J Matthew Nance

Living Wisely: Open Your Life and Pour in Proverbs gives you the recipe for smart, effective living. Hidden within these ancient Eastern sayings are life-changing secrets waiting to be discovered. In Living Wisely, J. Mathew Nance introduces a life coach whom you need to meet. He is an ancient sage from the East, where Matthew has spent more than twenty years of his life. Find out how this coach, whose advice is way different than that of most westerners, has been a huge help to those he trains. His methods are very specific and have been tested true and timeless. The most amazing thing is that he is willing to be your personal assistant Why read Living Wisely: Open Your Life and Pour in Proverbs? Gain practical insight for setting a right life direction. Begin now to build a life that works. Break free from whatever holds you back. Gain the wisdom of the ages. Funny, pointed, and filled with wisdom Matthew not only dug deeply into ancient Eastern wisdom, but he fleshed out practical principles with humorous experiences. Bill Smith, trainer emeritus, International Mission Board, SBC

Every human being is emotional. Every once in a while, someone arrives at a place of emotional health. With this book in your hands, that person could be you. If you want to be taken to that rare place where feelings work for you instead of against you, that place where positive emotions make you fully alive, Bring Him All Your Emotions is a must-read. Do you struggle with feeling small, depressed, bullied, or shamed? Bring Him All Your Emotions shows you how to reveal your true inner feelings to God, how to receive Divine navigation through negative emotions, and how to wake up every day feeling blessed, loved, and balanced. "Bring Him All Your Emotions is great for anyone seeking emotional health. It is also an invaluable asset for mentors and coaches to help people be healed." -David Odhuno, Navigators Missions Director Nairobi, Kenya

Every human being is emotional. Every once in a while, someone arrives at a place of emotional health. With this book in your hands, that person could be you. If you want to be taken to that rare place where feelings work for you instead of against you, that place where positive emotions make you fully alive, Bring Him All Your Emotions is a must-read. Do you struggle with feeling small, depressed, bullied, or shamed? Bring Him All Your Emotions shows you how to reveal your true inner feelings to God, how to receive Divine navigation through negative emotions, and how to wake up every day feeling blessed, loved, and balanced. "Bring Him All Your Emotions is great for anyone seeking emotional health. It is also an invaluable asset for mentors and coaches to help people be healed." -David Odhuno, Navigators Missions Director Nairobi, Kenya

Will you be my friend? My name is Nikki, and I am a dog. If you will be my friend, I will lick your ears forever. And I will take you on some adventures. You may laugh at me because I see things in a doggy kind of way. You may also learn from how I do things in a doggy kind of way.Now young readers, and adults who spend time with them, can join in the fun with Nikki Dog. Full of both silliness and lessons to learn, Adventures of Nikki Dog, as Told by Nikki the Dog will have a dog vividly teach children some of life's basic lessons.

-Do you seem to lack an adequate framework for interpreting life in today's world? -Have you grown tired of attempts at finding meaning in free, experimental living? -Though you can't quite identify what the smell is, do you sense that something about our culture's way of thinking stinks? -Do you search for mental values on which you can build a solid life? -Are you ready to challenge cultural norms and rethink everything for yourself? If you answered yes to most of these questions, then Whoopin' Up on Stinkin' Thinkin' is a must-read Without God's healing power over the mind, you may become enslaved to fear, arrogance, bitterness, confusion, and distrust, just to name a few stinking thoughts. Whoopin' Up on Stinkin' Thinkin' is designed to bring God's healing power to your mind. Based on 1 Corinthians 10:3-5, this book will help you get your mind unstuck now Field-tested questions with each chapter make Whoopin' Up on Stinkin' Thinkin' perfect for your small group or class. Young people searching for answers, senior adults seeking to understand and influence the next generation, mentors, professors, teachers, pastors, counselors, and group leaders will all find this book to be a great resource.

Within these pages, you and I will begin a journey together in which we become willing to reveal our ugly, hidden stains. We will see how they don't have to bring shame, but can actually become badges worn which say, "Other people know the real me and accept me anyway, just as I am." The more we advance technologically, the easier it becomes to hide behind text messages, pictures posted on the net, and short status updates, which all paint an unreal picture of self. It gets to the point where all people know about us is the image we give them. Someone on the other side of your fa ade might very well be asking, "Are you for real?" -Dare to take off the mask of pretending to be more than you actually are. -Explore why you may be afraid to show others who you really are. -See how Jesus reaches out with compassion to the worst of sinners, if they do not hide who they are. Become willing to reveal your true self to Him. -Watch Jesus give His strongest condemnation to Pharisees, who pretend to love God while actually serving self. Be challenged to consider who you really live for. -Consider whether or not you need Dr. Jesus to perform a pharisectomy within you. As we launch out on this journey, take a red-letter edition of the New Testament along with you. A modern version such as the New Living Translation would be great. You will discover that a full one fourth of the words of Jesus, which are written in red, are Jesus' dialogues with mask-wearing Pharisees. It's a shame we have typically considered Jesus' clashes with hypocritical Pharisees to be irrelevant today. The cry for unmasked living could never be more needed than in this generation.