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July 16, 2016
GREAT SHALL BE THE PEACE OF YOUR CHILDREN
BIBLE PROMISE
GREAT SHALL BE THE PEACE OF YOUR CHILDREN
Aren’t your children behaving today? Aren’t they acting according to what you taught them? Do they find themselves in undesirable situations?
This is a good time to take hold of GOD’s promise that, ‘Great shall be the peace of your children.’
Thank you Father, for keeping our children safe and out of harm’s way. I’m praying for both my children today that
The LORD will bless them, and keep them:
The LORD make his face shine upon them, and be gracious unto them:
The LORD lift up his countenance upon them and give them peace.
And I pray that the LORD will put His name upon my children and bless them.
Just for fun I’ll share the song that I wrote for each of my children.
The first one is called, ‘Mother of an Angel.’
And the second one is called, ‘Brighter Than The Sun.’
You can find both these tracks also under my favourite people credits and links.
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NEW BOOKS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS – As a member of the Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance and as a member of the Christian Indie Authors Reading Group and as the current Administrator of Christian Authors Worldwide, I share new book releases, interviews and reviews with my readers. Stay tuned!
Tagged: Brighter Than The Sun, Isaiah 54:13, MOTHER OF AN ANGEL, PEACE OF OUR CHILDREN, Songs and blessings
June 23, 2016
How To Hear God: A Seven Day Guide
HOW TO HEAR GOD is available for FREE from Amazon on June 24, 25 and 26, 2016.
How To Hear God: A Seven Day Guide to hearing God, Book 1.
by Ian Banner
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Would you like to hear God more in your life than you do?
Do you hear stories of people who claim to hear God and wonder if that could ever happen to you?
Are you finding your Christian life a struggle and just wish God was more intimate, more involved?
Would you like some practical advice on how you can hear God?
If you answered any of these questions ‘Yes’, then this book is for you. Its purpose is to help you learn to hear God’s voice and to encourage you to do what he tells you.
Author Ian Banner says, “I have the privilege of being part of a team that regularly travels to preach, pray and prophecy to people.
This book is full of all the tips and lessons God has taught us over the past 5 years.
If you follow the advice written here, based on my very practical experience, I believe anyone with a heart to be used by God can learn to hear God’s voice and learn to pray, give words of knowledge and prophecy safely and effectively for other people.”
The book covers how to hear God yourself and how to use that gifting via words of knowledge, or prophecies, in sermons, when praying for people, running meetings or leading response times in church.
Chapters include
Baby Steps in hearing God and Prophecy
What do I mean by Personal Prophecies?
Co-operating with God in your life and ministry.
How to pray with people safely.
How to develop you gifting from occasionally praying for people in small groups to calling out prophecies and words of knowledge in large meetings.
What do do when things go wrong?
Plus other blogs, books and apps you can use to help you.
REVIEW
HOW TO HEAR GOD is a seven step, practical beginners guide to hearing God, words of knowledge and the gift of Prophecy. It was initially released a few years ago and this is an updated edition.
What I love about this book is that Ian gives examples from daily life to illustrate the points he is making and he does this really well. So well in fact that I read the book in one setting.
Ian encourages his readers to read a little bit every day however and to have a journal handy for note taking.
It is mentioned in HOW TO HEAR GOD that a separate study guide for this book is available, which contains extra exercises and notes. You can use this individually or in small groups. This guide is available for free.
Ian explains what a personal prophecy is and how we can know that the information which comes to us is from God. He explains it in such a way that I think; ‘We should all know about this.’ This is book One and I’m already looking forward to book Two.
This is a delightful book filled with personal anecdotes and directions of a devout man who clearly walks with God and would love nothing better than for others to do the same. I highly recommend this book for anyone who struggles to hear God’s voice in their life and also for us who can do with some fine tuning.
AUTHOR BIO
Hi – I am Ian Banner and I have a few passions …
First I am passionate about the God whom I serve. I am a 52 years old born-again charismatic Christian who lives in Sheffield, UK.
I am passionate about my family. I have been married to my wife Merle for over 25 years – we met at university and we have 2 lads, studying at University. We live and worship at a local church in Sheffield.
I am the co-director of a charity in Uganda, called Forever Caring Homes. The charity is designed to look after young children who have lost their parents through the AIDS epidemic that swept through Africa. It’s quite small, and lots of others do work like this as well, but I do it because I felt the lord tell me to.
Finally, I write books and blogs.
WHERE TO GET YOUR COPY
HOW TO HEAR GOD is available for FREE from Amazon on June 24, 25 and 26, 2016.
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ABOUT SCRIPTURE CARDS – If you want to send free Scripture Cards to your friends click here and you want to buy hard copies of Scripture Cards you can click here.
MY BOOKS AND A FREE VIDEO COURSE – To download a copy of MY STORY OF SURVIVAL click here. For a copy of MIMI’S BOOK LAUNCH PLAN, click here. For a copy of GOD HEALED ME click here.
For a free video course on how to write a bestseller, click here.
NEW BOOKS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS – As a member of the Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance and as a member of the Christian Indie Authors Reading Group and as the current Administrator of Christian Authors Worldwide, This is FUN! Mimi’s Launch Party and co-administrator of OMEGA nonfiction writers I share new book releases, interviews and reviews with my readers. Stay tuned!
Tagged: FREE BOOK, HOW TO HEAR GOD, Ian Banner, Prophesy
June 18, 2016
Why “Bible Study” Doesn’t Work
Get your free copy on Amazon today and tomorrow June 19 and 20, 2016.
Why “Bible Study” Doesn’t Work: The epic failure of evangelicalism’s favorite discipleship method – and how YOUR CHURCH can do something about it
BOOK DESCRIPTION
When did Bible Study become the broccoli of the Christian life?
Eat more broccoli! It’s good for you! Study the Bible more… attend more “Bible studies!” It’s good for you!
Shouldn’t studying the Bible be more than simply something that is good for us? Shouldn’t studying the Bible together with other followers of Jesus actually strengthen us for a healthy lifestyle of following Jesus on the journey of the Christ-life? Did we miss a turn somewhere?
Let me ask you a question. If more (or better) Bible studies is really the answer, how in the world do we have so many people who:
• Have gone to Sunday School for decades
• Have attended, helped in, and taught Vacation Bible School
• Have participated in multiple 13-week or 40-day video-based Bible study courses
• And are Biblically illiterate and don’t have any idea how to think or live Biblically?
It seems that we have a disconnect somewhere.
I’d like to offer, in this brief book, a way of rethinking Bible study. A way that refocuses studying the Bible with the intent of making disciples. A way that emphasizes not just the “what” of Bible study, but also the “how” and the “why” of studying the Bible.
REVIEW
Gerry is inviting us to re-evaluate the usefulness of Bible studies as they are conducted at the moment. He says, ‘What I don’t believe is “Join another Bible study group and you’ll be more like Jesus.”
Amen to that!
Thank you, Gerry. A book like yours was long overdue.
AUTHOR BIO
Dr. Gerry Lewis (fondly known by his friends as Dr. G), is a man of many interests — Author, blogger, podcaster, newspaper columnist, church health consultant, leadership coach, community leader, foodie, coffee aficionado, musician, entertainer, speaker, husband, father, and grandpa.
He has been involved in church ministry for almost 40 years — beginning at age 15 with music ministry, transitioning to 20 years in the role of senior pastor, moving into the role of Executive Director of a regional network of churches since 2008.
A passionate lifelong learner, he has found his niche as a self-described “Strengths Optimization Coach” encouraging and empowering others on their next step in the journey toward amazing. When not writing or designing processes to strengthen pastors and churches, he can be found with his best friend (the beautiful Mrs. Sweetie) searching out hidden treasures at thrift stores and pawn shops, trying out a new restaurant, or creating his latest culinary masterpiece at home.
FREE DOWNLOAD
Get your free copy on Amazon today and tomorrow June 19 and 20, 2016.
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ABOUT THE CONTENT – All content on this website is copyrighted and you can read more about this here. Please also read the disclaimer about my authority and qualifications. Occasionally I partner with people because I like their products and you can read about that here.
ABOUT SCRIPTURE CARDS – If you want to send free Scripture Cards to your friends click here and you want to buy hard copies of Scripture Cards you can click here.
MY BOOKS AND A FREE VIDEO COURSE – To download a copy of MY STORY OF SURVIVAL click here. For a copy of MIMI’S BOOK LAUNCH PLAN, click here. For a copy of GOD HEALED ME click here.
For a free video course on how to write a bestseller, click here.
NEW BOOKS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS – As a member of the Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance and as a member of the Christian Indie Authors Reading Group and as the current Administrator of Christian Authors Worldwide, This is FUN! Launch Party and co-administrator of OMEGA nonfiction writers I share new book releases, interviews and reviews with my readers. Stay tuned!
Tagged: church, discipleship, Gerry Lewis, Why Bible study does not work
Victorious: Living a life of complete freedom and victory in Christ
BOOK LAUNCH
You can obtain a free copy of VICTORIOUS from Amazon on June 20-22, 2016.
Victorious: Living a life of complete freedom and victory in Christ
written by Barry Tallis
BOOK DESCRIPTION
God wants us to live victorious lives. But many of us are unaware we are in a battle or how to fight from a position of victory. Have you every thought about what it takes to have a joyous, successful, fulfilled life?
God desires for us to live a life full of victory. He doesn’t want us to just “wade through life” until we go to heaven. He has given us His divine nature to move from a position of defeat, to a position of victory. VICTORIOUS has been designed to give you insight and direction on how to live this life. This book is for people who are tired of letting the enemy of this world triumph in their life, causing them to be disconnected and separated from God, even while sitting in the seats at church.
By implementing the principles and truths detailed in this book, many have come to realize the truth that the battle has already been won, and have started living it out on a daily basis.
You can live a life free from the enemy. From the constant attacks on your mind, body, and soul. You do not need to struggle another day with habitual sin. You can be free from it and the shame, guilt, and self-condemnation. As you read VICTORIOUS, you will experience a deeper connection to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
Review
If you were to implement the truth and principles as detailed in Barry’s book it becomes easy to realise that the battle is already won and to start living the victory. We will become victorious once we start living according to God’s truth and are obedient to His Word.
In VICTORIOUS Barry describes the various names that the devil is known by. This makes it easier for us, his readers, to recognise and resist evil. In addition, Barry summarises what the devil stands for and who he is by saying that ‘Satan is a “spiritual supernatural being who opposed God and continuous to oppose Him and seeks to disrupt the plans and purposes of God’s people and lead them astray and into rebellion against God.”
I like how Barry quotes Scripture verses about the evil one and dissects the meaning of these verses because this makes it easier to recognise what is going on in our daily lives.
With Barry’s guidance, we gain a better understanding of how to see evil for what it is and how to resist evil and fight it with the appropriate verses and tools. Well done Barry I enjoyed reading the first part of your book and am looking forward to reading the rest of it.
AUTHOR BIO
Barry Tallis and his wife Dennette are the founders of Nourish Ministries, an organization developed to help peoples’ mind, body, and soul. As a CrossFit coach and owner of CrossFit West Orange, Barry has created a kingdom-focus business to help people grow in strength both physically and spiritually. His desire is to help strengthen the body of Christ through his books and preaching. He just published his first book, STRONGER, and this is his second book, VICTORIOUS.
Barry is a father to his three daughters and one son. He and his wife reside in Windermere, FL. He enjoys sand volleyball, traveling to the Caribbean, and occasionally has some time to establish some new personal records in the gym.
Connect with Barry on Twitter (@barrytallis), Facebook, Instagram (@thestrongerbook) and thestrongerbook.com.
FREE COPY
You can obtain a free copy of VICTORIOUS from Amazon on June 20-22, 2016.
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ABOUT THE CONTENT – All content on this website is copyrighted and you can read more about this here. Please also read the disclaimer about my authority and qualifications. Occasionally I partner with people because I like their products and you can read about that here.
ABOUT SCRIPTURE CARDS – If you want to send free Scripture Cards to your friends click here and you want to buy hard copies of Scripture Cards you can click here.
MY BOOKS AND A FREE VIDEO COURSE – To download a copy of MY STORY OF SURVIVAL click here. For a copy of MIMI’S BOOK LAUNCH PLAN, click here. For a copy of GOD HEALED ME click here.
For a free video course on how to write a bestseller, click here.
NEW BOOKS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS – As a member of the Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance and as a member of the Christian Indie Authors Reading Group and as the current Administrator of Christian Authors Worldwide, This is FUN! Launch Party and co-administrator of OMEGA nonfiction writers I share new book releases, interviews and reviews with my readers. Stay tuned!
Tagged: Barry Tallis, BOOK LAUNCH, evil and how to resist it, Living a life of complete freedom, VICTORIOUS
June 2, 2016
About my mentors… THANK YOU!!
If it weren’t for my mentors I would not have been able to publish 3 books successfully in a period of just over five months.
Michael Hyatt and Chandler Bolt are two of my favourite mentors but I have plenty more such as John Kremer, Penny Sansevieri, Tim Grahl, Tom Morkes, David Chesson and Paul Brodie, just to name a few. This is a big THANK YOU to them all for their support, inspiration and freely shared knowledge. Some of my mentors will be speaking at the next Self-Publishing Success Summit.
Self-Publishing Success Summit
This is super exciting! Another Self-Publishing Success Summit has been organised. Last year’s Summit was a huge success. More than 30,000 people took action and thousands of them have gone on to WRITE THEIR FIRST BOOK!
At these Summits we learn from the very best in the industry how to write, market and publish our first book.
This will be the biggest online Publishing Event of the year JUNE 12 -22, 2016.
What is the Self-Publishing Success Summit?
The Self-Publishing Success Summit was created in order to give all writers the complete skill sets to create massive opportunities for themselves. The Summit teaches aspiring and seasoned authors alike how to navigate the pitfalls of the publishing landscape.
During this virtual Summit, some of the top self-published and traditionally published authors impart their knowledge and business secrets to writers at all levels. Why do they want to do this and help with this passion project? Because they’ve once walked in our shoes.
Writing can be very intimidating. Even those who love to write worry about taking the leap into publishing. Many never actually publish their finished work. Why is this?
Traditional publishing is a tough nut to crack, there’s no guarantee that even the most well-written, fascinating book will break through and score a publishing deal. There’s always self-publishing, right? This is true. Self-publishing is available to everyone, but requires a fair amount of skill and knowledge to hit that elusive best seller li
I know that Chandler Bolt will be at this year’s Summit (he organised it) and Michael Hyatt, that’s already two of my favourite people. As well as Scrivener Coach Joseph Michael, Joanna Penn, Gary Vaynerchuk, Pat Flynn, Anik Singal, Jeff Walker, Barbara Corcoran, and another 30-odd speakers. They’ll all be sharing their expertise with us for FREE. You’d be crazy to miss this!
Click here for your FREE access pass.
Click here for your FREE access pass. This’ll be FUN!!
This is an invite for you to join the summit for FREE and listen to 40 well-established and accomplished speakers. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Click here to get your FREE ticket now.
Click here to get FREE video training blank page to bestseller in 90 days.
Tagged: Chandler Bolt, David Chesson, FREE ACCESS, FREE video on how to publish your first book, Joanna Penn, John Kremer, June 12-22, Michael Hyatt, Pat Flynn, Paul Brodie, Penny Sansevieri, Self-Publishing Success Summit, Tim Grahl, Tom Morkes
REVIVAL: the 21 Day Challenge
Revival: The 21 Day Challenge: Rekindle Your Passion for God
Written by Deb Wilson.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
– Do you want a vibrant relationship with God?
– Do you want your life to radiate Jesus in such a way that sinners are drawn to Christ through you?
– Do you want your life to inspire believers who have settled for the comfort of a lukewarm lifestyle?
In just twenty-one days your life will radically change. You will experience personal revival in a way that not only impacts you but everyone around you.
Revival: The 21 Day Challenge goes deeper than a daily devotion. Each day includes:
– A short, yet powerful Bible Study
– Thought provoking reflection questions
– An effective, fervent prayer
God is calling His people to rise up victorious. Revival is breaking out all over the world today. Only God can birth a Great Awakening, but personal revival is available for every believer who hungers for intimacy with God. Unlike many books on corporate revival, this book focuses on revival in the individual believer. Deb Wilson is passionate about revival. She has gone to great lengths to take powerful concepts and present them in a practical way.
Revival in your life will fuel your passion for God, the body of Christ and the lost. You will learn how to have an eternal impact on the world.
Grab your Bible, a notebook, and pen. Jump into the life-changing Word of God, and prepare to be awakened.
MY REVIEW
This is not just another religious book. In REVIVAL Deb addresses all the questions believers have plus some. What does revival mean for me personally? How do I know that GOD hears me? What does it mean to have a close relationships with GOD and how do I go about it?
Deb follows up with Scripture verses which give the answer to each and every question. After this Deb prays with us for more insight, understanding, closeness so that we can serve better and experience more joy in our lives.
REVIVAL truly is an invaluable manual for your bedside table. On that note, I only have one complaint. Where is the hard copy?
AUTHOR BIO
Deb Wilson describes herself as, “an ordinary woman, serving an extraordinary God.” She was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where she currently resides. For years, Deb dreamed of being in full time ministry as a Christian author and speaker. After a rewarding career in Marketing and Public Relations at the prestigious Nemours Children’s Specialty Care clinic in Jacksonville, she retired in December 2014, to follow that dream.
Deb believes her destiny is to encourage and mentor other women with life changing Biblical based teaching designed to spur women to grow spiritually and embrace their God-given purpose and destiny.
Life has been busy since retirement. Deb is always looking for new ways to use the gifts and talents God has given her to inspire others. She offers free audio conferences, proudly serves on the Board of Directors for two non-profit organizations, leads small group studies through her local church, participates in jail ministry and ministers to women in various stages of drug or alcohol recovery.
Learn more about Deb or contact her for your next Women’s Event at: https://debwilsonministries.wordpress.com
Follow her on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/DebWilsonMinistries/
WHERE TO GET YOUR COPY
You can purchase REVIVAL from Amazon here.
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ABOUT THE CONTENT – All content on this website is copyrighted and you can read more about this here. Please also read the disclaimer about my authority and qualifications. Occasionally I partner with people because I like their products and you can read about that here.
ABOUT SCRIPTURE CARDS – If you want to send free Scripture Cards to your friends click here and you want to buy hard copies of Scripture Cards you can click here.
MY BOOKS AND A FREE VIDEO COURSE – To download a copy of MY STORY OF SURVIVAL click here. For a copy of MIMI’S BOOK LAUNCH PLAN, click here. For a copy of GOD HEALED ME click here.
For a free video course on how to write a bestseller, click here.
NEW BOOKS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS – As a member of the Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance and as a member of the Christian Indie Authors Reading Group and as the current Administrator of Christian Authors Worldwide, This is FUN! Mimi’s Launch Party and co-administrator of OMEGA nonfiction writers I share new book releases, interviews and reviews with my readers. Stay tuned!
Tagged: 21 Day Challenge, Bible Study, Deb Wilson, prayer, Revival
May 26, 2016
GOD HEALED ME
GOD HEALED ME
GOD HEALED ME is my third book and is launching today!! This means that you can download it for free My 26, 27 and 27. Tell your friends and get a copy for yourself.
DESCRIPTION
24 Popular and Favourite Scripture verses and Promises for Healing
This is the black & white version of GOD HEALED ME. You can download the colourful gift version here amzn.com/B01FOQV1ZW
Head over heels
Whilst experiencing major life challenges Mimi discovers the power of God’s Holy Word 
and falls head over heels. She describes how God’s Word helps her cast out bad spirits that are trying to keep her down. She relates how these 24 Scripture verses, as well as an abundance of other verses, lift her spirit, turn her life around and get her back on her feet.
Prayer time effortless and easy
Mimi created the prayer book GOD HEALED ME to make prayer time effortless and easy so that others may find similar comfort and healing.
The Power of God’s Word
There is nothing God’s Word cannot accomplish!
“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.”
Blessings and healing
Before Mimi started reading the Bible she experienced despair and despondency. She was ready to throw in the towel.
Nowadays with her new found faith, Mimi’s days are filled with hope and comfort, peace, joy, love, blessings and healing. Mimi discovers what churches and believers have known for millennia; God’s Word heals. It truly does!
… I am the Lord who heals you… So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Survey on prayer
A survey on prayer from Belief.net shows us that 68% of Christians pray more than once a day. More than 70% of all Christians and Jewish people pray for health and safety, and respectively 93% and 74% pray for God’s guidance.
Only 0.6% of Christians think that their prayers are never answered whilst 2.9% of Jewish people think the same.
In contrast a whopping 43% of Christians say that their prayers are often answered whilst 27.5% says that they are ALWAYS answered.
Jewish people say that 12.7% of their prayers are always answered and 33.1% often.
More statistics from the survey are listed in GOD HEALED ME.
The power of prayer
In a randomized, double-blind study at coronary-care unit at San Francisco general Hospital with cardiologist Randolph Byrd, 393 patients were studied and neither the doctors and nurses nor the patients knew who would be the object of prayer.
Dramatic prayer results surprised many scientists.
Patients who were prayed for needed fewer drugs and spent less time on ventilators. They fared better overall than their counterparts. GOD HEALED ME lists the interesting and promising results of this study.
Prayer gets people better faster
“Studies have shown prayer can prevent people from getting sick, and when they do get sick, prayer can help them get better faster.”
An exhaustive analysis of more than 1,500 reputable medical studies “indicates people who are more religious and pray more have better mental and physical health.” Dr. Harold G Koenig of Duke University.
Prayer works
“Prayer works,” says Dr. Matthews, associate professor of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., after reviewing more than 200 studies linking religious commitment and health, cited in his book, The Faith Factor.
Dr. Matthews cites studies suggesting that, people who pray are less likely to get sick, are more likely to recover from surgery and illness, and are better able to cope with their illnesses than people who don’t pray.
Thirty medical schools in America now offer courses in faith and medicine.
GOD HEALED ME is the first in a series of twelve books about the Mercy, Miracles and Promises in GOD’S HOLY WORD.
REVIEWS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I’ve been involved in the medical industry for more than two decades, in a variety of ways. After this I turned to freelance writing and have written on topics ranging from health to how-to publish on Kindle.
In 2015 I became a bestselling author with ‘MY STORY OF SURVIVAL,’ which aims to help, inspire and give courage to people who experience serious health issues.
In 2016 ‘MIMI’S BOOK LAUNCH PLAN’ was published as a thank you to my launch team and to help support entrepreneurs, fellow writers, self-publishers and Indie authors.
After this, I published GOD HEALED ME which we’re launching today.
I write for fun and in 2015 also contributed to the anthologies ‘Glimpses of Light’ and ‘Like a Girl’ to raise funds for the blind and education for women and children.
The entrepreneurial spirit is strong in my genes. My parents managed a beach kiosk and together with my daughters, I now own a gift shop; Mimi’s Original Scripture & Inspirational Card House at http://www.mosaichouse.co.
I like to spend my spare time with my children and friends, two cheeky butcher birds on the veranda and my new puppy Layla Joy.
PURCHASE A COPY
FREE DOWNLOAD on May 26, 27 and 28, 2016 from Amazon.
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ABOUT THE CONTENT – All content on this website is copyrighted and you can read more about this here. Please also read the disclaimer about my authority and qualifications. Occasionally I partner with people because I like their products and you can read about that here.
ABOUT SCRIPTURE CARDS – If you want to send free Scripture Cards to your friends click here and you want to buy hard copies of Scripture Cards you can click here. To download a copy of MY STORY OF SURVIVAL click here. For a copy of MIMI’S BOOK LAUNCH PLAN, click here. For a copy of GOD HEALED ME click here.
NEW BOOKS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS, AND REVIEWS – As a member of the Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance and as a member of the Christian Indie Authors Reading Group and as the current Administrator of Christian Authors Worldwide, I share new book releases, interviews and reviews with my readers. Stay tuned!
May 15, 2016
THE WAYWARD SHEEP: MY JOURNEY TO SALVATION
BOOK REVIEWS LAUNCH
THE WAYWARD SHEEP: MY JOURNEY TO SALVATION
by Peggy Chan.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
GOD IS LOVE
Do you know that God is Love? Aren’t you always taught that?
Well, I didn’t think so, not when I saw how my mum and sisters suffered and He allowed 
them to suffer. Where was His love, mercy and compassion? God had never figured in my life, although I was educated in schools run by Christian missionaries. Now I was forced to confront Him.
I sat helpless, as copious tears flowed down my sister’s cheeks. Her eyes, red and swollen, were pools of bewildered despair.
“Why me? Why me? Why?” she sobbed. I knew she was thinking of her children, who were still in high school. They still needed her. What would happen to them? Who would look after them?
My heart contracted and my tears welled up as I watched her, consumed by her misery and grief.
The doctor had earlier confirmed that she had “the big C.” C for Cancer. She had breast cancer. Cancer, the dreaded disease. It strikes terror in all women, especially breast cancer.
It meant losing one’s crowning glory, becoming bald and ugly. It meant losing one’s breasts and becoming de-womanized. It meant Death was beckoning. Having cancer was a fate too horrible to contemplate, let alone for one to accept it.
I held my sister’s hand, not knowing what to say. Even as my tears rolled down my cheeks, could I in all honesty say, “I wish it were me and not you”? What good would it do, even if it were true?
In fact, I was in dread, too. When would it be my turn? I squeezed her hand in our shared grief, hoping to convey what I had no words for.
My mind was in turmoil, my thoughts churning over and over. Our mother was at home, dying from cancer and lying in a drug-infused stupor.
“Meg, Renee is undergoing emergency surgery. Ovarian cancer, stage four. She may not make it.”
Dear God! God was taking away three mothers in her family, God who is Love. She had to take on God! Consumed with fear and hatred for God, desperate to help Renee who had a young family dependent on her, find out how Meg stands up to God whom she had rejected over and over, because of ancestral worship practiced in her family. Follow her on her journey.
MY REVIEW
With God all things are possible and nothing is impossible with God. Peggy Chan is the perfect example of this as she shares her heartache when many family members around her die of a terminal illness. Peggy shakes her fist at God, asking why? And who would blame her?
Then Peggy attempts to bargain with God and in the process finds HIS love and mercy.
I was moved by this story. The promise is that if you seek God you will find Him and Peggy did. Amen.
Thank you for sharing your story with us Peggy. A story of love and salvation, beautifully told.
AUTHOR BIO
Peggy Chan also known as Peggy Lim, holds an Honors degree in English. She is a happy grandmother who likes reading, traveling, golfing, gardening and creative writing.
She has published English Grammar books to help those who want to learn grammatically correct English: “English Grammar : A Malaysian Student Guide” and “Casey and Penny’s guide to English”, a series of four books. She has also published the “Yes, I can Read” series of well-loved tales retold in simple language for young readers.
She also has blogs in which she shares her thoughts and pictures of places that she has been to.
Where to purchase
FREE download on 15 and 16 May 2016 and after this you can purchase your copy of THE WAYWARD SHEEP: MY JOURNEY TO SALVATION AND GOD’S LOVE at Amazon.
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May 13, 2016
A Miracle in the Making: A Journey of Faith, Hope & Love
A Miracle in the Making: A Journey of Faith, Hope & Love
A Miracle in the Making was written by Patricia Batoba Jones.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
God, where are you?
Have you ever asked, “God, where are you? How could you let this happen to me? How can something good ever come out of this horrible situation?”
These were the questions Patricia Jones asked God during the 133 days her baby spent in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) fighting for her life. The faith Patricia had stood on most of her life would be challenged when she found herself questioning God’s promise, plan, and purpose.
Miracles experienced
In this moving memoir, Jones writes about her family’s search for answers and the miracles they experienced in the midst of the biggest storm of their lives. She learned to walk out her faith – not just quote Biblical verses. This is a story of how faith, hope and love helped one family triumph over pain, and the hidden treasures they discovered during their journey.
Jones reminds us that God can truly work miracles and that the lessons we learn from our most difficult trials can bring us the greatest joy and peace of heart.
MY REVIEW
A story of faith, hope and love. Wonderful story and beautifully told!
A story of faith, hope and love. I read the book in one sitting.
With God all things are possible and nothing is impossible with God. Patricia tells her story beautifully.
What I loved much about Patricia’s journey with her premmie is that she believed God’s truth over and above what appeared to be facts. And she held on to that truth.
Wonderful story and beautifully told!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patricia Batoba Jones moved to the United States at the age of 15 with her family in pursuit of the American dream. She obtained her Master’s degree in social work from Texas A&M University-Commerce. She is a licensed clinical social worker and enjoys helping her clients improve their quality of life.
Patricia is a devout Christian, a wife, mother, therapist, author and speaker. She’s passionate about being transparent and sharing her life lessons with others in the hope of empowering them to live life to the fullest. Patricia lives in McKinney, Texas with her husband and daughter and shares her life’s lessons of faith, hope and love at apurelove.com.
WHERE TO GET YOUR COPY
You can obtain your copy of A Miracle in the Making at Amazon by clicking here.
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Tagged: A Miracle in the making, hope and love, Patricia Batoba Jones.
May 6, 2016
15 of my Best and Favourite Biblical Resources
King James Life Application Study Bible
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
The Brown-Driver-Bridges Hebrew and Eglish Lexikon
Interlinear Greek-English New Testament
Young’s Literal Translation
The Oxford Annotated Apocrypha
Bible Gateway and Bible Hub
E-sword
Mac Software
Franklin Electronics
Nehemia’s wall
Free Scripture Card site
MOSAIC HOUSE
Biblical Foundations Academy
Which Bible to read?
We all have our favourites and below I’ll share mine with you.
I think that any Bible is better than no Bible and the following Bibles are just a guideline and a few of my favourite Bibles and books from my bookshelf as well as links to some of my favourite sites.
Jewish Bible
Jewish Bibles don’t contain the gospels and other books from the New Testament but it is good to remember that the Jewish Bible (re-labeled Old Testament by Christianity) is the authority on the history of the Jewish people and their relationship with GOD. Jesus is of Jewish heritage that is traced all the way back to King David’s lineage. Jesus’ teachings are based on the Jewish Bible and He quotes extensively from the Scripture from the prophets of old.
JPS Hebrew-English
The JPS Hebrew-English Tanakah is an obvious choice because it has the Hebrew verses alongside the English translation.
King James Life Application Study Bible
For beginners, I like the King James version Life Application Study Bible from Tyndale House Publications because it has handy commentary on each page. And even though I don’t necessarily agree with all the commentary, overall for beginners the commentary is helpful to understand events in the context of the history and culture of the Jewish nation.
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
Strong’s Concordance contains a Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary of the Jewish Bible (named Old Testament by Christians) and a Greek Dictionary of the New Testament. It is truly exhaustive because every word and every reference in the King James version is indexed. I like this version because it has slightly larger print.
The Brown-Driver-Bridges Hebrew and English Lexikon.
The Lexikon provides not only dictionary definitions for each word, but it relates to how each word is used in the Old Testament, and it categorises the nuances of meaning for each word.
Interlinear Greek-English New Testament
The Interlinear Greek-English New Testament by Jay P. Green claims to be the only complete interlinear Bible available in English. It is keyed to Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance. It contains the complete Hebrew and Greek texts with a direct English rendering below each word as well as the Literal Translation of the Bible in the outside column. It’s a lot of fun, this one!
Young’s Literal Translation
The Young’s Literal Translation of the Bible is another of my favourites. I really like the language of Young’s Literal because it is a strictly literal translation of the original Hebrew and Greek texts.
Various King James versions
I started off with an authorised 1611 translation of the King James Bible and an original version. At the moment, I use an authorised King James Version copyright 1984 by the Zondervan Corporation.
The Oxford Annotated Apocrypha
I also have in my library the Oxford Annotated Apocrypha. I enjoyed reading the Apocrypha. The word Apocrypha means hidden and generally contains 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, the Rest of Esther, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, (also titled Ecclesiasticus), Barach, The Letter of Jeremiah, Song of the Three Young Men, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, The Additions to Daniel, The Prayer of Manasseh, and 1 and 2 Maccabees which were written by Jewish people between 300 and 100 B.C.
The books accepted as inspired that are included in the Catholic Bible are Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (also known as Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch.
It is my understanding that Jewish people don’t recognise these books as being canonical. I don’t think that Jesus or the apostles ever quoted from the apocryphal books.
Bible Gateway and Biblehub
Bible Gateway.com and Biblehub.com are great for research on the web. With options to look at parallel and linear bibles, listen to sermons, search topics, search the Strong’s, look at the Hebrew words and look words up in the Lexicon.
Sample Various Bible Translations copyright Bible Hub
On both Bible gateway and Biblehub, many of the commercial versions of the Bible can be lined up aside or below each other to see the various translations.
Commentary
Commentary is provided for most Bible verses on both Biblehub and Bible gateway which helps when more background is needed to understand a verse fully.
Audio
Bible gateway provides options to listen to the Bible in various translations.
E Sword
For many years I used the free Bible software eSword and was very happy with this. At some stage I switched to a mac and couldn’t get used to the online mac version of esword. I now have both mac as well as PC and intend to start using eSword again.
Mac software
On and off I use MacSword which is a free & open-source application. It contains many different bible translations in different languages, devotionals, commentaries, dictionaries and lexicons.
Franklin
I own a small electronic device by Franklin which facilitates the finding of Bible verses. Nowadays with the smart phones it should be easy enough to find any Bible reference on a smart phone.
To understand Scripture better
To understand Scripture better we listen to Biblical scholar Nehemia Gordon when he interviews ‘Hebrew Voices.’ Nehemia is a Karaite Jew and what I like about Karaite Judaism or Karaism (also spelt Qaraite Judaism or Qaraism), (/ˈkærə.aɪt/ or /ˈkærə.ɪzəm/; Hebrew: יהדות קראית), is that it means, “Readers of the Hebrew Scriptures.” Kataite Judaism is a Jewish movement characterized by the recognition of the Tanakh alone as its supreme legal authority.
This practice is similar to my belief of Sola Scripture, where God’s Word, and not a religious leader, denomination or church, is considered the authority.
Free Scripture Card Site
In gratitude, I developed www.liveforeverhowto.net which is a free Scripture card website. From this site you can send free Scripture cards to your friends and family.
MOSAIC HOUSE – Scripture Cards for various occasions
At Mimi’s Original Scripture & Inspirational Card House, you can buy hard copies of Scripture Cards. These are the same verses that helped me through medical emergencies and other calamities in my life and brought me hope, comfort, blessings, healing, peace, prosperity, love and joy.
Best option – Learn Hebrew
Our best option to understand GOD’s Word fully is to learn Hebrew and find out for ourself what the prophets of old really said. You can check out Biblical Foundations Academy where Keith Johnson is offering a Biblical Hebrew Audio Course for people who are interested in learning Hebrew.
Above I’ve listed some of the resources that I use when reading Scripture or listening to God’s Word or for research when I write my books.
I’d love to hear about your best and favourite Biblical resources.
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ABOUT SCRIPTURE CARDS – If you want to send free Scripture Cards to your friends click here and you want to buy hard copies of Scripture Cards you can click here. To download a copy of my Story of Survival click here. For a copy of Mimi’s Book Launch Plan, click here.
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Tagged: BEST BIBLICAL RESOURCES, Bible Gateway and Bible Hub, Biblical Foundations Academy, E-sword, Franklin Electronics, Free Scripture Card site, Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, JPS Hebrew-English King James Life Application Study Bible Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible The Brown-Driver-Bridges Hebrew and Eglish Lexikon Interlinear Greek-English New Testament Young, King James Life Application Study Bible, Mac Software, MOSAIC HOUSE, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, The Brown-Driver-Bridges Hebrew and Eglish Lexikon, The Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, Young's Literal Translation
