post #300 ~ It’s a giveaway!

 

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:17

 

What should it be?

 

House siding, light fixtures, T-Tapp, or butterhorns?

 

No, but I might throw in some chocolates  :-)

 

               

 

One of my favorite things this year has to be this book:

 

 Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy

 

And I have another copy to give to one of you!

 

To enter this giveaway, please …

• Leave a comment with one thing you are thankful to God for ~ either a Top Ten item, or one of those ‘little things.’

For additional entries, please …

1. Click on the book to go to the Revive Our Hearts website… Listen to a podcast, read a transcript, or find one of her 30-day Challenges AND leave another comment here sharing something from what you heard or read  :-)  ((Sounds like homework, yes?  Okay, this will count for TWO entries))  P.S. ~ I highly recommend her series from January 2007 on “Priorities” ~ Set a timer for 10-15 min, and bookmark it to finish later!  (It’s called “First Things First”)
2. Blog about this giveaway and link to this post.  Leave another comment with a link to your post.
3. Leave another comment telling me which chocolate goody you are most eager to sample from our kitchen.

 

Hmmm, I guess we need a deadline for entries:

11:59:59pm (CST) on Monday, December 27, 2010

(or 12:00am on Tuesday, Dec. 28)

(I believe that’s 8am Tuesday in Pretoria and maybe 5:30pm Tuesday in Adelaide)

 

Lord willing, I will post a winner next Tuesday, and ship the package before 1/1/2011!

 

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I hope you’re becoming more alert to the many reasons you have to be grateful. I remember hearing a friend tell how, while brushing his teeth and meditating on one of the verses in today’s reading (Ephesians 5:20), he was struck by the word “everything.” He was reminded of the importance of thanking God for even those “little things” that we often overlook. It made him pause and be thankful for, well … his toothbrush. And his toothpaste. And, while he was at it, he thanked God for his teeth, for probably the first time in his life…

~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Growing in Gratitude

 

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Ephesians 5:19-20