Irrepressible Hope : Devotions to Anchor Your Soul and Buoy Your Spirit

by Clairmont, Patsy; Johnson, Barbara; Johnson, Nicole; Meberg, Marilyn; Swindoll, Luci

• ISBN13: 9780786274130
• ISBN10: 0786274131
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-23
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Cape of Good Hope	13	(6)
Nicole Johnson
PART 1 CHARTING YOUR COURSE
Two Fixed Points	19	(4)
Nicole Johnson
Don't Forget the Eraser!	23	(5)
Patsy Clairmont
Birdbrain	28	(5)
Marilyn Meberg
With All My Heart	33	(5)
Luci Swindoll
Mission Impossible?	38	(5)
Barbara Johnson
God Knows	43	(5)
Thelma Wells
Just Do It	48	(4)
Nicole Johnson
Packing with Care	52	(4)
Sheila Walsh
Hope and Humor	56	(5)
Marilyn Meberg
Queen of Charts	61	(6)
Patsy Clairmont
PART 2 SMOOTH SAILING
All Knotted Up	67	(4)
Nicole Johnson
The Optimism Equation	71	(6)
Marilyn Meberg
Spare Parts and Big Feet	77	(6)
Barbara Johnson
Live the Life Out of It!	83	(5)
Luci Swindoll
The Language of Hope	88	(5)
Barbara Johnson
The Ever-Moving Shadow	93	(6)
Luci Swindoll
Daily Brush Strokes	99	(5)
Patsy Clairmont
The Scandal Package	104	(4)
Marilyn Meberg
All Day Long	108	(4)
Sheila Walsh
He's Always There	112	(7)
Nicole Johnson
PART 3 STORMY WEATHER AHEAD
I Remember . . .	119	(6)
Marilyn Meberg
Gravitating toward Hope	125	(5)
Luci Swindoll
Heavenly Healing	130	(5)
Barbara Johnson
Yahoo!	135	(4)
Sheila Walsh
Hope Hops!	139	(5)
Luci Swindoll
Storm Savvy	144	(5)
Patsy Clairmont
Keeping the Boat Afloat	149	(6)
Marilyn Meberg
The Drake Passage	155	(5)
Nicole Johnson
Through All Our Storms	160	(6)
Thelma Wells
Safe in the Arms of Jesus	166	(7)
Barbara Johnson
PART 4 MAYDAY!
Sending Up a Distress Signal	173	(4)
Sheila Walsh
Call God!	177	(4)
Thelma Wells
The Not-So-Magnificent Obsession	181	(5)
Nicole Johnson
Lost and Found	186	(6)
Barbara Johnson
Kicking the Bucket Habit	192	(4)
Marilyn Meberg
The Great Physician	196	(6)
Thelma Wells
Drop Zones	202	(5)
Luci Swindoll
Hope Floats	207	(4)
Nicole Johnson
``This Ain't about Nothin'!''	211	(4)
Thelma Wells
Knock, Knock	215	(8)
Patsy Clairmont
PART 5 ALL HANDS ON DECK
People Need People	223	(5)
Patsy Clairmont
My Big Fat Porch Family	228	(6)
Luci Swindoll
Radiating Hope	234	(6)
Barbara Johnson
Love One Another	240	(4)
Sheila Walsh
The Magic of Music	244	(6)
Luci Swindoll
Who You Gonna Call?	250	(5)
Barbara Johnson
Stained-Glass Redemption	255	(4)
Nicole Johnson
Throw Out the Lifeline	259	(5)
Thelma Wells
We're All Here	264	(5)
Marilyn Meberg
Together, Forever	269	(6)
Sheila Walsh
PART 6 LAND HO!
``Are We There Yet?''	275	(4)
Patsy Clairmont
Obnoxious or Persistent?	279	(5)
Thelma Wells
Safely in Hope's Camp	284	(5)
Luci Swindoll
Waiting for the Light	289	(5)
Barbara Johnson
Hobbling Home	294	(4)
Sheila Walsh
Something to Crow About	298	(5)
Patsy Clairmont
Fact or Fantasy?	303	(5)
Marilyn Meberg
This Is the Hope	308	(5)
Sheila Walsh
Keep Your Hopes Up!	313	(5)
Thelma Wells
There's No Place Like Hope	318	(4)
Nicole Johnson
CONCLUSION
Safe Harbor	322	(4)
Patsy Clairmont
About the Authors	326