Thursday, December 14, 2017

I Won't Forget (Lyric Video) // After All These Years // Brian and Jenn ...

Radical Permission Episode 10 Part 3a

There are unclaimed upgrades all over our lives. They are the perfect solution for all negativity and we get to collect these upgrades as gifts.

They are especially available when we find ourselves dealing with anxiety, fear, and panic because these reactions don’t belong to our new man in Jesus.

When God looks at us, He doesn’t see what’s wrong because all that died with Jesus on the cross. He sees what’s missing from our experience of Him, and then fully commits to giving us that experience as a gift.

For more on receiving your next upgrade and gift from God, watch the clip above.

PS) You can learn more on claiming the upgrades and gifts available to you in your current situation in Radical Permission 1 on Brilliant TV. It’s a full length series, exploring how we get engage with the upgrades and gifts God has for us. Click here to sign up for a free 7-day trial!

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

BOOK REVIEW- ROYAL ARRANGEMENT by Ember Casey/ Renna Peak

Royal Arrangement by [Casey, Ember, Peak, Renna]

Prince William swore he’d never marry a noblewoman. But when he agrees to an arranged marriage to save Montovia, he has no idea what’s in store…

WILLIAM:
As the third son of my family, I never thought I’d have to make a political marriage, especially in this day and age. I enjoy my freedom - but for the sake of my family and my country, I’m willing to do the unthinkable and wed Princess Justine of Rosvalia.

But Justine is nothing like I thought - from her fiery temper to her mysterious past, I find her far more intriguing than I anticipated. The only problem? She hates my guts.

I’m not one to shy away from a challenge, though, and now I have a new goal: to seduce my new wife, by whatever means necessary.  AMAZON 3 STARS

It had an unusual plot at times even if it was a royal marriage contract. I liked both of the main characters but after a while I felt like they were just spinning their wheels over several issues. It became kind of grinding to me, because it just kept going on and on without resolution. The one thing I did like was the "games'' that William came up with. Well he had to have some way to get the upper hand, because Justine isn't giving an inch.
Absolutely hated her family; her mother, father and brother were the worst of the worst and I couldn't believe how they treated William. Forget about William, they were horrible to Justine first of all and always had been.
Imagine my surprise as I get towards the end of the book and realize there was no end. I must have missed the fact that was going to happen.

Honest retail employee

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

BOOK REVIEW- THE SHERIFF'S WOMAN by Jackie Weger

Life-long bachelor and ex-Marine, Sheriff Garrett Stark knows how to get the job done so it stays done--until he tangles with Rachel Cameron. Then all bets are off. Rachel knows him. He's the man she despises most in life, but she does not anticipate the raft of dizzying emotions she feels in the face of Garrett Stark's steadfast and resolute desire to make her life better. She wants Garrett to mind his own business. So. He does. His business is Rachel and he's all in.
AMAZON 4 STARS

A good story. It also had some really good main characters. But wow was Rachel RUDE to Garrett..all the time, for a long time. It was incredible what he put up with. And he was a good guy and a lonely one. That emotion came through pretty well. Even though he had a good family he also wanted his own family too. That line in the book information about him tangling with Rachel? It was spot on, tangling was exactly the right word. And she had so much on her plate, it's surprising that she has any energy left to be so hostile. But she was also running from some painful truths. Her life was pretty harsh and she was just eking out a living for herself and her children. Her son Pete tried so hard to be the "man of the house" but he was just a little boy. It galls Rachel even more that Pete responds so strongly to Garrett kindness to him. Each one of the children is so different and it was easy to have them draw you into the story more. Caroline, was one tough cookie; actually quite a bit like her mother. She was a hoot! And the youngest Sara, marched to the beat of her own drum.
I liked the dual P.O.V.'s in the story. And there was also some other good secondary people in the story also.
On a side note, it just seems like problem after problem began to stack up on Rachel's shoulders. Even when people try to help her, she just can't seem to catch a break. It kept things active and moving; keeping my interest through out. I was glad when Rachel got over her hate-on with Garrett, because for a while in the beginning it was getting hard to really like her.
The H.E.A. was a welcome end to the story and the beginning of a new family.

BOOK REVIEW- RUGGED TEXAS COWBOY by Lora Leigh

Two HOT cowboys. Two tough-as-spurs heroines. These two previously published, newly revised and expanded, smoking hot stories by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh will leave readers breathless and begging for more!

COWBOY AND THE CAPTIVE

Melina is one of two gorgeous twin daughters, the clever and considerate one who always spared her parents the humiliation of what her sister Maria had wrought. But now, Melina is finally ready to stand up for herself and seize control of her life. Until she is kidnapped by a cowboy, named Jardin, who is dead-set on settling the score with her family. There’s only one catch: In capturing Melina, this tough, rough, hunk of a man has actually found a way to unleash her greatest fantasies, body and soul. . .

COWBOY AND THE THIEF

Beautiful, spirited Angel Manning has always longed to experience the power of her ancestors’ most precious heirloom. Her mother once told her that the legendary Irish torque would lead Angel to the one man worthy of possessing her heart. But when Angel learns that her father, now a widower, has sold the torque to the notorious two-timer Jack Riley, she is furious. Of course she plans to take back what is rightfully hers, by whatever means necessary. But the fate of the ancient Druids works in mysterious ways. . .Could it be that this slick, smooth-talking cowboy was destined to satisfy Angel’s deepest desires all along? AMAZON 3 STARS

Of both of the stories I liked Cowboy and the Captive better. Maybe because there was more about depth about the people in the story. And the danger and emotion was also deeper. Melina's pain was easy to connect with; she had been so undervalued for most of her life. Her parents and her sister (her twin) Maria were always eager to throw her under the bus. All to protect the best loved but evil twin Maria. It was incredible what she went through. Her family was so manipulative, all except her brother Joe who feared for her life. And he had plenty of reason to think that.
The struggles between Melina and Luc were epic. But so was his refusal to see who she really was.
But I grew tired of the constant references to what different sexual parts of her body were doing as she lusted for him. Some phrases were repeated so often, it made me want to roll my eyes.
Don't get me wrong, the story itself could have been so much better if some of the erotica had been cut back.

I did like that the two stories are linked because of the long friendship between the two men.

In the second book, Jack is stronger and better than he seems. He is more than just the playboy. Angel finds out that he has a core of steel when pressed. And boy does Angel push that envelope. The history of the heirloom was interesting and added to the story. But once again more detailed sex even though probably not as much as the first book.
Still that is something that both books did have in common and had me skimming some of the pages. Quite a few actually.

I received a copy of this book via Netgalley and this is my honest opinion of it.

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Metamorphosis- Radical Change in 2018 Jennifer LeClaire

I heard the Lord say, "A metamorphosis is underway..."

I heard the Lord say, “A metamorphosis is underway. I will bring the change I’ve promised, first little by little and then an outward manifestation of an inner working I have been doing in My people. That metamorphosis will spill out from the spirits of My people into the spheres they influence in the seven mountains.

“Transformed business leaders will see their companies as ministry hubs. Transformed politicians will see their cities as congregations. Transformed cities will see mass salvations. I am calling those who have struggled in past seasons to make one more push because that last push will birth something in you and through you like the world has never seen and like nothing you could even imagine.

“I have allowed you to go through struggles—through suffering—so that I could use you as a compassionate change agent in the earth. You have authority. You have influence. You have power. You have an anointing. I intend to use you to comfort those who face disaster and to strengthen the weak. I intend to use you to lift others up, even those who dragged you down.

“You have been changed and are changing from glory to glory. The glory that rested upon you during the struggle is increasing as you step into the assignment I am giving you to see transformation all around you. You carry the kingdom. Releasing the kingdom into atmospheres around you and watch the darkness flee as the brilliance of My love works through you by faith. Have a confidence that I have called you, I have equipped you and I am sending you—and that I am with you always.”

I see widespread metamorphosis. I see metamorphosis in people, in companies, in churches, and in societies. The metamorphosis is coming out of an intense struggle in the hearts and minds of people. It’s even coming out of church splits and past moral failures in leadership. And it’s coming from a changing of the guard in cities, states and nations. Many will come to realize the reality of Genesis 50:20 and Romans 8:28 in 2018 and in the years that follow.