Coffee for Your Heart

This book is perfect for my early morning devotional time while my family is still sleeping.

My day can be pretty hectic, but when I read short devotionals telling me I am accepted, I am forgiven, I am loved, and much more, I am able to handle things a lot better.

Along with the short devotional are reflection questions, response statements, and a remember section that is written to help you remember the devotion of the day. I recommend this book to women of all ages. I am sure there are times we all need to remember we are loved, forgiven, and accepted.

I absolutely love this book. It is hard to find good devotional books that don’t have you just read a small portion and it doesn’t really do much more for your day. Holley did a great job of not only sharing a small devotion each day, but also she gives you application, prayer, and even a review. It is simple enough to get done before I start my day, but it has important lessons that change the direction of my day. This book has been a huge help to change how my days start.

I love the reason behind the book and why she wrote it. It is so important to let God’s love fill you up, not the voices in our world. We live in a loud busy world, full of messages and distractions everywhere. Oh, and side note this book is small enough to fit in my purse, so it is easy to bring along with me and enjoy while I wait for my children at their activities. I did just that this week with the book.

Each devotion is short and sweet but packed with powerful truth, encouragement, and a couple questions for some pondering and prayer time. Each one takes 5-15 minutes depending on how much the words resonated with. So far, each one has for me. Another plus to this devotional, is there are 40 different topics, so you could just choose which one to read, especially if you are dealing with a specific need. Therefore, you don’t have to read this in order, and will make a great book to keep going back to from time to time.

This week I was struggling one day with feeling inadequate and that I was not enough (and I am not without Jesus) but, I let satan get the better of me and I know better, however, he is sneaky. Thankful for the power of Holy Spirit, God’s truth, prayer, and some encouragement from Holley’s book I was able to shake off the attack. I choose to read the chapter on “Accepted and Enough.”

I was excited to read Holley Gerth’s new book Coffee for Your Heart.

I had the pleasure of meeting Holley a few years ago at an event in Fort Worth, Texas.  I was so impressed that I signed up for her emails.

Holley’s new release is a book of “40 Mornings of Life-Changing Encouragement” as the outside cover tells you. Each chapter is short and yet there is a lot of wisdom in each. She gives us a Bible verse and then has us ponder on the truth of what God is telling us.

There are so many sources to tell us what we are not. Holley, with each chapter, reminds us of what the truth is and where it comes from. Thank you, Holley.

First of all, let me say that Holley Gerth has a wonderful gift of encouragement and humor. Coffee for Your Heart is a book of 40 short devotionals that have areas for you to respond to her prompts or questions. She deals with a variety of topics, all aimed at encouraging the reader. Titles such as Accepted, Wonderfully Made, Forgiven, Loved are examples. This is all to let you know how much God loves you and in so many different ways. His love is constant, and He never abandons or rejects us. But sometimes we feel in need of a Divine Hug and this is one of the ways God gives it to us.

I truly feel blessed by her writings and in our present day with all the negative things we have to deal with, it is nice to get some positive reinforcement from Christian ladies like Holley. She has a great sense of humor and I laughed out loud when I read how she was not a morning person (neither am I!) and that she had one time put a piece of chocolate on top of her alarm clock to bribe herself to get up. She woke up, ate the chocolate, and went promptly back to sleep!

I highly recommend her books for anyone in need of a lift, a little encouragement, and some humor to go with it.

This power-packed devotional is inspirational and filled with encouragement! The format allows you to dig in deeper after reading the daily devotion by reflecting on scripture as well as a responsorial prayer. I turned to the chapters that dealt with topics relevant to me instead of reading straight through the book.

I love Holley’s honest relational style in sharing God’s love for us and highly recommend this book for anyone or as a gift to share!