What a Great Word Devotionals by Karen Moore

What a Great Word Devotionals

by Karen Moore

I love all of these and highly recommend them. I gave the year devotional to my son's girlfriend for Christmas and she really loved it. I enjoy Karen Moore's writing. The devotionals are similar in layout. They have a topic word at the top, then a bible verse that is on point discussing that word. Then, she has her commentary followed by a prayer at the end. Each devotion is 1 to 3 pages long. Lots of great insight. I really like the two that have targeted specific topics aimed at grads or moms.  They are right on point. I really loved these books and encourage you will buy them. Doing a daily devotional is such a great way to stay in God's Word. Yet, it is in smaller chunks and makes it do-able for those of us with extremely busy lives. These would make perfect graduation, Mother's day, birthday or Christmas gifts. 

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Dear GrandChild This Is Me book review

Preserving a legacy can feel like a daunting task. There are many things one would like to pass on to a grandchild. This book just makes it easy to do so. As I looked at this book I actually even thought this would be great for a child. I had a very good friend that died way too early from breast cancer and her daughter was only 8 or 9 years old at the time. There was so much wisdom, stories and advice that she would have wanted to share with her daughter as she went through various stages of her life. I hope that the authors tailor the book for a parent to share with a child also. At the point my friend knew she wasn't going to make it, she was not in a position to figure out what to share but having a book like this that provided a framework to start from would have been great. The only negative with this book is that often times, hopefully, we would have more that one grandchild. So do you create several of these books to pass along? Or do one for the family to share? Still I think it is a fantastic keepsake that one could pass along to future generations. Really loved the format! Great idea. I think I am going to start mine now. I have no grandchildren but when hopefully they come along I will have something to share. Plus, if for some reason I am not here when they arrive, this will be a nice way to share some of me with them. 

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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, ......... when we say the Lord's Prayer often times it is just rote, repeating or following along with what is being said in church. BUT do we really think about what we are praying. Words mean something and words are powerful. It is by His word the world was created. Now those were powerful words! So what do the words of the prayer mean? What meaning do the phrases have in my life, your life? This book explores that and gets us to really think about the words we are praying as we pray them. Additionally, the book offers us time to reflect. To think about what God is about, where is He leading you, what can you do more of and maybe somethings less of. Where have we stepped on toes and need to apologize. Throughout the book, the authors have put in images and short prayers. That was a wonderful time to pray and reflect. This would be a great book for a group bible study. It's not overly long and could be easily completed in a few sessions. 

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Book Review Get On Your Knee Replacements and Pray!

Get on Your Knee Replacements and Pray! If your not dead, your not done by the Kandel Sisters. 

A super zany, hilarious book looking at life in retirement and realizing that if you are not dead you have something to offer to further God's kingdom here on earth. I could not put this book down. It was witty, fun, and yet rang of truth - God's truth. The sisters write as one voice, yet occasionally from the information given in the introduction it may be obvious which sister is writing that particular chapter. Most of the time, the reader is not aware. I loved this book so much, I passed it on to a friend to read. I think both of us just found the title hilarious and it just made us want to pick up the book to see what it was about. 

This is a great book and I highly recommend it.

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Book Review 100 Inspirational Quotes by Joyce Meyer

Great book. Loved the pictures. Really beautiful. Lots of great bible verses along with a simple easy to relate to explanations. This is one of those books that I like to pick up when I am struggling with something and the verses just seem to speak to me. The truth in the verses just washes over me, comforts and calms. This would make a great gift for someone special female in your life.

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Writing Gloves

I fell in love with these writing gloves. Living in the north where we get lots of snow and bitter cold the idea of being able to have some warmth covering your hands but still be able to utilize your fingers to write is simply amazing. The fact they are soft cashmere is a total bonus. Give them a try! I bet you too will fall in love with them. Plus they come in 13 different colors. I think the Heather Purple would be pretty. 

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book review James and Ephesians by Joyce Meyer

New Bible Study Series.

I have not done a bible study by Joyce Meyer before and I really like her writing style and her thoughts. Her commentary is very insightful. The sections cover just a few verses of scripture and allows you to really delve deep into the word and reflect on the meaning of those verses. Often times, she will back up her points by quoting or referring to other scripture in the bible. I find to be important and meaningful as I will go look those up for myself. I like those connections. I love the layout and while its a small thing - I like the amount of words on each page and in each section - its not overwhelming yet is more than doing a daily devotion. I find I actually do a section or sometimes several section each day. It is easy to stick with it. Plus I am just getting so much out of what she has to say about the verses. 

In each of the books there is space for personal reflection and thoughts. I think this is wonderful and it is important to take the time to truly reflect on what God is saying to me in those verses. Writing also helps to cement the thoughts and ideas for me. This time though I have to confess I am not doing it in the book itself. I took a class on journalling and have a journal that I am utilizing with these studies. It has been so rewarding and I have enjoyed being creative in the journal. I add pictures, thoughts, phrases, words, bible scripture. Often I will take her personal reflection questions and speak to them in the journal. The questions are insightful and on point to the lesson covered. 

I highly recommend both of these studies. This is a link where info about both books can be found: http://bit.ly/JamesandEphesians.

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