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Utterly Amazed by Miriam Davis

Dec2

Treasures In The Darkness

Utterly Amazed by Miriam Davis is a powerful book about the author’s life in and calling to Japan. What began as a two year placement in 1975 turned into forty two years of service until retirement called.

We witness the faithfulness of  Miriam Davis to the call of God, and also the faithfulness of God to Miriam Davis. We need to live lives so in tune with God that when He calls, we will hear Him. “Never forget that God is with you.”

Sometimes we cannot ‘feel’ God but “God was still there even when I could not sense Him.” There are times when God seems quiet but He is still working.

The author has a heart for Japan and for introducing people to Jesus. Sometimes the seeds she plants may not come to fruition for many years. Miriam Davis spreads the light and love of Jesus wherever she goes. “Christians are not called to stay home in comfort.”

To follow the calling of God often takes a step of faith. We step out, only seeing the first step but in due course and at just the right time, God will illuminate our path.

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The Winds Of Homecoming by Christopher Goodchild

Nov9

All Shall Be Well

The Winds Of Homecoming by Christopher Goodchild is a powerful book of fifty devotions based on the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke.

Christopher Goodchild has autism, undiagnosed until 2007, all his life he has been walking through loss and loneliness. He writes his devotions in the second person of ‘you’ as if he is talking to himself. This draws the reader in as we ‘feel’ as if the author is talking personally to us.

Each devotion has great power to speak to the heart and soul. We are all just pilgrims walking through life and “we’re all just walking each other home.”

We all go through hardships. “All your struggles in life can with God’s grace be transformed into something quite extraordinary life affirming and meaningful.” God is “found in the broken places.”  He will take the broken pieces of our lives and make something beautiful.

Scriptures are our anchor in life. We need to know them so that when the storms hit, and they will, we can press into God’s Word.

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The Believer’s Journal For Everyday Faith by Kerry Evelyn

Nov5

Beautiful And Essential

The Believer’s Journal For Everyday Faith by Kerry Evelyn is a simply beautiful journal designed to help you grow closer to God as you evaluate your faith over a twelve month period.

The book can be started at any time but I shall begin mine on January 1st 2022.

Kerry Evelyn shares her faith journey with her doubts, her struggles and her faithfulness as she has trusted God’s timing and leading over the years.

The book is broken into twelve monthly sections, and then subdivided into four weekly chunks, and then divided into seven daily sections each with eight questions for us to evaluate our successes, failures, prayers, challenges and more.

We are urged to pray and listen to God, writing down what He says to us. We need to spend time with God, getting to know Him. We want to give the first  few minutes of the day and the last minutes of the day to God.

Throughout the journal we are encouraged to reflect on the past and project into the future. We are urged to see “the world through a lens of God’s love.”

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Who Am I? by Deryn van der Tang

Oct18

A Powerful Devotional

Who Am I? What Has God Got To Do With It? Why Does It Matter? Meditations On Psalm 139 by Deryn van der Tang is a powerful devotional that will draw you closer to the heart of God.

There are twenty devotionals that work through the verses in the psalm. The author sets the scene with her words, quotes the verse and gives her thoughts. There are then questions to enable us to internally examine ourselves and a prayer to finish.

All the devotionals are easy to relate to as Deryn van der Tang has a very personable style. We see God as our loving Father who longs for us to draw closer to Him. We need to fix our eyes, hearts and minds on Jesus. He is our compass through life.

Loving and forgiving our enemies is vital for our well-being, Deryn van der Tang quotes from two of my heroes – Corrie ten Boom and Martin Luther King jr.

Deryn van der Tang has also illustrated psalm 139 and this can be found on her website www.crossingmybridges.com.

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