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Judy Mae Malibong 👸 Be wonderful. Be positive. Be strong. Be Yourself. 

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~ 5000 Follower Giveaway!! ~

My blog has been in existence since last August, and LO AND BEHOLD, I HAVE ALREADY HIT 5000 FOLLOWERS! WHAT IS THIS MADNESS.

This one is entirely different from my previous three. The prize in question is not a book, nor is it a small bookish item.

It is a brand spanking new Kindle Fire, and a $25 (USD) Amazon gift card to buy yourself some ebooks to start off with.

THAT IS RIGHT. IF YOU WIN THIS GIVEAWAY, YOU WILL WIN YOURSELF YOUR VERY OWN BRAND NEW UNUSED KINDLE. (Not the one in the pictures, that one’s mine. :3 )

IMPORTANT NOTE: This prize would not be possible were it not for my very best friend, Jenny of misandry-mars. She has volunteered to pay for it IN FULL. THANK YOU JENNY, THAT IS SO EFFING WONDERFUL OF YOU TO DO, AND YOU MADE THIS POSSIBLE. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND THIS MYSELF. THANK YOU.

If Amazon is available in your country, you may participate. There are a few countries where it is not, so I suggest you check first before entering.

The gift card will be purchased after a winner is selected, to be sure that it will work with whatever country the Kindle is sent to.

Since this is in appreciation of every single one of my gorgeous followers, you must be following me, just-one–more-page. I will be checking! (If you enter with a secondary blog, make sure the link to it is somewhere on your primary so I know it’s you.)

You may enter by both liking and reblogging this post! As many reblogs as you wish are allowed, but please be courteous of your followers, and avoid spamming them.

No giveaway blogs may enter.

I will be choosing a winner with a random number generator from the notes.

The winner will have 48 hours to reply to me before I move on to another winner.

Please make sure your ask box is open! Otherwise I won’t be able to contact you if you’ve won.

You must be comfortable giving me your shipping address. I promise it’s safe with me, and nothing else will be done with it!

I must reiterate the importance of making sure Amazon is available in your country BEFORE ENTERING. You won’t be able to purchase ebooks for it otherwise!

I also ask that you use your common sense, and please refrain from entering if YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY WANT OR NEED A KINDLE. This may seem obvious, but I feel it needs to be said. I’m not giving one away for someone just to sell it for profit or to forget about it after it arrives. PLEASE BE COURTEOUS OF YOUR FELLOW PARTICIPANTS.

This giveaway will end at 12:00AM EST on July 15th!

If you have any questions at all, please don’t be afraid to ask! Also, you may want to check my #giveaway tag, just in case questions were already answered. :)

NOW - Go forth and reblog, my beautiful buttercups!

FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS (AND EBOOKS)!

[books-cupcakes]

Hey everyone!! As a way to celebrate Books&Cupcakes third  anniversary I thought I would host a giveaway! (Yay!) The books above are a few novels that I’ve come to love over my past three years of blogging. One lucky winner will win one of the books above! Here is how you can win! 

Guidelines & How To Enter:

You must be following me.

Likes and reblogs count as entry. 

One winner will be picked via a random generator. 

The winner will select one of the books above. Or if you want, I can pick for you and it will be a surprise!  

Your ask box must be open so I can let you know that you have won. 

You have within 48 hours to respond back to me with your preferred book, your name and address. (All your information will remain confidential and I promise not to stalk you haha.)

This giveaway is opened internationally! I will be sending the books for the book depository. 

Giveaway blogs will not be considered.

If you don’t follow the guidelines above another winner will be chosen.

The giveaway will end June 27th. (Blog’s anniversary!) 

Good luck book lovers!! 

[jdyhemmo]

Happy Anniversary! Thank you for the chance ❤️

[books-cupcakes]

Hey everyone!! As a way to celebrate Books&Cupcakes third  anniversary I thought I would host a giveaway! (Yay!) The books above are a few novels that I’ve come to love over my past three years of blogging. One lucky winner will win one of the books above! Here is how you can win! 

Guidelines & How To Enter:

You must be following me.

Likes and reblogs count as entry. 

One winner will be picked via a random generator. 

The winner will select one of the books above. Or if you want, I can pick for you and it will be a surprise!  

Your ask box must be open so I can let you know that you have won. 

You have within 48 hours to respond back to me with your preferred book, your name and address. (All your information will remain confidential and I promise not to stalk you haha.)

This giveaway is opened internationally! I will be sending the books for the book depository. 

Giveaway blogs will not be considered.

If you don’t follow the guidelines above another winner will be chosen.

The giveaway will end June 27th. (Blog’s anniversary!) 

Good luck book lovers!! 

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The time has come. I am (God help me) officially 25. 

I’m pretty sure I’m having a quarter life crisis…

Soooooo let me throw books at one of you to share the joy.

THE RULES (Listen up!)

People will need to be following me, because this is my gift to all my lovely followers (don’t think I didn’t notice that there are almost six freaking hundred of you guys now!).

The giveaway will be international, because I’ll be using book depository. So you will need to geel comfortable giving me your address, obs. 

Therefore: you ask box will need to be open.

There will be one winner who will get to spend up to $40 US on book depository. New books, used books, bargain. Stretch it anyway you want it! :D  

Re-blogs count, likes do not, just to make this easier to keep track of. No spamming your followers though! *finger wiggle*

The giveaway will be open for a month. That’s today, right NOW, until 11:59 PM EDT (That’s 3:59 AM GMT)  on June 6th 2015. 

If you have any questions you know where to find me!

On your mark… get set… GO!!

[jdyhemmo]

Thank you for the chance ❤️

[romancingthebookworm-deactivate]

The time has come. I am (God help me) officially 25. 

I’m pretty sure I’m having a quarter life crisis…

Soooooo let me throw books at one of you to share the joy.

THE RULES (Listen up!)

People will need to be following me, because this is my gift to all my lovely followers (don’t think I didn’t notice that there are almost six freaking hundred of you guys now!).

The giveaway will be international, because I’ll be using book depository. So you will need to geel comfortable giving me your address, obs. 

Therefore: you ask box will need to be open.

There will be one winner who will get to spend up to $40 US on book depository. New books, used books, bargain. Stretch it anyway you want it! :D  

Re-blogs count, likes do not, just to make this easier to keep track of. No spamming your followers though! *finger wiggle*

The giveaway will be open for a month. That’s today, right NOW, until 11:59 PM EDT (That’s 3:59 AM GMT)  on June 6th 2015. 

If you have any questions you know where to find me!

On your mark… get set… GO!!

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Hey guys, I decided that it was time for me to do a giveaway and honestly,I have absolutely no real reason for doing it. I’ve just really been so grateful for all of you guys and well, its time I took a chance and showed you all.

There will be one winner to this giveaway and that winner will be able to choose one book under $15. Winner will be chosen by rafflecopter!! The rules: -You must be following this blog because its a thank you to all of my followers. -You must be willing to give me your address for shipping purposes. (I’ll delete right away after that. Promise.) -Reblog and likes count, but make sure to provide the info so that Rafflecopter keeps an accurate account. Also, please do not spam your followers. -No Giveaway Blogs allowed. I will be checking. -I will be contacting you through your ask box, so please make sure it is open. You will have 48 hrs to respond. If I haven’t heard back in two days, then I will move on to the next person. -Giveaway begins tomorrow and ends June 15th. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. This is my first rafflecopter giveaway so I am expected there to be some bugs in place. I will do my best to make sure that I answer all questions and address all issues promptly. To the Winner: After you have read your chosen book, if you would like, I would be honored to host your review of the book on my blog as a special shout out. I’ll be asking you when I contact you about winning, so please think about it ahead of time.

Book Giveaway

[aboutbooksanddreams]

Hello, everybody!

So, my birthday is getting close and to celebrate that (and the fact that I’ve reached an incredible milestone), I decided to do a BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Here is what you need to know:

You do not have to be following me (even though that would be greatly appreciated)

Likes and reblogs count

It is open internationally (because I will be using Bookdepository)

This giveaway ends on June, 20th (mah birthday, come give me hugs and have some e-cake)

There will be one winner, who will be able to choose any book (or books) they want up to $25.

The winner will have 48 hours to respond

You must be willing to give me your address (which I will promptly forget after I send the book, don’t worry)

No giveaway blogs.

Any questions, feel free to message me!

Happy reading to you all and may the odds ever be in your favor!

[jdyhemmo]

David and Mephibosheth

2 Samuel 9

1 David asked, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

2 Now there was a servant of Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?"

3 The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet."

4 "Where is he?" the king askes, Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in lo Debaf."

5 So King David had him brought from Lo, from the house pf Makir son of Ammiel.

6 When Maphibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Meohibosheth!" "At your service," he replied.

7 Don't be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the and that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."

8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"

9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul's steward, and said to him, "I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.

10 You and your sons and you servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master's grandson may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table. (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

11 Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons.

12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba's household were servants of Mephibosheth.

13 And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table; he was lame in both feet.

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The Lord's Grace to Paul || The Charge to Timothy Renewed

1 Timothy 1:12-20

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst.

16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.

17 Now to King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever

18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that be recalling them you may fight the battle well,

19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.

20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

[jdyhemmo]

LORD NEVER FORGET

Isaiah 49:13-18

13 Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into songq, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted onesq.

14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, the LORD has forgotten me."

15 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

17 Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you.

28 Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live," declares the LORD, "you will wear them as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride."

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The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-13

1 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.

6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything dine in it will be laid bare. (a)

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. (b) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

[jdyhemmo]

Saved in Order to Do Good

Titus 3:1-8

1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to whatever is good,

2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures, we lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,

7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

8 This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.

[jdyhemmo]

Don't give up - GOD HEARS YOU WHEN YOU PRAY!

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The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Luke 18:1-8

1 Then Jesus and told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

4 "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me. I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!”

6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.

7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

[jdyhemmo]

Faithful

Psalm 119:65-80

65 Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.

66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.

67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word

68 You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.

69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.

70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling , but I delight in your law.

71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.

75 I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

76 May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

78 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate in your precepts.

79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.

80 May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame

[jdyhemmo]

Through JESUS CHRIST our hearts can be filled with joy - REAL JOY

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The Vine and the Branches

John 15:1-11

1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even fruitful.

3 You are already clean because of the world I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.