Everyday Matters Bible for Women book review

 everyday matters BIBLE for women

 

I am thrilled with every aspect of this Bible. I like look, color, layout, and feel of it.

everyday matters Bible for women: A Bible, a daily devotional, a commentary, and a Bible study for individual or group. It focuses on 24 disciplines, or practices. These disciplines include such things as Bible study and meditation, confession, faith, fasting, forgiveness, gratitude, mentoring, outreach, reconciliation; all the way down to worship.

The disciplines allow us to focus and refocus our thoughts and priorities on discovering the heart of God, pursuing His heart with energy and excitement. Each one is marked with its own particular icon throughout this Bible. At the beginning it gives clear understanding of what each discipline is about.

It lists books of Bible in order, as well as alphabetical order. Find it omits nothing. Each book is preceded by an introduction, giving background, message, time and a brief outline. This is important to me because I enjoy studying the history of the Bible.  

My favorite feature of this bible was hard to decide because I like them all (Everyday Matters Articles, Everyday Profiles, Everyday Reflections, Everyday Q & A's). If I must choose one, it would have to be Everyday Q&A’s. For instance, it gives a discipline for Acceptance in Genesis. It’s relative to Genesis 2:20, regarding the word “helper”. It gives definition of the word in the original language (Hebrew). If you enjoy the study of the original language (as I do), then this will help in obtaining a fuller understanding of what God is saying on a personal level. The other Scripture reference it gives is also helpful.

The only negative to me is that I found it difficult to see what book of the Bible I was reading. My eyesight isn’t as good as it used to be, so I covet larger, brighter print. The writing is small and in a very pale color.

Four different ways to explore The Disciplines:

1.  Everyday Matters: Two-page articles introduce major themes  and focus on an essential part of understanding and practicing a discipline.

2.  Everyday Profiles: Profiles of twenty-five Biblical women highlight a particular discipline.

3.  Everyday Q&A's: Short articles delve into a difficult aspect of the spiritual practice and offer practical help on  incorporating the discipline into your daily life.

     4.  Everyday Reflections: Selections illustrate ways to
         personalize and apply God’s Word to your own situation.

Special Features include . . . • 4-color throughout • Color-coded icons identify each Spiritual Discipline addressed in contributors’ material • How to Use This Bible in a Small Group Study • Index of Spiritual Practices • Resources for further reading
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Table of contents Sample Chapter Introduction



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Barbara Rupp

 Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book to review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations. I am part of The CWA Review Crew.

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Pursuit of Proverbs 31

     As part of the Christian Women Affiliate Book Review Crew I had the opportunity to review Pursuit of Proverbs 31, by Amy Bayliss. The book is about the elusive woman of Proverbs 31, or rather the myths and misunderstandings about this woman.

Amy gives you a simple guideline on how to use her book. The first thing she suggests is reading it through. This will help you determine where you want to focus your growth within the Bible study. The first chapter dispels 3 myths about Proverbs 31. The rest of the book contains pointers on being a wife, mother, running a home, family management and ministry. Don’t worry, it is easy reading. That’s what I like about it. It’s not complicated.

This is not a verse-by-verse study of the Proverbs 31 study, but the focused thoughts, Scripture for memory, and other activities suggested at the end of each chapter are very beneficial to the study. And, they do not take much of your time to accomplish.

Since I am a widow in my 60’s, I’m prone to pass this book on to some of my younger married friends. I have taught Proverbs 31 and this book gives me food for thought. Amy’s use of her own personal experiences paints a clear picture of how we all struggle with misunderstandings on pleasing God. She reminds us that it’s all about putting Jesus first and how we can do that.

She nears the end of the book on how to be resourceful by finding alternate ways of saving and investing in your family. Investing is not always about finances. It’s also about the soul and Amy shows how to create a mission statement for your family and ways to invest in your children. These are things that you can implement right now.

It’s certainly a book you want to re-read, take your time and complete the questions and activities at the end of each chapter.

I found it informative and enjoyed the humor of Amy. This is a book that reveals it’s more about our relationship with God rather than our works before God.

Blessings to you,
Barbara Rupp

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I received a free copy of this EBook to review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations. I am part of The CWA Review Crew.