Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Ministering Dilemma

Chapter 2: Can Everyone Find Happiness?

Chapter 3: It's Fine to Have Problems

Chapter 4: Parallel Marriage and Grandeur Peak

Chapter 5: Surviving Hard Times

Chapter 6: Bad and Good Marriage Advice

Chapter 7: What's in a Name?

Chapter 9: The Code Word is Lift

Chapter 10: Why July?

Chapter 11: Who Can Help You Reach your Potential?

Chapter 12: Praying with Please and Thank You

Chapter 13: My Way or God's Way

Chapter 14: Continuing or Beginning a Strong Family Legacy

Chapter 15: Miserable or Joyful?

Chapter 16: Getting from Regret to Reconciliation

Chapter 17: On Living in Someone Else's Home

Chapter 18: RebuildingRelationships

Chapter 19: On the Street Where You Live

Chapter 20: I Was There and I Was Famous

Chapter 21: Dining with Jesus

Chapter 22: Feeling Another's Pain

Chapter 23: Experiencing Experiences

Chapter 24: Feeling Unappreciated and Alone?

Chapter 25: In Good and Bad Times

Chapter 26: See the Good in Yourself

Chapter 27: A Surprising Twist to the Parable of the Talents

Chapter 28: The Priesthood Controversy

Chapter 29: In the Midst of Affliction

Chapter 30: A Way Out When Trapped by Life

Chapter 31: A Christmas Family Activity

Chapter 32: Helping Children Feel Thanksgiving

Chapter 33: Terror-Free Islands

Chapter 34: Ministering Friendships

Chapter 35: When a Child Lies

Chapter 36: The Power in ThanksGiving

Chapter 37: Anxiety vs. a Calm Sense of Self

Chapter 38: The Prayer Heard Round the World

Chapter 39: Continuing and Enduring to the End

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  1. stand tallAugust 22, 2018 at 1:36 PM

    I click Chapter 39 to read and it keeps taking me back to Chapter 38!

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