If you are experiencing a season of suffering, you will find hope, humor, and healing throughout the pages of Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering . Modern-day stories of suffering are paralleled with biblical accounts that will both enrich your understanding of the Bible and provide hope for your personal journey. We all need healing, whether experiencing physical or emotional pain from the thorns of divorce, job loss, grief, addiction, disability, or financial troubles. When we follow Jesus, God offers us gifts such as joy, hope, compassion, and mercy to help us...
Posted by Darci Steiner on 10/30/2021
During this interview with Marnie, Maribeth will share some of her favorite AHA insights including the stories behind: • Laughter and tears are only a moment apart, but joy is eternal. • When we allow God to use us, our suffering becomes sacred. • For us to understand the Lord’s ways, would be like teaching a dog algebra. • We don’t remember days and weeks, we remember moments. • When we allow our grief to be pushed aside, anger replaces it. • Sometimes my life felt like I was stepping on Legos and I couldn’t find the light switch. •...
Posted by Maribeth Ditmars on 08/03/2021
You Are Chosen for Such a Time as 2021! During this interview with Marnie and guest, Lisa Spivey, you’ll discover: • The key to seeing your future as God sees it. • Why and how to make the commitment to move forward from here. • How to get yourself going using Lisa’s S.T.A.R.T. acronym. o Stay in God’s Word. o Trust God. o Align yourself with His promises. o Remember what God’s brought you through. o Take it one day at a time. Lisa’s is a Bible teacher and speaker whose passion is to see...
Posted by Lisa Spivey on 06/15/2021
Maribeth is a multi-published author. Her most recent book, Dancing in The Minefields, One Woman's Faith Journey through Child Loss, Addiction, and Adversity. Dancing in the Minefields gives inspiration to all those who have suffered through trials and tragedy, including child loss and addiction. ...
Posted by Maribeth Ditmars on 08/15/2020
The reality of grief...The sustaining grace of our Father...And the power of God to heal, restore, and bring joy once again. Loss can manifest in many ways, shapes, and forms; loss of hope, purpose, or vision; or loss through tragedy, illness, separation, miscarriage, divorce, abuse, abortion; and simply the loss of “what could have been” through the various storms of life. Her Heart Is Torn shares a powerful message of hope and healing with those who have been impacted through the difficulty of loss. Stephanie Henderson’s journey through personal loss is real, relatable, and...
Posted by Stephanie Henderson on 07/29/2020
Kristin is a contributing author to the new She Writes for Him: Stories of Resilient Faith. It’s not often we speak about abortion, shame, betrayal, depression, anxiety, and loss in our circles of faith. It can be uncomfortable as we try to reconcile why a good God allows suffering and pain. Life is messy, and yet we need not silence these stories. She Writes For Him: Stories of Resilient Faith is written by brave women who have boldly ventured out to tell their hard stories. These resilient women have found that God can be trusted in the midst of difficult and tragic circumstances. They...
Posted by Kristin Clouse on 05/07/2020
-How can I experience true joy in the midst of my loss or trial? -Will I ever get out of the pit and experience sustaining peace that the Bible talks about? -How do I start dancing with God again? Maybe you have asked these or similar questions at one time or another. The truth is we have all experienced loss, pain or fracture in some relationship at some point in our life. How we move forward with God in our journey can make all the difference. Because of a personal loss in Lisa's life, she learned to cry out to God in ways that brought her closer to God and there was strength in the sorrow...
Posted by Lisa Spivey on 10/19/2019
Life is always throwing challenges at us. It's too big a force, no one is immune, and trusting God is what works. Mother Theresa said, "I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much." Whether you are rich or poor, busy or bored, learn how to tap into God's presence for happiness, fulfillment, satisfaction and success. Order your copy today! The expression "Where He leads me," is not something to which I just pay lip service. It is, in fact, exactly how I live my life, on a daily basis. So far,...
Posted by Deb Copeland on 08/20/2019
Trials, we all endure them and some are so bad we do not think we will make it, despair sets in with a feeling within that life is coming to an end! You just cannot take it. Hannah must have felt that way. Hannah and Elkanah were married and in love and wanted to grow their love into a family. There was just one problem with that, she was barren. Months became years and tears filled her heart. What Hannah did not realize, was that her barrenness would blossom into Samuel. He was a prophet, a priest and the last of the judges and the first to anoint kings. ...
Posted by Sandra Lott on 07/31/2019
Does emotional pain and suffering hold you back from experiencing joy? This e-book provides hope and healing through the hands-on study of Biblical truths, journaling and prayer. Why not take the first step toward recovery from your wounds today? https://gumroad.com/products/RXtb/edit https://www.amazon.com/Moving-Pain-Peace-Journey-Toward-ebook/dp/B07FRQZ5NG ...
Posted by Tammy Kennington on 04/28/2019
Paul in Ephesians 6:10-18 gives a vivid description of the warfare armor provided to the believer. In Weapons for Victory, the author gives a vibrant description of how, by employing this arsenal she was equipped to gain access to Satan’s camp, retrieve her stuff that was stolen, and walk away in victory. The book takes the reader into the world of the writer as she uses the tools of God’s Word to prepare for deployment, face it head on, and emerge a winner every time. The reader is given a panoramic view of a storm, which though at times grew boisterous, was the avenue God...
Posted by Sharon Arrindell on 03/16/2019
More than Conquerors! Romans 8:37 tells us that we are more than conquerors through Him who loves us. What does it mean to be more than conquerors? Our speakers share with you their travels through difficult years of change and loss and although they stumble and fall they set their eyes on Jesus and find the way back because we are more than just conquerors. In these four sessions explore how faith and trust can bring us up from any depth. We are strong courageous women of God. Regardless of your situation or the way things look, you are still on the winning side. Session 1: Surviving...
Posted by Yvonne Conte on 12/17/2018