✍️ Agape Love Publishing – Weekend Author Devotional September 18–20 BELIEVE • WORK • TRUST Sometimes God places a story in our hearts long before we understand what He plans to do with it. This weekend, we're going to stop worrying about how big the book will become and concentrate on being faithful with the story we've been given. 💜 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Believe in the Story God Placed in Your Heart 📖 Today's Scripture "For with God nothing shall be impossible."— Luke 1:37

Don't Let Anyone Discourage You—Tell Your Story and Let God Help You Write It 📖 Today's Scripture "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."— Philippians 4:13 (KJV) Good Thursday morning, authors! 💜📖✍️ This morning I want to speak directly to the writer who has heard words like: “Nobody is going to read that.” “You're not really a writer.” “There are already books about that.” “Why would anybody care about your story?” Or maybe nobody has actually said th

Your Words Have Power—Use Them With Purpose 📖 Today’s Scripture "Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."— Proverbs 16:24 (KJV) Good Wednesday morning, authors! 💜📚 Have you ever read a sentence that stayed with you long after you closed the book? Maybe it made you laugh. Maybe it made you cry. Maybe it reminded you of someone you loved. Maybe it taught you something. Maybe it gave you hope during a difficult season. Maybe it caused y

✍️ Agape Love Publishing – Author Devotional Tuesday, September 15 Stop Waiting for Perfect—Give God Something to Work With 📖 Today’s Scripture "For who hath despised the day of small things?"— Zechariah 4:10 (KJV) Good Tuesday morning, authors! 💜📚 How many books are sitting unwritten because someone is waiting until they can write them perfectly? Maybe you've rewritten the first paragraph fifteen times. Maybe you keep changing the title. Maybe you've spent weeks thinking

✍️ Agape Love Publishing – Author Devotional Monday, September 14 Show Up for the Story God Gave You 📖 Today’s Scripture "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."— 1 Corinthians 4:2 (KJV) Good Monday morning, authors! 💜📚 It's a brand-new week. A fresh Monday. A fresh opportunity. Maybe you've already opened your manuscript this morning. Maybe you haven't touched it in days. Maybe you're excited about your story. Or maybe you're sitting there thin

PURPOSE • PERSEVERANCE • PEACE 💜 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Your Words Can Leave a Legacy 📖 Today’s Scripture "One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts."— Psalm 145:4 (KJV) Good Friday morning, authors! 💜📖 Have you ever thought about where your words may be years from now? Books have an amazing ability to outlive the moment in which they were written. A testimony written today may someday be read by a grandchild. A family story may pre

📖 Today’s Scripture "Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us..."— Romans 12:6 (KJV) Good Thursday morning, authors! 💜📖✍️ Have you ever read someone else's writing and thought: “I wish I could write like that.” Maybe their words seem to flow beautifully. Maybe their books are selling. Maybe they have a large following. Maybe their covers look amazing. Maybe they've published ten books while you're still trying to finish your first. Before long

You Don't Need the Whole Story—Just the Next Step 📖 Today’s Scripture "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."— Psalm 119:105 (KJV) Good Wednesday morning, authors! 💜📚 Have you ever wished God would simply hand you the entire plan? Here is the title.Here are the chapters.Here is how the story ends.Here is how you'll publish it.Here is who will read it.And here is exactly how everything will work out. Wouldn't that make things easier? 😊 But most of the

Pick It Back Up—Your Story Isn't Finished 📖 Today’s Scripture "For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again..."— Proverbs 24:16 (KJV) Good Tuesday morning, authors! 💜📚 Maybe there is a manuscript sitting on your computer right now that you haven't opened in weeks. Maybe there's a notebook tucked away somewhere with the beginning of a story you once couldn't wait to write. Maybe you started strong... Then life happened. Work got busy. Family needed you. Discourag

Honor the Work. Thank God for the Gift. Rest in His Provision. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"— Colossians 3:23 (KJV) Happy Labor Day, authors, writers, dreamers, and friends! 🇺🇸💜📖 Today we recognize the hard work of men and women across our country—the hands that build, teach, serve, care, create, lead, protect, grow, repair, cook, clean, drive, minister, and provide. And here in our Authors Hub, I also want to recognize a kind o

Before You Write the Next Chapter, Listen 📖 Today’s Scripture "I will hear what God the LORD will speak..."— Psalm 85:8 (KJV) Good Sunday morning, authors! 💜📖✍️ Writers are always thinking about what comes next. The next sentence. The next chapter. The next book. The next publishing deadline. The next marketing idea. The next sale. The next opportunity. But on this Sunday morning, perhaps God is asking us to stop thinking about what comes next long enough to hear what He i

Today is Saturday, September 5. Since yesterday focused on learning as we go, today's devotional can take the next step: don't let someone else's opinion silence the story God has given you. 💜📖 ✍️ Agape Love Publishing – Author Devotional Saturday, September 5 Not Everyone Has to Understand Your Story 📖 Today’s Scripture "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."— Galatians 1:10 (KJV) Go

You Don't Have to Know Everything to Begin 📖 Today's Scripture "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally..."— James 1:5 (KJV) Good Friday morning, authors! 💜 Have you ever looked at everything involved in writing and publishing a book and thought: "I don't know enough to do this." Maybe you know how to tell a story, but you don't understand formatting. Maybe you've written the manuscript, but ISBNs sound confusing. Maybe you're wonderi

You May Never See Every Life Your Words Touch Today's Scripture "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void..."— Isaiah 55:11 (KJV) Good Thursday morning, authors! 💜📖✍️ Have you ever shared something you wrote and wondered: "Did anybody really read it?" Maybe you published a book and sales have been slower than you hoped. Maybe you shared a devotional and only received a handful of reactions. Maybe you posted about your book and n

✍️ Agape Love Publishing – Author Devotional Wednesday, September 2 Don't Be Ashamed of the Chapter God Brought You Through Today's Scripture "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony..."— Revelation 12:11 (KJV) Good Wednesday morning, authors! 💜📖✍️ Every book has chapters. Some are beautiful. Some are exciting. Some make us laugh. Some make us cry. And then there are those chapters we would rather tear completely out of the story.

🍂✍️ A New Month, A Blank Page, A Faithful Beginning Scripture "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."— Proverbs 16:3 (KJV) Good morning, authors, and hello September! 🍂📚 There is something beautiful about turning the calendar to a brand-new month. Thirty new days. Thirty new opportunities. Thirty new chances to pray, write, learn, grow, encourage someone else, and move a little closer to the dream God has placed within your heart. September

✍️ Agape Love Publishing – Author Devotional Thursday, August 27 Don't Bury the Story God Gave You Scripture "Neglect not the gift that is in thee..."— 1 Timothy 4:14 (KJV) Good Thursday morning, authors! 💜📖 There are unfinished books sitting in notebooks. Stories tucked away in computer files. Devotionals written on scraps of paper. Book ideas stored in someone's phone. Testimonies that have been carried quietly for years. And dreams of becoming an author that have never m

Don't Quit in the Middle of the Chapter Scripture "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."— Galatians 6:9 (KJV) Good Wednesday morning, authors! 💜📖 Have you ever noticed how exciting it is to begin a new book? The idea is fresh. The characters are alive in your imagination. The title sounds perfect. You can almost picture yourself holding the finished book in your hands. Then comes... the middle. The excitement settles down.

✍️ Your Story Doesn't Have to Look Like Theirs Scripture "But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another."— Galatians 6:4 (KJV) Good Tuesday morning, authors! 💜📖 Have you ever been excited about your writing until you started looking at someone else's journey? Another author just published their fifth book. Someone else's cover looks beautiful. Another writer announces hundreds of sales. Someone has thousands of f

A New Week—Pick Up the Pen Again Scripture "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."— Proverbs 16:3 (KJV) Good Monday morning, authors! 💜📖 A new week has arrived. A fresh Monday. A fresh opportunity. Another blank page waiting to be written. Maybe you are beginning this week excited and full of ideas. Or perhaps you're looking at an unfinished manuscript wondering how you're ever going to complete it. Maybe you haven't written anything in week