Friday, June 23, 2017

Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community

This was a very good book that helped me find my strengths. This book comes with an access code that lets you take the Clifton Strength Finder Test. It will give you 5 signature themes and then you can learn about how these talents fit into who you are and offer tips on how to utilize these talents. It also talked about how to serve others with your talents. It could be a very fast read if you read just the areas on your themes. There are 30 different possible themes. I read through each one just because I was curious.








Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Dating, Relating, and Waiting God's Word on Purity

First of all this books title is very catching. I read this book because I was very interested in what the Bible had to say about purity and what you should do about it. It was a short book but provided a lot of good information about connecting with the opposite sex. Especially from God's point of view. It talked about how to attract the right person, communication differences, figuring out what you really want, the impact of sex on your relationship, how to set healthy boundaries, guilt free sex God's way, starting over if you already had sex, and praying for your future mate.

7 Secrets You Need to Know About Girls
1. You need to see out inner beauty
2. Guys who are emotionally strong are the ones we are most attracted to.
3. We need to feel safe around you
4. Faith in Jesus means everything.
5. Accountability is key.
6. Learn to Cherish us.
7. We want the right kind of intimacy.

7 Secrets You Need to Know About Guys
1. Most Guys are all about the eyes.
2. I am a poet and a warrior.
3. My ego is fragile.
4. Sometimes I don;t talk much, but I hear you.
5. I want a girlfriend who is close to God.
6. My world can feel so brutal.
7. I need time in my cave.








Friday, June 2, 2017

Valkyrie #1

This was the first book in the Valkyrie series. Freya is a Valkyrie who lives in Asgard. She has her ceremony to become an official Reaper in the battlefield but she is unhappy and wants something more. After her first reaping, the man that she reaps tells her to help save his family. After the guy leaves she goes to Misgard, what they call Earth, to find his family and help them. She can get in a lot of trouble for this but she goes anyway because of her promise. She meets Archie a boy that she saves from some bullies. He helps her find the soldier's family and helps her blend in as a human. She even starts going to high school. She finds along the way that she like likes the humans and she likes to help them. This bully terrorizes her and a bunch of students so, she helps them learn to fight. The real danger that the soldier's family is living in an area that this company wants to tear down their house for development. She helps them with this problem. Maya, Freya's sister, comes down from
Asgard to find her and take her back but she doesn't go because she wants to protect Archie. Maya stays and then a big battle is fought because Freya left Asgard. She was going to get punished but the angels of death save her and she goes back to Asgard.







Today is the Day Find and Embrace Your God Given Dreams

God-given dreams are natural talents given from God. He pre-wired them into us when he created us. You may be wondering how you know what they are? This book explains that which is why I decided to read it because I am really lost about what God wants me to do with my life. My purpose. Which thanks to this book I have a way better understanding.
       There are 8 clues to figure out what your God-given dreams are. 1) It will be powerful and persistent. 2) It will solve problems for others. 3)  It will include a burden for people. Who do you want to help? 4) It will involve access to resources. 5) It will help God's work in the world. 6) It will grow from your abilities and talents. 7) It may grow out of adversity. 8) It may seem crazy or arrogant to some people.
       The following chapters described how to think big, turning dreams into goals, praying about them, strengthening your confidence, diligence, developing the action habit, having integrity, recruiting your dream team, getting advice, and choosing to be a blessing.