NIV God's Word for Gardeners Bible from Zondervan and BookLook Bloggers

NIV God's Word for Gardeners Bible

Grow Your Faith While Growing Your Garden

Book Description

God will meet you personally in your garden... and in his. Throughout the Scriptures God has revealed spiritual truth in the language of growing things. This Bible will take you into a deeper relationship with God through the contemplation of soil and soul. The NIV God’s Word for Gardeners Bible will inspire you to seek God in a personal way through informative essays, devotional readings and prayers that explore the nature of the gardener’s work, the rewards of gardening, the influence of seasons and weather, and the joy of the harvest. In this Bible you will also find botanical-themed pages containing horticultural information for the prominent plants noted in Scripture and landscape-themed pages highlighting the main gardens and regions in which the events in the Bible took place. Draw near to the One whose garden is planted with delight---in you!

Features: * 260 daily devotions and 52 weekend readings arranged in weekly themes and placed near relevant passages in the text to explore the biblical metaphors of gardens and gardening * Beautiful, durable hardcover * Topical Index (for 52 weeks) * Special sections on the Garden of Eden, the garden of Gethsemane and Jesus the Vine.


Review   This is a Bible for those who like to garden. The weekly and monthly devotionals were written the gardener in mind. There are special sections about The Garden of Eden, Jesus' Last Supper teaching on the vine, and The Book or Revelations and the urban Gardens. The inside of the Bible has green as the color of the captions and the titles of the devotions, etc. I think anyone who enjoys gardening would enjoy going through this Bible and the series of devotions throughout the Bible. My copy of this Bible is a hard copy, and the dust cover has a neat and pretty picture of flowers, gloves, and other things a gardener would use. And the hard cover front of this Bible has the same neat picture.
This is a very nice Bible. It is different, I've never seen a Bible with a gardener theme. I highly encourage those who enjoy this theme to pick up a copy of this pretty Bible.
BookLook Bloggers sent me a copy of this Bible to read and review. 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 55.

 

 

Celebrate Recovery Bible Foreward by Rick Warren from Zondervan

Celebrate Recovery Bible

Foreward by Rick Warren

From Zondervan

 

 

 

Book Description

This softcover Bible is an ideal, real-life spiritual guide for anyone looking for hope in the face of difficult circumstances and the negative habits they are trying to control. Based on eight recovery principles found in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and on the underlying Christ-centered twelve steps of the proven Celebrate Recovery program, this Bible lifts readers up and shows them how to walk, step by attainable step, on a path of healing and liberty.

Featuring a foreword by Rick Warren, the NIV Celebrate Recovery Bible offers hope and encouragement to all who feel powerless and stuck. Through developing a relationship with Jesus Christ, readers will be empowered to rise above their hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

Features:

• Full text of the world’s most popular modern English Bible—the New International Version (NIV)
• Articles explain eight recovery principles and accompanying Christ-centered twelve steps
• Over 110 lessons unpack eight recovery principles in practical terms
• Recovery stories offer encouragement and hope
• 30 days of devotional readings
• Over 50 full-page biblical character studies are tied to stories from real-life people who have found peace and help with their own hurts, hang-ups, and habits
• Book introductions
• Side-column reference system keyed to the eight recovery principles
• Topical index

My Review

I choose this Bible to review because I know so many people that have gone through the Celebrate Recovery class, and I know how much my friends have been helped because of Rick Warren and his ministry. This is a beautiful Bible inside and out. The cover has a beautiful picture on it, and the fonts and colors make it all very nice. Inside, the words are in a brown color. This is truly a different kind of study Bible. It was put together with those who have taken this class in mind. Among the special things in this NIV Bible as lessons that unpack the eight recovery principles in practical terms, devotional readings, Bible character studies tied to stories from real-life people who have found heal and peace in their own life. And the most important and the one I found most special is the Recovery Stories of people who have found help while attending Rick Warren's Celebrate Recovery classes.

There is so much in this special Bible, and it holds a special place in my heart because of the lives changed by this study. Everyone who has taken this Celebrate Recovery class needs a copy of The Celebrate Recovery Bible. I received this book from Blogging for Books to read and review. 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 55.

From Blogging for Books......I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson

I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson

 

A New York Times bestseller, I Quit Sugar is week-by-week guide to quitting sugar to lose weight; boost energy; and improve your looks, mood, and overall health, with 108 sugarfree recipes.
Sarah Wilson thought of herself as a relatively healthy eater. She didn't realize how much sugar was hidden in her diet, or how much it was affecting her well-being. When she learned that her sugar consumption could be the source of a lifetime of mood swings, fluctuating weight, sleep problems, and thyroid disease, she knew she had to make a change.

What started as an experiment to eliminate sugar--both the obvious and the hidden kinds--soon became a way of life, and now Sarah shows you how you can quit sugar too:

* follow a flexible and very doable 8-week plan
* overcome cravings
* make food you're excited to eat with these 108 recipes for detox meals, savory snacks, and sweet treats from Sarah Wilson and contributors including Gwyneth Paltrow, Curtis Stone, Dr. Robert Lustig (The Fat Chance Cookbook), Sarma Melngailis (Raw Food/ Real World), Joe "the Juicer" Cross, and Angela Liddon (Oh She Glows)

I Quit Sugar makes it easy to kick the habit for good, lose weight, and feel better than ever before. When you are nourished with delicious meals and treats, you won't miss the sugar for an instant.

"When I quit sugar I found wellness and the kind of energy and sparkle I had as a kid. I don't believe in diets or in making eating miserable. This plan and the recipes are designed for lasting wellness." -- Sarah Wilson

REVIEW.............I thought this was a rather interesting book to read, so I decided to review it. It is interesting, and if you are serious about eating healthy are losing weight, this is a good way to go. I didn't fully stop eating sugar reading this book, but I did check up on it a lot and I did feel better not eating as much. One thing in this book that I wasn't too fond of is using all of the artificial sweeteners, because I am not convinced that they are all that good for you either, so which is better, eating sugar or eating sweeteners that are artificial? I guess that is something you have to figure out for yourself.
Saying all that, this book does give a good look at what sugar does to your body, gives some good tips and advise about sugar.
I received this book from Blogging for Books to read and review. 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

NIV Life Journey Bible

NIV Life Journey Bible

Find the Answers For Your Whole Life

Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

 

 

Book Description

This Bible is geared for people seeking personal growth, which includes emotional health and wholeness.

It can be difficult to translate God’s word into an effective plan to stay spiritually healthy, especially as we grow and enter new phases in our lives. The Bible always holds relevant lessons, but sometimes it takes an experienced guide to help you grow, wherever you may be in your life. Doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend—bestselling authors of How People Grow and the Boundaries series—bring you the NIV Life Journey Bible, the full text of the Bible’s most accessible translation paired with their own acclaimed teachings. This Bible provides invaluable support for personal growth and wholeness.

Features:

• 300 insights
• Excerpts from Cloud and Townsend’s previously published material
• 40 profiles of biblical figures
• 66 book introductions
• Key growth principles in each book of the Bible
• 20 essays and longer articles about topics such as growth, grief, relationships, etc.

Review
My copy of this Bible is a hardcover, very catching with the bright colors. I like this Bible a lot. I really like the introductions to each book of the Bible with basic facts about each book. This is great for me because you can learn a lot about this book just reading this page. There are so many neat things that make this Bible enjoyable. The insights, biblical figures, excerpts from previously published things from Cloud and Townsend, and all of the other things make this Bible a most wonderful study. And if you are like me, you like all kinds of study tools, and this is an amazing one. I highly recommend this edition of the NIV Bible.

I rec'd this Bible from BookLookBloggers for my review. What is here is my opinions only!