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A Life of Gratitude Series

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A Life of Gratitude Book Series

A “Life of Gratitude Series” by Shelley Hitz is a great way to live out gratitude all year ’round.  Spend 21 days focusing on gratitude and watch how God transforms you from the inside out.

From the author:

I wrote this series during a difficult year.  There was a lot of transitions, loneliness,  grieving as well as financial stress.  I was praying about it and sensed God saying to me, “Yes, it has been a difficult year.  But, if you had never walked through this dark season, you would have never written these books on gratitude that have impacted so many.”  And instantly I knew that to be true.  These books were birthed out of my own desire to have more gratitude in my life instead of getting stuck in self-pity and depression.  And now I pray that God uses these books to draw you closer to Him and towards a spirit of gratitude in your life.

 

Book #1:  21 Days of Gratitude Challenge

[easyazon-image align=”right” asin=”B008AWLN24″ locale=”us” height=”160″ src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OWFc8GL6L._SL160_.jpg” width=”124″]During a season of transition in my life, I found myself overwhelmed with negative emotions like self-pity and a complaining spirit. It was as if a dark cloud had descended over me. I prayed and asked God for wisdom on how to overcome these negative emotions. And I sensed Him leading me to do this 21 days of gratitude challenge.

Over the course of the 21 days, God began to change me as I spent intentional time being grateful for all I have been given. I did this through writing in my journal each day and also sending a hand-written thank you note to someone different each day.

And now I want to share what I learned with you in the short, but powerful book.

What to Expect On Each Day of the Challenge:
  • Read my personal stories, struggles and reflections.
  • Read one scripture and one quote about gratitude.
  • Apply one personal application step.

Get Accountability and Encouragement

Along with the 21 day challenge, I also started a private Facebook group to provide accountability and encouragement for myself but also for others who decide to join me in the challenge.  You will get access to this group as well.  It has been amazing to see God at work in each of our lives.

Will you join us? 

*Only $0.99*
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Book #2:  21 Prayers of Gratitude

[easyazon-image align=”right” asin=”B009KUE87W” locale=”us” height=”160″ src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M8PRKaSzL._SL160_.jpg” width=”120″]Prayers are powerful.  Prayer changes me. When I pray consistently to God something changes within me. And it can change you too. However, sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the busyness of life and not take the time to pray. This book can help you form a habit of coming to God everyday in prayer.

21 Days to a New Habit of Prayer  They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit. And so I have shared 21 prayers of gratitude with you to help you form a habit of prayer in your life. I have taken key truths from scripture and reworded them into prayers of gratitude. Combining prayer with God’s Word is powerful. I have experienced this in my own life and now want to share it with you.I pray that these prayers help you to overcome negativity through applying the power of prayer and God’s Word to your life.
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Book #3:  21 Stories of Gratitude

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One way to live life to the fullest is to live each day with a grateful heart. In this book, we share 21 stories of gratitude to give you encouragement and hope in your own journey. Gratitude is possible! Even though many times we cannot change our circumstances, we can change the way we see them. We can ask God to empower us to change our thoughts.

Our prayer for you is that you find encouragement within these pages. And we pray that you will ask God for His strength to renew your mind with His truth and the hope He offers each one of us every day. It is only through Christ renewing our minds that we can truly live each day with a grateful heart.

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

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Book #4:  A Life Of Gratitude – Get All 3 Books in One

(Paperback and Kindle)

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Makes a great gift!  Available in both paperback and Kindle versions at the links below.

 

Get a Paperback Copy:  [easyazon-link asin=”0615731260″ locale=”us”]A Life of Gratitude: 21 Days to Overcoming Self-Pity and Negativity[/easyazon-link]

 

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Your life can be filled with stress, rushing around and an negative attitude.  Or it can be a time when God works powerfully in your life through a spirit of gratitude.  Choose gratitude.

 

 
 

About the Author:

 

Shelley HitzShelley Hitz has been writing and publishing books since 2008. She is also the author of the website, FindYourTrueBeauty.com, that reaches thousands of girls each month around the world. Her openness and vulnerability as she shares her own story of hope and healing will inspire and encourage you.

 

Shelley has been ministering to teens since 1998 alongside her husband, CJ. They currently travel and speak to teens and adults around the country. Shelley’s main passion is to share God’s truth and the freedom in Christ she has found with others. She does this through her books, websites and speaking engagements.
You can find more about Shelley at www.ShelleyHitz.com or invite her to speak at your event here: www.ChristianSpeakers.tv

 
 

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Book Launch (With Free Gifts) for Love the Wounded

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I personally have read Lynn’s first book of her Wounded Trilogy series and enjoyed it.  Today she is launching the third and final book in the series.  This book series would make a great Christmas gift for teenagers in your life.  And if you buy Love the Wounded today you get some free gifts.  See more information below.

Love the Wounded  is the final and dramatic conclusion to her brilliant Wounded Trilogy  series that has followed the lives of teenagers Jake, Leigh, Mike, Dylan and Tim as they come to terms with a series of tragedies and events that have made each of them question why God allows “bad things to happen to good people.”

About the book:

Leigh does not know who to choose…her heart tells her she will always love Jake, but he has changed so much since the death of their friend, Ronnie, and with his mother going through breast cancer; he has totally closed himself off from her emotionally. Now she is dating Dylan and try as she might to accept him for who he is, she can’t stop thinking about Jake! Dylan has never gotten over the loss of his father and little sister, killed by a drunk driver when he was just a young boy.

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After a horrific accident that has put both Tim and his little brother, Evan in the hospital, everyone knows that not only is he being bullied at school; he cuts himself to cope with it all. But meeting Cassidy has given him the courage to stand up to the bullies and at the same time give her what she so desperately needs…a life-giving bone marrow transplant. Jake’s mother keeps telling him that “God works all things out for good” but with all the things going on in his life and with his friends, he’s just not sure anymore. It is only after Mike is paralyzed in a car accident that Jake was partially responsible for that all the families and friends will be brought back together, not by coincidence, but by God’s design and then Jake will finally believe that God truly does “Love the Wounded”.

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“A life of working with youth has inspired Lynn Dove, a Cochrane mother to turn her experiences into a book trilogy…(the Wounded Trilogy) series that parallels the struggles of students…(and) covers the angst of some of the real serious issues that teenagers face today, particularly with bullying and gossip. ” -Rocky View Weekly-

What others are saying:

“I couldn’t put the book down…(A) dramatic ending to a wonderful series about five teenagers and their families who are struggling through life,…Lynn Dove has created a cast of teenage characters we grow to love over this three book series,…It is a wonderful, good, clean book with twists and turns about issues on a young adult level that they will enjoy reading.”  – Readers Favorite–

“A personal story of honest truth – offer(s) an uplifting spiritual message” – Cochrane Times –

 

FREE STUFF – One Day Only October 30th, 2012:

Here’s just a sampling of the FREE e-gifts from generous supporters:

  • Free Kindle version of Tracy Krauss’s best seller: Wind Over Marshdale
  • Autographed copy of The Chamomile by Susan F. Craft
  • Autographed copy of award winning They Stood Alone by Sandra McLeod Humphrey
  • Free ebook Fit for Faith by Kimberley Payne
  • Free PDF copy of Live Without Stress by Shelley Hitz (me!)
  • First Three Chapters of The Legacy of Deer Run by Elaine Cooper

Plus more!

All if you buy your copy of Love the Wounded  at amazon.com on Oct 30! All links will be operational on the ‘Landing Page’ at the Word Salt website on that day only!

 

Here’s how to claim your free gifts:

You can help her achieve ‘best seller’ status by purchasing the book at amazon.com TODAY – and receive all kinds of free gifts while you’re at it!

1. Go to the Landing Page on Lynn’s Word Salt Website

2. Buy the book at amazon.

3. Go back to the Landing Page and fill in the {{{{{{{form}}}}}} with your name, email and purchase number.

It’s that easy! You’ll be directed to your free gifts and all you have to do is choose which ones you want.

 

Disclaimer:  This ‘Best Seller book launch’ has been coordinated with the help of the ‘John 3:16 Marketing Network’ and many other generous supporters. The free gifts are deliverable electronically over the internet or by email (or mail) by individual authors and supporters. They are not in any way associated with, nor deliverable by, amazon.com  

 

Author bio:

Lynn Dove is a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher and writer.  Winner of a Canadian Christian Writing Award in 2011, Lynn Dove’s debut novel, Shoot the Wounded, written for teens and young adults was a finalist in the 2010 Readers Favorite Book Awards. Heal the Wounded, released in 2010, the second book in this series won the Bronze Medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards in the Young Adult – Coming of Age category. Love the Wounded is the final book in the “Wounded Trilogy.”

 

 

Don’t Miss It: 100% Off Christian Book Sale – 3 Days Only

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100 percent off Christian book sale

For three days only, several best-selling Christian authors have joined together to offer their books for free to avid readers. October 17th through the 19th 2012, readers can download 20 Christian books worth over $60 for free and enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card to get even more free books here.

During the 100% off sale this week readers will be able to download the following nonfiction Christian books for free on Kindle and Smashwords:

  1. Psalms, The Sunrise of Hopeby Bob Saffrin
  2. Hola Happinessby Janet Eckles Perez
  3. 21 Prayers of Gratitudeby Shelley Hitz
  4. A Matter of Faithby Carol Round
  5. Restore Your Marriage & Fall in Love Againby Krystal Kuehn
  6. 10 Keys to Happy & Loving Relationshipsby Krystal Kuehn
  7. The Lighthouse of Asaph: Unforgettable Christian Reflectionsby Roberto Ornan Roche
  8. Found Adrift:  40 Days of Recovering Graceby Pauline Creeden
  9. Children of Dreamsby Lorilyn Roberts
  10. 21 Teen Devotionals…for Girls!By Heather Hart and Shelley Hitz
  11. Experiencing Joyby Patty Mason
  12. My Scripture Journal: God’s Promisesby Heather Bixler
  13. Amazing Grace as Christ Walks By, My Journey from Brokenness to Wholenessby Carol Cline
  14. A Spiritual Renewal: A Journey to Medjugorjeby Alberta Sequeira
  15. A Love Story…How God Pursued Me and Found Me…an Impossibly True Storyby Samantha Ryan Chandler
  16. Finding Hope in the Midst of Tragedyby Shelley Hitz
  17. Mission Possibleby Deborah McCarragher 
  18. Women of Strength – a devotional to improve spiritual and physical healthby Kimberley Payne
  19. Night Stories – 8 devotionals about dreamsby Kimberley Payne
  20. Growth Lessonsby Naty Matos

 

Don’t miss out!  Download these 20 books plus enter to win the $25 Amazon gift certificate for 3 days only here: https://www.bodyandsoulpublishing.com/100-percent-off-christian-books/

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Wind Over Marshdale Book Launch

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Author, Tracy Krauss shares about her latest book, “Wind Over Marshdale.”   Make sure to check out all the free gifts you can get when you purchase her book on October 16th, 2012 here:  http://tracykrauss.yolasite.com/wom-landing-page.php.

Thanks for sharing with us about your book today, Tracy!

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I grew up in a small prairie town. I remember well the smell of grain dust in the air in the fall during harvest time, the constant chirp of crickets in the evenings, or the way the wind grazing over the tops of the grain fields made me think of a cat’s silky coat being stroked by a giant invisible hand. I loved watching a thunder storm out my front room window, taking in the power and awesomeness from the safety of the indoors while the whole thing played out across the huge expanse of sky that is such an important part of the prairie landscape. These are the memories of my childhood, and even though I no longer live there, there will always be something special about the place where I grew into an adult. I think the openness of the land and sky has a profound effect on those that are connected to it, and sometimes I long still for that sense of freedom that only comes from wide open spaces.

WIND OVER MARSHDALE

My latest novel, WIND OVER MARSHDALE, is set in a town very similar to the one I grew up in. In fact, I modelled Marshdale after my hometown of Mossbank , and those that are familiar with the area will recognize many of the unique geographical features, even though the names have been changed. For instance, there is a large, shallow, alkaline lake near my hometown which is a bird sanctuary of sorts and which is considered a prime hunting area for ducks and other water fowl. Old Wives Lake was named after a Cree legend of the ‘Old Wives’. In the days before the arrival of the ‘white men’, there were some warring tribes in the area. In order to save their village, some elderly women stayed behind in the camp near the lake and kept the fires burning. This allowed the rest of the people to escape. When their enemies saw the smoke from the fires, they raided the camp, but found only the ‘old wives’ – the rest of the people made it safely away to a new spot where they were no longer threatened by their enemy. I invented a new legend and call the lake ‘Old Man’s Lake’; still there is some similarity.

I wanted to highlight the rich cultural heritage of the area, especially the indigenous aspects, while also bringing about some modern conflict. In my book, a Cree man is heading up an archaeological dig in the area, but is met with a lot of opposition – much of it racially based. Of course, there is also romance, and some other surprises, too. I love writing about interesting characters and this book is full of them. Many of them are what I consider to be ‘types’ that you find in every small town. I’ve moved a lot in my life and most of the time I’ve lived in small towns. Believe it or not, you really do find these same people everywhere – the town drunk, the town ‘crazy’, the town busybody… I know it almost sounds cliché, but these people really do exist in almost every town I’ve been to! I certainly did not base any one character on a particular person, but took characteristics that I’ve noticed are ‘typical’ and created my own cast of very unique individuals.

Of all of my novels so far, I feel a special connection to WIND OVER MARSHDALE, possibly because of the memories that were invoked as I described the setting in such detail. I hope readers will sense the authenticity of the place. In a way, when you read it, it is like stepping into the world I grew up in.

 

Tracy Krauss is launching her book WIND OVER MARSHDALE on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Full of intrigue, romance, and plenty of surprises, see what’s hiding just beneath the surface in this seemingly peaceful town. You can help her achieve ‘best seller’ status by purchasing the book at Amazon.com TODAY – and receive all kinds of cool free gifts while you’re at it!

Here’s how:

1. Go to the Landing Page onTracy’s Website

2. Buy the book at amazon.

3. Go back to the Landing Page and fill in the form with your name, email and purchase number.

It’s that easy! You’ll be directed to your free gifts and all you have to do is choose which ones you want.

 

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