BOOKS I RECOMMEND

THIS BOOK SAVED MY LIFE. If you have cancer READ THIS BOOK!

WORLD WITHOUT CANCER by G. Edward Griffin.



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MUSCLE AND A SHOVEL by Michael Shank (this book SAVES SOULS).

I can't recommend this book enough. EVERYONE should read this book!






Muscle and a Shovel is a raw, gritty, true story about a pair of young newly-weds who move to the city to chase the American dream. In the process they are befriended by a man who turns their belief about God, their church, and their faith upside down! 



Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Catholics, the Community Churches - none are spared when Truth is at stake and their new friend Randall isn't about to "candy-coat" God's Word for the sake of "political correctness" or "religious tolerance." 



This raw, uncensored story grabs you and doesn't let go! Prepare to have your intellect, emotions, and existing beliefs set on fire!


ONE BAPTIST PREACHER'S RESPONSE: This story provoked me on spiritual levels I didn't know existed! Everyone who reads this story should be prepared to "fight or flee" -- MUSCLE AND A SHOVEL is one of those rare books that will raise your blood-pressure. You'll either give it to everyone you know or put it in a shredder -- there's no middle ground. This book just might turn the religious world on its ear! 
--name withheld by request (Baptist Minister of 18 years, Nashville, TN)

N.B. HARDEMAN'S NEPHEW SAID:

Timely and MUCH  needed -- this is a book you'll read over and over! It's a perfect gift written by an exquisite talent for simplicity, and direct enough to touch the heart of every reader. It is a storehouse to treasure. Every Christian should have a copy of this book in their home!
--Dan Webb (Educator, Author, Gospel Preacher)

About the author:

MICHAEL SHANK earned his Bachelor of Science in Management Communications at Southern Christian University. He serves the Lord through preaching, teaching, and full-time ministry work. Michael, his wife Jonetta, and their four sons live in rural southern Illinois. 

MUSCLE AND A SHOVEL -- OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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ONE THOUSAND GIFTS by Ann Voskamp





Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us escaping our everyday lives for exotic experiences. 'How,' Ann wondered, 'do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long--and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?' In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling God's gifts. It's only in this expressing of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted...a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. We come to feel and know the impossible right down in our bones: we are wildly loved--by God. Let Ann's beautiful, heart-aching stories of the everyday give you a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of being present to God that makes you deeply happy, and a way of living that is finally fully alive. Come live the best dare of all!


August 18, 2012

Today I received this amazing book, "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp, from a friend, and I can't put it down. It's an answered prayer. I've been praying for peace and joy amidst all this cancer-fighting I've been doing for nearly two years, and now I know the way to it is through thanksgiving to God for His many gifts. I'm not even finished with Chapter Two, but already I'm thanking God for the gift of this book, and the gift of understanding eucharisteo.

Thank You, Lord, for loving me. xxx

2 comments:

  1. I m curious have you studied essential oils would like to know your thoughts on them I am a Christian and lymphoa survivor too.Praise God I try to eat strictly organic I am a big fan of Patrick Quillin, and now I wonder what essential oils can do for us and certainly they are biblical

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    1. Yes, a friend got me on the essential oils. I hear the oregano oil is good for fighting off infections.

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