Life is filled with reflections of our daily life. In the dry and cold moments of winter, we know spring is just around the corner, melting and thawing the snow for each new season of growth. Yet, those thawing moments feel so far away in the midst of trial and pain.

Running a life-giving small group can be difficult, but it doesn't have to be hard. As lay leaders in our church it's easy to become frustrated when our groups don't grow.Small groups are the life blood of a growing and vibrant church. It's like-minded people going after the same thing, a deeper connection with each other and with God. In Focus: Up, In, and Out, author of the Amazon best-selling children's book King Lyle and the Purple Dragon Jason (J.B.) Sisam, reveals 3 powerful strategies to running an effective small group so that you move from frustration to success by seeing lives changed, healed, and saved. He helps you
* look at your purpose of running a small group
* focus upward by teaching attenders how to love God
* focus inward by helping people grow in their faith
* focus outward by equipping attenders to serve and GO!
Most leaders struggle with maintaining a healthy small group, this book will give you focus you need to achieving the ultimate goal by helping more people find true life in Jesus Christ.

Whether you're journaling for personal reasons or professional reasons, this journal will help you stay focused on what's important by helping you gain the results you want out of life.

Her name is Sally Barnhart, a young mother whose world's about to change, and not for the better. Two days before the holidays, she receives a gift that changes her life forever. Christian Barnhart, Sally and Zack's son, has a life threatening accident while in the care of his grandparents, George and Marilyn Lykes. He now needs a heart transplant, or he'll be dead before Christmas. Does God care that her marriage is falling apart and her son is laying in a hospital bed dying? These events bring a broken family together and will reignite a new faith in God for the ultimate gift... the gift of life.

When Gabriel Grant demands that Jacob pay his father’s debt, Jacob will stop at nothing to protect his family–but at what cost? Does Jacob strap on his .45 Colt revolver, seeking vengeance, or will he watch everything burn?

Christians have asked, “What’s so important about grace?” or “Isn’t grace simply something one receives at salvation?” While these may be valid questions, but the truth of the matter is, grace is so much deeper and so much more brilliant than we imagine. We shouldn’t settle for a cheap understanding of grace but a grace that is ever as beautiful and powerful as God’s love for us. Our changed lives should, in-fact, be that beacon of glory for the world to see.