Fruitbearers

I read lots of good and great books in 2012 so it's difficult for me to pick my usual top ten reads for the year. I will instead post my top 12 reads (12 is my favorite number, anyway :)). Embracing Obscurity by Anonymous How to Share Christ with Your Friends of Another Faith by Dr. Jeff Brawner What Every Christian Ought to Know by Adrian Rogers Mondays with My Old Pastor by Jose Luis Navajo A Heart Like His by Beth Moore Miracle for Jen by Linda Barrick with John Perry Reasons for Hope by Carl Kerby Great Day Every Day by Max Lucado The Colors of Hope by Richard Dahlstrom Live to Give by Austin Gutwein What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care? by Edward T. Welch What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him by Byron Forrest Yawn

It's time for another weekly photo hunt, hosted by Sandi at The Saturday PhotoHunt . This week's theme is Heart ♥ . My family knows that I like anything with a heart shape :) so when they find something resembling a heart shape, they are quick to show me. They're so sweet. My youngest son showed me a heart-shaped chip that he found. My husband found a heart shape in a cucumber when he was slicing it. My youngest son spotted this heart shape on a piece of bark. I made this heart shape and painted it for my husband. I wrote "Rao Mee Rao" (in Thai) which means "We have us." This picture was taken in 1989 when my husband and I were dating. I was holding the roses he gave me.

Today, I read pp. 17-18. I prayed the Scriptures on integrity for my sons. " Integrity can be defined as firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values or the quality or state of being complete or undivided. Someone who stands up for what is right no matter who is around. " (from the Warrior Prayers Leader Guide) I would like to add that integrity also includes standing up to defend what is right and fight what is wrong...come what may. " A person with inte grit y has 'grit'....Never mistake respectability for integrity. Respectability can come because of fear, power, position, or wealth. Integrity requires none of these. It stands on its own character. " (~Brent D. Earles) I made up an acronym for I.N.T.E.G.R.I.T.Y. I mitating Christ N o compromise T ruthful E arnest G rounded in God's principles R eliable I mmovable in righteousness T rustworthy Y ielding to Christ Study Questions 1. At the beginning of this chapte...

I'm participating in the 21 Days of Prayer for Sons based on the ebook, Warrior Prayers : Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most  by  Brooke McGlothlin . This prayer challenge will officially start tomorrow. Our group leader, Haelie, is giving us a head start. Today, she recommended we read pp.10-11 in the ebook. Brooke expressed concern that people even in the church have no idea what it means to be godly men. I shared my thoughts about that here . I prayed the Heart Change prayers on p.12. Study Questions 1. In this chapter, Brooke says that “all it takes to lose the truth of the Word of God is one set of parents who fail to teach it.” Did your parents raise you in a Christian home to know and love the Lord? What kind of impact has your upbringing had on the way you parent your sons? My parents were Buddhists. My father was hardly ever home and eventually left permanently. My brother and I were raised by our mother. By the grace of God, I ca...