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    The Beauty of God's Blessings: 365 Daily Inspirations for Women
    The Beauty of God's Blessings: 365 Daily Inspirations for Women
    The Beauty of God's Blessings: 365 Daily Inspirations for Women
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    The Beauty of God's Blessings: 365 Daily Inspirations for Women

    By Jack Countryman

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    The next entry in the Minute Meditations series comes The Beauty of God's Blessings. Following in the success of Bedside Blessings, this latest title is a beautiful gift book compiling 365 short excerpts from W Publishing, Thomas Nelson, and J. Countryman female authors such as Catherine Marshall,Elisabeth Elliot, Leslie Williams, and Harriet Crosby. Each reading is accompanied with Scripture. It follows in succession with the look, format, cover design and styling of Bedside Blessings but with full-color interior.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateAug 6, 2006
    ISBN9781418568207
    The Beauty of God's Blessings: 365 Daily Inspirations for Women
    Author

    Jack Countryman

    Jack Countryman is the founder of JCountryman gift books, a division of Thomas Nelson, and is the recipient of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Kip Jordan Lifetime Achievement Award. Over the past 30 years, he has developed bestselling gift books such as God's Promises for Your Every Need, God's Promises for Men, God's Promises for Women, God Listens, and Red Letter Words of Jesus. Countryman's books have sold more than 27 million units. His graduation books alone have sold nearly 2 million units.

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      The Beauty of God's Blessings - Jack Countryman

      January

      BLESSINGS_0012_006

      I want what God wants,

      that's why 1 am so merry.

      —ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

      January 1

      God is interested in the texture of our days. One thing I've come to accept is that some days are busier than others; if we choose to participate in life, we cannot avoid this ebb and flow On the flow days, when urgency drives us and we lurch (late) from one event to the next, we can pray for time . . . and God will give us little corners to cut so we don't have to be so breathless.

      LESLIE WILLIAMS

      Seduction of the Lesser Gods

      The LORD has done great things for us,

      and we are glad.

      PSALM 126 :3

      January 2

      The word impossible melts away with God. He knows no defeat; can turn every failure and frustration into unexpected victory He can reverse a doctor's grim prognosis. With Him a seemingly dark and desolate future becomes a joyous new life.

      CATHERINE MARSHALL

      Moments that Matter

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      With God all things are possible.

      MATTHEW 19:26

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      January 3

      The mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds in the world. It takes very little faith to grow big miracles. But sometimes I find having even the smallest amount of faith the most difficult thing in the world—especially when times are hard.

      Hebrews 11 : 1 . . . tells us to cultivate faith the size of a very tiny seed and let it grow in the ground of our own pain. Such faith, sown in pain, is a miracle great enough to move mountains.

      HARRIET CROSBY

      A Well-Watered Garden

      BLESSINGS_0012_006

      Now faith is the substance of things

      hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

      HEBREWS 11:1

      January 4

      Christ has already given us everything when He gave us Himself. He asks for everything in return—there must be no reserved corners, no secret disclaimers, no insistence on individual rights, no escape clauses.

      Obedience is part of love's burden.

      ELISABETH ELLIOT

      The Path of Loneliness

      BLESSINGS_0012_006

      We love Him because He first loved us.

      1 JOHN 4 : 19

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      January 5

      The best of blessings do not always come in crowds.

      There are those still, quiet moments when alone in gentle communion with Christ I sense and see the momentary glory of His person. The intense nearness of His Spirit as soft, yet sublime moves on my spirit. And again I know, O Father, You are here!

      W. PHILLIP KELLER

      Sea Edge

      BLESSINGS_0013_005

      The LORD

      is my strength and song,

      and He has become my salvation.

      PSALM 118 : 14

      January 6

      The Kiga tribe in East Africa gives God the name of Biheko, which means a God who carries everyone on His back. In this tribe, only mothers and older sisters carry children on their backs. To portray Biheko, one of their artists made a wooden carving of a man carrying on his back a child with an adult face and in his arms a weaker child. This carving is a symbol of the God who takes care of human beings with the tender care of a mother.

      INGRID TROBISCH

      The Confident Woman

      BLESSINGS_0014_005

      I have made you

      and I will carry you.

      ISAIAH 46 : 4 , NIV

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      January 7

      The most interesting people I know drink in life and savor every drop—the sweet and the sour. The good and the bad. The planned and the unplanned. And isn't that what God intends? When Jesus modeled humanity for you and me to see, He was out there—everywhere! He took risks. He embraced life and responded to everyone and everything, the tender and the tumultuous. His capacity for life was without measure. And we are designed like Him. Fully human and fully alive.

      LUCI SWINDOLL

      Married Adventure

      BLESSINGS_0015_005

      Nothing is better for them than

      to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

      ECCLESIASTES 3 : 12

      January 8

      The more time we spend praising the Lord, the more we will see ourselves and our circumstances grow in wholeness and completeness. That's because praise softens our hearts and makes them pliable. It also covers us protectively. The more the pliability and covering are maintained, the more quickly our hearts can be molded and healed.

      STORMIE OMARTIAN

      Praying God's Will for Your Life

      BLESSINGS_0016_005

      Sing praise to the LORD,...

      and give thanks at the

      remembrance of His holy name.

      PSALM 30 :4

      January 9

      Prayer is a way for us to connect with God's plan. It is not about figuring a way to get God into our plan....

      Lay down your market lists of wants. Lay down your teaspoon. Then go, through prayer, to the well of God's love with the biggest container you can find.

      SUZANNE DALE EZELL

      Living Again in God's Abundance

      BLESSINGS_0018_006

      To You, 0 LORD, I lift up my soul

      O my God, I trust in You.

      PSALM 25 : 1 -2

      January 10

      Frequently people say to me, God answered my prayer! Usually they mean God granted them whatever they had requested, either for themselves or for others.

      God always answers the prayers of His children—but His answer isn't always Yes. Sometimes His answer is No, or Wait— and they are answers just as much as Yes.

      BILLY GRAHAM

      Unto the Hills

      BLESSINGS_0018_006

      Let us . . . come boldly to the throne

      of grace, that we may obtain mercy

      HEBREWS 4 : 16

      jar

      January 11

      We are only finite human beings. We can only see the present and the past. The future is a little frightening to us. So we need to hold onto God's hand and trust Him to calm our fears.

      CHARLES SWINDOLL

      The Mystery of God's Will

      BLESSINGS_0019_005

      Stand fast in the Lord.

      PHILIPPIANS 4:1

      jal

      January 12

      The family of God is a large and rather odd bunch. Some folks we like. Others we like a little less. But out of respect for our Father God, we call each other brother and sister and know that the same grace we extend to others, others also are extending to us.

      ALICIA BRITT CHOLE

      Pure Joy

      BLESSINGS_0020_004

      Let us not give up meeting together,...

      but let us encourage one another

      HEBREWS 10 : 25 , NIV

      January 13

      God has been making arrangements for your part in His plan long before you were born. He is never unprepared. Your past does not surprise Him. Your present does not worry Him. Your future is not a mystery to Him. No one is a second-class laborer in His harvest. You are precious to Him. He is The Almighty, you are His beloved child, and we are all part of the wonderful tapestry of His eternal purposes.

      ALICIA BRITT CHOLE

      Pure Joy

      BLESSINGS_0021_004

      I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart

      and tell about the wonders you have worked.

      PSALM 9 : 1 , CEV

      January 14

      In His death Jesus Christ gave us life. The willingness of the Son of God to commit Himself into the hands of criminals became the greatest gift ever given—the Bread of the world, in mercy broken. Thus the worst thing that ever happened became the best that ever happened.

      ELISABETH ELLIOT

      The Path of Loneliness

      BLESSINGS_0022_004

      The wages of sin is death, hut the gift

      of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

      ROMANS 6 : 23

      jar

      January 15

      The power in your life and mine that results in blessings is in direct proportion to the extent that you are willing to die to your own will, your own goals, your own dreams, your own desires, your own wants, your own plans, your own rights, your own reputation. It's what Jesus meant when He challenged His disciples, If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

      ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ

      My Heart's Cry

      If anyone would come after me, he must deny

      himself and take up his cross and follow me.

      MATTHEW 16 : 24 NIV

      January 16

      Heaven will be a spacious place, and all sorts of treasures will be available to us there. But the entryway is too small for a moving van; we can't take anything with us to paradise except the love we carry inside our hearts.

      BARBARA JOHNSON

      He's Gonna Toot

      BLESSINGS_0025_004

      What does the

      LORD

      require of you

      but to do justly, to love mercy,

      and to walk humbly with your God?

      MiCAH 6:8

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      January 17

      God will keep us. He'll help. He'll intervene—perhaps just in the nick of time. Is that too close for comfort? Maybe. But our trust in Him was never meant to be comfortable—only close. And the nick of time is close enough.

      JONI EARECKSON TADA

      Holiness in Hidden Places

      BLESSINGS_0025_004

      Certainly God has heard me;

      He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

      PSALM 66 : 19

      jal

      January 18

      Isn't it good to know that even when we don't love with a perfect love, God does? He always nourishes what is right. He always applauds what is right. He has never done wrong, led one person to do wrong, or rejoiced when anyone did wrong. For He is love, and love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.

      MAX LUCADO

      A Love Worth Giving

      BLESSINGS_0025_004

      [Love]does not rejoice in unrighteousness,

      but rejoices with the truth.

      1 CORINTHIANS. 13:6, NASB

      January 19

      Why do we expect ease as our due?

      The Bible is filled with people who struggled, and many who died for their faith. Jesus Himself said that our lives as Christians would be difficult. God fills our lives with challenges, not bonbons, because it is the challenges that bring us closer to Him and ultimately bring us joy.

      LESLIE WILLIAMS

      Seduction of the Lesser Gods

      BLESSINGS_0027_004

      Refrain your voice from

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