Day 1 That God’s will be accomplished at the conference Ephesians 6:8–With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. Heavenly Father, Thank you for being a God who is in control of all, who doesn’t leave us to …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Two
Day 2 Good weather for travel Luke 8:24b–And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. Lord God, Master of all creation, many of Your children will be traveling over the coming days to this conference. We ask Your blessing for good weather — for calm winds, fair skies, and …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Three
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Stanley Williams and the Early Bird Session Proverbs 2:2–Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Lord, we pray that as Stanley Williams prepares for the Early Bird Session, you give him the wisdom and guidance he needs. We pray …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Four
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Wisdom in decision making for the Operating and Advisory Board as they meet before the conference. I Thessalonians 1:2-3–We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers. Father God, we thank you for those individuals …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Five
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Travel safeties Psalm 121:3b-4–He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Dear Heavenly Father, We lift up our brothers and sisters who are traveling to the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in St. Louis …
Five Things I Learned on my Way to Publication
by Rose Allen McCauley I have been a member of ACFW for nine years now, since I joined in Sept. 2002, right before the first national conference. Several times at conferences, I’ve heard the statistic that it takes an author an average of seven years from beginning to write to attaining a contract. My contract was awarded at last year’s …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Six
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. For Worship Pleasing to God Psalm 115:1–Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. Father God, thank you for the opportunity to gather together as fellow believers in you. We ask that as we spend time singing, …
Do What You Are: by Tina Radcliffe
Life is a balancing act, and the words of Alex Cross, in James Patterson’s, Along Came a Spider, “Do what you are,” are a challenge when applied to our daily lives. If you were to list those things that fill your life in order of importance from least to most, how much time would you admit they occupy in your …
Forty Days of Prayer: Day Seven
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Health for all attending the conference Psalm 139:14a–I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. God, you are gathering us here with purpose. I pray for each person participating that beginning now you would place a hedge of …
ACFW Volunteer Spotlight
This week’s volunteer spotlight features one of the people responsible for there being an ACFW. As a founding member of ACFW, Lynn Coleman continues to give to ACFW, and we appreciate that willingness.She’s doing an awesome job with the Historical loop–brainstorming ways to make the loop more informative for the members, bringing in author interviews, and compiling sites of interest. …