2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 35 PRAYER – TOPIC: THE PRAISE BAND AS THEY PRACTICE AND LEAD WORSHIP Let our time together be saturated with our praise for You, dear Lord. Let Your Spirit fill the voices and fingers of the praise team as they prepare to share Your glory with us. May the joy of the …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 36
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 36 PRAYER – TOPIC: THOSE TEACHING CONTINUING EDUCATION “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” Psalm 28:7, NIV Father, we come to You in the Name of Your Precious Son, …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 37
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 37 PRAYER – TOPIC: ACFW MEMBERS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE “‘For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”‘ Lord, so many of our members can’t attend the conference for various …
Being Equipped
By Henry McLaughlin God has a will, or a plan for each of us. Psalm 139:16 (NLT) tells us, You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. Each of us is on this earth for a specific reason. We may …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 38
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 38 PRAYER – TOPIC: KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jesus, thank You for bringing Bill Myers to speak at our conference this year. Lord, as we gather to hear the words of wisdom he has to share, I pray You would be poured out. As Bill prepares his talks, that Your words for us would …
Nuggets of Ideas
By Donna Schlachter We recently returned from a research trip to California, where we stayed in a bed-and-breakfast situation, sharing meals with our host family. They were a delightful couple, and during one of our conversations, she mentioned she’d been working on a short story for a number of years. I asked some questions, and finally she admitted it was …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 39
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 39 PRAYER – TOPIC: THE AUDIO/VISUAL TEAM “We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Thes.1:2-3 NLT). …
Writing like David
By Melissa Tagg So…King David. I kinda love him. I’m talking about David in the Old Testament. The one who took down Goliath. I love the guy and it’s not so much his giant-slaying ability that warms my heart as much as his vulnerability and brutal honesty. He has big ups and big, big downs (and yeah, some not-so-shining moments, …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 40
2015 ACFW CONFERENCE 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 40 PRAYER – TOPIC: GOD’S PRESENCE AND BLESSING Father God, You are our great Almighty Father, and we thank You for the opportunity to join with one another in working for Your glory. We are gathering together to glorify Your name, to learn how to better use our talents for Your glory. …
Creating Characters: Who Will You Be?
By Johnnie Alexander I rested in a vinyl chair, weary and in pain, pensive and in love. My day-old daughter nestled in my arms, her thick black hair brushing against her shoulders. “Who will you be?” I whispered. In that moment, I couldn’t even imagine a toddler “her,” let alone a grown-up “her,” and yet I was so curious. Would …