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Prophetically Speaking

I remember the first time I was cognizant that something out of my control was happening and I didn't know what to call it. There was an icebreaker in a newly formed new member's class. We were told to go and hug others in the class. I went to a young girl hugged her with all intentions of saying "Good morning" but what came out of my mouth was a strong "Congratulations." I was taken aback and I know she was too. What's up with this old woman? I imagined her saying. And I was surely telling myself, Girl, you senility is surely settling in.
I saw the young girl and her mother whispering and looking in my direction. She had to be telling her mom what I said. As we left the classroom, they looked at me, eyes squinting a bit, as if to try to see through me to the other side of that "Congratulations."
The very next week, this teenaged girl walked over to me and told me she was baffled by my greeting of "Congratulations" until the Holy Spirit confirmed to her while she was studying for a test that could possibly change her life. She found herself relaxing in the word, "Congratulations." She knew she had studied all she could and was amply prepared. It was time to relax and enjoy the rest of her weekend. She believed that the Lord used me to speak "rest" to her soul.
She confidently took the test believing that God would reward her diligence. The results? She aced the test--which meant she skipped the 11th and 12th grades and was academically cleared to go straight to college in the fall. The young girl's mom hugged and thanked me for speaking a prophetic word into her daughter.
Wow, I thought. So that's what that was--a prophetic word. All I did was open my mouth and God filled it up.
Even now, whenever I am blessed with a speaking assignment, I pray first, "Lord, you know each person who will be there. You know what we're going through and all our circumstances. You know who needs what; including me. So, I will open mouth wide, believing that You will not only fill it up but also meet us within the words. In Your Son's matchless Name, I pray. Amen. So be it!
After all, Psalm 81:10 says, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it." (NIV) Often, I pray the Word back to God, not that He needs reminding; but I do.
And so it goes in my writing too. The first thing I write on the page is, "Show me, Lord." When I write or pray, Show me, Lord, it takes the releases me from the pressures and expectations of myself and others, puts me in a yielded position, ready to receive or not--as the Lord leads. One thing is true, if it is from God it will be. And it will be revealed in His way and in His time.
For example, it was revealed before I finished the manuscript for my book, I Say A Prayer For Me, a thought tipped into my mind and rested on my heart in the form of a promise, "I have already assigned the readers, Stanice. And I will meet each one within the pages-right where they are." It was as if, God etched the words on my heart.
God kept His promise. Emails, phone calls, letters, embraces after talks, people-including: women, men, teenage girls, 6th graders, college students, boomers, and seniors 80+. African-Americans, Caucasians, Latinos, French nationals, Africans, Australians, Canadians, Vincentians, Jamaicans, Christians, non-committed to any religion, Muslim, Buddhists, Jewish and, people from many different economical and social backgrounds, have shared with me how the book inspired them and how it wasn't so much me that they experienced in the book--but God. Within each page, they were met by a Power far greater than themselves.
Even after having witnessed the miracles, soaked in God's grace, and was my self raised from death three times, I still have moments when my faith waivers. I experience feelings like why did I say that, or write this-it's so not the norm. Thank God; feelings are not facts. The fact is God chose us to be peculiar. It's no accident or defect at all-it's a glorious thing! Deuteronomy 14:2, "For you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations on the earth."
I believe the Lord used the Sistahfaith Network forum question, What is a prophetic writer/scribe? to extract this testimony from me. I needed to be reminded and perhaps God wanted to meet you within the words.

Events

Speak @ VA Medical Center in D.C. October 3, 2008 from 8pm to 9:30pm - Auditorium @ VA Medical Center, 4th floor Speaker at a friend's anniversary celebration - She has been clean & free from the bondage of active addiction for 14 glorious years -- by God's grace - one day at a time.
Take Five Series - October 28, 2008 from 5:30pm to 7pm, FREE Laboratory Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Organized By: Jermaine Lewis, Assistant Mgr, Cultural Participation Revealing Our Truth through Narrative, Transforming Our Lives with Drama - Join author, inspirational speaker, and playwright Stanice Anderson and dramatherapist Patricia Long as they share their experiences and knowledge of how personal narrative, dramatic expression and writing can be used as tools for personal growth and change. Moderated by author, speaker and storyteller Kelly Cresap, Ph.D., this program will include Anderson sharing an excerpt of her "one woman experience" in overcoming drug abuse, rape, abusive relationships, and her journey to wholeness, while Long describes the process of healing that can occur through drama therapy. Learn how the arts can move you into a process of inner exploration and discovery.
Saturday, October 11, 2008 - S.E. Reunion, Knights of Columbus Hall in Forestville from 9 pm-2 pm. The reunion is 20+ years strong. I grew up in Anacostia, S.E. Washington, DC, but never been to the reunion. Well, I got my ticket, and I am so looking forward to it. For those of you that have my books, and want them signed, please bring them. If you are interested in tickets ($25) to event, email me and I'll put you in touch the organizers. They are almost sold out. I understand that there are 700+ people there every year.
Get Ready. Coming in November.
EVERYBODY HAS A STORY! Writing Workshops & Gatherings
Call 202-904-4955 or email to discuss bringing a EVERYBODY HAS A STORY! to your city.

Prophetic Word

Prophetically speaking, I believe that everyone that reads or is read this piece will have one of the most incredible years they've experienced in a long time. Your most fervant desire, God will hand to you as He promised long ago. Something between you and Him. Dreams will be resurrected. The love ones that you've been praying for to get clean and free from the bondage of addictions to all sorts of bad things including drugs, sex, gambling, choosing bad relationships, staying in situations with men that are abusing them and their children, The Lord is going to rebuke it all and set them free. Hardened hearts will be warmed and relationships with mothers and daughters, sisters and brothers, fathers and sons will be healed and restored even better than before. Homes will be saved and help will come from where you least expect. Nothing being too hard for God, there are those with HIV and full-blown AIDS that will be healed, cancer taken straight to remission and then extracted by the Holy Spirit, by the time the doctors get in there to take a look--it will be gone never to return. Someone needs $150,000 by November 15th, it will come. There are mothers in NY, DeMoine, Russia, Florida, Texas and Maryland who have not talked to their daughters and sons in days, a few even months and are not sure where they are, they will call by the 3rd day of you reading this. There are businesses that look like they are going under, not so! Someone got some bad news about their health liver, heart, breast, brain) I'm to say to you, "Not unto death--you will live!" There is a daughter in Floriday awaiting a word about her mother's whereabout, she will call you before November 11th--with a renewed heart and new plans for her life without the use of drugs. In all these things whether it affects you personally or not lets start thanking God now for what He's about to do. And when it's done, let us hear those testimonies. For we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. (Revelations 12:11)

Be safe & Take No Chances..
Wear no campaign paraphernalia at all to a polling site so as not to get turned away from voting.

Please advise everyone you know that they absolutely cannot go to the polls wearing any Obama shirts, pins, or hats. It is against the law to do so and will be grounds for the polling officials to turn you away. Such displays are considered campaigning. No one can campaign inside the polling sites. They are banking on us being very excited about voting but unaware of this longstanding law that likely will be strictly enforced this year!!!!!

Typically, most folks who go home to change clothes will not return to the polls.

Please pass along to everyone you know.

Independent African American Book Publishers, Self Publishers, Black Interest Imprints at Major Publishing Houses, Literary Agents, and Publicists to exhibit at the African American Publishers Pavilion at Book Expo America. May 28,09 - May 31,09 NYC

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PRLog (Press Release) � Oct 11, 2008 � New York, NY - African American Pavilion at BookExpo American coming to NYC May 2009

Independent African American Book Publishers, Self Publishers, Black Interest Imprints at Major Publishing Houses, Literary Agents, and Publicists to exhibit at the African American Publishers Pavilion at Book Expo America, at the prestigious Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, May 28 - May 31, 2009.

Co-Founders of The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America, Tony Rose, Publisher/CEO, Amber Communications Group, Inc. and Adrienne Ingrum, CEO, Adrienne Ingrum L.L.C., former founding Associate Publisher of Black Issues Book Review have signed a new agreement with BookExpo America/Reed Expositions to manage the 6th Annual African American Pavilion @ BEA and produce the African American Pavilion Welcoming Reception and The African American Pavilion Reception and Awards Program at BookExpo America, Jacob Javits Convention Center, May 28 - May 31, 2009, New York City.

Now in its sixth year, the 5,500-square feet of joint exhibit space showcasing on the main exhibit floor/hall, African American books, authors, products and publishers, is the market place for thousands of African American publishing industry professionals. Influential exhibitors and book buyers form a community of unprecedented strength. "The African American Pavilion is a growing presence at BEA," says Exhibitor, ZANE, Publisher, Strebor Books International, LLC/Simon and Schuster, National Best-Selling Author of several New York Times and Essence Best-Selling titles and the 2008 African American Pavilion Awardee, "The Distinctive Voice and Publisher Award", "There will be great opportunities to learn, educate, sell, and network and it's making African American history a vital, visable part of the 108-year history of BookExpo America/American Booksellers Association."

"The response by the exhibitors and the book publishing industry to the 2008 African American Pavilion at BookExpo America was tremendous and powerful", stated Pavilion co-founder Tony Rose. "The Pavilion hosted some of the giants in the African American Publishing Industry such as: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises; Tavis Smiley, Founder, The Tavis Smiley Foundation, New York Times and Essence Best-Selling Author; Denise Nicholas, Emmy and NAACP Image Award Winner; Kassahun Checole, Publisher, Africa World Press/Red Sea Press; Zane, Publisher and Founder, Strebor Books International/Simon and Schuster; Wade Hudson, President/CEO, Just Us Books; Mary B. Morrison, New York Times and Essence Best-Selling Author; Judith Curr, Executive Vice President, Publisher and Founder of Atria Books; Cheryl Woodruff, President, Associate Publisher, Smiley Books; Omar Tyree, New York Times and Essence Bestselling Author; Terrie Williams, President and Advocate, The Stay Strong Foundation and The Terrie Williams Agency, Essence National Best-Selling Author; George C. Fraser, National Best-Selling Author, Founder of FraserNet and The Power Networking Conference; Donna Hill, National Best-Selling Author; Carol Mackey, Editor-In-Chief, Black Expressions Book Club; Max Rodriguez, Founder, The Harlem Book Fair/QBR The Black Book Review; Troy Johnson, Founder, AALBC.com; Ron Kavanaugh, Founder, MosaicBooks.com; Jewell Parker Rhodes, National Best-Selling Author; Synthia SAINT JAMES, Internationally renowned Artist and Author; Dante Lee, President and CEO, Diversity City Media and Pam Perry, Chief Visionary, Ministry Marketing Solutions, President, Chocolate Pages."

BookExpo America, one of the largest book trade exhibits in the world provides independent African American book publishers, self publishers, authors, African American imprints at major publishing houses, distributors, literary agents, publicists, librarians, and bookstore owners with exposure to more than 80,000 book buyers and booksellers from across the world. With over 20,000 BEA attendees crossing up and down the Pavilion aisles. There will be huge opportunities to learn, share, educate, buy, sell and network, and the African American Pavilion provides our exhibitors the lowest discounted booth prices at the BookExpo America.

The African American Pavilion at BookExpo America was founded in 2004 by: Tony Rose, Amber Communications Group, Inc., Adrienne Ingrum, Adrienne Ingrum, L.L.C. and Niani Colom, Genesis Press.

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Phil Andrews

Happy last week of October!

I pray that you have a beautiful week as we stroll into the month of November.

Do not forget to turn your clocks back one hour on the first of November. Would you believe we are entering into the "fall back" season? The season of early evening darkness. We have already began to feel the effects of the time change because at seven thirty, it is already dark.

With this new season comes new happiness, new sadness, new excitements and new disappointments. Whatever may come your way, just know that it is destined to be the way that it is and we should go with what is given to us. If what is given to you seems too heavy, then pray more. If what is given to you becomes too overwhelming, then speak to it with the word. If what is given to you is more than you expected it to be, then be a blessing to others.

Whatever may come your way, be still and know that God is in the midst of it all and His glory will reign forever......

Colossians 3:15-17
And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Psalms 33:4
For the word of the Lord holds true, and everything he does is worthy of our trust.

Be blessed by His word,
Pam Adderley