Fruitbearers

Update : The giveaway is now over. Using random.org, #3 came up. Congratulations to Kelly Haynes! She has been notified by email. I like reading and studying from different translation versions of the Bible. I am happy to add this CSB Holy Land Illustrated Bible to my Bible collection. I've always wanted to go visit Israel but still have not had an opportunity to do so. This CSB Holy Land Illustrated Bible (released on 9/15/2020) from Lifeway Christian Resources enables readers like me to visit the Holy Lands without leaving our home. Through the colorful pages, readers can visually explore the people, places, events, and things of Scripture. This unique Bible features book introductions (including the authorship, the setting, and the circumstances of writing for each book), over 1,200 images, maps, and illustrations, more than 40 "Digging Deeper" commentaries that explain a variety of places and artifacts in details, and more than 275 articles that give greater insigh...

I love Lauren Daigle's rich & husky voice so I was excited for the opportunity to review her Christmas special, " Christmas Under the Stars ". Are you ready for some Christmas carols? I love Christmas songs and can listen to them anytime of the year. I thoroughly enjoyed this Christmas concert. You can watch this spectacular Christmas special on December 6th at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm PT) on BYUtv or on the BYUtv app. Stream the show for free on BYUtv anytime after the premiere. If you are fans of Lauren Daigle or fans of Adele (their voices are similar), you will enjoy this Christmas special (about 55 minutes long). Grammy, Billboard Music and Dove-award winning artist Lauren Daigle beautifully sang 15 songs, paying homage to New Orleans Jazz music. I really like the energetic sound of saxophone and trombone. The songs include some of popular holiday songs like "Winter Wonderland," "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Jingle Bells" and so...

Wouldn't it be fun to receive a box filled with wonderful surprises that will lift up your soul and draw your heart closer to God and His Word? Butterfly Box  is a monthly subscription designed to help Christian women transform their faith, renew their spirit, and pursue Jesus. Each month a theme box is thoughtfully put together to help you find quiet time to spend with God and focus on your spiritual growth and well-being. Each month's box reflects a Biblical theme and contains 4 to 6 items such as inspiring books, devotionals, or journals, decors, artwork, jewelry, personal care items (ex: soaps, lotion, candles, etc.), faith sharing cards and other theme-related gifts carefully chosen. Products selected are faith-based or support small Christian businesses. I was so excited when I received my October prayer-themed box for review. Everything is so beautiful and meaningful. The box includes Weekly Prayer Guide, The Power of a Praying Woman by Stormie Omartian, Be Still and Kn...

  I am a planner-wannabe. I know I need to be more organized. I am a list maker, journal keeper, and sticker lover. I was elated to receive this grapefruit pink 2021 Weekly Planner for review. Spiritual Seeds Planner is no ordinary planner. It prioritizes our spiritual growth over our daily plans and progress over achievement. It is designed specifically to help Christians live a life filled with the fruit of the Spirit, guided by the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 is one of my favorite Bible verses: " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law ." This unique planner uses a gardening theme that emphasizes four garden plots: Friends/Family, Self/Personal Well-Being, Community, and Vocation/Work. Each month focuses on one fruit at a time and has a page for writing down action plans to plant and cultivate and grow. Each month starts with an inspirational ...

  Billy Graham said, " The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith ." I hope most if not all Christian parents concur. However, busyness, distractions of technology, and the pulls of worldliness are all working against us parents trying to pass on our faith to our children. I find this book quite interesting and helpful (you can tell by how many good quotes I like...see below). I always wanted to know more about the Jewish roots of our Christian faith. I enjoyed reading Generation to Generation and learning so many things about the holy observances of the Jewish year and about Judaism.  The author shares how the holy observances and traditions help Jewish parents pass down their faith from generation to generation (known as l'dor v'dor). She also explains key values that each one reinforces. The book covers Shabbat, Passover,...

  Life is messy and at times pure crazy! Levi Lusko invites readers to take a stand and live their lives intentionally and triumphantly. Take Back Your Life is a 40-day interactive devotional about thinking right so that you can live right. If you feel discouraged and feel like your life just drifts from day to day aimlessly, this book is for you. If you feel worn out struggling with internal battles day in and day out, this book is for you. If you feel helpless facing loss, pain, and/or difficulties, this book is for you. The book is divided into six sections (six weeks): Look in the Mirror, Turn Off the Dark, Cross the Barbed Wire, Run Toward the Roar, Be the Difference, and Think Right, Live Right. Each chapter starts with Scriptures and ends with prayer and thought-provoking questions for reflection/journaling plus some action steps to take.  Take Back Your Life  is filled with Biblical truths, great insights, and practical advice. It will show you how to win the war...

About THE RANK GAME: THE RANK GAME is designed by Dana Brown, a former Walt Disney Imagineer, and Chip Brown, a former Disney Studios producer and Christian publisher, to engage the diverse backgrounds, interests, personalities and opinions of every player. By celebrating our individualism, THE RANK GAME actually brings people together, through rich conversation and competition. Created for groups of all sizes, THE RANK GAME leverages our own social behaviors—ranking the things or experiences in our lives. Learn more:  https://storyastic.com/pages/about  . My Review: I am thrilled to add The Rank Game to my game collection. I collect games because I enjoy playing games with my family and friends.  The Rank Game  is simple to learn and so much fun to play. In my opinion, the best thing about this game is that it helps enable people to know one another more and better. Players guess one another's rankings to get points and win the game. It can be played in fou...

Jeremy Camp answered some of the questions submitted through various blogs…in this LEV3L blogger exclusive! Check it out!  

Comparison is a disease that infects all of us at one time or another in varying degrees. It's one of the Enemy's tools and strategies for making us stumble and sin and keeping us from being useful and fruitful for the Kingdom of God. Comparing ourselves with others either causes shame, discontent, and jealousy (feeling inferior) or pride, arrogance, and contempt (feeling superior). Either way is unhealthy and unproductive. In Comparison Girl , the author shows us there's a better way to live our lives by learning from Jesus how to be free from self-absorption in this measure-up world. Do you struggle with not measuring up? Do you worry about how others think of you? Or do you think, "I would never..." when others make wrong choices? Do you easily find faults in others while being clueless about your own faults? This book addresses all these issues (insecurities, envy, fear, pride, arrogance, self-importance) and more. Shannon Popkin invites us women to tip o...

I'm excited to share my review of this new inspiring film (based on the real-life story of Jeremy Camp) with you all. You can read my review here . You can also enter my giveaway for a chance to win a free digital edition of I Still Believe plus other bonus prizes. Here's an exclusive clip from the movie (courtesy of Lionsgate). Enjoy.

I was thrilled for the opportunity (via LEV3L) to review I Still Believe , the new inspiring film based on the real-life story of Christian singer and songwriter Jeremy Camp . My family and I have enjoyed and appreciated his music for years. This film is fantastic! It's a beautiful love story that also demonstrates faith, hope, and life's purpose. Jeremy Camp met his first wife, Melissa Henning, in college in 1999. Their short journey together was filled with sweet romance, brief separation, devastating diagnosis, incredible miracle, and tremendous loss/grief. Melissa was a bright shining star that glowed radiantly with God's love and her unwavering faith in our great God. She said, " If just one life comes to know Jesus through my cancer, it will all be worth it ." What a wonderful testimony her life and suffering were indeed! " I Still Believe " was the first song (see lyrics below) that Jeremy Camp wrote after Melissa's death. Her life (and dea...

Grace Looks Amazing on You is a 100-day devotional for women that aims to help readers reflect and radiate God's amazing love and grace. It is filled with personal stories, Scriptures, and Biblical insights. It is divided into 10 sections of what grace looks like: confidence, soul care, contentment, practice, strength, community, refinement, overcoming, faithfulness, and trust. Each devotion begins with a Bible verse(s) and ends with "Grace Reflection" (which includes a prayer, a thought-provoking question, a reminder, or a suggestion). Each devotion is a short read but is impactful. Through the pages, you will discover that God's amazing, inexhaustible grace comes to us in so may ways and forms. Amy Seiffert is no stranger to life's messes and trials (ex: her son has Crohn's disease) yet she notices that the gift of God's grace keeps showing up, even in the midst of pain and hardship. I appreciate her transparency and her words of wisdom. One of my f...