February 2012
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Mornings with Jesus Giveaway!
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Mornings with Jesus 2012: Daily Encouragements for your Soul
-Judy Baer, Gwen Ford Faulkenberry, Tricia Goyer, Sharon Hinck, Keri Wyatt Kent, Erin Keeley Marshall and Camy Tang
Leave a comment at organicshoes.wordpress.com on the post or on the give away page to be entered to win a copy! Be sure to include a valid e-mail address to...
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The Sound of Red Returning
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The Sound of Red Returning By: Sue Duffy
It’s no wonder the Romantic Times gave the Sound of Red Returning 4 Stars. As Book 1 in the Red Returning Series Sue Duffy knows how to capture an audience and take them on a gripping journey full of suspense and mystery.
15 years ago child prodigy and famous pianist Liesel Bower...
January 2012
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It's moving day!
Hey everyone!
That’s right this blog is moving! Im moving to wordpress! I like the set up and a lot of it better and I invite you to check out the page!
www.organicshoes.wordpress.com
I am transferring all the posts over there slowly! Hope to see you over there!
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Teen Lit: First Date
First Date
By: Krista McGee
Addy Davidson did not want to be in the spotlight. She had no desire to be on reality television even if it was with the very attractive son of the President of the United States. All Addy wanted was to finish school with top grades to earn a scholarship to an Ivy League college. However, after being nominated for a reality show she finds herself with 30 girls from...
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Learning to Crave God, not Food
Made to Crave Devotional: 60 Days to Craving God, Not Food
Lysa TerKeurst
After the success of Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst has returned with new insights, as well as some favorites in a 60 Day devotional to help aid people on their weight loss journey. This devotional is not like any dieting book you have seen, rather than telling you how and what to eat, when you should exercise and how many...
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be...”
– Philippians 4:4-8
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Longing By: Karen Kingsbury
Karen Kingsbury has captured our hearts again. The Flannigan’s have invited us into their lives once again as Bailey continues to perform on Broadway and begins making decisions about her future and figuring out where God is leading her, and who He is leading her too. Continuing to run a small Bible Study with members of the cast Bailey continues to face challenges in sharing her faith...
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Facing Trials and Opposition
Reflecting on the first week of 1 Peter 1:1-12: Finding Encouragement in Troubling Times By: Sue Edwards
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You will fall in love with Smitten
By Denise Hunter, Colleen Coble, Kristen Billerbeck and Diann Hunt
Smitten, Vermont has always been a small town where everybody knew their neighbors, families loved the small town communities and never thought that someday Smitten might not be there. When the mill in Smitten is forced to close, no one is sure what will happen to their town. The majority of the workforce is hired by the...
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Week 2: Isaiah 41:8-10
“But you, Israel, are my servant. You’re Jacob, my first choice, descendants of my good friend Abraham. I pulled you in from all over the world, called you in from every dark corner of the earth, Telling you, ‘You’re my servant, serving on my side. I’ve picked you. I haven’t dropped you.’ Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for...
Dating Is (Seriously Not) Easy →
Exploding the big myths about finding love.
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"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified..."
It is the start of a new year. 2011 has been left behind and for many of us we welcome 2012 with open arms. The new year is a fresh start a new beginning. Although to some it’s just the next day in a week, the next month in a year, many of us approach the new year with optimism. We’ve set up new goals, we’re reaching higher in hopes of accomplishing something throughout the...
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Firethorn By Ronie Kendig
Ronie Kendig has once again created a story that will captivate your attention and keep your adrenaline pumping. In the conclusion of the Discarded Heroes series. The Nightshade team has been attacked and dismantled, but not just the team, their families has also drawn the attention of an enemy they cannot name which makes it all the more dangerous.
Griffin ‘Legend’ Riddell has...
December 2011
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Waiting for Dawn By Susan May Warren
Susan May Warren has once again captured our attention. With the prequel to the Team Hope Series, Jim Micah has been captured and Lacey enlists the help of her ex-boyfriend and Micah’s best friend, John Montgomery. Through twists and turns and a mission that can mean life or death Lacey risks herself to save Micah. As they hatch a plan to rescue Micah and other members of his team,...
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12 Pearls- Simple or Sparkle
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most wonderful time of...
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The 5th pearl of Christmas Tricia Goyer gave to...
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most wonderful time of...
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Snowflake Party
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most wonderful time of...
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Advent
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most wonderful time of...
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A Christmas of Kindness
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most wonderful time of...
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Welcome to the 3rd Annual Pearl Girls™ 12 Pearls...
We’ve gathered several of today’s most beloved authors to share their Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom”! Please follow along beginning tomorrow (Wednesday the 14th) through Christmas day as Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Rachel Hauck, Sandy Ralya, Sibella Giorello, Susan May Warren and more, share their heartfelt stories of how God has touched their life during this most...
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The Journey to Christmas
Journey to Christmas
We’ve all heard it before, the same Christmas carols, the same Christmas story, we get mixed up in the hustle and bustle of the holidays and forget about what the true meaning of Christmas is. Every year we claim we want to focus on that meaning but moments later we are rushing to the nearest toy story to get that new released toy that someone just has to have.
The...
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The Shadow of Your Smile By: Susan May Warren
Susan May Warren’s The Shadow of Your Smile
Susan May Warren has captured our hearts and brought us into Deep Haven once again to share the lives of Eli and Noelle Hueston, in this small snow covered town the Hueston’s marriage is on the verge of collapse, after going through the loss of their daughter the Hueston’s were unable to find their way back to one another. Unsure of...
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November 2011
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My Prayer
It isn’t the new year yet, it is getting close but it isn’t here yet. It is that time we start considering our resolutions, to decide what we want to attempt as of 2012 and give up on seven days later. Each year we list out resolutions a mile long of how we want to spend the new year, to get healthy, have a relationship, work out more, go online less.
I just started a new devotional...
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Relentless: The Power You Need to Never Give Up
”You already have what it takes to finish well!” declares John Bevere in his latest book, Relentless. So many times as Christians we let the day go by us, living to just get by, to get through each day, through Relentless, Bevere reminds us that we are not meant to ‘just get by.’ That are goal is not just to finish, but to finish well! We have been equipped with the...
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There is a fine line between patience and...
Recently I have been challenged in the area of patience, in waiting on God’s timing, I know He has bigger plans for me, plans that I could not even imagine. A Career. A Family. A Home. He knows my hearts desires, not only has He promised us those desires He has also placed those within us.
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires...
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I am thankful...
This was on KLOVE last year, and I thought it was worth sharing because I’m noticing how much I complain, and that there’s always something to be grateful for, even when you don’t realize it.
I am thankful:
For the wife who says it’s hot dogs tonight and for the husband who is on the sofa being a couch potato,
Because they aren’t out with someone else.
For the...
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How one family has made a difference
The House of Hope
By: Elisabeth Gifford
Everyday we hear the stories of the children left alone, children that nobody cares for because of circumstances that they were born into. Enter into the world of the Hill Family, who one day were living with all the comforts in the world and then were left heartbroken one moment while on a visit with their church. Vowing to not return until they knew...
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Women of Faith: Over the Top- OKC
How does one really sum up a weekend like Women of Faith: Over the Top? I can say it was great, amazing in fact, I can tell you about how you have to be sure to attend next year, about how much I learned and how powerful it is to have over 8,000 women gathered in one place in the name of Jesus.
All that is true, but nothing can really explain this weekend unless you were to...
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The Voice: A New way of reading the Bible
The Voice: New Testament
The Voice New Testament is a brand new translation that reads more like a story and helps to engage and help readers to make a more personal connection with the Word. The Voice presents itself as a story rather than an informative textbook that allows its readers to get up close and personal with the life of Jesus.
The Voice offers a new and innovative way to get into the...
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Quick #Wofott Update
I just spent the last two days at the Women of Faith Over the Top Conference.
I promise to get a blog on the event (or 3…or 4) within the coming days, it was an amazing experience that I am still processing, in the meantime, you can look back through my tweets for some blurbs of what was going on all weekend!
-Elle
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"I don't want to be the one God has to pass over...
Being called has always baffled me, I know many people who are called for something very specific, while others search for a direction to start in or even an inkling of which path to head towards. No matter which path is the one you are sent on, they all end at the same place, everyone’s calling and path will be to glorify God and lead towards Him. When our calling takes us away from...
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Women of Faith Oklahoma City!! #wofott
Only 10 more days! 10 days until Women of Faith Over the Top OKC!
On November 11-12, 2011 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena Women of Faith Over the Top will be in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma! It is not to late to get tickets or to volunteer to help with the event!
For more information check out the website
http://www.womenoffaith.com/events/2011-events/oklahoma-city/
Oklahoma City will be the final...
October 2011
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“”…when our characters are refined, we learn what it means to hope...”
– Romans 5:4-5, The Voice
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Being Content
“Believers are content knowing God’s promises, no matter the circumstances.”
-Monica Pankratz
Why is it that we are never content? For everything we have been provided, for all the blessing that God pours down on us, we forget to remain thankful, to be content with what we have been provided. We get that promotion and can only think of the next step and next pay raise,...
“God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who...”
– Lamentations 3:25-29
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It's time to fill those holes and become Whole...
Whole
By: Lisa Whittle
Have that feeling that something is missing? Feel like something is holding you from from life? relationships? a job? school? anything? Lisa Whittle has brought it all out into the open. Our lives are filled with holes, and often times we let those holes hold us back, we let them control who we are and the decisions we are making. Now what if those holes in our life...
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Hermie's latest story- Book Review
Thank You, God, for Blessing Me
By: Max Lucado
Max Lucado’s latest children’s book Thank You, God, For Blessing Me is the perfect bedtime story for toddlers and pre-schoolers. The beautiful artwork and Lucado’s story are a great pair that will captivate kids of all ages. The story follows Hermie the caterpillar as he thanks God for everything he has received throughout his...
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The potential to be a great story - Book Review
After 10 years Claudia is still haunted by the night she watched as her best friend was murdered and unable to do anything. The murder has gone unsolved for so long, when Claudia’s husband, Victor, decides to reopen the case in hopes of bringing Claudia some closure the nightmares and panic attacks return full force. Now that the case has been reopened and new evidence has come...
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Dear Lord, Send Me! - Book Review
You Were Born For This
By: Bruce Wilkinson
“Dear Lord, Send Me!” How many times have we all cried out like Isaiah? Or thought of of crying out but in the back of your mind you are also praying, please don’t! We all are witnesses to miracles day in and day out, whether we realize it or not, and many times we ask why haven’t we been asked to be part of a miracle in...
September 2011
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Just maybe the grass isn't always greener... -...
Heiress By: Susan May Warren
Esme and Jinx have grown up in a time full of debutantes, fancy parties, and the main goal of keeping yourself on the society page of the paper. As the eldest daughter, Esme is expected to marry a man of fortune, a marriage of convenience to uphold the family status; however, Esme believes she is destined for more, she wants to see her byline on the front page...
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Susan May Warren Announces New Book Release!
Susan May Warren is thrilled to announce the release of her latest historical book, Heiress! Find out what the reviewers are saying here! Heiress, a richly complex historical romance, is the first in Susan’s three book Daughters of Fortune series. In honor of Heiress’ debut, Susan is hosting a FABULOUS Gilded Age Giveaway and giving away an opulent prize pack fit for an heiress! One grand...
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"I ain't settlin' so raise the bar high!"
Why is it that we let ourselves settle? This has been on my mind for a while now, I just was not sure how or what to write about the subject. And I guess by writing it, I am admitting that I have considered settling.
There are so many things in our lives that we let ourselves settle on…
We settle on the job that we know is not the right one, but just feel is the best we can do.
We...
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Night Night Blessings - Book Review
Night Night Blessings By: Amy Parker Illistrated By: Marihan Ramljak
Night Night Blessings is a cute story for kids, this book is one of the cardboard books which holds up well with toddlers. This is a cute story about a little kid who is thanking God for everything they have received from puppy dog kisses to family time.
Night Night blessings has a great message reminding us to thank...
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Don't Forget!
Tonight at 7pm Central is the Facebook Party for Rosslyn Elliott’s debut Novel ‘Fairer than Morning! Scroll down more to see my review!
Hope to see you there!
There will be prizes!
https://www.facebook.com/rosslynelliottauthor?sk=wall
-Elle
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Time to Curl up with a good book! - Book Review
Fairer than Morning By: Rosslyn Elliott Ready for the autumn weather? To curl up with a blanket, hot chocolate and a good book? Rosslyn Elliott has debuted with the perfect book to curl up with. Fairer than Morning, historically based on the Hanby family of Ohio, is a story that will capture your heart and remind you of the beauty and goodness that people have inside them.
This...