Happy New Year & a Giveaway!
Happy New Year, friends! Wow, can you believe it’s 2025 already? I hope you’ll take just a couple of minutes to watch the video below with an encouraging message to help usher you into the new year.
To get in on my giveaway of your choice of my 2024 reads (over 80 to choose from!), be sure to leave a comment below by January 8. I will email the winner on January 9, so if you don’t receive an email, you didn’t win. (US winner only. This giveaway is also open to my newsletter subscribers)
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TweetJoin the conversation. How did you spend Christmas or ring in the new year? What are you most looking forward to in 2025? What are your dreams and goals for this year?
Be sure to leave your comment on this post by January 8 for a chance to win your choice of my 2024 reads. Click the Goodreads Challenge image below to see which books are up for grabs! (This giveaway is for US residents only, and is also open to my newsletter subscribers)
I exceeded my 2024 seventy-five books reading goal and read over 80 books, most of which were audiobooks. Now, you have a chance to win your choice of one of the books I read last year! Sweet deal, right?
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Deena Adams
As a Jesus girl for more than thirty years, Deena Adams understands how important hope is to daily life, which fuels her passion to inspire others through hope-filled fiction based on true to life stories. She is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency and is a multi-award-winning writer, an active ACFW member, and ACFW Virginia president. Connect with Deena through her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
21 Comments
Faith D. Cox
Beautiful, encouraging verses, Deena! That was a great blessing to hear you read them.
My husband and I had a wonderful Christmas with our two daughters and nephew and his son.
I look forward to 2025 and am praying about finding a literary agent for a couple of my manuscripts and/or self-publishing this year.
I will be praying for you as the Lord guides you on your writing journey and hopefully with a book contract this year! Keep writing!:)
Deena Adams
Thank you so much, Faith!
I’m so glad you had a great Christmas with family.
May the Lord guide us both to His perfect will for our writing journey this year.
Thank you for your prayers.
Jeanette Davis
Hi Deena
Happy New Year! I spent the holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve with my kids and grandkids! Now when I click the image, it brings me to the books I read, not the ones you read! Took me a minute, I thought wow, Deena and I have the same taste–I read all the same books then I realized this is my list.
So I don’t know what book to chose …
Any way thank you for this opportunity
Jeanette
Deena Adams
Glad you had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas with your family, Jeanette!
That’s so weird, Jeanette. I don’t know why the link to my Goodreads challenge would take you to your page. Here it is again if you want to see if it works this way: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2024/66850963
Jeanette Davis
Thanks Deena. That worked so if choosen the The Last Exchange by Charles Martin, please!
Demi Griffin
I like to support Indie authors as best I can. While I don’t officially set goals, I like to read more books than I did the year before. This past year I read 54 books and wrote seven so… we shall see how 2025 pans out. I have one daughter getting married and a grandchild on the way so I might not exceed the 54 mark.
Deena Adams
Wow, you wrote 7 books in a year??! That’s impressive. I’m happy if I can write one in a year. LOL
Congratulations on your daughter’s upcoming marriage and your grandchild on the way! Exciting stuff!
Danielle Hull
I haven’t written any goals down yet, but I know I want to grow closer to the Lord and closer to my husband. I have some specials prayers for a couple of my adult children, too.
Deena Adams
I can’t imagine God not honoring the goals you mentioned, Danielle. I have no doubt He wants those things for you even more than you do!
I imagine we all have prayers we’re praying for our adult children, clinging to hope that God will do amazing things in their lives!
SARAH TAYLOR
Thanks for sharing I spent Christmas and New Year with my children and grandchildren! Loved the Video
Deena Adams
Thank you, Sarah! Glad you had a great Christmas and New Year celebration!
Lynn Moore
Deena….Thank you for your encouraging New Year’s greeting. I am “clinging” like a crazy girl to the “hope” that only Jesus can give for 2025.
Blessings on all your endeavors this year as you keep on writing! ✍️
Deena Adams
Lynn, I’m praying along with you as you hope in Jesus for all the needs on your heart. May the Lord bless you abundantly as you trust in Him.
Patty Rude
Thanks for the encouraging message to start the year!
I spent Christmas with my family and then went to his family, very busy! As far as New Year’s eve, I was in bed before the ball dropped=)
Deena Adams
You’re welcome, Patty. Thanks for watching!
Glad you had a good Christmas, although busy.
Happy New Year!
Lori R
I enjoyed your message. I spent Christmas and New Year’s with my family and started both days by reading my Bible.
Deena Adams
Reading the Bible is always the best way to start our day, Lori. Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!
Traci Winget
What a wonderful New Year’s message, Deena! Thank you. My word for 2024 was ‘rejoice’/joy. God knew I’d need it, when He received dad in April. Your reading of Philipians was gladly heard.
Our whole family in Fredericksburg for Christmas at our daughter’s home was delightful. Quiet NYE.
As we celebrate our 24th anniversary today, and contemplate 2025, I’m praying to be bold in sharing Jesus. Having a ‘t-party’ with my son’s girlfriend, Meghan, and anyone else who does not have Jesus as their Lord & Savior.
May 2025 grow His kingdom in ways we cannot imagine!!!
Deena Adams
I’m so glad you had a great Christmas with your family, Traci. And Happy Anniversary!!
God always gives us just what we need, doesn’t He? I love that your 2024 word was joy/rejoice and that it ministered to you in your time of great loss.
May God use you this year to win many to Jesus!
Happy New Year!
Dana McReynolds
Happy New Year! I spent Christmas and New Year happily home with family. Looking forward to a new year of adventures with my kids.
Deena Adams
Happy New Year, Dana! Have a great year!