Bøger af Kirk Byron Jones

Approaching 200,000 followers, Yes to Grace is the fastest growing inspirational page on Facebook. Each day, Kirk Byron Jones, D.Min., Ph.D., offers brief but unusually potent expressions of wisdom that restore the soul in comforting, stimulating, and enchanting ways: Just becauseyou're still hurtingdoesn't mean the healing hasn't started.-------A soul set freehas all the reasonit needs to smile and laugh._______________If you can bestill enoughlong enoughthere is a place withinon the other side of silencewhere love lives

Sometimes you find something wonderful you never knew you were searching for. "Jazz stirs the possibilities for creativity in the moment. Jazz is about the human character. Jazz is about feeling, not just about entertainment. Jazz is healing." --Herbie Hancock, Jazz Pianist and Composer The Spiritual Treasure of Jazz is a blessed bounty of reflections, scriptures, prayers, music playlists, and study questions (curiosity rhythms) created to be equally effective for personal and group exploration. The following chapters will charm and challenge you: Ella Fitzgerald: Ambushed by Grace Louis Armstrong: Joy on Joy in Joy Jimmy Scott: Faith in Time Mary Lou Williams: The Glory of an Open Heart Billie Holiday: Honesty, Heartache, and Wholeness John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Sarah Vaughan: The Majesty of a Light Touch Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Being Born Again and Again Kirk Whalum: Grace on Grace Cyrus Chestnut: Holy Outlandish Freedom Lizz Wright and Gregory Porter: Praise is a Game Changer! Terri Lyne Carrington: Jazz is a Spirit Written with faithful imagination and grace, The Spiritual Treasure of Jazz will help you and others explore and expand in ways you never thought possible, and, before you know it, swing in a most amazing spiritual sort of way!

Find Joy in Writing."Ultimate fulfillment is not found in the completion of a project or the recognition you receive for what you produce. The greater happiness derives from the creative process itself, the deliberate and sustained playful effort and wild surrender of dancing with God. Moreover, your creative thriving in troubled times is God's idea, not just to bless you, but to benefit others and, believe it or not, to bring God joy."The current global crisis has caused much suffering and dramatically changed the way we live. Yet, it has also opened a window to see and do these things differently. It is possible for your difference to include starting, continuing, or completing a book that has never left your mind and heart completely. Now is the time to write, while the window of opportunity is open in a way that it may never be again.According to one survey, some 200 million Americans say they want to publish a book. A survey of 1,100 people revealed their main reason for writing a book: Having a great message or experience they want to share to help inspire others. Here is how people responded when asked, "What is holding you back from writing a book?":40 percent chose the response, "I don't know where to start."18 percent chose, "No time."16 percent chose, "Lack confidence."15 percent chose, "Don't feel qualified."The rest chose "Other." Writing in the Open Window: Being Creative in Crisis is based on two Facebook Live Seminars, viewed by over 37,000 persons in just three weeks. The seminars provide doable strategies for overcoming each of the 4 main reasons for not writing a book. This companion volume to the "Writing in the Open Window" video expands on information shared during the seminars, and introduces new material on overcoming writing distractions, and cultivating an attitude that empowers you to engage each writing session with anticipation, clarity, focus, and joy.

"Words are powerful when chosen well and hurled with precision." Nnedi Okorafor The companion volume to Holy Play: The Joyful Adventure of Unleashing Your Divine Purpose, Holy Play Power Boosters is a collection of affirmations and encouragements carefully and rhythmically crafted to promote optimal living and creativity. When you are truly convinced that words are powerful, you think and speak them with greater care and expectancy. Use the proven, potent expressions contained in this volume, and feel your clarity, focus, and confidence building to design and live your divine dreams. Here are some of the "power boosters" included in this potent volume, and affirmed regularly by the author, to keep your mind sustained and saturated for faithful, fun, and fulfilling holy play: Iembracelivingandfeelinglavishlyblessed. The betterI becomeat observingmy thoughtsand feelings, the greatermy abilityto mine andmold themto createmy best life. Myholy playwithindeterminesholy playwithout. There is nothing more influential to your attitude than what is said to you and what you say to yourself. Take responsibility for deliberately and regularly speaking inspiring, meaningful life to yourself. To Speak Life is to Spark Life!

"Though your soul may be more mystery to you than familiar reality, you are not a stranger to soul moments. When you smile for no reason, know something for sure without having learned it, or feel peace amid broken pieces, your soul is manifesting itself. Your soul is your pool of deep wisdom, peace, and joy within. Your soul is the part of you God held last as God released your free flight into the world." from Soul Talk: How to Have the Most Important Conversation of AllToo often, the most difficult person to speak with honestly and deeply is yourself. And yet, if you are to live your finest, freshest, and fullest life, it is essential to maintain an empowering inner dialogue. Soul Talk presents 7 enlivening steps for creating and continuing soulfully satisfying self-communication:1. Be Still.2. Lay Burdens Down.3. Listen Deeply.4. Don't Run Away.5. Be Honest.6. Be Gentle.7. Welcome New Truth.To Connect With Your Soul is to take Advantage of the Supreme Empowerment Opportunity of a Lifetime!

Don't Leave Your Change to Chance. Learn new ways to harness and unleash your inner untapped optimal power for the changes you want to make in your life.The miracle of Jesus changing water to wine reveals five essential stages for creating genuine change: Imagination, Desire, Focus, Effort, and Perseverance. Water to Wine: The Five Levels of Marvelous Change will give you new perspectives on these necessary ingredients for change, and present ideas, questions, and inspirational tools, including prayers and affirmations, to help you see your change through. Be New On Purpose!

Unlike other morning devotions, in which readers digest the words of others, this book teaches readers how to create their own devotional experiences through silence and prayer visualization.