HEART.Immerse yourself in the Word of God with Deborah Stricklin''s newest devotional book, Seeds of Faith. This book will encourage you to look at everyday life through the lens of faith and gratitude. Every story and lesson is designed to encourage you to:ΓÇó View your circumstances with a biblical perspectiveΓÇó Understand your important role in the advancement of God''s kingdomΓÇó Celebrate the simple joys of lifeCelebrate, learn, and grow spiritually with Deborah through these 52 devotionals, designed to help you draw closer to God!

Trust God to guide the moving bullet.Ready. Fire!... before aiming? That's irresponsible advice if you're holding a weapon but it is often the reality when following God on the journey of faith. Using his story and the first fourteen years of Kingdomcity as a backdrop, Mark Varughese encourages every reader to embrace the adventure that comes with saying 'Yes' to God, without hesitation.Mark and has wife, Jemima, have spearheaded the startling growth of Kingdomcity, a global multi-site church of over 30,000 people across ten countries. In Ready, Fire! Aim, Mark recalls the profound burning-bush experience which triggered his move from Australia to Malaysia to start a church in early 2006, and the adventure that followed. He transparently shares his journey and the convictions that have underpinned it, to encourage and inspire you to take the risk that your dream may just need to become reality.

The Language of a Next Level Leader, authored by multi-millionaire Tim Harrell, Sr., is an expression of the life lessons learned while on his leadership journey.Tim is a Master Trainer and Entrepreneur, establishing multiple successful businesses since 1996. December 5, 1991, Tim found himself in a detox center after a decade-long stint of drug and alcohol abuse. Faced with a decision that would change his life forever, he decided to trust God and surrender his life to Him! That day Tim's life shifted toward the destiny God chartered for him as the "Leadership Specialist."Through twelve epic chapters, this book details with explicit transparency his journey from "Detox to Destiny!" Filled with leadership lessons, guidance to discover the leader in you. Leadership check-ups offer advice for corrective actions to strengthen and raise your leadership potential—next level leader life applications, affirmative steps, applicable to maximize the leader in you. Whether you're 18 or 18, desiring to become a leader or on your leadership journey, this book will inspire and motivate you.

In her latest publication, Dr. Ripley shares her journey into entrepreneurship. She deftly weaves time-tested principles with modern-day relevance and context to expose the power of thought, innovation and creativity.Uncover pragmatic steps to discover purpose, release innate potential, manage resources, and maximize your professional and personal influence.

Crises are training grounds for leadership.“Unfortunately, much of what we learn in peacetime just doesn’t apply in seasons of overwhelming adversity,” pastor and author Courtney McBath writes. “In the darkest times of your life, you learn what you could not learn otherwise.”In his timely, thought-provoking new book, McBath explores the unique challenges brought by the Coronavirus pandemic and calls leaders to seize the opportunity to care for those they serve and chart a courageous path into an unknown future.McBath identifies the four “C”s of context,  collaboration, communication and contingency and guides readers on a journey of discerning how to leverage today’s crisis for future growth, impact and influence.“Your greatest opportunities are ahead of you!” McBath notes. “They may appear dangerous, but never forget that faith sees the opportunity in crisis!”

It’s dark outside, and thoughts of work and meetings and money buzz through your brain. You turn on your back as you suddenly feel the breath start to leave your lungs. Breaking into a cold sweat, you struggle to understand what’s going on. Your mind is fuzzy as you take another labored breath. Your heart thumps like a train crashing through your room. You’re certain that you won’t make it to tomorrow, let alone the next five minutes. The walls are closing in. You’re in the Panic Room. We never know when panic and anxiety will grip us—but there is a way out. You don't have to live this way anymore. Troy Maxwell shares his personal experience in an intimate story of tragedy and growth as he walks you through how to make it out if the Panic Room.

Marvelous Marv has developed this leadership guide to share his secrets of leadership development based on his successful professional and community-based experiences. This guide is essential in the “I” driven environment in which we live and work. These secrets will transform your view of leadership and give you a fresh and exciting new approach to producing stronger leaders who will develop into higher performers with greater outcomes. His approach is personal and repetitive for the boardroom or your household. Using his LEAD strategy will foster a culture of perpetual leadership as you re-envision yourapproach to leadership development.

This Breakthrough Prayer journal will bring about transformation and bring you closer to God.Breakthrough Prayer: A Journal for 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a transformational time of reflection,petition, and communion with God. Together, we will explore a variety of topics in our devotional time, and learn how fasting is a fundamental exercise of faith. Each day in this journey, we’ll pray, both for ourselves and others.Spend Daily Time With God: Do your SOAP Devotion and post on social media daily what God said to you using the hashtag #whatgodsaidtomeHow does it work? Read the scriptures that correlate with the month and day. In your journal, focus on 4 distinct areas: Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer.

Every Tuesday for years, Dr. Sam Chand has been sharing leadership wisdom with thousands around the world. In these popular weekly videos, we’ve seen Sam speak to us from locations across the world—from America to Africa;  from the famous Robben Island prison, to the Taj Mahal, to his own office in Atlanta. Dr. Chand’s experience and wisdom have been invaluable to many of today’s top executives and pastors. And now, they’re available to you, as well.We chose the best of the best: 52 Tuesdays with Sam Chand, and compiled them in one place.This resource is a powerful catalyst for your journey, no matter the arena in which you lead (and we are all leaders). Our prayer is that you dive in, digest the material, and apply it to your life. We promise that it will change the dynamic of your leadership calling forever.

What would your church look like in the future if it were to maximize the dormant gifts of the women God has brought there? In Developing Female Leaders, Kadi Cole, twenty-year veteran in leadership and people development, offers a practical strategy to help church and organizational leaders craft cultures that facilitate the development of women as volunteer and staff leaders. The Developing Female Leaders Study Guide helps readers take the next steps and apply the principles they have learned in Kadi Cole's compelling new book. Designed to be used in a small group or individual study, each section guides participants through reflections, discussion questions and opportunities to record important takeaways.

"The way leaders think matters-it matters a lot," Sam Chand writes in New Thinking, New Future. "The problem is that we almost universally make a colossal subconscious assumption that the way we think is the only possible way to consider our situations.… It's like our minds are running antiquated software that's slow, glitchy, and unproductive-but it's all we've ever known. We need to upgrade the software in our heads!"The New Thinking, New Future Study Guide is an effective tool to help readers reflect on and apply the life-changing principles in Dr. Chand's important new book. The guide can be used by individuals or in group settings, and each study section accompanies a chapter in the book, encouraging readers to dig deeper into understanding their own leadership journeys. Chand provides readers with tools for effectively exploring key topics, including security, location, ownership, team, growth, and benchmarks of success.

“La forma de pensar de los líderes importa, y mucho,” escribe el Doctor Sam Chand en Piensa Diferente, Vive Diferente. “El pro¬blema es que casi de forma universal hacemos una suposición sub¬consciente colosal creyendo que nuestra forma de pensar es la única forma posible de considerar nuestras situacio¬nes... Es como si nuestra mente tuviera instalado un software antiguo que es lento, con fallos e improductivo, pero es lo único que hemos conocido. ¡Necesitamos actualizar el software de nuestra mente!”.La guía de estudio Piensa Diferente, Vive Diferente es una herramienta efectiva con el fin de ayudarte a reflexionar sobre los principios transformadores presentados en el libro del Doctor Chand. La guía puede ser utilizada por individuos, equipos o grupos y cada sección de estudio está asociada con un capítulo del libro, lo cual anima al lector a profundizar en el texto y adquirir cierta percepción de su travesía de liderazgo. Chand proporciona a sus lectores herramientas para explorar efectivamente los temas clave, incluyendo la seguridad, ubicación, apropiación, los equipos, el crecimiento y los indicadores del éxito.

"The only thing that is constant is change," the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said.Change is not only essential; it is inevitable. It will happen, whether we like it or not. While change is what happens around us, Dr. Chris Bowen writes, transition is what happens in us as we respond to that change.Writing with transparency and insight, Dr. Bowen tells the story of his own transition from a successful pastor to a sought-after entrepreneur and transitional leader. Throughout, he weaves principles he learned-sometimes the hard way-as he sought to reconcile the stirrings he was feeling in his heart with the success and fulfillment he was experiencing in his career and ministry.Ultimately, his journey led him to find and prepare a successor, put in place an exit plan and take a leap of faith that would launch him into his destiny and change his life forever. Dr. Bowen challenges readers to evaluate their lives and take big risks, but he also provides them with a practical roadmap for achieving their dreams as they pursue their deepest passions.

How are you feeling? How are you being? How are you doing?This is a book of conversations to consider thinking better about yourself while you're at work helping, serving and caring for others. Your feelings, your emotions, how you think and what you do about them matter. They either feed or starve your holistic health and wellbeing. I sat down and talked with a few friends and colleagues about you. The various topics we discussed about the mind, body and spirit were intriguing and thought provoking. I imagine you are probably taking good care of yourself and that is to be commended. However, there are usually some areas where we can maximize self-care. I invite you to listen in on the conversations I had with:Dr. Samuel R. Chand, Leadership Architect, Change Strategist, and Dream Releaser, Stockbridge, GADr. Mark A. Croston, Sr., National Director of Black and Western Church Partnerships at Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, TNDr. Gina Newsome Duncan, MD Psychiatry, Charlotte, NCMrs. Rita K. Garnto, Simple Self-Care Expert and Former Massage Therapist, Charlotte, NCMrs. Renita K. Hopkins, Pastor's Wife and Psychiatric Nurse, Whole Armor Christian Life Center, Charlotte, NCBishop Joey Johnson, Senior Pastor, The House of the Lord, Akron, OHDr. Ramona Joseph, Former Pastor; Chaplain-Counselor, Valley Hope Association, Grapevine, TXMr. Gilbert Peacock & Dr. Barbara L. Peacock, Business Owner and Financial Professional; Minister of Soul Care, Spiritual Direction, Charlotte, NCDr. Rob & Dr. Karla Robinson, Medical Doctors, Charlotte, NCMs. Natasha Stewart, Director of The Potter's House Center for Counseling and Behavioral Health, Dallas, TX

What is true worship?Jesus said in John 4:23, "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."As Bishop E.L. Warren notes, "If Jesus says there are true worshipers, that would imply there are some with the title of 'worshiper' that don't meet the qualifications."Beyond music, style and cultural expressions, Warren explores the biblical foundation of worship and the profound benefits of cultivating a posture and attitude that activates the heart of the Father toward His children.Drawing on Scripture and personal experience, Warren writes with transparency and depth and takes readers on a journey toward better understanding how the way we worship can impact our everyday lives in every way-from helping us encounter God and overcome adversity to empowering us to excel in our career and prosper financially.There is no part of our lives that is not influenced by our worship habits. Consistently entering into the "secret place" of worship will transform the way we see the world and will give us access to supernatural blessings we can't imagine.

Marriage. Many people have attempted it and have failed. Some try it three or four times. Hollywood makes an art out of doing it over and over again. So why is it so hard for others and seems so right for only a few? Why go through the trouble of the wedding ceremony and all the debt for something that holds such a high risk of failure?But it doesn't have to be this way. Marriage is what you make of it, and if you "work the book," as Roger Mileham recommends, you might just wind up enjoying the ride.The List is not just a book to read. It is a workbook. With his trademark transparency and humor, Roger guides readers on a journey of self-discovery by reminding them of the reasons they got married and helping them to identify even more reasons to stay together.

Life is not a playground.It's a battlefield, and we are in the fight of our lives. While we are called to walk in love and peace, having a peacetime mentality during a time of war convinces us to tolerate the deception of the enemy.Our message is the Gospel of peace, but we must not confuse peace with acceptance. We have not been called to sit silent and passive, while Satan advances his agenda--to steal, kill, and destroy. God has placed a mandate on the Church to rise and exercise spiritual authority.I Command You to Fight will aid readers in identifying their opponent, recognizing that people may appear to be the enemy, but our fight has never been with "flesh and blood," and there is no way to win a war if we don't know who or what we're actually fighting.With practical insights saturated in Scripture, Dr. Sherry Gaither guides readers on a journey of battle preparation, providing them with spiritual weapons and tactics to stop the enemy in his tracks.