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For nearly seventy-five years, countless millions of Christians the world over have trusted the spiritual companionship of Oswald Chambers's daily devotional, "My Utmost for His Highest." These brief scripture-based readings--by turns comforting and challenging--will draw you into God's presence and form you as a disciple of the Risen Lord. You'll treasure their insight, still fresh and vital. And you'll discover what it means to offer God your very best for His greatest purpose--to truly offer Him your utmost for His highest.

Andrew Kuyvenhoven is a retired pastor in the Christian Reformed Church. He has served as editor of The Banner, director of Faith Alive Christian Resources' Education Department, and pastor of churches in eastern and western Canada. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

How does living as God's "forever people" impact our daily living? These 100 devotional essays by the former voice of the Back to God Hour show how having an eternal perspective affects marriage, career choice, self-esteem, and more.

When we're overwhelmed with the wants and worries of life, we long for more. We long for meaning and fullness and joy. Especially at Christmastime, we long for the presence of Immanuel--God with us. These devotions focus on Isaiah 41-49, chapters that reassure us that God is with us, and that the answer to our longings is living in God's holy presence.

At Advent, we're all "expecting" anticipating Christ's birth and looking forward to the time when he comes again. With Mary, we wait for God's plan to be accomplished in and through us. These brief devotions are excellent for personal, family, or congregational use.

How would life be different if we could think, see, and do all things in light of the person and work of Jesus? With this inspiring collection of 365 Scripture-centered prayers, Scotty Smith helps readers pray the Scriptures through the lens of the gospel, mining the resources of God's grace and applying them in every season of life. He frees readers to abandon any posing or pretending in favor of an honest, no-spin relationship with a God who claims them as his own.

When you turn to the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, you discover that Jesus Christ was straightforward in His dealings with men. He expected men to be men. Jesus never encountered a man without bringing about or demanding some kind of change in that man's life. He may be making the same demands on your life.

For more than thirty years, Daylight has challenged and inspired thousands of readers through more than ten printings. In this classic devotional, now newly updated with contemporary examples and questions for reflection or discussion, Kuyvenhoven uses Scripture to shed light on what it means to live in the presence and promises of God. Includes questions for reflection or discussion.

If you're torn between the desire to have a growing relationship with God and the feeling that discipleship will take more than you can give, Daily Discipleship can help.

Filled with real-life stories, Daily Discipleship offers practical and encouraging teaching on what it means to be a disciple who follows Jesus in the midst of living a busy and full life.

Topics include meditating on God's Word, maintaining a thankful spirit, giving God first place, dealing with lingering sin, making life decisions, living a contented life, and much more.

From the pen of award-winning author Cornelius Plantinga Jr. comes this book of flesh-and-blood Christian meditations with a theological spine.
Building on the success of two earlier editions and now splendidly updated, Beyond Doubt unpacks the deep truths of the Christian faith by raising basic questions like What is God like? Why pray? What is the shape of the godly life? If the Lord is with us, why do we suffer? How do we face death?