{"id":223,"date":"2011-03-19T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-03-18T17:59:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T00:59:28","slug":"fifth-giveaway-a-day-of-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/19\/fifth-giveaway-a-day-of-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Giveaway: A Day of Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/details.aspx?id=11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"dayofdelight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/images\/products\/DOD.jpg\" alt=\"A Day of Delight: Making Sunday the Best Day of the Week\" width=\"200\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.&#8221; (Exodus 20:8)<\/em><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s giveaway is a book that can help <strong>make your Sunday a joyful day of rest<\/strong> (even if you have small children!)<\/p>\n<p>At one point, with five kids age 8 and under, we looked at our family and how we were observing the Lord&#8217;s Day and concluded that we were <strong>not<\/strong> truly obeying God&#8217;s command. We managed to get everyone out the door and into church, but we couldn&#8217;t really call Sunday a &#8220;delight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong>We knew things had to change!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/details.aspx?id=11\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Day of Delight<\/strong><\/a> shares the many ways we found to make Sunday <strong>delightful<\/strong> instead of <strong>frightful<\/strong>.\u00a0 This book offers dozens of creative ideas to help make  the Lord\u2019s Day a unique and joyous day of celebration for the whole  family (even Mom!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>It includes suggestions for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Preparing<\/strong> for Sunday throughout the week<\/li>\n<li>Making meal times special (while the cook still enjoys a day of rest!)<\/li>\n<li>Creating a treasure chest of <strong>special toys and books<\/strong> for Sundays only.<\/li>\n<li>Lots of ideas for <strong>toys<\/strong>, <strong>games<\/strong>, <strong>activities<\/strong>, and <strong>projects<\/strong> that  focus on Scripture, worship, reflection, fellowship, remembering God\u2019s  creation, and exercising our God-given creativity. (Good ideas for daily  family worship times, too!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These ideas can help <strong>draw your family closer together<\/strong>, and make Sunday the <strong>best<\/strong> day of the week. As we have reformed our thinking about the day of rest  God has given us, we have noticed that Sunday has become the focal  point of our week. And the rest of the week has become more peaceful, as  well. Now we look forward to Sundays!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To enter today&#8217;s giveaway:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think of something you can do<strong> today<\/strong> to prepare for Sunday and make it more restful or enjoyable. <strong>Write one comment<\/strong> on this post telling us what you will do. <strong>Two<\/strong> winners will be randomly drawn on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>No giveaways tomorrow, but be sure to come back on <strong>Monday<\/strong> for the next giveaway, the updated and revised third edition of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/details.aspx?id=15\" target=\"_blank\">For Instruction in Righteousness<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-left rtsocial-icon\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon \"> <div class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon-button\"><a title=\"Share: Fifth Giveaway: A Day of Delight\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-icon-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doorposts.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F03%2F19%2Ffifth-giveaway-a-day-of-delight%2F\" target= \"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon\"> <div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon-button\"><a title=\"Tweet: Fifth Giveaway: A Day of Delight\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-icon-link\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Fifth%20Giveaway%3A%20A%20Day%20of%20Delight&via=@doorposts&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doorposts.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F03%2F19%2Ffifth-giveaway-a-day-of-delight%2F\" target= \"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon\"> <div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-icon-link\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/19\/fifth-giveaway-a-day-of-delight\/&media=https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=Fifth Giveaway: A Day of Delight\" target= \"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Fifth Giveaway: A Day of Delight\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/19\/fifth-giveaway-a-day-of-delight\/\" title=\"Fifth Giveaway: A Day of Delight\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"223\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"88d41f5213\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.&#8221; (Exodus 20:8) Today&#8217;s giveaway is a book that can help make your Sunday a joyful day of rest (even if you have small children!) 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