What's Your Story? (Book Review)

What's Your Story?
by: Deanna Kohlhofer

"God doesn't wants us to be shy with his gifts, but bold, loving, and sensible." 2 Timothy 2:7 (The Message)

What's your story? Has anyone asked you that? And have you been reluctant to share because you simply just didn't know how to answer? You are not alone! Would you be surprised if I told you that most people do not know how to articulate their story? It is a sad, true fact my friend. But it does not have to be that way for you. Weather you have been a faithful follower since you were three or you are a new follower---you have  a story!


Reading the book is like thinking and looking back at life while sitting with a friend and talking about it over a mug of a frappuccino. It's like watching my life being played on the skies and seeing God walking besides me all the way  through bad and good times. I will definitely buy one of this book and not only that I would be giving some to friends as gift to pass on the fire in faith! 
Indeed "What's Your Story?" is a must have book!


The author Deanna Kohlhofer is a Christian blogger and writer. You can see more of her works at spotLIGHT316 ministries... very inspiring author!

If you do want to have her book for free all you need to do is follow her blog and FBpage. She is giving 3 copies each for the first 3 commenter and follower.

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Indeed!

This is indeed very true, easy to say but very hard to do.

I hope and pray that those who are in this situation will

have the courage to really really put it down and never look at it again

to avoid temptation.

God bless everyone. Happy Thursday to all!

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You are not so for me

During my younger years I used to experiment things, I love to explore and mostly suffer the consequence early. Good thing though for all the bad things I've tried to do I never have liked it and friends who does it don't want to influence me that bad as well. When I tried to drink alcohol , I did first become dependent on it but later on I realized I didn't like it all and stop drinking. I also tried smoking but since it felt like it suffocating me I stopped right away.

I'm just thankful that the Lord has spared me for being addicted to those vices and have spared me of possible internal damage and sooner death. I just can't imagine myself going to the mall and stopping at  discount cigar shops to avail the discounts. I probably poorer than I think if I did not stop this thing. May those who are into this would do it gradually to avoid problems.




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Outdoor Speakers

I was talking with my beloved husband the other day. We were talking about a new bought speakers for a small church we know.  He told me that it's good to have a new stuff like that, but. if the people in-charge doesn't know how to use it... it's kinda useless. Well, I think this is very true because I know a church in one up in the mountain up North that was being given a desk top computer. The computer was all set, but they have a problem, they don't know how to use it. Sooner or later if you doesn't know how to use it... it seems useless unless the person will really give time to study on how to operate the thing.

My hubby on the other hand is also wishing that their band will be able to buy Speakers an out door one so that whenever they have an outdoor concert which they always do, they won't  be able to rent/hire a mobile cost doing such really cost a lot. Whenever the band does concert, it's actually not a paid concert but an evangelism concert reason why renting an outdoor speaker is really a pain in the pocket.

We pray that someday we'll able to have a speaker.



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Guitar tuner for hubby

Wow! Here we go again. Hubby took his newly bought slightly used guitar to a friend. He told me that they will just do some jamming, then, later I found out that hubby is thinking of selling that guitar so that he could buy another one. Hubby was in front of me when his sister blurted out his secret, part of me would like to yell at him, but I decided to shut up thinking I don't really know why he's doing that. What bogs me is... hubby is so consumed of these things (guitars, guitar accessories, his fish, and his motorbike) when he is home.  Whenever his done the thing(s) I have asked to, it's hard to ask another thing again. Here is where the trouble starts :).

Actually, I don't really care if hubby would buy all the guitars he wants in the whole world even if he buys this epiphone acoustic guitars for sale, as long as he gives us quality time as well. It's probably not too much to asked from him to just sit around with us even if he does nothing co'z we don't see him a lot during the day time. The moment I wake up.. he's in hurry to go  and it's  already dark  when he gets home. Then, whenever he is home... he's tired or if not... he's too busy with other things.

Then now... he's looking for a tuner (where in fact he owned this gadget where everything is in it, but yet, he's thinking of giving it away... and now he's looking for one again). Ooh goodness! men are hard to understand :D.




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The poor, the rich, and the needy.

We went to church last Sunday very late, in fact we almost hit benediction when we arrived, and we put all the blame on the slow bus to excuse ourselves. Well, how I wish we have  a car to use to so that we don't have go the commuting ordeals. As you may know, it would take five rides for us to get to our home church and it's the same thing coming back home. (This is me wishing I have cars, big house, and more money in the bank).

It probably took us 30  minutes or more waiting for the bus, but when it finally came, it was loaded with people. We were forced to get in the bus even though we know that we have to stand in the aisle co'z there's no available seat for us. Hubby and I were grateful that we were able to ride the bus. I could tell that hubby was struggling hard to stand straight holding on with the side bar so that he won't fell specially that he was carrying our adorable baby.

I could feel hubby's uneasiness and so I took Ziah (our baby) from him, ignoring the risk that I am standing besides the mini-bus door and if I'm not careful when the driver hit breaks I  might be pushed off the bus. Then as I was trying to hush my crying baby, the guy seated in front of me looked at us with concerns in his eyes and offered his seat for us. Of course I took it and was very thankful. I looked back though and I saw him balancing himself just like I did when I was the one standing up.

As I was sitting comfortably, it made think of the rich people who never experience what I just had experienced. I could tell that the person who just extended the help to me is no rich man an in fact was needing the seat too but since he saw that I needed it the most he it gave it up for me. The act that the man has given me made me thank God that we don't have  a car  and I have given this opportunity of being helped upon. As you should know, I was thinking of how I could be get rich so that I it won't be a hassle for me to do things. I know it wasn't a great thing (the guy did) though but it just struck me to my core that being poor is not a crime at all and in fact it's a blessing.

It just depend on how we look at things.


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