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Through her YouTube channel, podcast, weekly emails, and this book, Cambria Joy’s passion is to help others feel healthy from the inside out. She is a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Coach with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. 

Ruth Chou Simons is a bestselling and award-winning author, artist, entrepreneur, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Through her online shoppe at GraceLaced.com and her social media community of hundreds of thousands, Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys—their greatest adventure. www.gracelaced.com

DR. TONY EVANS is founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, chaplain of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, and author of The Power of God’s Names and Victory in Spiritual Warfare. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on more than 1000 US outlets daily and in more than 130 countries.

WYNTER PITTS is the author of several books, including You’re God’s Girl! She is the founder of For Girls Like You, a ministry that equips girls to walk boldly into who God has created them to be and to resource their parents to raise strong Christ following God girls that say yes to His plans for their lives.

Best known for his humorous yet perceptive look at life, award-winning author and speaker Phil Callaway has written more than 25 books, including Making Life Rich Without Any Money. Phil is also a syndicated columnist, the editor of Servant magazine, and a popular speaker for corporations, conferences, camps, and marriage retreats. He would say that his greatest achievement was persuading his wife, his high-school sweetheart, to marry him.

Rachel McMillan is the author of The Herringford and Watts mysteries, The Van Buren and DeLuca mysteries and The Three Quarter Time series of contemporary Viennese romances. Her next work of historical fiction, The London Restoration, releases in Summer 2020 and takes readers deep into the heart of London's most beautiful churches. Rachel lives in Toronto, Canada and is always planning her next adventure.

Jeremy Camp is a GRAMMY®-nominated singer and songwriter who met his wife Adrienne, a South African singer and songwriter, while on tour. Jeremy and Adrienne have been married for 16 years and are passionate about keeping Jesus in the middle of their life and marriage and sharing God’s love around the world any way they can. 

Phylicia Masonheimer teaches Christian women how to apply faith to the realities of life. She is a blogger, podcast host, and speaker. Her writing focuses on overcoming sin and difficulty by the power of a maturing personal relationship with God. Phylicia lives in northern Michigan with her husband and children. 

Adrienne Camp is a South African singer and songwriter. She was the lead singer of the Christian rock band the Benjamin Gate and later recorded two solo albums. She is married to fellow musician Jeremy Camp and author of Even Me, as well as a contributor to For Girls Like You magazine.

Debra Fileta is a licensed professional counselor and the author of "Choosing Marriage" and "True Love Dates." A passionate speaker, she challenges people to have a psychologically and spiritually healthy approach to relationships. 

After a successful career in the corporate world, Dan Short left his job to become a full-time Santa and share God’s love with children and adults. With thirty years of experience, he has served as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s best-known and in-demand Santa. Dan is the cofounder of Mustard Seed Community Development Corporation, an organization dedicated to sharing God’s joy, hope, healing, and desire for justice with people in the most impoverished areas of Oklahoma City. 

Bre Doucette grew up loving to decorate homes and regularly welcomes others into her home through her blog - Rooms FOR Rent (roomsforrentblog.com), where she spreads her passion for decorating, her belief that creating a home is so much more than the stuff we fill our rooms with, and a little bit of faith along the way. Bre’s heart is to serve others through the gifts God has given her.

Ruth Chou Simons is an artist, writer, entrepreneur, and speaker. As creator of the popular GraceLaced online shoppe, blog, and Instagram community, she shares scriptural truths daily through her hand-painted artwork and words.

Mary DeMuth is a writer and speaker who loves to help people live re-storied lives. Author of more than 30 books, including parenting books, Southern fiction, and a memoir entitled Thin Places, Mary speaks around the country and the world. 

Mindy Starns Clark is the bestselling author of more than 20 books, both fiction and nonfiction, with over a million copies sold...

Rick Lawrence is an award-winning author, journalist, ministry leader, and national speaker...

Dannah Gresh is an author, a speaker, and the creator of the Secret Keeper Girl live events...

Bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst ignites your passion for God and prepares you to be radically blessed beyond anything you can imagine!

Joe Carter is an editor for The Gospel Coalition, an educator, and fifteen-year Marine Corps veteran...

James Merritt (PhD) is a pastor, author, past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and host of the Touching Lives television program...

Speaker, author, and Emmy®-winning editor Jenny Randle has served in ministry and worked in the entertainment, publishing, and creative industries for more than fifteen years. 

LENYA HEITZIG’s heart is to reach out to hurting people through tangible acts of love. She is the founder of Reload Love, a ministry which touches the lives of children affected by terrorism.

Tony Dungy is the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Quiet Strengthand Uncommon. He enjoyed a successful career in the National Football League, winning Super Bowls as a player and as a coach. Tony is involved in numerous charities, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and All Pro Dad. He and his wife, Lauren, are the parents of ten children. They are active in the foster parenting...

Steve Chapman and his wife, Annie, are award-winning musicians who take their message of Christ-centered family to fans all over North America. Steve’s enthusiasm for Jesus, family, hunting, and humor shine in his books, including A Look at Life from a Deer Stand (nearly 300,000 copies sold), The Hunter’s Cookbook (with Annie Chapman), and Great Hunting Stories.

Melissa Michaels is the creator of The Inspired Room, voted the 2015 and 2014 Better Homes and Gardens Readers’ Favorite Decorating Blog. With creative, simple ideas for decorating and organizing the home, she inspires more than half a million women each month.

Wynter Pitts is the author of several books, including You’re God’s Girl! She is the founder of For Girls Like You...

Mike Berry is cocreator of the award-winning blog Confessions of an Adoptive Parent and the adoptive and foster support site Oasis Community.

Georgia Varozza, author of the popular Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook(more than 70,000 copies sold), enjoys teaching people how to prepare and preserve healthy foods, live simply, and get the most from what they have. She works in publishing and lives in a small Oregon community.

Stormie Omartian is the bestselling author of The Power of a Praying^® series (more than 35 million books sold). Her other books include Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On; Lead Me, Holy Spirit; Prayer Warrior; and Out of Darkness.

Hope Lyda has a heart for inviting people to experience the still and quiet voice of God in their lives. As an editor and writer, she has worked in publishing for more than 20 years. 

When our prayer lives feel shallow, we’re probably tossing out prayers halfheartedly.

Sometimes it seems that the American church’s highest value is what Francis Schaeffer called “personal peace and affluence.” We want to be accepted by everyone. We don’t want to be controversial. Above all, we don’t want to suffer.

So whenever you find yourself looking out the window in judgment of others, turn back to the mirror and see who you are. You’ll find the mirror has a memory.

Though we know our true treasures are in heaven, we often times become more preoccupied with the riches of earth. 

We are pilgrims in this life, not because our home will never be on Earth, but because our ultimate home isn’t on the present Earth (which is under the Curse). 

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries and a New York Times bestselling author of over fifty books, including Heaven (over one million sold) and...

More theological battles have been lost to enemies inside the church than to those outside.

Anger’s roar may be filling the ears of our heart. Worry may mute our soul’s capacity to listen to the Spirit. When we trust Jesus, we’re in a position to hear Jesus

When we have been wounded, we naturally seek out people who can help apply the salve of support and sympathy. 

I’m grateful for the times a friend has offered to help me before I even had a chance to ask. When people are perceptive enough to discern what we need and when we need it, they become vessels for God’s provision.

You’re like me. You meet people like Anushka in your community every day. Trouble is, we never look—I mean, look deeply—at a run-of-the-mill shopkeeper and picture that person rising out of a grave, either to live or to be condemned.

God tells us we shouldn’t be surprised when we suffer. It’s as if he’s asking, “Whatever gave you the idea that you weren’t supposed to suffer?”

I’ve found that anytime, at any place, and on any day, my list of priorities are susceptible to falling out of order.

As I waited day after day, week after week, and then month after month for my once-energetic child to be restored, healthy, and whole again, Psalm 42 resonated with me.

It’s time to discard past mistakes and let yesterday do the job it was made for. 

Elizabeth George, whose books have sold more than 11 million copies, is the author of A Woman After God’s Own Heart® (more than 1 million copies sold) and Breaking the Worry Habit...Forever!

I’m a quadriplegic, yet I can drive a van.

Friend, God honors hospitality in unique ways.

The more you think upon the Lord and the less you think of yourself, the better off you become.

The statutes of God stand firm forever. No secular storm can blow His truth from its moorings.

Kathi Lipp is a busy conference and retreat speaker and the bestselling author of several books, including Clutter Free, The Husband Project, and The Get Yourself Organized Project.

You have a divine purpose rooted in God’s plan.

I have been at Harvest House for a little over two years and serve as the Senior Director of Financial Operations.

Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace, including romantic suspense and Amish romance novels. Chapman was a teacher for 15 years and currently writes full-time. She lives in the Texas hill country with her husband, pets, and a herd of deer.

What a magnificent promise from God to His people who reverence Him and live His way.

Rescue me when my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed (Psalm 143:4).

God will keep us. He’ll help. He’ll intervene—perhaps just in the nick of time. Is that too close for comfort? Maybe. But our trust in Him was never meant

to be comfortable—only close. And the nick of time is close enough.

David Chadwick has been a pastor for almost 40 years. Along with this theological degrees, he earned a Specialist's degree in counseling.....

Enduring the refining process is not easy, but it is essential if we are to cultivate an eternal perspective.

Regardless of what we say or do, God knows what we think and feel.

But God is not like us human beings, who sometimes take sinister delight in withholding forgiveness from others.

Stormie Omartian is the bestselling author (more than 35 million books sold) of The Power of a Praying® series, plus Lead Me, Holy Spirit; Prayer Warrior; Choose Love; and Out of Darkness.

Disobedience is like swimming upstream in a raging river.

We must pray daily for God’s hand of protection to cover our grandchildren.

Elijah saw some unique answers to prayer, but his ability to pray was not unique.

There’s no such thing as a trouble-free life. To think otherwise is naive, presumptuous, and proud. Pride does this. It instills false confidence and unrealistic expectations

Money is a lover who romances us regularly.

Condemning sin is not the same as judging the sinner

Natasha Crain writes a popular Christian parenting blog at ChristianMomThoughts.com. She has an MBA from UCLA and...

The most important thing about you, the very center of your identity, is this—the God of all creation has chosen you.

How great, O Father, is Your goodness! I cannot comprehend its immensity.

I will be victorious.

Jesus will stand with you and strengthen you to accomplish the tasks he’s given you to do.

When you find yourself taking credit for an accomplishment, don’t forget who really made it possible.

Boyd Bailey is the founder of Wisdom Hunters, an Atlanta-based ministry that encourages Christians to live out God’s unchanging truth in a changing world. The author of many devotional books and e-books...

Lord, please bring me into Your peace so I can know You as my Prince of Peace.

You may never know in this life all the things that God has shielded you from.

I am the Marketing Specialist for the Mckenzie Team...

Steve Chapman and his wife, Annie, are award-winning musicians who take their message of Christ-centered family to fans all over North America. Steve’s enthusiasm for Jesus, family, hunting, and humor shine in his books...

Sometimes prayer is an excuse for inaction.

Place in my mind loving thoughts and feelings for the people in my life

You cannot find the wholeness God has for you if you don’t separate yourself from your past.

Did your teachers ever hand out pop quizzes? You’d arrive at school expecting a normal day with little or no stress, and out of nowhere a teacher would announce a pop quiz. You had to be caught up on your studies or you’d fail the quiz.

Bestselling author, speaker, and Bible teacher Sheila Walsh is author of Gigi, God’s Little Princess, the #1 bestselling line of Christian books for little girls. She is also the author of Five Minutes with Jesus and an accomplished musician...

When you find your hope in the Lord, you cannot just keep it to yourself. You have to share it with others.

A young man named Jordan wrote me his story. The first sentence said, “Hello, my name is Jordan, and I am a drug addict.”

At times we have no clue about the “why” behind God’s actions—or, more often it seems, His lack of visible action—in our circumstances.

James Merritt (PhD) is a pastor, author, and host of the Touching Lives television program, seen nationwide and in 122 countries. Previously, he served as a two-term president of America's largest Christian denomination. 

People will let us down from time to time—even the best mentors, even our favorite preachers, even the people we need the most will disappoint us.

You want to be number one? Then here is the secret: look for every opportunity you can to be number two.

Bestselling music artist Matthew West reminds you that God’s mercies are fresh every day.

Healing and body care are two different things.

I have been at Harvest House for almost 19 years and am the Implementation Solutions Supervisor.

The battle to overcome your emotional strongholds is a battle for your mind. Whoever and whatever controls your mind controls your emotions (and your actions). So if you are worrying, stressed out, and depressed, you’re probably thinking things that aren’t true. That’s why the apostle Paul tells us we don’t war against the flesh, but against Satan’s attacks on our mind.

Shay Shull is the author of the Mix and Match Mama blog. Daily, she writes about motherhood, adoption, world travel, holidays, organization, and, of course, yummy food. Passionate about coffee, traveling the world with her family, and Red Sox baseball, her greatest love is Christ.