A Good Word Wednesday #104 Book 😄📖📘

A little bit of help, hope and goodness for you each Wednesday

“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” Proverbs 12:25

Good Word of the Day: Book

This came in the mail yesterday:

And I thought of this:

Such a mix of emotions holding my book in my hands for the first time. Happy. Proud. Scared. Will people like it? Did I do a good job? So many emotions. It truly is a dream come true. My sister, Debbie, summarized it well. “It must be like holding many hours of work, travel, tears, laughter and prayers all at once.” Yes. Exactly.

What have you created that brings you joy and a mixed bag of emotions? Why do you think it makes us feel this way?

My love for words on a page began in the lap of my mother who read me Dr. Suess books over and over again. But I gleaned my love for God’s Word from my preacher Daddy. The best-selling book in the world of all time, the Bible, was always prominent in our home. I grew up with a respect for it. I have been the proud owner of a King James Version Bible, a Living Bible, a New American Standard Bible, a New International Bible and mostly use the English Standard Version today. What’s your favorite version? Through the years, I grew to believe that scripture wasn’t just words on a page, but that they were active, alive and used as a tool to help believers grow in their faith.

I grew up in the day of Bible drills. If you aren’t familiar, it’s when children learn the books of the Bible and are able to locate them as fast as they can to beat the other children in the group. It was a memorization competition and it helped me learn the order, the importance and the wisdom of the 66 books contained in the one book. To this day, I still enjoy the pages of a printed Bible over the electronic versions on our phones.

Wednesday in the Word

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 ESV

Share Your Good Words

Good Question(s) of the Week: What book do you enjoy reading over and over? Why?

Photo: She Is Safe

Good Unseen People

Another book shaped my life and led me to discover a new calling that led me around the world multiple times. I wrote the following for Stories for Global Good and posted it a few years ago:

I read the other stories quickly as it told stories of forgotten girls around the world. And I knew I had to do something.

Read the whole story: A Book and a Burden

I invite you to read stories about how God calls us to see the unseen. Click the link below to read more on my website about Unseen People: Sharing Light and Life With Your Neighbors and the Nations.

• I have three free gifts for you when you preorder Unseen People: (1) A Discussion Guide (for journaling or use in a small group setting); (2) I See You ebook; (3) The link to an exclusive Unseen People playlist. Simply order the book. Send me your order # to deannalynnsanders@gmail.com. It’s that easy! I will send these resources to you electronically for you to enjoy today. Watch the video explaining the process: Thank you!

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Good Words I Recommend

A Good Song/Video: A fun way to learn books and content of the Bible: Bible Rap

Another Good Song/Video: Take You at Your Word

A Good Book: ESV Study Bible

A Final Good Word

For the last four years, I’ve been involved in what my church calls D-Groups. The “D” means Discipleship. D-Groups are groups of 3-5 people who go deep into God’s Word. It’s not just reading, it’s a deep dive into understanding scripture, memorizing, applying it to life, scripture memory, accountability and prayer. When you read one chapter from the Old Testament and one from the New five days a week, it means you read through the New Testament once a year and and it takes over four years to complete the Old Testament. So, guess what? Next week we officially complete reading and studying through the Old Testament. It means we’ve waded through books like Leviticus and Ezekiel and all the doom and gloom prophets. And what we’ve discovered is that each book has its challenges and distinct message to the original readers and to us today. But I think we all deserve a celebration when we finish Malachi next week. And then… meanwhile… back to Genesis!

What is your favorite way to study the most important book in the world?

Thank you for reading these words. I’m deeply honored to share this time with you each week.

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: “Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.” Jeremiah 30:2

Gratefully yours,