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Books & Gift Cards Giveaway Winner Is...

12/31/2011

I want to thank everyone who entered my book promo giveaway. Thank you for helping promote my book to help restore families. Because of you I was able to donate copies of my book to SRL Ministries in Switzerland for their conference in January. Thank you very much for your support! Families will be blessed thanks to you!

Now for the winner of this great gift package of books and gift cards:

And the winner is....

Rose Blackard

Congratulations, Rose! I will be contacting you shortly.

If you would like to order any of the books in the giveaway, follow these links:

Make Your Life Worth Living - Serge Roux-Levrat
How to Enjoy An Abundant Health - Serge Roux-Levrat
Roaring Lions, Cracking Rocks, and Other Gems from Proverbs - Warren Baldwin
The Father's Love - Dave Moore

If you would like to order my book, it's still on sale until January 1st. It's only $8.94 for paperback and $2.99 for kindle. After January 1st it will be $14.99 for paperback and $5.99 for kindle.

Thank you again for supporting marriages!
I pray you all have a very blessed New Year in Christ!

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Christmas Book Giveaway - Author Penny Zeller

11/30/2011

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Christmas Book Giveaways!!!

For the next week I will be posting marriage and family book giveaways! All winners will be announced on Saturday, December 10th.

Today's giveaway is from multi-published author, Penny Zeller. She is giving away a copy of her wonderful book: 77 Ways Your Family Can Make a Difference. What better time than Christmas to teach our families to serve others!

77 Ways Your Family Can Make a Difference

(Beacon Hill Press)

Serving others - loving them the way we love ourselves - is the heartbeat of the Christian faith. As parents, we want to instill this virtue in our children, but simply telling our kids to love their neighbors isn't enough - they need to see and experience love in action.

Packed with 77 suggestions and activities designed to serve the different needs of people in your community, this fun and insightful book will help you cultivate love and compassion in your kids as you discover ways your family can make the world a better place by impacting the lives of others.

This practical and easy-to-use book includes:
Creative activities that can be adapted to fit your unique family

Service ideas for a variety of budgets

Bible verses to help children connect God's truth to their lives

Interactive discussion questions to help your family understand the importance of each activity and correlate it to God's Word.

Penny Zeller is the author of several books and numerous magazine articles. She is also the author of the blog "A Day in the Life of a Wife, Mom, and Author" www.pennyzeller.wordpress.com where she also provides weekly doses of humor, along with movie reviews from a Christian worldview, and interviews with some of her favorite author friends.

Penny is an active volunteer in her community, devoting her time to assisting and nurturing women and children into a closer relationship with Christ. Her passion is to use the gift of the written word that God has given her to glorify Him and to benefit His kingdom.

Penny is the author of 77 Ways Your Family Can Make a Difference, Hollyhocks, and The Decision. Hailee is Penny’s latest book, which began with McKenzie and Kaydie in the Montana Skies Historical Romance Series.

When she's not writing, Penny enjoys spending time with her family and camping, hiking, canoeing, and playing volleyball.

Penny loves to hear from her readers at her website, www.pennyzeller.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennyzellerbooks

**To enter to win 77 Ways Your Family Can Make a Difference leave a comment below and include your email address. For an additional entry into the drawing, follow ("LIKE") Penny's Facebook page. Let me know that you're following Penny's Facebook page in your comment. The winner will be announced December 10th.

**This giveaway is only open to those who reside in the U.S.

Come back on Sunday (12/4) to enter to win Deborah McCarragher's book Mission Possible - Believing for your husband's salvation.

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Are You Stressed Out???

11/23/2011

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Does this look like your to-do list? Are you stressed out trying to get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas?

My husband and I decided to have Thanksgiving at our house this year and invite both our families. A few weeks ago we made the crazy decision to rush and turn our basement into a family room so we would have enough room to fit everyone.

Whenever we do a project we always end up doing more than we anticipate. I tend to get off track by adding more projects along the way, and then get overwhelmed as my to-do list continues to grow.

As my husband and I were working day and night trying to finish our family room, I decided since I was painting cabinets for the basement, I might as well paint my island in my kitchen and a cabinet in my hall. And since I emptied my island and cabinet, I decided to empty and clean out my china cabinet and desk, and remove them from the kitchen to make more room for guests. Because I removed my desk and china cabinet, it left my wall bare, so I had to buy wall decor. Since I was decorating my walls, I thought I might as well decorate for Christmas. Since I was decorating for Christmas, I decided to put up our tree. Since I put up our tree, I thought I should get a tree for our new family room and decorate it as well. My to-do list grew as I continued to add on more projects.

As I was running a table at a mom to mom sale last weekend, stressed out thinking about my ever-growing to-do list, I noticed a woman selling at a table across from me crying. The director of the sale told me that the woman had a c-section a week ago, and her baby was born prematurely at 27 weeks. She had to leave the sale early because her baby was having emergency heart surgery that day.

I noticed she was at the sale alone with her two toddlers, so I offered to help and carry her items to her car. After talking to her, I found out that her husband was in the hospital as well. The Lord brought my attention to the fact that no mother would work a mom to mom sale alone with two toddlers only a week after having a c-section, on top of having a premature baby and a husband in the hospital, unless she desperately needed money.

After praying with her and giving her what I had from the sale, I sat down and thought about all the stupid things I had been worrying about the past few weeks. None of that mattered after seeing this woman hurting so deeply. God humbled me as my heart broke for her and her family.

Now, I could care less if my to-do list gets done for Thanksgiving or not. I just want to praise God that I get to spend the holidays with my loved ones.

I encourage you to do the same. Don't let your to-do list steal your time away from your family. Enjoy each day you have with them. Be thankful that you get to spend another holiday with the ones you love.

I pray you have a blessed, anxiety-free Thanksgiving!

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

--Philippians 4:6-7

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Amanda Beth

Thanks for stopping by my site! Welcome to my "Enjoying Your Family" blog!

I'm a wife of 16 years, mother of four children (ages 3 to 11), and author of "YOU CAN HAVE A HAPPY FAMILY - Steps to Enjoying Your Marriage and Children"
and
"THE LOVE WALK: A 15-Week Devotional on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8"

I also author another blog on spiritual growth every Monday at SharingTruths.com, and I am a weekly guest contributor every Sunday at Christian Blessings .

God has blessed me, my marriage and my family in more ways than I could ever imagine. I am so honored to give my life to Christ and share His Word wherever God sends me.

"Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed."
Psalm 112:1-2

Books & Gift Cards Giveaway Winner Is...

Christmas Book Giveaway - Author Penny Zeller

Christmas Book Giveaways!!!

Are You Stressed Out???

Amanda Beth

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