We Have A WINNER!

Thank you to those who entered our $100 Scrapbook giveaway! It was fun to see everyone' answers to the questions. I hope you all will start a scrapbook of your own this year, no matter the occassion or theme.

I know you are all waiting to see who the winner is. I wish I could have given you all a little something, but alas, I could not. Anyway, without further delay the winner is...........

Mi at Rattling Rocks

CONGRATULATIONS!

Thanks so much for entering and look for more giveaways coming in the June issue, published on the first!

Last Day To Enter Giveaway

I just wanted to remind everyone that today is the last day you can enter the $100 Scrapbooking Giveaway. The giveaway will be officially over at midnight PST, so if you haven't entered you'd better hurry. So far we have 33 entries who did everything to be qualified.

The rules are pretty simple. Here's what you need to do to be entered:

Leave a comment HERE (leaving it on this post will not count), telling what would be your first project in creating a scrapbook.
Announce it on your blog - including links to this article on GGM.
Put the icon on your sidebar.

Grab the Code and Tell a friend!

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There were a few bloggers who commented and answered the question, but didn't announce it on their blogs. We don't want to disqualify anyone so make sure you do everything to be entered.

Also, don't forget about the Life of Faith Girls Book Giveaway as well. This contest will be ending very soon as well!

Blessings to you as you Grow in the Grace of our Lord!

Happy Mother's Day!

Every mother is special and unique in her own beautiful way.

We hope all of you have a wonderful day together,

whether you're having breakfast in bed,

Or just a cup of coffee.

We thank you mother, for teaching us to believe in ourselves.

We thank you for the moments we had together and for making life so special.

Mothers, we pray your day is extra special!

Happy Mother's Day from Growing in Grace Magazine!

20 Days Of Prayer Challenge

A friend of mine, Miss Kylie, and I decided to *host a 20 Day Prayer challenge, which we hope you'll partake in. Miss Kylie wrote an article awhile back on the importance of prayer, and we hope this will start a movement that does bring the Christians to their knees in prayer.

The Bible says in Matthew 17:20 that if you simply have faith has big as a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, you can move a mountain. Prayer can make an impact in everyone's life. The Bible also says that Satan has to flee at the mention of the name of Jesus, and he knows prayer is a weapon he can't fight. Unfortunately many have truly gone blind to how powerful prayer is. We really want to encourage people, especially kids, to learn the power of prayer and to pray more.

The Bible is full of verses in regards to praying to the Lord and prayer does change things. In Philippians 4:6 it says "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."

The Word says to pray, pray, pray, and that's what we want to do! We want to challenge you to take the next 20 days and pray for one country. Whether it's America or Africa or India. We also liked to encourage you to make a list of different things about that country that you're going to prayer for.

Some key things you might pray for:
God's Word would reach the people
The people would accept it
The salvation of the people
The leadership of the country
The false religions to fail

We don't want to make this challenge a chore so please don't do this just for show. We want you to do this with a willing and loving heart towards those who are lost. We want Prayer Warriors who will be diligent in praying for those who need Jesus. The Bible says that when just one person comes to Christ all the angels celebrate.

P.U.S.H. Pray Until Something Happens

The challenge will start on Thursday May 1st, which is the National Day of Prayer. From then until now, we hope you'll pick a country you'd like to spend the next 20 days praying for (along with specific things about that country to pray for) and post about it on May 1st. Please just leave a comment if you're going to join us in this fight against the forces of evil, and post about it on your blogs to spread the word.

You're also welcome to take one of the 20 Days Of Prayer icon and put it on your site!

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Let's make the Gate of Hells shake as they did when Jesus rose again as King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Who's going to join us? Sign your name/link to the list!

*Please note GGM is not hosting this challenge.

Announcement

We have this special announcement for the moms who homeschool or if you're interested in homeschooling. The Old Schoolhouse magazine is one of the best resources for homeschooling families and they have their 25 free gifts available again!

Our most popular subscription promo is back this Spring and in full bloom! It's our 25 for $25 Spring Promo and you don't want to wait. Our Winter gift promo sold out early, so subscribe NOW to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine before these fantastic gifts are gone. From preschool to college, we have it all - let us deliver it to your mailbox. You'll not only receive four terrific issues packed with encouragement, resources, and ideas, you'll receive over $550 in BONUS gifts from these popular homeschool companies:

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The Creative Kitchen Wants YOU!

Do you love to create new recipes? Have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich version unique from the traditional? Do you like to switch up recipes and make them your own? We're going to be planning some days where our readers can submit their favorite recipe for our weekly 'Creative Kitchen'. If you'd like to send in your recipe for consideration, we'd love to hear from you!

Send us the recipe and a photo to our GGMEditor as soon as possible!

Updates and Announcements!

We're so excited about April's upcoming issue and this weekend's celebration of Easter as well! Don't forget to join us in our photography contest. BetterPhoto.com is donating the winning prize of a BetterPholio album that holds up to 300 images for a year! You can find tips on photography for kids as well as entering their contest each month also!

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, we uploaded a pdf version of our March issue for you to try out. We are making additional changes to our formatting for April.

Lady Mj is giving away a free New Testament Bible in her March column, The Faith Factor. So if you need a new Bible or know someone you'd like to give one too, come by and enter to win!


We just have a few spaces left for advertising, so if you'd like to be included in upcoming issues, daily posts and our pdf version of GGM, come visit us for more details.

GGM is also now accepting poetry submissions and don't forget about our Pet of the Month submissions as well!


If you'd like to help GGM as well as getting a little advertising for free, you can donate a qualifying product to give away to our readers. We have some exciting reviews coming very soon and you can still get your product approved by our team for future review dates!

If you like Growing in Grace Magazine and would like a free media kit to give to a local agency or group (such as homeschool co-ops, church groups, etc.) to help encourage other girls contact us and we'll be glad to get a kit out to you as soon as possible.

Free PDF of March's Issue

We are testing our pdf version of March's Issue and are looking further into providing a pdf version each month.

If you would like to talk to us about advertising with Growing in Grace Magazine, or to make a donation, please contact us at ggmads@gmail.com. All ad packages include online as well as our pdf version.

'Save Target As' to your computer. March 2008 Issue

Agreement to use photos.

Thank you for your submissions for the Honoring Mothers article for our May 2008 issue. Please answer the following questions by replying below. All replies will remain private and will not be seen by the public. This information is protected by GGM.

By replying below you agree to give permission to Growing in Grace Magazine to use our photos in the May 2008 issue.

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Last names will not be used in our magazine. We will not sell or give away your e-mail address to anyone. All photos will be watermarked for protection.

GGM Announcements and Reminders

Thank you all so much for joining us at Growing in Grace and for helping to spread the word about our magazine. We have enjoyed the feedback we have received from our readers and appreciate the kind comments to our articles.

We look forward to bringing you inspiring articles that help to encourage you in your faith and we have so much fun planned in the upcoming weeks and months.

You can always check our Upcoming Events link that is posted on our side bar and updated regularly.

Don't forget about our giveaways! We will be selecting our winners this week and posting them on Friday!

We have received some inquiries about submitting articles to Growing in Grace and you can read more about our guidelines here. Also, be sure to see our list of Distinctives so that you are aware of our standards of excellence.

Growing in Grace Magazine strives to hold our writers and moderators to a higher level of excellence both here and on our personal blogs and/or websites. We are not perfect by any means, however we are prayerful that our magazine will bring hope and inspiration to young ladies and parents all over the world. We can live a godly life in a crooked world. Don't give up hope ladies, there really are others out there that are striving to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. You are never alone.

Growing in Grace Magazine is the only magazine of it's kind. We are a free, online, conservative, resource for young ladies today; that is interactive for our readers to convey their thoughts to the writers directly through our comment links below every article. All discussions are public so please be wise and not post any information that is not approved by your parents. We will remove any inappropriate link, including any personal information that our readers may inadvertantly give that could be detrimental to their safety on the internet.

Although we strive to provide this safe place for girls to gain encouragement from each other, all parents are encouraged to monitor their daughters time on the internet.

Mom Approved

Supporters of Growing in Grace Magazine

Growing in Grace has been honored with the Mom Approved Award from 5 Minutes for Mom. We are honored to have been selected as a site that Janice and Susan find inspiring for girls and approved by moms. For other Mom Approved sites you can visit them at 5 minutes for Mom.

Janice and Susan are twin sisters who are dedicated with providing the best of the internets mom sites. Not only do Susan and Janice have their own mom run stores, but they have several other mom stores listed as well. What a valubale way for us to support one another as we strive to be home with our children. 5 Minutes for Mom also tries to provide support for moms all over the world by networking us together.


Even more exciting is that Growing in Grace has also been featured in their weekly column, 5 Minutes Around the Blogosphere. Thank you Janice, Susan, and Kailani for your wonderful support of Growing in Grace!









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Apples of Gold Ministries awarded Growing in Grace Magazine with their prestigious Proverbs 25:11 Award, not because GGM is a subdivision of Apples of Gold Ministries, but because of the group effort put forth by all of GGM's team members to "Bring encouraging words to a discouraging world".