The God of All Comfort {and a giveaway!}

I am thrilled to introduce you to Donna Pyle today. I first "met" Donna through Books & Such Literary Agency (Rachelle is her agent, too). Since then, though, Donna has become a faithful reader and commenter here, and I am so grateful for her encouragement and support. I don't think I've ever met anyone quite so positive and affirming as Donna, and I know you will see that, too, when you read her new Bible study, The God of All Comfort.

That's right...Beth Moore isn't the only one who can write a stellar Bible study that will transform you and grow your faith! Donna's book is beautifully written, full of real stories about real people and the ways in which God has brought comfort, security and joy to even the most desperate situations.

Be sure to visit Donna at her blog, Hydrated Living, check out the website for her ministry, Artesian Ministries and follow her on Twitter. Her Bible study, The God of All Comfort, is available for purchase at Amazon and Concordia Publishing House.

Donna is also graciously doing a giveaway for Graceful readers. See details at the bottom of this post. We'll announce the winner here on Monday, September 10.

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Michelle, thanks so much for hosting me to wrap up the launch blog tour for my new Bible study, The God of All Comfort. 

When I first wrote this study about five years ago, I was happily married and life was going along just fine. Life was comfortable. God was blessing and growing my ministry in incredible ways.

Then on December 1, 2009, everything changed forever. My marriage abruptly ended after heartbreaking secrets came out, and I felt as if I'd been blindsided by a train. I share more of that story in this Bible study as we dig into the issue of forgiveness.

A year ago, Concordia Publishing House approached me to expand this study into a full-blown, 8-week small group study geared toward women. But this study would be very different than anything God had led me to write before.

This Bible study is story driven from the lives of Christians who have been blindsided, received God's ultimate comfort, and go on today to live productive lives in His grace, love, and forgiveness. From stories of abuse, divorce, loss, betrayal, spiritually mismatched marriage, anger, cancer, children serving in the military, alcoholism, and much more, chances are many women will find themselves or someone they love in these stories.

And as these stories unfold, so does God's amazing comfort as we see in real time how God spoke His ultimate comfort into heartbreaking situations to redeem what was lost. I pray women dig deep into this study and share those life-changing truths with others.

If you have suffered, this study is for you. It's such a privilege to serve you and dig in the Word with you. I pray God outrageously blesses everyone who works through this study and brings them His comfort.

 

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Donna would love to give this gift basket to one Graceful reader (we'll announce the winner on Monday). The gift basket contains:

• A signed copy of The God of All Comfort
• $50 Visa Gift card
• $15 iTunes Gift card
• Starbucks coffee
• mug with book logo

To enter: Subscribe to this blog (if you already subscribe, even better!) and leave a comment below to enter the drawing. For extra entries, please share this on Facebook and Twitter. Let us know you did, so we can give you credit!

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