The Secrets of Intercessory Prayer- Book Review

Here are the keys to unlocking effective intercessory prayer. With encouragement, powerful testimonies and keen biblical guidance, pastor and bestselling author Jack Hayford offers the insight you need to pray more effectively for God's grace, goodness and power in the lives of those you love.

 The Secrets of Intercessory Prayer by Jack Hayford is probably one of the best books I have read on this subject.  This book is filled with helpful suggestions on how to pray for those who are not Christians, as well as ways we can relate to them. I especially appreciated the information about remembering to let God do His part, praying for our children, praying for those we don’t want to pray for and praying without ceasing.

While I found the title to be slightly misleading (I really did not find any ‘secrets”) the content was very useful and invigorating. I have already shared portions of The Secrets of Intercessory Prayer with my Bible study friends.

I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 

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Beyond Ordinary Blog Tour

How safe is your marriage? The answer may surprise you. The biggest threat to any marriage isn’t infidelity or miscommunication. The greatest enemy is ordinary. Ordinary marriages lose hope. Ordinary marriages lack vision. Ordinary marriages give in to compromise. Ordinary is the belief that this is as good as it will ever get. And when we begin to settle for ordinary, it’s easy to move from “I do” to “I’m done.”

Justin and Trisha Davis share with the reader their honest and transparent journey toward a marriage that is more than ordinary. The journey starts with them falling in love in college, continues through various ministries and moves and concludes with their ongoing restoration after the betrayal of adultery.

Beyond Ordinary is written so that the reader experiences the viewpoints of both authors in a “he said/she said” fashion followed by collaboration by both Justin and Trisha in each chapter. Each chapter ends with four  thought provoking questions.

I found Beyond Ordinary to be riveting and aesthetic. It left me not only inspired to strive for an extraordinary marriage, but also a closer, “less ordinary” daily walk with Christ. I have been following Justin and Trisha on Twitter and on their blog for the past couple of years and knew their “story” but I still found Beyond Ordinary to be superb and encouraging. You do not have to be dealing with infidelity to appreciate Beyond Ordinary.

For more information be sure the visit the Davis' web site- Refine Us and follow on Twitter- Justin Davis  You can purchase Beyond Ordinary HERE or watch the trailer HERE.

The publisher provided me with Beyond Ordinary to read and review.

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Book Review- Fix-it and Forget-it Holiday Dishes and Sides

This is the time of year where I spend countless hours in the kitchen. While I have many tried and true recipes that I keep falling back on, I am always on the lookout for new recipes. I thought that during the busy Christmas season I would take advantage of some new crockpot recipes from the Fix-It and Forget-It Holiday Main Dishes and Sides eBook cookbook.
Looking through the book I found several recipes I will be trying in the next couple of weeks. (No-Fuss Pork and Sauerkraut on page 28 will be the one I will try for New Year's Day.) I was pleased to find the recipes use common,easy to find ingredients, many I already have on hand. I found recipes suitable for entertaining as well as comfort foods for our family to enjoy on the many cold nights we have during the winter.
While reading through the recipes I was surprised to find several recipes with a question mark instead of the actual measurement of certain ingredients. I wish the correct amount would have been listed.

I was provided an eReader copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Goodbye Elf on the Shelf Day 24-2012

Christmas Eve morning we awoke to Snowflake and Holly having a birthday party for the baby Jesus.

 Our living room!

 Hunter doing his crazy dance in the streamers.

 There are the party animals!

 Holly holding the baby Jesus.

 They even had a cupcake with a candle.

Hailey had left a note for Santa for the elves to take to Santa. She asked how old Santa was and if she could touch Holly before she left for the year.

Holly brought an not back from Santa, he is 1869 years old and Yes, she could hug Holly.

 Before bed Hailey and Hunter got to hold those ornery elves.

Lots of snuggles before saying, "See you next year!" 

And then it happened, sister began to cry the biggest tears. She really loves the elves and hates to see them go. (Me too, I hate to see those little mischief makers leave!)

See you next year Snowflake and Holly!! I can hardly wait to see what kind of ideas you come up with over the next 11 months!!

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Elf on the Shelf Day 23- 2013

Day 23 we found the elves in Hailey's room with her pretty Christmas tree. This was the first time the kids had a tree in their bedrooms. 

 Holly and Snowflake with gifts for the kids.

 Snowflake

 Holly

The kids got glow stick reindeer necklaces.

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Day 22- Elf on the Shelf

I have come to the conclusion that elves love cookies! Snowflake and Holly are nibbling on some cookies this morning. 

 The elves must have gotten cold feet on their trip to the North Pole last night, they chose a spot above the fireplace to warm their tootsies.

 Ha, funny elves are eating our cookies,but stuck boxes of cookies in the kids' stockings. Those two are very tricky!

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Elf on the Shelf- Day 21- Oh say, can you see?

Snowflake, Holly and the snowmen found the kids' glasses and had a little fun.

 A shot of the whole gang!

 Holly with some cool 3D glasses.

 Hmm, I wonder who that could be behind those silly glasses.  (I think he needs a little smaller glasses. LOL)

 The snowmen got in on the act too!

 Snowman wearing Hunter's Glasses.

 Another one wearing Hunter's glasses. 

LOL, another one wearing over-sized glasses.

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