Book Description From the Back Cover Experience New Growth this EasterDo you feel like Easter sneaks up on you, as if you’re spiritually and emotionally unprepared to celebrate Jesus’ death and resurrection as victorious King?In Uncovering the Love of Jesus, Asheritah Ciuciu invites you to reclaim the Lenten season with 40 devotionals that reveal the deep love of Jesus poured out for us. Each daily reflection looks at Jesus’ personal interactions in Scripture and leads you in meditation on a new aspect of His love, including: Jesus Invites Us CloseJesus Drives Out FearJesus Offers Second ChancesJesus WeepsJesus Doesn’t Give UpJesus Loves His EnemiesThis year, as you follow in Jesus’ footsteps and sacrificially love others, identifying with Him in His death and resurrection, you will come to Easter morning ready to shout “Alleluia! He is risen, indeed!”Includes optional family activities to help you celebrate Jesus together. Read more About the Author ASHERITAH CIUCIU is a bestselling writer and speaker, wife to her high school sweetheart Flaviu, and mama to three spunky kiddos. She grew up in Romania as a missionary kid and studied English and Women’s Ministry at Cedarville University. Her passion is helping women find joy in Jesus through creative and consistent time with God’s Word. Discover your creative Quiet Time personality at www.OneThingAlone.com. Read more Customers Review: Lent has not been something that i have thought much pursuing in a meaningful ways since being a kid, and I am really loving Asheritah’s new book because it helps me focus on what is real and she is so creative with ideas on how to make the preparation journey to Easter REAL. She also has some great ideas in the notes section, including a fantastic sermon on the Wilderness experience of Jesus. Highly recommend. Thank you for using your talents for us to enjoy.
Love this book and will read ot with the family for lent.
As promised, great book
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Many evangelical Christians have missed out on the beauty of some of the more liturgical practices of the church, one of them being the practice of Lent. Those who want to capture the beauty of Lent, the period of fasting and preparation before Easter, will find an amazingly practical and biblical guide in Asheritah Ciuciu’s Uncovering the Love of Jesus. The book provides a practical guide for focusing the heart on Jesus in preparationg for Resurrection Sunday. The book includes:- daily devotions that reflect on Jesus’ interactionw ith people from all walks of life,- family celebrations that provide some worshipful family moments while counting down to Easter, and- activities, which can help readers to reframe the season of Lent in light of who Jesus is and what He has done for us.Personally, Ciuciu’s carefully crafted devotionals helped me recapture my wonder of Jesus, my awe of who He is. As I journeyed through His time on earth, observing again His interactions with people, I found myself in tears, thankful for Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection–for all he accomplished for me. I also found the activity ideas for each week to be simple and doable for busy families, yet meaningful. While Christmas seems to get the most attention, Easter and Jesus’ resurrection are central to our Christian faith. This book, for my family, will help us to recapture the wonder of Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection–to fully experience the wonder of his amazing grace. I can’t wait to use this book with my family during the next Lent season.Note: I received a copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for this honest review. However, the opinions expressed are my own.
This year, Asheritah Ciuciu’s devotional Uncovering the Love of Jesus is helping us focus, celebrate, and reflect throughout the Easter season, also called “lent.”Thoroughly grace-filled, Christ-honoring, and Biblical, the devotional provokes thought and praise for all the love Jesus showed us through His perfect life, His sacrifice, and His victory over sin and death.Some things I appreciate about the devotional include:• Focus on grace, not works; the gospel, not religious structure.• Walks through stories and examples of Jesus’ love throughout Scripture• Call to sacrifice sinful attitudes and habits in order to love others, rather than giving up “stuff”• Concise, creative, and adaptable format for families with or without kids, and individualsQuotes I appreciated include:• “We are called to love…not so they will apologize to us. Not so they will see how spiritual we are in loving them even though they’ve wronged us. But to love them simply so they will experience God’s love anew.”• “Personal relationships with messy people is the way of love.”• “Jesus doesn’t require steadfast faith to ensure His steadfast love.”If you’d like to marvel, treasure, and explore Jesus’ remarkable love throughout the Easter season, I recommend this devotional.
This book is a great devotional for the Lenten season. Ciuciu has written 40 devotions that emphasize how Jesus loved people in Bible times and how He loves us now. The book is designed to help us show that same love to others.Each devotion has a story about Jesus to read, challenges to apply what was learned, a prayer and Scripture references for additional study. An added feature is a once a week family celebration. There are suggested activities each week, from crafts to service projects.I really like this Lenten devotional. Ciuciu has a way of making the stories of Jesus’ encounters with others really come alive. I also like her emphasis of sharing God’s love with others. “We cannot claim to have experienced Jesus’ love and remain indifferent to those suffering around us …” (Loc 144/1743) I also like the weekly family sessions. There are good activities suggested to help children understand the love of Jesus and possible ways of giving that same love to others. Ciuciu will have resources on her website, such as printable activity sheets, when the book is released.I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
Uncovering the Love of Jesus: A Lent Devotional, by Asheritah Ciuciu is a serious, yet encouraging Easter devotional. As the title indicates, this devotional is focused on the love of Christ and Lent, and it’s ideal to read during the Lenten season, yet recommended anytime throughout the year.With a focus on daily devotionals, this book provides a helpful and meaningful guide throughout the Easter season with a deep reflection on the interactions of Jesus in biblical passages. It’s designed as a personal bible study, yet adaptable to a group study with friends or a church bible study. Uncovering the Love of Jesus is recommended and geared towards various ages, from young adults to older generations.I received this book from Moody Newsroom, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own. |
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