Monday, March 30, 2020

Celebrate Lit Blog Tour: Encountering God’s Heart For You by Diane Stortz

Book: Encountering God’s Heart For You
Author: Diane Stortz
Genre: Christian non-fiction, Devotional
Release Date: September 3, 2019

God put the Bible together for you, and he wants you to understand and know him better. But sometimes you can get lost in the details and miss the big picture. The Bible is more than just a collection of wisdom, instructions, and history. It’s one unified story of the incredible love of God!

Encountering God’s Heart for You takes you on a daily journey through the full narrative of Scripture in a year. And in the process, it will draw you nearer to God as you discover his love and compassion. It won’t cover every verse, or even every chapter, in the Bible, but by the time you’re through, you’ll have a strong grasp of what the Bible is all about.

Reading Scripture isn’t just a way to collect information or check something off a to-do list. Let this book bring you into God’s presence to better understand the Bible’s story of love, sacrifice, and redemption as he draws you to himself.

Click here to get your copy!

Every year so many want to follow a "Read through the Bible in a Year" plan. Many start it with good intentions, but realize that it can be hard to follow. I much prefer Devotionals and that is why this book "Encountering God's Heart For You" by Diane Stortz seemed very intriguing to me.

Encountering God's Heart For You is a unique and user friendly Devotional Book. Each page is numbered 1 to 365, which makes it a lot easier to follow if you miss a day. The reader is not feeling "guilty" for missing a day. The Devotional Book takes the reader on a Chronological reading plan from Genesis to Revolution.

I really like the format of the Devotional. Each day consists of a Daily Chapter/Bible Reading, the devotional reflects on the reading for the day. There is also a prayer for each day. The Devotionals are very thought provoking and very easy to read and understand.

I highly suggest this Devotional for Christian Women who are looking for Encouragement and enjoy reading a easy format book. VERY Encouraging Book!

Diane Stortz is a multipublished author who writes to make God’s wonders known to the next generation. Diane’s books for women, A Woman’s Guide to Reading the Bible in a Year and Encountering God’s Heart for You, both from Bethany House, encourage women to get to know God through His Word, the Bible. Her children’s releases include the best-selling Say & Pray Bible and I AM: 40 Reasons to Trust God, both from Tommy Nelson. Diane and her husband have two married daughters and five grandchildren—all boys! Visit her at www.DianeStortz.com.

More from Diane

Twenty years ago, I was invited to join a women’s Bible study group planning to read through the Bible in a year to get to know God.

Although I’d been a Christian for many years and had read many parts of the Bible and used the Bible in my work as an editor, I had never actually read the entire Bible.

I joined the group. We read about three chapters a day and met weekly on Monday nights to discuss what we’d read.

I’ve repeated that experience in various forms most years since then, and it has changed my life in so many ways. (Getting to know God does that, right?)

I’m convinced that one of the most loving things we can do for someone else is to invite and encourage her to become a lifelong reader of the Word, and to read it together.

That’s how I view my new devotional, Encountering God’s Heart for You. It’s an invitation to every woman to pick up her Bible, read along with me, and look together for all the ways God teaches us about himself on every page.