Shirley Crowder

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About Shirley Crowder

Shirley Crowder was born in a mission guest house under the shade of a mango tree in Nigeria, West Africa, where her parents served as missionaries. She is passionate about disciple-making, which is conducted in and through a myriad of ministry opportunities that include biblical counseling, teaching Bible studies, writing, and music.

She is a biblical counselor and is commissioned by and serves on the national advisory team for The Addiction Connection.

She is an award winning author with several of her articles appearing in "Paper Pulpit" in the Faith section of The Gadsden Times. She is also a writer for David C. Cook, Student Life, and Woman's Missionary Union publications, TheAddictionConnection.com, InspiredPrompt.com, JenniferHallmark.com. She is published as an author and co-author of seven books.

She is a contributing author of two books not pictured on the right:

"Paul the Counselor: Disciple-making Modeled by the Apostle Paul" - co-wrote Chapter 2: "Paul and Women in Ministry."

"Day by Day: 40 Devotionals for Writers and Creative Types" - contributors are all part of the Southern Christian Writers Conference. Shirley contributed two devotionals: "Build Yourselves Up" and "Journaling: A Good Practice"

Shirley has spiritual children and grandchildren serving the Lord in various ministry and secular positions throughout the world.

Shirley and her co-author, Harriet E. Michael, have a new 4-book devotional series, "Glimpses of God, being published. The first two are available now, the other two will be available in 2021.

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Glimpses of God: a winter devotional for women Nov 6, 2019

by Harriet Michael , Shirley Crowder

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Winter is a spiritual season as well as a natural one. And they share some of the same attributes.

Creator God made the world in which we live. He placed the moon and stars in the sky, the rivers and oceans on the earth. He also created seasons throughout the year. Each season is defined by specific features.

As Christ-followers we also experience spiritual seasons. Though these seasons do not come in order like seasons in nature, each spiritual season we experience is defined by certain features also.

This book is focused on winter—both calendar and spiritual. During our spiritual winters, we await the new thing that God will be doing. Sometimes, we might even feel that He is silent or far away, During this season, we must rest in the truth of God’s sovereign mercy, grace, love, and care for His children.

This is the first in the Glimpses of God” series.

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Glimpses of Prayer: A Devotional (Prayer Project Book 3) Dec 5, 2017

by Shirley Crowder , Harriet E. Michael

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50 Meditations on Prayer

We have two primary means of communicating with God—the Bible and prayer. But what is prayer, really? This book of 50 devotions will help you look at many facets of prayer. Each devotion is centered around prayer and focuses on verses from the Old Testament and the New Testament that speak about prayer. We pray the Holy Spirit would work through these devotions to help you gain a better understanding of prayer and to ignite or deepen your passion to know Him better, resulting in you experiencing a richer more powerful prayer life."

The authors, Shirley Crowder and Harriet E. Michael are lifelong friends whose parents served as missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa. Their friendship has spanned across two continents, numerous states, and many, many years.

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Advent: Meditations for Addicts Oct 24, 2020

by Shirley Crowder , Mark E. Shaw

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This time of year can be difficult for the person struggling with an addiction as they are learning to trust in God and His provision for them, to put away their addictive behavior, and put on godly thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors. As the authors of this devotional, we hope you will recognize the incredible gift God has provided for everyone, including the addicted. We pray the Lord will be pleased to use these Advent meditations for addicts to help you keep your heart and mind focused on Him in the weeks leading up to Christmas day. We pray that your heart will be transformed by the truth of who Jesus is, what He has done for us, what He is doing for us, and what He will do for us.

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Study Guide on Prayer: A Companion to Prayer: It's Not About You Jan 2, 2017

by Shirley Crowder

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The Study Guide on Prayer is designed to help you study, individually or in a group setting, the book, Prayer: It’s Not About You by Harriet E. Michael. As you work your way through this study guide, you will read Prayer: It’s Not About You, chapter by chapter. Then you will be guided to interact with the teachings, principles, and practices contained in Scripture and Prayer: It’s Not About You.

It is the author's prayer that as you work this Study Guide on Prayer, you will gain knowledge and a better understanding of prayer. This knowledge and understanding, through the work of the Holy Spirit, will lead you to incorporate the teachings, principles, and practices in the book into your prayer life so that as your passion to pray increases, it will result in a strengthened relationship with God the Father, through Jesus Christ His Son.

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Glimpses of the Savior: 50 Meditations for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year Sep 2, 2018

by Shirley Crowder , Harriet E. Michael

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Finding Jesus Among the Celebrations and Decorations

50 Meditations for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year

In early November, our minds turn to the upcoming holiday season and the new year. We get busy preparing for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year, and all too often, we forget the real meanings of these celebrations. As Christ-followers, we can guard against this by focusing our hearts on God’s Word.

Thanksgiving is a time to give God thanks; Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the Savior; the New Year brings new beginnings. This devotional book contains fifty meditations to help you find Jesus among the celebrations and decorations. Begin using the book the week before Thanksgiving and it will carry you into the New Year.

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Hope for New Beginnings: Devotions for the Adventure Nov 18, 2017

by Howard Eyrich , Shirley Crowder

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Devotions for the Adventure

Stepping into any new beginning not knowing what is ahead, is exciting and unsettling at the same time. Our Hope, as Christ-followers, rests in knowing that we do not move forward in our own strength, but in the strength of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

We pray these devotions will help prepare your heart to learn from the Lord as He affirms His steadfast love that gives the strength and hope needed to walk boldly into whatever new beginning the Lord has in store for you.

These devotions will guide your thoughts toward the biblical truths presented in the background and focal Scripture passages.

Each devotional has exercises (you will choose at least one to do each day) that lead you to interact with the biblical truths presented and gain a deeper understanding of the truths in each devotion.

Biblical Counselors, when you are ready to dismiss a counselee, this makes a great assignment for the next thirty-one days, then have the counselee come back for a final check-up.

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Prayer Warrior Confessions Nov 1, 2018

by Harriet Michael , Shirley Crowder

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True accounts of prayer in action.Come along with other prayer warriors and read their stories. Some of the stories will make you cry while others will make you laugh. Each story ends with a confession from the writer in which he or she shares an insight about prayer or something new they learned through their experience.Readers of Prayer Warrior Confessions will learn more about prayer as they enjoy the true and candid stories of other people's experiences with prayer. They see the stories through the writers' eyes and glean the insights the writers learned. True stories of prayer in action that will make you cry, laugh, sigh, smile, and stand amazed.

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Glimpses of God: a summer devotional for women Apr 29, 2020

by Shirley Crowder , Harriet Michael

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Spiritual Seasons are like Natural Seasons

Creator God made the world in which we live. He placed the moon and stars in the sky, the rivers and oceans on the earth. He also created seasons throughout the year. Each season is defined by specific features and attributes that are common.

As Christ-followers we experience spiritual seasons. Though these seasons do not come in order like seasons in nature, each spiritual season we experience is defined by certain features also.

This devotional is focused on summer—both calendar and spiritual. Our spiritual summer is a time of growth, hard work, and relaxation as we nurture and care for the new things that were planted in our spiritual spring and allow them to ripen or mature.

This book is a part of the four-book Glimpses of God devotional series.

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