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| FaithWriters June 2015
"News & Information for the Write Brained Christian" Devotional & Newest Member E-books Included |
| | The Father Love's You As Much As He Loves Jesus
I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. Jesus in John 17:23 NLT
So if you can figure out how much the Father loves the Son, you will know how much He loves you.
Meditate on this truth and see what happens. |
| | ENTER THE CHALLENGE AND IMPROVE YOUR WRITING!04/12/15 ~1st Place
Assegais and Shields
By Corinne Smelker
“Stand firm!” Brian hissed.
My knees were having fellowship, and I don’t think in my 20 years I had ever been so bone-numbingly terrified. The sight of hundreds of men, dressed in traditional Sotho garb, wielding assegais (spears) and hide-clad shields, screaming war chants, and running full tilt down the hills surrounding the valley our little group was in, was not something any one of us planned for when we woke up.
Two days earlier our missionary group had set up camp in Lebowa, a small principality encompassed on all sides by South Africa. We knew the risks – women were warned not to leave camp on their own – the locals had been known to kidnap white women and ‘circumcise’ them. However, we wanted to share the gospel with the people of Lebowa, in the days when apartheid was still the law of the land in South Africa; laws which directly affected Lebowan citizens.
Word of our arrival got around to a violent branch of the ANC (African National Congress). Their motto was ‘the only good white man is a dead one.’ Unbeknownst to us, several hundred of these men gathered to attack and kill us all.
We were making lunch after a morning’s preaching when we heard the thunder of yells. We ran into the camp’s centre and looked around. We were surrounded! “Stand firm,” Brian hissed as we automatically moved into a circle, backs in, facing the adversary. “PRAY!!”
Oh dear Lord, what do I pray? I had no words. I was the ‘baby’ of the mission camp, and a fairly new Christian. I am a goner. Oh Lord, I have barely started my life and now it’s being taken.
“Protect me. Help me,” I whispered. Immediately a great peace descended – like when I was a child and my parents fought and I’d tunnel under my duvet to keep out the vitriol and violence. I knew then that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, was with me.
As we prayed these roaring invaders flowed inexorably like fast-moving lava down the tussock-filled hills. Yet none of us cried out, we all stood firm. I could not believe that at age 20, I might become a casualty of the violence that beset our nations. I hated apartheid with all my heart; it was one reason I wanted to spread Jesus’ love to all, regardless of race.
The men were closer now – we could make out individuals – see the hatred on their faces as the sun glinted off their assegai tips. As they reached our camp’s perimeter, they abruptly and rapidly dropped their weapons, and turned tail. They were still screaming, but now it was shrieks and roars of abject fear and terror.
Our little circle stood in absolute silence as we stared at the retreating backs of the now-weaponless men. “What just happened?” asked one.
“I have no idea,” Brian admitted, “Somehow though, I think the danger is over. But we’re going to stick close to our vehicles just in case.” As the afternoon wore on it became apparent that these marauders weren’t returning, either to attack us, or to retrieve their weapons.
That evening as we congregated in our dining tent, a young man hesitantly poked his head through the opening. Silence fell as we became aware of his presence.
“Baas (Boss), can I talk to you?” he asked Brian. “I’m sorry baas, I was one of the men come to kill you today, but I must ask a question.”
“Go ahead,” Brian said
“Where are the big men?” he enquired.
“What big men,” Brian asked. “Do you see them here?”
“No baas. The men were very tall – maybe twice as tall as you; and they had swords that were on fire! We were petrified because they shouted at us to go or they would kill us!”
Brian’s jaw dropped, and his was not the only one - it would be fair to say all of us were astounded. “Angels,” Brian murmured. “He saw angels. Angels protected us!”
That young man went on to become our lead translator and a notable pastor in Lebowa. His testimony led many of those young angry men to Christ. Who could argue with a man who had seen angels?
Read more of Cori's work HERE.
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| | BIG NEWS - Two Opportunities to be Published
1) Winner to be Published! Ninth Annual Page Turner Contest
2015 – CHRISTIAN FICTION
One Winner:
1. A fabulous cash prize of $500 (US);
2. The offer of traditional publication of their winning manuscript by Breath of Fresh Air Press;
3. Final editing of their manuscript (through Breath of Fresh Air Press);
4. Free publicity and marketing of their book on all FaithWriters' sites for twelve months following publication;
5. A special Page Turner Champion award plaque.
Two Page Turner runners-up will each receive:
1. A cash prize of $50 (US);
2. A special Page Turner award plaque; and
3. Consideration for future publication by Breath of Fresh Air Press
2) 2015 Xulon Raffle for a Best Seller Package Opens Today 4-1-15 All members can enter, free and upgraded.
One Winner:
FaithWriters will be awarding a comprehensive Xulon publishing packages as a prize in 2015. The package is Xulon's Best Seller package with a retail values over $4,000. Download a Xulon publishing guide HERE and earn five entry credits into the raffle.
Two runners-up will receive:
1. Second name drawn: One Year Platinum Membership on FaithWriters
2. Third Name drawn: One Year Gold Membership on FaithWriters
Second and third prizes are courtesy of Bottom Line Website Ministries.
For more information on both of these opportunities go HERE.
Want to Publish now? FaithWriters Gold members receive a five percent discount and Platinum members receive a ten percent discount on Xulon's best current advertised price. Go Here and make sure to tell them you are with FaithWriters.
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| | New Release: Trials and Triumphs II Rooted and Grounded in Love
The Powerful and Personal Testimonies of Fifty FaithWriters Members
Support fellow members by getting a copy of this inspiring book, which contains Fifty unique true stories from members around the world. These testimonies are powerful and encouraging. Makes a great book to leave on your coffee table for a conversation starter. Check it out HERE!
Limited Offer: Read for free in exchange for a review on FaithWriters and Amazon. Email Michael@faithwriters.com and request a copy.
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Dangling Participles - Misplaced Modifiers Ann Grover
Dangling Participle (and its twin, Misplaced Modifier) are funny-at-best, confusing-at-worst little monsters that can run amuck through copy and fiction, causing the reader to stop and go, "Huh??" At least they should.
To understand dangling participles, you need to know what a participle is. A participle is a verbal, which means it is formed from a verb, but doesn't behave as a verb. It acts as an adjective (or noun or adverb).
run ---> running ---> running nose (Running describes nose.)
shine ---> shining ---> shining sun (Shining describes sun.)
cover ---> covered ---. covered ground (Covered describes ground.)
Participles may be formed into participial phrases.
Someone knocking on the door woke me up.
The participial phrase is knocking on the door. (Verbal plus prepositional phrase)
It describes someone. What did "someone" do? Woke me up.
How does a participle or participial become a dangler?
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Remembering Vicky - by Ken Ebright
"So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19 NCV)
“You’re the last person the customer will see before they leave the store. You need to make a good impression.” The grocery store manager told me this, and those words would ring true about twenty years later.
I met Vicky on the train. She was a sixty-year-old Philippine woman who had a lot of stress, both at work and at home with her husband who had dementia. I gave her a few tracts that pertained to her situation and the Gospel of John. Every day that I got on the train, she would be reading the tracts I gave her.
In August, Vicky’s friend told me that Vicky had lost her job. In November, I asked this same lady how Vicky was doing and she told me that she had passed away.
The day I found out she was fired, as I got into my car, the Christian radio station played two salvation-themed songs in a row. I felt like the Lord was telling me, “Good job, Ken.” I may have been the last person to share the Gospel with Vicky.
I had started the conversation by asking her questions about a book she was reading. I can only hope she asked Jesus into her heart. Someday, as I ponder this, I look forward to seeing Vicky in Heaven.
Ken is a native Minnesotan and loves to sing and can play a keyboard instrument. Contact
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| | Submit Articles to The Critique Circle
We have paid editors who visit the Critique Circle on a regular basis and they are telling us they need more submissions.
To help them out and see if you are paying attention, Michael is giving away free Critique Circle credits to all Platinum members who read this and respond. This limited offer means you do not need to provide a critique, you just get two, three or more critiques on a piece you submit. Just email Michael@FaithWriters.com and ask for a free credit. This is a real chance to receive some very constructive and private critiques of your writing.
This is a real chance to receive some very constructive and private critiques of your writing.
This offer available to Platinum members who have not been given a free credit in the last 90 days.
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Ninety nine percent of FaithWriters members are free members. If the current trend of increasing expenses and declining financial support continues, it will at some point place FaithWriters at risk. Therefore we are asking more members to please consider helping us financially by upgrading. In doing so you gain access to more tools to improve your writing. At the same time you are helping foster the growth of new Christian writers and spreading the gospel in over 230 countries online.
We can all easily see that the world desperately needs to hear about Jesus, online and in books. Helping writers get a good start is essential so they can share the Good News of Jesus in print. We do not want to come to a point where we cannot help these writers improve and spread the Good News through their writing.
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Paraclete's Promise: The Fantastic Fantasies Of Timothy
Ennis Smith
Tim wants to sit before the television and immerse in the world of video games. When Mom and Dad discourage the idea, he tromps down the basement steps to find his imagination secretly awaiting his arrival, in the form of a box. (Paraclete is the Greek word for Holy Spirit)
Brand New Release! Ennis would really appreciate your support.
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| | | | | | | Today is the Day to Start Taking Action! Give Family and Friends a Chance.Share Your Faith By Using This Free Book.
It is Time For Us To STOP Worrying About What Others Think About Us! Don't let fear stop you, the objective evidence is on our side. Study the evidence for yourself and you will see just how little faith you need to believe. At the same time you will gain great faith.
Do you have a desire to share your faith, but you are unsure of what to say or afraid of what others will think? Maybe you fear saying the wrong thing or not being able to answer a question or objection. If this is you, welcome to the club; we have all been there.
To start on this path, I suggest that you take the time to review some of the objective evidence that proves God's existence and identity beyond a reasonable doubt. The truth is the evidence is on our side, and the more you realize this, the more confident you will become in sharing your faith. If you go HERE you can obtain a free e-book of Gravity in several formats that you can read and share with others.
Gravity has 77 reviews and been in the top five books of its two categories for over a year now on Amazon. If you read its many reviews, you will discover that many readers testify how God used this book to change their lives. It is also being used across the country by the Navigators on college campuses and is used in over 1,300 prisons to present evidence for Christianity. The objective evidence presented in Gravity will show you just how little faith you need to believe, while it gives you great faith at the same time. There are also many answers to objections made by skeptics. You can also obtain print copies of Gravity to hand out on the author's website at his cost HERE.
It is not our job to refute a non-believers assertions such as "God does not exist' or "The Bible is a made up story". It is their job to back up their assertions with evidence. Asking questions makes them think about why they believe what they do, keeps the interaction peaceful and puts the burden of proof on them. |
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Hundreds of people from around the world have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior directly through FaithWriters. Plus, as we refer many people to other sites to help answer their questions and accommodate their language. We know it is not about just about numbers. We also know that accepting Jesus and confessing Him is just where it starts. It is honor to consider the fact that God would use us in this way. The numbers are encouraging for us though and we will love encouragement.
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| | This Months FaithWriters Great Reads Selection
We have some excellent writers and many topics to choose from at FaithWriters. Bless your fellow members by reading one or more of their books occasionally. Just imagine how you would feel if they did the same for you. Many of these books have multiple five-star reviews on Amazon.
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Books added in the last month as described by each author.
A Date with God Instructional Guide: Turn your Time with God Into an Hour of Power Rhonda Jones
Your Price: $9.99
If you aren’t giving God the first fruits of your day, you could be missing out on some blessings. God desires fellowship with his children. God says in the Jeremiah 29:13, “You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.” I created A Date with God for this very purpose.
from Amazon.com!
Biblical studies
Help Me God! Change My Life
Rhonda Jones
Your Price: $19.97
Jesus said in Matthew 6:22-23, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"
from Amazon.com!
Fiction
Kingdom Horizon
Ashley Nicole
Your Price: $4.99
Set in medieval times when Germanic tribes clashed with Rome, a chieftain and his daughter, Charlana, are set against each other. No longer able to stand behind her father who plans to Romanize their people, Charlana turns to a dark power and loses what she never knew she needed-but all is not lost.
Paraclete's Promise: The Fantastic Fantasies Of Timothy
Ennis Smith
Your Price: $7.99
Tim wants to sit before the television and immerse in the world of video games. When Mom and Dad discourage the idea, he tromps down the basement steps to find his imagination secretly awaiting his arrival, in the form of a box. A few toys and supplies are gathered, and stocked inside the box in preparation for a great adventure. Unfortunately, before his imagination can explode into life, he falls asleep...or does he?
It is here that our young hero takes us on a journey to the bottom of the sea, races us toward the Moon's dusty core, and carries us to the darkest regions of the jungle, with a little help from friends and the Holy Spirit along the way. Throughout his travels, Tim discovers that he is never truly alone. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, adventure can be found anywhere.
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Non-Fiction
Beyond The Palm Trees
Robyn Harbour
Your Price: $3.99
Real short stories of people who live in the South Pacific. These stories will take you into the heart of remote villages and far flung islands where custom and culture are so different than what we experience in the western world. Stories of repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and salvation.
from Amazon.com!
Understanding How to Pray Effectively
Everest Alexander
Your Price: $4.97
Understanding How to Pray Effectively contains 15 Chapters - Over 100 pages answering questions such as:
What is Prayer
How to Pray Effectively
What are the 7 Different Types of Prayer
How to Increase Faith
How to Use Faith Effectively
How to Overcome the Hindrances to Prayer
And Much More!!!
Understanding the 3 Levels of Salvation: Spirit, Soul & Body
Everest Alexander
Your Price: $9.97
Understanding The 3 Levels of Salvation: Spirit, Soul & Body left me extremely impressed.
It is well-written with accurate biblical references and powerful illustrations. I particularly liked the way it anticipated my questions and gave me clear, precise answers for them. -Apostle Dr. Rick Kendall
Free Reads For Reviews
Paraclete's Promise: The Fantastic Fantasies Of Timothy
Ennis Smith
Your Price: $7.99
Tim wants to sit before the television and immerse in the world of video games. When Mom and Dad discourage the idea, he tromps down the basement steps to find his imagination secretly awaiting his arrival, in the form of a box. A few toys and supplies are gathered, and stocked inside the box in pre
Available in more formats from:
Amazon.com
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