Celebrating Our Daily Bread Devotional Writing Breakthrough & Milestone

After years of praying and preparing, my devotionals are finally being included in Our Daily Bread Ministries’ monthly devotionals!

I’m thrilled and honored that my very first devotional is appearing on Mother’s Day, May 12. What a blessing it is for me to get to honor my Mom in my very first devotional entry!

Only God could orchestrate that!

Check out a short video about this special occasion right here.

My second devotional article is appearing on May 28.

Back during my journalism days when I was writing for a major international newspaper and a national women’s magazine, I had NO idea that God would one day call me to write about Him.

This writing breakthrough certainly didn’t happen overnight.

I won Our Daily Bread‘s Online Writing Contest for Readers back in 2014.

TEN YEARS LATER, my articles are finally being published in their main devotional that’s translated into more than 55 languages around the world.

In between, I’ve written for Our Daily Bread Ministries’ VOICES Collection. Two of my devotional entries were included in their Rhythms of Rest book (2021), and I’ve written for special edition devotionals for Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month.

I’ve also written for Our Daily Bread Ministries’ Discovery Series website and have written for their marketing department.

Will you rejoice with me that it’s finally time for my articles to be published in the main Our Daily Bread devotional?

There’s many ways you can access the Our Daily Bread devotional including;

  • Ordering an individual monthly or quarterly subscription or multiple copies or large print copies of the printed devotional right here: https://odb.org/getprint/ 
  • You can read or listen to the daily devotional entries online right here: https://odb.org/ 
  • You can read or listen to the daily devotional on ODBM’s app
  • You can also find links to the daily devotional on Our Daily Bread Ministries’ social media

I hope my devotional entries encourage and inspire you.

Thanks for all your prayers and support as I live this long-awaited God-given dream come true!

Check out Abounding Faith’s social media to find out when my devotionals will be running.

I may also share monthly updates about my upcoming devotional articles right here and with Abounding Faith’s Email Community.

Our Daily Bread Ministries is a global ministry with staff and volunteers in over 35 offices working together to distribute more than 60 million resources in 150 countries.

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Our Daily Bread Devotional Writing Update & Spoke at Recent Global Prayer Shield

It’s almost time for my devotionals to start appearing in Our Daily Bread!

Praise God!

My very FIRST devotional articles will be in the May edition of Our Daily Bread 🔥

The devotional entries are available in various digital formats including on the Our Daily Bread Ministries’:

  • Website – ODB.org
  • App
  • Social Media
  • Via text or email

If you’d like to order the printed monthly devotional, now’s a great time to visit ODB.org to order your copies.

Stay tuned to find out exactly when my devotionals are appearing 💕

Our Daily Bread Ministries is making a global impact in:

  • 58 languages
  • 150 countries
  • 32 offices worldwide

Glory to God!

What a blessing and honor to get to share a devotional message and pray with Our Daily Bread Ministries’ Global Prayer Shield last Thursday morning 🙌

The devotional I shared was translated into 5 languages:

⭐️ Filipino

⭐️ Mandarin

⭐️ Portuguese

⭐️ Russian

⭐️ Spanish

There were staff members from all around the globe including:

⭐️ Argentina

⭐️ Brazil

⭐️ Germany

⭐️ Nigeria

⭐️ Sri Lanka

⭐️ Taiwan

⭐️ USA

Jesus loves the nations 🙏

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Happy New Year – Let’s SOAR in 2024!

Happy and Blessed New Year! God willing, this year will be a year of much BREAKTHROUGH!

I guess my “One Word” for this year will be be just that … BREAKTHROUGH!

As I look ahead to this new year, I’m filled with excitement. So much of what I’ve experienced in my faith journey has been building to a year like this.

God has been preparing me for such a time as this!

God has a divine plan for my life.

God has a divine plan for your life.

May this be a year of open doors and of new seasons and new chapters.

May this be a year of answered prayers and miracles!

May this be a year of God’s FAVOR!

Let’s continue to SHINE for Christ wherever He places us.

Will you say YES to God this year?

I plan to continue to pray and praise and rejoice as I step into this new year that includes:

Launching God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) on March 5th! What a milestone for me for so many reasons! I’ll have much more to share with you as the launch date gets closer. Please stay tuned. One way you can show your support right now is to preorder this inspiring book today at any of these sites:

Having my articles appear in Our Daily Bread‘s main devotional for the first time this May. I’ll share more about this milestone as the date gets closer.

Starting my fifth year of being an Instructor at the New York School of the Bible. I’m looking forward to all the students God places in my classes. I’m also launching a new class this year. More details to come.

That’s just some of what God has in store for this year.

Thanks for staying on this faith journey with me. I do appreciate your prayers and encouragement.

I’m delighted that I can continue to encourage you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams!

Let’s SOAR in 2024!

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There’s lots of updates and inspiration coming your way. Don’t miss a thing.

I hope you’ll stay connected with Abounding Faith by:

  • Joining my email community right here
  • Following Abounding Faith on social media
  • Reading this Miraculous Lovely blog
  • Subscribing to the Abounding Faith for Today podcast wherever you get your podcasts
  • Subscribing to Abounding Faith’s YouTube channel

Blessings!

To God be the Glory!

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16 NIV)

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Mid-Year Check In – 2023

As you may know, my “One Word” for this year is Rejoice. God has given me much to rejoice about this first half of 2023

I’d like to share a few writing milestones and breakthroughs with you:

Book 6 Update: So much has been going on behind the scenes with Book 6. Lots of writing, revising, and editing going on. Lots of emails with my awesome team and a great meeting with my editor. I’m so looking forward to sharing more info about Book 6 with you (including the cover and title reveal) so please stay tuned! Be sure to sign up for my email list so you don’t miss a thing.

Our Daily Bread Update: I’m so thrilled and honored to be writing for Our Daily Bread‘s main devotional. My first two articles have been approved! Will definitely keep you posted on when my articles begin to be published.

NYSB Teaching Update: I’ve wrapped up teaching for the 2022-2023 school year. What a blessing it’s been to teach my five classes throughout the year. This June was the fourth June I’ve taught a Summer class. Glory! It’s so lovely to see how my students connect and encourage one another. Ladies, I hope you’ll join us this Fall for online classes. You and your friends can join from wherever you are in the world. My classes are usually on Tuesday evenings. Stay tuned for more info. including about my new class that’s just been added to the schedule!

This past June mi familia also got to celebrate that my nephew persevered through the pandemic and graduated high school with honors! Graduations are a big deal for mi familia. Grandpa would be so proud of his grandson.

Has this year been easy? Nope. But God’s grace is sufficient and His mercies are new every morning.

Thanks for your prayers and for rejoicing with me!

If you’re looking for encouragement as you walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams, check out:

  • Abounding Faith’s FIVE Christian living books and devotionals on Amazon. They make great additions to your summer reading list. (Amazon Prime Day is July 11-12.)
  • Connect with Abounding Faith on Instagram or social media.
  • Consider having me as your Life Coach. I’d be delighted to prayerfully help you reach your breakthrough.

May the rest of our year be the best of our year!

To God be the Glory!

“Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10)

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I’m an Our Daily Bread Author – Major Writing Breakthrough!

After years of feeling drawn to writing for this global ministry, I’m excited to announce I’m an Our Daily Bread author for their main devotional 🎉

My devotional articles are gonna be in their booklets that you can find in church lobbies and some schools or hospitals, etc. They’re also online and in audio format, etc.

For more than 75 years, Our Daily Bread Ministries has helped millions of people connect with God each day.  Our Daily Bread Ministries is a global ministry with staff and volunteers in more than 35 offices working together to distribute more than 60 million resources in 150 countries and in some 58 languages

When God called me out of journalism, I didn’t think I’d ever write publicly again.

I was content just writing care notes for my small group members.

But God had a plot twist for me 🔥

It’s been nine years since I won ODB’s Online Writing Contest for Readers ✍️ The video above was the short video greeting I made for their staff meeting.

In recent years, I’ve written for Our Daily Bread‘s VOICES Collection and their Discovery Series website (you can read more in this blog post) and have even written marketing copy for them.

Thanks to those who’ve been praying and encouraging me during this long wait to write for their main devotional!

Will definitely let you know when my articles start getting published.

I’m grateful I get to encourage people as they walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live their God-given dreams 💕

Thanks for rejoicing with me.

All glory to God 🔥

Note: My Dear Late Dad knew that my friends at Our Daily Bread would graciously donate books and devotionals for my events. Here’s a pic with him holding one of their Discovery Series booklets. He’d be so thrilled to know I’m writing for them now.

“Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.” (1 Chronicles 4;10 NIV)

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.comThe “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™