During the International Podcasting Expo, I had the privilege of interviewing Judith Bronte, Inspirational/Christian Romance Novelist.

I first saw Judith's works about 2 years ago, when I started Encouraging Audiobooks. The thing I loved most about this amazing woman was her commitment to share her novels for free on the internet. This is definitely a ministry, as well as a passion, for her.

This is the first of a 2-part interview with Judith, and next week we will be sharing a pdf download of the first chapter of one of her novels. Make sure you go to http://www.JudithBronte.com and check out all of the testimonials of her 2000+ readers.

Hi, this is Penny Haynes of Encouraging Audiobooks. Today we will look at the importance of the order of the phrases in the scripture, "He must increase, I must decrease." Most of us mistakenly misquote the scripture and put "I must decrease" first, but I believe that hinders us from understanding the important thing God is trying to teach us here. We can't make ourselves diminish - the only way for us to ever decrease is to be filled with Christ.

If you like Christian podcasts, then you will love our Christian audio books. You will find them under the "Faith" section at Encouraging Audiobooks, and we are working with authors every day to create new audio books and podcasts to help increase your faith and help you with your walk with Christ.

If you are one of those authors, speakers or teachers who would like to encourage the Body of Christ with their writings (or speaking), then please consider becoming an Encouraging Audiobooks author. You can contact me by leaving me a comment here on this blog, or via the QMTP box on this page. I hope you will join us in creating both podcasts and audio books that encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Penny Haynes, Encouraging Audiobooks and 1st Podcast Publishing

P.S. Don't forget about the International Podcasting Expo, April 21 - 23, 2006. We are doing a live Words for the Week session with Christian Romance novelist Judith Bronte and speaker Donna Shepherd, so come and join us.

Finally, brothers,

• whatever is true,
• whatever is noble,
• whatever is right,
• whatever is pure,
• whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—
• think about such things.

Philippians 4:8

The same way that the Lord's Prayer can be used as a format for prayer, with each line being a topic or concern for prayer, I believe we can pray Philippians 4:8 as well. Today we will discuss how to pray through these phrases of the scripture.

Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing