Summer of Sizzle...

The schedules get busier. The temperature gets hotter. And the time we have with God gets shorter. Is that really what we mean to do with our time? We have plenty of blessings but do we actually spend time telling God how grateful we are for so much? Even if your family is having to cut back thanks to the economy, do you thank God for things you didn’t have to cut back?

Just think about it. Can your prayer life sizzle this summer? Can you focus on all you have in a way that brings you into an even closer relationship with God? I hope these articles and devotionals help you do that.

Be sure to forward this e-zine to friends who would also appreciate a nudge to “sizzle” this summer with God.

Blessings to you all!

Joanne Sampl
Editor - Next-Step-of-Faith

Journey Into June by Sherill Schlimpert

Are You Drowning? by Ginger Moore

Seeing Better Than 20/20 by Karen Hossink

God's VIEW - Annabelle's Legacy by Rhoda Baty

Wet Cement by Kel Rohlf

Don't Make A Decision While You're Running Uphill by Karen Hossink

Let Us NOT Shrink Back by Sarah Martin

What If He Isn't Willing by Karen Hossink

That Is Enough - He Is Enough by Leigh Gray

Cultivating Your Writing

Schedule a time to identify one story a week or month and try to get it written. Send it to Next-Step-of-Faith, or to your favorite publication. Keep writing. Use these tips to help this become the spring time or the growing season of your faith writing calling.

1. Plan your article garden. Consider the tone, color and fragrance that will cause a reader to stop and enjoy the story.

2. Identify one incident or experience of your life and outline the beginning, middle and end of the story.

3. Review your outline and revise. Think of a garden bed at the end of winter. Develop the outline ...[read more]

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