God, Whose Majesty Is Over Israel Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens. Psalm 68:34 Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names Steps on Your Journey to Know God More Intimately: Meditate on this name today. It’s
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The power of Gratitude Gratitude may be the most powerful source of encouragement for partners to remain committed Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners By Ken Williams and Gaylyn Williams Receiving thanks is a potent motivator to continue praying and giving. Yes, we would hope that our
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An 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
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Want 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
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Jesus’ Name: Stone that the Builders Rejected Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.’ Matthew 21:42 (ESV) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart
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Would you like a unique way to bless people in the military? Do you know anyone in the military? 2031 Names of God makes a great gift for them. Look at what Brig General David B. Warner, USAF (Ret.), Executive Director, Officers’ Christian Fellowship, said about 2031 Names of God: “We serve an amazing God!
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Communicating 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
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Gratitude 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
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A 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
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Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again By Ken Williams, Ph.D. and Gaylyn R. Williams At the beginning of our missionary career, we focused quite a bit on the money we received from partners. But as the years went by and we saw God so faithfully supply every need, our focus turned almost exclusively to the
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A Paradigm Shift: From Donors to Lifelong Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again: A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners A paradigm is “a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline,” according to thefreedictionary.com.*
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God’s Name: Him Who Is from the Beginning Ton Apo Arkhay (Greek) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names © 2011 Relationship Resources, Inc. All Rights Reserved. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. 1 John 2:13
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God’s Name: Lord’s Christ Kurios Christos (Greek) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart A Daily Adventure with 365 of His Names © 2011 Relationship Resources, Inc. All Rights Reserved. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
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Never 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
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Never 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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Would you like a unique way to bless people in the military? Do you know anyone in the military? 2031 Names of God makes a great gift for them. Look at what Brig General David B. Warner, USAF (Ret.), Executive Director, Officers’ Christian Fellowship, said about 2031 Names of God: “We serve an amazing God!
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Almighty God (All Sufficient God) El Shaddai (Heb) From 2031 Names of God: Change Your Life! Get to Know God in Fresh New Ways When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. Genesis 17:1 NKJV Meditate on this
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Ways to Express Gratitude to Ministry Partners Excerpted from Never Do Fundraising Again! © 2012 Relationship Resources An attitude of gratitude is very precious to the Lord (Luke 17:11-19, 2 Timothy 3:2). Here are some ways to express your genuine thanks to your partners in your ministry. If you haven’t used some of these, you
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Never Do Fundraising Again! A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Life-Long Partners Ken and Gaylyn have a new book available. In this practical, biblical book you will discover how to: • Convert one time gifts into lifetime support • Experience the amazing power of gratitude to motivate people • Employ effective communication skills—both written
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Never Do Fundraising Again! A Paradigm Shift from Donors to Lifelong Partners Today is the launch day for Never Do Fundraising Again! It is free today only on Kindle. Go to www.Amazon.com and search for Never Do Fundraising Again! Click on it to “buy” it. It will only be free today. This powerful new book
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