Storewide Sale!

To celebrate Resurrection weekend, for the first time ever, Inspired Faith is having a storewide sale!

Stock up on gift books and framed inspirations for anyone in your life who needs a visual reminder of God’s power and love. All of our products, including new books and frames will be on sale for $12 each, plus receive free shipping on orders of $50 or more.

What Inspires You? -By Troy

First off, I want to thank everyone again for the encouraging words and support of all of us at Inspired Faith. I’m so glad that we can be a part of turning your gaze to Jesus each day and pray that our books, products, newsletters, devotionals, and social media sites will continue to uplift you. As always, I appreciate your suggestions and comments, so don’t hesitate to contact us. You can use the “Contact Us” section of the blog or send an email directly to me at feedback@inspiredfaith.com.

Today more than ever, we need daily inspiration. We need to be encouraged not with a false sense of hope but with a set of real answers and a solid foundation of truth.

Too often our days are filled with a variety of different thoughts, feelings and emotions that keep us from receiving the best that God has for us.

At the end of the day, we look back searching for the “what ifs” – questions that tend to leave an emptiness inside of us. We’re searching for hope—the kind that delivers encouragement for the soul.

So where are you at this moment in your life?  Are you living with God’s love, embracing His grace, claiming victory in all things or caught up in too many of life’s challenges that it has stripped away your purpose and joy for living?

There’s not a clear right or wrong answer.  The most important action is how you allow God to fill your life with the kind of hope and encouragement that restores and grows your faith each day.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.  2 Thessalonians 2:15-17 NIV

My hope for you (and for your circle of friends and family) is that Inspired Faith becomes your inspirational source not only for you but as a gift for you to share with others.

How can you inspire others today?

A Note from Troy

Hey everybody! A lot of you know me from the Inspired Faith newsletters, but for those who don’t know me yet, allow me to introduce myself…

My name is Troy Johnson, and I’m the GM of Inspired Faith. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself on our blog and share with you a bit of what Inspired Faith is all about.

As you may have figured out by now if you read our blog, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, and receive our emails, our goal is to be more than “just a publishing company.” We do publish short, inspirational Christian books, and we love offering those books and other relevant gift items to inspire you in your walk with Christ. But we also strive to give you an interactive place to grow in community with other believers.

We all know this walk isn’t easy. At times, it’s downright painful to remain faithful to the Lord when things around us are falling apart. And it’s my belief that we can’t do that without other people encouraging us and holding us accountable to the hope that we all profess together. It’s not about strongarming each other or condemning people who aren’t living up to certain standards. It’s about acknowledging that we all struggle at times. I once heard it said that “A friend is someone who prays for you when you can’t pray for yourself.” And that’s the kind of community we want to create here at Inspired Faith. We want to introduce you to other believers who will pray for you and encourage you when the season you’re in doesn’t allow you to pray for yourself or encourage yourself. Likewise, we want to give you a place where you can encourage others in what they’re going through. I don’t know about you, but nothing gives me more joy than knowing that I made a difference in someone’s life. In our online venues, we invite you to speak love into others’ lives, in the name of Jesus.

That being said, we have a few new, exciting things coming up. We just released two new books, A Time for Prayer and Encouragement for Life. If you haven’t had a chance to check those out, take a look by clicking on the links. They’re beautifully written books that make great devotional tools and great gifts. We’ll also be releasing a new short movie based on ourbook Mothers are Heaven’s Scent and a few new Framed Inspirations, so look for those. And finally, starting tomorrow, we’ll be focusing on specific themes each week in all of our online content to better help you direct your attention to important topics. This first week, we’ll be discussing what it means to imitate Jesus in our emails, on the blog, Twitter, and Facebook. Please join in the discussion and be encouraged!

As always, we appreciate your feedback and ideas. Thanks for being a part of our Inspired Faith community! God bless!

Framed Inspiration Giveaway

This weekend Inspired Faith released 15 new Framed Inspirations. If you’re not familiar with our Framed Inspirations, the idea behind it is this:

Every now and then, something concrete speaks to us and reminds us of whatever it is we need to hear from God in that particular season of our lives. For me, those concrete things have been creative and diverse.  God has used song lyrics, books, words from a friend, Scripture, sermons, movies, nature, pictures, quotations, and more to direct my attention toward His voice. Aren’t you glad we serve a creative God who uses a variety of things to move us along in our journey with Him?

Our Framed Inspirations are 5″x7″ black frames with a picture and a quotation, saying, or verse to go along with the picture. We love that our Framed Inspirations give a simple visual reminder that can speak to us right where we’re at. Maybe we need a daily reminder to have hope, like the example of our Lighthouse Beams frame on the right. Maybe we need a reminder to have courage. Maybe we need a reminder to persevere. Maybe we need a reminder to just slow down and rest. Take a look at our frames and see if any of them speak to where you’re at right now. You can see the quote for each frame to the right of the picture in our online store.

Leave a comment with a quotation or verse that has encouraged you recently. It can be from one of our Framed Inspirations or it can be from somewhere else.

Since we haven’t done a giveaway in awhile, I’ll randomly select someone who comments to receive a free Framed Inspiration of your choice. I’ll use a random number generator to select the winner on Friday, February 26 so make sure to comment on this post before then.

We always enjoy hearing about what inspires our readers, so thanks in advance for your comments. Who knows? Maybe your favorite quote or verse will end up on a Framed Inspiration one day!