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Get Ready to Write Your Book!

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Do you have a book idea burning inside of you but you’re not sure how to organize your thoughts and bring your manuscript to life? Are you struggling to figure out where to start with your story and fighting writer’s block every time you sit in front of your computer screen or try to put pen to paper? Are you interested in learning more about the world of indie publishing?

If your answer is “YES” to any or all of these questions, I’m excited to share that I am now offering Book Writing Coaching sessions!

I’ve been writing since I was a child, and I have a Master’s Degree in Journalism from New York University. I have written for various publications including The New York Times and was an associate editor and writer at Latina magazine. My books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible are available on Amazon. I’m currently working on my third book and continue to blog.

I’m now feeling led to help raise up the next generation of Christian writers who have the gift of the pen and would like to bring glory to God through writing.

You can learn more about these new 10-week Book Writing Coaching sessions by clicking here. I can only work with a limited amount of writers at this time. I hope one of them is YOU!

Don’t let another year come and go with your book idea hiding in your thoughts or in your journals. If God is calling you to share your story with others and to bless them with the lessons you’ve learned and the encouragement and comfort you’ve received, I hope you will take this important next step in your writing journey!

Many blessings to you as you take steps to write your book!

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

 

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5 Bible Verses to Help You Wait on God Well!

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Are you frustrated or anxious because you don’t see God moving in your life? Are you tempted to give up and walk away from all that God has promised you? Don’t quit in the middle of your journey!

Here are 5 Bible verses to help as you wait on God to move in your life:

  • “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14)
  • “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. (Psalm 130:5)
  • “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)
  • “We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.” (Psalm 33:20)
  • “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1)

I hope you will pray over, mediate, and memorize these verses and find more in the Bible. If you’d like more encouragement, I invite you to check out my book Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough! You’ll find insightful tips, practical action steps, and plenty of inspiring Bible verses to help as you walk through whatever valley, desert, or wilderness you are in.

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Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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5 Journal Writing Prompts

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More and more people are telling me that they enjoy writing and would like to one day write a book. What a beautiful dream to have! I’m excited to announce that I’ve just launched a Book Writing Coaching program, which you can learn more about by clicking here.

I like to encourage folks to begin their writing journey by keeping a journal. Journaling helps you to record your life story and to save precious memories. Writing down your thoughts and reflections also help you to meditate and remember all that the Lord is speaking to your heart through His Word.

Not sure what to write in your journal?

Here are 5 Journal Writing Prompts to inspire you to write away:

  • The best thing about today was ….
  • One thing I learned today was …
  • The best way to describe today is …
  • Today I’m feeling like this person from the Bible …
  • Today this Bible verse is speaking to me ….

Need more ideas? You can get a free copy of my “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF when you sign up to get my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed to you. This blog is like my online journal in many ways.

I also have stacks and stacks of journals at home. If you’re like me and you never have enough blank notebooks to jot down your thoughts or if you have avid writers in your life, I invite you to take a look at Abounding Faith’s online store to find journals like the ones below (many of the covers feature pics I’ve taken during my travels):

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Blessings to you on your writing journey!

Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Book Writing Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

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If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (Part 5)

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I pray you’re having a wonderful August! This week I thought I’d let these images do the talking! I pray they encourage you! To find more images like this, follow Abounding Faith on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. Blessings!

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To view “If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” Parts 1-4, click here.
 
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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Abounding Faith on TV

I recently had the pleasure of being invited by Pastor Luis Ortiz of Ebenezer Productions to talk about my books Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith on his TV show. The interview aired live in Brooklyn and on Facebook Live. The above video is the Facebook Live version. I pray that what I shared in the video blesses you! I plan to share the fancier version of the video as soon as it’s ready.

Here’s a pic of me in the studio after the video was shot.

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As a writer, I’m more comfortable being behind-the-scenes but the Lord gives me the grace and courage to speak about Him in different settings including on live TV. All Glory to God!

I plan to keep speaking and writing as long as the Lord keeps giving me something to say!

If this video encourages you, please leave a comment here or on the video. I’d love to hear your thoughts! Blessings to you as you Wait on God Well and live by Abounding Faith!

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

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Letting God Lead! (Revisited)

When God opened the door for me to appear on the show “Open” on BronxNet last August to talk about my book Waiting on God Well, I prayed and went. It was a different type of mission field. But as long as God was there, I was fine. I couldn’t have asked for a more gracious host than Bob Lee! He even let me pray on air! Glory!

I hope you’re encouraged by taking another look at the interview and the original “Let God Lead” blog post from last year.

Blessings to you as you Wait on God Well!

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Reflections on Speaking Up

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The Lord continues to open doors for me to speak about Him, and I am excited! This is part of what I’ve been Waiting on God Well for during these last couple of years.

I didn’t know how, or when, or really even what I wanted to say. I just knew that God was calling me to write and speak for His glory.

A few weeks ago, the Lord allowed me to once again run the service at Central Delaware Trinity Covenant in Upstate, NY. What an honor! It was great to visit my college friend and the folks at her church. It’s a blessing to get to do even simple things like choosing the bulletin for that Sunday’s service. It’s a privilege to get to lead the service, bring the sermon, and fellowship with the congregation afterward.

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The following Saturday, the Lord allowed me to visit my friends at Woodcrest, the nursing home where my friend, Chaplain Jamary, runs a beautiful Bible study and service. My friends at Woodcrest were the first small group to study Waiting on God Well. They are the first small group to be reading Abounding Faith. It was a bit surreal to join them as they studied my book! I was encouraged to hear their thoughts about that week’s Bible character, Paul. It was also a blessing to get to worship with them and speak to them during the service time.

I’ve also gotten to speak to Connect Group leaders from Every Nation NYC and got to run the Prayer Breakfast that my friends at Queens NY AGLOW held yesterday where Elder Barbara Chisholm of Perfecting Faith Church was the guest speaker.

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I don’t take all of this lightly. Speaking about God and to His people is an honor! Now I’m starting to see why He’s been taking so much time and care preparing me for this season of my journey. I certainly didn’t get here overnight. And I still have a long way to go and lots to learn, but I’m delighted that the Lord would allow me to be His ambassador and witness through the written and spoken word.

I’ll be sure to share lessons I’m learning along the way. For now, I’d like to thank you again for being on this journey with me! God is moving! I’d like to remind you that God loves you more than you know! He loves you more than you can even imagine!

God wants to speak to you through His Word, the Bible. The Bible is God’s love letter to you and your instruction manual:

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

I hope you are taking time to soak in God’s presence. That’s where He’ll reveal His plans for you and give you the grace to make it through your day, week, and life!

I look forward to sharing more with you about my speaking journey!

If you’re having an event or gathering and would like me to come speak to your group, I’d be delighted to learn more about it! Please visit my speaking page for more information.

Blessings to you as you take steps forward in your faith journey!

Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Thanks Readers and Online Community!

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I’d like to take a moment this week and thank my readers and online community! Thank you for taking this journey with me! I appreciate your support and encouragement!

Your “likes,” comments, shares, and feedback encourage me to continue writing and speaking. Private me would probably keep most of my thoughts hidden in my journal instead of sharing it with the public. I’m delighted to hear that you are being blessed!

There are a few groups of people I’d like to acknowledge:

Thank you to those of you who are faithfully reading my blog and to the more than 400 of you who have clicked “like” here! I pray you are being encouraged and will tell your friends about my blog.

Thank you to those of you who are buying my books and sharing them with others! I love hearing how you are being blessed! I pray you are being inspired to Wait on God Well and to walk in Abounding Faith! Please take a moment to write a review on Amazon to help encourage others to read the books. If you have pics with your copies of my books, please send them my way!

Thank you to those of you who are connecting with me on social media! I just crossed 1,000 followers on Twitter! Praise God!  You can find me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and Periscope! Thank you for the likes, retweets, shares, and hearts!

A special thank you to those of you who are attending my events and inviting me to come speak at your events and gatherings! I’m excited about this door that the Lord has opened!

Whether you are reading my words, hearing me speak at events, chatting with me during life coaching calls, or shopping at Abounding Faith’s online store, I pray that you are encouraged!

God is moving! There is more to come. Please feel free to invite your friends to join this journey and be inspired.

If my words are inspiring you and encouraging you on your faith journey, praise God! I’d love to know! Are you drawing closer to God? Are you growing in your faith? How is God moving in your life in this season?

Wherever you are in your faith journey, I pray that you will live for the audience of The One and not the applause of man. Purpose in your heart to obey God and to follow His leading and His timing, and He will amaze you by how He shows up and shows off in your life! Glory! “Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4)

I’d like to leave you with this priestly blessing found in the Bible:

“The Lord bless you and keep you;

the Lord make his face shine on you

and be gracious to you;

the Lord turn his face toward you

and give you peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26)

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Great Gifts for Grads, Dreamers, and More!

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Looking for gifts for the special grads in your life, the dreamers you know, or friends going on missions trips this summer? I’d like to share these mugs, journals, tote bags, greeting cards, and T-shirts with you from Abounding Faith’s online store.

I’m delighted that the Lord has allowed me to design these items and that I can share them with you! I pray these designs inspire you (and your loved ones) as you walk by faith and live your God-given dreams!

There are more than 100 items to choose from including passport holders, luggage tags, pillows, and more!

A big thank you to those who are already shopping at Abounding Faith’s online store! I appreciate your support as I live out the dreams that God has placed on my heart!

There’s a taste of some of the collections below. I hope you see something you like! Feel free to send me pics of you with your items. And please tell your friends about Abounding Faith’s online store! Thanks! Blessings!

The Abounding Faith mountain and ocean collections: The mugs and journals are perfect for quiet times with the Lord!

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The Pray, Dream, Do, Repeat collection: Inspiration for dreamers and doers!

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The Christ Loves the Nations collection: Passport holders, luggage tags and more for those who’ve answered the call to Go Ye!

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The Miraculous Lovely collection: Celebrate the beauty of God’s creation and His Amazing Love for Us!

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Happy Halftime of the Year!

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Happy June! It’s the month when we celebrate summer, grads, dads, and weddings. It’s also the halfway point of the year. It’s the perfect time to take stock of how the year is going.

How are you doing with your goals? Do you remember the one word you picked out for 2016 or the resolution you made in January?

Despite any trials, tests, or difficulties you may be facing, is this year shaping up to be as great as you had hoped? Are you drawing closer to Jesus? Is your faith in God increasing? I pray your answer is, “Yes!”

You may recall that my one word for this year is NEW. I’m delighted that so far my year has been filled with new experiences! You can read about the launch of my new book Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible, my very first Abounding Faith Live event, and hear about my visits to the United Nations. I’m also getting to meet new people and visit new places.

Can you tell that I am grateful to God for this *new* season that I am in? I’m so thankful for those who are praying for me as I continue on my faith journey!

I pray that you are see God moving in your life and that you will accomplish all the good works God has predestined for you.

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10)

If you are feeling stuck, discouraged, or confused about how to live your God-given passion and purpose, I would love to help you make the rest of the year the best of your year as your Life Coach. I would be delighted to help you identify your God-given dreams, explore what’s holding you back from living those dreams, prayerfully map out a plan together so you can reach your goals, and hold you accountable and pray for you along your journey. If you’d like to learn more about having me as your Life Coach, please click here.

May you be even more fruitful in the upcoming six months! Blessings!

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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