Sunday Words of Encouragement November 29, 2009

This is the first Sunday of Advent - a day of hope and waiting. Our Pastor gave a message on "Waiting for Christmas." 
Although he didn't say these words precisely, it struck me near the end of the sermon that we should be waiting - not so much for Christmas but more appropriately - for Christ!

^{Verses for today:}

^{Luke 3:4-6 New International Version}

⁴As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
   "A voice of one calling in the desert,
   'Prepare the way for the Lord,
      make straight paths for him.
 ⁵Every valley shall be filled in,
      every mountain and hill made low.
   The crooked roads shall become straight,
      the rough ways smooth.
 ⁶And all mankind will see God's salvation.


I hope that you will each be a person who marvels at the true message of the Christmas season!

More Giveaways This Weekend Around the Book Blogging Net!!

HURRY - LOTS OF THESE ENDING November 29, 30th or December 1!

Three sweet books for children at 4 the LOVE of BOOKS! Ending November 30 and December 1.

Enter to win Missing by Ronda Gibbs Hinrichsen at Anne Bradshaw's Place! Ends December 2.

If you are able to contribute a bit you may want to consider Emma's Bike.  Under the post you will see a link called Merry Christmas and that explains a bit about Emma and her Bike!

Arcs of Lament and Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater are being given by Bites! Ends December 3.  And check out other contests listed on her right sidebar.

Enter to win Not Like You or Beautiful or The Horrifying Tale of Mrs. Trollope or When the Whistle Blows or 3 winners for The Encyclopedia of Immaturity Vol 2 at Mrs. Magoo Reads.  Ending November 29 through December 3!


J. Kaye's Book Blog December Giveaways so far!  Ending December 11.

List of December giveaways:

SOUL CATCHER (Book 1: The Outsider Series) by Leigh Bridger

THE ACCOUNTANT'S STORY by Roberto Escobar Gaviria

CRY FOR THE MOON by William Angelo Woodall

SCHOOL OF FEAR by Gitty Daneshvari

GHOST IN THE MACHINE by Patrick Carman

PROSE. POEMS. A NOVEL. by Jamie Iredell

HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK by John C. Maxwell

CHEATING DEATH by Sanjay Gupta

PERMISSION SLIPS by Sherri Shepherd

CHEATING DEATH by Sanjay Gupta

THE LIAR IN YOUR LIFE by Robert Feldman

NURTURESHOCK by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

$20 PER GALLON by Christopher Steiner

I DRINK FOR A REASON by David Cross

THE SEDUCTION OF SNOW WHITE by Cathy Yardley

KISS OF CRIMSON (Book 2, Midnight Breed Series) by Lara Adrian

RICH DAD'S CONSPIRACY OF THE RICH by Robert T. Kiyosaki

SECULAR SABOTAGE: HOW LIBERALS ARE DESTROYING RELIGION AND CULTURE IN AMERICA by William A. Donohue

Winners of The Gate House by Nelson DeMille

CONGRATULATIONS TO FIVE WINNERS:

 

 

Marjorie

Judy

Sheila (Bookjourney)

Ellie

and 

Nancye

I have e-mailed the winners for information to be sent within 72 hours!  Thanks!

 Again - thanks to Hachette and to Valerie for this giveaway!

 

THE GATE HOUSE by Nelson DeMille

Martha's Bookshelf *** Friday Pick Giveaway

{photo courtesy of Flickr}

This will be the first of my FRIDAY PICK Giveaways.  I don't really have books floating around everywhere like that great photo but if you saw the pictures posted of my bookshelves and boxes you know I do have lots of books!  And that doesn't include the other eight or so boxes at my office!!
So I want to share my book bounty! (And my DH would love for me to get rid of some of my books!!)

Every Friday I will post a group of books. A winner will be drawn the next Thursday and that person will be sent the book of their choice. 

Most of these books have been gently read! Some are new that I have not read but am not likely to get to.

Since the titles look a little hard to read and I'm not sure if you can click and make this larger I'll list the tiles and authors:

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Married at Midnight (Anthology) Kathleen Woodiwiss, Jo Beverley, Tanya Anne Crosby & Samantha James

A Jockey's Life by Dick Francis

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Circle of Stars by Anna Lee Waldo

Net Force - One is the Lonliest Number by Tom Clancy

Everlasting by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peritti

A Time to Kill by John Girsham

Unlaced by Kristina Cook

Love in Bloom by Shelia Roberts

Tamed by a Laird by Amanda Scott

Jerusalem Vigil by Bodie & Brock Thoene

Whispers and Lies by Joy Fielding

Never Seduce a Scoundrel by Sabrina Jeffries

Almost Single by Advaita Kala

TO ENTER:
Leave a comment WITH YOUR e-mail and tell me WHICH BOOK you would like to get from this week's choices!
Easy peasy!!  Help these books find a new home!!

Winners of Nancy O'Berry's Wonderful Giveaway!

Thank you everyone who participated in Nancy's Wonderful Giveaway and for all the supportive comments! As a reminder, the Great Wonderful prize package consists of:

* A CD that contains pdf copies of not just Stormy Weather, but three more of Nancy's books: Holding on to Hope, Giving in to Charity and Destination Daytona!
* A Print copy of Having Faith, the first book in the Sweetbrier Series.
AND
* A Pink Canvas Book Tote with the Stormy Weather cover on it.

I am happy to announce the Grand Package winner is:

Housemouse, Please send your snail mail address to me for Nancy to get you the book and CD!

I selected four others to win the book Stormy Weather and those winners are:

edmontonjb               Rebecca                         Abi           

and                creatnchris

I am arranging the Gift Certificates for the book and will e-mail that to these four winners!

Thanks again everyone!
All winners were selected using Random.org generator.