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How Do I Know God's Will? (Part 5)

I hope that these posts on knowing God's will have been helpful to you. Here are the links to the first four posts if you've missed one of them:



Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4



Honestly, I've uncovered so much about God's will in my personal study that this series could run on and on. Instead, I will wrap up the series today by answering a few questions.



What does doing God's will require?

In Part 1, we discussed that God reveals His will through His Word. Here are a few general observations ...

Winners, Updates & Blog Award

Let me begin by expressing my heartfelt thanks for all the prayers this week. The Lord must have decided I needed a hiatus from my computer, because I suffered with the worst back spasms I've ever had in my life (which made sitting impossible). But thanks to my medical doc and my chiropractor (and all your awesome prayers) I'm doing MUCH better!



A big THANKS to Casey at Writing For Christ and Molly at Book Reviews by Buuklvr81 for bestowing the XXtraordinary Blogger Award on WordVessel. (If ...

The Problem With Defensiveness

Don't you just hate having to admit when you're wrong? Trust me when I say that for us perfectionistic, Type-A personalities it's doubly hard. A few months ago, I was hurt and angry at someone over a false accusation that was made and it spilled out into a post. Some of the things within the post were hurtful and shouldn't have been written. I've since removed the post and banished it to the back corners of cyber space.



As I contemplated my actions, I realized that they all came back to me f...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Shawna K. Williams (& Book Giveaway!)(& Pearls!)

I I'm always pleased to introduce our fabulous authors here on WordVessel, but today I'm just plain ole bursting-at-the-seams to welcome Shawna K. Williams! (I had the opportunity to meet Shawna in person on a recent trip to see the world's greatest grandson.) Welcome, Shawna! Please tell us about yourself.

I'm pretty ordinary. I'm a mom of three wonderful kids, and I've been married to their dad for 18 and a half yrs. We live on a ranch in Mena, AR, where we raise cattle, horses, goats and ra...

"No Greater Love" by Kathi Macias (Book Giveaway)

I recently reviewed Kathi Macias' books, No Greater Love and More Than Conquerors. You can read my review here.



Kathi has generously offered a giveaway copy for one of you lucky readers. Just leave a comment (with a way for me to contact you if you're the winner) to be entered in the drawing. I'll announce the winner in Saturday's post.



Here's the book information:



No Greater Love   by Kathi Macias (book one in the Extreme Devotion series from New Hope Publishers)



Forbidden romance, an...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Elizabeth Goddard (& Book Giveaway!)

I'm delighted to welcome author Elizabeth Goddard to WordVessel today. Here's her bio:

Elizabeth Goddard is a 7th generation Texans who recently spent five years in beautiful Southern Oregon, which serves as a setting for some of her novels. She is now back in East Texas, living near her family. When she's not writing, she's busy home schooling her four children. Beth is the author of several novels and novellas. She's actively involved in numerous writing organizations including American Ch...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Elizabeth Goddard

I'm delighted to welcome author Elizabeth Goddard to WordVessel today. Here's her bio:

Elizabeth Goddard is a 7th generation Texans who recently spent five years in beautiful Southern Oregon, which serves as a setting for some of her novels. She is now back in East Texas, living near her family. When she's not writing, she's busy home schooling her four children. Beth is the author of several novels and novellas. She's actively involved in numerous writing organizations including American Ch...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Anna Dynowski

I'm delighted to welcome Anna Dynowski to WordVessel today. Here's her bio:



Anna Dynowski, author of seven inspirational romance novels, makes her home in Toronto, Canada, with her husband, Henry, and Misha, the calico cat. Her own "romance novel" began with meeting her "hero" through the personal ads, became engaged to him six weeks after that, and married him three months later. And that was twenty-five years ago. Being an incurable romantic, she writes what's in heart: love; and what's in...

How Do I Know God's Will? - Part 4

I'm greatly enjoying our Bible study on knowing God's will, and hope you are, too. If you're just now coming in on the series and want to see what all we've studied so far, you can read the first three posts here:



Part 1

Part 2

Part 3



Here's more of what I'm learning as I study God's will:



Doing God's will won't always be pleasant or what we want to do.

Going a little farther, He fell with His face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet...

Winners & Updates

Before we get started, let me tell you about an awesome Mother's Day book giveaway my friend Molly has going on over at her blog Book Reviews by Buuklvr81. Five great Christian reads! Contest ends at 11:59 EST on Sunday, May 9th. Check it out! 



UPDATES AND GIVEAWAYS



On the trip back home from the hometown book signing, we stopped in Dallas to eat supper with son, Jase. Jase is an awesome guitarist, singer and songwriter, and also works at the Apple Store. We arrived before he was off the c...