Category: Comfort

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If you are Facing in the Right Direction, Keep walking!

I just checked the stats for this site as far as total hits and average hits each day.

The total hits for the first two months of 2011 is 34,640. The total hits for all of 2009 was 5,271.

The average daily hits for this site last week was 925, It was 350 in 2009.

That means many more of you are coming to this site, and reading what I have.

That also means I need to post more often. You don’t like coming back and seeing the same things all the time.

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Think on this:

  • If you are facing in the right direction, all you have to do is keep walking. God has taken care of all of your past, warts and all.
  • Are you discouraged? Recognize; Remove; and Replace. Recognize what your discouragement is, remove it, and replace it with positive thoughts.
  • Never let Satan plant words in your mind that you are a failure. God has a plan for you, and He is the one that will hold your hand and lead you.
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God Doesn’t Make Mistakes. He created you for a Purpose

I see it has been a month today since I last posted on this site. I have been spending most of my time posting at: www.dailysignsofhope.com. That is my blog. The response there has been tremendous. In just a little over one year the followers have grown to over 1380. Hope you check that out.

I hope you will start joining me here as well,  because I am back here spending much more time.

Just go the to the  “Networked Blogs,” icon and click on “Follow me,” below it. You will then be able to keep up with what is going on with my book, “Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World, and my new book, “Signs of Hope: In Sports.” (Title may change)

Let me tell you a little bit about the new book. It is still floating in my head. (It is giving me a headache!)

I have grown weary of all the negative press that sports has been getting. Just this last week there was a national  news items about a Washington Red Skins lineman who was arrested for assault. Now I certainly don’t condon what he did, but I have heard about many more assault in my own home town and they don’t even make the local newspaper.

I prayed about this, and God seems to be leading me towards putting together a book that speaks to the positive side of sports. I want to talk to some Christian athletes in pro sports. I want to interview them, and let them tell their side of what it is like to be  a Christian in a not so friendly world of sports. There will be a chapter for each person written about.

God is opening some doors that I can’t mention yet, but for a teaser, there is a NBA retired player who has two championship rings that is interested in working with me on this, and I have a connection with a chaplain for a pro baseball team.

There are several other possiblities, that just happen to become known to me in just the last few days. I think that is God at work, and I look forward to working on this, all for His glory.

If you know of any pro athletes who are Chrisiatns and may be willing to share their story to help others who may be struggling in the sports world, please let me know, by commenting to this post.

Think on this:

  • God doesn’t make any mistakes. He created you for a purpose.
  • He made you in His own image. You are His son/daughter.
  • Never let Satan plant negative thoughts into your head. It’s time for selective hearing.
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Signs of Hope was on Talk Radio

I just finished a radio talk show interview, and Maxine Marsolini,  the person who interviewed me, reminded me that I don’t have  information on how you can have your story written in a future book I am working on that will have true stores of Signs of Hope that some of you have had in your lives.

What you do is share your moment where God did some miracle, or changed your life in some way.

Just send your stories to doug@dougbolton.com and if they are chosen you will have your “15 minutes” of fame writing in the up coming book. You will get credit at the end of the story.

What a wonderful interview today. I was able to share a great deal to reach out to those who are suffering in this economy, and talk about my book, “Signs of Hope: Ways to survive in an Unfriendly World.”

You can buy the book right here on this site by clicking on “bookstore,” on the tabs above.

It is also available at www.amazon.com, barnes and Noble .com, www.winepressbooks.com. and at any Rainbow West Christian bookstores in Oregon and Washington.

I have signings coming up at:

Borders Bookstore, 2235 Lancaster Dr. NE, Salem, Oregon.  It will be held on November 6th, from 2-4 p.m.

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I will be at the State Capital Building in Salem, Oregon doing a signing, on December 8th, starting at 4:00 p.m.

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I also have a signing coming at Eola Hills Winery in Rickreal, Oregon on December 10th from 6-9 p.m. Google Eola Hills Winery, and you should find a map there.

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I have another signing at “Wings of the Soul,” Christian Bookstore, on December 11th from 2-4 p.m. It is at 345 Owens Ave. Google it, and you can get a map there as well.

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There will be many more signings as time goes by. Stay tuned, and they will be posted on this site.