Thursday, February 12, 2009

Books perfect for the "LOVE SEASON" (3 giveaways)

The month of February and Valentine's Day is known as the“Love Season.” I would like to take this opportunity to introduce three wonderful books that will encourage and inspire you to become a person who consistently loves others no matter what time of year it is.
In his book Love As a Way of Life, best-selling author Gary Chapman shows readers how to cultivate a new lifestyle built around the seven characteristics of authentic love. Now in a companion devotional, he provides ninety inspirational readings to help Christians consistently live out the characteristics of love in every relationship.
Each devotional entry showcases biblical truths that guide a life of love, offering fresh insight and practical guidance in how to make love a lasting habit. Over the course of three months, readers will learn to follow God’s lead as they practice the characteristics of a loving person: kindness, patience, forgiveness, courtesy, humility, generosity, and honesty. The Love As a Way of Life Devotional makes an ideal gift for the holidays or for any special occasion. Couples, parents, new graduates, and anyone celebrating a milestone in life will welcome this inspiring daily guide to richer, more satisfying relationships.
Dr. Gary Chapman is the author of twenty-six books, including the New York Times bestseller The Five Love Languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. His daily radio program, A Love Language Minute, is broadcast on more than 100 stations nationwide. Dr. Chapman, a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Wheaton College, Wake-Forest University, and Southwestern Seminary, serves on a church staff in North Carolina.
I Do Again details the fascinating real-life story of a couple whose relationship seemed shattered beyond all hope until a spiritual awakening led them to reconsider their definitions of “happily ever after.” A riveting account of the power of prayer and redemption, this remarkable book offers renewed hope for even the most troubled marriages—and reveals why the rewards of restoration are well worth the wait. With their professional success and adorable twin daughters, Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs looked like the perfect couple. But their polished facade concealed a widening chasm between two people unable to connect on an intimate, soul-deep level.
After years of frustration, Cheryl’s desire for emotional fulfillment led to an affair and, finally, divorce. Yet, incredibly, seven years later, Jeff and Cheryl once again stood at the altar, promising to “love, honor, and cherish” one another. A new and vibrant love had risen out of the ashes of this family’s pain.
Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs are the founders of Hope Matters Marriage Ministries, and for the past several years they have shared their incredible story of a marriage restored with audiences across the nation. Jeff is an account manager with OshKosh B’Gosh, and Cheryl has served as director of the Frisco, Texas, office of the Center for Christian Counseling. They live in Dallas, Texas with their two college-age daughters.
Since their debut, these revolutionary guides have sold well over a million copies,been translated into fifteen languages, and sparked much fascinating water-cooler conversation around the country. Now together in the For Couples Only boxed set, these books provide the perfect resource to help you understand what you never knew about the woman or man in your life. Couples will love reading the Bestselling Relationship Guides Now Available in One Set! Combining two wonderful resources, For Women Only and For Men Only, For Couples Only by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn provides the perfect resource to help you understand what the woman or man in your life needs most. This innovative approach yields candid and surprising answers about the things you don’t “get” about your significant other, along with practical ideas for how best to love and support the love of your life. Each volume is based on input from more than a thousand members of the opposite sex—including an unprecedented nationwide survey and hundreds of personal interviews. This innovative approach yields candid and surprising answers about everything you don’t “get” about your significant other—even what that person deeply wishes you knew. It also produces simple but groundbreaking awareness of how you can best love and support the one who is most important to you.
So whether you are newly dating or have been married fifty years, get ready to know each other in a whole new way. The adventure is just beginning!
Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn hold graduate degrees from Harvard University and are popular national speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs. They are also active church members and the parents of two young children, and they enjoy every minute of living life at warp speed.
You can find these great books at bookstores, or at Amazon.com (just click the links). OR~You can enter to win one of these great resources!
This contest is open to all readers living in the Continental United States. To get your first entry, leave a comment telling me which book (or set) you would like to win. There will be three separate winners. If you do not do the first required entry, you will be disqualified. You may come back each day and enter (again) after you do the first rule, just tweet about this giveaway and leave the url in your comment OR Click here to see how you can earn even more extra credits to win!! Click here to see guidelines and the official rules. Contest will end on February 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM CST. GOOD LUCK!

23 comments:

Kristie said...

'Love As a Way of Life' sounds great!

khmorgan_00 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Ellen C. said...

I would like to win the "For Couples Only boxed set". Thanks for the chance.

sweetascandy579 at yahoo dot com

Serena said...

I'd like the 'For Couples Only' set.

Serena said...

I subscribe to your feed.

Staci A said...

I would love the "For Couples Only" box set! It sounds like a great resource.
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Staci A said...

I subscribe.
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Staci A said...

And I have your button up.
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Jenna said...

I would like the "For Couples Only" set. Thanks!

Jenna said...

I subscribe

Serena said...

Just coming back for another entry, if I understood correctly!

Joyful Noise said...

I have heard that they are all good!

Anonymous said...

I'd like to read Love As a Way of Life. Thanks.

sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com

lawyergirl said...

I would like the set for couples

Unknown said...

They all sound great, "Love As a Way of Life" would be my pick, or "I do again" Thanks.

Mae B said...

I like the couples set

Bebemiqui said...

I'd love to read "I Do Again"
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com

Julie Donahue said...

I'd be happy with any of them, but if I had to pick one (and you are making me!) I would choose the Chapman one.
They all look great.

Maude Lynn said...

I would love to have the Love As A Way Of Life book.

kelli at pfrog dot net

Anonymous said...

I would like the couples set

Sheila said...

I would love the boxed set for couples, I've heard great things about those books!

Anonymous said...

Definitely the boxed set for couples.

Thanks,
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com

Stacey said...

I would pick the For Couples Only box set

KristenH said...

I would like to win Love As a Way of Life. It sounds like such a good book and I would really like to read it. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.
girlof80s@aol.com