True Images Devotional : 90 Daily Devotions for Girls

by Livingstone

• ISBN13: 9780310267058
• ISBN10: 0310267056
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-16
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

90 Daily Devotions for Girls When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see what you're lacking-what the world tells you a girl needs in order to be beautiful? Or do you see your true image-the way God sees you, your true beauty? We all know how difficult it is to feel beautiful in a culture where we're bombarded with images of what everybody says "beauty" is. So how are you supposed to view yourself the way God sees you? The way God created you to be? The True Images Devotionalwill help you begin seeing yourself the way God sees you-as one of his beautiful daughters. In this daily devotional you'll read about Bible characters who display inner beauty and possess hearts that God finds lovely. Each devotional contains a verse from the True Images Bible, along with the devotional thought for the day. In addition, there's another Bible passage to read, a prayer, and space to journal about what you've read. When you spend time with God each day-and learn what is truly beautiful-you'll find that you're filled with beauty that's beyond measure...and beyond compare!

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome!	12	(3)
Section 1: Your Most Important Relationship	15	(18)
Not a ``Family Plan''	16	(2)
You're Invited	18	(2)
Forget the Rules	20	(2)
Extreme Makeover	22	(2)
Better Than Pilates	24	(2)
So Much to Say	26	(2)
In Case of Emergency	28	(2)
About-Face	30	(3)
Section 2: God's Identity	33	(20)
A Love That Lasts	34	(2)
Just as You Are	36	(2)
The Perfect Hideout	38	(2)
Mr. Fix-It	40	(2)
So Close	42	(2)
Let's Party!	44	(2)
Super-Daddy	46	(2)
Expect the Unexpected	48	(2)
Show Some Respect	50	(3)
Section 3: The Beauty of Faith	53	(12)
What Are You Known For?	54	(2)
When the Heat Is On	56	(2)
The Waiting Game	58	(2)
Get with It?	60	(2)
Walk on the Wild Side	62	(3)
Section 4: When Life Hurts	65	(22)
Casting Away	66	(2)
Drama Queen Meltdown	68	(2)
If Only	70	(2)
Your Darkest Day	72	(2)
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend	74	(2)
Bigger and Better	76	(2)
Better Than a Frozen Java	78	(2)
Totally Revealing	80	(2)
Oh, Grow Up!	82	(2)
God's Kind of Girl	84	(3)
Section 5: A Style of Your Own	87	(18)
Way to Be Different!	88	(2)
You Can't Please Them All	90	(2)
Worth the Risk	92	(2)
Don't Jump!	94	(2)
A Bold Faith	96	(2)
Enough Excuses!	98	(2)
On the Hot Seat	100	(2)
Public Humiliation	102	(3)
Section 6: The Most Valuable Things	105	(8)
Your MVP (Most Valued Possession)	106	(2)
Sure-Fire Investing	108	(2)
No Regrets	110	(3)
Section 7: The Relationship Factor	113	(18)
Shake It Up, Baby!	114	(2)
Just Accept 'Em	116	(2)
It's Your Serve	118	(2)
Won't You Be My Neighbor?	120	(2)
Pass the Peace, Please	122	(2)
Upping the Ante	124	(2)
Mean Girls	126	(2)
A Soap Opera Story	128	(3)
Section 8: Friendship 101	131	(12)
Don't Be a Loner	132	(2)
The Model Friendship	134	(2)
Friendship for Dummies	136	(2)
Loyal to the End	138	(2)
Say What?!	140	(3)
Section 9: The Guy/Girl Riddle	143	(26)
Want Ad	144	(2)
Worth the Wait	146	(2)
Take It Slow	148	(2)
High Security	150	(2)
The Not-So-Perfect Guy	152	(2)
The Best-Dressed-Girl Award	154	(2)
True Love	156	(2)
It's a Gift	158	(2)
Run, Girl, Run!	160	(2)
Day after Day	162	(2)
Complete Stain Removal	164	(2)
You Want Great Sex?	166	(3)
Section 10: R-E-S-P-E-C-T!	169	(8)
Gotta Live with 'Em	170	(2)
Like They Know Anything	172	(2)
The Rebel Within	174	(3)
Section 11: Share the Love	177	(12)
Just a Touch	178	(2)
Look Out for the Underdog	180	(2)
Meet My Friend	182	(2)
No Hiding	184	(2)
Common Ground	186	(3)
Section 12: Your New Identity	189	(16)
Me, a Princess?	190	(2)
Be the Moon	192	(2)
Plain Old You	194	(2)
A World of Designer Dresses	196	(2)
Let It Flow	198	(2)
No Comparison	200	(2)
Creative Multiplication	202	(3)
Section 13: Girl in Process	205	(13)
The Best-Dressed Award	206	(2)
Fruit Salad, Please	208	(2)
Nothin' but the Best	210	(2)
So Many Choices	212	(2)
Fruit-Check, Root-Check	214	(2)
The Girl Who Makes God Smile	216	(2)
Hot	218

Excerpts

True Images Devotional
Copyright © 2005 by The Livingstone Corporation
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True images devotional : 90 daily devotions for girls.
p. cm.
ISBN-10: 0-310-26705-6 (pbk.)
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1. Teenage girls--Religious life. 2. Devotional calendars. I. YouThSpecialties
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New
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Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with
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Section 1
Your Most Important Relationship
Not a “Family Plan”
Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.
Joshua 24:15b
If you’ve grown up around Christianity, you most likely know all the
“right” things to say and do. “Read your Bible, go to church, say your
prayers, be a good girl.” Maybe it’s easy for you to go wiThthe fl ow
and make it look like you belong to God. But do you really?
Contrary to popular opinion, growing up around Christians
or going to church doesn’t automatically make you a Christian.
Knowing God is not like joining a cell phone company. God doesn’t
off er a “family share plan.” He doesn’t let you tag along and get “free
minutes” because of the ones your parents have already paid for. God
wants you to choose to serve him for yourself—not because of your
parents, or your sister, or your friends. He wants you to do it because
you want to!
John the Baptist spent some time wiThpeople who thought they
were part of a “salvation family share plan.” They fi gured that since
Abraham had an “in” wiThGod, and they were his descendants, then
they were cool wiThGod, too. But John was quick to tell them that
salvation’s not about your family’s relationship wiThGod; it’s about
your relationship wiThGod.
Your Most Important Relationship 17
You see, no one else can choose Christianity for you. You have
to choose to love and follow Jesus for yourself. It’s the most important
choice you will ever make. It’s the most important relationship you
can ever have. While your relationships wiThfriends, guys, family,
teachers, and youThleaders are all signifi cant and valuable, your relationship
wiThGod is more important than all of those combined. It’s
the one relationship that should defi ne who you are on earThand that
will determine how you spend eternity. So choose for yourself this
day—whom will you serve?
READ FOR YOURSELF WHAT JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD TO SAY ABOUT
CHOOSING TO FOLLOW GOD IN LUKE 3:1-18.
God, I want to know you for myself. Show me
what it means to serve you each and every
day—not because of what anyone else does, but
because I want to love you on my own…
You’re Invited
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;…Listen, listen
to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the
richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:1a, 2b
Surely it’s happened to you. You go to the fridge looking for something
to munch on, trying to satisfy a craving. You open the door and
stare. All the good stuff ’s gone. Your options are stale bread, moldy
cheese, unidentifi able leftovers, and bags of frozen vegetables. Yuck!
Can you imagine if just at that moment your best friend called
wiThthis invitation: “Hey, my mom’s practicing for her gourmet
cooking class. She just made an outrageous spread! We’re having
shrimp cocktail, bruschetta, Caesar salad, fi let mignon, and an amazing
chocolate truffl e cheesecake for dessert. Get over here and help
me eat all this!” Hmmm, fridge or friend’s house—which would you
choose? What a no-brainer!
Did you realize that your soul has similar options? Deep down
we all crave something more than what this life off ers. We search for
meaning. We ache to belong. And we try to satisfy those longings on
our own—through relationships wiThguys, friends, partying, sports,
academics, looking good, or having the coolest clothes and stuff . But
Your Most Important Relationship 19
those things are like stale bread and moldy cheese—they will never
satisfy your cravings.
Meanwhile God invites you to come to an incredible, all-youcan-
eat gourmet banquet for your soul! You don’t need to worry about
what to wear, what to say, or how to act. You only need to come, just
the way you are. Your spot at the banquet table is paid for and reserved
(courtesy of Jesus). Come and enjoy God’s never-ending supply of
hope, help, comfort, love, wisdom, strength—the menu goes on and
on. Every good thing imaginable is there for the taking. How will you
RSVP to God’s invitation?
READ ISAIAH 55:1-13 FOR MORE ABOUT GOD’S INVITATION TO
YOU.
Father, thanks for making it possible for me to
come to you. Forgive me for the ways I’ve tried
to satisfy my soul on my own. I accept your
invitation to come to you for a feast for my soul…
Forget the Rules
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the
outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and
everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to
people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and
wickedness.
Matthew 23:27-28
Harsh words from Jesus! In these verses Jesus describes the Jewish
religious leaders (a.k.a. “the Pharisees”). These guys so did not get the
point. They thought they could impress God by following a heavyduty
list of rules, which they had made up themselves. They went to
a lot of eff ort to look very spiritual on the outside. To them, that was
what mattered most.
But on several occasions Jesus told

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