2017 ACFW CONFERENCE – 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 33 – 8/19/17 – FINANCES FOR THOSE ATTENDING CONFERENCE “My help is from Jehovah who made the mountains! And the heavens, too!” Psalm 121:2, TLB. Lord, You are our faithful God. When You call, You also provide. We’ve seen You provide finances for a writer’s conference two days before it started. …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 34
2017 ACFW CONFERENCE – 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 34 – 8/18/17 – THOSE TEACHING WORKSHOPS Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? Dear Heavenly Father: Many writers have learned various lessons about this writing calling You gave each of us. Some of them will be sharing what they’ve learned with those of us …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 35
2017 ACFW CONFERENCE – 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 35 – 8/17/17 – THE PRAISE BAND AS THEY PRACTICE AND LEAD WORSHIP Heaven Father, we thank You for the talent and willingness of the praise band to serve. Bless them and enlighten them as they practice and lead worship. Help them listen to Your voice as they prepare, so that …
ACFW 40 days of Prayer: Day 36
2017 ACFW CONFERENCE – 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 36 – 8/16/17 – THOSE TEACHING CONTINUING EDUCATION Heavenly Father, please be with those who are teaching the continuing education classes during the conference. Grant them wisdom to impart Your truths to the participants. Help them to be open to the whisperings of Your Holy Spirit as they prepare for the …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 37
2017 ACFW CONFERENCE – 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 37 – 8/15/17 – ACFW MEMBERS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. – Jeremiah 29:11 AMPC Sovereign God, we pray for those who are …
ACFW 40 Days of Prayer: Day 38
2017 ACFW CONFERENCE – 40 DAYS OF PRAYER DAY 38 – 8/14/17 – KEYNOTE SPEAKER Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. —Jeremiah 1:9 Lord, today we lift up Randy Alcorn, our keynote speaker. Father, keep him safe as he travels to and from the conference …
Connections Matter
By Donna L.H. Smith I’ve always heard it said, “It’s not always what you know, it’s who you know.” It’s the same for Christian publishing, too. When I first started writing, I knew very few people, and had few connections. But I continued to learn by attending larger Christian writer’s conferences. My best connection came from my first ACFW conference …
Conference Takeaway
By Donna K. Rice Spring brings a busy conference season for both the writing and ministry arenas. In April, I attended Mount Hermon Writers Conference, came home and repacked, then headed for our ministerial fellowship’s women’s conference. The first weekend in May, I’m off again for another ministerial conference. Since many of us are prepping for ACFW’s conference in September, …
Keep the Energy Going
By Cathleen Armstrong Anyone who has ever attended a conference knows the feeling. You come home exhausted with a notebook full of workshop handouts and a head full of everything you’ll need to take your writing to new levels. You come home with names and email addresses and Facebook contacts of writers with the same goals and aspirations you have …
An Expectant Heart
By Ian Acheson Late last year a pastor spoke a word over me about the Lord wanting to give me a new book, a new optimism and referenced Habakkuk 2:2-3 which talks of waiting on a new vision. I stored it away and got on with life. Over the last couple of years I’ve felt an increasing urge to start …