Do you want to Feed Your Soul, Strengthen Your Spirit, and Renew Your Body?

This book is a book about the Daniel Fast. It has information on how to fast in a safe and healthy way, includes a 21 day meal plan with new recipes, a 21 day Daniel Fast Devotional and it has steps for a successful Daniel Fast.

This is a great book. Has a lot of great information on fasting especially if you have never fasted before. I didn't plan on doing this fast when I got this book but this book made me realize it is just what I needed. It has a lot of great information and great tips. I would recommend this book to anyone.

From the Back Cover
“sometimes you are so hungry that the only way you can be fed is to fast.” Susan Gregory
Are you hungry for more of God in your life? Discover why millions of men and women throughout the world are rediscovering the ancient discipline of fasting—and, as a result, are encountering God in amazing ways.
In this authoritative guide, Susan Gregory, “The Daniel Fast Blogger” and an acknowledged expert on the popular partial fast inspired by the biblical book of Daniel, guides readers toward a successful fasting experience. Join Susan as she shares the secrets to:

Fasting in a safe and healthy way
Following the 21-day plan to physical and spiritual health (adaptable for a fast of any length)
Creating healthy meals using Daniel Fast foods
Participating in a group fast with your church, family, or friends
Learning how to hear from God and discover His purpose for your life

Susan also offers recipes and devotionals for each day of a 21-day fast, and a FAQs section for those seeking quick answers. As she walks you through each step of the Daniel Fast, you’ll discover an infinitely richer and more abundant life.
Susan Gregory, “The Daniel Fast Blogger,” launched the Daniel Fast blog and Web site in December 2007. Since then, her site has received millions of hits. Susan is passionate to see individuals experience a successful Daniel Fast as they seek God and endeavor to grow in the love and knowledge of Christ. Author of Out of the Rat Race, Susan has written for nationally known ministries and her work has taken her to more than thirty-five countries. A mother and grandmother, she lives on a small farm in Washington State. Visit her online at www.daniel-fast.com.

Biography
Susan Gregory calls herself The Daniel Fast Blogger, however most people consider her the The Daniel Fast Expert. She has personally experienced the Daniel Fast many times in her life, but in 2007 she started a simple blog to write about it. Since that time she has helped hundreds of thousands of men, women and teens experience a successful Daniel Fast. Her simple blog has had more than 5 million visits and Susan and her team have responded to more than 7,000 questions, comments and praise reports.

The Daniel Fast is a method of fasting and the often chosen way to fast for the annual New Year Fast, Lent and other periods of prayer and fasting. Based on the fasting experiences of the prophet Daniel, the Daniel Fast is plant-based with the only beverage being water. It is usually practiced for 21 consecutive days.

Tyndale Publishing House released The Daniel Fast in paperback and it quickly became the best-selling book about this fast and is now considered the "go-to" reference for the Daniel Fast. The book teaches about the power of prayer and fasting, how to prepare for a successful fast, plus includes a Daniel Fast cookbook with plenty of recipes to use during your long-term fasting experience.

Susan is eager to answer readers' questions. So visit her online at http://Daniel-Fast.com to learn more about The Daniel Fast.

Susan's ministry is to help people live a kingdom of God lifestyle by teaching practical steps toward an amazing and blessed life. She is also a speaker, Christian life coach, world traveler and trainer.

Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book or ARC.

Book Review: What are you waiting for?

This book is about "Saving yourself until Marriage" & God's view on Sex. I think it is a great book for single girls and for people that are already married. This book is very honest, uplifting, positive and I think it is extremely helpful for girls that are single and are waiting for the "right one"! I will definitely have my daughter's read this (age appropriate of course) and I would have them read it as young as 13. It seems to me that girls are starting to be promiscuous even at a younger age and I would think that this would help them when they are young, trying to find themselves and trying to figure out who they are. I would recommend this book for mother's & mentor's of young girls. This book covers all sorts of important issues. Definitely worth reading!

Book Description:
If you need satisfying answers to your questions about sex, Dannah Gresh has one (surprising) word for you.

In What Are You Waiting For? Dannah follows the trail of one provocative, ancient word through the Bible to discover God’s deepest thoughts about sex. The mind-blowing truth she uncovers clearly points the way to a sexuality that’s satisfying and real and everything God designed it to be.

(Not one to shy away from edgy topics), Dannah candidly shares…

- straight talk about masturbation and pornography
- the ground-breaking science that explains the addictive power of romantic experiences
- honest answers about the lesbian question
- a clear plan for breaking free from sexual guilt
- the unexpected key to a lifetime of truly fulfilling intimacy

If you’re a young woman looking for honest answers about sex—and wondering why it’s such a big deal to God—you’ve come to the right place. In these pages you’ll discover a life-changing truth that no one ever talks about—a truth that will transform everything you think you know about sex, romance, and God.

So what are you waiting for? The answer is right inside.

Biography:
Dannah Gresh is a best-selling author and the founder of Pure Freedom, (purefreedom.org) and is the creator of Secret Keeper Girl (secretkeepergirl.com). She is a frequent guest who is called upon to defend the conservative position of abstinence in mediums such as The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and TIME. Her most recent best-sellers are "Six Ways To Keep The Little In Your Girl: Guiding Your Tween To Her Teens" and "What Are You Waiting For: The One Thing No One Ever Tells You About Sex." She lives with her family and a wonderful menagerie of pets in the Happy Valley of State College, Pennsylvania.



Disclaimer: I was given a free copy of this book by Waterbrook Multnomah Press, I was neither paid for this review nor was I commanded by Waterbrook Multnomah Press to write a positive review. This review is my own personal opinion. This disclaimer is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx03/16cfr25503.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Book Review: Smitten

This book is one of the greatest books I have ever read. Once I started reading I never wanted to stop. This book is about four best friends: Natalie, Julia, Shelby and Reese, as they work to save their town. Including romance, ups, downs, honesty, truth and having faith in God. If you want to read a book that has the cutest stories and is uplifting than this is the book for you. This is a book that I would read again.

Book Description

Four friends devise a plan to turn Smitten, Vermont, into the country's premier romantic getaway-and each finds her own true love along the way.

With Smitten Lumber closing, residents wonder if their town can stay afloat. Then four friends and local business owners-Natalie, Julia, Shelby, and Reese--decide the town is worth saving. How will they do it? They'll turn Smitten into a honeymoon destination!

As Natalie, Julia, Shelby, and Reese work to save the town, each discovers romance in her own life. Meanwhile, the faith of a little child reminds the whole town what it means to have real faith in the God who is the always and forever Love.

Discover a novel written by four of Christian fiction's most popular romance novelists- friends in real life who've drawn an amazing story of four friends! Includes a Reading Group Guide as well as "Conversation over Coffee with the Authors".

About the Author:
Best-selling author Colleen Coble's novels have won or finaled in awards ranging from the Best Books of Indiana, ACFW Book of the Year, RWA’s RITA, the Holt Medallion, the Daphne du Maurier, National Readers' Choice, and the Booksellers Best. She has nearly 2 million books in print and writes romantic mysteries because she loves to see justice prevail. Colleen is CEO of American Christian Fiction Writers and is a member of Romance Writers of America. She lives with her husband Dave in Indiana. Kristin Billerbeck is the bestselling, award-winning author of several novels, including What a Girl Wants. A Christy Award finalist and two-time winner of the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year award, Billerbeck has appeared on The Today Show and has been featured in the New York Times. She lives with her family in northern California. Denise Hunter is the best-selling author of many novels, including The Convenient Groom and Driftwood Lane. She lives in Indiana with her husband Kevin and their three sons. In 1996, Denise began her first book, a Christian romance novel, writing while her children napped. Two years later it was published, and she's been writing ever since. Her books contain a strong romantic element, and her husband Kevin says he provides all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too! Diann Hunt has lived in Indiana forever, been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, her dog, and, well, chocolate. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

*I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review Books for Blogging program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255. Positive or negative, this is my honest opinion of the product.

*I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review Books for Blogging program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255. Positive or negative, this is my honest opinion of the product.

Book Review: The Grace Effect

The books talks about Christianity, atheists and an adoption of a 10 year old girl from Ukraine. I really wasn't able to get into it.

Book Description

“Simply defined, the ‘grace effect’ is an observable phenomenon—that life is demonstrably better where authentic Christianity flourishes.”

What does Christianity give us beyond televangelists, potlucks, and bad basketball leagues? Not much, according to the secular Left. The world, they say, would be a better place without it.

Historian and Christian apologist Larry Taunton has spent much of his career refuting just this sort of thinking, but when he encounters Sasha, a golden-haired Ukranian orphan girl whose life has been shaped by atheistic theorists, he discovers an unlikely champion for the transforming power of grace.

Through the narrative of Sasha’s redemption, we see the false promises of socialism; the soul-destroying influence of unbelief; and how a society cultivates its own demise when it rejects the ultimate source of grace. We see, in short, the kind of world the atheists would give us: a world without Christianity—cold, pitiless, and graceless.

And yet, as Sasha shows us, it is a world that is not beyond the healing power of “the grace effect.” Occasionally infuriating, often amusing, but always inspiring, The Grace Effect will have you cheering for the courageous little girl who shamed the academic elitists of our day.

*I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review Books for Blogging program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255. Positive or negative, this is my honest opinion of the product. width="200" height="150">

Book Review: Awakening

This is an amazing book. I absolutely loved it. I could read it again. If your relationship with God has become stale than this is the book for you. Or if you would just like to read a good book with some great information than I would suggest this for you.

Back of the Book:

Would you like your walk with God always to be fresh...satisfying...passionate? If so, it's time for an awakening-to hear the voice of God and feel His presence like never before!

In a world filled with Twitter, Facebook, and so much noise and clutter, we can easily get distracted and "gunked up" spiritually-bogged down in our relationship with God. But according to Stovall Weems, there's a powerful, "new school" way to hit the reset button and find the thriving life God promises.

Awakening includes a 21-Day Plan to help you activate the principles that ensure a lasting, vital relationship with God-even in a world where everything quickly becomes stale.

Regardless of where you are in your spiritual journey, Awakening will take you to the next level in your relationship with God.

About the Author
Stovall Weems is the founder and lead pastor of the multi-site Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, one of the fastest growing and largest churches in America. As pastor, teacher, and conference speaker, Stovall’s ministry focuses on building the local church, reaching people with the gospel, and developing passionate followers of Christ.

Stovall is also the leader of Awakening, a 21-day spiritual campaign of prayer and fasting that takes place each January. Awakening serves to equip thousands of pastors, churches, and ministry leaders around the world, inspiring a culture of prayer and fasting in their church or ministry.

Through local, national, and international television, Stovall Weems Ministries broadcasts weekly in over 200 countries and can be seen in over 90 million homes across the United States. Stovall and his wife, Kerri, have three children, Kaylan, Stovie, and Annabelle. Learn more at Awake21.org.

Disclaimer: I was given a free copy of this book by Waterbrook Multnomah Press, I was neither paid for this review nor was I commanded by Waterbrook Multnomah Press to write a positive review. This review is my own personal opinion. This disclaimer is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx03/16cfr25503.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Book Review: The Christmas Sining

About This Book

After Gideon coldly broke her heart, can the warmth of the season revive Mattie’s hopes?

Mattie thought her childhood sweetheart adored her until he abruptly ended their engagement on Christmas Eve.

Three years later, will learning the truth behind his rejection restore her Christmas joy – or open the door to even deeper heartbreak?

Spend Christmas with the Amish in this story of love, romance, heartache, and restoration.