Never Hang-up on God’s Call

Elizabeth Rice Handford answered God’s call to be a writer and speaker early on her journey in God’s story. She has written twelve Women’s Bible Studies, seven Children and Teens Books, four Books for Women. Her publishers range from Moody, Zondervan, Prentice-Hall, ACE, Sword Books, and Joyful Christian Ministries. 

Listen to Libby Handford share about God’s call, how He opened doors for her in the writing/speaking world, encouraging words for writers/speakers to answer His call, and to never hang-up when the journey gets tough. 

Libby Handford began her writing career by writing a children’s column for her father, Dr. John R. Rice, The Sword of the Lord. For 31 years, she wrote monthly articles for the magazine, “The Joyful Woman,” and was their editor for 18 years. 

Answering God’s call has resulted in Mrs. Handford being published by Moody, Zondervan, Prentice-Hall, ACE, Sword Books, and Joyful Christian Ministries. She has written books for women (her best-known Me? Obey Him? sold 650,000 books). Not hanging-up on God’s call she has written books for teenagers, and children, and 14 Bible studies in a “Find-Out-for-Yourself” series. These are mostly about women of the Bible. For 10 years, Libby has written a weekly devotional for www.joyfulchristianministries.org  Presently, her latest manuscript, a novel, “Dying of Thirst by the Fountain” is in the hands of an agent. God is making the call on that one too.