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| A Fresh Start to Your Friendships
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 Ray and Anne write about what they've learned from their own wide-ranging friendships. As you read this book, you will gain a new appreciation for the people you love, plus fresh and practical motivation to help your friendships flourish.
"Ray and Anne are practitioners of the art of friendship. They have been my friends for more than four decades! This book shows us how to cherish our friendships and also challenges us all to reach out, in Christ's name, to develop meaningful and redemptive friendships. Every reader will benefit greatly from observing and applying its sound scriptural principles. When you finish reading it you'll say, 'thank God for friends.'"
-Ted Engstrom, former president, World Vision
Servant Books, © 2001
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| Building a Great Marriage
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 Because the two of you look forward to many happy and fulfilling years together, you need to know how to get your marriage off to a good start. And keep it growing.
In this book, Anne presents building blocks for establishing a solid foundation:
-dealing with your expectations -getting along with in-laws and your spouse's friends
-improving your sex life -joining a local church
-keeping your relationship fun and intimate -surviving the storms of daily living
-sharing and assigning responsibilities
.....and many more aspects of marriage.
iUniverse, © 1994, 2002
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 Children are like wet cement - moldable and impressionable. In this best-selling book, Anne shows parents how to practice verbal affirmation, a simple yet powerful technique for raising children to be secure, loving adults. She gives specific suggestions for each stage of childhood, from infancy to the teenage years and beyond.
Sprinkled with stories of Anne's own childhood and parenting experiences. Won the 1982 Christ Award as Best Marriage/Family Book of the Year.
iUniverse, © 1997, 2002
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 A tender-but-tough, back -to-basics message to help you keep your life in focus. Whether you are a new Christian, a long-time believer, or just an inquirer into the faith, the profoundly simple message of this book can help point you toward a more balanced, centered, and purposeful life.
Read it for a lift. Read it for a reminder. Read it as a practical guide to every day circumstances or as an insightful study tool. But read it always with an eye toward the Savior it celebrates, the Christ who says:
Give me your full attention - I Myself, and I only, hold the answer
For every circumstance of your life. Fix your eyes on Me.
iUniverse, © 1991, 2001
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 Ray and Anne's Christmas book the is beautifully illustrated with Old World nativity art. It is filled with personal family memories and meditations for Christmas.
"In Matthew 13, He called us a treasure. In Luke 15, He compared us to sheep and promised that the Good Shepherd would go through anything to find even one of us that gets lost!
If Christ hadn't come, we'd have never understood the preciousness of one soul - the preciousness of you, our friend - in the sight of God."(p49)
Broadman and Holman, © 2001
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 Awesome yet approachable... Almighty yet intimate... Majestic yet merciful. This is our great God who wants to have fellowship with you. You can walk with Him moment by moment....
You are no stranger to God. He planned for you from before the foundation of the world, and His plan was to be with you. He invites you to realize this presence, to come into continual awareness of it, to be revolutionized by it.
Over 25 years ago, Ray and Anne set out to discover what it means to live in the presence of God moment by moment. Now they share their joyous truths they have learned along the way so that you can discover it too.
iUniverse, © 1995, 2001
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| Lord, Make My Life a Miracle
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 "I REFUSE TO BE AN ORDINARY PASTOR! I REFUSE TO PASTOR AN ORDINARY CHURCH!"
With those words Ray stood in front of his congregation and asked them to make a new commitment - a commitment to Christ, to the Body of Christ, and to the world Christ died to save; the 600 people who responded he named The Company of the Committed. Then something happened: a spark set fire to an ember. Within a few years not only this entire church of 3,000 had become a Company of the Committed but so had other Christians, churches, and mission groups around the world.
Believers everywhere have discovered that to "eliminate and concentrate," to narrow their focus to these three priorities, becomes powerful, exciting, and transforming. In their classic book, Ray and Anne tell you how the Lord can make your life, your family, your church a miracle.
Broadman and Holman, ©2002
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| Love Me With Stubborn Love
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 Here is a "how to disciple" book that shows, clearly and practically, how Christians can forge meaningful relations with other members of God's family. It is also a heartfelt "why to" book - a powerful call for a spirit of unity and love within the body of Christ. Drawing on years of experience in churches and small groups, Anne offers valuable specifics on all aspects of small groups. Anne's enthusiasm for the church is expressed so cleverly, so persuasively, that it is bound to be contagious.
Includes sample small-group cirricula for discipling men and women.
(Formerly titled Discipling One Another. )
iUniverse, © 1979, 2000
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 Are you experiencing a lack of energy and enthusiasm in your daily Scripture reading and prayers? Have you grown weary of seeking the Lord because somehow you aren't feeling the warmth of His touch? Has a shadow fallen across your present spiritual journey, dimming the light of His Word? If so, Anne's sensitive and sincere daily devotional writings will encourage you again.
The book's title reminds you that your day-by-day "quiet times" are offerings to Him that may seem human and weak -even boring. But when you faithfully, obediently, offer Him what little you have, God's part will be the fire of His glory and power. In Leviticus 9, the Israelite priests just did their important, human thing - preparing their sacrifice and offering it on the altar. But suddenly, says Leviticus 9:24, "Fire came out of from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering... And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy..."
iUniverse, © 1993, 2001
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| The Gentle Ways of the Beautiful Woman
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 With time-tested wisdom, gentle encouragement, and a wealth of practical tips, Anne guides you in developing a beautiful lifestyle that truly honors God in every way. You'll discover no-hassle ways to manage your home and your schedule. You'll learn how to choose personal goals that reflect God's priorities. You'll be inspired to create an inviting home atmosphere for family and friends. Along the way, you'll become a spiritually attuned, deeply other-centered woman God designed you to be.
You juggle so many responsibilities in your busy life. It can be difficult to find time for God, too. Anne shows you how to do it with grace and style. When you look in the mirror, you'll see a truly beautiful woman.
Complete trilogy of Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman, Disciplines of the Heart, and Disciplines of the Home.
Inspirational Press, © 1998
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| Three Priorities for a Strong Local Church
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 What is the secret of a vital, growing church? The answer Ray suggests in this book is deceptively simple - and life changing. In thirty years of working with churches big and small, he has come to believe that the church comes closest to being what God intended when it structures intself around three priorities:
Priority One: Christ
Priority Two: The Body of Christ
Priority Three: The World
This is a must read for ministers, but also for church staff, vestry, elders, counselors, teachers, small-group leavers - anyone who cares deeply about the church of Jesus Christ and what it can be.
Wipf and Stock, © 1988
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 Do we fail to experience the Presence when we become lost in past successes instead of experiencing God through worship in the now? Up with Worship tackles these issues head-on by giving "how-to" instructions for different worship elements.
Dare to take yourself (and your church) into a deeper life of meaningful worship by pursuing God's presence - even to the point you become so thirsty you are "absolutely cotton mouthed."
Broadman and Holman, © 2001
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 Whether you are a near-to-burnout business person, an overloaded homemaker, or a student whose assignments have suddenly turned into mountains - there is hope!
Anne and Ray offer you techniques for sidestepping the temptation to run when things get too tough. As the Ortlunds guide you step by step through their process, you will learn how to take life's tough situations and turn them into opportunities for achievement and growth.
This book tells how to activate a powerful principle that can help you stick it out through your darkest, most trying situations until you emerge victorious. With this principle you can face hard times in your marriage, job, schooling, relationships, and even finances and come out a winner!
Thomas Nelson, © 1986, 1988
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 Ray Jr. expands upon his book "Supernatural People for Natural Living" to provide prayers and meditations on the Book of Romans. Ray Jr. goes through each chapter of Romans and allows the reader to focus on particular scriptures, pray, and soak in all that God is saying through this book.
"This thoughtful paraphrase of Romans, coupled to appropriate heart-felt prayers of response and suitable quotations from Christian leaders of the past, is a fresh, helpful and stimulating approach to the greatest of Paul's letters. It is a book not to be rushed through, but to read carefully and with prayer. Your own prayers of praise and a fuller measure of devotion to God will be an inevitable response"
-Dr. James Montgomery Boice
Crossway, © 2004
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| Supernatural Living for Natural People
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 Romans eight is a favorite of many Christians. Verse after verse of pure spiritual gold. It opens up to us peace with God, the ministries of the Spirit, the urgency of personal reformation, the glory of our eternal inheritance, the power of God's goodness at work in our daily lives and the invincibility of his loving intentions toward us. In this thoughtful and perceptive book Ray, Jr. delves deeply into Romans 8, our appreciation and understanding of the chapter will be thoroughly revitalized.
"Romans 8 affirms that what God has begun in us, he will complete. All things work together for our good by thrusting us forward into more of the love of God. That means that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. And what is this love of God, but his work of redemption in our lives? Nothing can ever deprive us of our full joy in God's eternal presence, for God builds no follies." (p149)
Christian Focus Publications, © 2001
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 Ray Jr. explores what the Bible teaches about revival. He explains what God can do to revive his people and what we must do to prepare ourselves for revival. Ray Jr.'s conclusions provide solid guidance for church leaders and laypeople who long for renewal and revival from God.
"Here we learn no new techniques about how to snap our fingers to make God come down. We learn to bow down before the wisdom of God and trust that personal revival will precede cultural revival in God's time and by God's Spirit"
-Bryan Chapell, president, Covenant Theological Seminary
Baker Book House, © 2000
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 Fear is a complex emotion - able to fuel you to strive for greater success, or freeze you in anxious introspection. Jani Ortlund marks the trailhead to freedom from fear's control by leading you to greater understanding of God's design for you as a woman. Discover God's call to freedom from these common sources of fear:
Fear of the restraints of biblical femininity
Fear of vulnerability in a godly marriage
Fear that following God means unfulfilled dreams
Fear of sacrifice in building a Christ-centered home
Questions for personal or group reflection are included
Multnomah, © 2000
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