Fight Your Fears by Kristen Wetherell

Here is the book summary:

What are you afraid of?

You could probably fill this page with a list of your fears. Fears about the future; fears about your health, job, and family; fears about inadequacy and failure (and maybe success); fears about how much fear itself seems to affect your decisions, plans, and growth in this life.

You might even fear what God thinks about your fears. After all, in his Word God commands us not to be afraid hundreds of times. But how is this possible? We're troubled by evil, we're slammed with bad news, and we can't know what tomorrow will bring. How can we learn to trust God and not be afraid?

Kristen Wetherell is in the fight with you. She is a fearful fellow traveler on the road of the Christian life, making strides alongside you in this battle. In Fight Your Fears she carefully searches 10 of God's great and precious promises, equipping you with the practical tools to overcome the fears and anxious thoughts that are robbing you of your joy. Each chapter ends with Scripture exercises, a memory verse, questions to ponder, and a prayer.

Discover truths that will bring peace to your soul as you learn to fear God and nothing else.

And now, my review:

I found Fighting Your Fears by Kristen Wetherell to be an inspiring read.  By turning to fearing the One who we are to fear over all the other fears that bombard us, we turn to the One who has the power to set us free.  It’s a great, refreshing, true approach to fear and other things.  Keeping our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.  It felt comforting as I was reading to know I was hearing from someone who has been in the struggle of fear with me and not someone who was better than it.  I’m thankful for the author’s transparency.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Your-Fears-Trusting-Character/dp/0764234374/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1GMXM70C0A79J&dchild=1&keywords=fight+your+fears+by+kristen+wetherell&qid=1596139795&sprefix=fight+your+fear%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-2

https://www.christianbook.com/fight-fears-trusting-character-promises-afraid/kristen-wetherell/9780764234378/pd/234378?product_redirect=1&search_term=fight%20your%20fears&Ntt=234378&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fight-your-fears-kristen-wetherell/1131928626?ean=9780764234378

The Scripture Memory Map For Women by Barbour Publishing

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What Does Scripture Memorization Look Like? . . .
Find out in The Scripture Memory Map for Women.

This unique scripture memory journal is an engaging and creative way for you to treasure the truths of God's Word in your heart. Each page features a lovely 2-color design that guides you to write out specific scripture memory goals, thoughts, and more. . .which then create a specific "map" for you to follow as you memorize God's Word. Each map includes a spot to record the date, so you can look back through your journal and see how God's Word has been ingrained into your daily life. The Scripture Memory Map for Women will not only encourage you to become more familiar with God's Word. . .it will also help you build a healthy spiritual habit of Bible memorization for life! 

And now, my review:

I just loved this little book for jotting down the verses that God brings to mind to memorize.  It prompts different things to write down such as what prompted the verse to come to mind and what it means to me and my walk in Him.  It’s really great for keeping all the verses together in one place.  My only down is the amount of space for the memory verses. I tend to memorize more than one verse in a given passage.  There’s only 5 lines in a square for the verse space. 

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

https://www.amazon.com/Scripture-Memory-Map-Women-Creative/dp/1643520881/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DJ6H8UX7ED2R&keywords=the+scripture+memory+map+for+women&qid=1570670025&sprefix=the+Scripture+Memory+Map%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-1

https://www.christianbook.com/scripture-memory-for-women-creative-journal/compiled-by-barbour-staff/9781643520889/pd/520880?product_redirect=1&search_term=the%20scripture%20memory%20map&Ntt=520880&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-scripture-memory-map-for-women-barbour-publishing/1131181739?ean=9781643520889

Truth Unchanging by Becky Thompson

Here is the book summary:

Motherhood is often noisy and rarely silent. Learn to hear God speaking above all the noise in these daily devotions that can be completed in five minutes or less.

As moms know, even when there isn't noise around us, there is usually noise within us. The constant to-do lists that spin in our minds, the worry and wonder if we are doing a good job, and the need to stay two steps ahead of our families when we feel two steps behind keeps our minds routinely restless. So when quiet time with God isn't so quiet, and alone time is nearly nonexistent, how does a modern-day momma tune in the voice of the Lord?
With Truth Unchanging, you don't have to wait until you're alone to talk with Jesus. Designed to be read in five minutes or less, each powerful, hope-filled devotion will...
  *  refocus your heart on the Word of God
  *  refresh your mind with God's Truth for your life
  *  revive your spirit as you realize God is speaking to you personally
Truth Unchanging is not just a devotional. It's an opportunity to begin daily conversations with Jesus, the One who has everything we need to take on the days ahead, the One who wants to speak to you right now. Tune in to His voice today.


And now, my review:
Truth Unchanging by Becky Thompson is a daily-devotional book that is based on a character in the Bible and related to our everyday Mama life.  I found myself relating greatly and feeling what she was getting at.  I felt a sense of great encouragement from each day’s entry.  I was challenged.  She helps to identify God’s voice in our lives.  I completely agree with her statement that said, “Don’t miss My voice because you’re expecting Me to speak in a certain way.  If you focus on Me, you won’t miss a word of what I want you to know.”  And “… the more we respond to these promptings, even when we don’t understand them, the more we will train our hearts to listen for God’s loving direction in all situations.”  What a truthful, kind, and compassionate writing voice.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Unchanging-Hearing-Daily-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B07FRV2TG5/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1K3OQ3E1SSB7F&keywords=truth+unchanging+becky+thompson&qid=1561995188&s=gateway&sprefix=truth+unchangin%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-3

https://www.christianbook.com/truth-unchanging-hearing-daily-midst-motherhood/becky-thompson/9780525652298/pd/652298?product_redirect=1&search_term=truth%20unchangi&Ntt=652298&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/truth-unchanging-becky-thompson/1129141994?ean=9780525652298#/

Hearing God by Nathan Finochio

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Hillsong New York City pastor identifies and deconstructs the most common myths about how God communicates - and then provides clear tools to accurately decipher and follow the voice of God in your life.

So many people wish that God would audibly weigh in on life's greatest questions of calling, meaning, and purpose. What's crazy is that God is weighing in on those questions. We just haven't learned to listen. Nathan Finochio believes that God is constantly communicating with this world he's created. We simply aren't following the right advice when it comes to hearing what he has to say. Through biblical teaching and true life stories, Hearing God empowers and enables readers to separate fact from fiction, myth from meaning, and truly understand what God is saying to them about big decisions and daily living.


And now, my review:
I found Hearing God by Nathan Finochio to be a refreshing read.   He takes some common myths on the subject of hearing God and puts a spin on them.   I enjoyed how he made a concept clear by using a word picture or real-life example making it greatly relatable.  He had a lot of great points and I found myself marking all over my book pages.  The goal of the book is to help people learn how to listen.  He doesn’t leave the reader hanging but instead he gives us what we need to know to experience this amazing gift given to all believers in expected and unexpected places.  As a silence and solitude attendee, co-leader, and leader I find myself very interested in this topic and this book is a great resource to share with others. 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Hearing-God-Eliminate-Encounter-Meaning-ebook/dp/B07HDRCH45/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZGCV1LM24JEQ&keywords=hearing+god+nathan+finochio&qid=1561408329&s=gateway&sprefix=hearing+god%2Caps%2C355&sr=8-1

https://www.christianbook.com/hearing-god-eliminate-myths-encounter-meaning/nathan-finochio/9780735291713/pd/291713?event=ESRCQ

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hearing-god-nathan-finochio/1129556638?ean=9780735291713#/

If God is For Us by Trillian J Newbell

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Sure we know in our head that God is for us, that there’s great hope in his relationship with us and salvation for us, but sometimes these truths can be hard to believe in the midst of exhaustion, busyness, and a world of spiritual and physical opposition. If God Is For Us is a devotional Bible Study on Romans 8 designed to cement in your soul the great truths of our salvation and an understanding for how the Holy Spirit guides our new life in the Spirit, all found in this beloved chapter of Scripture.

Why just the one chapter? The simple answer: there’s so much there! It’s no wonder that so many Christians list Romans among their favorite books of the Bible and Romans 8 as their favorite in the book. Romans is packed with profound truth after profound truth which are then followed up with life-changing promise after life-changing promise. In this 6-week study, Trillia Newbell will walk you through Romans 8 and help you cement deep inside yourself the scandalous truths of our great salvation, our inheritance, the assurance of our faith, and ultimately the love of our good Father.

Each week will include:

·        5 daily readings out of Romans

·        A devotional for each daily reading

·        Questions for reflection and study

If you’ve experienced the comfort of Romans 8 before, but want to plant it more deeply in your person this is the Bible Study for you. And it’s great for individual or group settings.

If you’re ready to live a life that shouts: “God is for me, who can be against me,” let’s get started today.

And now, my review:

If God is For Us by Trillia Newbell is all about Romans chapter 8.  She does open us up in our first lesson with an overview of the book and she has us all over Romans but then she narrows in on the richness of chapter 8.  She has the book broken into 6 weeks of studying 5 days a week and I felt that the arrangement was really user-friendly to move through.  She shares personal insight and asks great questions to spur on thinking and digging deeper, which I personally enjoyed as an Inductive Bible studier myself.   I hope to see more by this author in the future.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/If-God-Us-Everlasting-Salvation-ebook/dp/B07F7PRB6N/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1VIAX3BH5DPST&keywords=if+god+is+for+us+trillia+newbell&qid=1559315109&s=gateway&sprefix=if+GOd+is+for+us%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-2

https://www.christianbook.com/the-everlasting-truth-our-great-salvation/trillia-newbell/9780802417138/pd/417139?product_redirect=1&search_term=if%20GOd%20is%20for%20&Ntt=417139&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-god-is-for-us-trillia-j-newbell/1129021605?ean=9780802417138#/

Here and Now by Robby Gallaty

Here is the book summary:

The Christian life was so much more than just a one-time decision to secure a place in heaven.

What if you could experience heaven on earth today? Not flying angels singing on clouds, but the fulfilled, abundant life Jesus promised in the Bible—a life that, regardless of your circumstances or your present context, experiences joy, happiness, and peace that is difficult to encapsulate in human terms. What if heaven was available to us today?

Pastor and author Robby Gallaty thinks it is.

We have been taught that salvation is getting man out of earth to live in heaven when the Bible teaches that God desires to bring heaven to earth through man. In Here and Now, readers will journey together to uncover the nucleus of Jesus’ messages, which says the opposite. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God (both are synonymous as we will see) more than any other topic. No other concept is even close.


And now, my review:

Here and Now by Robby Gallaty is a book about the Kingdom of Heaven.  It starts with acknowledgements and Robby references people that I was learned and been blessed by over the years like Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Ray VanderLaan, and Lois Tverberg.  He’s mentioned a DVD series that he has learned much from and I look forward to checking into that.  So he’s taken all that he has been learning over the years and put it together in this book for us.  My favorite chapters were called Kingdom Living for Today part one and part two.  He speaks on Matthew 5, the Beattitudes, in these chapters and I really enjoyed it.  If you’re looking to learn about the Kingdom of Heaven and purpose in your life today, I found this to be a great book. 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Here-Now-Thriving-Kingdom-Heaven-ebook/dp/B07NHG6X26/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2WTKE16WIWJJW&keywords=here+and+now+robby+gallaty&qid=1559314264&s=gateway&sprefix=here+and+now+robb%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-2

https://www.christianbook.com/here-thriving-the-kingdom-heaven-today/robby-gallaty/9781462757862/pd/757868?product_redirect=1&search_term=here%20and%20now&Ntt=757868&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/here-and-now-robby-gallaty/1128911988?ean=9781462757862

Disciple Her by Kandy Gallaty

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We all know Jesus commands us to disciple others.

But how are we supposed to do this in everyday life? How can women, no matter what stage of life they are in, be a disciple who makes disciples? How can we find time to invest ourselves into others when it feels like our schedules are already full? What is our place in carrying out the Great Commission?

In this practical book, Kandi Gallaty helps you develop an effective disciple-making strategy in your life and the lives of others. Disciple Her is filled with Kandi’s personal stories, more than a decade’s worth of discipleship experiences, and most importantly, her commitment to the Word of God.

Kandi doesn’t stop at helping women understand what discipleship is—she gives them a practical game plan for weaving it into their weekly lifestyle, and teaching those they disciple to do the same. Disciple Her will be a point of reference for women to use time and time again in the years to come as women intentionally obey Jesus’ command to invest their lives into others.  

And now, my review:

What I found about Disciple Her by Kandi Gallay is likened to a B12 shot.  It sure was a boost to me.  The equipping she includes can really help us to start and keep starting again and again with more and more women and everyone involved doing this.  This is a twelve month to 18 month charge to meet as a group of women and grow with the Word as the central focus.  She offers for us to bring in other books but keeping the Word the main core and not letting your group turn into a book club is very important which I totally agree with.  She has helps for bumps in the road that we might face as we go along and I was thankful for her willingness to share with us readers.  May this book encouraging Matthew 28:18-20 find its way into many hands for His Word, Kingdom, Name, and Glory alone!

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Disciple-Her-Using-Wonder-Invest-ebook/dp/B07NHF64LM/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=disciple+her&qid=1556311967&s=gateway&sr=8-2

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/disciple-her-kandi-gallaty/1128911961?ean=9781535902472

https://www.christianbook.com/disciple-using-work-wonder-invest-women/kandi-gallaty/9781535902472/pd/902472?event=ESRCG

God is in the Small Stuff and it all matters by Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz

Here is the book summary:

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. 


And now, my review:

This book is full of little snippets based on different topics and at first I was thinking it was really TOO basic but the book grew on me as I went.  I really enjoyed the love description in one of them.  Sometimes I’m just going along and then bam I hit on something that really speaks to me.  So as you pick up this one, my advice is to not give up on the first one you read but try another one and it just might hit you up for some reflection time.  Enjoy J

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.
https://www.amazon.com/God-Small-Stuff-20th-Anniversary-ebook/dp/B07HYKPSS1/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?crid=1V3LKODS7MUBY&keywords=god+is+in+the+small+stuff+20th&qid=1556310425&s=gateway&sprefix=god+is+in+the+small+%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-2-fkmrnull

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/god-is-in-the-small-stuff-20th-anniversary-edition-bruce-bickel/1129071640?ean=9781683228905#/

https://www.christianbook.com/the-small-stuff-20th-anniversary-edition/bruce-bickel/9781683228905/pd/228907?event=ESRCG

Friendship Promises

Here is the book summary:

Friendship Promises is a meaningful gift book, for both the giver and the recipient. Sharing these encouraging words will help friends walk confidently toward a sweet, strong relationship grounded in honesty, kindness, and a devotion to God and one another. Featuring reflections about friendship from Never Unfriended by Lisa-Jo Baker, and Craving Connection from the (in)courage community, Friendship Promises combines beautiful graphics with devotional reflections, prayers, Scripture, and journaling prompts. By giving this lovely book, you are sharing your heart to be a friend that is authentic, present, encouraging, and rooted in Christ.

And now, my review:

This book has a light pink amazing linen cover.  That’s what I personally love most about it.  It’s a great coffee table book for display.  I enjoyed the encouragement written within about friendships and the importance of opening your home to invite friendships to advance to deeper levels.   On the flip side, I felt that it was very basic in design on the inside.  It has full pages of just a centered thought or verse with beautiful pictures/images.  Some of the images are repeated and that was disappointing to me.  I was able to move through this book quite quickly but I think that is typical for most coffee table picture books.  I do think this could be a great encouragement to share with a friend that is special in your life.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Friendship-Promises-courage/dp/1535934425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KZODQNCA4PR1&keywords=friendship+promises+gift+book&qid=1555771646&s=gateway&sprefix=friendship+promises%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1

https://www.christianbook.com/friendship-promises-in-courage/9781535934428/pd/934428?event=ESRCG

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/friendship-promises-in-courage/1128912001?ean=9781535934428

Open-Door Living by Jen Schmidt

Here is the book summary:

Would you like to replace the expectations and anxiety of hosting people in your home with creative encouragement and easy ways to host others, all while pointing them to Christ? In Open-Door Living, Jen Schmidt helps you see that this is much easier than you think. She starts with an invitation to the heart of hospitality, then shares her best practical ideas to remove stress from four aspects of hosting: food, cleaning, atmosphere, and connection. Featuring beautiful graphics and devotional reflections, Open-Door Living will give you the confidence you need to share the gift of your home.

And now, my review:

Open-Door Living by Jen Schmidt is a great “coffee table” book just under 100 pages that has a beautiful cover to display and great insights inside to help in the area of hospitality, in the Biblical sense.  It’s about welcoming people in and pointing them to Christ.  She writes, “As Christ has welcomed me, so I welcome you.”  She helps you think through the prep and my favorite is the conversation starter hints that she includes.  Beyond the affordable decorative ideas that are amazing, she includes helpful hints of what to serve along with recipes.  Once we are set up with a few staples we can be on our way to success in this area.  The display of a personalized chalkboard was a favorite of mine as well as the encouragement to KISS meaning to keep it simple and sweet.   Having a Charcuterie Board on hand with all the fix-ins is the first goal for me.  This will be a shelf item that I can have at the ready for the drop by visits prayerfully starting soon. 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Door-Living-Easy-Share-Hospitality/dp/1535934433/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ISULS362R6V8&keywords=open+door+living&qid=1554254284&s=gateway&sprefix=open+door+%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1

https://www.christianbook.com/living-easy-ways-share-gift-hospitality/jen-schmidt/9781535934435/pd/934435?product_redirect=1&Ntt=934435&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/open-door-living-jen-schmidt/1128911998?ean=9781535934435#/

Devotedly by Valerie Elliot Shepard

Here is the book summary:

Their paths to God’s purpose led them together.

Many know the heroic story of Jim Elliot’s violent death in 1956, killed along with four other missionaries by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe they were seeking to reach. Many also know the prolific legacy of Elisabeth Elliot, whose inspiring influence on generations of believers through print, broadcast, and personal testimony continues to resonate, even after her own death in 2015.

What many don’t know is the remarkable story of how these two stalwart personalities—single-mindedly devoted to pursuing God’s will for their young lives, certain their future callings would require them to sacrifice forever the blessings of marriage—found their hearts intertwined. Their paths to God’s purpose led them together.

Now, for the first time, their only child—daughter Valerie Elliot Shepard—unseals never-before-published letters and private journals that capture in first-person intimacy the attraction, struggle, drama, and devotion that became a most unlikely love story. 

Riveting for old and young alike, this moving account of their personal lives shines like a gold mine of lived-out truth, hard-fought purity, and an insider’s view on two beloved Christian figures.

And now, my review:

Devotedly by Valerie Elliot Shepard, the daughter of missionaries Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, did a great job of putting together a timeless work on the love story of her parents.  It was such a gift to be able to part-take in reading this work.  What an inspiration to the testimony of their walk with the Lord individually and with each other.  Willing and surrendered to put the Lord’s will above all else.  Their letters to each other expressly displayed His sanctification process in their lives and the conviction to concede to His direction for their futures, whether together or apart.  What a joy this book was to me.  Thank you to the author for sharing such personal family information with everyone who picks up this book. 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.  

https://www.amazon.com/Devotedly-Personal-Letters-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/1433651564/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?crid=21VAKUMDAS85L&keywords=devotedly+valerie+elliot+shepard&qid=1552923402&s=gateway&sprefix=devotedly%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2-fkmrnull

https://www.christianbook.com/devotedly-personal-letters-story-elisabeth-elliot/valerie-shepard/9781433651564/pd/651564?product_redirect=1&Ntt=651564&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/devotedly-valerie-shepard/1128911975?ean=9781433651564#/

Warfare by Tony Evans

Here is the book summary:

You’re at war. Are you winning?

Your fight is not with the problems you can see—depression, a broken marriage, addiction, or financial troubles. These are just the symptoms, the true disease—the true battle—is against the devil and his armies. But the devil’s not afraid of mere humans like you and me. So how are we supposed to fight? More importantly, how are we supposed to win?  

Warfare is a guide to fighting the battles that matter. In it, you’ll learn:

·        to identify how spiritual warfare is impacting your soul, family, church, and culture.

·        who the armies are and what role they play—God, angels, demons, and the devil

·        how to use the arsenal of spiritual weapons God provides

·        how to claim the victory God has already won.

When we fight the right battles with the right weapons, fear gives way to courage, futility gives way to purpose, and failure gives way to victory.

And now, my review:

Pastor Tony Evans does it again with Warfare.  The thing I love about this book is that it is Scriptural.  It helped me to focus on the Spiritual Warfare that I face every day.  It opens my eyes to the war going on around me each and every moment.  How to identify it and the armor pieces to have in place for the battle.  It talks about the REAL battle behind all the outward appearances.  It goes along with all the other books I’ve been reading about the Armor in the past 2 years and it’s a great addition to my library on this topic.  And having a physical book is a blessing because then I get to make notes in it.  I highly recommend this book. 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Warfare-Winning-Spiritual-Tony-Evans-ebook/dp/B07FJPWHJT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543508638&sr=8-1&keywords=warfare+by+tony+evans

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/warfare-tony-evans/1128027079?ean=9780802418173#/

https://www.christianbook.com/warfare-winning-the-spiritual-battle/tony-evans/9780802418173/pd/418177?event=ESRCG

Pathways by Tony Evans

Here is the book summary:

God has a purpose for your life, and every action or event that occurs within it has been used to make that purpose a reality.

The story of Esther appears to be a series of coincidences strung together to deliver the Jews from certain death. However, God selected Esther for a particular purpose at a particular time. Discover your own pathway to purpose through learning principles on providence as Tony Evans takes us on a journey of epic proportions.

And now, my review:

Sharing powerful Truths from the book of Esther is what this book is all about.  The author references God as the Puppet-Master and Providential God.  He states that God is the God of reversals.  That’s my favorite part of the book!  There’s great comfort in “resting in God to be led down the pathway to Providence.”  “He is the One who prepares the pathways, but He calls us to walk on them (action).”  “It is God who makes the intersections on the pathways to your purpose.”   An added bonus that I really delighted in, was the inclusion of 13 pages of verses on God’s Sovereignty in the appendix at the end of the book.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.  

https://www.amazon.com/Pathways-Providence-Purpose-Tony-Evans-ebook/dp/B07MBF1LWN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=pathways&qid=1551471096&s=gateway&sr=8-1

https://www.christianbook.com/pathways-from-providence-to-purpose/tony-evans/9781433686603/pd/686603?event=ESRCG

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pathways-tony-evans/1128555343?ean=9781433686603#/

The Prayer Coin by Elisa Morgan

Here is the book summary:

You can be totally honest with God. 

He wants to know exactly how you feel. The Prayer Coin will help you express your deepest emotions to God and have confidence in His will for your life. You’ll explore Jesus’s prayer in the garden of Gethsemane and see His ultimate example of intimacy with the Father. Learn how to trust God the same way Jesus did when He said, "Not my will, but yours be done" (Luke 22:42).

Even as a popular and trusted author, speaker and media host, Elisa Morgan struggled with what to pray—her request or God’s will. She understands your need to be heard and your desire to follow the Father. Elisa shares her journey of growing closer to God and incorporates lessons from Scripture to help you find peace in your own prayer journey.

"Applying the two sides of prayer can move us deeper in dialogue with God," Elisa says. "On and on, deeper and deeper, further and further, we flow into oneness that reflects the unity Jesus enjoyed with his Father."

Experience the hope of praying with honesty, abandoning your will, and growing closer to God.

And now, my review:

The Prayer Coin by Elisa Morgan is a book that brings about a requisition to pray with an honest heart, but also an appeal to pray with an abandoned heart.  Honest and abandoned are the key to this author’s words about the two-sided prayer coin.  She really brings the reader along on a journey of His Word and then brings about her ideas of what she has been learning as she presses into His Word.  I really appreciated her vulnerability to share personal experiences in her writing.  Her participation in what she is asking of me and everyone who reads her writing.  This is my first book from her in a while and I’m so thankful that I’ve read it.  The journaling aspect that she brought up really has challenged me and I’m resting in God’s plans for me in it.  Looking forward to seeing what He reveals in my honest and abandoned prayers.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Coin-Daring-Honest-Abandon/dp/1627078835/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=34KR9NZKESSF&keywords=the+prayer+coin+elisa+morgan&qid=1551391298&s=gateway&sprefix=the+prayer+coin%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1-fkmrnull

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Suffering is Never for Nothing by Elisabeth Elliot

Here is the book summary:

Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has the potential to devastate and destroy, or to be the gateway to gratitude and joy.

Elisabeth Elliot was no stranger to suffering. Her first husband, Jim, was murdered by the Waoroni people in Ecuador moments after he arrived in hopes of sharing the gospel. Her second husband was lost to cancer. Yet, it was in her deepest suffering that she learned the deepest lessons about God.

Why doesn’t God do something about suffering? He has, He did, He is, and He will.

Suffering and love are inexplicably linked, as God’s love for His people is evidenced in His sending Jesus to carry our sins, griefs, and sufferings on the cross, sacrificially taking what was not His on Himself so that we would not be required to carry it. He has walked the ultimate path of suffering, and He has won victory on our behalf.

This truth led Elisabeth to say, “Whatever is in the cup that God is offering to me, whether it be pain and sorrow and suffering and grief along with the many more joys, I’m willing to take it because I trust Him.”

Because suffering is never for nothing.

And now, my review.

Relating much with this author in different ways, this book has been beyond words to me, an off the chart work.  Like Corrie Ten Boom and Ruth Myers, Elisabeth Elliot shows the power of our God displayed in His creation for His glory.  She has taught me, blessed me, and stretched me.  The Truth she shared was right on target.  She has given some amazing challenges that I kept pausing while reading with a “HUMPH!”  I will treasure this book and already have it on my calendar to read it again.  I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Suffering-Never-Nothing-Elisabeth-Elliot-ebook/dp/B07MXW3SSZ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549594775&sr=8-3&keywords=suffering+is+never+for+nothing+elliot

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/suffering-is-never-for-nothing-elisabeth-elliot/1128911972?ean=9781535914154