The Friendships of Women

10 best books like The Friendships of Women (Dee Brestin): Becoming a Woman of Purpose, Breathe: Creating Space for God in a Hectic Life, Meeting God at Every Turn, Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman, God's Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light, Open Heart, Open Home: The Hospitable Way to Make Others Feel Welcome & Wanted, Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival, Known and Loved, Craving Grace: Experience the Richness of the Gospel, Hope...the Best of Things

Becoming a Woman of Purpose

Author	Cynthia Heald
ISBN	1576838315

Women sometimes wonder, "Who am I? Why am I here?" While society emphasizes wealth, success, and the pursuit of pleasure, the truth is that we are created by God in His image, and our fulfillment is found in pursuing His purposes for us.

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Breathe: Creating Space for God in a Hectic Life

Author	Keri Wyatt Kent
ISBN	0800730607

The most important lesson I learned from this book is the danger of the thought that "I am busy therefore I am important" or "Because I am busy, I am important!" It is a perfect read in little "breaths" over a cup of coffee, during a child's nap, or a solitary lunch at work. It is a manifesto AGAINST doing too...

Meeting God at Every Turn

Author

Catherine Marshall

Is there a God who cares about me? Will he show me the right thing to do? Will he forgive and heal me? In Meeting God at Every Turn, Catherine Marshall gives readers a resounding Yes! to these questions and more as she describes how she met God at the confusing, troubled, and scary points in her life. The twelve...

Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman

Author	Anne Ortlund
ISBN	0849929830

I picked up this book at a local thrift store. While some of the particular advice in this book made me laugh because they seem like relics from the 70s (example: a list of things to do to be productive included napping on an "incline board" and getting your hair and nails done once a week), it became clear...

God's Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light

Author	Elisabeth Elliot
ISBN	0800756134

Read this for a women's Bible study in 1997. I really don't remember a lot about the book. I enjoyed the study and remember it was one of those studies that hit me just at the right time, after the birth of my oldest daughter. One thing that has stuck with me over the years, is Elliot's quote, "DO THE NEXT THING."...

Open Heart, Open Home: The Hospitable Way to Make Others Feel Welcome & Wanted

Author

Karen Burton Mains

Can a simple dinner party for the neighbors change the world? Karen Mains says, "Yes!" And in Open Heart, Open Home she shows how. In this classic on Christian hospitality, Karen Mains steps far beyond how-to-entertain hints to explore a biblical and spiritual approach to using your home to care for...

Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival

Author	Nancy Leigh DeMoss
ISBN	0802413668

Revival is not just an emotional touch ... but a complete transformation! It can happen ... in your heart ... in your home ... in your church ... in your world. Seeking Him is a 12-week interactive study on personal revival. Get ready to experience the freedom and joy of an honest and humble heart, true repentance,...

Known and Loved

Author	Caryn Rivadeneira
ISBN	0800722078

Behind the smiling face of so many new moms is a woman who has suddenly lost a bit of her sense of self. Many mothers of young children feel alone, isolated, and confused about their new role. They have a powerful desire to be known and loved.

Now for any mom who has ever wrestled with who she is at her...

Craving Grace: Experience the Richness of the Gospel

Author

Ruthie Delk

"I was stuck. I believed the gospel changed people, but I knew it wasn’t changing me. My head was filled with knowledge about God, but my heart was not convinced He even knew my name. How could I live as His child while feeling like a spiritual orphan?" — Ruthie Delk

Are you stuck? Craving something...

Hope...the Best of Things

Author

Joni Eareckson Tada

One thing has saved her: the heaven-sent hope found only in Christ. If hope is scarce in your life, this special booklet will draw you-toward a fresh perspective on suffering, true scriptural encouragement, and this beloved author's hard-won insights about the goodness of God. In her life's journey...

Friendship for Grownups

Author	Lisa Whelchel
ISBN	1400202779

Do you long for a true friend?

Isn't that what we all want? To be seen, in all our glory, for better or worse, the good, the bad, and the ugly and still be embraced?

If only such friendships were easy to find. And keep. For Lisa Whelchel and millions of others, friendship is a challenge. The...

The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

Author

Tammy Maltby

For anyone who ever feels invisible, unnoticed, or unappreciated, here's an invitation to rediscover the biblical God who sees you.

Tammy Maltby wants women to know their lives matter. So she invites you to explore the real-life implications of knowing God sees you, He loves you passionately,...

Lazarus Awakening: Finding Your Place in the Heart of God

Author	Joanna Weaver
ISBN	0307444961

You believe that God loves the world…
but sometimes you wonder if He truly loves you.
 
For many of us, moving the truth of God’s love from our heads to our hearts is a lifelong process. As we consider our inadequacies or grieve our shattered dreams, we find it difficult to believe that...

Letter from a Christian Citizen: A Response to "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris

Author	Douglas Wilson
ISBN	0915815664

In 2006, Sam Harris wrote "Letter to a Christian Nation", which argues that religion is often self-contradictory, irrational, regressive, and at times barbaric. In response, Douglas Wilson has written his own little book: "Letter From a Christian Citizen". As Gary DeMar writes in the foreword,...

I Am: A 60-Day Journey to Knowing Who You Are Because of Who He Is

Author

Michele Cushatt

From the moment a woman wakes until she falls, exhausted, on her pillow, one question plagues her at every turn:
Am I enough?
The pressure to do more, be more has never been more intense. Online marketing. Self-help books. Movies, magazines and gym memberships. Even church attendance and...

For Parents Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid

Author	Shaunti Feldhahn
ISBN	1590529324

Shaunti Feldhahn and Lisa Rice take you inside the mind of teens and preteens through the same innovative approach that seized national attention in the best-selling books For Women Only, For Men Only, and For Young Women Only.

For every bewildered parent, there's a kid longing to be understood....

The Heartache No One Sees: Real Healing for a Woman's Wounded Heart

Author	Sheila Walsh
ISBN	0785262903

At a time that should have been considered the highlight of her career, Sheila Walsh admitted herself to the psychiatric wing of a Washington, D.C. hospital. Having worked for five years as cohost of The 700 Club, the years of treading water while trying to keep so much around her afloat and keep various...

Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis

Author	John Piper
ISBN	1433542943

Herbert - Whitefield - Lewis

In the sixth volume of the Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper celebrates the importance of poetic effort by looking at three influential Christians whose words magnificently display a commitment to truth and a love of beauty.

Examining the lives...

What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith

Author

David Jeremiah

For many people, worry, anxiety, and fear are constant companions: fear of death, fear of danger, fear of disease. And too often, these fears are crippling, keeping us from the life God has called us to live.

But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Dr. David Jeremiah. As Christians, we have...

The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy

Author	Robert Leleux
ISBN	0312361688

In the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the crème-colored light of Neiman’s, Daddy wrote that he was leaving...