Yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:3-5)
The Gospel
The Bible
Unlocking the Bible 1-Year Devotional by Colin Smith
Anxiety and Depression
Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow
Depression (mini book) by Ed Welch
Pleasing People by Lou Priolo
Running Scared by Ed Welch
God’s Character
A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller
Knowing God by J. I. Packer
Love Walked Among Us by Paul E. Miller
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Trusting God by Jerry Bridges
Grief
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses by Robert Kelleman
Hope When It Hurts by Kristen Wetherell and Sarah Walton
Made for a Different Land by Lianna B. Davis
Growing as a Christian
The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life by Colin Smith
Because He Loves Me by Elyse Fitzpatrick
How People Change by Timothy S. Lane & Paul David Tripp
Real Change by Andrew Nichols and Helen Thorne
Ministry / Leadership
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul David Tripp
Side by Side by Ed Welch
Word-Filled Women’s Ministry by Gloria Furman and Kathleen Nielson
Suffering, Trials, and Waiting
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Hope When It Hurts by Kristen Wetherell and Sarah Walton
Read my full book review of “Hope When It Hurts.”
Made for a Different Land by Lianna B. Davis
Seasons of Waiting by Betsy Childs Howard
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