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CELEBRATING ANOTHER WRITING BREAKTHROUGH I’m thrilled to announce the release of the Live Into Your God-Given Dreams 7-Day reading plan on YouVersion
I’ve been wanting to write a YouVersion reading plan for some time now.
Now is the time!
My prayer is that this reading plan will help you know the joy of being God’s beloved dreamer and that you will be able to flourish in all that God is calling you to do.
I pray that each day’s entry will flood you with the love of God.
This reading plan is inspired by my new book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress).
Each entry includes an encouraging message, prayer and refection questions.
If this reading plan encourages you, please leave a kind rating on the app. And please help spread the word about the inspiring Live Into Your God-Given Dreams reading plan.
My hope is that this reading plan is a blessing to you and many near and far
The YouVersion Bible App is already installed on more than 680 million unique devices all over the world. Oh my!
I’m delighted to be included on the YouVersion app.
I’m also sharing this good news in Episode 55 of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts.
If you’re interested in grabbing a copy of God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose, it’s available wherever books are sold.
There’s still time to snag this great deal:
SPECIAL PROMO OFFER – Save 30% when you order a printed copy of God-Given Dreams and use the promo code DREAMS30 only on NavPress.com. Offer only valid for orders in the United States. This special offer is valid for a limited time so order today! Good through 6/30/2024.
Blessings as YOU walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live YOUR God-given dreams!
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
Looking for some inspiring and encouraging books to read this Summer?
Here’s SIX empowering books and devotionals to add to your Summer Reading List
You can find my latest book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) in print or as an ebook or audiobook wherever books are sold. There’s still time to snag this deal:
SPECIAL PROMO OFFER – Save 30% when you order a printed copy of God-Given Dreams and use the promo code DREAMS30 only on NavPress.com. Offer only valid for orders in the United States. This special offer is valid for a limited time so order today! Good through 6/30/2024.
You can get my previous five books (listed below) in print or as ebooks on Amazon:
Feisty Faith: Trusting God Day by Day
By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking With God Here and Abroad
Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible
Crossing Your Jordan River: How to Possess and Prosper in Your Promised Land
Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough
If you’re encouraged by these books, please leave a kind rating and review on Amazon or on Goodreads. That really helps more Readers find these powerful books.
Happy Unofficial Start to Summer!
Have a blessed Memorial Day!
P.S. Don’t forget my SECOND devotional article is appearing in the printed and online Our Daily Bread devotional tomorrow! I’m sharing one of my favorite memories from my short-term missions trip to Ethiopia. You can read or listen to the article at ODB.org or on their app, YouTube channel, social media, etc.
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
My late Senior Pastor used to love asking the congregation that question.
Pastor J knew and stressed the importance of growing and maturing in the Lord (and in different areas of our life). He emphasized that God wanted His children to grow and mature just like earthly parents expect their kids to grow and mature and develop.
How do we grow in our faith?
Some key ways are by consistently spending time reading the Bible and praying and worshipping and fellowshipping with other believers.
It’s that simple and yet that challenging …
If you’re one of my faithful Readers, you probably already know that God likes to show me things through nature.
I’m sharing the above pics of grapes because these pics speak volumes to me.
I took the pics on three separate occasions earlier this year to document the growth process.
The grapes show some truths about growth:
Growth takes time.
Growth happens in stages or seasons.
Growth happens as we stay connected to the vine.
Growth can be painful, but pruning is a necessary part of the process.
Growth happens on God’s timetable. We can’t rush the process.
The grapes didn’t grow overnight.
Neither do we.
Are you growing in your faith?
Or are you feeling stuck or stagnant?
Are you staying connected to the True Vine?
Consider what Jesus says about abiding in Him. These are some of my favorite Bible verses:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. (John 15:1-8 NIV)
If you’re looking to grow in your faith, here are a few ways I can help:
Empowering Online Class for Ladies: Don’t miss the Abounding Faith: Choosing Faith over Fear course that starts next Tuesday evening on September 13. Learn more here.
Personalized Life Coaching: I’d be delighted to help you grow and go from feeling:
Inspiring Books Be encouraged and inspired as you walk by faith, prepare for your breakthrough and dare to live your God-given dreams. Abounding Faith FIVE Christian living books empower and equip you to stand firm in your faith.
Uplifting email: Sign up for Abounding Faith’s FREE email list and get a dose of inspiration delivered right to your inbox. When you sign up, you get immediate access to the FREE 5-day Feisty FaithDevotional Sampler PDF. The sampler gives you a taste of the inspiring and empowering 365-day devotional, Feisty Faith: Trusting God Day by Day devotional (available on Amazon). Looking forward to sending you uplifting emails on Monday afternoons with info about my latest encouraging blog posts, upcoming books and other projects or events.
Encouraging Social Media: I’d love for you to be part of Abounding Faith’s online community. Abounding Faith is on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Be encouraged as you scroll throughout the week.
Edifying Podcast: The uplifting Abounding Faith for Today podcast has 40 short and encouraging episodes that will help bolster your faith. You can listen to the Abounding Faith for Today podcast wherever you listen to podcasts including:
Inspirational YouTube Channel: There are 155 encouraging and uplifting videos on Abounding Faith’s YouTube channel that will inspire you and help spur on your faith. The short videos are shot near and far (including during past short-term missions trips, vacations, around NYC and trips to my bday castle…). Check them out and be sure to subscribe, like, comment and share the site with others.
Let’s grow and flourish together this year!
And may your faith be fueled, your hope ignited and your heart set ablaze with the love of God!
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
Happy Early Book Lovers Day to all my Lovely Readers!
These pictures still make me smile because I still remember taking these pics or posing with my fabulous Readers. These pics were taken at at least seven different events and occasions pre-pandemic.
I LOVE how my diverse readers represent different backgrounds, cultures, races, ages and life stages.
It’s so sweet when I’ve gotten to see a Reader surprise their unsuspecting friend standing nearby by buying them a signed copy of my books. It’s also so lovely to hear the stories about who the books are being signed for.
Back when I was a journalist writing for The New York Times and Latina magazine and other publications, I had countless readers but I didn’t have much of an opportunity to interact with them.
What a difference it is to author Christian living books and devotionals and to get to connect with YOU on social media and at past in-person events.
My prayer is that you’re encouraged, inspired and empowered by my books and other work. If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Please feel free to leave a comment here or on Instagram.
If you want to help other book lovers discover Abounding Faith’s inspiring and empowering books, please leave a kind Amazon review and rating.
Your reviews are greatly appreciated and make such a difference in the book publishing world. Gracias!
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
The gal smiling in these pics had no idea what God had in store when He chased her down during one amazing week in Sydney …
So much transpired during that one week and in all the years that have followed.
My life has never been the same.
You can read about how I’ve seen God’s fingerprints on SIX continents in By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking With God Here and Abroad. There’s also discussion questions you can answer in your journal or with your small group and a chapter on how to live your God-given dreams.
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
“You did a stellar job with uplifting, encouraging, and inspiring the reader.” – Book 5 Editor
I’m thrilled to share that Book 5 has entered the editing phase. The quote above is just part of the lovely feedback my editor recently sent me.
God is Good!
I’m so looking forward to sharing more details with you about my upcoming book.
God willing, Book 5 will be released in the fall. Please stay tuned!
And please pray as Book 5 goes through the editing and production phases. Even now, please pray for all the readers who will be touched and encouraged by Book 5.
If you’ve been blessed by any of Abounding Faith’s books, I’d love to know. Please feel free to leave a short and kind review on Amazon or to email me at info@aboundingfaith.com.
If you haven’t had the chance to read any of Abounding Faith’s books, now is a great time to pick up copies of Waiting on God Well, Abounding Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River and By Faith for you and your friends. The books are available in print and on Kindle on Amazon.
Abounding Faith’s uplifting books will encourage, inspire and empower you as you walk by faith, hope and love and live your God-given dreams. Blessings!
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
During these trying times and days of civil unrest, let’s continue to look to the Bible for direction and guidance on how to treat each other. The Bible, God’s love letter to us, admonishes us over and over again to love one another.
God is the epitome of love. And love is one of the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
This passage from 1 John 4:7-12 spells things out so clearly and so profoundly:
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
God’s love for us is Miraculous and Lovely. May we allow God’s love and grace to flow through us.
Here are 7 Bible verses to help you as you grow and abound in God’s love for others:
Love is the mark of a true disciple – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35)
Love means caring for others – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.’” (Matthew 22:37-40)
Love brings unity – “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:20-21)
Love is crucial among God’s children – “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:26-29)
Love is to be shared generously – “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” (Romans 13:8)
Love should extend even to your enemies –“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:43-48)
Loving God means loving others – “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.” (1 John 4:20)
If all this loving others seems hard and overwhelming, fret not. Ask God to fill you with His love, grace, mercy and compassion for others.
If you’re grieved and appalled by all the sin and injustice going on, remember that we live in a fallen world where hate and violence and sin run rampant. But where sin abounds, grace much more abounds (Romans 5:20).
We’re called to love one another and overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21).
Blessings to you as you walk in abounding faith, hope and love!
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13)
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I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
As we slowly navigate through this “new normal” and carefully enter different phases of reopening during the pandemic, it’s natural to feel worried, afraid and a mix of other emotions about these uncertain times.
But God doesn’t want you to stay frozen with fear.
God can help you move from fear to faith, worry to worship and panic to praise.
This transition time, that includes the civil unrest and protests going on nationwide, can be an opportunity to drawer closer to and trust God in a deeper way.
This new season can be a fresh start for you.
May you move forward by faith! And may you be filled with God’s love, joy, peace and boldness.
God is speaking during these trying times. May you take the time to really listen to what He is saying and draw strength and hope from Him.
It’s so important to continue reading the Bible and to keep praying and praising.
May you take courage knowing that as a believer:
1. God’s Holy Spirit Empowers You – “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7 KJV)
2. God Can Handle All Your Burdens – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7 NIV)
3. God is Working things out for Your Good – “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV)
4. God Will Provide for You Day by Day – “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:33-34 NIV)
5. God is in Control from Beginning to End – “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
The road may be rocky now, but it won’t stay that way forever. May you take heart and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of your faith (Hebrews 12:2 NIV).
Stay well. Stay Encouraged. Choose Faith Over Fear and Move Forward By Faith. Blessings!
Want to know what’s happening at Abounding Faith? Join the mailing list and get updates about Abounding Faith’s books, online training, podcast and more. As a thank you, you’ll get access to the free “7 Journal Writing Prompts to Fuel Your Faith” PDF.
I’m an author, speaker, life coach, Bible school instructor and evangelist who wants to encourage and inspire you as you walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams! I’m also an author for Our Daily Bread. My NEW book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) is available wherever books are sold.
My books Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Waiting on God Well and Abounding Faith are available on Amazon. To learn more about Abounding Faith’s books, coaching, online training, the Abounding Faith for Today podcast, online store, YouTube channel and more, visit AboundingFaith.com. Join my email community today right here. Blessings!
I’m thrilled to announce the release of the 
