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| Tamera Alexander |
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish. Hebrews 12:1,2a | New Living Translation
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"I love this passage because it challenges me to run my own race in this life. Not someone else's, but the race that God has specifically designed for Tamera Alexander. I am to keep my eyes on Him, instead of the race someone else might be running beside me. It's so easy to let my focus drift, to start to want what the runner beside me has. Maybe their path appears smoother or more successful. Maybe their writing seems effortless while I'm over here struggling with every single word (of course, I don't see the cabinets they're kicking in the privacy of their own home ). Whatever the reason for my drifting focus, these verses in Hebrews call me back to keep my attention on the Source of my faith and to pursue the path of writing that God has for me."
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| Robin Bayne |
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21
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"I first found this verse through a site that makes birthday verse jewelry-- I entered my birthdate of June 21 (6/21) and Matthew 6:21 came up as my verse. The more I read it and used it as a signature (on message boards) the more I related to it. If Jesus is my treasure, my heart will be with Him."
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| Ron and Janet Benrey |
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
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"We find this verse a beacon of hope in a world full of 'bad news' and unpleasant realities. We keep it in mind when we plot our own novels -- because our readers will think about the things we write, we strive to make our stories more lovely than depressing, more admirable than grim."
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| Irene Brand |
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you." Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
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"It’s difficult to choose a “favorite” scripture verse because all of God’s Word has a significant impact on my life. But when I considered this assignment, the verse from Matthew was the first one that came to mind. I quote this often when I share the impetus for my Christian commitment. The degree of my faith is measured by the level of the submission of every facet of my life under the authority of Christ."
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| Wanda Brunstetter |
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Proverbs 17:22 |
"The reason Proverbs 17:22 is my favorite verse is because my childhood was sad and I rarely laughed or even smiled during most of my growing up years. When I found Jesus as my personal Savior, I wanted others to know the love of Jesus and see Him living in me. So I began to practice being happy, always looking for the special things God created to make us laugh and smile. It always brings me joy when one of my readers lets me know that something I wrote made them smile or laugh out loud. My first Amish novel, "A Merry Heart" (which is now part of the book entitled LANCASTER BRIDES) is based on Proverbs 17:22."
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| Jamie Carie |
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 |
"I used to live in fear. But scriptures like this one give me hope for my future and show me how much God loves me."
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Collier |
"Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude." 1 Corinthians 13: 4-13
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"It's really about unconditional love, something you will rarely find in this life here on earth. The love of Jesus is unconditional. And, in a world riddled with conditions, true unconditional seems beyond reach. But with faith, you can feel it. You can experience moments of it. And, most of all, you can be an example of it."
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| Mary Connealy |
"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40: 30,31 (KJV)
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"When my father was sick I claimed this verse. I would pray that my loving,
faithful father would somehow shake free from cancer and the Lord would
renew his strength, stop him from always being so weary, help him walk and
not be faint.
Well, that never happened for my dad. He passed away several years ago. I
reread this verse after his death and the words had a new meaning. My Dad
was a man who truly waited on the Lord. This verse reminds me what true
strength is. I know God has lifted Dad up on wings like eagles. It helps me
to wait on the Lord for the day we will all truly soar on wings like eagles."
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| Margaret Daley |
"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." James 4:8
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"I love this passage because it gives you such hope, comfort and peace. God is with us. What a wonderful thing!"
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| Brandt Dodson |
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." Colossians, 3:1
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"It’s easy to get caught up in the here and now of daily living. But we are told to follow Christ, whose example pointed toward an eternal and heavenly existence."
'Keeping our 'eyes on the prize', on Christ, will help us to live our daily lives on earth with the promise that all things work together for the good of those who love Him."
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| Linda Ford |
"Show the wonder of Your great love, You who save by your right hand those who take refuge in You from their foes." Psalm 17:7
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"I find encouragement in this verse and try and use it as guidance in my stories--through the lives of my characters showing the refuge and wonder of God's love."
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| Beth Goddard |
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." Isaiah 49: 15, 16
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"There are so many scriptures that have been important to me throughout the course of my life. I have scriptures I hold dear that the Lord has given me for my children, for my marriage and for my writing as well. At this point in my journey, Isaiah 49:15, 16 jumps out at me and takes my breath away. It’s as if the Lord himself is going out of his way to tell me how passionately He loves me—that I am foremost on His mind. Knowing how much I love my children and that He loves me even more than a mother’s love for her child is hard to comprehend. We are all his favorite ones—something only the God of the universe, our creator, can accomplish. When I read this scripture, I can see Him standing there as if in the distance and shouting with everything in Him, trying to make me understand how much He loves me. He will not forget me! I can’t begin to explain, though I’m a writer, how much this touches my heart and blesses me."
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| Louise M. Gouge |
"He shall choose our inheritance for us." Psalm 47:4a
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"I love this verse because I see it as a promise that God will choose what is best for me. I can rest in that promise and not be anxious about what is happening or not happening in my life."
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| Tricia Goyer |
"The Lord your God is with you.
He is mighty enough to save you.
He will take great delight in you.
The quietness of his love will calm you down.
He will sing with joy because of you."
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
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"I love the idea that God is delighted by me . . . that He sings over me. I also find it so true that God's love quiets me and His power saves me. So much truth in so few words!"
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| Sharon Hinck |
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us."
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)
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"I love that God’s grace leaks out through the cracks and chips in our lives. He pours His glory into our humble lives, and accomplishes things that are clearly His all-surpassing power and not our own. I also am amazed how God can fit His grace between paperback covers and get it into the hands of others who need an encouraging story. Our novels, like our lives, are humble jars of clay – but because of what He pours into them, they have tremendous value."
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| Annette M. Irby |
"And let the beauty of the LORD our God be on us; and establish the work of our hands on us; yea, the work of our hands, establish it."
Psalm 90:17 (Modern KJV)
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"God is beautiful. As the Father unveils the beauty of the Son to me, I am wooed. Whether I’m writing music or novels, I love this verse because I want to see God’s beauty show up on the page, in the notes or in the rhythm of the words. His beauty in my work is like the oil of His presence transcending time and space—His Holy Spirit will visit the reader and bless her/him. That’s my highest goal."
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| Sunni Jeffers |
"You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 (NIV)
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"I was sitting in church one Sunday when the pastor read this verse and it was like an arrow shot right into my heart, as if the Lord said to me, 'This is My verse for you. I've burned it on your heart.' That was several years before I even thought of writing books, and at least a dozen years before I realized God was calling me to write Christian fiction. Then the verse became all the more meaningful and purposeful to me.
"This says to me, I am first His letter, written by Him on my heart, and then because of this, I am to write letters, or books, that others may read the stories He has burned into my heart.
"I also love it in The Message Bible:
'Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God's living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.'"
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| Kathleen E. Kovach |
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalms 139: 13-16 (NIV)
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"I’m known for my. . .uniqueness. Okay, I love to think outside the box. This sometimes draws criticism from those who don’t know me and loving pats on the head from those who do. This verse tells me that God made me just the way I am. Hands on, He crafted my very being. My physical body as well as my odd quirks. My logical thought process as well as my imagination. There used to be a saying a few years ago. “I know I’m somebody because God doesn’t make junk!” This passage proves it. We were all knit together by a loving hand, watched over by a protective eye, and our days consecrated by the Creator of the universe. Am I special? You betcha! We all are."
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| Gail Gaymer Martin |
"Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
" Psalm 30:5 (NIV)
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"This verse, reminds me of the difficult times in my life when I wondered if things would ever be the same. I felt alone and lost. Especially at night when everything is quiet, I seem to let those troubles weigh me, but with God's love and mercy, I am reminded that though troubles, as dark as night, seem to surround me, God's presence---His strength, comfort, forgiveness, and love---surrounds me, making even my dark spirit shine with the light of His love. Then I know, in the Lord, the night is short, and I will have joy in the morning."
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| DiAnn Mills |
"But if I say, 'I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,' his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot." Jeremiah 20:9
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"This verse demonstrates my passion for the ministry of writing fiction that glorifies God."
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| Trish Perry |
"Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established." Proverbs 16:3 (NKJV)
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"This is a fantastic promise for writers! In my experience, God repeatedly proves His intent in this verse. Before I started seriously writing, I always wondered how I would manage to come up with new ideas after finishing my first novel. Now I never worry about that anymore. When I make a habit of deliberately turning to Him, committing to Him what I write before I write, everything falls together. I don’t even notice His blessing every time, until the work is already done. He establishes my thoughts in ways I never could on my own."
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| Marlo Schalesky |
"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
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"Often, when I face failure or disappointment or times when what I thought should happen didn’t, I worry that I somehow will miss what God has for me to do, the vision he has for my life. But this scripture reminds me that God has already prepared the things he will have me do, and he has created me for his purpose. I need only follow him, love him, walk with him the best I can. And he will not let the vision for me or my life fail. No matter what. I can trust that."
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| Annette Smith |
"Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice." Psalm 51:17 The Message
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"We are all, in some ways, broken and shattered. We have been through messes. We have made and caused messes. I find great comfort in this promise. God never loses track. He never turns away. He never loses sight of us, even when we lose sight of Him."
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| Camy Tang |
[Jesus speaking] "But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." John 12:32
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"I keep this in front of me as I write, so that I remember to lift up Christ in my writing, so that He can draw people to Himself."
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| Amy Wallace |
"I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." 2 Samuel 24:24 (NIV)
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"This verse speaks to a tender place in my writing journey, that of learning how tough this business is and at the same time finding God so faithful. God used this verse to teach me that writing is worship which costs much. But it is a sacrifice and offering of tears, time, and faith that God receives."
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| Merrillee Whren |
"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am pursuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:37 - 39
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"What a fabulous promise God has given us! He tells us nothing can separate us from His love. Through Him we are conquerors. I love this scripture because no matter what might be happening in our lives, we can take comfort in knowing that God's love is always there surrounding us and because of that we can get through the battle and come out winners. Praise God for his wonderful promises."
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| Lenora Worth |
"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
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"This scripture reminds me that no matter what life brings, the Lord is always constant and true. We look at our lovely gardens and know that God produced them, but when they die back we might get sad and wonder why we couldn't save them, why nature won't cooperate with us. But we need to be reminded that it's not so much the blossom that counts--it's the root. If our spiritual roots are strong, we will blossom and grow in the love of God. Life is like a garden, with seasons of hope and beauty and seasons of drought and decay. But if we know, through good times and bad, that God is constant, we will stand on a firm foundation."
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