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    What's Your Ministry?: 13 Ways To be 'All In'
    What's Your Ministry?: 13 Ways To be 'All In'
    What's Your Ministry?: 13 Ways To be 'All In'
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    What's Your Ministry?: 13 Ways To be 'All In'

    By Carrie Lightfoot Shappell

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    What could a girl who has lived a “charmed life” possibly have to tell the world? She doesn’t really have a story, right? Carrie Lightfoot Shappell is fully aware that even in this “charmed life” she would have nothing without God’s love, His sacrifice, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Psalms 96:3, David tells us to, “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.” So, what does that mean? As Christians, we all have a story that we can share!

    Sometimes we forget this truth and we fail to see that God meets us exactly where we are. We miss out on opportunities to tell His good news, no matter where we are or what we have/haven’t experienced. We all have a purpose! We just need to believe this and be willing to slow down, in order to embrace and live out His plan. Throughout the past 40 years, God has given Carrie insightful perspectives in life’s successes and in life’s challenges/failures. God is not finished yet. Carrie has opened her heart to His calling, and He has commissioned her to share with the world what she has learned so far.

    We all have a ministry, and we can live it every single day. It doesn’t have to be a ministry within the church because we are given opportunities to be His hands and feet in our schools, our workplaces, and our communities. God has given us gifts to use in order to help others know His love and to help build His kingdom here on Earth. Our gift back is being “all in” for God and using those gifts to glorify Him.

    In What’s Your Ministry: 13 Ways to Be “All In”, Carrie guides her readers through parts of her personal journey to share what God has shown her throughout life. At the same time, she challenges readers to be “all in” for God. This book, which intertwines a real- life story of finding her ministry with 13 steps to being “all in,” provides readers with the following:

    • Examples of scripture
    • Practical ways to live intentionally for God
    • Activities for reflection

    Are you “all in?” What’s your ministry?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateOct 15, 2019
    ISBN9781400327195
    What's Your Ministry?: 13 Ways To be 'All In'
    Author

    Carrie Lightfoot Shappell

      Carrie Lightfoot Shappell is a wife, mother, teacher, and coach. In her spare time, she is a Zumba instructor, tap dances with her daughter, and is active in church life at Pathway Community Church. Carrie has been married to Ben, also a teacher and coach, for 19 years. They live a busy life with Luke, 14, and Leah, 12, who are involved in as many activities as possible. As a family, the Shappells enjoy running in various road races and traveling as a family to make as many memories as possible.      

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      What's Your Ministry? - Carrie Lightfoot Shappell

      What’s Your Ministry?

      What’s Your Ministry?

      Carrie Lightfoot Shappell

      in Collaboration with Leah Shappell

      Illustrated By: Luke Shappell

      © 2019 Carrie Lightfoot Shappell

      What’s Your Ministry?

      13 Ways to Be All In

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Elm Hill, an imprint of Thomas Nelson. Elm Hill and Thomas Nelson are registered trademarks of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc.

      Elm Hill titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.Zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.®

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2019909404

      ISBN 978-1-400327188 (Paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-400327195 (eBook)

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      Ebook Instructions

      In this ebook edition, please use your device’s note-taking function to record your thoughts wherever you see the bracketed instructions [Your Notes] or [Your Response Here]. Use your device’s highlighting function to record your response whenever you are asked to checkmark, circle, underline, or otherwise indicate your answer(s).

      This book is dedicated to my two grandmothers in Heaven,

      who were amazing examples of faith and always believed in me.

      And to my incredible husband, for loving me and our children so well and

      for supporting all of my crazy adventures in this life!

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      #1 Realize That Everyone Has a Story

      #2 Remember That We All Have a Purpose

      #3 Figure Out What Is Stealing Your Joy

      #4 Focus on What It Is Really About

      #5 Embrace Guardian Angels and God Moments

      #6 Survive Outside Your Comfort Zone

      #7 Create a Soundtrack of Your Life

      Intermission

      #8 Learn Lessons on Life at the Movies

      #9 Live Life for and with God

      #10 Fail Well

      #11 Rise Up in All Ways … Legacy

      #12 Enjoy the Journey

      #13 Live Out Your Motto

      Closing

      Introduction

      Colossians 3:23

      Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.

      I have lived what many would deem a charmed life. Dad was a teacher and a football coach. Mom stayed home with us for a few years and then joined my grandpa at his family-owned insurance agency. When I was nine, my parents built a house on family land, right by my grandparents and my aunt and uncle. Our church was across the field and eventually we would have a beach volleyball court, pool, and stone track all on what I now lovingly call our compound. I grew up in a Christian home. My parents’ foundation in their faith was, from my perspective, unshakeable. Everyone in my family has been actively involved in church. My mom has worked in music and youth ministries at many churches, while my dad has played drums on the praise team and has helped with youth ministries as well. My grandma Worman played the organ at Leo United Methodist Church for over fifty years, my grandpa Worman was a lay leader in the church and was involved with the Gideon ministry. Mammaw Lightfoot was a spiritual rock. She was a prayer warrior and I was always comforted after talking with her through life’s challenges. Over the years, she volunteered to help many people in her church. Pappaw Lightfoot was an active member of several men’s ministries at their church, Emerson Street Church of God in Missouri.

      It’s amazing to step back and realize how my family members filled so many different roles in my life. It truly was a village, and it was nice to have a village of believers. I have always been, and will always be, thankful for the family God chose for me. Because of my family’s involvement, church wasn’t an option, it just was. I don’t remember ever questioning what we were doing Sunday morning or why. In fact, I remember going to prom and staying up until 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning … guess where I was Sunday at 10:45 a.m.? Yep. And with my boyfriend, who now happens to be my husband.

      My

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