God Doesn't Overlook Our Sorrow: Why We Need to Share About Our Suffering and Not Shrink Back
By Whitney Akin Brave Women Series - Whitney's Story I was once a wallflower, the kind of girl who wished to sink into the background so...
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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!
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Brave Women Series
- Aug 23, 2022
- 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...
Brave Women Series
- Aug 9, 2022
- 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...
Brave Women Series
- May 10, 2022
- 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...
Brave Women Series
- Apr 5, 2022
- 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...
Brave Women Series
- Feb 1, 2022
- 5 min
The Brave Choice to Get Help: How Going to Counseling Cultivates Truth and Courage
By Jenn Schultz God's Brave Women - Jenn's Story It took months to make the phone call. Then a few more months to fill out the simple...
Brave Women Series
- Jan 25, 2022
- 6 min
Handling Chronic Pain with Courage: When God Becomes Our "Enough"
By Krista Hewlett God's Brave Women - Krista's Story The year 2013 was filled with difficulty for many reasons. August brought the worst....
Brave Women Series
- Nov 30, 2021
- 5 min
Standing Strong in Your Calling When Life's Storms Come Your Way
By Kristen Strong God's Brave Women - Kristen's Story I grew up in Osage County, Oklahoma, and many of my memories involve summer...
Brave Women Series
- Oct 26, 2021
- 6 min
Shame Off You: Healing from Childhood Sexual Exploitation
By Amy Kratzer God's Brave Women - Amy's Story When I share my story of childhood exploitation, I’m often asked, “How could this happen...
Brave Women Series
- Oct 5, 2021
- 5 min
How Rejection Can Set Us Up Instead of Set Us Back
By Lynn Cowell God's Brave Women - Lynn's Story Have you ever needed to do something but lacked the confidence or courage to do it? Go...
Brave Women Series
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
Living Through Childhood Abuse with Borrowed Bravery
By Amanda Lewallen God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story Sitting in her office, I traced the tiny circle on the arm of the chair with my...
Brave Women Series
- Aug 18, 2021
- 5 min
Being Brave in the Breaking: How Our Family Survived the Impossible
By Becky Beresford God's Brave Women - Becky's Story I picked up my head and looked wearily into the bathroom mirror. Staring at the...
Brave Women Series
- Aug 10, 2021
- 6 min
Speaking Up Against Sexual Harassment: The Brave Choice to Not Remain Silent
By Aida Maravillas God's Brave Women - Aida's Story The phone felt heavy in my hand as I contemplated the call I had to make. My level of...
Brave Women Series
- Jul 26, 2021
- 7 min
Brave Enough to Admit Infidelity: The Power of Telling the Truth
By Amy Elaine Martinez God's Brave Women - Amy's Story What happens when we decide to stop bad behavior in its tracks and think of others...
Brave Women Series
- Jul 13, 2021
- 5 min
The Bravest Thing We Can Do After Relationships Break: Letting Go of Our Shame
By Heather Lobe Johnson God's Brave Women - Heather's Story When my now-husband and I first started dating, I was a single mom with a...
Brave Women Series
- May 25, 2021
- 7 min
Using Our Doubt as a Catalyst for Courage
By Casey Hilty God's Brave Women - Casey's Story There’s a bit of irony happening behind the scenes of my post for the Brave Women...
Brave Women Series
- Mar 23, 2021
- 5 min
Letting Anxiety Lead Us to Jesus Instead of Judgment
By JJ Gutierrez God's Brave Women - JJ's Story Here I sit again. Butterflies flapping wildly in my belly and anxious thoughts racing from...
Brave Women Series
- Mar 15, 2021
- 5 min
When Our Prayers Aren't Answered the Way We Hoped
By Carly Webber God's Brave Women - Carly's Story Have you ever begged God so hard for a thing that you thought it might just break you?...
Brave Women Series
- Mar 9, 2021
- 6 min
Choosing Grace Over Guilt: A Brave Lesson on the Effects of Shame
By Julie Lefebure God's Brave Women - Julie's Story The weight on my chest made it hard to breathe. I guess it had resided there for so...
Brave Women Series
- Mar 2, 2021
- 5 min
Tearing Down the Stigma Behind Suicide: Bravely Talking About Mental Illness
By Pamela Henkelman God's Brave Women - Pamela's Story Four years ago, the kind funeral director hauled more chairs into the overflow...
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