Tonja McRady – författare

If I told you the power of leaving anxiety behind and having positive, joy-filled days was as easy as reading this short book, would you believe me? No worries, I wouldn''t either. However, I hope you will join me on a journey to see if you can convince yourself anxiety is a choice that we all have the power to choose to endure or let go.

So many areas in our lives cause us anxiety, stress, worry, depression, etc. When we consider all the trigger points for these challenges we face, we must find the root or the core of what brings all these negative feelings and emotions. One of the underlying struggles we all deal with is the desire to be normal. We never want others to look at us and think we aren''t "normal," or better put, "like them" (from our own perspective). When we look at the world around us, don''t we find the biggest group of people who seem to be similar, and then we try to be like them because they are the "normal" ones? It feels silly just saying those words, but so many live by them. Do we really want to be like everyone else?

The T.R.I.A.L.S. method has helped me in my journey to help others reduce stress in their lives. I have developed this acronym hoping to help us all find practical ways to overcome stressful situations and anxiety.

T = Transparency

R = Responsibility

I = Intentionality

A = Appreciation

L = Limits

S = Simplify

At the end of each section, we will look at practical ways to implement these principles to reduce your current stress levels. There will also be a section of discussion questions at the end of each chapter to use for personal growth or group studies. Understanding T.R.I.A.L.S. has the potential to bring a tremendous amount of joy to your life. I encourage you to have an open mind and be optimistic about the possibility of reducing your stress and eliminating anxiety from your daily routine. The power to choose lies within you!

What Is Finer Grounds?

Finer Grounds is a verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book, meaty, deep digging study of God''s Word. Enrich your personal Bible time or study with a group of ladies. Thought-provoking questions help you reach new levels of faith. Studies are thoroughly researched and passages are expertly explained. Lessons are structured in 13-week (one quarter) segments so you can easily share them with your ladies'' Bible class.

Pursued: God''s Plan for Intimacy in Marriage

At this exact moment, girls and young women all around the world are dreaming of their "Prince Charming." Unfortunately, for many Christian women, this fairy tale is short-lived in real life. It doesn''t take long for many women to become disillusioned with the realities of marriage. This reality could be anything from infertility to pornography addiction or even just the task of melding two lives together. It doesn''t take long to begin to wonder, "What went wrong?!" Some women simply resign themselves to an OK marriage because they just don''t know what else to do. Others begin to feel that they are somehow fundamentally flawed because they struggle with their marriage when it seems to come so easy for everyone else. They have dreamed of this relationship for their entire lives. How can it be so hard? Fortunately, God knows us and our needs better than we do, and in His great wisdom, He has provided for us. The Song of Solomon is a beautiful and, at times, graphically detailed picture of God''s design and intent for marriage. Through an in-depth, practical study of Solomon and his marriage to the Shulamite woman, we will gain a deeper understanding of the beauty of God''s design for marriage and the sexual relationship. We will learn how to be intentional with our husbands and how to embrace our God-given sexual relationship in a way that will lead to greater intimacy in every aspect of marriage. While no person and no marriage is perfect, we will see that by following God''s design, it is possible to achieve our fairy tale relationship. Join us as we study Pursued: God''s Plan for Intimacy in Marriage.

Paul wrote, “Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more”  (1 Thess. 4:1).

To “excel still more” is to achieve that which is set in front of you. In our case Heaven has been set in front of us, and it is up to us to walk in a worthy manner. When I excel, I grow; when I excel still more, I grow and grow and grow! 

The Excel Still More Bible Workshop is directed toward a deep study of a particular book or topic of the Bible. Our platform is a simple three-step pattern. 

1.    Learn the text This section of the study is designed to go through the text in a verse-by-verse fashion, identifying key words, phrases, and verses. 

2.    Apply the text In this section, our aim is to make practical application of the text that will serve as a bridge between what we study in the first section and the impact it has in our life.

3.    Build off the text This third section will focus on “faith builders,” the additional nuggets we glean from the text that help us grow in our own faith. 

Our hope in this great study is simple: to help you learn the text, apply the text, and build a strong faith. Our intent for this book is to provide an easy-to-use resource with reliable resources so you can gain profitable knowledge from the text. As Christians we want to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we pray this resource will be a tool to help us all do that.