In Growing SlowBible Study, Jennifer Dukes Lee follows mainly along with her book Growing Slow. It isn’t required but it’s helpful. The book is divided into six sessions of the growing season: cultivate, plant, grow, harvest, celebrate, and heal. It also explored a key Bible verse, my land, your land, the holy land, un-hurry your heart, and a prayer. Throughout the book, she will look at how to slow down, laying down your burdens, growing into the areas you need to grow into, and finding the value of what is already growing, and healing. In the book, she explained how she was a rock picker for her first job. She was amazed by how there would be new rocks every single year. They were there hiding under the surface all along and she explained how winter helped to heal the land. The reason why they looked for and picked up rocks was to not harm the farm equipment. She used this story to explain how she had her own buried stones in her life from hurtful words, beliefs of not being good enough, secret fears, and past sins. She revealed how important it is to remember the stones and to seek true freedom. She also explored 1 Samuel 7 and how Samuel chose to remember the stones and how God performed goodness towards the Israelites. She looked at the year of Jubilee and how that fits into healing the land and healing us. She also included a cutout or a printable version of a stone where they can write down some of their stones and throw them away.
I would recommend this incredible Bible study to anyone who is ready to enjoy their life and they are wanting to grow deeper. I liked how transparent she was in sharing examples from her own life about how she was able to unclutter her heart and to slow down. My favorite lessons in the book were about healing and letting God assist you in releasing the stones that are weighting us down in life. There is freedom that is available if only we will go through the process. I also liked how she included special free videos and a leader’s guide to provide readers with the extra tools that they may benefit from. I haven’t read her original book and after this study it does seem to be like a book I will have to check out.
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In Combat Prayers to Crush the Enemy, John Ramirez has written a new handbook about taking our authority over the enemy. He wants believers to be armed and ready to handle the attacks of satan. This book enclosed militant prayers to guide believers into praying them out loud against the schemes of the enemy. There is a total of 12 parts in the book. They range from making peace with God, dressing for battle, kicking fear to the curb, standing in authority, opening your spiritual eyes, release the thunder of God, loose God’s blessings over your life, and much more. The scriptures verses included topics from the different battle gear required to prepare for the fight, breaking down scriptural attacks, and protecting our young people.
I would recommend this wonderful book to anyone who is ready to stand in their authority in Christ. I immensely enjoyed how he included countless scripture verses and prayers meant to be prayed out loud against the enemy. The prayers are short and easy to read and they have scripture listed below them to reenforce the message of the prayer. One of my favorite topics was kicking fear to the curb. I enjoyed how he spoke over our lives about binding the demonic powers over our minds and rejecting every evil report that is trying to destroy our lives. The book will teach readers to become warriors and to take their proper position in Christ. I liked how he also included a journaling section.
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A Flood of Kindness is a story about how the river in the town decided to jump its bank and changed the town. There was a massive flood and the rain wouldn’t stop. They had to be rescued by a boat and they were transported to a shelter. The book described what she saw and how there was no room. A girl with a book waved at her and she didn’t wave back. They had to eat a peanut butter sandwich and she wasn’t used to that. She also only had her teddy left. A few days later, the water went down and they were able to go home. But they couldn’t live there so they had to travel back to the shelter. She explained how she saw people helping one another on the way back to the shelter. The girl with the book walked over to her and gave her a book and told her it was time for her to pass it on. Later, she saw a small boy all alone under a tree and he was upset because he lost all of his toys. He explained to her how he had a teddy bear like hers. She then remembered that she borrowed socks when she had wet ones, and how she borrowed a book. Then she handed the boy her own teddy bear and told him he could have him and it was time to pass him on. The boy smiled at her and she smiled too. The flood of kindness spread throughout the whole town and the book explained how we can also be a blessing to one another.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is looking for a story about something negative happening and then finding the positive in the event. I immensely enjoyed the message of this book. It was more a darker tale at first, but if you went through a weather-related event and you needed to explain it to your children, this book would be a wonderful resource to use. The author also experienced three times in her own life flooding of her own. I liked how she added kindness to the story and was trying to teach our children how to have empathy.
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In Dream Big, My Precious One is a book about dreaming big and providing hope to our children to keep striving and following their dreams. The book begins by a parent holding a children close to them on the beach describing all the things they could become. Some of these dreams could include, climbing a mountain to hike, playing ball, biking, playing guitar, kicking a ball, painting, dancing, building, becoming a doctor, nurse, a preacher, counselor, vet, serving others, opening up a store, and much more. The book also explained how God gave us these dreams since before we were born. They also revealed how dreams don’t happen overnight, how we have to keep fighting for it, training, running your race, and even when you fail short. They also reminded our children that our dreams aren’t just for us they are for other people’s benefits too and we might help change their lives. The book teaches our children to keep dreaming and to never settle and to trust God along the way.
I would recommend this amazing children’s book to anyone who is wanting to encourage and inspire their children to dream. This book has the potential to teach our children that they are dream big. I liked how they included anything from nurses to preachers to being a guitar player. There was a wide vast scope of dreams, professions, and callings that our children can go after their God given dreams and talents. I also liked how they included a scripture verse at end of the book where our children can begin to learn one verse. I really enjoyed the message this book included about dreaming big and inspiring our children. These illustrations included in this book were beautiful and eye appealing to our children.
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Hello from Here is a brand-new children’s book about all the fun ways you can say hello. Some of these included, calling you on the phone, explaining what you see while you are walking, sending a letter by mail, drawing you a picture, writing a message up in the sky, putting a note on a dolphin at the sea, putting a flag on the moon, and much more. This book is all about connecting with others from a distance. The book itself is enclosed in a hardboard and it would make it more difficult for children to rip or tear the pages.
I would recommend this awesome children’s book to anyone who is looking for a new book that will inspire children to connect with friends and family during the pandemic and even after it. I liked how the book included many ways on connecting and building relationships when not in person. These included writing a letter, making food, sending a dinosaur over to kiss you, blowing giant bubbles, and yelling from a mountain about how much you love them. There is ton of special fun ways that our children could tell someone that they love them and they care for them. The book helps build their imagination. I also enjoyed the illustrations and the small attention to details that kids can look for special objects and connect with their kid.
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Gary Levox of Rascal Flatts has recently released his debut Christian EP entitled, One on One. The EP consists of 5 songs featuring some surprising all-star duets, including Mercy Me, Jonathan McReynolds, his own daughter, Brittany Levox, and Breland. This is also the very first-time fans have ever heard Brittany Levox on a song with her dad.
The album begins with a song entitled, “A Little Love” featuring MercyMe. This one discussed walking with the weight of the world and the problems that are going on currently and feeling weighted down. This song reminded listeners to share the love and notice the people around being a friend and a blessing to them. It described how with love and it can add a smile to someone’s face. In the bridge, it stated how love is patient, kind, gracious, divine, and how the world is going to know us by our love for one another. MercyMe adds a flavor to the song and the vocals behind both singers will add the power to help this song to become a hit.
The second song on the album is called, “Never Forget” with Jonathan McReynolds. This song is explaining the love of Christ and it reminds us of how we felt the first time we come to know a Savior. This song is a declaration on not forgetting on what Jesus has done for us. This song is a Gospel type song and I could hear this being sung in church.
The third song is entitled, “While I Wait, featuring Brittany Levox. This is song about being broken and living with fear they we can’t get rid of. This song declared that we will still praise God even while we wait on our healing, until there is no more pain, our tears dries and hearts unbreaks. One of the powerful lyrics is the one that every enemy surrounding us has to bow down to Him. This is the first time I have ever heard Brittany perform with her father and their voices song amazing together.
The four song is entitled, “All I See” with Breland. This is a song about running with the wrong crowd and how they were running from Christ. It described being selfish and focusing only on ourselves. It’s a song about focusing on the world, cars, phones, homes, and bars. This is a song about giving it all back to God and redirecting our eyes back to Him.
The five song is a song called, “The Distance” just featuring Gary Levox. This is also the first single released to radio. This song explained how there is beauty in the struggles of life and how there is grace given to us in sin. This song reminded listeners that the only true hope is found on the cross. The enemy may be telling us to quit and give up. The song stated to listeners to go the distance and inspired us to believe we can make it up the mountain, live bold and fearless, finish the race, and to trade in our doubts.
I would recommend this awesome EP album to anyone who is a Rascal Flatts fan or they are a Christian music fan. I have always enjoyed Gary’s voice in the country music band. I became a Rascal Flatts fan when they release the song, “These Days” and have been a fan ever since. As fans know, Rascal Flatts have decided to retire and disband in 2020 after 21 years together. There was also supposed to be a farewell tour that was cancelled because of COVID-19. I was excited to see how Gary would do in the Christian music field. He has previously done a few Christian songs with Natalie Grant, Jason Crabb, Steven Curtis Chapmen, and Tauren Wells (Christian recording artist and worship leader of Lakewood, Joel Osteen’s church) before deciding to pursue Christian music. Some of my top two favorite songs on the EP would be The Distance and A Little Love. I think these two both have the potential to become top radio hits. I immensely liked how the album all included positive music to encourage listeners in their walk with Jesus and it will help them refocus their lives on Jesus.
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When asked about the role God has played in his musical journey, LeVox said, “I feel like God graced us with a platform where we can not only touch people’s lives through music, but by being men of God offstage too,” explained LeVox. “At those times when we are with fans that are going through something like cancer, it is so wonderful to not only sing for them but to hold their hand and pray with them. I want them to know that they have a friend in me. I’m not just some guy on the stage. I feel like Christ has put me in this position because He knew I could handle the obligation, which often means taking the time to lift someone up in prayer.”
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● Gary LeVox bio: LINK
● Gary LeVox boiler plate: LINK
● One On One track-by-track: LINK
● Gary LeVox website: LINK
● Press Releases: Rascal Flatts website, Music Rowwebsite
Disclosure: Many thanks to Capitol Christian Music Group for providing this product/product information for review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
In Bamboozled by Jesus, Yvonne Orji tells the story of how her life and how God bamboozled her into living out her dreams. She revealed how she became a comedian and an actress on HBO’s show, Insecure. She stated how this book is a “Get Yours” book and not a self-help book. In the book she covered 25 lessons and divided into 5 sections, “The Burden, Building, Breakthrough, and Blessing”. She uses humor and personal stories to convey the secrets to living out your dreams. She begins the book by sharing how in the beginning how she was conceived. Her parents already had three sons and they were done having kids. But then God had other plans. She jokes about how she was born holding her mother’s IUD in her hands. She explained how this was her experience with being bamboozled by Jesus. She also refers to how God is like a Sovereign Trickster sometimes acting like Ashton Kutcher in Punk’d.
She revealed the do’s and don’t of getting bamboozled. One of the first rules was don’t check the fine print. She joked about how many people don’t read the two thousand pages on Apple’s terms and conditions before agree to them. She explained how that much attention to detail doesn’t help anybody. She then goes on to explain how she come to know Jesus and how many of us don’t read the fine print when we choose to follow Jesus or if we did some of us might jump the ship. She tells the story about how she was on the way to the club in her college days with her friend. But her friend wanted to go to the church before they hit up the club. She had also planned to wait until she turned 18 years old to lose her virginity and this was based on fear and not because of her faith. She was three months away and had already planned how she was going to lost it. God reached her and changed her mind and she decided to save it for marriage and at 37 years old she is still waiting. She was able to surrender her life to Jesus and be changed. She also looked at Joseph and retold the story in a modern twist and how he was bamboozled by Jesus.
I would recommend this awesome humous book to anyone who is needing a good laugh. I also liked how she told the Biblical story in current times in order to provide some new insights and to also help readers to see the stories in a fresh preceptive. I enjoyed how funny she was and how added humor to her own life story. I loved how she related her lessons back to scriptures and teaching of Jesus. One of my favorite chapters was the one on how our haters will be our elevators. I liked how she shared how she overcame her own haters and what God has declared over our lives about how our enemies will be our footstools. I also liked the bamboozled beliefs special section in the back of the book to provide readers with a morning mantra to encourage them to keep chasing their dreams.
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In Has God Failed You, Michael L. Brown explored the difficult topics of where is God in our pain and struggles in life and does, He truly care about us. In this book, he looked at faith and how to deal with our doubts and how you can have a fresh encounter with God. He begins the book by revealing how Generational Z is identifying more as atheists and this is affecting our world. He decided to write this book directly to the readers who are hurting and they are wondering how they will regain their faith. He shared how he grew up in a Jewish home. He revealed how he became a rock drummer in his teens and he experimented with heavy drugs. A few years later, he had two of his best friends who became Christians. He attended their church and eventually became born again. He shared how he earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. He also opened up about his own struggles with doubt and how he still believes in the power of God. In the book, he looked at the topic of what if there isn’t a God. He explained that if there isn’t a God, then that also means no afterlife. He also looked at prayer and does it work and he looked at why God might not answer it right away or in the way that we think He should.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is questioning their faith and they have doubts they are wanting answered. I immensely liked how Michael wasn’t afraid to deal with the difficult topics and he looked at prayers not being answered, people having to experience pain, what if there isn’t a God, and is the Bible an outdate resource. One of my favorite chapters was the two on is the Bible outdated and bigoted book. These two chapters explored how the Bible included violence, slavery, and other difficult subjects. I also liked how he wasn’t afraid to discuss male and females and gender identity issues. He explained how we were designed to reproduce. He explained how it isn’t a hatred of gays but how everyone can experience the love of Christ. I also liked how he looked at the story of Job and how we can apply it to our lives.
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In Reignite, Jack Graham has written a new book about rediscovering the passion and faith and finding joy again. He begins the book by opening up about the year 2009 and how his life was changed forever. He had a checkup with his doctor. They ran some tests and found out his PSA numbers were increasing and they have been for four years. They found out he has prostate cancer. In a few weeks, he was supposed to be celebrating 20 years as a senior pastor at Prestonwood. He shared in the book how he endured anxiety and battled depression. He revealed to readers what he experienced and how he dealt with all the signs of depression. He described how he emerged from his pit and included some of the steps he did to get free. He explained how time, touch, and thanksgiving, and therapy greatly changed his life. He also shared how reading scriptures, meditating, praying over God’s Word, and proclaiming God’s Word helped to redirect his life. He reread the story of Jonah, Moses, David, Paul, and Elijah and how they dealt with anxiety. He shared how he has seen marriages restored, addicts break their addictions, prisoners accept forgiveness, the sick healed, and much more by reading, listening to scriptures, and proclaiming them over your life. Throughout the book, readers will learn about the fundamental of our faith, exchanging doubt, discontentment, distress, and following God.
I would recommend this incredible book to anyone who is ready to reignite their faith and they want to get their passion back for God and His Word. I liked how open and transparent Jack was in sharing with readers about his life. I connected with how he included his battle with depression and anxiety and how he overcame it. He included many tips and suggestions on how he handled his experience. I immensely liked how he enclosed countless scriptures to encourage readers in their journey to rediscover their passion and faith. One of my favorite areas of the book, he looked at was how satan uses three ways to trap us and these included: distraction, deception, or compromise. I deeply liked how he taught readers about spiritual warfare and how we can live in victory.
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In Peaceful on Purpose, Joel Osteen has written a brand-new book on assisting readers in dealing with conflict and how to live in peace, no matter what you may face. He begins the book by explaining how we can live in a mindset of all is well. Even when we are faced with difficult challenges, sickness, business failures, friend betrays us, handling the after effects of the pandemic, marriage struggles, and any other challenges. Joel explained how we can learn to replace our worries with all is well and how this is showing us how to place our trust in God. He looked at the story of the three Hebrew teenagers, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and how they were able to be thrown in to the fiery furnace because they refused to worship and bow down to a golden idol. They could have decided to complain and feel sorry for themselves. Instead, they believed that God will deliver them and protect them. When the king looked into the fiery furnace, he saw four men walking around unharmed. This is when the king realized one of the four men was the Son of God. Joel reminded readers that even though they were walking around and doing the right thing and following God. They still faced opposition and challenges.
He also opened up about how in his own life how he handled his father dying from a heart attack. He shared how he didn’t know how the church would go on and what all would happen. Joel learned this principle and how he had to believe in faith and remember that God is in control. He shared how you can turn negative thoughts around and to not focus on the what ifs in life.
I would recommend this awesome to anyone who is ready to live in peace and to handle difficult challenges that we will face in life. I immensely loved the hopeful attitude that Joel has and how he trained himself with God’s help in living a positive lifestyle. One of my favorite things, he taught was how to carry your spare tire in life. He used this teaching to remind readers to always carry their spare tire and be prepared in life. Many of us carry one of our cars but we fail to be ready to deal with the challenges that life throws at us. Joel shared how we need to make a provision in case things don’t go our way. He explained how we need to make important decisions ahead of time that we won’t get offended, get upset, and get sour. He shared how we can remain in peace and keep moving forward. I also liked how he stressed the criticalness of being in control of our own happiness and not to focus on being responsible for others and their happiness. I believe in readers would follow the principles found in this book, it would help them to live in peace and to live their life to the fullest.
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In Bible Promises & Prayers for Children, Bill and Beni Johnson has written a brand new 31 days devotional that will assist us in praying with our children. They begin the book by sharing how each child is a treasure. Each day included a short message, scriptures to medicate on, a prayer, and an activity to complete with your children. Some of the topics included, “training up a child, prophesy their destiny, nothing is impossible, born with significance, hearing God’s voice, choosing joy, great courage, a lifestyle of forgiveness, bound to hope”, and much more. They shared how to hear from God and to listen to His guidance on the destiny He has for each of our children. They opened up about Zechariah and how he began to prophesy over his own son when he was only 8 days old. They looked at other scriptures that discussed spiritual gifts. They also looked how we need to plant the seeds in our children lives and God will guide them throughout their journey.
I would recommend this awesome book to any parents where they can read it along with their children. This book is an incredible resource for parents and this will assist in partnering with God. I immensely loved how the book contained countless wisdom on imparting the promises of God into their lives. I enjoyed how each devotional was inspirational and will greatly benefit our children and their future generations. One of my favorite topics, they discussed was the importance of courage and how one of our biggest fears is the fear of man. They shared how we can have confidence and how we need to only fear God and not man. I also liked how they included a prayer, scriptures to ponder on, and a special activity. Some of these activities included: having a dance party, brainstorming what you are thankful for, ways to be generosity to others, and write down what areas you have been blessed and experienced God’s goodness as a family and place them in a jar.
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In Declarations for Breakthrough, Jane Hamon explored the topic of speaking an declaring the Word of God over your life. She explained the incredible power of God speaking and how one word can change your family, health, finances, atmosphere, nation, and cause heaven to come to earth. Throughout the book, she went into detail about the Old Testament examples that displayed the power of words. Some of these included, “creation, tower of Babel, the burning bush, plagues in Egypt, Balaam’s donkey, walls of Jericho, and sun standing still”. She shared how we need to focus on our thoughts and how we need to open up our mouths and declare what God says. She described what a decree is and how some books contained them. She looked at how God spoke the world into existence and how Jesus also revealed the decrees in His teachings. She begins the book by sharing the decree of the abundance of rain and God called her to declare it in one of the cities that she was going to be speaking at. She explained how God answered that response and the joy that was released in the community.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to receive the power of God’s written Word and to speak His promises out loud over our life and our circumstances. I immensely loved the declarations she included at the end of each chapter to encourage readers to speak it out loud to get in alignment with God and His Word. I also liked how she include in the last chapter for breakthrough different areas where we can declare over our lives such as, “spiritual warfare, protection, blessings and prosperity, health and healing, peace, family, nation”, and much more. I also connected with the different stories she shared about her own life and in the lives of others about how they declared the Word of God over their life and how it changed things. I liked how she guided readers into speaking the right words, decreeing, activating the anointing, and agreeing with God.
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In Kingdom Men Rising, Tony Evans has written a brand-new book about men stepping up to become effective leaders in all areas of your life. In the book, he explored the game of checkers and how each piece was created to become a king. He shared how men are supposed to receive their crowns and they were created to be the foundation under the authority of God. He begins the book by opening up about a major challenged he faced in 2019. He shared how they discovered the return of his wife’s, Lois cancer. They all were together as a family because he was also receiving an award that very night for the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame award. Lois explained to her family that this was spiritual warfare. She shared how over a year and half that they lost six family members. She stated that they needed to all be prepared to fight. He eventually lost his wife near New Year’s Eve to cancer. He explained how the devil was more than likely saying, “oh crap, he’s up”. He was supposed to peach the next night at his New Year Eve service and the enemy tried to knock him don’t where he wouldn’t preach. He reexplained what a kingdom man definition is and how we need to submit to God and have a relationship with Him and follow Him in all the areas of our lives.
He reminded readers that we are all chosen for greatness and how we all have a purpose for our lives. He looked at Abraham and his story and how God promised were spoken to him and to his seed. The scriptures also revealed how if we are in Christ, we are all Abraham’s seed. Tony encouraged reader to own this promise and we can have greatness and influence. He went into great detail about how we need to as men to show up, be present, and to stay consistent and how this will assist us in leading behind a legacy. There is countless wisdom found throughout the pages on personal growth and becoming a kingdom man.
I would recommend this life changing book to every single man and they are ready to rise up and become the man that God has called them to be. This book contained vast knowledge about how we can grow into greatness and leave a legacy behind. I immensely loved how transparent Tony was and how he shared countless stories about his own life and experiences of becoming a kingdom man. I liked how he looked at spiritual warfare and how we can overcome the attacks. Along the way, we can also grow closer to Christ. This book has the potential to assist men in rising up and becoming active in their roles and to become the leaders and step into their God given purpose in their lives.
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