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?
Leave a comment below sharing your answer! Three winners will receive a free copy of our new book. {If you are reading this via email, PLEASE CLICK HERE to visit my blog and leave a comment under this post.}
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I like to talk to God in the shower. Its just me and Him. It is quiet and no one can bother me. I also like to sit outside in my lawnchair. Just me and God and the squirrels and the birds. God speaks wherever I am though.
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When I start feeling overwhelmed I like to just stop what I am doing and find something around me that shows me God is still with me. It may be something as simple as a cloud in the sky in the shape of something that makes me happy. A smile on a strangers face says to me “God is near”. If I am around a computer I do searches on encouragement. I love to read inspiring quotes on google images. Another thing I love to do to spend time with God is listen to encouraging music. Mandisa is my favorite on so many levels. Her music could have been written by me. She has overcome so much and she just beams with positivity! Music reminds me that God is with me! Thanks for all the encouragement you girls do for us out here doing life together!
I love to spend a little quite time each morning out on my swing, a cup of coffee and my bible. I look forward to seeing what God has to say to me each day. And on very special occasions I love sitting on the beach when its not so crowded, focusing on His beauty. How peaceful! God bless you!
Jenny
I like to go out on my porch and sometimes I pray – sometimes, I just sit there and listen to see what God might be trying to say to me. Be still and listen.
When I’m able to get away, a state park is the best place to get out in the woods and away from phones, tv, jobs, etc. and spend time in prayer and meditate on His Word.
When we give God some “still” time, I am learning that He will and is ready to speak to us. We just have to be ready to listen.
I like to go sit at the beach and be still. In those moments I feel closest to God.
The shower is a special place for God and I to meet. No one can usually here what is going on, so if I need to cry or get mad I can let those feelings flow (pun intended:).
My time is when everyone is asleep and the house is quiet. I can just sit and read my bible and pray about the things that are burdening my heart and ask the Lord to help me to release all anxiety.
This looks like a great devotion. I have a friend that I am trying to help through a dark time and I would love to share this with her.
My favorite place would be to be near a stream or the ocean. That’s where I would love to be especially when I am spending time with God. REalistically, my place at home is on my couch…opposite a window that has a beautiful view or looking at my picture that has the ocean in teh background with a hammock on a porch in the front with one of my favorite (yet hard to do) verses “Be Still and KNOW I am God.”
MY CAR AFTER I DROP MY DAUGHTER OFF AT WORK I GO THUR A DRIVE THUR GET A HOT DRINK. THEN I PULL SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT EVERYDAY AND I SET THERE AND PRAY AND LOOK AT THE AREA THE PEOPLE THE SUN ,RAIN .ECT… I READ MY BIBLE THERE ALSO. BECAUSE IT QUITE AND NO ONE CAN BOTHER ME OR MY TIME WITH GOD AND I DO NEED THIS TIME EVERDAY
This past week I have found God to be where ever you need him. seek his presence and He is there. Right at this moment 1:30 they will be pulling the plug on the life support to my dear close cousin Sissy. As I have been with family members supporting and encouraging them with Gods help I have had to seek his peace in all different places of the hospital, garage, car, and outside, bathroom whereever and he has come to me. Praise God!
i like to meditate on the word, verses/scriptures – and take some time acknowledging all the good in my life. gratitude & meditation. simply the best.
p.s. Renee Swopes you are joy!
I like to read devotionals… I have been slacking lately and the email that brought me hwre was a great wake up reminder. I Thank You
Every morning I her up before my husband and dog. I curl up on the sofa with my bible and the days P31 devotion. I read, highlight my bible, and pray for clarity and guidance for the day.
I like to go sit by a river and enjoy his creation and listen to the steady steam on the flowing water:)
The town I grew up in had a river running alongside it, Meg. I do miss that. That steadiness, that constant movement, is a powerful reminder of God’s presence and faithfulness to me. What a gift to have a river nearby…
For me, my way of getting away from everything trying to pull me is to PRAY wherever I am – at my desk at work, in the car while I’m driving, at home in a quiet area. I also like to have Christian worship music playing when I need to be near to God to bring me into his presence.
If the weather is nice outside, i like to pull away to my deck in back yard… The trees, birds singing, just me and Jesus…. Or if it’s not ideal weather, I like to go in my prayer closet, literally my closet. I once put a chair in there to sit on but it gets covers up with clothes. So I like to sit on floor with my back against the door. This keeps anyone from opening it since there is ok lock on it. I’ve spent many special moments with Jesus in that closet… From standing and screaming to sitting and whispering to flat on my face soaking the carpet with tears… It’s good to be alone with God 😉
We have a chapel at our church where i can go and be pulled back!
I like to spend a week end at Mepkin Abbey in Monck’s Corner, SC. It’s located on an old plantation with beautiful gardens. The monks there are so hospitable to their guests and invite them to be a part of all of the services if they wish. The peace and quite that I receive while I am there allows me to recharge myself and renew my connection with God.
The busy-ness of life – any other tasks! Love spending time in His Word, and when I make time for that, it helps me keep the right perspective throughout the day! Would love to win a copy of this book! 😉