Summer Sizzle Hostesses

I am now accepting a limited number of hostess applications for The Summer Sizzle! The structure will be very similar to that of the Mother's Day Blog Bash...lots of blog-hopping and more fabulous giveaways!

As a hostess, you will earn additional entries in each of the door prize drawings for each guest that you invite.

If you are interested in hostessing this event, and would like to be contacted with further details on how to participate, please comment to this post. Be sure leave contact info! I'll be in touch with the details soon.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Summer Colorful Flip Flops In the Grass © Fat*fa*tin Dreamstime.com

Taking every thought captive...

The winner of the Rosette Wall Hook
from Pineapple Hill Designs is
Ginnie from VA!
Congratulations!
To claim your prize, please send
an email with your shipping address
to notesfrommynest@gmail.com
no later than Wednesday, April 30th.

TODAY'S NOTES...
I am revisiting a book by Joanna Weaver (which I highly recommend) titled, Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World. Fear continues to be one of my greatest struggles and a passage from her book really spoke to me today.

She writes, "We must be willing to take an active role in the battle against anxiety. For too long, I'd allowed Satan total access to my thought life, and by doing so, I'd given him free reign. But as I began to take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ, anxiety began to lose its hold. Instead of being led astray by fear, I took a second look at each thought as it came. Many were incognito, disguised to look like ordinary emotions. But instead of entertaining them, I handcuffed the intruding thoughts that triggered fear and took them to Jesus. Together, we interrogated them, asking two questions:

1. Where did you come from? (What is the source of this fear? Is it real or imagined?)

2. Where are you going? (Will this thought draw me to God or into fear? Can I do anything about this problem or should I turn it over to God?)

For so long, I had let thoughts come and go without realizing that if Satan controls my thoughts, he controls me." [Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World, p. 44, Waterbrook Press, 2000]

I needed to hear those words today and thought perhaps someone else does too. Do you struggle with fear? If so, how do you deal with it?

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The winners of the $10 gift cards from
Peas & Carrots are...

Laura Chilton (from Washington)

&

Meg @ blessedinlove.blogspot.com

Congratulations, ladies!

Please claim your prize by sending an
email to notesfrommynest@gmail.com
no later than noon (EST) on
Monday, April 28th.

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Seven Dogs & A Baby is hosting a

blog party this week in honor of

Connor's first birthday.

Happy Birthday, Connor!

Drop in on the party for lots
of great giveaways through
Sunday, April 27th.

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Don't forget the drawing for the
Pineapple Hill Designs giveaway
is TODAY! Submit your entry by
noon, (EST). Visit the site and
comment to this post on your
favorite merchandise to win the

beautiful Rosette Wall Hook.

{Rosette Wall Hook}

Blog Bash Details

Click here for all the party details!
If you're a blogger, join the party by signing Mr. Linky and putting the banner (below) in your party post or sidebar linked to notesfrommynest.blogspot.com

The sponsors listed here have generously donated door prizes for the Mother's Day Blog Bash! Please note that most, but not all, of the giveaways are open to U.S. residents only.