Hi I’m Terri Reed. I write for Love Inspired Suspense. The germ of an idea for my upcoming release, Forced to Flee, came while catching up with a friend a few years ago. It was just after Christmas, I asked her what she’d been up to lately. Her answer: Drama. Intriguing. What kind of drama?…
A Cup of Water
Together for Good by LeighAnne Clifton
The Lord put stories in my head. He also put a calling on my heart to get those stories to people who needed to hear them. As with most things in life, He doesn’t give us much of a “long-range plan,” so I just had to go day by day, trusting that I was obeying…
I Believe, Help My Unbelief by Paula Peckham
Do you ever see Christians on TV praying eloquent prayers and think, “They’re perfect”? They serve the poor, dish soup in a shelter, collect shoes for the homeless. I try doing those things, but life gets in the way. Best-laid plans and all that. Those perfect people sometimes make me feel defensive, and I resent…
Broken People by Jann Franklin
Broken People are Beautiful & We’re All a Little Broken God has a heart for broken people. Aside from our spiritual brokenness, God loves us through our physical ailments. The Bible references several situations of people with physical disabilities, healed with Jesus’ hands to show His supernatural power. Many of our Bible heroes also had…
Finding Freedom in Christ through Contemporary Romance by Julie Arduini
A few years ago, I was walking through our church sanctuary when I overheard a group talking. They mentioned books, and how they were transformed by them. One of the women exclaimed that of course, she meant through the Bible and Bible studies. Fiction books? Her face scrunched. She made it clear fiction books had…
Muslims Coming to Christ by R.F. Whong
Muslims Coming to Christ Through Dreams and Visions It’s a well-documented phenomenon that many Muslims without knowledge of the gospel experience dreams and visions of Jesus Christ. We’ve heard about it before, but it occurred around me when we served as volunteers at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. I’ve written the experience into my…
What Should Our 1st Response Be?
Our first response to trials is to grumble and complain. We see them as unfair and undeserved. Sometimes we even blame God. Our first response when good things happen is often to congratulate ourselves. We did something to deserve it. We often look to God only to blame him for what is wrong in the…
Lukewarm Living
Paul wanted the church at Laodicea to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. He wanted them to have complete confidence in God’s mysterious plan about Christ (Colossians 2). Later, in Revelation 3, the church at Laodicea is accused of being lukewarm. Maybe the cure for lukewarm living…
God is Greater than our Burdens
There are times in this life,When you can feel terribly alone.Burdens grow and other people go about their daily journeys.It can feel like people are saying, “Just buck up and deal with it.”You care, Lord, but does anyone else?Don’t stay far away, Lord.Come near and help us in our troubles.Because when you feel alone,…
God’s Perfect Places by Liana George
As a Christian author, I want my books to reflect my faith. Every time I set out to write a story, I ask the Lord to show me a Scripture to base it on. For my debut novel, Perfectly Arranged, I was led to use Proverbs 16: 9, “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines…