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You have a brilliant brain, and you can use it to know God better! Favourite children’s author, Catherine MacKenzie, shows how knowing God better helps us love him more. God has given each of us a mind – and it’s brilliant! Whether yours is full of things you learned in school, or you know all the words to your favourite songs, or you know exactly how your sports team should have played, there’s something special about a person’s brain. The Bible says we should love God and trust in him; but we have to love God with our minds as well as our hearts and souls! Being a Bible Brainiac isn’t just for the ‘smart’ kids – it’s for everyone! It’s about getting to know Jesus better, and learning to love him more and more.

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Sometimes life can be difficult and messy, and we just need a little bit of encouragement. Five minutes to refocus our mind on what is important can make a huge difference. Featuring quotes from St. Augustine, Corrie ten Boom, R. C. Sproul and Matt Chandler alongside related Bible verses, this little book is packed full of Gospel goodness. In the muck of life, let this little book point your heart towards the One who can lift us out of the pit.

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John Knox spent his life with a sword in one hand and a Bible in the other and he wasn't afraid to use either.He began his theological life as a body guard to George Wishart - and it was when that young man was put to death by the religious authorities that John Knox was finally persuaded of the need to awaken his country from the death of injustice and spiritual poverty that afflicted it.He was never built for a quiet life and when he ran from one danger, he often found himself headed straight for another. Escaping from the authorities brought him straight into a castle siege and from there he ended up as a galley slave on a French frigate.No wonder he appreciated liberty when he had felt the grasp of slavery's chains and the cut of the enemy's whip.But his thirst for true freedom came from his longing for God's Word to be preached. John knew that true liberty only came from being in service to God and his Kingdom.Many stood against him and they still do today... but he gave much to his country and to his God and the church and Scotland owe John Knox - they owe him thanks as they owe the God he served thanks for calling such men to be his preachers.

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We all have heroes – people we admire, look up to, and want to be like. Here are twenty–one heroes who stood up for their faith. We remember them because they did great and brave things for their God. Learn about them, and find that you can be a Christian Hero too!

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The best friend ever will never leave you. Jesus is the friend you can always trust. He is caring and loving and strong. Find out about Jesus who can be your friend and Saviour. He is the very best.

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Do you like to smell flowers? What is your favourite smell? Some smells are nice, some are nasty.Read and learn about the things you smell every day. Find out about God who made you and your nose. Isn't God a wonderful God. He thinks of everything!Scripture references back up each page and there is a prayer page at the end of the book.One in a series of six chunky size board books that teach children how God was involved with us right from the beginning. The titles cover things we experience every day: Touch, Taste, Sight, Hearing, Smell & Feelings

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Do you make lots of noise? Or do you prefer to sit and listen to quiet things?Read and learn about the sounds you hear. Find out about God who made your ears and who listens to you everyday. Isn't it great that God knows and hears everything? He's amazing!Scripture references back up each page and there is a prayer page at the end of the book.One in a series of six chunky size board books that teach children how God was involved with us right from the beginning. The titles cover things we experience every day: Touch, Taste, Sight, Hearing, Smell & Feelings

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Thank you for the morning and for the evening. You give us all the time we need to do the things we need to do. Help us, Jesus, to spend our time pleasing you.

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The true story of Helen Roseveare and the hotwater bottle. In the Jungle an orphan baby need a hot water bottle, urgently, but no one would ever send one of these to the heat of the equator would they?!However, when a little girl prays for God to send one that afternoon, Helen Roseveare wonders if her prayer will be answered. Will God send a hot water bottle to the equator? Find out what happens when Helen opens the parcel.

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Jesus told a story about a Wonderful Wedding. It’s a great story that tells us about God and how he has invited us to be part of His family. God must be the most important person in our life.Jesus told stories, great stories, that tell us about who God is and what he is like. In the Stories From Jesus series the parables are retold and explained for young children.

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Joni Eareckson is a well-known Christian speaker and author from America but there was a day when she was a teenage girl in a bathing costume with nothing on her mind but boys, make up and her beloved horse, Tumbleweed. However, all that changed one morning when an innocent dive turned into a tragic accident. Joni's story is a wonderful testimony to God's grace and power in someone's life. Healing may have been an amazing miracle that didn't happen but Joni's ongoing work with thousands of disabled people throughout the world is a miracle in itself.

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Arrested by the Government of Romania in the 1960s, Richard Wurmbrand was convicted of a crime - Loving Jesus. Using a flashback technique Catherine Mackenzie retells Richard's gripping, and at times gruesome story. Despite suffering years of mental and physical torture, God used Richard to witness to many people from prison guards to government officials. Even after his release from prison Richard prayed that if God could use him to reach others for Christ, to send him back. God heard his prayer and Richard was re- arrested and sent to prison for another period of torture. His story is inspirational.Thinking further topics and a timeline are features of the series and are included in this reprint.

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If you were a princess you'd have the best wardrobe in the world with new dresses in it every day - and a tiara to match. But is that all there is to being a princess? And what does it mean to be a real Bible princess? Abigail, Jehosheba, Esther and The Queen of the South were women and royalty who honoured God. Pharaoh's daughter and Michal were princesses who showed bravery but were they true followers of the Lord? Jezebel and Herodias' daughter are two royal women who did not love God. All their stories are in the Bible and all can teach us in their own way how to be a Bible princess, daughters of the King, women and girls of righteousness.

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Thank you, God, for water. We need it for drinking and washing. Thank you, that we can also have our sins washed away through your Son, Jesus Christ.

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These five beautifully illustrated hardback books give lessons from the lives of famous Christians from the past - Amy Carmichael, Hudson Taylor, Corrie ten Boom, George Muller and Helen Roseveare. Learn about God's plans for people's lives and His amazing provision.

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Lottie Moon had little to occupy her mind beyond school lessons, dresses and pranks (oh, and skipping church whenever she could). However, one day things change for Lottie. Find out how the naughty little rich girl gives her life to mission work in China. Today she is one of the best remembered missionaries in America with millions of dollars having been raised by her memorial Christmas offering.

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Thank you, God, for giving us food and appetite. Thank you, Jesus, for showing your power when you fed the hungry people. You are wonderful.

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Hudson Taylor was a sickly child. He was often ill and had very poor eyesight. But God chose him to evangelise the Chinese. So at the age of 21 Hudson Taylor left the United Kingdom to sail half way round the world to China. Why did he do this? He did it to tell the Chinese people about the good news of Jesus Christ and to give them a message of hope. This story covers Hudson’s childhood and traumatic teenage years as well as his life as a well–known pioneer missionary.

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Mary Slessor grew up in the slums of Dundee in the 1800’s. Industry was booming but housing was sub– standard and life expectancy was low. Illness, disease and malnutrition killed many children before they reached the age of five. Mary was lucky – born into a poor family, abused by her father – she was still alive. Dundee was Mary’s training ground for a far fiercer battle. Mary left the shores of Scotland while only in her early twenties to immerse herself in reaching the lost tribes of Calibar in West Africa. Her preparation in the slums of Dundee was the key ingredient to her success on the mission field – that and her tireless trust and belief in her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He was the reason she was there. Calibar today still remembers Mary Slessor, affectionately known as “Ma”, her influence on that area of Africa was astounding. Superstition demanded that families kill twin babies and murder slaves and women at funerals – the Lord Jesus Christ that Mary Slessor brought to these people set them free from all that. They were set free from the law of sin and death.

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Tells the true story of Corrie Ten Boom and little Dutch watch shop. While she mends watches she is constantly watching out for danger to ensure that her friends in the secret room are safe. Tells the story of God who is the only one who can keep us safe.

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The true story of Amy Carmichael and her looking glass. Out of the mirror two eyes peep. A young girl wonder if God has answered her prayer. Amy wants a new look. She wants blue eyes now and not brown. When Amy sees that the brown eyes are still there, tears begin to fall. ‘Why hasn’t God answered my prayer?’ she storms.But God knows that there are other children with brown eyes who needs Amy’s help. Amy learns that God always answers prayer – and He always does what is best.

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A teenage trip to the beach, a diving accident, and a life of disability testifies to the goodness of God. Joni Eareckson Tada is a Christian author, speaker and artist whose life was turned upside down at the age of seventeen when a serious diving accident meant she was paralysed from the shoulders down. This short biography tells the story of what happened on that fateful day, and in the days and years that followed. Catherine MacKenzie skilfully shows how Joni’s story is a story of God’s goodness in the face of extreme suffering. Her testimony is one that has encouraged and moved people around the world. Read it here and see how the God of love is working for the good of those who love him, even in the most challenging circumstances.

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These women made sacrifices for their faith. They endured pain and suffering in order to give glory to their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and they have given us a legacy. With these twenty–six heroines you can go through history and see how these women made a difference in their world and in the church. From the slave girl Blandina through to the young mother Betty Stam, we discover the women from the early church to modern missionaries who face their struggles with the strength of God. Nothing could separate them, or us, from the love of God.

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For many years adults have enjoyed and been blessed by the profound thinking and clear writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Now this small padded book allows children to discover this joy for themselves. Following the premise of The Chequebook of the Bank of Faith, prolific children’s author and editor Catherine MacKenzie has adapted Spurgeon’s devotionals to be accessible to today’s 9–14 year olds, allowing a new generation to treasure God’s promises. Each entry finishes with a suggestion for what the reader should do in response to what they have read, and a prayer.

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