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…
A Cup of Water
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…
Searching the Past, Journaling the Future by Bettie Boswell
I love reading historical novels and old family letters. As an author, one important thing I use in writing a book is research. I hated researching for papers in college, but as an author I find it a necessary evil, which is becoming more intriguing. My newest book, Free to Love, is a split time…
Be Kind Because You Never Know by Christina Sinisi
I have been writing all my life, or at least as soon as I could write in third grade. However, I only became a published fiction author in 2019. On June 6 of 2019, I saw a call on the ACFW email loop for a Christmas novella, due at the end of the month. I…
Things We See Now Will Soon Be Gone
The world is a fallen place.Happiness isn’t possible 100% of the time.The world is never going to be as any of us dreamed.There’s too much sin. The world is far from perfect.But take heart,Because God has overcome the world!There is more than just this world.Live for the unseen even more than the seen. …
When God Calls, He Equips by Starr Ayers
The genesis of my Dream Beyond Tomorrow series took root in my heart after my mother’s death in 2011. When I found a box of letters in her trunk from her first love, I knew they contained the seeds of a fascinating novel. One problem—I’d only written devotions. I knew nothing about writing fiction and…
Hair Calamities & Hot Cash by Gail Pallotta
A True Testimonial In Hair Calamities and Hot Cash, a romantic comedy with mystery, Philip Wells, a stockbroker from New York, nearly drives over a cliff on a North Carolina Highway. He swerves to miss a truck, his brakes give way and he sails downhill until his car stops abruptly because he’s run into…
Take Up Your Cross Daily
If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ~ Luke 9:23 We must give up our own way and our excuses. Christ didn’t say to get a hold of your life and fix it before you follow Him. He didn’t say to give…