Do you feel lost? Disconnected? Like you’re just going through the motions?
When you don’t know the next step to take, God’s grace empowers you with a way forward. His hope offers an anchor for the soul and a way to get back on track. His faithfulness declares that wherever you are now, he is always ready to bring you home.
As a respected Bible teacher, author, and activist, Christine Caine knew that Jesus was her only anchor. But after an especially difficult season, she found herself drifting, unsure if she wanted to keep going the way she always had and asking, “How did I get here?” as she struggled to return to the steadiness of God’s purpose for her. Where she once wanted to take ground, she now just wanted to take cover. It was a bewildering and disorienting place to be—one you may also have found yourself in before.
Life rarely goes the way we planned, and Christine Caine tackles that idea in her latest book. Combing candor with humor, Christine Caine provides insights for learning to trust God more and recognizing He has a path for us to take. Sharing her own journey, Christine creates a work her readers will relate to in the end. Including thoughts, prayers, actions and sometimes hard questions, this book deserves your attention. The topics she touches on suit the climate of today’s world. So check it out for yourself.
About the Author:
Born in Austrailia, Christine CAine loves Jesus and serves a a speaker, author, and activist. She desires to reach the lost, strengthen leadership, and champions the cause of justice. Along with her husband she created the A21 campaign for combating human trafficking in addition to Propel Women, an organization designed to celebrate the strengths, passions, purposes, and potential.
God’s Word, written by many people over thousands of years, is not a random selection of people and stories, but they have intricate connections. Rabbi Jason connects the dots for readers, helping them see with clarity what God intended.
Highlighting connections that have been hidden from non-Jewish eyes, Rabbi Jason Sobel pulls back the curtain to shed God’s light on the holy scriptures.
Most people do not understand how the Bible fits together—even people of faith. Too many Christians accept half an inheritance in that they are content to embrace merely the New Testament. On the flip side, Jews often experience this by embracing only the Old Testament. But God has an intricate plan and purpose for both.
In Mysteries of the Messiah, Rabbi Jason Sobel, raised in a Jewish home in New Jersey but now a follower of Yeshua, pulls back the curtain to show the many connections in Scripture hidden in plain sight. Known for his emphatic declaration “but there’s more!” he guides readers from the story of creation through Revelation to see the passion and purpose of the Messiah, the Torah, and several of the patriarchs and prophet
Connecting the Old Testament with the New Testament, Rabbi Jason Soebel does an incredible job bringing the Bible to life. As the wife of a preacher, I always enjoy discovering the connections between the Old and New Testament. Written in a manner that is straight-forward, I enjoyed diving in the words this author shared.
I find the fact a rabbi wrote this book to make the thoughts and ideas more meaningful. If you wish to read and explore a book that delves into how the pieces of the Bible connect together, check out this book for yourself.
I received a complimentary copy of this book, but it in no way influenced my review. All opinions are my own.
Book Description: In a small Virginia town outside a mysterious government facility, four homeschooled teenagers investigate a series of murders and other crimes while wrestling with challenges of faith, family, and the transition from childhood to adulthood.
A tragic explosion devastates the town of Steven’s Mill, Virginia. Was it an accident or was it part of a larger plot to take over the town and shut down the work going on at the secret command center?
This first book in the “Mount Hideaway Mysteries” series of books and movies sets the stage for all the action and adventure to come.
This series features gripping drama and entertainment from a faith-based perspective. Teens and adults in the stories wrestle with tragedy, danger, and relationships while they also pursue their relationships with God.
The books and movies in the Mount Hideaway Mysteries series include… • Strong, virtuous female characters • Encouraging portrayals of Christians and Homeschoolers • Parents who are intelligent and engaged with their children • Lots of action, adventure, and mystery!
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As a homeschooling mother, I always enjoy finding new books and series for young adults to read, and Mount Hideaway Mysteries meets my expectations. Full of adventure, action, and suspense, these books will capture the attention of people of all ages. I find the characters interesting, and the storyline engaging. I appreciate the positive way the author portrays Christians and homeschoolers.
The storyline includes a strong female lead, excellent family relationships, along with action, grief, and more. This book probably suits young adults and teens on up best. So if you enjoy action-filled stories that contain a message of faith, check out this book for yourself. I received a complimentary copy of this book, but this in no way influenced my review. All opinions are my own.
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The Anxiety Reset
A Life-Changing Approach to Overcoming Fear, Stress, Worry, Panic Attacks, OCD and More by Gregory L. Jantz Ph.D. and Keith Wall
Individualized solutions for conquering anxiety from acclaimed mental health expert Dr. Gregory Jantz.
If you or someone you love has lost hope of ever getting free from occasional, persistent, or overwhelming anxiety, take heart. The Anxiety Reset offers a fresh, personalized plan for overcoming the fears that are robbing you of joy and peace. In this compassionate guide, you will discover:
• Your anxiety type and triggers
• Common myths about anxiety
• Hidden causes and catalysts of anxiety and what to do about them
• The pros and cons of medication and possible alternatives
• How to develop your optimism muscle
• How to eat for better emotional health
• How to get started on a personal anxiety reset plan
Combining the most up-to-date scientific research, real-life stories, and practical strategies, The Anxiety Reset empowers you to understand and overcome the fears that have been holding you back.
In today’s society lots of things cause anxiety. So the church and us as individuals need to address anxiety meaningfully. The author does exactly that in the book The Anxiety Reset. I found the idea of treating the whole person – meaning spiritual, mental, and physical to be a positive feature of this book. The author addresses the subject from a Christian perspective, which I appreciate as well. So check out this book for yourself.
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Take Back Your Life is a forty-day interactive journey designed to help you identify and then fight your internal battles. This journey allows you to take back your life. Everyone has mission to fulfill and God-ordained potential to affect the world, even when they do not recognize it. Life presents challenges, detours, and traps to keep us in hopeless and helpless loop consisting of anxiety and fear. With Biblical truth and perspective, this book contains a step-by-step journaling process designed to help you:
get out of your own way and allowing you to think right so you can live right
find purpose by discovering that God will do great things with your imperfect progress, and
learn that your pain is not an obstacle to being used by God but an opportunity to be used like never before.
More than a book, it provides an intimate tool of self-anaylsis that helps you identify what’s weighing you down or holding you back, which allows you to tackle it head on with God’s help.
Levi Lusko is the founder and lead pastor of Fresh Life Church, located in Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Utah. He is the bestselling author of Through the Eyes of a Lion, Swipe Right, and I Declare War. Levi also travels the world speaking about Jesus. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son, Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven.
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Life cannot be perfect, and that means it may become a battle, but this book provides tips and ideas for creating a path to the life God meant for us. I love how each chapter includes insights, a Scripture reference, and a prayer along with journaling activities to help the reader focus on their own life experience.
The book contains 6 sections that include Look in the Mirror, Turn Off the Dark, Cross the Barbed Wire, Run Toward the Roar, Be the Difference, and Think Right, Live Right, I love the idea of getting up and show up. If we fail to get up, then we fail to accomplish our purpose.
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Spiritual Seeds Planner is a planning tool designed to help Christians prioritize living a fruit filled life, guided by the Holy Spirit. The Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness and Self-Control. (Galatians 5:22-23) The planner uses a gardening theme concentrating on four garden plots – Friends/Family, Self, Community, Vocation/Work. Each month focuses on one Fruit, detailing actions to plant + cultivate + grow. Actions are planned daily for highest yield. Cute garden themed stickers provide visuals for tracking growth. Unlike any other planner, Spiritual Seeds Planner prioritizes and plans Spiritual growth over daily “to do” lists and activities focusing on growth rather than achievement.
What makes it different:
· Puts God in charge
· Inspired, led and powered by the Holy Spirit
· Based on Scripture
· Impacts all areas of life
· Improves relationships
· Fills life with an abundance of Spiritual Fruit – Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control
Features:
· Easy to follow instructions with visuals
· Vision Board
· Monthly Fruit Focus & Planning Pages
· Monthly Inspirational Prayers
· Weekly Planning
· Beautiful faux leather cover
· Fruit of the Spirit Bookmark with definitions and scriptures
· Fun Garden Themed Stickers
· Back pocket
· Blank pages for notes
· Brown Ribbon Bookmark
· Monthly Tabs
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I have to say I have loved planners for a number of years. So when I had the opportunity to review this set, I found myself almost giddy with excitement. With all that occurred during 2020, I find myself almost looking forward to 2021 with anticipation. This set includes a planner, 4 pens, a case, stickers, a notepad, tote bag and more.
I have to say I have loved planners for a number of years. So when I had the opportunity to review this set, I found myself almost giddy with excitement. With all that occurred during 2020, I find myself almost looking forward to 2021 with anticipation. This set includes a planner, 4 pens, a case, stickers, a notepad, tote bag and more.
I love the pouch, the pens, and the notepad. However, I wish the stickers could fit into the pouch. However, the tote bag provides plenty of space for everything. With the tote bag, my one desire would be longer straps. The straps are only long enough to hold by the hand and not sit on my shoulder. I like the point on the pens, however the yellow provides very little brightness. I think it suits as a circling things as a highlighter more than a writing tool.
The planner itself comes with a faux leather cover available in shades of grapefruit pink, slate gray, and coconut brown. I had a hard time deciding between the gray and the pink. However, pink won in the end. One of my favorite parts about this planner arises from no coil. This planner is book bound rather than spiral bound, so I do not have to worry about the spiral coil getting in the way or impeding my writing. However, it does not lay as flat as I would like. I love having stickers to personalize the planner with as well.
It comes with features including monthly calendars, weekly spreads, an attached bookmark. space to create a vision board, pages for notes, and more. It definitely provides the key features I am looking for in a planner. It is big enough to provide space, while being thin enough to not be bulky. I love having a coordination tote bag to carry everything in as well.
All things considered, I have to say I am looking forward to using this planner in 2021. So if you are looking for a planner set, check out this set for yourself.
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Faith remains one of the greatest gift we can pass on to our children and grandchildren. This is known as l’dor v’dor in Judaism meaning, “from generation to generation,” and expresses how faith passes down from one generation to the next through the holy observances and traditions that happen within the life of the family.
Yael Eckstein explores the lessons of faith instilled in her by her parents in Generation to Generation. This faith allowed her to persevere after the sudden death of her father Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. It also provided the hope and courage she needed in order to follow in his footsteps as the President and CEO of The Fellowship.
Generation to Generation examines the holy observances and traditions while revealing the key values each one reinforces. Now Yael Eckstein and her husband pass on theese values to their four children, which will in turn allow the reader to pass on a strong, living faith to your children and grandchildren.
For many years, I have followed the blog and ministry of The Fellowship. As a born-again Christian, I recognize the importance of the values of the Jewish faith, so I gratefully accepted the opportunity to read this book.
As I began reading, I found myself pulled into the pages. As the mother of four – three sons in their 20s and a daughter who is almost 18, I recognize the importance of passing our faith down through the generations.
I appreciate Yael Eckstein’s ability to share her family’s traditions, observances, and more through the pages of this book. Each chapter includes Jewish observances, how their family incorporate those teachings in their family, how the observances relates to Christians and questions and stories to discuss with your family. It presents a selection of Bible verses which emphasize a key value. The book remains a tribute to Yael Eckstein’s father. The connection between the Jewish faith and Christianity remains indisputable. This book draws connections between the two faiths while illustrating how to build relationships with faith that span generations.
Truly, this book is one worth reading and sharing with those around you. So check it out for yourself. I received a copy of this book from Frontgate Bloggers to review. All opinions in this review are my own.
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews was founded in 1983 by Orthodox Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, whose vision for building bridges of understanding and cooperation between Christians and Jews has been translated into the largest Christian-supported humanitarian agency helping Jews in Israel and around the world. You can learn more about the organization and Rabbi Eckstein here.
For more than 2,000 years, the Jewish people have preserved and maintained their faith from generation to generation, despite being exiled from their land and suffering persecutions, pogroms, and even the Holocaust, where six million Jewish women, men, and children were killed at the hands of the Nazis. In her book, Generation to Generation, Fellowship President and CEO Yael Eckstein unlocks the keys to how the Jewish people have successfully passed on the legacy of faith through the family, and offers insights into how Christians can incorporate these principles within their own families to pass on a strong and living faith.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
The author, Yael Eckstein, is President and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, the largest provider of humanitarian aid in Israel. You can find more info about her on the book site, www.generationbook.org
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Author and speaker Carrie Stephens has a message our hearts need to hear. We are so much more than just a plate of rice and beans. We are holy guacamole that has been crafted with great skill and flair by God who is the Master Creator.
Generously seasoned with humor and empathy, this book includes stories that tell of triumph, failure, heartbreak, and redemption. Holy Guacamole allows our hearts to connect to the unfailing power of God’s call for us to live a life that is full of His Love for us and for the world we live in today.
Quite a few years ago, I discovered I loved guacamole, but only if it had chunks of avocados, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. As a result, I began crafting and creating homemade guacamole. My husband will only eat my guacamole in fact. I love taking the time to prepare this condiment for our Mexican meals. So when I saw this book, I knew I had to read it, and it did not disappoint.
We have an undeniable worth since God has created us in His Image. With chapters that have titles such as “From the Well to the Ice Maker”, “Sit Down Deborah”, “Pretty Things and Their Ugly Cousins at Home”, among others, this book captured my attention just with the titles. I had to read more to find out what the chapter titles had to do with God and my relationship with Him
It helped remind me that I should only be looking to God for validation of who I am and what I am worth. This book will challenge you and cause you to look at your life and the value you put on it.
So if you are looking for a book that will show how incredibly valuable we are to God. So check out this book for yourself.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Frontgate Bloggers, this in no way influenced my review. All opinions are my own.
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Even though her own life has been dotted with calamities, laughter has provided social media star and author Carolanne Miljavac with the strength and courage to persevere. She provides insights and ideas for discovering how laughter can help carry you through your own painful experiences The ten chapters will make you laugh until you cry and will illustrate how laughter has been a vital part of her own healing. Her own real-life stores will start you on the path to a life of joy and peace.
Combining Biblical wisdom, laughter, and personal experience, this book has a lot to offer. I found myself laughing quite a bit while reading. Biblical insights played a critical role in my reading. I felt connected to what I was reading and definitely recommend this book. The Book consistently leads back to God’s grace, mercy, and love.
Covering topics such as restoration, playing, speaking, failing, humbled, listening, breaking, forgiving, being a mess, and laughter, I could relate to some portion of each of the chapters if not all. We need to elect to have faith rather than giving in to our own fears.
So if you are going through trials or difficulties or just want a book to make you laugh and see God’s love, check out this book for yourself.
As a homeschooling mother, I am always on the lookout for interesting cookbooks to utilize in our home. “Recipes from Around the World” provides just such an experience. This soft-covered cookbook includes 34 different recipes from around the world.
With recipes from around the world including from Asia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, and the United States, this little book offers a large variety of choices.
Some of the recipes had familiar names such as Swiss Steak, Enchiladas, plus Rice and Beans. Other recipes were not at all familiar to me, such as Gado Gado from Asia, Shashuka from Israel, and Loma Saltada. Yet, they inspired me to learn more about the recipes as well as the countries they are from too.
In addition to the recipes, each country has an introduction with information such as about Operation Blessing building a well for clean drinking and cooking water in the Nuu’s village. Nuu is an elderly woman who needed safe water in order to live.
Operation Blessing strives to improve the conditions of people around the world. The proceeds from this cookbook will help achieve that goal. They do everything from disaster relief to clean water.
So if you are looking for an interesting cookbook that offers the opportunity to help those less fortunate across the globe, check out this cookbook for yourself. You can get your own copy of this cookbook here for a donation of any size.
Also, you have the opportunity to get free recipe cards. They are pleased to offer four (4) recipe cards inspired by international recipes from Operation Blessing’s latest cookbook, “Recipes From Around the World.” Anyone can sign up to receive this free gift after which, requests will be processed and delivered straight to their mailbox. by clicking here.
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