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No More Perfect Marriages {Moody Publishers Review}

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I admit I am a huge fan of Jill Savage.  She’s one of my favorite Christian authors and my love began with her book No More Perfect Moms.  This book really touched my heart so when I saw No More Perfect Marriages, I knew it was a must read as well!

My personal relationship choices have not always been the best.  It took me a long time to learn to choose a man by God’s standards.  This isn’t something we’re taught in today’s world.  So finding the perfect marriage has been challenging for me personally.

The one thing I do know is that no marriage is perfect, just as no person is perfect.  You both have to want it.  You both have to work hard to have your marriage work.  You both have to put in all that you can to have everlasting happiness.

And you have to be Real.  Be real together.  Overlook the flaws of one another and find forgiveness.

Through No More Perfect Marriages, Mark and Jill Savage guide you through the fundamentals of creating a healthy marriage with each other.  They teach you how to forgive past mistakes and move forward to build the best love your life has known.  You learn to guard against the seven “slow fades” and grow.

No More Perfect Marriages is the perfect book to make you realize that you’re not alone and others struggle with marriage and relationships as well.  It’s a helpful book to help you find your way back to a happier and more loving marriage.  This is one book you will love!

No More Perfect Marriages is available for $11.19 through Moody Publishers in Paperback or for $8.79 in eBook format.

Jill Savage can be found online at:

Jill Savage Website: https://www.jillsavage.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jillsavage.author
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillsavage

Resurrection Day {Paradise Praises Review}

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Spring is in the air where we live and this means that Resurrection Day is coming up fast as well.  I am always looking for great ways to teach the kids the meaning behind our holidays while keeping it fun and interesting.  Katie Hornor has created a wonderful Easter Activity and Coloring Book appropriately titled: Resurrection Day.  
Resurrection Day: An Easter Activity & Coloring Book is a English/Spanish coloring book that contains 30 pages of fun for yourself or your child.  This book is jam packed with activities from word puzzles to letter formation to coloring pages, all in one book.  The last few pages are in Spanish but are easy to decode for those who may not have any instruction in Spanish at this point.  
The English version of this coloring book is published by Paradise Praises, a company ran by Katie and family.  The Spanish version of this coloring book is published by the sister company, Lemonhass.  Both are wonderful activity books that you will love using with your little ones.
I love the simple designs in this coloring book and the formatting for the writing inside.  They are impactual enough to capture my child’s attention but not overwhelming.  And as I said already, they are simply fun!

Resurrection Day: An Easter Activity & Coloring Book by Katie Hornor is available for purchase online both through Paradise Praises and through Lemonhaus.  The sale link for this item leads to purchase on Amazon for $6.99 currently with Prime shipping.   Purchasing the book allows a Single Use reproducible license for your family.  You may also purchase a group license for use in Church or other larger group formats.

Katie Hornor can be found online at: 

Paradise Praises: www.paradisepraises.com

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How To Stop Believing The Lies {Book Review}

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This week, two of my favorite people online collaborated to write a book and release it.  Shawnee Penkacik and Dana Adams have been an important part of my life and journey for many years now.  They’ve been two of my biggest supporters and cheerleaders through some of my most difficult life choices.  Now I get to cheer and support for both of them.

How To Stop Believing The Lies Of The Enemy And Start Believing The Truth Of God’s Word is written by two amazing women who use God’s word to guide their lives each and every day.  It is their mission to help others do the same.  Through this book and their personal testimonies, God shines.

Image borrowed from Sunshiny Thoughts.

This book reaches to the heart of the hurting woman to change their personal thoughts, to help them stop believing the lies that today’s society makes us think is the only way to believe.  Lies like you are ugly, I’m not worth it, I can’t do this and am not talented.  Lies like our lives are too broken, I’m a failure, my life is too messy.  These lies that really hurt us as women.  
Image borrowed from Sunshiny Thoughts.

We try to fit into this world when really the only place we need to fit in is in God’s World.  This is not our home or our final resting place and these lies are not ones that God has ever wanted any of us to believe.  We fall into the trap that is Evil guiding the way, trying to tear us down.  God wishes for us to see ourselves and our lives differently.

Through How To Stop Believing The Lies Of The Enemy, we learn to not fall prey to these lies.  We learn the Biblical verses that help to restore our faith and our personal beliefs in God.  We learn that these lies have no hold upon our lives.

Shawnee and Dana have succeeded in creating a guide that brings these lies to the forefront and helps us to destroy the thoughts they create within us.  They are currently working to create videos and a study to go along with this book to further help women like you and me destroy these beliefs in ourselves.  Their ministry is already helping to change lives and will continue to do so as time goes on.

Image borrowed from Sunshiny Thoughts.

You can grab your copy of How To Stop Believing The Lies Of The Enemy And Start Believing The Truth Of God’s Word on Amazon today for Kindle  at the introductory price of $1.99.  You can also order the physical book for $16.99.

I promise this book will change you and help you see that you are not a failure, that you are not a broken and that God has a purpose for your life.

You can find Shawnee at Sunshiny Thoughts Blog or on Facebook at Sunshiny Thoughts.

Let The Little Children Come {Crew Review}

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You may remember that around Halloween we did a review for Let The Little Children Come.  It was an evangelism pack of pumpkins to be shared with others in order to share God’s word during a Holiday many choose not to celebrate.  It was a great way for Christians to reach out and speak to others about Jesus at that time.  
For this review, we were sent the Gospel Tracts and Evangelism Tools Sampler Pack from Let The Little Children Come.  These products are an awesome way to reach out and share the gospel with others.  
This packet contain 10 colorfully, engaging items that are designed to share God’s word with children.  Button flip-outs, The True Story of Christmas Animated Tracts, The Lost Easter Egg Pop-up Tract, a Silicone Salvation Bracelet, a Wordless Bracelet Kit and much more help children link God’s word to their lives and helps you as a parent or advisor to make this happen.
The Bible tells us to reach out and share the Gospel with others.  It tells us that our children are the place to start building a love for the Lord.  These wonderful tools help to make that happen by giving Biblical quotes for our children to build upon, by giving them physical items that point them towards Christ’s love and by leading them to learn about God’s greatest gift to the world.

Each item that fills the Gospel Tracts and Evangelism Tools Sampler pack is specially picked to assist you in bringing your children, or the children in your life, closer to Christ.  Each item has a different lesson and meaning to help you make this happen.  Each item is special and unique for this reason.
You can find Let The Little Children Come on Facebook!

Unauthorized {Crew Review}

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Chara Games is a Christian based game company that provides great games like Unauthorized for gaming fun.  Chara Games encourages a strong relationship with God through their wonderful games.  They create an opportunity for Christians to learn and to grow in their faith through their great games.
Every day Underground Churches are formed in places where God’s word is NOT welcome.  People must keep their faith hidden so they are not persecuted for their personal beliefs.  These “unauthorized” church parishioners face the challenge of being caught, yet their faith is more important to them than anything else.
Through Unauthorized you can experience the challenges that these folks face daily in believing in something that others do not support.  Through your choices in the game you can grow your church or you can stamp it out.  Your choices make the decision as to what happens, just like in real life.  The outcome is always based on what the players choose.
This game is not an easy one to play.  It takes about 30 minutes and you need at the least 6 to 12 players to play it but it can be adapted and played with just 5 people if that’s all you have.  However, it’s not made for less than 5 people at all.
Every player in this game has a role to play.  They use their unique powers to sway the other players to one side or the other: to build the church or stamp it out.  However, players can change sides during the game so you can never be sure who is one your side and who isn’t.  Much like every day life.
Because the other players positions can change and sway each other as well, the game can really go in any direction.  Those who you think are on your side, are not.  Those who you may question their support may very well be on your side.  It’s all in the cards.
Some of the roles included in the game are the Police, the Pastor, the Merchant, the Thief, among many others.  Each of these roles hold a significant part to the game and each part effects how it’s played.
There are also Experience Cards which help influence the choices made in the game.  Experiences like disease and sickness.  And Experiences of the exact opposite: Joy.  These can either make or break the game.
How We Played It:
Originally, I had planned to play this game with my kids and my best friend’s niece and nephew.  I also planned to play with my husband and I and the kids.  But because we needed to move during the review period, the original plans changed.  So instead we have allowed our children to play the game with their cousins.  That’s a total of 8 kids and they really enjoyed it.  There are so many scenarios that can happen.  The game really never gets boring.  It was interesting to see the differences in choices between our public schooled nieces and nephews and our own children as well.   In the end, the game has worked out well for us to play.

Here is an instructional video on How to Play:

Where You Can Buy It:
Unauthorized is available for purchase on Amazon for $16.66.  It is a card game requiring at least 5 players but 6 to 12 is preferred.

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    Progeny Press: Charlotte’s Web E-Guide {Crew Review}

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    Progeny Press creates absolutely wonderful Study Guides for Literature.  These guides are written from a Christian perspective allowing God’s light to shine even in Literature where he may not always be seen right away.  For this review, we were sent a PDF copy of their Charlotte’s Web E-Guide for grades 4-6.
    Most people know the story of Charlotte’s Web as it’s a common childhood story taught in schools all over.  Charlotte is a spider.  She forms an unlikely friendship with a pig, Wilbur, who is to being kept in a barn and fattened up for Christmas dinner.  Charlotte’s Web is the story of Charlotte, Wilbur and the girl named Fern, who loves Wilbur and has begged for his life.  It is a beautiful, yet sad story written by E.B. White.
    The Progeny Press Charlotte’s Web Study Guide is interactive.  This allows you to have your student answer right on the PDF file as they learn.  Or you can simply print this file and use it with multiple students in your homeschool if more than one child is reading this book at the same time.
    The Study Guide begins by providing a Table of Contents followed by a note to the Instructor.  The Table of Contents of course made it easy to find each section as we covered the guide.  The Instructor’s note explains that your child will need a few things to work through this guide, such as the book Charlotte’s Web, a dictionary, a Bible and a few other things.  Nothing major though.
    Next the guide provides a Synopsis of the book.  This is a brief description of the story and story line.  This was great for me, as it’s been quite a while since I’ve personally read this story.  It was a great reminder of the details within the book.
    Next the guide covers first the book’s author and then the illustrator.  Information about each of these important contributors to the book is provided for your student to learn about in detail.  Interesting facts are explored here.
    The next section discusses pre-reading activities to do for the book.  Perhaps a study on pigs or spiders would be good.  Or maybe taking a field trip to a local barn to really bring this story to life for your student.  We personally viewed the spiders outside up close to see how they work and took a trip over to the hog house our family has to see the piglets first hand.
    The next section of the guide begins the good stuff: the actual questions about the book.  The first questions are multiple choice.  They are pretty simple and easy to answer.  After these are some more challenging questions that require written answers.  A descriptive writing activity is also included to build on writing and language skills.   This same format continues for all chapters of the book to help your student better understand the content of the book.
    Now the great thing about this guide is that it not only links Charlotte’s Web to the book and breaks down what your child is learning through the story.  It also provides Biblical verse to teach your child how the Bible relates to the story.  It helps to teach good Character to your student as they read and learn through the story.  This is a wonderful way to cover Literature in a way that relates to God.
    At the end of the guide, there are some suggested Art Projects that can be completed.  These are simple things to put together for your child.  There is also a letter writing activity which your child can send off to a friend or family member if you choose.
    The last page of the guide provides suggested resources which can be used in addition to expand what this guide is teaching your child.  Related books and field guides are suggested here, as well as other books by E.B. White like Stuart Little.  It’s a great extra bit of info to make the lessons into more.
    How We Used This Guide:
    I used this study guide with Laycie.  We read through this book together and I chose to have her verbally answer the questions in the guide as we went through the book.  She loved it.  She’s really into farm animals right now though she’s a little scared of spiders.  Still this story quickly became a favorite for her.  When we finished the story and guide, we watched the movie which she loved as well.
    Where You Can Find This Study Guide:
    Charlotte’s Web E-Guide is available from Progeny Press for $17.99.  This is an downloadable, interactive PDF file.  It is reproducible as well with permission.
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