Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness God provides many examples in His Word of His people responding to bad times with worship and praise. Second Chronicles 20 is my favorite example. A huge army was on the march to obliterate Judah. Their leader Jehoshaphat was terrified, but he
Read MoreExcerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Worship has a special relationship to joy. It is both a key to joy and an expression of joy. Are you down? You can worship God and experience true joy. Are you truly joyful? If so, you will express it best through
Read MoreCommunicating with Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners Written communication can be powerful if it is done right, or it can be a waste of time if done poorly. In this chapter we’ll look at a variety of ways to communicate with partners in written
Read MoreGratitude Releases Joy Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Did you know that the Bible never commands us to feel grateful? God knows that our feelings follow our actions. He tells us to give thanks, knowing that as we do this we will begin to feel thankful if
Read MoreA Checklist for Writing to Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners After you write a letter and before you send it, evaluate it with the following questions. You might want to write your letters with these in mind. Did I write it with only one
Read MoreAs God’s children we have immeasurable resources at our disposal for managing stress effectively. God provides these resources so we can live abundant, fruitful lives even under great amounts of stress. They are our greatest source of help in times of stress. Paul’s prayer in Colossians 1:9-14 illustrates some of these resources. However, applying
Read MoreDid you know that stress can be helpful and healthy? Excerpted from All Stressed Up and Everywhere to Go, Solutions to De-Stressing Your Life, Recover Your Sanity By Ken Williams, Ph.D. and Gaylyn Williams Stress is normal. Up to a point, it is helpful and healthy. Often we view all stress as negative, when
Read MoreGet your f.r.e.e eBook: Unlocking Joy Excerpted from Unlocking Joy Click the following link to get a copy of Unlocking Joy, without any obligation. Can you relate to the following statistics? A majority of people in ministry constantly fight depression. 70% of people in ministry have a lower self-image now than when they first started. And this is just
Read MoreHow Do We Stress Ourselves? Excerpted from All Stressed Up and Everywhere to Go, Solutions to De-Stressing Your Life, Recover Your Sanity Internal stress can cause us to see and feel the stress situation to be worse than it really is. Internal stress is the burden of unresolved mental and emotional stress we carry
Read MoreWorship expresses true joy and we find true joy through worship. Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness When joy lifts our hearts, our most appropriate response is to worship the Creator of joy. When our hearts are burdened, we can find joy through worshiping the One who gives
Read MoreAn Amazing Story Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness God provides many examples in His Word of His people responding to bad times with worship and praise. Second Chronicles 20 is my favorite example. A huge army was on the march to obliterate Judah. Their leader Jehoshaphat was
Read MoreWant more Joy? Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Worship has a special relationship to joy. It is both a key to joy and an expression of joy. Are you down? You can worship God and experience true joy. Are you truly joyful? If so, you will express
Read MoreCommunicating with Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners Written communication can be powerful if it is done right, or it can be a waste of time if done poorly. In this chapter we’ll look at a variety of ways to communicate with partners in
Read MoreGratitude Releases Joy Excerpted from Keys to Joy: How to Unlock God’s Gift of Lasting Happiness Did you know that the Bible never commands us to feel grateful? God knows that our feelings follow our actions. He tells us to give thanks, knowing that as we do this we will begin to feel thankful if
Read MoreA Checklist for Writing to Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners After you write a letter and before you send it, evaluate it with the following questions. You might want to write your letters with these in mind. Did I write it with only one
Read MoreNever Do Fundraising Again Excerpted from the introduction on Never Do Fundraising Again When the Lord led us (Ken and my wife Bobbie) to join Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1957, we joyfully anticipated translating the New Testament for a language group without a Bible in Guatemala. That came to pass, but God also had an
Read MoreNever Do Fundraising Again! A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Life-Long Partners This powerful new book contains over 200 pages of proven strategies and skills for building and maintaining your support. It is filled with powerful stories from the author’s lives and others who are using the biblical principles. This book is written by
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