Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts

Monday, December 3, 2012

Author Tia McCollors



If These Shoes Could Talk Virtual Book Tour

BOOK SUMMARY:

If These Shoes Could Talk is a 30-day devotional for a woman's daily walk. Tia McCollors uses inspiration infused with humor and wisdom to deliver a message that will move women forward in their lives of faith. 

At the end of each reading, she lists scriptures to "Stand On The Word," as well as a self-reflection section to "Think It Out. Write It Out. Walk It Out."
Some devotion titles include: "Your Royal Highness," "Me and My B.I.G. Mouth," "Upgrade Me," and "Pantyhose and Rubber Bands."



 
AUTHOR BIO:

Tia McCollors used to dream of being a television news anchor, but her destiny led her behind the pages instead of in front of the cameras. After earning a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications from UNC-Chapel Hill, she worked in the public relations industry for several years. In 1999, a job layoff prompted Tia to re-discover her love for crafting stories.
In addition to being an author of a growing number of faith-based novels, Tia is an inspirational speaker and instructor for writing workshops. She particularly enjoys coaching women of faith, female entrepreneurs, and stay-at-home mothers. The Prissy Purse Devotions is her first non-fiction devotion series.
Tia lives in the Atlanta area with her husband, children, and their lonesome betta fish, Big Blue.



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LINK TO PURCHASE PAPERBACK VERSION:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615679889?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0615679889&linkCode=xm2&tag=tiam-20

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Virtual Book Tour Debut Author K. E. Allen



 About the Book

How does a person move from a place deficient of light?  How can an individual shift from a place of complete and utter chaos, obscurity, apathy, and adversity?  The pathway to transformation is through in-depth conversations with the One True God of Creation–El·ō·hēm'.  For you to move to a place of prophetic providence, your conversation must be divinely inspired.  Hebrews 11:3 states: “The worlds were framed by the Word of God.”  Framing begins with an idea, expands as a result of the imagination, and gives life through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through divine utterance for a specific purpose.  Declaring the Word of God releases the creative power of God for authentic transformation.
K. E. Allen designed this book to draw you into a deeper conversation with the Father to renew your prayer life, mend your brokenness, enlighten your pathway, and arrange your chaos according to the divine order of God. This resource will help you exercise your kingly and priestly authority and impose kingdom mandates to release God’s original intent in your life, family, community, city, region, and nation.  It will encourage you to frame your prophetic destiny.

About the Author 
 K. E. ALLEN has proven to be an incredible, spiritual force in the Kingdom of God by displaying a God given indomitable spirit to change atmospheres and environments. Through the extraordinary gift of intercession and pure worship, she has become a spiritual weapon in the hand of the Lord whose knowledge is relevant for the church today. She is a dynamic leader, extravagant worshiper and prophetic intercessor whose worship has become a definitive lifestyle that penetrates and permeates every facet of her life and the lives of those she touches.  Karla is a leader to leaders and lives a life of committed consistent intercession, giving selflessly of herself in her prayer closet.  For over 20 years, as a student and teacher of the Word and woman of faith, she implements the truth of the Bible through the dynamics of intercession and worship that releases a tangible anointing.  Knowing firsthand the transformative power of God in her own life, she is determined to see others healed, delivered and set free. Karla will stop at nothing to see God move in the lives of His people!


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Email: customercare@freshreign.com
Website: www. freshreign.com
Twitter: @ fresh_reign

 AUTHOR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS


Tell us about yourself?

I was born and raised in San Francisco, CA.  I have a strong legacy of women and men of God that have impacted my life.  But, the person who has had the greatest influence on my life is my grandmother, Mary Williams.  She was a strong woman of faith and prayer.  In a denomination where female preachers were not accepted, one could always find her preaching, teaching, and hosting meetings/shut-ins where people would be filled with the Holy Spirit and demons were cast out. In fact, I have her ordination papers that she kept hidden under her bed.  Why do I tell you about my grandmother when you ask about me?  Because if it wasn’t for her courage and strength I would not be who I am.  I watched her life until the day of her passing and as an adult, it is my desire to emulate her life.  As she was a woman of wisdom and grace, so am I.  Who am I?  Inside of me is a strong inheritance of prayer, faith, and a full life in Christ Jesus-all passed down to me by my grandmother, my grandfather, and my parents.

What was the most difficult aspect of writing this book?

By far, the most difficult aspect of writing this book was the editing process.

Did you have to do any special research for this book?

When one writes about principles pertaining to the Bible, there is always extensive research and study involved so as to ensure accuracy.

Why do you write? Is it something you have always done or always wanted to do? Or is it something you started fairly recently?

I write because it is a passion I enjoy.  As far as I can remember, I have always loved to write.  As a young child I wrote fiction stories all the time.  In my teenage years, I wrote poetry and by the time was in college I started writing songs.   So, writing, in some form, has always been a part of my life.

How did you feel when you received the first copy of your book?

It was a surreal moment.  Being able to hold what God had given me in my hands literally overwhelmed me.  My heart was filled with so much gratitude towards God and all the

towards God and all the people that had help my God-given dream become a reality. 


Excerpt


GODLY WISDOM AND DISCRETION

Blessed be the name of the Father forever and ever. You position and remove those in authority. You also give wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those with understanding. You reveal deep and secret things. You know what is in the darkness, and light dwells in You. I thank and praise You because You have given me the wisdom and capacity to understand the desires of Your heart.

Father, I pray for those in authority. I trust that You will give me strategies to solve their problems. I declare, by Your grace, I effectively work with those in authority. I pray that I walk in spiritual discernment at all times. By the gift of discernment, I can separate and distinguish between Your Spirit and other spirits in all circumstances. I thank You that I am well favored. I thank You that You bring me into favor, tender love, compassion, and loving kindness with those in authority, those with whom I work, and those who work for me.

I thank You that I operate in the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of revelation knowledge, the spirit of compassion, and the spirit of discernment that will empower me to walk with influential people in the seven mountains of culture. I thank You that I am apt in wisdom and competent to stand before all authority in the ability that I have in Christ Jesus.

I seal this prayer in the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen.

 


people that had help my God-given dream become a reality.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Introducting Author Janet Holm McHenry



Ask any Christian woman what her personal goals would be and she’s likely to answer, “Get more exercise, lose weight, and spend more quality time with God.” Author Janet Holm McHenry found that with the practice of prayerwalking that she could multi-task one activity into several results. An end product is her nonfiction book PrayerWalk: Becoming a Woman of Prayer, Strength and Discipline (WaterBrook), which became a best-selling book when it was released in 2001 and featured in Health magazine. It was recently re-released in a special 10th anniversary edition.

What was the inspiration or motivation behind the book?

I wrote PrayerWalk after my life had been dramatically changed by the practice of prayerwalking. I wanted to shout out that spending time with God praying for your community while you get some good exercise can make a difference in you and in those around you.

What were some of those changes?

Physically, I lost two dress sizes, and the aches and pains that had sent me regularly to pain relievers were gone. Emotionally, I found that the depression that had clouded most of my adult life had vanished. I no longer needed to hide away and cry -- the Lord was filling me up with spiritual endorphins instead! Spiritually, I also discovered that I was no longer hemmed in by irrational fears. I was free through the simple practice of prayerwalking.

And what is prayerwalking, exactly?

Prayerwalking is praying for whatever God puts within your eyesight as you walk through your community. I pray for those who live in the homes I pass. I pray for the business people in my little town. And I pray for schools and their educators by name. What I found is that disciplining my eyes to see needs in people has taught me that wherever I am, there’s a reason for prayer. I just need to look for it.

What do you hope PrayerWalk accomplishes?

We women have so little time to accomplish everything on our to-do lists for the day. PrayerWalk is a simple offering to suggest that you take time with God and pray as you also get exercise that will refresh you. The book is also a huge encouragement to show readers how their prayers can have effect in their communities.

Who is your greatest encourager when you write?

Many people have come alongside me over the years and encouraged me in my writing. My husband Craig has supported my travel to conferences and speaking events. The administrators at my high school, where I teach English full time, also have supported my writing over the years. However, I would have to say that the Lord is my biggest encourager; when I spend time with Him, he nudges me toward ideas and graces me with just the right words. I am blessed.

What else have you written?

Besides hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, I’ve written 18 other books--13 for children, including girls’ mysteries, and five other nonfiction books, four of those on prayer. My other nonfiction titles are Daily Prayerwalk, Prayer Changes Teens: How to Parent from Your Knees, Prayerstreaming, My Prayer Buddy Devotional: For a Sisterhood of Prayer Partners, and Girlfriend Gatherings: Creative Ways to Stay Connected.

Any tips for upcoming authors?

I was clueless when I started freelance writing, so I attended three weeklong writers’ conferences in the first year. I highly suggest that budding authors attend a writer’s conference, where they can connect with other writers who are excellent at teaching and marketing, agents, editors, and publishers. It’s a valuable investment, and upcoming authors should understand that writing is a business and that they will have to invest in their business to move ahead.


Janet Holm McHenry is a national speaker and author of 19 books. She is also a full-time high school English teacher and academic advisor at her very small high school in the Sierra Valley of California, where she and her husband Craig have lived for more than 30 years and where they have raised four children. More than anything she enjoys speaking at women’s retreats and prayer conferences -- and she can be reached through her website, www.janetmchenry.com, or through her blogs: http://janetmchenry.wordpress.com and http:SeniorYear101blog.wordpress.com.