April is Christian Book Month

So I found out on IG that April is Christian Book Month. I had no idea that such a thing existed.

I want to share three books I probably won’t finish this month but will be part of my spring reading. I apologize for the size of the photos . I haven’t figured out how to shrink photos.

The book I’m currently reading is Daughters of Eve/Daughters of God by Brenda Weaver

The front cover description says:Inspiration for women desiring to grow in godliness. This is something I struggle because I truly want my life to glorify God but I often fail and then I feel defeated.

Next is A Woman by God’s Grace by Anna Mary Byler which is part of The Godly Woman series. This book’s back cover description: “Anna Mary Byler spells out the practical aspects of this life. On page after page she calls wives and mothers to consider the graces that crown mundane responsibilities with resplendent success and eternal satisfaction.” That description alone makes me think about how much I complain to the Lord about about cleaning my home, running errands etc. Mrs. Byler has at least two other books in the The Godly Woman series. “A Woman for God’s Glory” and “A Woman From God’s Perspective”.

Last is Flourish by Dorcas Showalter. Her front cover says: A journey to abundant hope in marriage and motherhood. Though I think Flourish is written to younger wives and mothers, older women could benefit from this book too. All three books are available at Christian Light Publishers. http://www.clp.org

I hope you find some good Christian books to read this month. Whether it be fiction or nonfiction just enjoy reading. I do offer a word of caution when it comes to Christian books.

Please use discernment in what you read. There are many false teachers out there who should be marked and avoided. One way I use discernment is if a book I’m interested in is written by someone who has ever been or is labeled a false teacher I will research the author to find out why he or she is labeled as such. I usually go through these authors with “A fine tooth comb” if you will. Many times I had been dismayed at what I find out about some of these popular Christian authors.

So please do your research and check anything you read and see if it lines up with the Bible.

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He Arose!

Good Friday

Prayer Bible -Praying Colossians 3:18

Hello my dear sisters! Someone asked about praying scripture and asked about praying Colossians 3:18 – “Wives submit unto your own husbands, as it is fitting unto the Lord”.

First of all you don’t have to pray the exact words, say amen and then you are done. Second your prayer should be directed by the Holy Spirit and may not be the same ad another sister.

So my prayer for Colossians 3:18 ( I’m getting into journaling my prayers) would be “Heavenly Father I thank You for giving me Tim as my husband for thirty-one years. I confess that I don’t always have a submissive heart and I will dismiss his ideas as foolish and silly though I never say it. I ask your forgiveness for that. Remind me through Your Holy Spirit as Tim’s wife to submit unto him as this is fitting unto You. I pray this in the Name of Jesus Amen

And that’s an example of how I would pray scripture. I encourage you to watch The Sisterita Club YouTube videos for more ideas for using your prayer Bibles to pray scripture.

Sorry for Long Absence

First of I want to thank you all for praying for my daughter’s health. I’m so blessed to be a part of praying siblings.

I do need to ask for more prayer though. One of the managers at the store where my daughter worked shot and killed himself in his car in the parking lot of store a few weeks ago . He was towards the back near the paint store next door. His name was Shawn and he had just gotten engaged in December. Please pray for all his loved ones. We don’t know why he did this and it’s been very devastating so Kaitlyn has decided not to go back there. There have been grief counselors for the staff to talk with which has been helpful to them all.

Its been a trying time but spending time with our Lord in prayer and His Word has been so refreshing. I want to answer some questions on how I pray scripture in my next post.

Note: I wrote this post a few days ago and I don’t know why it didn’t go through.

Prayer Bible -A Few Photos

Greeting my friends! I’m finally getting this post written.

As I said in a previous post I’m careful about following new trends that Christians, especially Christian women gravitate to. When I first heard about this and the idea of praying scripture over a situation my biggest concern was taking a scripture out of context. As a result I was very careful to read texts very carefully before I tabbed and highlighted it.

Suggested Supplies needed for your prayer Bible-

Bible of course. Jessica from The Sisterita Club recommended a compact size Bible because they are easier to take with you if you wanted to use it on the go.I didn’t have a compact size Bible but its smaller than my regular Bible as you see in the picture. I mentioned that Dollar Tree in a earlier post has Bibles for $1.25 though they might not have it in your preferred translation.

Highlighters of some kind. These don’t have to be fancy but you will need several colors for the various categories you will be praying.

Several tabs. You will need to use different color tabs for topics of prayer. If possible have them match your highlighter color. Its recommended you glue a legend in front of your Bible in case you forget what color is for what. You can use anything you want for tabs. I’ve seen ladies use washing tape, Bible tabs, and those garage sale price stickers. I used plastic paper clips.

Making your prayer Bible doesn’t need to be this expensive project. You use what you have on hand. If you feel the desire to buy supplies Dollar Tree is the place to go.

What I did for my prayer Bible

As you can see I used various color tabs

I used these plastic paper clips that were lying around unused.

My color coding system I used were for the paper clips and highlighting:

Blue-Peace

Pink- Biblical Womanhood

Green-God’s Provision

Orange- Spiritial Warfare

This isn’t my complete list but I think you will get the idea looking at the pictures. And I only took a few pictures .

Here you see I highlighted and tabbed a pink tab for Biblical womanhood Colossians 3:18. Also on the same page a blue peace tab Colossians 3:15.

I had this prayer card that came from Dollar Tree so I glue it to the inside

As you can see my prayer Bible is simply done. I dont have as many tabs as other prayer Bibles I’ve seen on YouTube. But that doesn’t matter. There is no wrong way to create your prayer Bible. What matters is you use them for praying Scripture over a situation , family friends, our nation etc.

If choose to make one you should watch Jessica’s videos. Her channel is called The Sisterita Club. She has lots of ideas for creating a prayer Bible and how to use it.

If you want to see more pages of my Bible I can do that in a separate post.

Phew! This was a long post! I guess that’s what happens when you don’t post in awhile. Have a blessed day!

Thank you for Praying

I want to thank you all for praying for my daughter. She is better and she thanks you all for praying. She felt the prayers of our siblings in Christ! Hallelujah!

I’m working on my post with photos of a few pages from my prayer Bible which will get posted in the next few minutes.

Delay

I’m sorry my dears for the delay in posting pictures of my prayer Bible. We are having a family health crisis involving one of my daughters which is taking up much of my time. If you could pray for her that would be appreciated. I will try to post pictures this weekend.

Church Buildings and Bible Studies and Prayer Bibles. Oh My!

I have been up to my ears with projects, Bible studies and general church life. Our church has a new building has we out grew the older building. Our new building will not only be used by us but also for the local community. This new building will hold up to 700 people.

We were having three services and the third service they had to bring out extra chairs. I would jokingly say if our services got any bigger, we would be sitting in each other’s laps!😆

Now that we are in our new building we’ve gone down to two services which is neat because we get to meet sisters and brothers from other services we never met before.

I’m involved in several Bible studies both in person and online. Or is it On App if I’m using the YouVersion Bible app?😆 I love spending time in God’s Word and drawing closer to Him as I study and pray.

Speaking of prayer, I have been seeing over the past few months on several YouTube channels about prayer Bibles. The more videos I watched the more I became intrigued. Jessica ( her last name is currently drawing a blank) from the channel The Sisterita Club started it and after watching her tutorials I decided to make one myself.

What is a prayer Bible you’re wondering? Its a Bible separate from your regular Bible that you’ve tabbed and highlighted for praying scripture. You have different themes for each tab. I’m posting “What is a Prayer Bible?” video in this post. I’m in a separate post, show you how I did mine hopefully later in the day. I will say I never do things that are popular amongst other Christians because most of the time its a bad idea and I never want to be deceived.