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    Girls of Grace
    Girls of Grace
    Girls of Grace
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    Girls of Grace

    By Point Of Grace

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    Point Of Grace launches a new book and tour of the same title to give direction and hope to the next generation of young women. This unique book, designed to help young women grow in their Christian walk, offers practical teaching, personal stories, and biblical insight into the issues that mean the most to teenage girls: faith, family, friends, and boys. Each chapter includes a message from one of the four members of Point Of Grace, a key Scripture, and a special study guide to help teenage girls to learn to find real answers to real-life problems in the Bible. As an added feature, each of the four sections includes fun "outer-beauty tips" and faith-growing "inner-beauty tips."

    In this important book, Shelley, Heather, Denise, and Terry use their unique position to minister to young women during the difficult teen years. Fun, personal, spiritual, and challenging are just a few of the words that describe this exceptional book. One of the most dynamic forces in contemporary Christian music, Point of Grace boldly reveals their deep concern and devotion to the next generation of young women by launching this tour and writing this book to inspire their millions of admirers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHoward Books
    Release dateJun 20, 2008
    ISBN9781439106778
    Girls of Grace
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    Point Of Grace

    Point Of Grace, the multiple Dove Award–winning, Gold and Platinum-selling vocal group, has been sharing their faith through song for more thanten years. The popular group has twenty-one consecutive #1 hit singles and multiple Grammy nominations to its credit. Called the "hottest" group in Christian music by the New York Times Magazine, Point of Grace has influenced multiple thousands of teen girls through concert and tour performances.

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      Girls of Grace - Point Of Grace

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      Our purpose at Howard Books is to:

      Increase faith in the hearts of growing Christians

      Inspire holiness in the lives of believers

      Instill hope in the hearts of struggling people everywhere Because He’s coming again!

      Published by Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

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      Girls Of Grace © 2002 by Point Of Grace

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information, address Permission Department, Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

      ISBN 10: 1-58229-268-X;

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      eISBN: 978-1-439-10677-8

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      Study Guides by Whitney Prosperi

      Edited by Philis Boultinghouse

      Interior design by Stephanie Denney

      Cover design by LinDee Loveland

      Cover photos by Robert Ascroft/Industrie Rep

      Photography on pages 1, 41, 51, 97, 105, 147, 189 by Robert Ascroft/Industrie Rep

      Photography on pages 23, 87 by Michael Haber

      Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. Scripture quotations marked (NASB) are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 50189. Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Italics in Scripture quotations were added by the authors for emphasis.

      Excerpt in chapter 1: Donald Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1997), 15-16. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Contents

      Foreword by Beth Moore

      Introduction

      Faith—Heather

      What’s So Good about Discipline?

      Study Guide: The Relationship

      The B-i-b-l-e

      Study Guide: The Time of Your Life

      What’s a Spiritual Discipline?

      Study Guide: What Is Your Focus?

      Family—Shelley

      Honor Your Father and Mother

      Study Guide: Parents: God’s Design?

      My Brother, My Sister-My Friend?

      Study Guide: Who Is Watching You?

      A Father to the Fatherless

      Study Guide: Making the Best of Your Situation

      Friends—Terry

      What a Friend Is

      Study Guide: Friends to Encourage Me

      What a Friend Isn’t

      Study Guide: Me and My Big Mouth

      Growing the Real You

      Study Guide: Am I a True Friend?

      Boys—Denise

      Our Desire for Love

      Study Guide: My First Love

      The Dating Dilemma

      Study Guide: Safety in Standards

      Sex as God Designed It

      Study Guide: Your Wedding Night

      I entrust you to God and the word of his grace—his message that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.

      Acts 20:32 NLT

      Foreword by Beth Moore

      What a perfect time to share a few words about my sisters in Point Of Grace! I had the opportunity to minister with them only last night. As we gathered ’round the river, my memory rewound an entire decade to the very same church where I first saw them. Long before Point Of Grace was a household name in countless Christian homes, Heather, Denise, Terry, and Shelley came to one of my Bible studies as special guest singers. They were students at Ouachita Baptist University at the time, and I doubt that the word artists had ever occurred to them. When they opened their mouths, God opened His heavens, and the rest—as they say—is history.

      I was only one of many who got to sit on the sidelines for the years that followed and watch God be huge. I’ll never forget how I felt when they accepted their first Dove Award. I wept over the privilege of getting to witness such an amazing work of God from such close proximity.

      Acts 17:26-27 reads, From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us (NIV). Whenever I teach these verses, I use Heather, Denise, Terry, and Shelley as the perfect examples of a God who tailor designs servants for specific generations.

      Can you picture Point Of Grace in our great, great grandmother’s churches? Hardly! Revival would have taken on a whole new meaning as much of the congregation required CPR. But our generation? I can’t think of anyone God has suited more perfectly to minister to His people in our day. I am convinced that some of their greatest works are ahead.

      I have celebrated every work Point Of Grace has accomplished, but I can honestly say I have never been more exited than I am about Girls Of Grace. God has given these four young women favor among girls of all ages, and I am thrilled by their determination to be good stewards of their positions of influence.

      You are going to love Girls Of Grace! You’re also going to want to grab a copy for every girl you know. This book has the Spirit-empowered capacity to change young lives. It’s about time this generation grasped that nothing is cooler than being a Christian.

      Ten years ago, as those four college girls sauntered onto that stage, I was quite sure I had never seen a more precious gathering of fresh faces in all my life. Then last night…I thought the same thing. Grace lasts. That’s all there is to it.

      A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

      Proverbs 17:17 NIV

      Introduction

      Over the years we have been blessed to meet teenage girls from all across the country. No matter where these girls live or what kind of life circumstance they find themselves in, they all struggle with some of the same basic issues.

      First Timothy 4:12 says, Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe (NASB). The truth is, applying this verse at any age is difficult, but it is especially hard during the teenage years. As we talk with teenage girls, we see that they really are striving to glorify God in their lives, but they have many questions about life that desperately need to be answered.

      So, to all of you precious girls who are looking for answers, this book is our attempt to encourage you in your faith, to challenge you in your walk with Christ, and to aid you in your search for answers to many of life’s questions.

      In writing this book, we have come to realize more than ever that we do not have all the answers. But we are intimately acquainted with our Mighty God who does hold all the answers. We prayed and studied and sought God’s guidance as we wrote the words on the pages of this book.

      We ask that you open your hearts as we share what God has placed on our hearts for you. Our hope is that the Lord will use this book to minister to you right where you are. Our prayer for you is that you know you are loved and that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. We pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe (Ephesians 1:17-19 NIV).

      With all our hearts,

      faith

      No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

      Hebrews 12:11 NIV

      What’s So Good about Discipline?

      Have you finished your homework? Did you clean your room? Don’t forget to practice the piano. Yes, you have to eat all of your peas. Does any of this sound familiar? Well, it sure does to me, and I remember all too clearly my responses as I huffed and puffed and rolled my eyes on my way to do whatever I was told. However, what I thought was a total pain at the time, I now see was for my own good. It was all a lesson in discipline.

      By discipline I don’t mean punishment; I mean training or instruction. That’s what my parents were trying to do with all their questions and rules: They were training me, teaching me how to live life responsibly. You see, what we don’t understand as teenagers—and what our parents already know—is that much of what we learn as young people will establish who we become as adults. I recently read this story in a book called Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life by Donald Whitney. He writes:

      Imagine six-year-old Kevin, whose parents have enrolled him in

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