Women of Faith

General Update

By Lisa B on January 22, 2010

So much to say, so little time Here’s some bullet points for ya. You’re welcome!

I mailed half of my Women of Faith stuff out today. So Mandy @ Pennies and Blessings, Heidi, Jenny 86753oh9 and Punkinmama — your stuff is officially in the mail. Please let me know when you receive it! To Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman and Annabelle @ Christian Momma my sincerest apologies. It will be Monday before I have a chance to mail yours. Ran out of mailing supplies
I want to specially thank Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman. She won 2 days of giveaways and wrote me an email to say give one of them away to someone else. Well, it just so happens that the new official winner of Sheila Walsh’s All that Really Matters book is a lady I know in real life. One that I had no idea read my blog until she left a comment on that post. So congratulations Monica! Now you don’t have to be mad at me
Monica is a lady at Doodle’s school that I know well enough to say “hey” to — when I talked to her today and told her about the book, she thanked me for my blog. Ya’ll … that floored me. My blog? She thinks it’s neat. I told her that it felt good to be writing again like I believe God wants me to do. I mentioned getting overwhelmed at reading other blogs and the mentality of “well they said it so I don’t need to.” Monica confirmed God’s calling for me. She said “I don’t read those other blogs. Write for me.” Thanks Monica for sharing that with me today. You blessed me more than you know
For my BlissDom ladies, I’ll have a post up Monday with tips for ya’ll. Shoot, I might have to make more than one I’ve got so much to share! So check back then to look for it. And even though I’m not going to BlissDom any more, I’m still going to keep the MckLinky up — so link up and get to know some of the other ladies going!
I’ll be disappearing from the blog and Twitter this weekend. We’ve got a lot of good stuff going on, and I’m going to try doing life off my computer and with my family. I hope you make that kind of time this weekend as well.

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All of you are winners for sure, but these are the ones who I’ll be shipping stuff to! If you’re listed here, be on the lookout for an email from me for getting your mailing address. I know God will bless each of you with these resources!

Day 1 Giveaway — Winner: Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman

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.

Day 2 Giveaway — Winner: Mandy @ Pennies and Blessings

Jan Silvious Day!
The 5-minute Devotional: Meditations for the Busy Woman
Fool-Proofing Your Life: An Honorable Way to Deal with the Impossible People in Your Life
Fool-Proofing Your Life: Study Guide

Day 3 Giveaway — Winner: Heidi S.

Nicole Johnson?s Fresh-Brewed Life: A Stirring Invitation to Wake Up Your Soul book and study guide.

Day 4 Giveaway — Winner: Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman

Sheila Walsh’s All that Really Matters: Jesus? Simple Plan for a Transformed Life

Day 5 Giveaway — Winner: Annabelle @ Christian Momma

Patsy Clairmont Day!

Mapping Your Journey: Which way do I turn? and Ahoy Mate! What ship or ships are you on in your relationships VHS tapes
Mending Your Heart in a Broken World: Finding Comfort in the Scriptures book

Day 6 & 7 Giveaway — Winner: Jenny 86753oh9 and Punkinmama

Natalie Grant?s Relentless CD SIGNED!!!
Women of Faith New Testament
Sheila Walsh?s Get Off Your Knees and Pray! book
Patsy Clairmont?s I Second that Emotion book
2 sets of note cards from DaySpring

Thank you all again for entering and for the supportive comments you left me this week. I’m starting to remember why I like to blog

I’ll most likely have other stuff to be giving away soon — I need to get back to cleaning up around here and purging!

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Reentry is hard

By Lisa B on January 18, 2010

From Thursday through Saturday, I spent time with many amazing women. We prayed. We listened. We talked. We worshiped together. We laughed. We cried. By the end of our time together, we were pumped up for God — ready to do His work. We were excited and ready to get back home to our families — to share what we learned, what we heard, and what we did.

Reentry is hard.

But many of us were dealing with things back home. When we stepped off the planes we had to adjust. We had to hold back. Perhaps the airport is not the right place to dump all of our enthusiasm on our families. Perhaps they were really thankful that we were home and wanted to share their stories instead of hearing ours. Perhaps we did or did not do something that hurt them or made them angry while we were gone.

Reentry is hard.

But they are often hard on themselves when they don’t see all these things happening on a daily basis. They are quick to observe all they are doing wrong and slow to appreciate all they are doing right.

– Power of a Praying Woman, pg. 36 by Stormie Omartian

This is me. To a capital T. I am hard on myself for everything I did wrong. When I look back over the weekend, there are things that I did wrong and things I did right. The ones eating at my soul are the things I did wrong.

Reentry is hard.

This morning I sat down with my journal and poured my heart out to God. I couldn’t even put into words some of what I am feeling, but I know God knows and understands what I need. I also prayed for the other ladies I met this weekend who are going back home to bigger struggles than I can even imagine.

Reentry is hard, but God is bigger than my problems.

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Women of Faith Week: Day 6 & 7

By Lisa B on January 16, 2010

Ok, so yesterday I said that it was the last day — well, I was wrong. The wonderful Molly Thornberg (who I met on Twitter — and she tweets for Women of Faith) thought it was a really cool thing for me to do this WoF Week. So she gave me some stuff to give away. Only when I went to pick it up tonight, I found out she gave me 2 of everything she told me she was giving me. How awesome is that?

I get to draw 2 names from the comments here and I’m going to leave this post up for a few extra days. I think I’ll draw the winners on Wednesday. Here’s the awesome package!

Natalie Grant’s Relentless CD SIGNED!!!

Women of Faith New Testament

Sheila Walsh’s Get Off Your Knees and Pray! book

Patsy Clairmont’s I Second that Emotion book

2 sets of note cards from DaySpring

All very cool stuff and a huge thank you to Molly for allowing me to give it away!

To enter:

Leave a comment below.
Tweet the giveaway and leave a comment here with the tweet url.

Remember to check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 giveaways!

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Women of Faith Week: Day 5 Giveaway

By Lisa B on January 15, 2010

I think I forgot to mention that this is a 5-day-week giveaway This is the last, and I saved one of my favorites for last!

It’s a Patsy Clairmont day! I absolutely adore Patsy and not just because she showed me God’s love. She’s a witty, funny, loving, awesome, inspiring speaker! I hope that I get to hug her neck at least once while I’m in Dallas. That would make my nerves settle down a bit.

I’ve got 3 things of Patsy’s to giveaway today.

Mapping Your Journey: Which way do I turn? and Ahoy Mate! What ship or ships are you on in your relationships are both VHS (you remember those right?) tapes of Patsy giving those messages.

Mending Your Heart in a Broken World: Finding Comfort in the Scriptures book

No one lifts our spirits better than bestselling author and inspirational speaker Patsy Clairmont, and no one can better help us find the spiritual glue to fix a “broken heart.” Honest, funny, and endearing, Patsy helps us face our fears by revealing her own: the depression and anxieties that once kept her a virtual prisoner in her own home. With practical truths such as “Five Lies to Do You In” and “Everyone Needs Walls,” and the astonishingly relevant scripture she found in the Book of Nehemiah, she reveals her road to recovery. Now others can follow it too as her warm words light up the darkness with the power of faith — and Patsy’s down-to-earth wisdom and guidance for daily living become the best “heart menders” of all.

To enter:

Leave a comment below.
Tweet the giveaway and leave a comment here with the tweet url.

Remember to check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 giveaways!

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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.

To enter:

Leave a comment below.
Tweet the giveaway and leave a comment here with the tweet url.

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.

To enter: