Sharing My Mess: 90 Days of Prayer and Spiritual Intimacy with God

By Shani E. McIlwain

To be intimate with someone is to be personally interested, emotionally invested, in sync, and having a sense of inseparability. We often associate intimacy with romantic relationships, but rarely do we do so with the relationship that matters most-the one with our Heavenly Father.

This 90-day devotional helps you build your personal relationship

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Jun 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781942838258

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Sharing My Mess

Copyright © 2015 Shani E. McIlwain

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Scriptures marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™. All rights reserved.

Scriptures marked NKJV are taken from the Holy Bible, New King James Version®, NKJV®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

Scriptures marked MSG are taken from the THE MESSAGE. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.

Scriptures marked GW are taken from the Holy Bible, God’s Word to the Nations. Copyright © 1995 by Baker Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

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ISBN-10: 1-942-83819-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-942-83819-7

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Dedication

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This book is dedicated to the Best Mother Ever,

Patricia M. Kinard

&

My Precious Baby Girl

Alexia McIlwain

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Opening

Introduction

Study & Journal Time

MONTH 1 It All Starts with the Mind

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

MONTH 2 He is Everything and in Everything

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

MONTH 3 Fight for Your Faith

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

About Shani McIlwain

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to:

My awesome husband Michael McIlwain.  My children Roderick, Raianna, Michayla, and Elisia.

Deloris B. Wood, Jeneane Becker, Emily Fair, Dene Chinn, Nicole Carr, Kennishia Shade, Veronica White, Jerrica McIlwain, Ronnie Harris, Rev. Theresa Brown, Nicole Brown, and Lillian Wise Wilson.

Pastor & First Lady Oliver & Pamelia Carter, No Limits Outreach Ministries, Audrey Cunningham, Natalie Richardson, Heather Schoonmaker, Dawn MacDonald, and Diane Geer.

Rev. Bernice Parker-Jones, Faith Presbyterian Church

Emory United Methodist Church, The Williams Family, The Kinard Family, and The McIlwain Family.

Foreword

By Pastor Bernice Parker-Jones

When I first met Shani about five years ago, I knew that there was an anointing on her life.  The very first time I heard her sing, it was confirmed.  What I did not know was that she was persevering through some very difficult times. 

I met her shortly after the loss of her baby girl, Alexia. That was the proverbial straw that pushed her into writing this devotional.  It had been deposited within her, but she had procrastinated in birthing it. This devotional is an outgrowth of the depth of pain and agony that Shani experienced and is her testimony of how God uses everything to His good. Throughout her journey, she found strength in the Word of God and is willing to share it with you.

It's not often that you find someone who is willing to open up their life to strangers; nevertheless, this is exactly what Shani has done