FYI: This contest closes Thursday at 5:00 PM CST. Please enter by that time. Winners will be announced on Friday!
Tomorrow is the official launch date for Beautiful Battle, my spiritual warfare book for women. I’m really interested to see how this book will impact lives. It wasn’t easy writing a spiritual warfare book, particularly because I don’t consider myself an expert. I face life and its battles just like you do. I’m frail and needy and I make lots of mistakes. But I also felt convicted that there was a need for a balanced book about spiritual warfare, one that elevates God’s supremacy over everything.
To celebrate, I’m doing two cool things.
- I’m hosting a “ask anything” chat over at my facebook page, Wednesday February 1st from 2:00–3:30. Stop on by and ask a question. Please share this with anyone who might be interested in this topic. Here’s a sample tweet: Join the Beautiful Battle party. http://on.fb.me/dPHQri Ask @MaryDeMuth about spiritual warfare. 2/1, 2-3:30 CST
- Here on this blog I’m hosting a contest to give away 5 copies of Beautiful Battle. Not only that, but the five winners get to select another one of my books (any one), and I’ll send both autographed. Here’s the contest. Submit your original creative response to the topic of Beautiful Battle (You don’t need to read it to submit.) This can be a new book cover, a song, a video, a new book trailer, an infographic, a poem, a photo, a drawing, a cartoon–basically ANYTHING you can create. See specific instructions at the end of this post.
To help you along, here are my two trailers for the book, followed by an original poem by a New Zealand poet for Beautiful Battle’s release! So cool!First, here’s a story that helped me understand the true nature of our battle, involving one of our children when we lived in France:
Beautiful Battle: 2 from Ufilmhouse.com on Vimeo.
And this second video is a segment about my heart–the deeper whys behind the book. Truth: God is truly bigger than the boogeyman!
Beautiful Battle: 1 from Ufilmhouse.com on Vimeo.
Here’s David Andrews’ poem:
Beautiful Battle
In this beautiful battle
Where you contend for me
In a war behind my eyes
That I often fail to see
In this beautiful battle
Remind me I am free
As I put on your light armor
Darkness stops then flees
In this beautiful battle
I am safe from all harm
You shelter me with your love
And hide me in your arms
In this beautiful battle
You speak to me from above
You tell me I am beautiful
I feel your extravagant love
In this beautiful battle
Where you captivate my heart
Your love and grace define me
As I become your work of art
© Poetry in Motion
David Andrews writes for Poetry in Motion. His writing is an expression of his faith in a world full of paradox. He is currently working on his first book of poetry which is due to be published this year. David is married with three sons and lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
Would you be so kind to share this contest with others? Here is the permalink: https://www.marydemuth.com/?p=12665
Or you can tweet it this way: Beautiful Battle creative contest. Put on your artsy cap & win books! #BeautifulBattle https://www.marydemuth.com/?p=12665
To enter:
Here’s the skinny. To enter to win, please attach your entry in the comments section. If you have issues with making that work (usually it’s fine but sometimes it’s buggy), then simply put the entry on your blog and place a link in your comment. Also remember to add your email address like this: mary @ MaryDeMuth.com. That way spammers won’t find you, but I’ll be able to notify if you’ve won. I have a committee of sweet volunteers who will vote. Winners will be announced on my birthday, February 10th.
So be creative! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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