What a Great Word for Grads: A Devotional by Karen Moore

What a Great Word for Grads: A Devotional

by 

Karen Moore

About:

WHAT A GREAT WORD FOR GRADS is a unique gift book that offers inspiring devotional thoughts, literary quotes, Scriptures and prayers, all built around key Bible words. Each word is intended to encourage, challenge, and bless those who are graduating from high school and college, as well as those who may be graduating into different arenas of life, or simply moving forward in a new direction. 
Readers will discover words meant to be pondered and digested, each one offering a fresh, new perspective on a biblical word as it applies to the milestone of graduation. Each word will inspire graduates' hearts to remember that God is with them wherever they may be. 
WHAT A GREAT WORD FOR GRADS offers graduates encouragement for the next steps they take in life, and an opportunity to draw closer to God.

My Thoughts:

What a Great Word for Grads is the perfect devotional gift for your grad! It has inspiring thoughts, quotes, prayers and scriptures to encourage your graduate, who is pursuit of a new opportunity and transition in life. Graduates will be encouraged as they get a new perspective on God's word as it applies to their seasons of graduation. This book will offer them hope and inspiration in their next steps! This little devotional is perfect for their laptop bag to take to the library or their bag to go to work. It is small enough, but packed filled with truth. I highly recommend this devotional!

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God Is in the Small Stuff 20th Anniversary Edition by Bruce Bickel, Stan Jantz

God Is in the Small Stuff 20th Anniversary Edition

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Bruce Bickel,

 

Stan Jantz

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Stop worrying, and invite God into the details of your life!

Bruce & Stan's bestselling God Is in the Small Stuff is back and better than ever in this special 20th-anniversary edition! And their message--God is in all of life's little details--is as timely today as it was two decades ago. While encouraging you not to disregard the minor, insignificant things in life, God Is in the Small Stuff invites a better understanding of God's infinite character, reminding you that He is a personal and intimate God, involved in every detail of your life. God Is In the Small Stuff. . .and it all matters features 40 chapters covering topics like "Remember that God Loves You," "Discipline Yourself (No One Else Will)," and "Contentment Won't Kill You." Each chapter includes commentary in the classic, tongue-in-cheek Bruce & Stan style, followed by pithy, often humorous, wisdom.

My Thoughts:

God Is in the Small Stuff 20th Anniversary Edition by Bruce Bickel &  Stan Jantz is a great little book! This book has awesome wisdom for being such a small book. Each section can be read in about 5-10 minutes with says, inspiration and wisdom to you daily walk with the Lord. I have highlighted many of the pages and quotes because it is very inspiring, but also I know this is things I want to remember. I recommend reading this as a devotional to soak it all in.  This is one of those books that you will read in different seasons of life, so perfect to keep on the shelf. 

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.

What a Great Word for Moms: A Devotional by Karen Moore

What a Great Word for Moms: A Devotional

by 

Karen Moore

About:

WHAT A GREAT WORD FOR MOMS is a unique gift book that offers inspiring devotional thoughts, literary quotes, Scriptures and prayers, all built around key Bible words. Each word is intended to encourage, challenge, and bless those who are moms at any age and stage. 
Readers will discover words meant to be pondered and digested, each one offering a fresh, new perspective on a biblical word as it applies to motherhood. Each word will inspire the hearts of moms and help them remember that God is with them wherever they may be. 
WHAT A GREAT WORD FOR MOMS offers encouragement for the hearts and minds of moms, grandmothers, and those who are like a mom to others, giving them a new opportunity to draw closer to God.

My Thoughts:

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What a Great Word for Moms is a devotional perfect for moms! This devotional is a great gift idea for the mom in your life or someone who acts as a mother figure in your life. It is a book filled with encouraging and inspiring words to encourage the mom in your life. Readers will receive a fresh word from God as it applies to being a mom. It offers a word of encouragement, no matter the season. I highly recommend this book! Your mom will love it.

Mended: Restoring the Hearts of Mothers and Daughters by Blythe Daniel,Helen McIntosh

Mended: Restoring the Hearts of Mothers and Daughters

by 

Blythe Daniel,

 

Helen McIntosh

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“An amazing resource for anyone who desires to deepen their mother-daughter relationship in a biblical, healthy, and healed way.”

—Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

You can be restored even when your relationship is frayed

Ever wonder why mothers and daughters can be so different and even seem to speak different languages?

Mended gives you conversation starters to speak life into your relationship with your mother or daughter. Discover powerful words that usher in healing for wounded hearts and rebuild, restore, and reconcile your connection.

Set new patterns going forward as you…

find common ground and put your relationship ahead of your differences
learn what to say when you don’t know what to say
grow closer when you do hard things together
If you have a difficult history with your mother or daughter, you don’t have to continue patterns of brokenness. No matter how worn you feel, you don’t have to become unthreaded. God wants to mend your heart to His and to hers. 

My Thoughts:

A well-written book by a daughter & mom team that you will love!

Helen and Blythe (mom and daughter) do an excellent job in Mended sharing life-lessons throughout the book by alternating throughout the book. It has a beautiful, authentic element as it is co-written and add depth to the mother/daughter conversation that other books cannot even explore. I love hearing the conversations between the two of them about how they've each had to trust God in similar parenting situations, motherhood and being daughters of the King. I love their conversations with one another and the reader. 

Both Helen and Blythe offer encouragement to the reader, but also freedom to those who have experienced hurt and pain in relationship. They offer hope to the reader who might have expectations that need to be realigned and healing for the relationships to be restore. Forgiveness is a huge part of mended. This book is a great read. I highly recommend this book. It is one you are not able to put down. It is a great book. This is a great read for mothers and daughters, especially with Mother's Day around the corner.

 

Exceedingly: Spiritual Strategies for Living on Purpose, with Purpose, and for an Abundant Purpose by Anita Agers-Brooks

Exceedingly: Spiritual Strategies for Living on Purpose, with Purpose, and for an Abundant Purpose

by 

Anita Agers-Brooks

About:

Personal encouragement and inspiration for finding your unique calling

"Am I making a difference?" "Can I accomplish meaningful things despite the mistakes I've made?" "How can I know God's purpose for me?"

As the true stories in Exceedingly demonstrate, whether famous or entirely unknown, we all struggle to find significance in our lives. But the truth is that each one of us has a special reason for being right here, right now--and we can discover exactly what that is.

Anita Agers-Brooks walks through simple yet powerful strategies, skills, and exercises to do just that. Through practical application and inspiration from people like the late country music star Troy Gentry, readers will identify and hone their natural traits, raw talents, and untapped abilities. Uncovering our purpose doesn't require big personalities, perfect lives, or an issue-free past. We only have to make the effort to learn to see ourselves as God does and fulfill the personal purpose we were made for.

Seekers who engage with Anita will find their quest leads to one amazing conclusion: if they unearth what they've been given and dare to believe, their Maker will do exceedingly, abundantly more with their lives than they've ever imagined.

My Thoughts:

Ephesians 3:20 is the verse that the Lord gave my husband this year, so Exceedingly has been the perfect book to read. This book is packed with spiritual truths that help all believers firm their purpose in faith and in life. I enjoyed the chapter on it is important to play. In a life that is busy, stressed out and full, we so often don't take the time to relax and play, but we need to. We need to take the time to spend time giggling, dreaming and enjoying the simple things in life. While this book appears small, it is packed full of good wisdom and truth. I found this book to be incredibly helpful and one that I will read in different seasons. I love that it hits Ephesians 3:20 and it has spoken so much truth to me. I cannot wait for my husband to read it! I highly recommend it!

About the Author:

 Anita Brooks motivates others to dynamic break-throughs. Blending mind, heart, and spirit, as an Inspirational Business/Life Coach, International Speaker, and Common Trauma Expert. 

Anita is also an award-winning author. Her titles include Amazon best seller: Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over, Barbour Publishing, First Hired, Last Fired — How to Become Irreplaceable in Any Job Market, Leafwood Publishing, Death Defied-Life Defined: A Miracle Man's Memoir, and contributor to The Change: Insights Into Self Empowerment Book #4. Her books are available at major and independent bookstores, Amazon, plus several online retailers.

She fulfills her mission to help 21st century women and men make fresh starts with fresh faith by sharing what she’s learned through experience, interviews, and research. Anita shares hope and encouragement on her Fresh Faith Inspirations podcast. 

Anita’s favorite pastime is watching sunsets with her husband of 30 years, while they laugh and dip their toes in the water. Her favorite passion is inspiring others to transform battles into victories.