Our new Proverbs 31 Ministries devotional book: Encouragement for Today: Devotions For Everyday Living just released and I am so excited to be giving away 3 copies of it today!
It includes several devotions by me and a bunch more from my dear friends and team mates at P31. Here’s a little bit more about what is inside
Pull away from the things that are pulling on you and find lasting encouragement for today.
For twenty years our P31 team has equipped and encouraged millions of women around the world to live in the power of God’s truths that apply to our everyday lives. Written by women from every walk of life, in Encouragement for Today you will find inspiration to live authentically and fully grounded in the Word of God.
Sharing from the realities of everyday life including highs and lows, humorous stories and tender moments, you’ll enjoy 100 daily devotions woven together with wit and wisdom. Pull away from all that is pulling on you and find lasting Encouragement for Today!
What do YOU like to do or where do you like to go to pull away from all that pulls on you and spend some time with God?
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I like to go to the beach and just watch the ocean and get refreshed in God’s glory. If I can’t go to the beach. I like to get up early in the morning and sit on my porch and spend time with the Lord in silence and just look in awe at all the amazing things he created and remind myself he is in control and I am in his hands.
I envy your access to the beach, Karen! I am reminded of His power and how He is never-ending when I watch the waves and view the horizon. How blessed you are!
When I like to get away and get close to God I like to go and walk along the outskirts of the cemetary. We live near it. I like to look at the flowers and ponder on life.
I just like to sit back, relax, meditate and pray to our Lord and give him all thanks and praise and ask for continued blessings upon my family, friends, others and me!!
It doesn’t matter really where I go because God simply meets me there when I draw near to Him! He continually pours His mercy and grace on me despite myself. I may not have the perfect “routine” of quiet time, but when I read His word I receive the pure spiritual nourishment that I must have to grow.
Everyone leaves the house around 8:00 am. I grab a cup of coffee and my dogs and go upstairs in my chaise lounge and read my bible and devotions and pray. But I long for a weekend getaway to just be with God, to pray and read his word with no distractions.
I like to go to a real quiet place. Just me and God. No distractions. I usually find that in, what looks like a pit. It is very beautiful. Me and nature.
I like to be at home in the quiet. No TV on. No music playing. Just me and my Father in Heaven and His Holy Word. If I need to cry, He lets me and then comforts me. If I am angry, He takes me to task if it is unjustified. No matter what the outcome it is time well spent in the presence of The One who truly loves me.
When I need to pull away from the things that are pulling me, I love to discuss the joys of happiness that I have my health with my best girlfriend over some good coffee. We also have our walks and talk about ways in which we can have fun by going out to dinners often and visiting new restaurants or even sharing recipes for new healthy dishes. These moments shared with my best girlfriend is what keeps me from being pulled under. We discuss how grateful we are to still be friends after so many years and how God just continuously keeps us under HIS care in spite of the trials and tribulations we may face.
I actually like to take a shower and I imagine that I am washing away all of the stress and at the same time I talk to God.
Same here 🙂 Though I take a shower in the morning, taking a shower actually works the best when I’m down, depressed, or just need to talk with God.
i love going to my sunroom. to sit and relax…enjoy the simple clean room and breathe 🙂
A great book that is very timely. We can all use more encouragement.
I also love to walk outside with Him too and appreciate all He has made.
I love to wake up early in the morning and just be quiet with God. I have not done this enough but God has been pressing it on my heart lately so I have a new committment to spend at least 10 minutes alone with God a day. 🙂
I love to go outside and take a walk and see all that God has made.
I like to pray and cry out to the Lord. He is my strength and my shield. My everlasting JOY!! I talk with God throughout the whole day wherever I am. God has been revealing things about myself that I was trying to pin on everyone else around me, but I was talking too much to really listen to Him telling me that the problem was within me. The criticism, the anger, the disappointment, my unrealistic expectations of others, etc. He has my attention now and with His help I will overcome. We are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus our Lord!!!
Where ever you are God is with you and for many that is any place they feel his peace, comfort, spirit, guidance. I pray everyday no matter where I am whether at home, work, outside, church, with friends, in the car whether it is a silent prayer or talking to the Lord. I have learned to Let Go and Let God he is in
control. I read the devotions of Proverbs 31 ministries. No matter what we are facing in life I know he is always with us.
I like to wake up to a new day and thank him for another day of life, cup of coffee, say a prayer, read devotion and begin my day with God. I love to find peace in the outdoors near the Ocean, mountains, a nice walk in quiet spirit with the one who holds everyone and everything in his hands.
Jesus our Lord and Savior
I like to curl up on the couch with the Lord,
I like to go into my “happy” place with God and design jewelry for hours on as I get a design in my head, (I know I didn’t do it) and then revelation comes and dreaming of my own business some day, right now, really; and I really get into others as I read and see, and feeling the same or have experience the same as I, and learning from other “Wisdom-lead” women….going the distance(s) and believing His Word, knowing, and amazed most of the time, that It will always stand; sometimes I get to a point of “nah, not for me” and then it hits me, Stand on His Promises, then to stumble on to the Proverbs 31 series of messages, I have found another “happy” place….I know I’m at work, but come break time, I’m in front of the system, searching and getting that “extra” umph….crying at times, smiling a lot, and WOWing —God is truly Amazing! He’s my strong tower, my vindicator, and I can go on….other resources are here for me, and those four walls in the church will not be the only place I can share and live—I, now, have a “passport” and can go anywhere!
The plan is to grow.
I love going on women’s retreats and other women’s events. I feel like I can really get away from the chaos of my life and get peace and time alone to really enjoy being a woman of God and spend time in his overflowing love. I really hope to one day find the discipline to have a “Scheduled” quiet time routine. For now P31 and the resources I find through it has been my stable stand-in to make sure I can daily find a connection with God. He has fed me and grown me in my deepest times of need through all P31 is doing 🙂
Every morning I start out in my home office, reading the devotion from Proverbs 31 ministries and then I have my quiet time with God and my cup of coffee. I so look forward to this time every day and it starts my day off right..