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Parting Words From The Word…

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Don’t you love reading His Word and finding something you’d never noticed–or at least never considered–before? In my reading recently I found a such a verse.

In Acts 4, Peter and John have been called before the Council by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some Saducees because they were healing and preaching the resurrection of the dead. They were thrown in jail.

The next morning the leaders decided that in order to keep Peter and John from spreading their message, they would warn them not to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus again. And here’s where it gets exciting:

But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him? We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:19-20

“We cannot stop telling…”

What about me? What about you? Can we say that? Can we say that we can’t stop telling the Good News of Jesus?

I recently heard that we should have our testimony ready in a variety of forms, to be delivered at a moment’s notice. We should have a 30-second “elevator pitch” testimony, a 2-minute testimony, a longer one, and a fully-written, fleshed-out version.

After all, we have the Good News of the mercy, grace, and love of Jesus. We cannot stop telling everyone about it.

I pray God’s blessing on the work of your hands and your hearts,

Vonda

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Are You Damaged Goods?

depressiongirlchristianphotosI’ve learned a lot during my years of writing and speaking. And some things have surprised me. But nothing has surprised me more than this: we Christians have a hard time letting go of our guilt. Even if we’ve accepted God’s gift of grace and forgiveness, many of us still have a hard time believing He forgets our past. We still hear Satan’s condemnation as he whispers in our ears.

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Three Scripted Words

jesusfeetcrucifiedistockdec10Let’s face it, most writers write because we feel we have something of value to say. We have something we’re passionate about and want to share it with others. (Well, that…and a paycheck. But you need to know up front–if you’re counting on making gobs of money for your writing efforts, you’re probably in the wrong business!)

Most of us write because we hope that someone will learn from our mistakes or be encouraged by our successes; that our stories will entertain readers and perhaps even change lives for eternity.

I hope you’ll enjoy these words about words, taken from my book, Seeing Through the Lies.

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