I’ve been keeping a new project quiet over the last year, but I can’t hold back any longer.
I’m bursting at the seams to share with you, my sweet blog friends.
I wanted you to be the first to hear about my newest devotional releasing this fall called Flourish: Live Loved, Live Fearless, Live Free.
Friends, we JUST got the very first copies in the mail and can I tell you, I may have squealed?
This is the most beautiful book I’ve ever released.
From the shimmering gold foil handlettering done by our very own office manager, Jessica, to the gorgeous linen texture on this sturdy, hardback book, the whole thing is gaspy (<– yes, a new word I made up just for this occasion). Jessica had the vision behind this cover design, and the awesome team at Worthy Publishing made it all happen. (AND, if you pre-order, you’ll get even more Jessica Taylor Design originals).
What would a flourishing life look like for you? Take a moment and imagine…
Instead of surviving your days, you savor each moment. You pour into the lives of others, and it’s a joy, not a chore. And every hour, you are deeply, dazzlingly aware of God’s love and presence.
God intends this flourishing life for you. And it can start today.
Join me for this unique 52-week devotional as you cultivate a life blooming with God’s love.
I understand what it’s like to feel parched and dry, alone in a desert. Through winsome stories and Scripture’s healing beauty, you’ll discover deep and abiding encouragement on every page. My hope is it feels like reading a treasured letter from a longtime friend.
You’ll also find beautiful coloring pages beckoning you to slow down, pray, and reflect on Scripture. What better way to etch the Creator’s words on your heart?
Through Flourish, you will:
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Plant yourself in the depths of God’s immeasurable love.
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Put down roots of wisdom as you commit Scripture to memory.
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Grow in courage through persistent and consistent prayer.
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Blossom in freedom by facing the fears that hold you back.
• First four devotions delivered to your inbox immediately
• A Flourish printable from Jessica Taylor Design
• Lock screen collection with quotes from the book
Learn more about Flourish, here.
Pre-order from MargaretFeinberg.com, here.
Pre-order from Amazon.com, here.
Pre-order from Barnes & Noble, here.
Pre-order from Wal-Mart, here.
Once you pre-order, submit your receipt (by clicking here) & receive your free gifts via email.
The lush life awaits. Are you ready to flourish?
This week, I’m giving away THREE of the very, very first copies of Flourish. Three lucky friends will be among the very first to own a copy of this new book.
The winners are: Natasha Stone, Faith Henning, and Gilda Spencer!
All three are where I long to dwell. Loved, fearless and free.
This is what resonates with me right now I feel parched and dry, alone in a desert.
I could really use some encouragement that feels like a treasured friend wrote it for me. I have been struggling for some time and long to flourish. I would love to win this lovely book and let it encourage me. Thank you!
It’s a new season — my oldest is a senior in high school, all start school… I always appreciate the change of the season and a chance to flourish in that time of change. This devotional sounds great.
I am a cancer survivor and I want to flourish and revel in His love every day … And live free! Thank u for this book – can’t wait to read it!
Blessings in Him –
Bonnie
I have a friend who discovered she is entering an extremely serious battle with cancer, just this past week. Not sure she’s ready for this beautiful book yet but I might get Fight Back With Joy for her. She’s so sick right now, I’m not sure she even feels like looking at a book. I will say, so far, she has truly had a lifetime of flourishing in God’s leading.
All three. I need to lead to grow and thrive in the desert I’m in. Thanks for the giveaway and for sharing from your personal journey how this can become my reality, too.
I want God’s love to flourish in my life and overflow into the lives of all those around me! ????
I am surrounded by so much unknown right now that living fearless hit me hard this morning! I’m not sure I can even remember what it’s like to not be swallowed up in worry and fear.
“Instead of surviving your days, you savor each moment.”
I am facing a season of move and separation from my husband. I love the Lord with all my heart, know He is with me in the journey and want to keep leaned into Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit
I’ve been waiting for this since #LiveLived my friend!! “Squeals”
BIG hugs!
#LiveLoved (darn auto correct). Still squealing
How exciting! And to top it off, it’s beautiful! The living as a joy, not a chore is hitting me. That simple mindset shift is so powerful.
Dry, parched, alone. Especially alone. I want to experience flourishing in community after years of being isolated from deep relationships.
Blossom in freedom by facing the fears that hold us back. I want to flourish in my own life and in the live of others.
Oh, Margaret, these words were a lifeline to me. Since my husbands battle with heart disease and myasthenia, I have floundered – not flourished. I long for this joy- and healing. Whether I win or not, you have given me hope.
Praying for you. And thanks. From the bottom of my heart
To be still, to stop and just dwell, abide…that’s where I am these days. Cancer has a way of MAKING you do those things. For me, now that the worst is over and my new normal is here, the pace has picked up and it’s easy to be so fantastically grateful that I can DO anything that I’ve wanted to do EVERYTHING. That dries a girl out and sends her on a speed train to a parched land in a hurry.
But to once again be still and sit at His feet. Not because I HAVE to but instead because I so WANT to…that’s when I believe I can and WILL flourish!
I think this book looks absolutely “gaspy”I want to flourish where I am. Looking at life not as a chore but as a blessing.
I would love a copy of this. I want to flourish instead of feeling beat down by life. I want to grow and be what God wants me to be and share his love!!
“GASBY” is a wonderful word for this book! Would love to share another copy – just pre-ordered two of them!!! My word this year (from your post sometime back) is Restoration. Flourishing in God’s restoration is exactly what I need to be doing!
This book is beautiful! I’m especially anxious to learn about living fully loved of God. My heart knows I’m loved but my head doesn’t always believe it. So excited about this devotional.
This is a beautiful book! To flourish!
Jesus said, “I came that they may have life and have it in abundance.”
A daily time with Margaret: What a blessing!
Well, anything that makes you squeal is good enough for me! Always looking for a new devotional to approach God’s word from a new angle. And, this sure is pretty!
Once upon a time, back in the day when I used to blog, I wrote a post about the word “flourish.” It occurred to me, it’s not one I use in my everyday vocabulary.
And, at work, I’ve been encountering quite a bit of emerging research on post-traumatic growth. Our God is greater, hallelujah, and amen!
Hiding more of His Word in my heart and the consistency of prayer and devotion over 52 weeks is very appealing. Looking forward to experiencing this book in its fullness.
I am SO desperate to flourish in the direction God has for me!! I would much rather be flourishing than floundering in a sea of anxiety — thank you!!!
I lost my husband unexpectantly 4 years ago today to a heart attack (I was only 37 and he was 45), we were both active in church but our marriage was troubled and we were separated when he passed away. This loss shook me up and due to lack of support I left the church. I’ve been down a rocky road since then and have fallen away from my walk with God. I still have a strong faith but need new encouragement and inspiration to draw closer to Him once more. The idea of living a life of flourish is so beautiful; to live fearless and to live free! I desire to be refreshed again and to know God is pleased with me, that He fills me so that I can pour out onto others. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of your book!
Margaret,
I look forward to reading Flourish especially as a woman in ministry because serving others can leave you feeling parched and dry and even alone at times. Praise God for this new adventure!
God intends this flourishing life for you. And it can start today.
Today I must choose to Flourish in that which I’ve been destined to build, conquer that place of Death, loneliness or the past, to build a life lived loved, in the Master’s God, Guide by His eye upon me and given me His hand.t. Here’s to :TODAY! I LIVE!THANK YOU,LORD! It is only Because of Him that I’m still here today .I LOVE YOU, Lord.t.
My husband went through chemo for lymphoma last year. We can relate well to dealing with post-traumatic stress syndrome. I long to plant myself deep in God’s immeasurable love and to flourish!
Parched, dry and alone! Ever since my divorce, I have just been lost…not knowing who I am or where I belong.
Hi Margaret, a new and different book from you, yay! I’ve been in a season that has brought my spirits down for some years now– children, elderly mom, resources. I need to have the encouragement to flourish! Also, is ordering from your website most profitable for you? If so, that’s where I want to order.
I am in a very busy time of life in graduate school and working full time. It feels like there’s no space in my life. Yet I desperately need to make room to listen to God and receive his love!
Flourish, to me, sounds like a spring meadow where all of the colors of nature collide into a symphony of God’s praise. I would like to think that this is where I live. But more accurately, I tend to vacillate between too busy and too comfortable. I would love to learn how to best strike this balance.
I love Jesus with all of my heart. But truthfully, as an introvert, people drain me quickly. God has given me a heart to pour into believers in crisis. I suppose that is called irony. Flourish is what I need to feed my soul in order to Jesus to seep out of me to those that are around me. Less of me, more of Him.
Our women’s Bible study has been blessed by several of your studies. The neat thing is Jessica’s wonderful grandmother is in our study and we pray for you and Jessica! It would be exciting to reveal this new book to our many women who truly “flourish” as they selflessly serve God in so many ways. I know this book will be a treasure to so many.
What a beautiful book! The part that resonates with me is “to grow in courage” and “blossom in freedom”. The two combined –> a power filled life! Thank you for the opportunity! Blessings!
Living free. Knowing God wants us to life abundantly sometimes still doesn’t translate to me living life freely so it can be abundant in every moment. In the season of busyness, that I am trying to be more and more aware of and counter, having encouragement and times of reflection are what is most needed.
What speaks to me is savoring our days. Each day is a gift and I love that in the “savoring” we are intentional about the experience of all that God has planned for us that very day. Taking joy in that fact and looking for those divine opportunities to encourage others as we walk through our day in His presence is…Glory!
This is what resonates with me…
Instead of surviving your days, you savor each moment. You pour into the lives of others, and it’s a joy, not a chore. And every hour, you are deeply, dazzlingly aware of God’s love and presence.
“Plant yourself in the depths of God’s immeasurable love” speaks to me the most… but the cover is just beautiful! It really captured my attention.
This sounds similar to Wonderstruck, my favorite book of all time! The idea of living with the outlook of the wonder of our great and mighty God every day excites me to no end! Can’t wait to have this book whether I win it or buy it!
Wow! I would be so blessed to win such a beautiful looking book. Great artwork, Jessica. Margaret I’ve been a follower of Jesus for over 40 years and I still struggle with knowing God truly loves me and that I truly love him in return. To grasp his love and own it in the depths of my soul would be a gift indeed. To live loved and fearless would be to live free! Thank you dear cyber friend for putting together words to paper which may draw me and others further into the depths of understanding God’s love.
Hugs, Sandra
It’s absolutely beautiful! “And every hour, you are deeply, dazzlingly aware of God’s love and presence”…I needed that reminder–that I can be deeply, dazzlingly aware of God’s love and presence if I choose to be! I love that word DAZZLINGLY!
Even after 11 years of being free from breast cancer, I am still afraid every year when it is time for my annual mammogram. My husband notices my fear and anxiety. He is a great comfort to me, as is my whole family. I would love to face that mammogram every year without fear. I would love to “flourish” during the time before the test and during the test. I truly want to read this new book. I am ready to “flourish”. Blessings. 🙂
Margaret, your devotional is stunning and Jessica did a beautiful job with the artwork. Flourish. Such a powerful word for a garden that starts so small. This summer has been one of surrender- of letting go and allowing God to do some major inside out transformation. Tomorrow I go in for unknown surgery to remove a mass in my ureter and will wake to recover outpatient or recover from major reconstructive surgery. I feel scared but am trusting what God is doing on the inside is healing beyond the physical. I know despite the outcome, He is planting confident seeds of trust that are growing into something beautiful and worth holding onto in the future. I’d be honored to get your devotional. Please continue making beautiful words and pictures come together. xo, Bekah Pogue
During my own cancer battle and afterward as a survivor, I have felt the need to have vibrant color around me. Flowers, new clothes, and coloring pages have been uplifting to me. I love that your new book has colorful flowers on the cover, and coloring pages inside! Living Fearless is what I seek. Thank you, Margaret for writing this book. It looks like one I will keep for myself. Love and prayers, Janet
Flourish seems to include bursting forth (words) and resting (coloring pages) in God.
These two things really touched my heart when I read them: “Plant yourself in the depths of God’s immeasurable love. Put down roots of wisdom as you commit Scripture to memory.” I want to do both of those things in my life. I also love devotionals and coloring, so the fact that you combined the two is a great idea!
Your book has many meaningful topics. One that tugs at my heart is to live without fear holding me back. This is an area that does not get touched much.
The message in your books feels like you are talking right to me over coffee, and with a box of tissues. Thank you for sharing your pain with us, as well as God’s blessings on your life.
I’m looking most forward to ending my time in the desert Valley and finding my way back to the mountaintop.
I love everything about this book. I want to thrive instead of survive. I want to live fearless. Ps love love love the cover.
I’d love to just be able to savor each day of my life instead of just merely surviving each one. Right now…..in this moment…I’m simply surviving each day….but learning to find joy in each when I can. It’s not easy….I remind myself….ok Mertice….you’re alive…and you’re loved…..JOY BOMB!
I want to be savoring life, not just surviving.
Alone definitely alone
So far it’s been a year of feeling fearful, parched and alone. Would love to get this.
Margaret – i was at yard sale on Saturday and picked up four Women of Faith study guides – the one I am working on now is A GRAND NEW DAY, it’s never too late to begin again. The word itself FLOURISH resonates with me because I feel as if I am the definition of the absolute opposite of Flourish. Withered, fearful, dry, searching, hungry, lost, empty. Would love to win this book – and dive right into it
Living Fearless! I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks and each day I need to remind myself that God is in control!
I would love to flourish. I’ve been in survival mode for way too long due to personal circumstances. Slowing down to spend real time with Jesus, instead of living off fumes would be great.
I recently learned more about post traumatic stress syndrome, and I want to understand more about post traumatic growth syndrome.
After a year of change in address and employment and dreams and the mourning of a Father like Grandparent, to turn around and await the next Grandparents passing… I read your sample of Flourish and my soul screams yes, Yes, YES! It is time to be Fearless and Free and to feel all the Love God has for me. It is time.
That is what resonates. That is what sets a fire inside.
It is time.
My life is feeling overwhelmed, dry and parched right now! I’d love to have some encouragement to live a more fre and joyous life.
I love all three and think they work well together but for me right now – “Live Fearless”. Living fearless.
Quite simply the title and the the meaning behind it — FLOURISH. I’ve been feeling held back, held down, and defeated…and I know that God promises life to the full. This might be just what I need to see the Scriptures that point to flourishing in life!
Diagnosed with cancer 2yrs. Ago- scared to go to 6 month check ups – med.onco/ Mammo’s … It’s all the same.. I bite my nails constantly.. And I’ve gained over 20# since Dx’d.
And now I have headaches that are dibilitating, unable to function w/daily routine. need to relax & love coloring, perfect.
Oh, living fearless, what a freedom that would bring to my life. A voice keeps telling me I can’t do it; I won’t make it.
Flourish!!! Am I growing? Am I making a difference!!!! Am I allowing my growth in Christ to be seen by others on this journey so that they will want to know more about Him?
Would love love this book! Can’t wait to see how Margaret flourishes as she writes through God’s mighty grace! Enjoy Margarets writing style!
Thanks in advance?
Love this:
Plant yourself in the depths of God’s immeasurable love.
Also the Scripture memory!
The FLOURISH devotional will be a blessing as I’m challenged in retirement by family, friends and the demands to give my utmost and leave the rest to God.
I knew you were up to something! I am flourishing at this point in my life, thankful for my personal relationship with the Lord, and for the time I have to really dig deep into scripture, devotionals, and Bible studies and long for more “God time”.
We just finished your Fight Back with Joy study this summer and a dear friend that was in that study is now fighting cancer. We have seen her Flourish, even in the midst of sickness. Also, our church ladies group is called Flourish. We all have Flourish t-shirts and just being a part of this group of Sisters in Christ we have been flourishing. We serve a might God and I am truly blessing being a daughter of God. Thank you for your studies. You are an amazing woman.
The name alone, Flourish, resonates with my heart right now. Ever since graduating high school, I’ve been on a journey of learning to live content in Christ – to grow and flourish in Him as I live in the identity of who I am in Him.
Flourish is not a word I associate with my life, but would really love to. I enjoy so much of what you write and learn a lot too. And the words “new book” will always make me sit up and pay attention… right after “chocolate” and “coffee”. 🙂
I feel as if I have been waiting my whole life to blossom in freedom. At 56 I am more than ready for a new chapter of life to begin, and facing the fears that are holding me back sounds like just the encouragement I need.
I’m burned out. Emotionally, physically, spiritually. I am doing what I felt called to do, but I need something more. It’s become a chore. I’m ready for this book. But whoever you choose, I pray that they are blessed by this devotional.
Growing in courage and overcoming fears.
“Instead of surviving your days, you savor each moment. You pour into the lives of others, and it’s a joy, not a chore.” I resonate with this so much, it brought tears to my eyes! I can’t wait to share this book with my mother and my sister also!
All three! Having grown up not feeling loved and secure, created a fearful way of living. I need to learn that I am loved, and to live fearlessly and free!
I picked Flourish as my word for this year in January. It’s been a very difficult year and I am more languishing than flourishing! I am definitely bin the desert right now. I am ordering a his today! If I win a copy I will give it to a friend who is also struggling at this time.
I want to Flourish as God intended us to; I need reminders to give it ‘all’ to the Lord and not worry.
The words “instead of surviving your days, you savor each moment”. I am the principle caregiver for my mother with Alzheimer’s and I need a constant reminder to savor each moment. To remind myself this is a joy not a chore.
We all need this book to help us regain some peacefulness in these stressful days. The days are difficult the nights are restless as I’m praying w/o ceasing for the salvation of my son and daughter-in-law and our two sweet granddaughters. There is such an urgency that I cannot explain. I long for the day when I can praise the LORD for their salvation. So until then I pray……
When I visualize what the meaning of “flourish” is, I see growth, vitality, beauty. Just the opposite of where my spirit has wanted to go lately. It is an intentional effort for me to flourish lately. Oh to have a tool like this in that effort would be such a blessing!
To flourish is to me means to use the resources you have been planted in and allow them to grow you into something more. That is my hearts desire in my relationship with the Lord. I desire to be content in where He has me daily and to use His abundant resources to flourish for His glory!
I want to face my fears. Toxic people have left me so uncertain of myself. I need to learn to listen only to God.
I want to feel His words etched in my heart… Transforming me and giving me hope! I feel like I would really resonate with this format …
I’m finally going back to school and starting to do what I love, but my anxiety and fear of change are constant assaults on what God is accomplishing in my life. This is my year to flourish.
Last year I was diagnosed with a chronic illness with no cure and few treatments for symptoms. I am no longer able to be the active and involved woman I have always been but my Abba Father comforts me in new ways. I would love to Flourish with such intensity that I would be contagious with the grace and mercy of God.
Plant yourself in the depths of God’s immeasurable love resonates with my life now. As the sole caregiver for my husband, I need to gain strength from knowing God’s boundless love for me. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to win a copy of Flourish! I’ve enjoyed your others like Wonderstruck and Fight Back With Joy. Happy to hear about the new upcoming release!
For me, the words Fearless and Flourish resonate deeply as we relocated from South Africa to the USA almost 3 months ago to be closer to our family here in Dallas which has been a huge walk of faith and trust in the Lord. The process has been stressful and at times fearful but we kept trusting that God is in control and that His timing was perfect. It is early days and I feel it’s time to Flourish and let go of fear and I would love to use your devotional to dig deep with the Lord and see what our new normal will be.
Very pretty book.
To “live fearless”…
I love you and your honesty, I love your little dog too! Just being here on earth can be hard. My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age one. She is thirteen now and recently we took a big step and she started using an insulin pump and I had a hard time. I think I definitely suffered from PTSD when she was a baby but then again this summer making this big change. I’m so thankful to you for your research and writing. You are a very strong woman to do it especially with your trauma being so recent.
Recently I bought your coloring book because I trust you and think your pretty cool, I’m not crafty or the coloring type. I have to admit, I like it! I take a couple minutes here and there and do a little coloring and meditate on the scripture. I never would have done it if it weren’t YOUR book. So thank you again. So thankful for your tools which I’m believing will help me and others to flourish!
I will pre-order my copy but wanted to share that the part that speaks most to me right now is “Blossom in freedom by facing the fears that hold you back.”…..I have allowed my fears to hold me back,especially this last year, and don’t want to live that way any more! Bless you for writing this devotional!
Flourish. Yes. Daily renewal, new mercies.
Last year was a battle against metastatic vulvar and lymphatic cancer…surgery, chemo and radiation, and more chemo…hospital visits…hair loss.
My hair is back. Went for regular mammogram testing, and now have a new breast cancer diagnosis. This week will be genetic testing and MRI, and then treatment decisions will be made…again.
I need to live fearless, be grounded in His Word and His Love…every single day I am given. I am craving His mercy.
Excited to learn how God has spoken to you about flourishing after feeling down and exhausted.
I would love to flourish right where I am…
I’m 68 & have been a Christian for a little over a year the more I study and learn the Word my love for the Lord flourishes. I look forward to adding your daily devotional to my morning’s.
I would love to learn to grow…past fear, past expectations, past disappointment…into a life with gold foil edges.
I felt that little leap in my heart when I saw you had a, new book out, then when I saw it is a devotional, the little leap became an excited flutter! As I read on, the words “Instead of surviving your days, you savor each moment,” I thought, “I be needing me some of that.”
I am very excited about this devotional. My small group is finishing up its second bible study of yours, and I have read two others, so I know the Holy Spirit will be speaking through your devotional!
Thank you! 🙂
Flourish. My word for 2016
A blessing for healing & long life
May the righteousness of Christ in you cause you to flourish like a palm tree. May you grow like a
cedar of Lebanon. May you be planted in the house of the Lord and flourish in the courts of our God. May you still bear fruit in old age, staying fresh and green, and proclaiming, “The Lord is upright; He is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in Him.” (Ps 92:12-15 TNIV)win
The word God gave me for 2016!!!
God has done deep work within me this year.
I am learning to Live Loved
(Accepting that God really delights in me!!)
I am learning to Live Fearless. Instead of Fearful?
Because I’m learning and living in these two truths ;
I am living freely & I am FLOURISHING like the cedars of Lebanon!!!??
Hallelujah what a Savior ??
Margaret! I just watched your description of your new devotional and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve been at home since October 2012 following two cervical spine surgeries which left me in chronic neuropathy and debilitating migraines, up to 15+ per month. I finally found something (taking essential oils!) to help me with the pain and received a diagnosis from Stanford in May: thoracic outlet syndrome. So, I am improving and able to leave the house in street clothes, which is an encouraging change from only pajamas for years….Now I’m at the part where I’m asking “God, how will You redeem these lost four years?”. I’m needing encouragement in this area for sure. I’d love to win a copy and use this new resource to help me heal spiritually after only hearing “don’t lose hope,” from my fellow believers. God Bless you, Margaret, and thank you for sharing the deep, scary parts.
I’m really working on developing a bolder life and want to commit more scripture to memory so that I can declare Hus promises over every situation in my life.
Feeling parched and dry, alone in the desert. Instead of surviving each day, savoring each moment.
So excited to get this devo!! I am about to go on a 3 month mission trip to Nicaragua, which has been something I Never thought that I would do! I struggled with my Freshmen year at college, this past year, and when God called me to take a break from school, I trusted in His timing, and stepped out in faith to drop everything and leave the country for 3 months. I have so many people ask me if I’m scared to be away from home that long, or if I’m scared of getting sick; but the song lyrics, “You drowned my fear in perfect love” always come to mind when Satan tried to creep in with those little lies of fear. God’s timing is always perfect, and it is absolutely so so freeing to be able to fully trust in Him and have no fear for the future.
“Put down roots of wisdom as you commit Scripture to memory.”
As co-leader of a cancer support group in my church, I am in charge of scripture memory.
We are using “Fight Back with Joy” this fall and I am excited to turn our study them from last year’s “HOPE” to the study of “JOY” this year!. Encouragement to live life fully and flourish by memorizing scripture is a recipe for more joy!
My word for the year has been “nourish” and having this devotion is one more I can nourish my soul and grow closer to the Lord especially through Scripture. Thank you for the chance to win an early copy. Then I will have one to gift! Yay!
I love the idea slowing down and savoring the moo entry with God so my journey with Him can flourish. I am so excited about coming out
I look forward to blossoming in freedom by facing my fears that keep holding me back. I need to be reminded that I will be okay, no matter what happens, because He loves me so much.
Looking forward to getting a personal copy and some to share with dear friends. Just yesterday I was rereading parts of Fighting Back With Joy. I was feeling parched, discouraged and was reminded to take a step forward and forgive to receive joy. Can’t wait to feel flourished through your writing and Gods word. Bless you!
When you said not just surviving your days but savoring…I thought “oh yes! What would that even be like?!
Flourishing would be wonderful and unimaginable
This is just “gaspy”! This would look so beautiful right next to my reading chair. I want to grow down roots of wisdom in God’s Word! Looking forward to my copy of the book, please!
I want it all! Anything that will bind my heart to the Lord!
So desperately need to commit scripture to memory and this creative interactive devotional seems like perfect tool to help!
It is wonderful that through creativity we can become closer to the Creator. I love that I can be creating while learning to live fearlessly! Thank you for this Margaret and Jessica!
I love that the devotional has coloring sheets!
Flourish – just the word brings tears to my eyes as I have been in a dry and parched land (my life) for 4 1/2 years since my beloved husband/sou mate died suddenly. I feel stuck in this land and I am searching for help.
The idea of living free. I know in my heart I am free in Christ. Sometimes thought just wanting to be free of burdensome thoughts, worries. Your book looks beautiful and inspiring.
I am overjoyed reading about your new book!!! My One Word for 2016 is Flourish! Here’s my Pinterest board devoted to Flourishing. http://pin.it/tCJZcw2
Love everything about this, cannot wait to read.
Several situations in my life right now require decisions to be made and I would love to be able to face them without the fear that is sometimes paralyzing.
Well Life has it’s ups and downs……….My husband was gone for about a year.Because I asked him to leave..but his heart changed and now he home. praise God…for His blessings and what I have learned in a year .I would love your book and promise to share insight with others who need His Strength .
To blossom in freedom… I feel I’ve started growing in this but want to be in full bloom!
I want to savor every moment and flourish in freedom. I survived cancer and am looking ahead. And the resounding sign that I need this book? You’re releasing it on my birthday!
Post-traumatic Growth Disorder 🙂 I want to hang on to HOPE in God and believe that I can grow, bear fruit and even FLOURISH during this desert season.
Can I also encourage you that the very word “Flourish” has been a special word for me during this time? Thank you for your ministry to all of us who are hurting.
Oh, this sweet book would help me slowly, intentionally meditate on the Word of God, which I long for so much these days. I’ve been feeling God pull me gently toward more and more rest recently,m so that I can be filled up enough to fully serve Him. I’m a full-time middle school teacher with a full-of-energy one year-old at home–I need to rest that, too, is my job. Pausing on Scripture while making its surroundings grow to illuminate it even more would cause me to pull back my pace and fill my soul with more of God and less of me. Anever that would be such satisfying rest.
Leave fear behind and learn to Flourish in Gods word today and everyday! Enjoy the little things in life.
At the beginning of this year I believe God spoke the word “Flourish” over me. I have experienced more changes this year than I have my whole life. I graduated high school, got my drivers license, left my high school job of four years and took on a new summer job. My friends and I are moving into different seasons. In two days I’ll be leaving for college. Throughout all the changes I’m learning that I am growing, and flourishing but I need devotional time. The bible is life to me, and when I don’t get into the word I struggle. I would really enjoy this new book because your books have helped me so much and I believe it would help me to grow and flourish even more in this new and exciting time.
I have recently been planted in a new place with a new husband and a new job and my now grown kids moving to college. I need be reminded how to flourish again.
I want to be more than just okay. I want to learn to flourish and more joyful rather than plodding and doing.
“Parched, dry, and alone in the desert”-exactly how I’ve been feeling. As a single mom of 3 daughters (14,11,8) life can get really busy and I soon find myself running out of energy. Running out of spirit. I can easily feel tired and worn if I’m not being filled by the Word of God. I need to remember to take that time, prioritize it, so that I can be filled up. I think this devo would be a great tool to help me flourish!!
Oh my gosh this looks AMaZiNg!!! My very special aunt passed away this week. She was my biggest role model on living a Christian life. She bought me my first Bible which had gold pages and writing. I thought it was the best thing ever and I learned to love the Bible not just for its gold pages but words written in it. I am sad and lost without her but looking forward to another gold page trimmed book
Hi. I feel this book would help me in living fearless & free. I’ve had to have a full identity change due to an abusive ex. I was in a state where the full order is short-term so no longer have that cushion & have a new name so don’t want to tip him off on that.
My Gunny sent me the link to this in a message and it’s absolutely ironic but insanely perfect timing. We are literally on the bus ride home from a field op, which happens to be in the middle of a desert. I’m a 19 year old female on the Marine Corps and to say that this environment doesn’t challenge my walk in a n understatement. I don’t know how I strayed so far so fast but I did.. And after lots of prayer out on the middle of the desert the Lord has definitely revealed to me how much I need him, and how I’m not strong enough on my own. This is for his glory, not mine, and it’s time to leave this dry land.
I have a friend who has suffered devastating loss this year: separation from husband, loss of home, status, returning to public wokplace after 25 years away. She has withdrawn from friends and church due to fears of the social stigma with what they have gone through. I would love to give her this book to remind her that she is loved by Christ and her life is still beautiful and meaningful.
I am anxious to get this into her hands as soon as possible, which is why I would like to be able to receive a pre-release copy.
i relate to your talking of PTSD and anxiety Margaret. I have also been learning over the years how my response to LIFE makes a difference. i have been in a journey in how tragedy can be used to encourage anyone from my own experience of tragedy. im actually relieved to have listened to your video and you refer to the anxiety and PTS, because i have found how many friends and family haven’t been able to understand what they can not see inside of me. i mean it does show up physically in the symptoms of the emotional and mental distress. but thats the only part that is seen outwardly. Praising my LORD though that he know me by my real name, and that im sealed through the blood of Jesus.
“Put down roots of wisdom as you commit Scripture to memory.” This was a personal goal of mine this summer, to memorize more Scripture, and I didn’t follow through. I would love to start this book in the fall, another season to make new goals!
Living fearlessly with the courage that comes from God. I really need this in my life. Thank you for this life-giving message and encouragement.
Congratulations, Margaret! She’s a beauty!
I’m only just discovering the power of Scripture memorization to transform my walk with Jesus, so that’s a nice feature. And I know your words will inspire me in my own new attempts at devotional writing. I also have this book in mind for a girlfriend who I believe is on the brink of a breakthrough in courage to pursue a bigger God adventure.
Happy book launch!
All three aspects are like a breath of fresh air to me right now. I am ordering a copy, but I would love to win this for a friend who is struggling to save her marriage.
For me the freedom from so I can flourish. I never thought I walked in fear till recently and now I am fighting to free my self from it and this devotional sounds like it will bless my socks off! I can’t wait!
“Free” is my one little word this year and I have been learning how to let go of some things that I have allowed or even chosen to hinder me. Remembering and truly knowing, every day, that I am God’s beloved child is a huge part of receiving this freedom. I am excited that you’ve written this devotional—it sounds like another tool God will use in my life to help me keep company with him and learn a life of love. Thanks for serving us with your gifts, Margaret!
A new season in life as my youngest enters college. So many new opportunities – I want to live fearless and be open to all that God has for in this new season!
The book looks beautiful. I could really use some encouragement and uplifting right now. I feel discouraged- I need a little encouragement.
Congratulations on your new devotional! It looks beautiful! The part that resonates most with me right now is being alone in a dry and parched desert. We recently moved to a new state leaving our church, friends, and my job behind. I’ve been feeling lost and alone. I could really use a devotional like, “Flourish” to remind and inspire me to blossom where God has me now.
I can’t wait to read it! From living fearless and free to the coloring pages to engage my creative side.
Wow! This sounds wonderful. That is a difficult choice, but since Solomon was given an even more difficult choice, and he chose wisdom, that will be my choice, too! Thank you for the opportunity to win Flourish. I’d love to win it!
It sounds like a perfect fit for my life. I need encouragement with everything going on in my life.
Growing in courage….
As a widow facing a move on my own, it’s so easy to battle the “what ifs” even though I know I have a “whatever” God!
Preparing for what I thought would be another ordinary year, 2016 instead brought my mother’s battle with uterine cancer, the birth of my sister’s baby with a heart defect, and my diagnosis of hypothyroidism and pre-diabetes. YET, God used this to show me that I was missing out on living the abundant life Jesus offers. So this year has turned into a journey of learning how to choose and fight for abundant life in what may seem like un-abundant seasons. This sounds like a great devotional to continue to grow me in this!
I want my life to be as pretty as the cover of your book!
I want God’s love and grace to flourish within me as I learn to hold His words in my heart. I want to be able to exude His wisdom thru me!
Savor the moment instead of survive…YES….that’s what I need!
PS- love the cover
SurTHRIVEr is my word — flourishing is my way of life! (Yes, I nearly skip-to-my-lou when I listen to Sandra McCracken’s song of Psalm 119 “Flourishing”…and she’s no relation, btw.) Approaching 55, beat breast cancer, buried two infant children and battled through the teenage years of a rebellious and prodigal daughter. I am pre-ordering right now!
to figure out what a life fully committed to Him looks like,it seems slowing down and memorizing His Word is the best place to start. I’m so thankful He guided me to your books years ago. Can not wait to get this one.
Workplace bullying left me with debilitating anxiety and clinical depression. I start a new job on monday and I am ready to flourish where God has placed me.
I am ready to flourish wherever God leads me. Can’t wait to see and share this new book.
As I embark upon the 4th year of being cancer free, I am praying for the flourishing freedom to be completely fearless through the encouragement that I expect to gleem from this devotional – as I become closer to a better outcome after the 5th year post-op.
I am ready to flourish wherever God wants me.
Planting God’s Word in my heart and memory and facing fears resonate with me as I push past fears of inadequacy, chronic illness, and a traveling spouse to begin the journey of homeschooling my child while working from home and serving in my church family and in the community.
Right now while raising a child in today’s world I long for wisdom. It’s scary to think of the world that he will grow up in. Yet, I know that God is in control and will guide both of us during these times.
At this time in my life I need to feel loved. I was Blessed to hear you speak at Women of Joy the past 2 years
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This looks like EXACTLY what I need in my life right now! I have been so dry and stagnant, both spiritually and creatively (I used to love writing, coloring, etc but the spark has faded). I’m pre-ordering this today, but if I win a copy I will gladly share it with a loved one!
I have a number of friends who have journeyed through a struggle like you did, Margaret – several of them with cancer – but the one who is on my heart today, as I read your post, is a woman who lives in my neighbourhood. She’s not a believer (yet!), but she has been open to prayer for a very difficult situation in her family involving her younger daughter, and open to attending our neighbourhood Bible study. I would love to give her this devotional and I would love to tell her I WON it, so she can see God’s hand in her life. Whether or not I win, please do join me in prayer for this lady, who is venturing so close to Jesus.
How timely for so many folks who are living through difficult times! This past year it was us. A lengthy illness was coming to an end when a car accident rocked my world, leaving me with not life-threatening, but nonetheless, permanent injuries. My husband’s work became unbearable with less money being paid every month and increased tension from a bullying boss. But we began to look at how we could live daily in the presence and grace of God, growing instead of simply surviving. (Flourishing!) We became freer in our hearts in spite of the fact that circumstances were getting worse, not better. Then in a moment of submission, asking for prayer, changed everything – oh, not the circumstances at first, but our hearts! And when our hearts changed, our circumstances began to change. My husband lost his job. We had no money for food or rent, and things looked pretty dismal, but we laugh and say we’d never been more at peace and excited to see what God would bring. Then the floodgates opened and provision rolled in. Unexpected connections brought a new career opportunity. More resources and suddenly we are in a better place in every way than we were when we were clinging to broken places that seemed like life. Circumstances aren’t perfect, but we are being perfected. That is life, love and freedom. Thank you for sharing! Your heart and wisdom are so heeded and needed.
wow! just reading all this wonderful post and everyone pouring out their hearts makes me feel such great comfort already knowing how many people need and want to flourish like I do. I always thought I shouldn’t feel the need for more or something must be wrong with me if I do, but you all have made me feel its okay to need more when life gets less desirable.
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