Living Well: 365 Daily Devotions for a Balanced Life

by Carole Lewis

Book Overview

From Carole Lewis, the national director of First Place, the nation's leading Christian weight-loss program, comes this collection of daily devotions to help you achieve balance in every area of your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830742905
• ISBN13: 9780830742905
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Regal Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Living Well can help bring balance into your life

This is a great daily devotional encouraging positive and health living with an emphasis on weight loss. The contibutors who write the devotions are ordinary people who have struggled with weight issues themselves and have learned how to replace an unhealthy desire for overeating with a new style of living and a new focus on what is first in their life. This Christian focus is the secret to a happier and more fulfilling life. It is a wonderful companion devotion to the First Place 4 Health weight loss program and bible study and I highly recommend it.

A GREAT WAY TO BEGIN YOUR DAY

I begin my day each morning with the devotion from this book. When I received it in December I decided to begin the next morning instead of waiting to the first of the year. Everyone who wants to be God, should have this book. A Balanced life is so important.

Glad I chose "Living Well"

Although I am not a member or FIRST PLACE, I have read this and other books by Carole Lewis. This book will help you accept yourself as you are now, and encourage you to make improvements in yourself. The authors share how they struggled in areas of their life, but were able to overcome and not use food to cope with their challenges of life or health. It encourages prayer and journaling, & will reinforce your other choices for improvements in your life.

Applicable to anyone with a desire to serve the Lord more obediently

The intent of Living Well: 365 Daily Devotions for a Balanced Life is to serve as a supplemental text to the whole First Place style of living that is advocated by this book's editor and co-author Carole Lewis. That organization helps its clients lose weight, reduce stress, and enhance their relationships with God. To that end, the messages found here are useful to any Christian seeking inspiration and direction. The book's daily devotions are written by 50 contributors, many of whom are either members of First Place or directors of the organization. This is not to say they are not highly competent. For example, Dr. Sybil Smith is a Ph.D. and a registered nurse; Rev. Jim Clayton is senior pastor of a Baptist church in Tennessee; and June Chapko is the author of the Bible study Making Wise Choices. Having so many different writers from so many different walks of life makes the daily offerings diverse, distinctive, and personal. Each page is dated so that a reader can begin on any day of the year and use the book for 12 months. First, a passage of Scripture is presented, followed by a concise devotion of not more than 225 words, and then a closing prayer. Additionally, for those who have First Place weight loss journals and prayer books, at the very bottom of each page is a journal entry thought that works as an action item related to the specific theme or topic of that day's devotion. One word of caution would be that readers will have to get used to the idea that many, many of these devotions are going to focus on weight loss. It can become a bit redundant after awhile, although some are quite clever. For example, Elizabeth Crews writes for the July 29th devotion, called "Staying on Track," that the Apostle Paul admonished Christians in Galatians 5:7 to "run the good race," and sometimes today that might mean not driving by the doughnut shop and not wheeling our shopping carts down the ice cream aisle. I had to chuckle at that analogy, as well as others that were equally clever. Admittedly, this book is targeted at females, ages 25 - 60, but I found the stories, examples, Bible verses, and words of encouragement applicable to anyone with a desire to serve the Lord more obediently. - Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, Christian Book [...]

BE REFRESHED AND INSPIRED!

In this compilation of devotions from different authors who have taught or been a part of the First Place program, this book is just what you need to get you motivated Biblically each morning. Each devotion is short enough to do in just a few minutes, or you can investigate the Scriptures used and make it a more intense meeting with God. LIVING A BALANCED LIFE in our day isn't an easy job, and each devotion shows how we can rely upon God as well as good personal choices to help us become the BEST God has created us to be. Carol Lewis (who, by the way is a phenomenal person, and very real herself-she doesn't just run First Place, she herself lives it! SO BUY ALL HER OTHER BOOKS TOO!)has done a beautiful job taking each different topic, the different memeory verses and pulled together all these stories and devotions from ordinary people who struggle-to show that VICTORY & BALANCE are possible-and are part of God's plan. She has taken each of the 8 First Place Bible Studies as topics, and the members were asked to submit how the different memory verses each week made an impact on their lives. The stories are great, and you'll walk away each day refreshed and encouraged in the Lord to overcome whatever struggles come your way, living out Carol's saying: "If you don't quit, you will succeed." -Carole Lewis Whatever part of your life is out of balance-don't give up; get this wonderfully inspiring book and begin to walk with a bounce in your step again-knowing there is hope in our God, always! He is a God of order and balance, and will use this book to help get going each day-HIS WAY! THE TOPICS SHE COVERS ARE: Making Wise Choices Begin Again Living in Grace A New Creation Healthy Boundaries Choosing Thankfulness Celebrating Victory Start Living There is an introduction to each chapter, by an "expert" in that area; then each "memory verse" has 5 daily devotions written by different people-covered in entirely different ways. It is really great to see how God can use 1 verse is so many awesome ways-meeting each person at their point of need with HIS POWERFUL WORD! Each "day" consists of: The verse a short devotion a short prayer and a suggestion to journal on HIGHLY INFORMATIVE, REAL, AND REFRESHING DAILY INSPIRATION! Tammy M. Price AUTHOR: 40 Day Journey to the Heart of God PRAYING GOD'S WORD for the WORLD-Lighting Pathways of Blessing! 40-Day Journey to the Heart of God: an Adventure in Prayer Alphabet Prayers...the Power of Praying Scripture into the Hearts You Love