Thursday, April 4, 2013

Unglued Devotional by Lysa TerKeurst

Unglued Devotional by Lysa TerKeurst
   This book of 60 Devotionals is helpful, encouraging and uplifting.
She begins each devotional with a key verse from the Bible and a thought for the day.
   This simple verse helps you focus on what she is saying and it relates to the experiences she is about to share and how God's Word impacts and guides our thoughts and actions each day.
   I love how she writes about her life experiences. She makes what you are going through relatable. It is nice to read and now that you are not the only one going through these everyday struggles, some mundane, some horrible, some normal.

   Through her experiences, she brings it back to God. She brings it back to His Word, His Strength, His Love, His Guidance, His Sacrifice, His Forgiveness.
   She ends with a prayer, a prayer of thankfulness, a prayer of help, a prayer of request, a prayer of direction.
   This devotional also pairs with her book Unglued.  I have not read her book yet.  But if it is anything like her devotional, I am sure I will enjoy it.
   Lysa has a wonderful way of tying in her life's experiences to what God has taught us.  Life is not perfect and you are not perfect, but in God's perfectness and never-ending forgiveness allow us to forgive ourselves and realize that though we are not perfect, we are forgiven, we are loved and we can make the choice to change.  We may fall, but God is always there to pick us back up.


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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Then Sings My Soul by Robert J. Morgan

Then Sings My Soul-Book 3 by Robert J. Morgan is a very encouraging devotional of hymns and the amazing stories behind them. 
I own both Book 1 and Book 3 and have enjoyed both immensely.
The first part breaks down the history of hymnody, from the ancient to German all the way to our contemporary.
Part Two chronologically goes through beautiful hymns from A.D. 100 to present day.
Inspirational stories from long ago, hymns that are not so familiar to ones we know by heart.

Beautifully covered and even includes the musical notes for every hymn, Then Sings My Soul-Book 3 is a beautiful addition to your inspirational library.

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