The One Year Book of Encouragement is a collection of insights from assorted Christian authors, past and present—from Oswald Chambers and Philip Yancey to John Calvin and John Wesley. Draw encouragement every day from the wisdom of the ages with this One Year book—it’s bound to be a classic!
Encouraging Words – We All Need Them! For most of us in these United States (and, indeed, much of the world), we have felt the effects of the economic downturn for the past several years. To endure, what we need more than money is encouragement. Tyndale House has a book entitled `The One Year Book of Encouragement: 365 Days of Inspiration and Wisdom for Your Spiritual Journey,’ which provides encouragement in droves.Here is the synopsis of this energizing and uplifting book:Invigorate your prayer life. Renew your strength. What do John Wesley, Jill Briscoe, Brother Lawrence, Luci Shaw, Oswald Chambers, Billy Graham, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther, and Philip Yancey have in common? Amazing spiritual insights.In The One Year Book of Encouragement, Harold Myra identifies seeds of wisdom from these – and other – favorite spiritual guides, from which he develops daily messages of hope and inspiration – messages to give us strength and encouragement in tough times.In joy or heartbreak, in…
Little doses of encouragement I’ve been in need of encouragement lately. God has been faithful to provide that through His Word, prayer, and friends.And I have been encouraged by this book as well. It has 365 stories from great models of faith – C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, D.L. Moody, Henri Nouwen, Charles Spurgeon, Amy Carmichael, and Gary Thomas, to name a few – followed by a brief prayer and a verse to reflect upon. At first I wasn’t sure I liked that format, but – because the prayer and verse are the last things I read – I walk away mediating on that verse and continuing that prayer silently. That works better for me than ones that begin with the verse and leaving me thinking about the story instead of the Word of God.I’m not ashamed to admit that this is my new bathroom book. (C’mon, admit it. You have bathroom books too. And if you don’t, I truly think you’re missing out on some good reading time.) I used to have a Moravian devotion there, but it’s time for a switch.(I hope…