52 Weeks to Fortify Your Family

A review copy was provided

Book Details

Author: Nicole Carpenter
Release Date: January 2015
Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc.
Genre: Family Scripture Helps

I picked up this book thinking it would be a weekly scripture study help...

And it is... But it is also SO MUCH MORE!

Every week you do have a theme, but then it goes on to give you a daily dose of scriptures, quotes, thoughtful questions, and even General Conference talks surrounding that weekly theme.

Each day you are given truly amazing helps to have personal or family scripture study...and it only takes a few minutes.

We can all spare a few minutes to fortify ourselves and our families!

I will admit that I was tempted to rush-read through this book...

But then I realized what a GIFT I had in my hand!

We need DAILY nourishment from the scriptures...this is IT!

There are VALUE LESSONS like:
* Kindness
* Charity
* Happiness
* and MORE

There are LIFE LESSONS like:
* Talents
* Adversity
* Judgment
* and MORE

There are GOSPEL LESSON like:
* Faith
* Repentance
* Power in Prayer
* and MORE

And also included are HOLIDAY LESSONS for:
* Love and Valentine's Week
* The Atonement, The Resurrections and Easter
* Nation and Independence Day
* Fear and Halloween
* Gratitude and Thanksgiving
* The Nativity and Christmas

Study it from front to back OR bounce around choosing a theme that is needed in your life right now.

AN AMAZING BOOK!
EVERY PERSON and/or EVERY FAMILY NEEDS THIS BOOK!
BLESSINGS ARE PROMISED if we read the scriptures daily!

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About the Author

Nicole Carpenter is an advocate for strong families. She believes in focusing first on strengthening mothers so they can fortify their children. Nicole is a mentor, speaker and founder of MOMentity.com, a blog and online community for mothers, reaching out to moms in over 7 different countries. She is the creator of the Define Your Time™ time-management e-course and the Mothers of Magnitude Academy. Nicole’s parenting column publishes regularly on KSL.com and has been syndicated in several other online news sources. Nicole graduated with a B.A. degree in Public Relations from Weber State University, where she also met her husband, Marty. They reside in Syracuse, Utah and are raising four incredible children, including a set of identical twins. And — to make it all happen — she may or may not rely on Diet Dr Pepper and chocolate-covered toffee hidden in the fridge.

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Book Details:
Author: John Bytheway
Release Date: 2013
Publisher: Deseret Book
Genre: Scripture Helps

We are so blessed to have the scriptures!
But do we read them?

Do we heed them?
Do we sometimes struggle to understand them?

I know I struggle with understanding... that is why I am so grateful that authors like John Bytheway share their knowledge of the scriptures with us.

I LOVE how he starts the book...

"It's only thirty-two verses, or 982 words in length, but it's a life changer--and unforgettable and highly applicable metaphor.  We call it Lehi's dream."

He then goes on to explain about each part of the vision:
the tree of life
the rod of iron
the mists of darkness
the ominous great and spacious building 

He tells what each means in his Thoughts, Insights, and Observation section he has in each chapter.

And then my FAVORITE part...
Each chapter has an APPLYING THE DREAM TO OUR REALITY.

I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book and now have so much greater understanding...and I will try to seek more "Tree-of Life" moments!



About the Author:

John Bytheway is a bestselling author, favorite speaker, and part-time instructor at Brigham Young University. His many titles include Heroes: Lessons from the Book of Mormon; Standards Night Live; Isaiah for Airheads; A Crash Course in Teenage Survival; Behind Every Good Man and his most recent book, Of Pigs, Pearls & Prodigals. He has also created numerous talks on CD, many of which are combined in The John Bytheway Collection, Vols. 1 and 2.

John served a mission to the Philippines and holds a master’s degree in Religious Education. He and his wife, Kimberly, have six children.







(A digital review copy of this title was provided by the publisher for this review. However, all reviews are of my own opinion :)