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If YOU yourself, need prayer or encouragement:
If you are discouraged OR struggling with depression, please seek professional help locally as we cannot begin to meet those types of needs rightfully.
However, if you find yourself occasionally needing prayer and/or needing to receive a postcard of encouragement, please send a confidential e-mail to bob@artfulaskers.com.
If YOU want to use this information to encourage others:
If you have the gift of encouragement or want to help spread encouraging words, positive affirmations, or bring life to others through anonymous postcards and the like, this section is for you!
We call it, "EncourageSENT: Encourage one another with these words. . .”
A Manual of Encouragement--“A great resource tool especially for those with the spiritual gift of encouragement!” OR those who know the power of a positive, spoken word.
Utilizing Written Notes and Notecards to Affirm, Inspire, and Encourage (Especially to Pastors, Teachers, Community Leaders, Nonprofit People,
Children, Widows, Orphans, and Anyone Else Who Needs a Positive Word)
Look for ways to add and multiply. Stop subtracting and dividing!
Compiled by: Bob and Connie Vickers
Artful Askers
P.O. Box 1225
Warrensburg, Missouri 64093
(660) 747-6390, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm C.S.T.
www.artfulaskers.com | www.bobvickers.com
bob@artfulaskers.com
How to Use the Resource Pages--You Will Find:
1. Pages of quarter-sheet postcards to download the original and take to a copy ceter to duplicate. After duplication and cutting, each postcard will require a .24 cent stamp to mail.
2. Pages of half-sheet postcards (which will each require a .39 cent stamp to mail). We suggest that you look through the entire contents tok know what postcards and other items are available prior to starting their duplication on a copier OR at a local copy center. Once you find a sheet of cards that you wish to duplicate, think about the color of preferred paper, weight of paper you desire, and/or any other information that will effect your duplication of the cards. You can go to a local Office Depot, Kinko’s, Office Max, or other office store OR copy shop and explore available paper. We recommend that you use a 110-pound (200 g/m2) paper for mailing. However, you should consider the wight for the purpose you have planned.
3. One Page of Candy Bar labels for small Hershey candy bars. We suggest that you duplicate these with a color copier onto 24- , 28-, or 32-pound paper for best results. The electronic copy of this file (in MS Word OR WordPerfect) is available upon request by sending an e-mail to bob@artfulaskers.com OR by ordering ANY CD (we burn it into each CD we have available). By getting the electronic document, you can change the trait, Scripture, OR even put your organization’s name, website, address, and phone number on the wrapper.
4. Several other items–all covered by the copyright release below. . .
How to Make Clean Copies of these items:
You may download these items and make copies with a clean conscience if:
1. You or someone your know needs the word of encouragement.
2. You are using the copies for a noncommercial purpose within your church or your faith-based or community-based organization, or;
3. You receive the appropriate permission to copy for other usage by receiving permission to use for Free use from the compilers.
However, it is illegal for you to make copies if:
1. You are using the material to promote, advertise or sell a product or service;
2. You are using the material in or on a product for sale;
3. You are gaining ANY finacial benefit from using the materials.
By following these guidelines you help us keep our products affordable and empowering to build community by empowering encouragement. Please call if you have any questions. Thank you and may God bless you richly as you encourage others–and as you serve.
Thank you, Robert J. Vickers, Founder/President of Artful Askers
© 2005 Robert J. Vickers. Permission to photocopy granted under above, agreed-upon circumstances.
Permission to make photocopies of any of the following pages is granted and is intended for noncommercial use within a church or other Faith- or Community-based organization. None of the material may be reproduced by any means whatsoever for any commercial promotion, advertising or sale of a product or service, or for retail consumption. Permission is gladly given to anyone who downloads the postcards or other materials to use in Freely blessing others!
These cards are designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is given with the understanding that the author and publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of an appropriate person should be sought.
EncourageSent Packets of Encouragement: CONTENTS to download and use. . . (pdf files are coming soon for EACH page so you can download and print them out yourself!)
Candy Bar Labels and OTHER:
Candy Bar labels for small Hershey candy bars
Forgiveness Piece (on 8.5 by 14 paper)
Posters/Pictures:
“The Rock” in English (“The winds came and burst against the house and yet id did not fall because it had been built upon The Rock–Jesus)
“Jesus Poster” in English (Major events of His life in the side of a mountain)
“The Rock” in Spanish (“The winds came and burst against the house and yet id did not fall because it had been built upon The Rock–Jesus)
“Jesus Poster” in Spanish (Major events of His life in the side of a mountain)
“Laus Deo!”
“Operation Intercession Prayer Guide for Students”
“Operation Intercession Prayer Guide for Parents and Teachers.”
“When a Father Prays”
“Certificate of the Right to Play”
“When God created Fathers. . .”
“Heaven is a FREE Gift!”
Business Cards:
“You have blessed me! Thanks for Caring!”
“God” (24/7/365); backside says, “Well Done!”
“Get out of Hell Free”
“Steps to Real Peace”
Postcards that are quarterred on a page and require $.26 cents to mail. Starts with. . .:
“Awards are given one at a time–Well Done!”
“Jesus’ final prayer was about you.”
“Jesus weeps with you.”
“God is the Shepherd who guides–He IS.”
“God’s Love has NO limits.”
“If God had a refrigerator, YOUR picture would be on it!”
“Thank you, Lord Jesus, for teaching us to remain.”
“Blessed are the available.”
“There are many things that ONLY you can do.”
“You have a God who hears you.”
“One day I believe yo”u will hear The Lord say. . .”
“In God’s workshop,
“God. Appearing at the strangest of places.”
“We Walk By Faith NOT By Sight.”
”The Family Prayer Song (As for Me and My House)”
“Give Me Jesus”
”To The King”
“I Love The Lord (The Love of God)”
”“ Do all the good you can.”
“God’s Love NEVER Ceases. Never.”
”I would rather live my life as if there is a God. . .”
“The stone the builders rejected. . .”
”If you’ll listen to the whispers, you won’t have to hear the screams.”
“The Lord bless you and keep you” (Numbers 6:24-26)
”Go out today and preach the gospel.”
“My Faithful father, enduring friend. . .”
”How beautiful are the feet” (Romans 10:15)
“He has showed you, O man, what is good.” (Micah 6:8)
“The Lord is my Shepherd.”
“When anything in creation fulfills its purpose”
”You are a child of God.”
“Like a proud parent, God especially enjoys watching you. . .”
”Love is the secret of a lasting heritage.”
“Guidelines for Healthy Daily Living.”
”Do you not know? Have you not heard?” (Isaiah 40: 28-31)
“For this reason I kneel before The Father. . .” (Ephesians 3:14-21)
”He IS!”
“A few thoughts from Max Lucado’s book, Six Hours One Friday.”
”I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold.”
“From the wonderful simple wisdom of Mother Teresa:”
”God’s love NEVER ceases. NEVER.”
“Attitudes and beliefs begat intentions. . .”
”“Oh, that you would bless me indeed. . .” Prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
“When we have nothing left BUT God. . .”
”R.E.L.A.T.I.O.N.S.H.I.P. Ingredients”
“Today, I wish you a day of ordinary miracles.”
”You are being prayed for. . .”
“Thank you for giving to The Lord, I am a Life that was changed.”
”What, then, shall we say in response to this?”
“The two foundation facts of human enlightenment:”
”Rainy Day Encouragement Card”
“I asked The Lord to bless you today.”
Postcards that are halved and require $.41 cents to mail:
“One Beggar Telling Another Beggar Where to Go to Get Bread.”
“Spending Time Together Allows God to Show Up!”
”It’s Friday BUT Sunday’s Coming.”
“The Lord is my Shepherd.”
”The Angel Stadium Declaration”
“There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk.”
”The Argument.”
“God Speaks Through Billboards.”
”Powerful Prayer by T.D. Jakes”
“You think you’re facing a tough problem–this is almost overwhelming. . .”
”The Fellowship of the Unashamed.”
“A Little Blessing of Joy for the Heart”
”The Lessons of Loss–Final Transitions”
