Books published by WestBow Press

Reflections of God's History Books is a direct result of Julie's reading, reflecting, and journaling through the Bible during her daily quiet time with Jesus. The chapter-by-chapter reflections of Joshua through Esther are written in a devotional style which is designed to enhance personal Bible study.Reflections of God's History Books is an easy-to-understand resource that will help you:¿ Internalize what you read in Scripture¿ Learn and understand the Bible¿ Grow in your relationship with God¿ Experience life transformation by the truth of God's Word

Do you want to make your Christmas season celebration more meaningful? In Follow the Light to Christmas, author Donna Perry orchestrates a journey to find the real reason we celebrate this holy season. Daily devotions during the Advent season, from December 1 through December 25, lead to an experience that ends in glorifying God in the highest, just as the angels sang. Individuals are encouraged to read the devotions for contemplative quiet times. Parents and grandparents can use it as interactive teachable moments with the children they love. Make this a tradition, and your celebration of the savior's birth becomes more meaningful each year. Follow the Light to Christmas focuses on reminding us to bring glory to God as we celebrate Christmas. What greater legacy can you pass to those you love than the recognition of God's glory revealed in his son, Jesus.

Christianity is a lifelong journey, and it's one that's better experienced when shared. This is one of the greatest truths that mother (Jackye) and son (Cedric) realized throughout their year-long pact to study the Bible and minister their personal reflections through daily devotional writings. This book is a chronicle of their collaborative study with rousing revelations of biblical truths.Do you long to have a closer relationship with God and also understand the applicability of His word to your everyday life? When they began this quest in 2021, those were the exact objectives this mother and son duo wanted to address. In this book, they will help you:¿ see God in issues of everyday life¿ understand scripture in a user-friendly way¿ reflect on past and present experiences to yield a more prosperous futureOur Daily Dose is a cross-gender and cross-generational deep dive into the 21st Century Christian experience. It is not only a devotional, but a rare and incredible opportunity to experience the same God through multiple lenses. Regardless of your gender, age or stage, Our Daily Dose will inspire you each day to live out your godly BEST.

A family of serfs escape during the early 1800's and move to the midwest. Their story (family struggles, conflicts, successes, and failures) is told from their furnace's perspective, which hears everything in the house by virture of the radiators in every room.

SUNSET HOPE. A clear-eyed look at the facts and feelings of the journey to the end of life allows the author to use her experiences as a caregiver to her beloved to bring hope and solace. Her faith drives her need to offer real empathy in ageing, as she welcomes her own passing years.Using poetry, meditation, prayers, and essays, she explores some of the pathways to the end of life. Practical and spiritual, personal and borrowed wisdom mixes in a rich potpourri of the ways to approach our final act here on earth - death.You are not alone in your journey. Here is a woman who warmly offers her hand as friend and companion on the way.

This is a story about what possibly, and probably, happened during the process of evolution.

This book shows that in Psalm 22 the psalmist complains to God about his shame experiences and he prays to him for his deliverance from shame and the restoration of his honor. The book also presents the shame and honor values and means found in Psalm 22 which are related to the shame and honor status of the psalmist. It discusses the social values of patronage, kinship/family, and trust which are the key values the psalmist held on to maintain his honor. are discussed in the book. It also explains the means of forsakenness/abandonment, taunt speeches, nakedness, and feast/meal that factor in the psalmist's shame and honor.The book also surveys the different deliverance terms which convey the psalmist's deliverance from shame. It shows Yahweh's active role in the restoration of the psalmist from shame to honor. The study adds an overview of the similarities and differences of how the same values and means were practiced in the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian, and Israelite backgrounds.

Everything centers on life and death. Not one moment arises where we are not in life, or pondering about what happens at death. One leads to the other. One stems from the prior. Both, taken together, teaches us what "hope" really is. Join Rich as he brings all of life's principles together as he presents "hope" in a whole new way ... through the penetrating eyes of both life and death and what it means to see both standing before us!

We have been called by God for the salvation of our souls, in order to live a life surrendered in worship of God; but also to have a productive life in all aspects. The child of God has been rescued from the world, transformed by God, and enabled to serve Christ, his church, and others. The Christian must dedicate his entire life to service. Therefore, serving must be one of the most beautiful obligations that the believer can develop in this world. When the child of God serves the Lord and other people, he can find purpose in his life and live with a satisfaction that lasts forever.Many Christians are consumers and not reproducers, that is, they continually need to be carried and supported since they have not grown enough to support themselves. So, we must ask ourselves, why does this happen? Why are many people in the local church inactive? Why do many Christians not know what to do with their lives?This book has been written with the purpose of helping the child of God know why he is here on earth, and how he can live a productive life in Christ. The objective of this book is to prepare and train children of God who have recently been baptized and who want to serve God, but do not know how or where to do so. Additionally, it tries to fill the need of those pastors who have new people who want to serve God. Therefore, this book can serve as material for the preparation of male and female servants for the work of God. Finally, the child of God will learn that his calling will be realized by serving in a local Church ministry.

In school, most of us learn core subjects, such as math, writing, spelling, reading, science, social studies, and the list goes on. But financial literacy?Not so much.Erica M. Odom, like many, found herself living paycheck to paycheck without any savings to show for it. Whether she was working in retail, at a restaurant, or at the local hospital, as soon as she brought money home, she'd spend it.Something needed to change. Today, the author is a successful real estate investor and a shining example that it's never too late to absolutely crush it. She has assets, options, time, wealth, passive income, and multiple streams of income - and she's just getting started.Find out how you, too, can go from struggling to make ends meet to having the money to do what you want. It starts by learning all the things they didn't teach you at school, so you can start your Journey to Success.

This story of Scattered, Smothered, and Yet Covered by the Grace of God tells the unknown, the unbelievable, and the hurt and heartache that scattered my life in 2010 with my son's dive into addiction. His addictions from pot to pills would scatter and smother me for the next eight-plus years. This isn't only a raw look into addiction and the destruction it causes, but more importantly, it is a look into a story of God's love, hope, mercy, and grace that covered me and my son during these years in addition to being covered by friendships and prayers when we couldn't cover ourselves.I learned in 2019-2020 while writing this story that there is an obvious thread woven within this story-that is, God was there in every detail along the way. I was scattered into pieces, broken beyond what I could have imagined, smothered to the point of true breathlessness, and yet covered by the grace of God each and every day. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.I am thankful, Lord, for the refining and redemption lived within this story. I have been covered by the grace of God!

Many adults struggle with the best way to communicate a loss or traumatic event to children, no matter the age or stage of development. Before they can assist in the best way possible, adults must first understand the signs, symptoms, and reactions to a crisis, grief, or loss.In a collection of five inspirational stories and applicable tools, Vickee Martin shares several examples where children and their families must face heartbreak, challenges, and other obstacles, and then find a way to cope. Through her stories and biblical insights, children and their parents, grandparents, or other caregivers learn that all reactions are not the same, and that it is okay to rely on different methods to self-soothe and begin the healing process. Included are effective, age-specific coping strategies that can be applied throughout a child's lifetime. Finding Joy for Tomorrow shares short inspirational stories and coping strategies that help parents and other adults identify a child's age-specific reactions to loss or a crisis.

This book is a humorous look at some heartbreaking life challenges. Joy is a spirit that heals. Laughter is good medicine and crying keeps us humble. This isn't the football field is an easy read that may bring you some relatable laughter and tears.

Dana Rose has grieved through the loss of her mother, father, brother, and son. In Walking into the Next Chapter, she compassionately addresses the personal, practical, biblical, and theological issues surrounding tough times and loss.Rose tells how sometimes it would seem as if the broken pieces were never going to be back together again. But she learned, as she kept developing her faith in the living God, she could rise. She leaned on that faith and knew there had to be something on the other side of the pain. Through this story, she shares how, through challenging experiences, she has grown spiritually, and these experiences have led to her destiny as a Christian leader. Walking into the Next Chapter helps others learn how to walk through each crisis of faith without giving up on God, offering them the courage they need to survive tough times. Rose reminds you to pause and remember God can heal you. Nothing is too difficult for God.

When Christy Farhar finally made it to Africa and met children who had been rescued from slavery on Lake Volta in Ghana, she knew she would never be the same. After a miraculous encounter with one special little boy on the shore of the lake, it seemed clear that Christy was to bring him out of his life of child labor and adopt him into her family.However, when the unexpected occurred, it became apparent that a different kind of rescue would be needed. Deep Waters is the story of how one woman's call to Africa birthed the Micah 6:8 Project to combat the cycle of poverty halfway across the world. It is also the story of how unspeakable tragedy gave rise to the founding of Jacob's Wells and how grief transformed the focus of a ministry.Within these pages, we are invited to follow God into the unknown and experience the amazing events that can happen when a surrendered life collides with a God who is always on the move."You hold more than a book in your hands. Within this story, there is an occasion to bear witness to a God who moves relentlessly through ordinary people. Discover in these pages, as I did, that He intends to rescue and free the most vulnerable, often through unusual and surprising means. The shores of Heaven will ripple with the miracles logged in this unbelievable story."Lauren Alexander - Pastor, Speaker, Foster Care Advocate