God does not want you to run yourself into exhaustion, even by doing good deeds, church work or writing. … Read More
Category: Authors’ Inspiration
I have found myself pausing to think and meditate on what exactly does this means and what are the implications of this to my life. We are the dwelling place of God. … Read More
When you see non-believers or those who pretend to be believers get their books out with a misleading or hyped message and it sells like hot cake, we can get discouraged. But we have to remain faithful to the message God gave us and deliver it as He said. … Read More
Counting Joy When You Fall Into Temptations – Biblical Inspiration for Authors (Abiah Adnah McKenna)
I have already accepted that trials and tribulations are inevitable, life has its highs and lows whether you are a Christian or not. … Read More
This purpose is our good deeds, the Bible reminds us that our service to God is what we were called to do, relating to God in serving him. … Read More
I believe that we are also in the context of a world faced with the deception, immorality, and false teachings that Jude warned his listeners about. … Read More
Once in a while, we all get to the point of despair, discouragement, not knowing what to do next. What can you do when you want to write but don't know where to start? … Read More
(James 1:18) “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures”.The New Living Translation of the scripture above says “He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.” Of all the things in creation, we’re the first and the best; we’re the Father’s crown and beauty. This doesn’t describe everybody in the world, but we who are born again; those to whom He gave birth through His Word are His trophies; … Read More
To have a heart for obedience is to have a deep desire to receive daily direction from the Holy Spirit. To obey is to walk in His ways, step by step- trusting that God is leading you and that He will correct you should you make an error. … Read More
Speaking of Passion, it brings glory to God, as we serve him passionately we lift him publicly and bring the honor to him. Passion is the zeal, inspiration, and tenacity; with holy intensity and impelling spiritual emotion. Speaking of Passion, it brings glory to God, as we serve him passionately we lift him publicly and bring the honor to him. Passion is the zeal, inspiration, and tenacity; with holy intensity and impelling spiritual emotion. … Read More
As authors, we must take and serve God's diet always. The messages we serve the world MUST not contradict God's word. We should always use God's word as the foundation and yardstick. … Read More
Identifying with our Saviour Jesus Christ means we were born of him and that we carry character traits of him, therefore our lifestyle should portray Jesus Christ in us. When we are connected to the true vine (Jesus), this means we are his branches… Isn't this fascinating? … Read More
When everything around you is uncertain, the key to stability is to focus on unchangeable truth. In the days ahead, you need to focus on what never changes: God’s character and God’s Word. And the unchangeable truths is found in scriptures. … Read More
As authors, writers, reader and ultimately Christians are to express our love, gratitude and worship to God in prayer without worrying too much about having just the right words to say. … Read More
After Gods grants us victory and we author books that impact the world, let us emulate the one leper who returned to give thanks to the lord. … Read More
All that God created was very good. There was no pain, diseases, sickness, catastrophes, or any evil that you can name. God also gave man dominion over the earth, but the man lost this dominion to Satan when he disobeyed God by eating fruits from the forbidden tree. … Read More
As you get deep in Christ, you get the fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control and this get you loaded for impacts, for fruitfulness. … Read More
It is said that ‘Fear not’ is in the Bible 365 times, maybe one for each day of the year. It might be God knows that you need to remind yourself not to fear each day of your life. … Read More
There are many people naturally gifted in the world to write. There are many who have admirable command of languages. There are many books/ blogs/ poems/ songs being written and published in the world on a daily basis. Literature or artistic work done by a Christian should stand out from the “crowd”. … Read More
If God gave you a dream for your life, it will happen. It just has to happen on his timetable, not yours. … Read More
Today we generally don’t write much due to technology, so most stories will only end up in social media platforms where we simply see them as fun points yet there is so much to learn from those stories. … Read More
Writing has always been a noble thing since the ancient times. Not everyone had the gift of writing, but the writers wrote not only for themselves but also for others. It was a way of preserving information. … Read More
The Saviour of the world accepted the troubles that came with the position. He ensured the work was finished as was scheduled to happen - death. Unlike Samson, Jesus never took his eyes off the cross – a very painful goal - death. For such a kind gentleman, He didn't shy away from goals. We even know how He travelled long distances and long hours to teach people. … Read More
Every message you pass across needs to be constructive and edifying . In other words, make sure you are building people up and positioning them on a path that will move them forward. … Read More
By Jimmy Nzioki During the CLC Kenya’s Entrpreneurs Webibar, we had a Bookpreneurship break-out session where we learnt that we should look at authorship as a responsibility and not just an opportunity. With that in mind, we’ll look at various authors in the Bible who took up the challenge of writing as a responsibility and more so as a way of preserving the events that occurred for the sake of future generations. Most if not all, wrote for the sake of posterity. We have the same challenge today as authors to be the record-keepers of the events that happen in … Read More
My name is Joyce Maina – a wife, mother and grandmother. Am a retired teacher and a career counsellor. Jesus is my Lord and Savior and He is the subject of our talk today. Let us start with a word of prayer: Heavenly Father, Lord God Almighty, by your Holy Spirit, give us wisdom to understand your Word, in the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. Just before Jesus was crucified, He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit. The times became hard, almost unbearable. Those who stayed in Jerusalem had the door locked for … Read More
Fearful is when I lose to fear Fearless is when I lose my fear After I lost fear; i was found … Read More
Each writer has his part and assignment in the overall plan. You have your assigned lane. If you don’t run on it, it will remain as is. God’s voice is put on paper for the others to read and act on. His agenda is made clear through the writings we do. … Read More
Objectives: Writing: an effective technology since ages past. The significance of writing The implication to “we” the writers. Writing: an effective technology since ages past Our foundational scripture is; Romans 15:4 For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope. (AMP) In describing writing/books as a technology, Chad Grill the Chief Executive Officer of the mission, a network of business & tech podcasts designed to accelerate learning, says that, “The most useful definition of … Read More
Through your books, you prophesy and bring healing, salvation, and restoration to the nations. You might not be a renowned author (yet) but continue walking with Christ. … Read More
Now that you have become a child of God, you are called a minister. A minister is a servant of authority whom God has sent in His authority to perform His service to mankind. Serving mankind needs preparation which takes one into writing. … Read More
Just like us, each time the Israelites encountered something difficult, they complained and grumbled against Moses and by extension against God. And so here Moses is inquiring about whom God will send him with. He acknowledges here that he needs help, he can’t do this by himself. … Read More
Goliath calls them servants of Saul. If you pass through quickly, there seems to be no problem with that statement. But contrast Goliath’s statement with David’s perspective. … Read More
Among the many possibilities of what Paul could requisition, he settled for his coat and his books (scrolls and parchments). This gives us a peek into the type of person Paul was. It seems to me that he had quite an appreciation for knowledge. It is no wonder he could hold his own against the best thinkers of the day at Athens at a time when philosophy ruled and Christianity was considered a sect! … Read More
I see authors from Kenya and Africa as small Gideons. The Lord has called us to confront the wanting culture of writing and reading in our country and continent. We are sticking our necks out to fight the giants of the prevailing attitudes, that there are not many authors in Kenya; that Kenyans do not read; that all worthy reading books are from the western world. … Read More
Therefore, push on, write and publish that book confidently. Then write another if you may. A fundi (carpenter) might discover it one day in an old building. He might give it to his bosses. And a nation might be changed forever. You never know. … Read More