#proclaimingthegoodnews

PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS!
We all love to hear good news!  Its bring excitement and joy and in most cases could be life changing like in the cases of a new baby,  a new career, a job promotion, a long expected healing or even a new published book! I bring you all the good news of my new book ‘The Captive’s Crown’ which came out on Amazon last night. One week early!! [ It reminds me of a premature baby]. I thank God and I am so grateful to Liz Carter for making the publishing on Amazon possible.  I recently thought of the Easter story.  Our Lord Jesus Himself had asked his followers to go and proclaim the Good News of His resurrection and that He was the way to the Father through faith in Him, our Lord Jesus. This was going to be done by word of mouth with the Holy Spirit’s help. In our generation, however, I thank God there are so many communication channels. It took angels, shepherds, a star, the three wise men and John the Baptist to proclaim the Good News of the Messiah.
As writers, how would our Lord love us to proclaim the gift He has given us?  Or the books He has enabled us to write for the benefit of the world? I wonder why I felt afraid to tell the world about my new book. It took some nerves to put it out there on Facebook!  It is now available on line! Today also marks the anniversary of ‘Stories from the Heart’. I looked at its progress in terms of reviews and sales and I remembered to thank God.  He says, ‘Give thanks in all circumstances.’ 1 Thessalonica 5:18. I also remembered the wisdom to appreciate little beginnings. So, today, I want to encourage us to be bold about our talents and let God know how grateful, proud and privileged we are to be proclaiming good news, no what form this might take. Let us also appreciate each other’s talents by   ‘going to tell it on the mountains, the hills and everywhere!’
Some of us are already very good at supporting others but some people still struggle with proclaiming the good news of a newly published book. Some of us too find it so uncomfortable to request for support via reviews.  I would like to know below if you are the type that is confident in sharing the good news of your published book and how you canvass for its reviews. Also, I would appreciate if you could share how you link your MTW posts directly to your blog! That’s a good way of proclaiming the good news of your book! Blessings!!