So Long Insecurity, Group Experience Leader's Guide

So Long Insecurity, Group Experience Leader's Guide By Beth Moore. I read the book that this goes with (So long Insecurity), some time before I received the leadership guide and it is an excellent book! I was very pleased with it! So when the opportunity came up for me to review the leadership guide to this book it was something I jumped on right away! It took some time to be able to use it in a Bible study setting, but we did it! lol. It went over so well! There are so many things that woman think about themselves that just aren't true! Beth more does a great job of walking us through those things and teaching us the biblical truths about ourselves. This guide is easy to follow as well as really easy to use/plan! It is definitely a study you'd want to do with the ladies group at your church! I received so much positive feedback from this book and how insightful Beth Moore is into the lives of woman! I highly recommend people using this book and study guide to do a home group! Definitely won't be disappointed!!


Received book from Tyndale media in exchange for an honest review

The voice new testament

The voice new testament. This is among my favorite Bibles! The gospel's are written in such a way that its more like reading a play than it is reading a book, at first I wasn't fond of this. But after a while it really grew on me. The rest of the new testament is written in "normal" form, but they way they translate the words in this version is so bold and so blunt! I love how things are worded and it is my Bible that I refere to all the time! I have quite a collection of different versions of the Bible and New testaments and this is at the top of those that I prefere to read! This is a great first Bible for the new believer you know, but its also a refreshing translation for those who have been saved for a while! I highly recommend this Bible and can't wait for it to come out in the whole Bible not just the New testament!


New Testament has been provided courtesy of Thomas Nelson and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Thomas Nelson

7 Money Rules for Life: How to Take Control of Your Financial Future

7 Money Rules for Life: How to Take Control of Your Financial Future, by Mary Hunt. In this "how to"  book we hear about Mary's struggle with debt and how she managed to pull herself out from under debt! Its amazing to hear her tell of where she was to where she is now! These are things that most of us should know, but few of us actually remember to use to keep out of debt! The 7 laws are: 1. Spend less than you earn. 2. Save for the future. 3. Give some away. 4. Anticipate your irregular expenses. 5. Tell your money where to go. 6. Manage your credit. 7. Borrow only what you know you can repay. While these seem like such simple things to do, its amazing how so many people just don't know how to follow this nor care to! Debt is such a big issue in today's world, that seems almost impossible to get out from underneath. But Mary does such a great job showing you how you can do it, and is such an encouragement. I handn't expected much from this book as really, who wants to read a book about money? lol. But this is definately a book that people need to read! i had most of these rules down already and have now added the rest! It is such an encouragement to our family and we are excited for the day that we are debt free!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

The Keeper, Stoney Ridge Seasons Series #1

The Keeper, Stoney Ridge Seasons Series #1, by Suzanne Woods Fisher. Julia has planned on marrying Paul for years! She's gone over the plans in her head and is eagerly looking forward to the day where she will marry Paul. But yet again Paul goes to her and postpones the wedding, the bee man has been in town again. He roams around renting out his bee's to farmer to pollinate their crops. For whatever reason the young man look up to him and his free lifestyle! Julia is angry and blames the bee man, Roman, for causing this to happen yet again! But could it be that God has other plans for who she's to marry? Could she help Roman from the past he's running from?

   I love Suzanne Woods Fisher books! She is by far one of my favorite authors! This book is full of joy, suspense, sadness. Its just an amazing book, that I'll read over and over again! Most books, once I read them, get donated to our church library, but Suzanne Woods Fisher's book always find a special place on my own bookshelf. It is just that great of a book! I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

The Emancipation of Robert Sadler

The Emancipation of Robert Sadler: The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave, by Robert Sadler, and Marie Chapian. at 5 years old Robert Sadler faced the grief of not only his mother dying, but also his little sister. With barely enough time to grieve their father remarried. It was not into a loving home and Robert and his two little sister found themselves loaded into the back of their fathers cart and sold to a plantation. they were sold into slavery by their own father. Slavery was supposed to be abolished, but when there is refusal to educate a people, how are they supposed to know its illegal? Further more the abuse and facing death which was ignored by authorities was enough to keep them in bondage. We follow his life from growing up on a plantation and all the torture and horrible things that go with that, to finally escaping and finding a job, going to school and becoming a preacher!

 This is an amazing story! Its hard to believe that some one could have gone through all this! I have to warn though that as amazing of a book this is, there are also portions of it that are horrific and very hard to read. Its hard to believe that people could be this cruel and this horrible to another person just because of the colour of their skin! I was glued to this book and the story of Robert Sadler. It was so encouraging to read of all he did in ministry and how God used him in such powerful ways! His ability to trust God after all the years of being a slave that he endured is nothing less than a miracle! I had never heard of Robert Sadler before I read this book, and now I think its a book that everyone should read. Its a story that must be shared!

 

 

 Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

The Rose of Winslow Street

The Rose of Winslow Street, by Elizabeth Cadmen. Libby and her father return to their summer home to find a Romanian man and his family living in their home. They claim that the house is rightfully theirs and that it was sold illegally to Libby and her father so the house belongs to them! The two families are forced into a legal war to find the rightful owner of the house. In the meantime Libby finds herself drawn to this family and the reasons for their sudden departure from Romania. Compassion fills her and she takes it on herself to not only bring food to the family, but to defend them from the obscene behavior of some in the community. She finds herself falling for the man who stole her house!

 This was an awesome book! I loved it! its a great lesson on compassion and looking past the faults of others! The story kept you wanting more from beginning to end! and had so many surprising twists and turns! Definitely a must read!!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

The Maid of Fairbourne Hall

The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, by Julie Klassen. Margaret Macy is a spoiled girl, who's never had to do anything for herself before. After the death of her father, her mother remarries a less than quality man! When he learns of Margaret's coming inheritance, he insists on his nephew to come and try and court her so that she will marry him and give him a chance at the money! When Margaret learns of his plan of a less than honorable way of trying to force her into marriage, she flee's in fear of what he'll do to her. She finds herself working as a maid at the home of a suitor she once rejected. She tries her best to conceal her identity and prays that no one will recognize her till she can make it to her birthday and her inheritance and have the ability to defend herself.

     I initially wasn't looking forward to reading this book, just because the story just sounded like a story that's been done a million times before. But I'm glad to say I was so pleasantly surprised! It ended up being an excellent book and one that I enjoyed from beginning to end! It showed the struggle of some one who lived a privileged life and the fall into working life, and it did it well! I will be donating this book to our church library so that many more can enjoy it!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

The Captive Heart, The Daughters of Caleb Bender Series #2

The Captive Heart, The Daughters of Caleb Bender Series #2, by Dale Cramer. In this novel we find the continuation of the first Daughters of Caleb Bender story. An Amish family wishing to escape the government forcing their people to conform to their ways makes their way to Mexico to make a new start. Leaving behind friends and family. In this novel we meet some of the new families who have made their way to join the Bender family at the new Colony. There they again encounter the bandits that the area is known for, only this time it results in the death of one family member and the kidnapping of another! Which is a sturggle with an Amish man when you don't believe in any form of violence, how do you protect your family? Not only that, but when Miriam realizes that she's fallen in love with Domingo, she must choose between her family and the man she loves!

  This book was fantastic! I love Amish series books and this one was no disappointment! I remember reading the first book in this series and this is an excellent addition to that first novel. We learn more about the characters we already fell in love with in the first novel. It was suspenseful and kept you glued to the book till the end! This book will definitely find a treasured spot on my book shelf!! A must read!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
Available at your favourite bookseller from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group