Monday, October 12, 2009

Miracles, by Karen Kingsbury, and a Giveaway

Note: There is a giveaway for this book at the end of the review. Five people will win a copy of Miracles, by Karen Kingsbury.

In the last few years, Karen has written a series of books about real true life miracles. A Treasury of Miracles for Women, A Treasury of Miracles for Teens, Treasury of Miracles for Friends, A Treasury of Christmas Miracles, A Treasury of Adoption Miracles, and A Treasury of Miracles for Friends. This devotional is stories from those books along with Scripture readings set up for a weekly devotional.



Whether you are young or old, male or female, I recommend this book. It is full of encouraging and true stories of God working in miraculous ways in the lives of people.

Read about how a phone call from a long-lost friend saved a man's life. How a little boy miraculously avoided serious injury after being hit by a car. How couples miraculously found the right child, or children, to fill their empty homes.

Since I have the book to review, I did not use it as a devotional, but read through several of the stories at a time. I found myself moved to tears and encouraged tremendously by these stories. Karen Kingsbury has made her imprint on the Christian fiction market, and if you have never read her fiction books, I very much recommend doing so, but she has taken her God-given talent of relating a story to tug at your heart strings, and used it to relate these true stories. Stories of modern-day miracles that will cause you to dare to hope again if you have quit, and encourage any one who reads it that yes, God does care about us, and He can - and will - perform miracles today.

Giveaway:
Courtesy of Faith Words Publishing and Hachette Book Group, I am giving away 5 copies of this book, Miracles, by Karen Kingsbury. A very attractive padded hardcover book, it would make a great addition to your library, or to give as a gift to someone who could use some encouragement.

You must live in the US to enter, and no PO box addresses allowed.

To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog post. Five winners will be drawn two weeks from today on October 26. Please make sure you can be contacted if you are a winner. If you cannot be contacted through your blog, leave your email address here, or send it to my email address: marcus802001@yahoo.com. And also, if you want to enter, but have no blogger account, email me, and I will make an entry for you.


And if you have entered, or are planinng to enter, my other giveaway (see next post), you may still enter and be eligible to win both books.

Thanks for reading my review, and for entering the drawing. And thanks to Faith Words and Hachette for making this giveaway possible.

26 comments:

Peter P said...

MY wife LOVES Karen Kingsbury books.

This would make a perfect Christmas present for her!

I hope I win!

Mark said...

Entry for Melinda M

Kim M. said...

Enter me too! I will also post it on my blog.

Eric von Mizener said...

I love miracles, so I hope I win. (Sorry, Peter.)

Steve-n-Deb said...

Hi, Mark

Christy said...

This is the first time I have entered a giveaway...I hope it is worth it!!

Danny,Liz,Becca,Ben, Abby and Caleb said...

Karen Kingsbury is one of my favorite authors! I have read most of her books and eagerly wait for her new ones to come out! Please enter me! thank-you!

Steven said...

Sign me up. I like winning things. :-)

Winning Readings said...

I love Karen Kingsbury! Thanks for the email - we've posted about this at Winning Readings:

http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2009/10/miracles.html

janemaritz at yahoo dot com

gahome2mom said...

Wow! You can give away 5 copies. Wonderful! I would like to try to win one. Thanks,

gahome2mom/at/gmail/dot/com

~Tami said...

So many need encouragement. I'd love to win this book.

bison61 said...

sounds like a great book

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adge said...

I've seen this book before. It looks great. Please include me in the giveaway. Thank you. gasweetheart211[at]netscape[dot]net

Annette said...

I'd love this book! We're lucky you can give 5 copies!

Kimmy said...

Me, me me!!!

teacherprincess said...

Sounds like a great book... sign me up...

Judy said...

Thanks for the opportunity to win!

Melinda said...

Sounds like a wonderful book!

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bookjourney said...

This looks wonderful - Kingsbury as an incredible author.

Thank you for the entry

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Rachlea said...

What an awesome giveaway! Mrs. Kinsgburys book has been an awesome inspiration to me. I love to read her books. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

Buukluvr81 said...

Please enter me! I have most all of Karen Kingsbury's books and this would make a perfect addition to my collection! Thanks!

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Mark said...

entry for DLE

Mark said...

entry for JJM

Emma said...

Miracles, sounds wonderful.Please enter me in the giveaway.augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.Thank you.

Barb said...

Please enter me into this giveaway. The book sounds like an inspirational volume to assist us in getting through our daily lives.
Thanks for the giveaway.

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Rebecca said...

This sounds like a beautiful book! I would love to win it!
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