Christmas Giveaway and New Facebook Page

I have finally got around to making a facebook page for my blog… and it didn’t even take that long! When I first started reading blogs I used to think I’d never make a facebook page because they had fans, and it didn’t sound very humble to have a fan page!!

Then I gradually realised that many people follow blogs through liking them on facebook, and some people ONLY follow blogs that way. I also would like to stop spamming my personal facebook account with blog posts and just let the friends who are interested in it get the spam 🙂 So I have ended up creating one after all and eating my words!

Anyway, to celebrate Christmas and the launch of the facebook page all in one, I thought I would do my very first giveaway. I want to give away a brand new copy of a book that has transformed my Bible reading time. It has made me start keeping a journal in a way that is exciting, and makes what I read much more easily remembered and applied to every day life.

It is called ‘How to Study the Bible for Yourself’ by Tim la Haye (author of the Left Behind series). I have mentioned it before in a blog post on Bible study books. I picked this book because the Bible is so important for our spiritual growth, and I think this book would be helpful to most Christians.

If you are a newer Christian it breaks down how to read the Bible in a way that is helpful and easy to follow (15 minutes a day). If you want to go on to deeper things it shows you how to study the Bible in more depth, but in a way that is easy to understand and do.

What really helped me was when he talked about keeping a spiritual diary. The reasons he gives for keeping one are:

  • It provides a handy method for recording special daily insight from God’s Word
  • It produces an attitude of expectancy
  • It provides a handy check on regularity
  • It provides a handy review
  • It provides an easy appraisal of spiritual growth
He then tells you to write out ahead of time the date, the passage, and then spaces for ‘God’s message to me today’, ‘a promise from God’, ‘a command to keep’, ‘a timeless principle’, and ‘how does this apply to my life?’.

Doing these things have got me so into the habit of recording as I write that I now don’t even need to do that as I see things, record and apply them without thinking. But it took those first steps to get to that point.

There are many other really useful helps and hints in this book, so that you can get the most out of the amazing treasure of God’s Word.

The Giveaway!

One person will win a brand new copy of ‘How to Study the Bible for Yourself’ by Tim la Haye




It is an international giveaway, so it is open to anyone from any country!

To Enter:

Leave a comment and an e-mail address if you don’t have a blog (or e-mail me if you don’t feel comfortable leaving a comment or putting your e-mail address out there in public!)

For Extra Entries:

Share this giveaway by blog, facebook and/or twitter and let me know that you have in your comment. Each count as one extra entry.

This giveaway will close on Monday, December 26th at 10pm GMT

If you want to follow this blog and get notified of new posts you can either ‘like’ the new Facebook page and make it look a little less lonely(!), follow me on Twitter, or subscribe by RSS feed or e-mail (at the top of the sidebar), though I have not added these as extra entries for the giveaway.

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7 Responses

  1. Brooke says:

    I love it! I’m going to facebook to like your page right away 🙂

  2. Anonymous says:

    I would love to win this giveaway….I want to learn more and grow more in my faith this year. I am dealing with a situation that requires faith in God’s plan. Thank you for considering me. D
    dajweber@aol.com

  3. Amanda says:

    I would love a chance to win this book! I am often overwhelmed when I try to study my Bible. It would be helpful to have a reading plan.

    amanda.corley@ymail.com

  4. I have the book already, and it is great! Very inspiring and helpful.

  5. T.C. says:

    I bought the left behind book at a charity stall for my Dad for Christmas, he loved it and told me about the Bible study book that was also written by the same author, and I thought I’ll have to look out for that one!

  6. I would love a copy of this Book, posted your link on my Facebook page and Blog page! very inspiring words all the time, great job!

  7. Rhoda says:

    T.C. I love the Left Behind series too 🙂