| FaithWriters - November 2019
News & Information for the Write Brained Christian
Growing Christian Writers and Spreading the Gospel in over 230 Countries
Devotional & Newest Member E-Books Included
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Devotionals submitted from members publish on thousands of websites worldwide!
Great Multitude Daily Bible Devotional Receive it by email or place it on your website HERE
The Center of God’s Attention – Cheryl Weber
The troubles and burdens of life overwhelm each of us at times. God feels distant, and we may fear he isn’t all that concerned about us. But his care for us and his watchfulness over us never waver. That truth can be hard to grasp; we are too used to the distracted, self-seeking, or even non-existent attention we get from others.
Psalms 139:1-12 shows us that God is aware of even the tiniest details of our lives. There is no place in the universe we can go outside of his presence. Even our darkest moments cannot hide us from him and his great love and redemptive involvement in our lives. He is for you and not against you. He pays attention to each one of us as if there was only one of us.
In Matthew 6:26, Jesus reminds us that if our heavenly Father cares intimately for flowers and animals, then surely, he cares much more for those he created in his own image. In verse 32, he affirms that the Father knows and will meet all our needs. And in Philippians 4:6, the apostle Paul tells us not to worry about anything but to bring every need before the Lord, giving thanks in faith for the answers he will bring.
This does not mean that we are the center of the universe, like spoiled kids who get everything we want. As God’s children, through saving faith in his Son, we are called to deny ourselves daily as we follow him for his glory. Yet in the midst of challenges and trials, we can know that our Father wants us to cast all our burdens on him. He cares for us perfectly, passionately, powerfully, and persistently (1 Peter 5:7).
PRAYER: Dear heavenly Father, thank you that you are powerful, wise, and loving enough to tend to every detail of our lives. Amen.
Contact Cheryl and read more from her HERE.
Help us spread the good news of Jesus around the world. The FaithWriters devotional is on thousands of websites, plus thousands go out by email and Twitter daily. They are also published about 90 days after FaithWriters on IDisciple HERE . Members are encouraged to submit an edited devotional for publication HERE. Submissions are a maximum of 300 words, helping you learn to write to topic and word count. You never know how your writing may inspire a brother or sister in Christ or impact a lost soul.
The devotional appears on many unique websites around the world. Sites like the Kenmure Church of Scotland, Los Angeles Police Wives Association, Shields of Christ, Slavic Youth Fellowship, Go the Distance Radio Ministry, New Life Assembly, Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Metropolitan Baptist Church, ETBS South Africa, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Group Seven Technology , Nassau Tabernacle of Praise , Police Wives of America and Christian Hope Church U.K. |
| | Support Fellow Christian Authors - Free Reads for Reviews
Read Great Christian Books for Free in Exchange for a Review
Many already have multiple five-star reviews on Amazon.
These are all free to read for you while others pay full price on Amazon. Plus you receive the bonus of helping a fellow believer and FaithWriters member. It takes reviews to sell books these days, and other members appreciate your help.
The Truth That Sets You Free - Find this book HERE.
Vicky Jeter
Your Enemy is Strong but God is Stronger! Humanly we tend to focus on our predicaments of life and we never begin to see what God has already worked out from our beginning. Relooking at the lies we are told, how our minds get lost and how Satan follows us even into the church.
Forever Kozy - Find this book HERE.
Marilyn Borga
Shadows from Kozy Hanner's past reach out to haunt her when one of her third grade students is whisked into foster care. She must face her fearful memories and learn lessons in forgiveness and compassion before her relationship with Nolan Calderon can move forward.
The decisions that we make daily have a crucial impact on our life here and on our eternal destination. We can think of the source of our choices as contained in Life Files deep in our inner man.
There are several member books you can read for free in exchange for a review. Many already have multiple five-star reviews. One book is running just below five stars with over 200 reviews online, and it is listed in the top ten books of its two categories on Amazon. Another with over 40 reviews is running close to five stars and was honored as the book of the year by a major theological website. Another has over 30 reviews and is running almost five stars. Read one of these or one that has just joined the program and desperately needs reviews.
Go HERE to find other great books to read for FREE for a REVIEW.
Hurry and choose one while they are still free to read! The authors can take their books out of this program at any moment.
Have you written a book and need reviews? Learn about submitting your book to this program HERE. |
| | We can learn and improve our own writing by reading the winners.
While you are there, sow some good seed by leaving a comment.
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| | The Challenge Will Improve Your Writing Dramatically!
Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: SCUTTLEBUTT (rumor or gossip) (10/03/19)
TITLE: Enough...already
By Bea Edwards
You're not enough," the voice hinted. Head hung in defeat I brokenly whispered, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
"You don't know what you're doing, and you’ll never figure it out,” the deceptive influencer continued. "I have the mind of Christ," I countered lifting my gaze.
"You're weak," it insisted. Taking up my position I persisted, "My strength comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and Earth."
"You're too old." The voice had weakened. "I am a new creation in Christ!" I asserted.
"But..." the voice attempted to remind me of failures and dysfunctional memories, held in those spiritual rooms that I wasn’t prepared to enter today. Someday me and God will go through those rooms, when Grace calls.
But God…
Still a bit tattered and battle weary I arose, shook off the filth of the accusations and boldly proclaimed, “Shut up devil. You have no place here. I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power love and a sound mind. My victory is in Jesus Christ. Who, need I remind you, defeated death, rose from the grave AND crushed your head?
Gathering momentum, I continued declaring, “I am clothed with the complete armor of God and it fits quite nicely, thank you very much.”
“I am wearing the glorious helmet of salvation. A perfect fit for this treasured daughter of the King.”
“My heart is protected by His stunning bejeweled breastplate of righteousness.
“The belt of Truth is fastened firmly around my waist and my feet are shod with the gospel of peace.”
“In my left hand is the shield of faith. Held high in in my right hand, firmly held by my heavenly Father, is the sword of the Spirit, His living and active Word, sharper than any two-edged sword.”
Reprieve…
God’s perfect love casts out fear.
“You’re a lonely old spinster!” one last snarky attempt.
Our enemy is a liar.
Fully engaged unashamedly armed with His Truth, I strike a victorious parting blow, “I’m a holy redeemed saint. I was bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ and my Papa rejoices, delights and dances over me!”
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The Challenge WILL Improve Your Writing!
NEVER MISS THAT PERFECT CHALLENGE TOPIC AGAIN. GO HERE and sign up in the right hand column for a weekly topic email. |
| | Love getting comments and critiques on your articles? We all do.
We are asking all members to commit to being a blessing by commenting on at least one Challenge entry per day? It just takes a few minutes, and there are some great entries to read every week.
Be a blessing today by clicking the links below and leaving at least one comment.
We also encourage you to comment on regular articles now and then. Think of the encouragement we can be if many of us commented on one article per week or even per day! Just look at the newest 200 titles and choose a few that draw your attention.
Reading the work of others and critiquing them on a regular basis, helps us grow as writers. Both parties benefit.
You Are Just One Comment Away From Being and Receiving a Great Blessing.
A special thank you to all our members who do leave comments on a regular basis. You will reap what you have sown. |
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Do You Always Keep a Copy of Your Articles? We STRONGLY recommend you do this today and occasionally in the future as you add more articles
We appreciated your patience when FaithWriters was down for over two days a few months ago, due to issues with our service provider. The issue we experienced makes this message of even more importance. We do not want you to lose your articles. Therefore, we have been pushing this for over a year and hope you have already taken advantage of it. You can download a copy of your articles in mass, with one click on the site.
We back up the site regularly but cannot give you a 100% guarantee of there safety. Things happen online as you know. Hackers are a big issue and some out there would like to take a Christian site down. If you log into the site and look in the middle left column of the My Account page under Update and Manage Your Profile/Account, you will see the following link on the website.
Click Here to Download a Copy of Your Articles in Mass
When you are logged into the site, click on that link on the website and a copy of your articles will be downloaded to your computer in a zip file. It will be fairly quick depending on your internet speed and number of articles. Save them to your computer or a thumb drive. While this should download all of your articles, sometimes a couple are missed for some unknown reason. Therefore, double check the downloaded articles by opening each one on your computer. If an important one is missed, you will need to manually copy it to your records from the site. Then going forward, make sure to keep a copy of each new article you post.
Make sure to do this today to protect your writing. Log in HERE. |
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If you do not receive a timely response to an email, we did not receive your email, or you did not receive our reply. We are constantly battling overwhelming amounts of spam and sometimes emails we should receive end up in our spam by accident.
You should check your spam and make sure that writer-support@faithwriters.com, feedback@faithwriters.com, bea@faithwriters.com and michael@faithwriters.com are on your email providers approved list.
If you have tried more than once and did not receive a reply, click on a contact link at the bottom of most FaithWriters pages and send us a message telling us of the issue. We will try and email you from another email provider.
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| | | Article Comment Emails Not Getting to Your Gmail?
In the past, some members have had issues receiving notification emails when their Challenge or other articles receive a comment. We just did a test of the system and placed a Gmail test address in my profile. I then posted a comment
on one of my articles. I also did this test on a Challenge article for a member who said she was not getting the emails. In both tests, the email notification of the comment did come through to the Gmail address, but in both cases it went to the junk file in Gmail. So, FaithWriters automatic email system
is working to Gmail but may be going to your junk.
If you have not been receiving notifications of comments on your articles, post a test comment on one of your own articles and then check the junk tab on your Gmail. Be aware, my junk tab in Gmail showed there were no junk emails until I clicked on it and found the comment notification email from FaithWriters in there. If you find any emails from FaithWriters in your junk, move them to your inbox and hopefully next
time they will not go to junk. Make sure to check your junk on a regular basis and click on the other tabs just to check. Each time move them to your inbox. There is also a tab titled "view all email" that should be checked. Sometimes Gmail divides email up into different tabs, so check all the tabs once in awhile just in case. This is something you should check if you have Hotmail or others too. |
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Support FaithWriters Spread of the Gospel
Fishers of Men in Over 230 Countries Together We Spread the Gospel On the Net
There is only one unforgivable sin, the sin of unbelief. Those who believe will trust God and are led to the safety of Jesus. Those who do not believe will be like those who did not enter the Ark and were lost.
The enemy is alive and rampant online with a word of unbelief. A message of hate for Christianity and Jesus. A message that is leading countless children to embrace unbelief. (Free book HERE you can review with your kids on the objective evidence for Christianity.)The number of atheist sites and organizations posting online is increasing rapidly. If you go no further in this message, at least go HERE and see for yourself the growing number of purveyors of unbelief online. Here is a short video we would like you to watch also.
Not all of us can go around the world as missionaries in person, but we can reach the world online. We can even reach many places missionaries cannot go in person. The world needs sites like FaithWriters, prepared Christian authors and as many Christian articles and books that point to Jesus as possible. The web especially needs your Bible studies, apologetic articles, calls to salvation, nonfiction and fiction articles and books leading people to Jesus. Together we attract lost people from all over the world who need Jesus along with believers who need their minds renewed and encouraged. God has given us a great opportunity to reach many people who may have never heard of Jesus. The image above marks the location of our visitors.
Numerous people from around the world have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior directly through FaithWriters. We contact every person who leaves an email address and provide them with more information. Sometimes we correspond with them several times. We even offer to place them in contact with another believer (FaithWriters member) in their country. Consider how much time people --- especially kids --- spend on the internet these days. Watch this two-minute video from Kimberly on how she found God on the internet
A few unedited emails from people who have accepted Jesus on the site.
1) This first one was from a person who hacked FaithWriters a few years ago. We feared the entire site might be lost. We prayed for our hackers and posted articles letting them know that their salvation was more important than the website. The shutdown of the site stopped and we received this message through our evangelism page. I am certain is was our hacker.
Type of prayer : first time prayer
Country : Algeria - Please leave a comment. : "I JESUS PRAY TODAY MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER I USED TO BE THIEF CRIMINAL IDENTITY SCAM BUT NOW LIFE IS BETTER UNDER JESUS CHRIST MY LORD SAVIOR."
Your work occupation : Other Religious background : Muslim
2) "Hi my name is Collin I live in Utah heber I know that we are n the last days and I want to be saved so please I need help I've been going to site to site I'm tired of going home from school a sinner I'm stressed with all my homework I cry more than ever sometimes I need Jesus." (This message was obviously from a young boy)
3) "I felt the the holyspirit lead me to you and that God's message of love drew me here."
4) "I want Jesus to be the number one in my life."
5) "I'm saved from sin and I've rededicated my life to HIM who owns me. I'm now free from lies, exam malpractice etc. Pray for me to believe that indeed "It is finished "
6) "I accepted Jesus as Lord and Need A Bible." (We sent Roger a Bible.)
7) "I have accepted Jesus and prayer not continue to commit sin any more." Matthew
8) Recently had a deputy police chief from a major city accept Jesus on the site. He is responsible for over 1,500 officers and staff and could be a big influence for Jesus. Please pray for J. Ramar.
9) "Jesus is my Lord and Savior, please save us from witchcraft, sorcery, divination, polygamy, immorality, astral projection, pride, all sin iniquity fathers, false religion, false gods, show me your way, give me purity, holiness, give me Jesus true, save me from work of devil, and evil spirit, kingdom of darkness be destroyed, give me holiness, save us from Satan and his work, premature death, I need to serve Jesus, thank You Jesus, Amen." Anna S.
For quite some time now, FaithWriters has been experiencing increasing expenses and declining income. The vast majority (99%) of our members are free, even though our membership is only pennies per day. Our main ongoing expenses come from administering the Challenge, other tools that help writers improve and site maintenance. We have increasing regular expenses and heftier one time expenses like converting our large site to a mobile responsive site. We always seem to have some type of technical issue cropping up that needs to be corrected too.
We need your help by upgrading! Go Gold at $5.95 or Platinum at $10.95 per month and help support the spread of the gospel and the growth of Christian writers on FaithWriters. As followers of Jesus, we are making a difference by publishing the truth of Jesus. Men and women from over 230 countries (View Countries Here) are drawn to the FaithWriters by the various articles on the end of our virtual fishing pole. Often our visitors are from closed countries to the message of Christ and they have no other way to learn about Jesus. They are able to learn from our evangelism site and the sister-sites to which we have provided links, including sites with in-depth information in their native language.
You can also upgrade and designate it as a payment to sponsor new writers. We have many people from around the world who do not have the funds to upgrade. In some countries, even if they do have the funds, no payment processor will handle online payments due to online corruption in their country.
Upgrade or sponsor a person HERE. Just click on Gold or Platinum. As a current member you just need to do the PayPal portion. You do not need to do a new profile. When we see your PayPal come through, we will credit your account. If you wish to sponsor a member, email us after you do the PayPal and tell us your payment was for this purpose. We need to keep telling people about Jesus! Will you help us?
We wish you many blessings in Christ and thank you for your support! Michael & Bea Edwards and everyone at FaithWriters
In supporting FaithWriters you gain access to more tools to improve your writing, foster the growth of new Christian writers and spread the gospel in over 230 countries online. All for pennies per day.
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| | Another Great Way to Improve The Critique CircleFellow Members Need Your Help.
Providing comments and critiques for fellow members is of great encouragement to them. It is also the perfect way to improve your writing skill.
Tips on Giving Critiques
Critiquing the work of others requires balance. Being too nice will not help your fellow writers develop their work; being too harsh can crush a writer’s ego (particularly new writers, who tend to be shy about sharing their work). How can you achieve the right balance? Here are some tips:
Take care to point out both what works, and what doesn’t. If you’re new to critiquing, a good hint would be to point out one thing you like (a phrase, a description, an idea) for each thing that bothered you.
Whenever possible, be specific when pointing out things that you didn’t like (don’t just say “I didn’t like this part” or “I’d cut that,” say “I didn’t like this part because…” or “I’d cut that because…”).
Try to offer suggestions when you think a change is needed. Suggestions, even to the point of an offered rewording, can be very helpful; even if the suggestion isn’t exactly right for the author to use, he or she may get a good idea from it, or at least a better understanding of the point you are trying to make.
Be honest and direct, but in a polite and caring way. Holding back your feelings about a piece because you’re afraid to share your thoughts isn’t going to help anyone. Just be mindful of how you share your opinions!
We Also Need Your Article to Critique!
Members and paid editors provide the critiques in the circle. You can even submit your judged Challenge entries to the circle.
"I have a few, very few, trusted friends who will edit me with a scowl. Most people want you to feel good so they give you compliments about your writing, and these don’t help at all (except emotionally). Really, you need some grouches to edit your work." Philip Yancey in a FaithWriters interview.
This is a real chance to help others and receive some very constructive and private critiques of your writing.
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If we are going to be online, we need to protect ourselves. It only takes a few minutes to change your most important passwords. Always use different passwords for each place you log in and keep them in a safe place. A great way to remember a password is with a sentence. For example, I am a 35 year old Christian writer. Using the first letter in each word plus the numerals and the period, the password is: Iaa35yoCw. Make up a sentence with your pets or kids names, or whatever sentence you can remember. Make sure to include a numeral or two, upper and lower case and a symbol like the example shows. Here are a couple more: 1) I live at 4533 Canyon, Wonderful, AZ. The password ends up being: Ila4533C,W,AZ. 2) I graduated from Alhambra high school in 1977. The password ends up being: IgfAhsi1977.
The world's system is placing all of their faith in the internet, even when they can see how vunerable it is. Thankfully, we know the only place where our faith belongs.
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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. 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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Recently Added Books as Described by the Author
Fiction
The Millennium Ultimatum
Graham Keet
Your Price: $5.75
The peaceful millennium has come to an end. Satan has been released from the abyss and is gathering his forces to overcome the king's government. In a thrilling showdown on Jerusalem's Temple Mount the forces of good and evil meet in a final showdown.
from Amazon.com!
Darling Dare Enduring: The Loss of Her Own Daughter
Donald Standeford
Your Price: $2.99
Darling Dare, 33 years old, grew up an army brat. She is well trained in hand to hand combat. Darling must use her hand-to-hand combat skills to stay alive against the onslaught of evil that comes upon her. She may be alone, but she still has the training left to her by her father. She is not your typical 1961 homemaker and hair salon owner.
from Amazon.com!
The General's Treason
William Charles Oakes
Your Price: $0.99
In Ancient Israel, a good King falters. As a result, his infant son dies in fulfillment of prophesy, his chief General plots treason with other powerful allies in the Kingdom. Together, they attempt the deception of the century. Will they succeed, or will God intervene?
from Amazon.com!
R7:17 DOMINION
W. Anne Vega
Your Price: $4.99
When three renowned strangers accept an invitation from a mysterious and eccentric philanthropist, they unknowingly embark on a life-altering journey, where science and spirituality collide,
from Amazon.com!
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Church Administration
8 1/2 Secrets: How to Keep, Encourage and STOP Driving Your Volunteers Crazy
June Kenny
Your Price: $9.99
8½ SECRETS reveals the down-to-earth practical leadership strategies to energize and mobilize your unpaid workforce. These are the SECRETS your volunteers wished you knew! Are you really doing everything you can to achieve your ministry goals? Empower your volunteers! 8 1/2 SECRETS shows you how!
from Amazon.com!
Free Reads For Reviews
The Truth That Sets You Free
Vicky Jeter
Your Price: $9.99
Your Enemy is Strong but God is Stronger! Humanly we tend to focus on our predicaments of life and we never begin to see what God has already worked out from our beginning. Relooking at the lies we are told, how our minds get lost and how Satan follows us even into the church.
Login to Buy!
Available in more formats from:
Amazon.com
Forever Kozy
Marilyn Borga
Your Price: $4.99
Shadows from Kozy Hanner's past reach out to haunt her when one of her third grade students is whisked into foster care. She must face her fearful memories and learn lessons in forgiveness and compassion before her relationship with Nolan Calderon can move forward.
from Amazon.com!
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