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15 Minutes Alone with God is designed to help women develop consistent devotional habits. At the same time it does more than teach women how to organize their quiet times. It's also filled with warm, open meditations Emilie has written especially for busy women, providing encouragement and direction for the day from someone who's been there.

These meditations

• take 15 minutes or less
• contain a Scripture lesson, a key verse, an uplifting meditation, and additional Scripture readings
• suggest several "Thoughts for Action"-practical ways women can put God's Word into work in their lives

Readers will experience God's touch as never before as Emilie includes thoughts about loved ones, encouragement, worry, grace, and other subjects close to heart and home.

While adults prompt young ones to practice their manners, many grown–ups are ready for a refresher course. Their manner expert is here! Emilie Barnes, bestselling author of A Little Book of Manners and life–management expert, is excited to share how manners strengthen adult relationships, professional interactions, social gatherings, and family ties. Not a day goes by that won’t be enhanced by Emilie’s advice on

• the art of introductions
• practicing corporate manners
• handling social taboos
• dining graciously as a host or a guest
• sharing values with children

Includes wedding etiquette, dating manners, and that increasingly vital one—proper cell phone use! This entertaining, easy–to–read manual of manners reveals how acts of kindness transform a life at any age.

When home-management expert and best-selling author Emilie Barnes opened her heart in the devotionals Fill My Cup, Lord (more than 113,000 copies sold) and Help Me Trust You, Lord, readers responded to her message of experiencing God's healing touch in her life.

Now Emilie writes about the health challenges she has faced in recent years, broken family relationships and the process of healing, and God's unfailing peace and loving presence in the midst of darkness. As women lift their prayers to the Lord and ask Him to fill them with hope, they will grow in their walk with Him like never before and be able to offer the gift of encouragement to someone who needs it just as much as they do.

Step-by-step directions to help busy women organize their homes and live more stress-free lives. Revised edition with eight all-new chapters.

After years of communicating with women across the nation, bestselling author Emilie Barnes knows what needs are foremost in their hearts and minds. In these devotions, Emilie uses examples of God's faithfulness, His care, and His love, and leads readers to bring those needs to God's presence as they

• cultivate a gentle spirit and a godly attitude
• celebrate life's joys, large and small, with gratitude
• trust in God's touch in the midst of their troubles and pain
• build their marriages and families on a foundation of faith
• season life with God's Word, hope, and wisdom

With inspirational verses, prayers, and motivating action points, these devotions guide women to the sanctuary of God's heart and to the remarkable peace of His love.