Triple Dog Dare Jeremy V Jones Paperback, 432 pp., $14.99 David C. Cook (October 1, 2011)
This devotional inspires boys’ hearts toward godly characteristics such as integrity, honesty, and generosity. Boys 8 to 12 will find the truths relevant and the challenges compelling, engaging, and hands-on. And parents appreciate watching Christ-like traits emerge as each dare is undertaken.
God’s Heart for You Holley Gerth Hardcover, 176 pp., $9.99 Harvest House Publishers (September 1, 2011)
In God’s Heart for You, Holley Gerth offers insightful devotions, reflective questions, and captivating poetry to reveal how, through God’s love, a woman is wholly accepted, empowered, and blessed with God’s best. Bound with a lovely padded hardcover, this gathering of encouraging readings will be a wonderful gift for any occasion and a powerful treasury of God’s heart and purpose for a women to return to again and again for refreshment.
Trusting God – A Girlfriends in God Devotional Sharon Jaynes, Gwen Smith, Mary Southerland Paperback, 224 pp., $14.99 Multnomah Books (December 13, 2011)
“Just trust me.” Those are the words we hear in movies just before something bad happens. And yet, we are told to trust God. So what does trusting God really look like? Sharon, Mary, and Gwen—the Girlfriends in God ministry team—have been there. Through the devotions and action steps found in these pages, Sharon, Mary, and Gwen invite you to lock arms with them and other women around the world to experience the exciting journey of discovering personal peace in the ups and down of life.
Note to Self Joe Thorn Paperback, 144 pp., $10.99 Crossway Books (April 7, 2011)
We need good preaching—preaching that challenges us by God’s Word and brings the comfort that comes from God’s promises. Yet many of us rely solely on others to preach to us and are not benefitting from the kind of preaching that should be most consistent and personal—preaching to ourselves. Note to Self is a practical introduction to this daily discipline. Pastor Joe Thorn delivers fifty brief, devotional chapters that model preaching the gospel to ourselves and its practical implications.
Stumbling Into Grace Lisa Harper Paperback, 224 pp., $15.99 Thomas Nelson (August 2, 2011)
Stumbling Into Grace is the diary-devotional of one woman’s honest, ongoing, bumbling journey of faith and how she finds encouragement through a deeper understanding of Christ’s time on earth. Within each chapter she alternates her often humorous memoir with stirring portraits of Jesus and his own encounters as recorded in the New Testament. Both intimately relevant and refreshingly inspirational, this book will help readers find a vibrant, passionate relationship with Christ that results in a more abundant, joyful life.