The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible, Personal Size Imitation Leather by Tara-Leigh Cobble Book Review

In The Bible Recap, a one-year guide, Tara-Leigh Cobble is a wonderful guide to help readers to go through the entire Bible within a year. She begins by sharing how she struggled with reading the Bible. She felt reading the Bible was challenging and sometimes she had a lack of desire. She realized that she was making three mistakes. She was seeking the Bible for her own personal reasons to feel like she was doing good and following proper morals. She shared how was kept looking over the same passages again and again and would discard the rest. She described it as jumping in a movie and seeing only five minutes of it. It’s impossible to truly comprehend everything. She decided to read the entire Bible chronologically and to see the Bible in the full context to better understand it. She will take readers through the scriptures as they happened. She explained how she would read the Bible and start to ask questions such as, “what does the Bible say about the passage, what does God reveal, what he hates, what attributes are displayed”, just to name a few. Her approach to the Bible is she wanted to focus more on the character of God. This is where she got the idea to include a God’s Shot session on each day to make it easier for us to see more of who God is. Readers are meant to read the scriptures first, then to read the summary and highlights of what the verses were about. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book written to guide readers through the whole Bible. I immensely enjoyed reading the summary and highlights of the passages and how she went in order chronically and not just the chronically order of the Bible chapters. It helped to see the whole picture of what the Bible is all about. I liked how she enclosed the God’s Shot and I thought these really helped to understand more of God’s character. Some of these included how God is making us righteous, how He is faithful, sovereign, goodness, and much more. I liked how they put a blue ribbon in the book to make it easier to read and bookmark your spot. This is an incredible resource to use to study the Bible and gain more knowledge about who God is and His character. I have ready and use some of the other resources in this series and she does a great job at making the Bible simpler to read. 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Recap-One-Year-Understanding-Imitation/dp/0764241915

Pursuing God’s Presence: A Practical Guide to Daily Renewal and Joy by Roger Helland Book Review

In Pursuing God’s Presence, Roger Helland explored God’s Holy presence and how we can all live it out where we go. He described kavod as, being heavily honor majesty, power, presence, and glory of God. He discussed Eden and went all the way to the path of Eternity and how God’s presence can be found throughout the entire journey. He looked at Holiness and how important it is to watch what we listen to, watch, and relate with. We must also be careful into falling into sexual immorality and also avoid angry and malice against others. He explored prayer and talk to God, listen to him, and engage in distinctive varies prayer postures. 

 

 

 

 

In the book, he revealed how he grew up as a pagan. His mother was a waitress and she had been divorced three times. His step-father was a realtor and he felt like he was fatherless. He grew up in a non-Christian home and he lived how he wanted to until he was about 18 years old. Everything changed when he was back home from the Army boot camp. He met his high school friend who had recently had become a Jesus Freak. His friend explained to him the meaning of Jesus Christ and led him into salvation. He was on LSD at the time. He felt this dramatic shift happening inside of him and he prayed that if Jesus is real that he wanted to believe. After that he began to read the Bible while in the Army. He shared how he was finally convicted when he was trying to witness to someone while holding up a beer. He explained how he needed to get this story straight and this woke up Roger into dealing with hypocrisy. He explained how he went to Bible college and became a pastor. 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters was about creating a home-based Bethel, which means house of God. It is meant to be a holy habitation where God dwells. He explained how we are supposed to have Christ at the center of our house. We shouldn’t place our children above God or anything else. We need to model our home in a house of prayer and invite God’s presence to dwell freely in our home. He also shared how we are commanded to love our wives as Christ loved the Church. He discussed how we must be careful if we have overly sensitive children and not drive our children into discouragement by being overly disciple. He opened up about prayer and how we should pray for them daily and teach them about the power of prayer and blessing them. He looked at the topic of peace and designing a home that showcases harmony. 

 

 

 

 

I would recommend this astonishing book to anyone who is ready to live in God’s holy presence and His Glory, also known as kovod. I greatly enjoyed reading about different ways in which you can have holiness in your home and creating a house where God’s presence can be seen daily. I loved the tips and how he enclosed ways in which we can have a Bethel type home. I really enjoyed the topic of blessings and how we can bless our children by using touch and using our words to shape and influence their lives for the better. I also liked the topic of basketing in the presence of God at work. We can dedicate our workplace as a sanctuary and we can seek prayer, listen to scriptures on the way to work or at work if allowed, and view our workplaces as a place to mask in God’s Holy presence. This book was very refreshing in understanding more of the Holy Spirit and living a Christ centered life. 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Pursuing-Gods-Presence-Practical-Renewal/dp/0800763270/

Seven Secrets of the Spirit-Filled Life: Daily Renewal, Purpose and Joy When You Partner with the Holy Spirit by Jack Levison Book Review

In Seven Secrets of the Spirit-Filled Life, Jack Levison is a short devotional type book covering the topics on developing a deeper relationship with Christ. The book is divided into 49 chapters because the Jewish feast of Pentecost occurs 50 days after the Passover. Readers can choose to complete the book in 49 days or even better read a chapter a week and ponder the message and practice it all week long. Some of the book’s secrets included, “anticipate infinitely more, saturate yourself with scripture, commit to community, leave a spiritual legacy”, just to name a few. 

 

 

 

He begins the book by sharing a story of how he attended college at Wheaton. The professor wrote something in Greek and asked the class what it mean. He wrote Philippians 4:13 on the board and asked the class if this would allow them not to study for tests and still pass. He stated how we can however obtain the power to face whatever we go through in life. He explained how this led him to crave to want to be filled with more of the spirit.

 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters was on the topic of staying together and this discussed how we are called be in unity. He shared how it has been said before that it takes two to get married and only one to deiced to get divorced. This day explained how we are all God’s temple and we God’s spirit lives inside of you. Paul stated how if anyone was to destroy God’s temple, then He would destroy them. There are divisions within the church and he warns us on causing divisions to occur. We can in turn suffer the consequences and be destroyed. He also clarified how the Corinthians caused divisions by arguing over who is the better leader: Paul, Peter, Apollos, or Christ, who had the best spiritual gift, and who was the most spiritual. We can instead follow a spirit fill life and all remain in the same temple. This day encouraged believers to reach out to others who are different from us whether it be a different belief in God or has a different point of view. We can provide them with an encouraging word or just show them the love that we have inside of us. 

 

 

 

I would recommend his awesome devotional type book to anyone who is ready to learn more about how to live a more spirit filled life and we can understand more about the Holy Spirit. I immensely loved the idea of reading the book a chapter a week. I think it would help the topics to get more inside your spirit by breaking it down and studying it for a week and maybe even rereading the same chapters again for the whole week. The chapters are super short and easy to read along with. I liked how each day contained a lesson on living it out and completing an activity and a short prayer. This would be a wonderful book to use as a daily study and help you to renew and feel fresh masking in the Word of God daily. 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Secrets-Spirit-Filled-Life-Renewal/dp/0800762703

A Song and A Prayer: 30 Devotions Inspired by My Favorite Songs by Loretta Lynn and Kim McLean Book Review

 

A Song and A Prayer is a 30-day devotional featuring insights from Country superstar, Loretta Lynn. She wrote it alongside, Kim McLean who is a pastor and a songwriter and even wrote some songs with Loretta. The book was finished right before she passed away. Each day include a short devotional, a Bible verse, a prayer, and a song lyric. 

 

 

 

She begins the first devotional by sharing how everyone is so busy now and they are constantly worrying about things they can’t control. She explained how it all comes down to the deep truth that everyone wants to be loved and to feel safe and important. She compared it to like a dog chasing its tail and how we all are looking for love in all the wrong places. She stated how we need to focus on doing things because of live is worth living and the only important reason is to with it daily with God. She explored Matthews 6:28-29 and how the lilies of the field are just soaking in the sunshine and rain and letting God take care of them. She revealed how critical it is to pray and this is the way we can listen to God. She explained how we don’t all need to strive to be special. We are all already special in His eyes. We can all have a song and a prayer. 

 

 

One of my favorite ones was the one that was based on her song, “You’re Lookin’ at Country”. This discussed how King David danced and how he was probably judged and viewed different but he didn’t care. He was dancing because he had the joy of the Lord. He was very real and he wasn’t fake. She compared him to a country boy. He would watch over sheep and protected them from other animals. She shared how everyone is one of a kind and everyone should be themselves. We don’t need to live our lives wondering and worrying about what others think of us. 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing devotional to anyone who is a Country music fan and they grew up listening to her music. I have always enjoyed the friendly personality and the country fire she has always had in performing her song. It was interesting to hear more from her heart and learning about her faith and what she has learned over the years. I loved how they mixed in her more positive message in her songs into the devotionals. Her book is a shining light in a world that desperately needs some positivity and hope in Christ. In reading the book, he can feel the wisdom coming off the pages in anticipation of bettering others and leading them to Christ. I felt like this book was one last dramatic reminder to fans about how Jesus loves them and wants them to go into the everlasting with Him. 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Song-Prayer-Devotions-Inspired-Favorite/dp/1546004211

Stuff I'd Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery by Jennifer Dukes Lee Book Review

 

In Stuff I’d Only Tell God, Jennifer Dukes Lee has designed a brand-new journal to help readers to have an open conversation with God. She referred to this book as our own personal little confession booth. She encouraged readers to be honest and compassion in going through the journaling process. It is designed to help us to discover our people, your past, present, and future, secrets, dreams, and much more. She also stated how readers could destroy the book later on if they choose to do so after they are finished with it. The book included charts, blank spaces to answer the questions, games such as happiness bingo, drawing where your scars on your body are, soundtrack of our lives, waves of nostalgia, if I were a Psalmist, facing your fear, dear younger me, and much more. 

 

 

I immensely loved the vast different writing activities that are included in the book. Some of my favorite was writing a letter to your younger self and this reminded me of the same idea that is showcased in Brad Paisley’s Letter to Me and Younger Me by Brothers Osborne. I think we will all realized that we have grew as a person and hopeful have grown in wisdom. I also liked how she encourage readers to explore the holes that have postmarked our life and some we have fell into. We can also eagerly hope for the seeds and the garden that have grown. I liked the idea of the genogram and exploring your family tree and looking at what behaviors, habits, and personalities that each family member deal with. I liked how she encouraged readers to write down what hurtful words have been spoken over their lives and how we can counteract them with affirmations to heal the deep wounds.  

 

 

I would recommend this astonishing journal that is filled with fun activities to do while you spend time with God to anyone who is seeking a journal that is Christian focused. This is a wonderful took to use in our self-discovery journey. I really enjoyed how there was all different types of fun activities for readers to do and everyday was distinctive to assist us in becoming more honest with the real you. The journal enclosed difficult questions that sometimes readers would need to ponder and deal with their past, present, and dreams about the future. This journal will take readers on a refreshing journey and help you to grow close to Christ. 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Only-Tell-Truth-Telling-Self-Discovery/dp/0764241672

Disobedient God: Trusting a God Who Goes Off-Script by Albert Tate Book Review

 

In Disobedient God, Albert Tate explored how we can learn, manage, and address the areas in which we feel ignored and frustrated by God. A great deal of us has the expectation that if we do everything right then God will allow everything, we go through in life to go right. When life doesn’t go as planned, we start to believe that God is being disobedient towards us. He shared how strong faith comes from being rejected, facing loses, struggling with doubt, and going through painful events. He explained how the children of Israel replaced God and chose to worship a golden idol instead. They kept on waiting and waiting for Moses to return from the mountain and they felt that God was taking too long and he was being disobedient. They reverted back to what they knew and forgot about all the times and the ways in which God provided for and protected them. Albert asked readers what golden calves do they have lying around. He indicated how our idol could be food, alcohol, money, and whatever else you replace God with. 

 

 

He revealed how his secret idol was revealed while they were watching Oprah and his wife asked him if he struggled with pornography. He finally confessed his struggle to her and how he believed that marriage would fix the problem and it didn’t. He explained how he learned how he was really longing for God and intimacy. He looked at how we are all made to worship something and we get to choose what that is. 

 

 

 

One of my most favorite stories was about Lisa and how she was one of their former youth group students. She confessed how was date raped by several men and would go from relationship to relationship. She would also meet men in bars and engaged in sexual relationships. She clarified how she faced guilt and shame. He encouraged her to state the number on how many people she has slept with. He then proceeded to tell her 316 and used this number to reference the scripture verse on how God loved her and how if we would believe in Him and we can have everlasting life. He powerfully explained how this number is the only number that needs to define her. I loved this prevailing example and how many people will be able to contact to this story and how we need to let John 3:16 to redefine our life and we don’t need to live with shame or guilt over our past sins. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is wanting assistance in learning to deal with disappointment and they have been misunderstanding a disobedient God. We could be trying to replace God, trying to run away from Him, and trying to perform for Him to get Him to notice us. All of these can aid us in reaching for Jesus. This book was very inspirational and will help readers to trust God and to learn to handle their longings. I seriously loved how he went into detail about Jonah’s life and how he ran from God. He stated to readers how we can’t outrun God’s presence and we are wasting our efforts when we try to. I also appreciated how he opened up about his own stories of being bullied and how he ran from them emotionally and didn’t ever deal with the events until he was in his 40’s. I really enjoyed reading about his stories and thought he did an excellent job in tying in Biblical stories into the lessons. 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Disobedient-God-Trusting-Goes-Off-Script/dp/1546000569

Where the Waves Turn Back: A Forty-Day Pilgrimage Along the California Coast by Tyson Motsenbocker Book Review

 

In Where the Waves Turn Back, Tyson Motsenbocker recalled his journey and what led to his great walk. He is a singer/songwriter who has released a few albums. He returned home from selling our venues when his fifty-seven-year-old mother was dying. He shared a personal story about his mother canceled her gym membership and the guy made a comment about why did she need to cancel it and basically asked her why she couldn’t work out anymore even though she was dying. He explained how she was in the in-between and how sometimes she wouldn’t be with them like she was struggling and slowly losing her memory. She stated how she knew her son struggled with feeling sad and he wanted him to do something irresponsible. She compared dying to the ocean and how ocean looks when it is raining and line between the two is gone and you feel like you’re standing on the edge of the world. Later on, he shared how he discovered hidden gifts and letter she hid around the house for him and his sister to open when they got married, had babies, and some were riddles. This greatly helped him. 

 

 

 

He decided on the difficult tasks walking from San Diego to San Francisco. In the book, he was very real about stating how he felt God had failed him and his family. He at first had hope that she would always get better and part of this walking journey healed him to heal. He was touched by learning about Father Junipero Serra, who lived in the 18th century and he was a monk and saint. He did his missionary work by traveling up the coast of California. He explained some of his suffering and how he lived out his faith. This is where the idea for doing something crazy by traveling up to coast of California to live out his mother’s last wish. Throughout the book, he shared in detail of traveling and meeting all kinds of people on his final destination. He wrestled with his faith throughout the journey and how their can be hope in Christ and also pain in this life. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome and heartbreaking story about him losing his mother and forever being changed. I loved how he went into detail about his whole journey in traveling and walking through the pain. He was very descriptive in his story and I felt like I was walking along and meeting people along the way and healing from my own pain with past grief. I just recently lost my grandmother almost a year ago from cancer. This book helped to think about the same questions and doubts that I have faced. I was also shocked the read about how his mother’s father died. He was accidently killed when he turned a blind corner in his farm truck trying to avoid the drunk driver who had flipped his car. He pinned himself against the hillside and auto steel and they couldn’t get him out. He only discovered the truth when he found the obituary in a box. I don’t think he knew how this affected his mother in losing her own father at a young age. It was interesting to witness how he dealt with his lack of faith and wrestled with questioning God and how this aided him to his path to healing. He desperately wanted to find beauty that the world could still be bright after losing his mother. 

 

 

 

 

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Moonlight Memories by Amanda Davis Illustrated by Michelle Jing Chan Book Review

Moonlight Memories is a bright book touching on the topic of grief and lost. Piper has recently lost her mother a month ago. She is suffering from feeling empty inside. Her father didn’t speak much about it but deep down inside she knew he was also hurting from the pain. Her father provided her with a special gift, a telescope where she could look up at the stars, the Big Dipper, moon craters, and a special surprise. She said her mother’s face twinkling in the stars. She drew what she saw and she continued to do so. She kept capturing another memory and putting it down on paper. She was able to use this to experience past memories with her mother and to be reminded of them. She remembered her mother’s love and was comforted by her memories. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this inspiring book covering the topic of grief and healing from the pain by remembering the past memories and cherishing them. This would be great for children aged 4-8 and is a wonderful introduction to grief. This book is based on a true story from the author when she lost her own father at a young age. She discovered her own ways to cope and she found her voice when she used writing and art to find healing. She wanted others to reach out to their support groups, friends, and family and find their own outlets to process their griefs. I loved how she included helpful activities for children such as creating a memory album/ scrapbook, writing a goodbye letter, building a heart puzzle, planting a tree/bush/flowers in their honor, and enjoying them on their birthday by doing whatever they enjoyed. I thought she a great job in using this book and the different ideas as a way to deal with our suffering and grief. I recently lost my grandmother from cancer almost a year ago and this is a wonderful tool in using it to explain death and learning to cope with lost. It helped to bring back past memories that we shared. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-Memories-Amanda-Davis/dp/1546003169

When Worry Whispers by Joyce Meyer Illustrated by Marcin Piwowarski Book Review

When Worry Whispers is a how to book showing children how they should deal when worrying hits them. It begins the book by stating Psalm 55:22 and how we are supposed to give our worries to God and it reminds us that God will take care of us. Many of us struggle with the what if questions and if something bad happens to us. What if we stumble and fall and get hurt. What if we made a mistake and we are laughed at and get embarrassed. What if we try something new and fail greatly. What if tomorrow turns out to be terrible and nothing goes right. Worrying causes us to live in fear and we tend to imagine the worst thing that can happen. It can even cause us a sickness such as a bad tummy ache. Joyce shared the answer to what we need to do to combat worry. We first need to talk to God and remember how He has always taken care of us. He has provided us with promises, such as how He has great plans for us. She ends the book by going back over how we need to answer the what if questions to obtain our peace.  

 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to children aged 2-9. Joyce has an excellent way in helping us teach our children about worrying and living in fear. I loved how she answered some of the what if questions and helped flip the script we are telling ourselves to help us deal with fear. I also immensely liked how they drew a dark cloud over the characters of the book that is meant to be like an invisible whisper overseeing what we are doing and telling us how we should feel. This book makes a very moving conversation starter between our kids and their worries and provides us with way to teach them how to handle them. One of the most serious ways we can use against fear is to think and ponder on God’s promises especially, when we are faced with things to worry about. This book would be a great gift to children who are burden down by the what if questions and worrying about what might happen to them. 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/When-Worry-Whispers-Joyce-Meyer/dp/1546012540/

Domino’s Tree House by Dawn Patitucci Illustrated by Francisco Fonseca Book Review

 

Domino’s Tree House is a fun adventure about a boy who isn’t happy with his backyard. He would lay in the grass watching the leaves fall and became bored. He decided to build a treehouse where he could sit and enjoy it and he loved eating his snacks. He grew tired of it and he next built a cottage where he could sit by the fire and make soup. He quickly grew bored and next build a tree mansion where he could eat French cakes and slide down the handrails. He decided he needed to build a tree castle and become king over his neighborhood but he still wasn’t satisfied. He keeps building until he winds up in space. There was no good food and it was cold and lonely all the way up in space. At the end of the book, he realized how much he loved the simple life and his backyard wasn’t that bad at all.  

 

 

I would recommend this delightful book to children aged 2-8. It had an excellent message about learning to enjoy where you currently are in life and how the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Each different house he built provided even more ways for him to grow unhappy. It is also a great reminder to parents that a bigger house doesn’t always equal more happiness. It tends to bring about even more challenges. I enjoyed this book and the core message of the book about enjoying the journey and living in the moment. More stuff doesn’t equivalent to being more fulfilled in life. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Dominos-Tree-House-Dawn-Patitucci/dp/1546002995/

When I Was Your Age by Danette Byatt Book Review

When I Was Your Age is a children’s book about the different changed throughout the generations and how technology has changed. The setting is in space on a planet in the near future. A grandmother is explaining to her granddaughter, Indigo about the changes that have occurred. The grandmother had to bike to school and that took a great deal of time. Whereas now, they can travel to school in 2.04 seconds in a fast teleport machine. They had a tablet which is like an iPad and now in the future it’s more like a helmet that projects images. The grandmother had a pet dog and Indigo has a pet dragon looking creature. The grandmother dad would bake a cake from scratch and now it’s all completed by lasers. They also in the future have robots who do all of their chores. This book is a fun book about the many changes coming in the future and the amazing adventure headed our way. 

 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome space theme book to children aged 2-8 and it features creative ways in which we can look forward to in the future. It allows children to be reminded of what past generations experienced. It opened the door for kids to brainstorm what could occur in the future and how technology will change and allow us to do even more. We may even have new pets. The most excited thing in the book I wish would be to fast teleport to work, stores, and to home. I would also like the food being so easily fixed without the preparing and cooking. It would also be beneficially to have robots doing all of the chores. The book reminded me of the Jetsons type feel to it. 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/When-I-Was-Your-Age/dp/1546002561/

Where Are Your Shoes, Mr. Brown? By Justin Rhodes Illustrated by Heather Dickinson Book Review

 

Where Are Your Shoes?, Mr. Brown is a farmer themed children’s book all about a missing pair of shoes that everyone is searching for. There is a lot of work that is needed to be completed around the farm and of course the little boy can’t find his shoes when they are desperately needed. Sometimes the shoes would be hiding in his closet and sometimes they would be nowhere. He thought they at first might be located on the roof. The boy would sometimes get a wild hair and throw them up there. Mr. Brown and his papa looked on the roof and couldn’t find them. They looked near the creek, the barn, lettuce patch, chicken coop, and many more fun places. His sister even tried to let him borrow hers and they wouldn’t fit. His father finally carried him on his back everywhere while his papa worked. They completed wheel barreling tasks, picking the garden, feeding the pigs, watering the crops, and much more. The book showed a father and son enjoying the company of each other and his papa knew it wouldn’t last forever. 

 

 

I would recommend this remarkable book about a father and son bonding to children aged 1-8. I liked how the book showed a family enjoying a meal together and being together as a family. It also showed a father truly loving on his kid and carrying him around, protecting him, and assisting him with trying to find his lost shoes. You didn’t see the father beating his son down with negative words or giving him a difficult time when he lost his shoes again. Even though the son regularly loses his shoes, he didn’t shame him. I thought this was a wonderful example of a father’s love and the Heavenly Father’s love to us. I loved how it was based off of true story on Youtube’ star, influencer, and homesteader. They take care of a 75 acre’s farm as a family. His son really does struggle with losing his shoes. This book is an excellent teaching moment between a father and son and children will learn a lot from it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/Where-Are-Your-Shoes-Brown/dp/1546003894/

A Love Letter from God by P.K. Hallinan Book Review

A Love Letter from God is a personal book enclosed with a collection of reminders of how much God loves us. Our laugher is a special treasure that is worth more than gold. Our hearts are a direct representation of God’s goodness and mercy and we see it in our reflection. God will always lead us everywhere we are and He will provide for us. He will send us friends our way that will help to positively brighten our days. We can laugh, solve riddles together, play games. When we face hardship or challenges or fall, we can rely on the fact that God will use it all for our good and it will make us stronger. You will bring us blessings and cause rainbows to form and give us beautiful sunsets and sunrises. We can always remember to look up and see the stars shining bright and be reminded that His love for us is incredible. 

 

 

I would recommend this splendid book to children aged 1-7 and parents are seeking a good book to teach our children the hope and love Christ has for His children. The book was a wonderful book to reminder readers how much God cares for His children and is a great introduction to the principles of Christ. One of my favorite pages was the one that discussed the goodness and mercy and how our heart is a reflection of Him. I thought seeing the ducks floating in the lake being fed and the word me being reflected into the lake was very eye opening and is a great prompt to children. The illustrations were very colorful and I really enjoyed how they sketched them and made them very kid’s friendly. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Letter-God-P-Hallinan/dp/1546005021/

I Pray You’ll Be… by Hannah C. Hall Illustrated by Catalin Ardeleanu Book Review

 

I Pray You’ll Be is a children’s book about a prayer for your children and they will be bighearted and let love guide in all through paths in life. Our prayers are supposed to be big bold risky and are meant to change the world around us. As parents, we can pray that they will follow the narrow road and trust that God will lead them in whatever they are supposed to accomplish in life. We can remind our children to always do the hard thing even when it’s difficult. It teaches children how to battle our enemies and to show them mercy and try to become their friend. We can also pray to be courageous and to choose to not live in fear. The book covered the fruits of the spirit and how we can be gentle, speak the truth in love, walk in peace, and so much more.

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to children aged 3 to 8 who is wanting to learn more about prayer. It’s a wonderful introduction to prayer and praying for the fruits of the spirit, growing in faith, not living in fear, and praying that our children will change the world. You can tell by reading this children’s book it is based solely on scriptures and principles that our children can use to begin the strong foundation that will be needed to get through challenges they will face. The book showcased beautiful illustrations showing the ocean, adventures with castles and creatures, space traveling, children doing different activities. I loved how they did key values in single bold words throughout the book to help kids to focus on the key meanings.   

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Pray-Youll-Be/dp/1546003339/