Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World

Ten Books, Many with Autographs, Given Away Free!

Today, instead of sharing an excerpt from my book, Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World, I wanted to let you know that I am going to do my fun book give away promotion again. It was very popular that last time I did it. So I am going to throw it at you again. I am going to have a longer deadline this time. The last one I did over a weekend and got good responses. This promotion is going until Monday night the 8th of February. Because I am doing this I am going to give away many more books.

I am giving away ten (10) books to the first 10 people that sign-up for my free online newsletter. Here is how it will work:

  1. The first one to subscribe will have first dibs of the books that will be given away. That means the sooner you subscribe, the more chances you have of getting the book you want for free.
  2. This may be a long process to give out all the books, because some people don’t answer the emails very fast. If you subscribe to try to get a book, please respond to my email letting you know you are a winner, ASAP. That way you will not be holding up the next person down the line from being able to choose a book. If I have to wait too long, I will let the rest of the people choose before you.
  3. All ten books will be wonderful books. Some of them will have the author’s autograph in them.
  4. Here is the list of the books:

 

  • Three Cups of Tea-By David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson.

This book has been a national # 1 New York Times Bestseller list for months. It is autographed by David Relin.

The Shack-By William Paul Young. This book has been in the top five on the New York Times bestseller list for a couple of years. It has sold over 7 million copies. It is autographed by Young.

The Missionary-By William Carmichael and David Lambert. This is a story of a missionary that gets way over his head, and suddenly becomes an international fugitive. Lots of suspense and thrills. I have two books of this. One autographed by Carmichael, and the other autographed by Lambert. You get to choose.

Eyes of Elisha-By Brandilyn Collins. Brandilyn is one of the most beloved Christian Fiction authors in the business. This book is autographed by Brandilyn. Here is a promotional phrase from the book. “The murder was ugly. The killer was sure no one saw him. Someone did.” Gives me goose bumps, and wants me to be all over that book!!

That is all the autographed books I have for now, but the following are books by top authors that sold millions themselves.

I have a three pack of mini books written by some of the top authors. Why God?-By Charles Swindoll; America Looks Up-By Max Lucado, and When Tragedy Strikes-by Charles Stanley, will all go to one subscriber in one bundle. All of these books are very timely for what is happening in our world today.

Where is God When It Hurts?-By Philip Yancey. This is one of my personal favorites. This book is a national best seller. It speaks about the physical pain many of us endure, and how we can be blessed through it. It was special for me when I went through six major surgeries.

The Power of a Praying Parent-By Stormie Omartian. Stormie has several best selling books on the theme of prayer. We as parents need to know what we can do to help when our children are going through trials, no matter what their age is. This is a must book if you have children.

The Revelation-By Beverly Lewis. Arguably the top Christian Fiction writer on the planet. One of you will have this new book for you to read, just by being one of the top ten to subscribe.

90 Minutes in Heaven-By Don Piper, and written by Cecil Murphy. There are more than a million copies of this in print. It rose to the top over night. Don Piper was trapped in his car after an accident and he was pronounced dead. Then a friend happened to be driving by, and stayed by Don and prayed for an hour and a half…. I will let you read to find out what happened.

Summer-By Karen Kingsbury. Again one of the top Christian Fiction writers in the business. You can have this book if you are one of the top ten in subscribing to my free online newsletter and it is still available.

There you have it. Ten of the most loved books in the business, and you can have one of them if you subscribe to me online newsletter. The newsletter is free, and it will have excerpts from my book coming out in late August or early September called: Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World. The newsletter will also have a page just for writers. It will have rough drafts from my new book, Becoming Famous before you are Famous. It is about how to build your platform and do your branding long before you even think of approaching a publisher. There are two other pages that will have sports from my home state of Oregon, and ideas on how to cope in this troubled world.

The next time I post I will have an actual excerpt from the book, Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World. So go over to the Facebook networks icon and click on follow. You will then be able to come back and read the excerpts as they come out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slogans are Misleading and Head us Down the Wrong Path

  “God Takes Care of Those who Take Care of Themselves”

This is just one example of sayings or slogans people use to justify the daily lives.

I heard a wonderful sermon by Pastor Scott Nelson of Morning Star Church in Salem, Oregon this last Sunday. I will be quoting some of his thoughts to help you understand how dangerous it is to live by these sayings.

 

“God will take care of those who take care of themselves.”

Think about that. Is that saying that he will not take care of those who can not take care of themselves? God doesn’t choose who needs taken care of. He loves us all and helps each of us to live a life that is there to glorify His name. We shouldn’t be trying to convince pe0ple that if they only tried to take care of themselves, then God would help them more.

                                     “My God doesn’t judge!”

Really? Imagine a world were there is no judgment. Everyone doing what they want with no consequences.  Actually God is the perfect judge. He is the only supreme court judge, and disciplines out of love.

Am earthly father does the same doesn’t he? he loves his children, but if they do something wrong, he also disciplines them out of love.

                  “My God lets me do what ever I want.”

This is a like combination of several religions put into one pot of soup. It’s like a person in a school cafeteria, with a tray, going along and picking out what they want to eat. They will have a variety of choices.

             “Truth is in the eyes of the beholder.”

Many people like this one because they are saying that what I do may not be right for you but it is for me. We live in a very diverse world today. People are popping up with their own little ideas what their religion should be, and they live by it.

I have same very sad news. None of these choices will lead you to  Heaven. There is only one way to get to Heaven, and it is so much easier, and less confusing than all of these choices. All you have to do is confess your sins to God and ask Him itno your heart, and you have eternal life. Remember that is the opposite of eternal death. I will not go there. I will let you figure that out.

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I made a big mistake with the last contest! I drew a name to be the winner, but I never sent him the book. Old age sure has its down moments.

My apologizes to Glynn Young of St. Louis, MO, for not sending him the book, The Missionary. He will receive an autographed copy in the mail this week.

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The new promotion is a book called, Moments this Good: The Softer Side of Alzheimer’s, written by Bonnie Nester.

Here are a couple reviews written about the book:

“Reading the chapters was like eating potato chips–as I devoured them I kept saying, ‘Just one more!'”

                                                                                              Judy McKellar

“Nester offers the reader a path to gentle acceptance, and even moments of playfulness and joy–and always, always models profound love and respect for her mother.”

                                                                      Ellen Waterson

Author of the award-winning  memoir  “Then there was No Mountain and I am Madagascar”

All you need to do to have a chance to win this wonderful book is go over to the right side bar, and click on the icon that talks about subscribing to my free online newsletter, called, Signs of Hope Press. 

Not only will you start receiving the free newsletter, but you will notice on the icon that it says you can download the Free eBook I have written called, The Top 25 Ways to Survive in a Troubled World.

So…you get a free newsletter-free eBook- and are placed in a free drawing for not only this feature book, but for all the future drawings.

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I have a new feature in the online newsletter. It has a new page called, Becoming Famous Before you are Famous. It will have actual rough draft chapters from a book of the same title. I will be sending out the first Chapter later today. Here is the fun part….sine it is a rough draft, I am asking each of you to proof read it, for typos, grammar mistakes, etc. Send me a message with your corrections. If you have something you think I should add to the chapter and it is used, you will be recognized in the book.

 

Firefighting Burns in Aidan O’Neill’s Blood

A winner has been chosen in the drawing for the book, The Missionary. Glynn Young of St. Louis, MO is our winner. Congratulations Glynn.

There is a new promotion going on now that ends October 5th. It is another drawing for a free book. The book is called, Through the Fire, by Shawn Grady. The book has a personal note and autograph from Shawn.

Through the Fire, is the first novel for Shawn, but James Scott Bell, a well known best selling author of the book, DECEIVED, says, “A sizzling debut novel from a writer that really knows the goods.”

Here is a trailer from the book:

“An arsonist is targeting Reno, leaving a scorched path of destruction. The department needs Aidan back, but his return is troubled. The gift he relied on for so long has gone silent… and it’s as though the fires are coming for him, hunting him down. Teaming with a beguiling fire investigator who may know more then she’s saying, Aidan must discover where his trust rests as the flames burn ever closer.”

Aidan’s father was also killed in an arson fire, so he is trying to find out who killed him. Surprise ending and many great side stories.

All you have to do to get a chance to win the book is to go over to the right sidebar, and click on the icon that talks about subscribing.

You will notice that you also get my free eBook intitled, The Top 25 Ways to Survive in a Troubled World. This book has been selected to be used in the highschools for their Human realtions classes.

It shares many ways to cope in a not so friendly invironment. It is excellent for those who may be struggling with self doubt, fear, anxiety, depression, and the many other usual suspects. It is yours free if you subscribe to the free newsletter.

The newsletter has four pages:

  • One page will have excerpts from the book, Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World. It may be a phrase, or a paragraph that gives you the feel of each chapter. There are 72 chapters.
  • Another page talks about travel. I have a guest posting his story right now. Ron Keleman, is telling us about his trip to India. It is a fasinating story of places that the tourists do not go to. Don’t miss this.
  • A third page is a sports page just for the many Oregon State University Beaver fans that come there to catch up on all the happenings going on in all the sports programs at OSU. It can be very interesting for others as well.
  • The last page is a resource page where I will share articles on coping with everyday life. This is a very popular page.

Everything I mentioned is free;

Free eBook; free newsletter, and free drawing for top selling books with the author’s autograph and personal notes in many of them.

You have absolutley nothing to lose. If you don’t like the newsletter, there is an opt out spot at the bottom of the newsletter.

Pleasse join me, and enjoy many issues of a great newsletter that has had some great endorsements.

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