Courage to Keep Going After Crisis: Living in the Wake of Hurricane Irma
By Marva Smith Brave Women Series - Marva's Story Living in paradise has it perks, but the day my family spent six hours huddled in a...
“God has made you courageous. He has made you bold. You may not see the truth fully, but we see it. You are God’s girl, full of grace and fire. And together we are a force to be reckoned with, a threat to the darkness and a light to the broken."
-Becky Beresford for "God's Brave Women"
Becky Beresford
Author. Speaker. Dreamer.
Brave Women Series
Every Wednesday a different woman will be featured as she shares about her personal journey toward courage with Jesus. These stories are powerful, real and straight from the heart. Sign up HERE to have the weekly BRAVE stories sent straight to your inbox. You will not want to miss a single article in this series!
Brave Women Series
- Nov 22
- 7 min
For the Days We Feel Like God is Far Away: The Blessing of Being at the End of Our Rope
By Lin Wahlen Brave Women Series - Lin's Story A recurring way that God seems to “speak” to me these days is through songs. It wasn’t...
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Brave Women Series
- Nov 15
- 4 min
How to Live Out Our Faith So Others Are Curious: Dancing to the Hymn of Heaven
By Amy Gannett Brave Women Series - Amy's Story Have you ever seen someone jamming out to music that is only playing in their headphones?...
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Brave Women Series
- Nov 8
- 5 min
When We Don't Feel Accepted by Our Loved Ones: Handling Relational Pain with Courage
By Cynthia Cavanaugh Brave Women Series - Cynthia's Story Walking in the door with my sister and my aunt after a long flight, I saw my...
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Brave Women Series
- Oct 31
- 6 min
Braving the Fall in Chronic Illness: How God Pulls Us Out of Deep Waters
By Cassidy Poe God's Brave Women - Cassidy's Story Falling. The mental image instantly brings a knot to my stomach and a lump to my...
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Brave Women Series
- Oct 24
- 6 min
Finding Freedom from Superwoman: Letting Jesus be the Hero of Our Story
By Nora Tatina God's Brave Women - Nora's Story Everyone loves a superhero. There’s something empowering and magical about wearing an...
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Brave Women Series
- Oct 18
- 6 min
Overcoming Generational Trauma: Bravely Building Relationships with Our Teens
By Jessica Peck God's Brave Women - Jessica's Story I was in the driver’s seat of my car having a recurrent and heated argument with my...
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Brave Women Series
- Oct 11
- 4 min
When Life Leaves Us Empty Handed: The Power of Resilient Faith
By Lyli Dunbar God's Brave Women - Lyli's Story Two years ago, I would jump out of bed in the morning and make eggs for a little person....
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Brave Women Series
- Oct 4
- 5 min
Bravely Loving a Prodigal: Accepting God's Good and Grievous Gift
By Judy Douglass God's Brave Women - Judy's Story My phone rang at 2 a.m., jarring me awake. I had been asleep for two hours in my hotel...
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Brave Women Series
- Sep 29
- 5 min
Braving the Storm of Unexpected Change
By Melanie Redd God's Brave Women - Melanie's Story It turns out I like a pretty steady routine without a whole lot of change. Of course,...
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Brave Women Series
- Sep 20
- 6 min
The Brave Decision to Stop Proving Others Wrong: Healing from the Aftermath of Bullying
By Liv Dooley God's Brave Women - Liv's Story I have known God to be the Greatest Encourager we will ever know. Some of the most...
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Brave Women Series
- Sep 13
- 5 min
For the Times Our Paths are Anything but Straight: Trusting God Through Joy and Pain
By NJ Rongner God's Brave Women - NJ's Story From December of 2021 through May of 2022, I felt like life was coming at me one hundred and...
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Brave Women Series
- Sep 6
- 5 min
Having the Courage to Dethrone Worry
By Mary DeMuth God's Brave Women - Mary's Story Worry has, sadly, been a close friend. I have cherished her, thought about her, and...
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Brave Women Series
- Aug 30
- 5 min
When God Calls Us Back from the Mountaintop: Being Brave in Everyday Faithfulness
By Tam Wai Jia God's Brave Women - Wai Jia's Story The problem with highs is that you eventually have to come down low. After a race,...
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Brave Women Series
- Aug 23
- 6 min
Finding Freedom from Food Addiction: How God Brings to Light What Hides in the Dark
By Christina Zambrano God's Brave Women - Christina's Story I vowed to take my secret to the grave even though I knew without a doubt...
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Brave Women Series
- Aug 16
- 5 min
On the Other Side of Uncertain Obedience: How God Says Yes to Our Desires
By Jenny Erlingsson God's Brave Women - Jenny's Story I didn’t want to say yes. Yes meant that I would have to give up so much more than...
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Brave Women Series
- Aug 9
- 6 min
Asking for What You Need Can Be the Bravest Thing of All
By Heather Bjur God's Brave Women - Heather's Story It’s been a BIG year in my world. Big is such a ‘vanilla’ word, and my creative...
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Brave Women Series
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Braving the Unknown: Walking Out of Our Comfort Zone and onto the Water with Jesus
By Kate Berkey God's Brave Women - Kate's Story As a kid, I think I just assumed that adults had it all figured out—life, relationships,...
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Brave Women Series
- Jul 26
- 5 min
Never Will I Ever: Taking the Brave Step You Swore You'd Never Take
By Mary Carver God's Brave Women - Mary's Story The moment I did something I’d said I would never do is seared into my mind. Though years...
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Brave Women Series
- Jul 19
- 5 min
The Tension of Bravery: Sorting Through Peace and Panic as We Say YES to God
By Natalia Drumm God's Brave Women - Natalia's Story “You can’t be serious, Lord?!?!? I asked if you wanted me to do this years ago, why...
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Brave Women Series
- Jul 12
- 4 min
For the Days We Feel Broken: How Brave Surrender Helps Us Get Out of Survival Mode
By Amanda Jass God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story “I feel like I’m broken.” These are the exact words I said to my husband a few months...
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Brave Women Series
- Jul 5
- 7 min
Choosing Courage When Asking God for a Miracle
By Becky Beresford God's Brave Women - Becky's Story How do you sum up a miracle in just a few words? I’m going to try. Two weeks ago, we...
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Brave Women Series
- Jun 28
- 4 min
Being Brave if the Answer is No: Trusting God in the Face of Rejection
By Alexandra Hoover God's Brave Women - Alexandra's Story I don’t think you’re equipped enough for the role. We’ve decided to give it to...
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Brave Women Series
- Jun 21
- 5 min
Finding Bravery in Ordinary World-Changing
By Elisa Johnston God's Brave Women - Elisa's Story I used to think there was one way to change the world. It was outward. It was...
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Brave Women Series
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Listening to God When We Don't Want to: A Lesson on Brave Obedience
By Rachel G. Scott God's Brave Women - Rachel's Story God has a sense of humor and a wonderful one at that. Sometimes I think he looks...
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Brave Women Series
- Jun 6
- 5 min
Buried in the Grief of Pregnancy Loss: Where God Grows Bravery
By Jenny Albers God's Brave Women - Jenny's Story The second line on the pregnancy test appeared and as much as I wanted to feel joy, it...
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Brave Women Series
- May 31
- 5 min
The Courageous Fight for Our Children
By Kate Battistelli God's Brave Women - Kate's Story It was probably something I ate. At seven months pregnant the pain in my abdomen...
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Brave Women Series
- May 24
- 7 min
When We Don't Know if God Can be Trusted: Letting Love Heal Us
By Sara Barratt God's Brave Women - Sara's Story I’ve always been the girl with the trust issues. My fear of giving a man my trust...
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Brave Women Series
- May 22
- 5 min
God Will Fight for Us: When Seeking Justice Looks Like Being Still
By Rachel Baker God's Brave Women - Rachel's Story I’ve always had a deep sense of justice. Even as a little girl an injustice would move...
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Brave Women Series
- May 10
- 5 min
A Bold Pro-love Stance on Abortion: Helping Her Be Brave
By Amy Ford God's Brave Women - Amy's Story When I was nineteen, I had an unplanned pregnancy. Fear overwhelmed me and I came within...
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Brave Women Series
- May 3
- 5 min
Braving Broken Relationships: How God Brings Beauty from the Ashes of Hurt
By Mary Rooney Armand God's Brave Women - Mary's Story Leaning on his car, my boyfriend looked across the calm water and casually...
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Brave Women Series
- Apr 26
- 5 min
The Brave Art of Releasing Our Expectations and Resting in God's Plan
By Dianne Jago God's Brave Women - Dianne's Story I didn’t set out to become an author, but the Lord placed this opportunity on my path....
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Brave Women Series
- Apr 19
- 6 min
Facing Uncertainty with God: How Blindness Teaches Me to Walk by Faith, Not Sight
By Sara Claudia God's Brave Women - Sara Claudia's Story Have you ever faced a situation that was so foreign, unfamiliar, and terrifying...
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Brave Women Series
- Apr 12
- 5 min
Letting God Take Us to the Edge: Bravely Living with an Incurable Disease
By Lori Ann Wood God's Brave Women - Lori Ann's Story Barely a month had passed since my cardiac device was installed as a last-ditch...
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Brave Women Series
- Apr 5
- 5 min
A Brave Story About Gender Identity: Being Who God Created Us to Be
By Sara Oyela God's Brave Women - Sara's Story I laid there in the dark, on the top bunk, under my puffy comforter, cuddling with my...
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