Good Friday 2014 –
He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
1 John 2:2
God’s Grace
Lost and Found
Lost & Found – Finding HOPE in the Detours of Life by Sarah Jakes
What a remarkable story!!! I was captivated by this book from the first page… and by the end, I was in awe of the wisdom of this young woman.
While I have not experienced any of the circumstances that Ms. Jakes has, I somehow found myself in this story. Perhaps because I too thought that God had so given up on me… that He was just soooo tired of giving me just one more chance to “get it right”. In this book, I found the words to my own song: Continue reading
Share this:
A Cause to Be Thankful
A Cause to Be Thankful! by Yolanda Shanks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Cause To Be Thankful by Yolanda Shanks
ISBN: 978-0-9853616-1-7
“Have you ever considered how often we neglect expressing genuine gratitude? The bank teller. The store clerk. The person driving our kids to school. The restaurant waitress. The mailman. Even the customer service representative who takes our call – we may offer a casual “thank you” out of habit, but how much more impactful would it be if that thanks was a genuine acknowledgment of and appreciation for their efforts? What if we took that renewed sprit of thankfulness and applied it to our relationship with God?” Continue reading
Share this:
God, Grace and Gumption
It wasn’t my plan, but I spent the entire day yesterday reading a most amazing book – Miss Brenda and the Loveladies by Brenda Spahn and Irene Zutell.
As the subtitle reads… “One woman’s brush with prison… A community of women fighting the odds for survival on the outside…”
Some years back in another life, I had a family member end up in prison after being convicted of murdering her sister. She ended up in prison at the young age of 18. Scroll forward 15+ years… unable to cope with the free world, with no skills and no one to give a second chance to a murderer… and then wondering why she ended up back in prison?? Continue reading
Share this:
The Storm Inside
The Storm Inside: Trade the Chaos of How You Feel for the Truth of Who You Are by Sheila Walsh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Storm Inside – Trade the Chaos of How You Feel for the Truth of Who You Are by Shelia Walsh
“Women feel the storm activity all around. We find ourselves teetering somewhere between everyday chaos and crisis. We can feel a storm brewing, we are in the middle of a storm, or we are facing the aftermath of a storm. But don’t be afraid because it is possible to grow through turbulent times. Storms show you what’s really going on inside, reveal what you really believe, and actually make you stronger.“
The Storm Inside is a powerful book written for we women that somehow seem to spend a good portion of our lives either about to be run over by a storm, are in the middle of a storm, or have just come through the other side of a storm a bit battered and bruised. Those storms of our lives sap our strength and resolve and leave us precious little resources for the next. In this book, the author – Sheila Walsh – shows us that while we may not be able to avoid the storms, we can triumph in and through the storms. Continue reading
Share this:
Messed-Up Mustard Seeds & Broken Want-to’s
Messed-up Mustard Seeds and Broken Want-to’s
These are a couple of chapter titles in a book that I just finished reading – Heart Wide Open by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson.
The title sound benign enough… ah…. but it’s the sub-title that says it all:
Trading Mundane Faith For An Exuberant Life With Jesus
And then I will take it one step further… The opening page of Chapter 1:
“Jesus, I know I don’t love You like I should, but I want to want to love You!” Continue reading
Share this:
Four Cups
What if God has had a plan for you from the very beginning?
Did you know:
- God wants to rescue you from bondage?
- He wants to deliver you from whatever holds you back?
- He wants you to discover His original intention for your life?
- And He wants you to be a part of a family that is making a difference? Continue reading
Share this:
Crash the Chatterbox
Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God’s Voice Above All Others by Steven Furtick
Recently I became aware of a GodTube video of Pastor Furtick that I, as an evangelical Christian, find truly offensive. For that reason, I will not promote any products of Pastor Furtick and have removed my reviews of his books from my blog.
To understand this post, please visit:
http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=FFCM2CNU
Share this:
Reverse Lenten Challenge
I love the thought of this. Check out this post from Karen Ehman
http://www.karenehman.com/2014/03/the-reverse-lent-challenge/
Share this:
Breaking Free From Strongholds
Can a person be a born-again, blood-bought, Jesus-loving, child of the Most High King and still struggle with strongholds in their life? According to a book that I just finished reading by Pastor Bobby Davis – yes,… they can.
Here is an excerpt that I found so amazingly telling…
“As I said when we began this chapter, salvation is a journey. It is a process. True salvation is not a one-time event, as most people think. You go the the altar; you accept Jesus as Lord of your life; you get up and go on with your life. Sure, at that moment you were transferred from one kingdom to another, (I love that line!) but the same strongholds you stuggled with before kneeling at that altar are the same one you will struggle with when you get up.” – Saved But Still Enslaved – page 20 Continue reading
Saved Because of His Mercy 