Nov. 2006 Balancing Tips: Deepening Your Relationship With God By Giving Thanks
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Balancing Tips: Helping You Balance Your Life According to God's Plan
November 2006 Newsletter From Cross Your Heart Publications
~Crossing your life with God's plan~
**HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM CROSS YOUR HEART PUBLICATIONS!**
I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
- Psalm 69:30 (NIV)
In this issue:
- ORDER NOW: "The Walk" by Michelle Kunkle
- Deepening Your Relationship With God By Giving Thanks
- Related Scripture
- Links and Resources
- Upcoming Releases
- Contact Information, Copyright Notice, Disclaimers, and Unsubscribe Instructions
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ORDER NOW: "The Walk" by Michelle Kunkle
The PERFECT Christmas gift!
"The Walk" by Michelle Kunkle will be printed just in time for the holidays ($10.00 per copy). Take a conversational walk with God through the first five books of the Bible. Learn how understanding the beginning can help you grow closer to God today.
~All proceeds benefit Harold Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greensburg PA.~
Produced by Legacy Inspirations together with Cross Your Heart Publications, The DeskTop, and The Gallery Dessert, http://www.legacyinspirations.com.
Michelle Kunkle will be attending seminary in fall of 2007.
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Deepening Your Relationship With God By Giving Thanks
Do you remember to thank your earthly father for all he has done for you? Raising you, practicing for Little League games with you, driving you to college, always being there for you… Many of us probably don't say "thank you" or "I love you" to our parents often enough. If we did, imagine how much closer we would be, how such simple words would improve our relationship with our parents.
What about your Heavenly Father? Do you regularly give thanks for all of the blessings He has provided? Doing so can help deepen our relationship with our Lord and Savior, leading to a fuller, more meaningful fellowship with God than we could ever imagine. How wonderful to grow closer to our Heavenly Father! Giving thanks can help deepen this already inseparable bond.
Just as having a closer relationship with your earthly parents can be a part of living a balanced emotional life, so, too, does a deeper relationship with God Your Father help balance your spiritual life. We are children of God, and we need to show our appreciation to our Heavenly Father. To feel the peace we are all searching for in life, we need to give thanks joyfully and tell God how grateful we are and how much we love Him.
Communication goes both ways -- we can't always be asking Him for a sign and then not be willing to respond in return. Worship Him, praise Him, THANK HIM! Show Him how much you love Him. TELL Him how much you love Him.
Confess with your voice that Jesus Christ is Lord!
I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- Psalm 142:1
They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty.
- Isaiah 24:14
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SPECIAL NOTE: I love you, Mom and Dad! Thank you for everything you have done for me. You are wonderful parents and grandparents. If I can't tell you "thank you" near Thanksgiving Day, when can I? You are more special than you probably know, in so many ways, and I understand that even more now that I have children myself. Also, thank you to my husband Ray for being such a good and loving father and husband, to my in-laws for being wonderful grandparents, to my children for being such blessings, and to all of my friends and family for being there for me. But, most of all, thank You, Lord, for placing all of these special people in my life and for providing our daily needs. Love always, Chris
I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV)
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Related Scripture
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
- 1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV), Psalm 118:1,29 (NIV)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
- Psalm 100:4 (NIV)
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NIV)
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)
I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- Psalm 7:17 (NIV)
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
- Psalm 28:7 (NIV)
In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Isaiah 12:4 (NIV)
He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
- Romans 14:6 (NIV)
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
- 1 Corinthians 10:16 (NIV)
With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: "He is good; his love to Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
- Ezra 3:11 (NIV)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
- Psalm 100:4 (NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
- Colossians 3:15
When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen…
- Luke 19:37
When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
- Acts 4:24
In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!"
- Revelation 5:12
And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."
- Revelation 7:10
We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.
- Revelation 11:17 (NIV)
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Links and Resources
http://www.homeword.com/Freebies/Files/30_Days_of_Thanksgiving.pdf
http://www.homeword.com/Freebies/Files/Develop_Attitude_Gratitude.doc
http://www.homeword.com/Freebies/Files/10_Tips_Help_Get_Ready_Holiday.pdf
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/thanksgiving/
http://www.just4kidsmagazine.com/nov.html
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/the_pilgrims__first_thanksgivi.html
http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/pilgrims.htm
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/Thanksgivingfun.htm
http://proverbs31.gospelcom.net/devotions_princ.htm
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Upcoming Releases
http://www.CrossYourHeartPublications.com
Look for these Cross Your Heart Publications releases over the next five-to-six months:
- ORDER NOW: "The Walk" by Michelle Kunkle: $10.00.
~All proceeds benefit Harold Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Greensburg PA.~
Take a conversational walk with God through the first five books of the Bible. Learn how understanding the beginning can help you grow closer to God today.
Produced by Legacy Inspirations together with Cross Your Heart Publications, The DeskTop, and The Gallery Dessert, http://www.legacyinspirations.com.
- "Simply Balanced: How Seeming Bible Contradictions Teach Balance in Life" by Christina Downs: $12.95.
Discover how what at first appear to be Biblical contradictions actually contain practical advice on how to live a harmonious life in a disharmonious, imbalanced, often contradictory world. This book will help you balance your life and grow closer to God by identifying key points in scripture that you may have previously thought contradicted one another -- for example, "don't worry… yet be prepared" and "humble yourself… yet speak boldly." Expected publication date: February/March 2006. Early release ebook available in January (buy now and receive both the ebook and print book for one price!).
- "You've Been Out of Work How Long? Finding a Job and Emotional/Spiritual Support After Extended Time Out of the Workforce" by Christina Downs.
This ebook will help you on two levels: (1) by providing job-search ideas unique to someone who has been out of work for a long period of time, and (2) by helping you obtain emotional and spiritual support from family and friends who may have trouble understanding what you are going through. Support in both areas -- finding a job and seeking emotional and spiritual support -- will help provide you with balance in life.
- Also check our site over the coming months for additional print books and ebooks on spiritual, family, professional, and life balance topics by various Christian professionals.
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