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Scripture Translations and Acknowledgments
Scripture Translations: AMPC: Scripture quotations marked (AMPC) are taken from the Amplified® Bible Classic Edition. Copyright ©1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission (www.lockman.org). BBE: Scripture quotations marked (BBE) are taken from The Bible in Basic English, 1949/1964 Public Domain. Publisher: Cambridge Press. CEB: Scripture quotations marked (CEB) are taken from the Common Bible: New Revised Standard Version Bible. Copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. CEV: Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version. Copyright ©1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. ERV: Scripture quotations marked (ERV) are taken from the Easy To Read Version. Copyright ©2006 by World Bible Translation Center. All rights reserved. ESV: Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®). Copyright ©2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. GNT: Scripture quotations marked (GNT) are taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version—Second Edition. Copyright ©1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. MSG: Scripture quotations marked (MSG) are taken from The Message. Copyright ©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. NAS: Scripture quotations marked (NAS) are taken from the New American Standard Bible®. Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission (www.lockman.org). NCV: Scripture quotations marked (NCV) are taken from the New Century Version®. Copyright ©2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NET: Scripture quotations marked (NET) are taken from The NET Bible, New English Translation. Copyright ©1996 by Biblical Studies Press, LLC. All rights reserved. NIV: Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by Permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide, www.zondervan.com. NKJV: Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NLT: Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. NRS: Scripture quotations marked (NRS) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Copyright ©1952 [2nd editions, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. PHPS: Scripture quotations marked (PHPS) are taken from The New Testament in Modern English. Copyright ©1958, 1959, 1960 J.B. Phillips and 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957 The Macmillian Company, New York. Used by permission. All rights reserved. RSV: Scripture quotations marked (RSV) are taken from the Revised Standard Version Bible. Copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. TEV: Scripture quotations marked (TEV) are taken from The Good News Bible, Today’s English Version. New York. American Bible Society, Copyright ©1992. Used by permission. All rights reserved. TLB: Scripture quotations marked (TLB) are taken from The Living Bible. Copyright ©1997, 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Acknowledgments
SEP 5: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. (Colorado Springs, CO: Honor Books, 1996). 111.
Sep 6: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 61.
Sep 7: Merrit, James. Nine Ways to Hold On When You Want to Give Up. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2012). 8.
Sep 8: Greco, Dorothy Littell. “It’s God’s Job to Be Perfect.” Accessed July 20, 2015, www.todayschristianwoman.com.
Sep 9: Greco, “It’s God’s Job to Be Perfect.”
Sep 10: Batterson, Mark. Soul Print. (Portland, OR: Multnomah, 2011). 25-27, 30.
Sep 11: Batterson, Soul Print. 31-32.
Sep 12: Batterson, Soul Print. 9-10.
Sep 13: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. (Colorado Springs, CO: Honor Books, 1997). 17.
Sep 14: Osteen, Joel. I Declare. (New York: FaithWords, 2012). V-X.
Sep 15: Osteen, I Declare. XI-XIII.
Sep 16: Jakes, T. D. 64 Lessons for a Life Without Limits. (New York: Atria Books, 2011). 45-46.
Sep 17: Jakes, 64 Lessons for a Life Without Limits. 77-79.
Sep 18: Pegues, Deborah Smith. 30 Days to Taming Your Stress. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2007). 94-96.
Sep 19: Pegues, 30 Days to Taming Your Stress. 101-103.
Sep 21: Wilkinson, Bruce. You Were Born for This. (Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah, 2009). 35-46.
Sep 22: Wilkinson, You Were Born for This. 35-46.
Sep 23: Wilkinson, You Were Born for This. 35-46.
Sep 24: Evans, Tony. Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. (Chicago: Moody, 2009). 112-113.
Sep 25: Evans, Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. 113-114.
Sep 26: Evans, Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. 114-115.
Sep 27: Pegues, Deborah Smith. Emergency Prayers. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2008). 125.
Sep 28: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 151.
Sep 29: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 195.
Sep 30: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 221.
Oct 3: Newman, Lorie, “Serving in the Hardest Seasons.” Posted April 29, 2015. www.todayschristianwoman.com.
Oct 4: Slattery, Dr. Juli. “Developing the Skill of Listening.” Accessed June 8, 2015. www.todayschristianwoman.com.
Oct 5: Ruchti, Cynthia. “Leave Your Baggage Behind,” Mornings with Jesus. (Guideposts, 2016). Accessed July 13, 2015.
Oct 6: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 65.
Oct 8: Gordon, Jon. “10 Lessons for a Stronger Relationship.” Accessed May 18, 2015. www.jongordon.com.
Oct 9: Gordon, “10 Lessons for a Stronger Relationship.”
Oct 10: God’s Little Devotional Book for Men. (Tulsa, OK: Honor Books, 1996). 23.
Oct 11: God’s Little Devotional Book for Men. 31.
Oct 12: Pegues, Emergency Prayers. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2008). 120.
Oct 13: Evans, Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. 200.
Oct 14: Evans, Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. 197.
Oct 15: Batterson, Soul Print.18-20.
Oct 17: Jeremiah, David. Answers to Your Questions About Heaven. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015). 1-3.
Oct 18: Jeremiah, David. Revealing the Mysteries of Heaven. (Turning Point, 2017). 90-92.
Oct 19: Jeremiah, Revealing the Mysteries of Heaven. 94-95.
Oct 20: Osteen, I Declare. 45-47.
Oct 21: Osteen, I Declare. 55-57.
Oct 22: Osteen, I Declare. 67-68.
Oct 23: De Courcy, Philip. Truth Matters. (Know the Truth: 2013).
Oct 24: Riggleman, Heather. “How to Cover Your Child in Prayer.” Accessed August 16, 2013. www.todayschristianwoman.com.
Oct 25: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 113.
Oct 26: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 103.
Oct 27: Paddison, Diane. “4 Myths That Are Getting in the Way of Your Calling.” Accessed May 19, 2015. www.todayschristianwoman.com.
Oct 28: Paddison, “4 Myths That Are Getting in the Way of Your Calling.”
Oct 29: Merrit, Nine Ways to Hold On When You Want to Give Up. 9.
Oct 30: Dobson, Dr. James. Dr. Dobson’s Handbook of Family Advice. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1998). 186.
Oct 31: Merrit, Nine Ways to Hold On When You Want to Give Up. 15-16, 18-19.
Nov 1: Batterson, Soul Print. 13-15.
Nov 2: Batterson, Soul Print. 47-48.
Nov 3: Evans, Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. 181-182.
Nov 4: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 119.
Nov 5: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 123.
Nov 6: God’s Little Devotional Book for Women. 141.
Nov 7: Merrit, Nine Ways to Hold On When You Want to Give Up. 36-39.
Nov 8: Batterson, Soul Print. 53.
Nov 10: Osteen, I Declare. 95-97.
Nov 11: Osteen, I Declare. 101-102.
Nov 13: Jeremiah, David. Answers to Your Questions About Heaven. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013) 28, 30.
Nov 14: Evans, Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations. 202, 204.
Nov 16: Pegues, Emergency Prayers. 116.
Nov 17: Pegues, Emergency Prayers. 51.
Nov 18: God’s Little Devotional Book for Men. 237.
Nov 19: Jeremiah, Revealing the Mysteries of Heaven. 106-107.
Nov 20: Jeremiah, Revealing the Mysteries of Heaven. 113-115.
Nov 21: Osteen, I Declare. 121-123.
Nov 22: Osteen, I Declare. 131-132.
Nov 23: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 21.
Nov 24: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 43.
Nov 25: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 55.
Nov 28: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 121.
Nov 29: God’s Little Devotional Book for Leaders. 146-147.
Nov 30: Batterson, Soul Print. 22.
