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Women of Faith Week: Day 4 Giveaway

By Lisa B on January 14, 2010

I’m actually being proactive and scheduling to post these each day. Today I should be waking up really, really early to go to the airport and flying to Dallas. Please keep me in your prayers — Duck and Doodle too. I know they’re going to miss the routine

Today is Sheila Walsh day! If you don’t follow Sheila Walsh on Twitter, you have to strongly consider it. She is so funny! I love her tweets And, seriously? I just realized I’ve been misspelling her name! Sorry Sheila!! I’ll try to remember the i goes before the l!

All that Really Matters: Jesus’ Simple Plan for a Transformed Life

Following God Doesn?t Have to Be So Complicated.

Jesus said to love God with all we have and are, and to love others as we love ourselves. It is a simple plan but a profound one. At times, it even sounds too easy.

It is tempting to cling to lists of rules and regulations. We imagine that if we do what we think is required of us, we can expect God to respond in particular ways. But God refuses to live in a box, and he doesn?t want us to live in a box, either. Instead he has given us a simple plan, a different way to live, a liberating path that leads to him and to home.

Discover a Simpler Way to Live and Love.

Do you long to be set free from the complex maze we have created for following Jesus? Then it?s time to return to Jesus? simple plan to love God and others. Join Sheila Walsh on a life-changing journey into God?s Word to discover All That Really Matters.

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Remember to check out Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 giveaways!

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Women of Faith Week: Day 3 Giveaway

By Lisa B on January 13, 2010

Woot! Day 3 is here and it’s a Nicole Johnson day! If you haven’t seen Day 1 or Day 2, what are you waiting for?

If you’ve never seen Nicole Johnson, you have missed out on a huge blessing. The first time I saw her do a dramatization at a Women of Faith conference, I was blown.away. It’s literally like she’s in your head. Go to her site and you can see her Girlfriends skit. I’ve got some of her skits on DVD, but honestly, I can’t part with them yet

What I do have to give away is Nicole’s Fresh-Brewed Life: A Stirring Invitation to Wake Up Your Soul book and study guide.

God is calling us to wake up, to shout an enthusiastic ‘Yes!’ to life, just as we say yes to our first sip of coffee each morning. With wit and wisdom, Nicole Johnson leads you on a journey of awakenings – first, to God as you respond to His tender, passionate love for you; second, to yourself as you embrace your identity as a woman, your gifts, and your dreams; and finally, to others as you learn to love and communicate in ways that bring joy and closeness. Challenging and immensely practical, Fresh Brewed Life, is a heartwarming book that’s good to the last drop – good enough to change your life and help you touch the lives of others.

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Women of Faith Week: Day 2 Giveaway

By Lisa B on January 12, 2010

Welcome to Day 2 of Women of Faith Week! If you haven’t seen Day 1′s Giveaway, take a look and enter to win

Today is a Jan Silvious day. I had the priviledge of meeting her and speaking for a few minutes when Patsy pulled me out of the crowd and down front. I love how all of the speakers are really down to earth, real women Sometimes we can look at them as if they are superstars and untouchable. But God knows we are all alike inside.

The 5-minute Devotional: Meditations for the Busy Woman

This devotional is for every busy woman! It is for those of us who struggle with too many commitments and too little quiet time! In these short devotions, you will receive spiritual and emotional refreshment on marriage, forgiveness, trust, communication, love, relationships . . . along with many other topics. Take just five minutes to focus your day, to reflect on the Word, and to get in touch with God.

Fool-Proofing Your Life: An Honorable Way to Deal with the Impossible People in Your Life

What happens when the Christian virtues of kindness, patience, and gentleness don’t work in your relationships??? Do you often find yourself wondering why you just can’t get along with one of the most important people in your life??? Is there a parent, spouse, boss, friend, sibling, or child who is making you feel ‘crazy’??? Do you know someone who always thinks they are right . . . who uses anger to control . . . who trusts in their own heart? Then you know someone described in the Scriptures as a fool. Learn to deal with the difficult people in your life through the wisdom found in the book of Proverbs.

Fool-Proofing Your Life: Study Guide

Learn new insights from Scripture about dealing with impossible people. This Study Guide is designed to accompany the book Foolproofing Your Life. Excellent for group studies.

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Women of Faith Week: Day 1 Giveaway

By Lisa B on January 11, 2010

As much as I really, really, really want to get caught up in all the BlissDom talk, I need to declare this week Women of Faith week on my blog. One thing at a time peeps. One thing at a time.

So, this week I am flying to Dallas and going to Women of Faith’s All Access group leader training. Believe it or not, there’s only one person there I’m going to know — and I’ve never met her in real life Misha’s going too! And I’m so excited to be able to meet her! We’ve been conversing on Twitter for, like, ever!

Here’s the deal. I’ve been to 4 Women of Faith Conferences. I get all excited and buy resources that have been sitting on my shelf. God’s convicted me lately that I need to stop hoarding these things and give some of them away — especially since I haven’t done anything with them Now, some of these things I’ve had on my shelf since 2003 — they are in wonderful shape, never been used!

Each day this week I’m going to post another thing I’m going to giveaway. I’ll leave the comments open on all of these until Sunday, January 17th midnight. I’ll draw and notify winners Monday, January 18th.

Day 1 Giveaway:

The Great Adventure Tour 2003: Conference Video Set (VHS tapes — you’ll probably want to have access to that ancient machine called a VCR for this giveaway!). Featured speakers include: Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Shelia Walsh and Thelma Wells.

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This is like a conference in a box and even though it’s 2003, God’s word is timeless! I’m sure the messages are still relevant to today!

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Women of Faith 2010

By Lisa B on January 8, 2010

So here’s a promo video for Women of Faith 2010 — at least the one that’s coming to Greensboro! Save the dates of November 12-13, 2010 at the Greensboro Coliseum. Let me know if you’d like to go with me and/or bring some friends! I’ll have much more information after my trip next week I’m sure

If you don’t mind, say a prayer for me (safe trip) and for Duck and Doodle (sanity). I’ll be gone the 14th – 16th. And I have absolutely no idea what to wear and I’m getting nervous!

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I have questions …

By Lisa B on November 12, 2009

and you have answers! Yes, you sitting there staring at your computer screen. I know you have the answers I’m looking for!

My questions surround the Women of Faith conferences. Have you ever been to one?

If you have been to one, did you go with friend? a group from church? by yourself? Do you think that this conference is more for people who already believe in Jesus? or more for people who need to know Jesus? or a nice mixture of both? What was your favorite part (speaker, singer, buying goodies, hanging with a friend)?

If you have not been to one, why not? is money an issue? no one to go with? always thought it’d be nice but no one ever got things together? From the promotions you’ve seen or things you’ve heard others say about it, would you think it’s more for people who already believe in Jesus? or more for people who need to know Jesus?

What are the things that might keep you from going in 2010? distance from you? money? nice idea but you’ll probably not get things together in time?

I would so love to know your thoughts on this no matter where you live Hmmm…maybe I need to give something away to a person who leaves me some answers. I’ll have to look on my book shelves for a good gift. So answer away. I’ll find something on my shelves Women of Faith related to send to one lucky person. I love bribery, don’t you?

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God’s got a great sense of humor

By Lisa B on November 9, 2009

Who knew? Really? I always thought God was this serious, angry man. He must love to laugh, or at least chuckle, because He totally blew my mind this weekend at Women of Faith!

As you may have read in my Arguing with God never works post, even before the weekend He was rocking my world — getting me out of my comfort zone. Once I got my friend Tonya in the car, I figured it was all down hill from there. Then the thought crossed my mind and out my lips — God’s got a purpose for Tonya to be at Women of Faith. He must have a purpose for me this weekend too.

Now, I say that Tonya is my friend, really now she is — before the weekend I didn’t know much if anything about her. I sat in her Sunday School class and knew her name. I knew she had 4 boys (though I didn’t know all their names), and I knew her husband wasn’t with her in Sunday School. That was pretty much all I knew about Tonya — oh, and except that God impressed on my heart that she needed a break, to be refueled, and that she was busy helping everybody else around her.

During the weekend she and I had some great conversations. I continually had to laugh at (with?) God because He had put the two of us together in this situation. There are things that we are totally opposite about. She’s beach. I’m mountains. She cooks. I’m Queen of the Drive-Thru. She thinks computers are of the devil. I’m on the computer way too much. But no matter what our differences are, we both love Jesus and want to know what’s God’s will.

We had an amazing time. We cried. We laughed. We talked. We slept (a little). I pray that God used me to speak to her and encourage her in her struggles. She encouraged me to share my stories with others. She encouraged me that I can organize at least 50 people to come to Women of Faith next year. Yep, you heard that right.

They kept announcing that if you committed to bringing 50 peeps to Women of Faith next year they’d fly you to Dallas in January for a preview and training — an all-expense paid trip. No airfare. No money for hotel or food. At first Tonya would just lean over and say “you could do that.” Then it turned to “you should go to that meeting.” She wouldn’t let up. So when I thought the last meeting had occurred, I told her if she found out where I should get more information from, I’d think about it.

She found the table. We talked to the guy behind the table. I was wavering. We struggle financially. How could I commit to these tickets? If I don’t sell all of them, I’d be responsible for paying for them? But Tonya said they had gotten a group of about 25 women just from our church (which shocked me because it’s a kinda small church — but she said they brought friends). I joked and told her if it was online, I could do it But my peeps are all over!

Finally when I started thinking about all the people I know in other churches, I caved in. I thought surely I can get enough of my friends in other places to get other friends, and I’ll be able to do this. What a story I’ll have to tell people from going to the pre-conference last year by myself, to asking Patsy for tickets this year to bringing a group of 50 next year. Not to mention I had already run into 2 friends who I didn’t know where going to be at the conference.

I signed up.

I folded the copy he gave me and stuck it in my back pocket. A knot formed in my stomach. I didn’t want to look at what else he had written. As we walked back to our seats, I looked up and said, “God you know the 50 women you want to be here next year in my group — just please don’t take too long letting me know them.”

We sat down in our seats, and I started thinking about telling Duck what I’d done. I thought he’d tell me I’m crazy, so I pulled the piece of paper out of my back pocket. I looked at the total of the tickets — the amount I’d have to pay if I didn’t sell one of them. I almost puked. Tonya looked over at me and said, “calm down. It’ll be ok. I’ll take one and I know others that will too. I’ll pray for you.” When I got home Saturday night, I told Duck that I had signed up to sell these tickets. His response? “Good luck with that.” Which made me laugh. out. loud.

When I woke up Sunday morning, God hit me with another idea, and the worry about selling all these tickets hasn’t overwhelmed me since. I’ve realized there are even more ladies I know that I can talk to and challenge them to bring a friend. Now I can’t help but wonder how many over 50 God’s going to send my way. He’s funny that way too. I can just see Him sitting in heaven laughing at my lack of faith and my worries.

Just planting the seed right now … you know you want to go to Women of Faith next year

Here are some pictures

Steven Curtis Chapman — you know I cried when he was talking about Maria. It was absolutely awesome to see him perform. Oh, and it didn’t hurt that we were on the second row right in front of him

Beth_LisaWomenOfFaith2009

It totally blew Tonya’s mind that I had known Beth @ Sports Momma online for probably about 2 years and never met her in person — until Women of Faith I fell in love with Beth’s original blog design where the header had a softball and said “I throw like a girl.” Cracked me up! Beth and I chat a lot on Twitter and I was so glad I finally got to meet her!