Faith-Filled Friday – Week 1

Our faith filled Fridays will be a day to really start building our community. Each Friday will offer something a little different; something unique to the topic of the week. Then we’ll get some conversations started!

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The first time I heard this song on the radio, it brought tears to my eyes. It fits perfectly with our theme for the week, which is learning to love ourselves for who we are to Christ and in Christ, and not for what we see in the mirror or how we think we are defined by our past.

Freedom from shame, pain, guilt and hurt is possible. Freedom is ours. Let’s claim it today.

Let the words of this song sink into your heart as we close out this first week of focusing on the promise that we matter to God.

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Lyrics (partial):

I am guilty
Ashamed of what I’ve done, what I’ve become
These hands are dirty
I dare not lift them up to the Holy one

CHORUS:
You plead my cause
You right my wrongs
You break my chains
You overcome
You gave Your life
To give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be?
How can it be?

I’ve been hiding
Afraid I’ve let you down, inside I doubt
That You still love me
But in Your eyes there’s only grace now

Though I fall, You can make me new
From this death I will rise with You
Oh the grace reaching out for me, yes
How can it be?
How can it be?

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Let’s have some conversation!  

Look at the questions & statements below. Pick one that stands out to you the most and share your thoughts in a comment. This is a place to be real ladies – we are all in this boat of life together!

* What is the one thing that you learned this week that you’ll remember the most?

* How does embracing your value in Christ not only change how you look at yourself, but change what you think you are capable of doing?

* Did you experience an ah-hah moment this week? For example, a moment when God opened your eyes about something you’ve been blinded to, whispered something to your spirit, or helped you release something you’ve been holding onto?

* What does it mean to you to truly be free in Christ – to lift up your hands and praise Him without hesitation?

— After leaving your comment, consider hopping over to the YLSC Facebook group where we’ll be sharing more in depth about our thoughts with regards to this kickoff week and having some fun! —

The winners of the two pretty frames for your commitment letters were:  Aracelis and Mary 

49 Comments

  1. Lisa on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 8:26 am

    The one thing I learned this week that I will remember most is that I’m a daughter of the King. We don’t remember that we belong to highest level of royalty. We loved so much more than we know.



  2. Amy on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 8:27 am

    When I embrace my value in Christ, I realize that, no matter how forgotten and left behind by others I may feel, I am full of life. My potential in Christ is unlimited. I’m letting untrue thoughts about no longer being worthy or useful fill my mind when I should always turn first to the One who tells me I am always needed and have important work yet to do.



  3. Barbara on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 8:52 am

    I learned this week that I am a child of God.He created me and it hurts him if I compare my looks to someone else or want to be like someone else.I want to
    be free of all the hurtful words that have been said to me about my weight by
    my mother since I was a teenager. I have been humiliated by her in front of
    relatives and friends and it hurt my feelings and she didn’t care at all about
    my feelings. God loves me and that is the most important thing to me, that
    I am the daughter of the King of Kings and I am loved so much by him.I
    want to be free from the chains of hurt,regrets,and mistakes.



  4. Janie on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 8:55 am

    The one thing learned this week that I want to remember is that God’s view of me is not the view that I have of myself. I want to see the reflection of a beloved child of God instead of looking at myself through my own eyes.



    • Tammy on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 2:45 pm

      I love this comment. Exactly how I feel. Learning to try and live this way. Thanks for sharing!



  5. Pamela Smyth on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:03 am

    I cannot say that I had an ah-hah moment in reading chapter1-5. The problem I seem to have, is allowing myself to be happy and free in the Lord.

    I broke through my bondage issues finally in 2012 with your book stressed less living. You discussed living in regret, which I had spent at that point 32 years living with regret of my choices. I have been freed from that bondage, I have tried to right all my wrongs, but I still live in a bondage of not really living free in Christ. I seem stuck, I am very dependable and go to work everyday with gusto, however I seem to be lacking something on the inside. Pam



    • Trish on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:44 am

      Hi Pamela,
      I’m understand what you’re saying. I myself had no “ah-ha” moment while reading or journaling. In fact, I found myself digging in my heels even farther, being like, “how could I possibly be a person with meaning and purpose when you, God, have allowed life to go this crooked?” I wish I could say something about how I’m getting “un-stuck,” but it’s not happening yet. I think this will take an overwhelming, unimagined act of the Holy Spirit that I cannot even fathom yet. That’s all I can pray right now, for you and for me. God bless you with His peace and freedom today!
      Trish



      • Helen on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:43 am

        My heart aches for you as I can see through your words that you are hurting. Our lives ALL have crooked paths with valleys and mountaintops along thejourney. There is no one who doesn’t have something or hasn’t had something bad happen to them. We live in a fallen world and we are all broken people. Those that look and talk like they have it altogether, don’t…they are just really good at covering it up. That’s life on earth! Only in heaven will there be no more tears or suffering. Anything and everything that”goes wrong” in life can be used by God for great purposes. Romans 8:28 says that in all things ( the baddest and ugliest circumstances) God works for the good of those who love him. I am a prime example. Two years ago life went downhill in most areas of my life…physical health, mental health, financially, career wise and my daughter developed an eating disorder. I was contemplating suicide. I got to the point where I told God that I can’t go on because I couldn’t. I had lost all my super powers as an overachieving perfectionist. I had to let go and let God do his stuff. I had to let go of what I thought my life should look like and let him show me how my life could make a difference. He inspired me to write a book about the journey alongside my daughter and I am writing another book about the other messes in my life and how God has used them to teach me things I am now helping others with. He can do the same for you. Please consider going ” bungee jumping” with God…let go of what you want or think your life should look like and let God use your circumstances to do extraordinary things in your life. In the bible God used the most unlikely people in some of the worst circumstances to do the greatest things! You can be one of those people too. As soon as I am done writing this, I will be praying for you. And when you start to let go, watch the glorious unfolding of things in your life God has planned for you!



  6. Kathy on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:08 am

    This week reminded me that instead of seeking the approval of others, I should seek Christ. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and He does not make mistakes. Because He loves me, I don’t need to look anywhere else.



  7. Cheryl on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:23 am

    Here is my ‘AHA’ moment of the week! (Sorry for the length!)

    When my son was in kindergarten, I was a baby Christian. He used to come home all excited about Bible stories he learned and we would have a wonderful time sitting together, sharing and learning together. One day he came home and said he learned about Abigail. This was a story I was not familiar with, so we sat down and found it in my study Bible and started reading it together. Part way through the story, I audibly heard a man’s voice say, “You are Abigail”. I replied, “What do you mean ‘I am Abigail’?” At that point my eyes were drawn down to the text where Abigail meets up with David, humbles herself before him, and pleads with him not to avenge himself based on her husband’s foolish actions. My eyes were opened to my purpose and I rejoiced to know that God had a calling on my life, especially since I was in the throes of verbal, emotional, spiritual and financial abuse in my marriage and was slowly being reduced to nothing. My realization this week, however, was that, adding to the pain and shame being heaped on me in my marriage was a belief that ‘Abigail’ was someone I had to ‘work’ to become – beautiful, brave and strong. But, what if the Biblical Abigail was NOT some larger than life, always wise, always, strong, always good-head-on-her-shoulders-joyful-in-suffering woman? What if she made mistakes, coped with loneliness in sometimes sinful ways? What if she struggled with depression and didn’t ‘feel’ wise and beautiful? What if her actions that day were NOT from her own strength and wisdom, but DIVINE – enabling her to fulfill a good work He had for her from before time began? What if God chose her story to be woven into the greatest story, not for the fairy tale ending and not to showcase HER strengths, but to show that, despite hard, lonely circumstances, HE is sovereign? What if HE HAS and WILL continue to uphold ME and give ME wisdom when I need it? What if He would say that ‘I’ am wise and beautiful? THIS gives me hope. Hope that I am NOT too broken. Hope that these hard years have NOT been wasted. Hope for a better future. Yes, I AM ABIGAIL. A first step has been to change my fb profile image to an actual picture of myself (baby steps!). Yes, I am with a friend, but I am on the left and it’s a start!



    • dot on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:36 am

      God is never late . . . and in the meantime He is loving you through, and closer to Him. Pressing into Him will allow the baggage to fall – always in His time. Praying you will Have strength and wisdom for the journey. He is faithful.



  8. dot on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:33 am

    My ah-ha moment while watching basketball, the guys with all their tatoos, I leaned into my friend and whispered about the guys’ tatoos. She had one, too. The LORD showed me this morning that we are displaying ourselves not only on the outside with tatts, but in our minds and heaets are on display. HALT! Thank you, LORD for grace. He is faithful!



  9. Michelle V on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 9:34 am

    I did have an ah-ha moment this week. It came from a scripture I read in Romans 15:13 after I had been reading chapter 4 of the book. “May God, the source of hope”, and suddenly it hit me afresh that God Himself is our source of hope. We don’t have to hope in circumstances or ourselves or things. No matter how hopeless circumstances may seem, the fact is that God is our source of Hope, and His Spirit inside us will give us overflowing hope, peace and joy. It freed me from looking at myself and my circumstances as hopeless. Nothing is hopeless because I have God who is the source of hope.



  10. Julie on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:04 am

    My ahh haaaa moment…..It’s funny….I kinda always knew that Jesus loved me, died for my sins, has a bigger plan for me, loves me for who I am (not how I see myself) and HE can’t wait for me to be who HE wants me to be. However……..I never truly believed it and still not sure I am at 100%, but I am closer then I was. My moment came when I was reading chapter 4 about when Tracie realized that she wanted so much more and that she wanted to be made whole again. She encourages us to write or pray the prayer written at the end of the chapter. Sometimes reading prayer, I don’t feel it. It doesn’t feel like mine, that I am serious, that I matter, but when I read it, I felt this anxiety in my gut like, Julie…..you don’t have to be in this place that isn’t fun and happy anymore. Take the step outside your comfort zone and ask Jesus to help you be happy again. He has great things for you. It was like….WOW! Did I really just hear that? Was I dreaming? So….I did…..I took the prayer at the end of the chapter and re-wrote parts of it to fit my feelings, hurts, shame, doubts and all those other feelings of insecurities. I prayed it as I was typing and am going to read it again, but most importantly believe what I read daily so I can live a free and happy life again. Free of all the doubts. God Loves me for who I am and I am beautifully and wonderfully made in Christ’s image.

    Blessings to all today. May you find some happiness! You are loved by God and Forgiven! 🙂



  11. Jocelyn on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:10 am

    Thank You for this study. I am realizing that God has forgiven me. I struggled with that for so long. Oh yes he could forgive others but I was such a terrible person and was so bad. I know today that He does love me and that I am His child and He forgives me.
    I am finally free to be who God created me to be. Praise the Lord!!! Thank You Jesus!!!!



  12. Deena on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:18 am

    I started a new business this week. I wrote the words to this song and Furious Love in my journal. I sing them to the top of my lungs in my car. After 27 years of marriage I realized it’s not me. He chose not to love and adore me and show me respect over 4 years ago. I am loved, adored and respected by my King.



    • Julie on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 1:12 am

      What a great attitude! Good Luck with your new venture. God has big plans for you!



  13. Wendy Hayes on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:37 am

    As I have been praying for the spiritual growth of my adult children, the relationship I had with them begin to deteriorate. This has brought me deep sorrow and driven me to seek answers and guidance from God. What I found caused me sadness and then hope. As my children were growing up, I did not have the maturity or coping skills to help my them when they made mistakes. I was unable demonstrate a loving and merciful God. No mother wants to realize that she has become a reminder of past shame to her children. I know this is true for me and it breaks my heart. God will use this study to not only heal me, but heal my precious children. I want them to know that not only do I love and adore them, but our sweet heavenly Father does.



    • Shirley on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:56 am

      Wendy. I can really relate to your comment. I was in flat out rebellion after my first divorce when my girls were young. I did not bring them up in the Lord. I didn’t teach them the way they are supposed to be taught. They didn’t see me being a Godly person. So now they are not walking with the Lord. It breaks my heart and fills me with regret. I feel I have failed them. What helps some is knowing that my parents gave me no spiritual instruction or example and God found me. I pray for God to put people in their paths who will relay God’s love and forgiveness.



  14. Shirley on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:48 am

    Tracie, I love that song!! Thanks for posting it. I have to admit that I only got through chapter 3. I will catch up this weekend. My ah-ha moment came in chapter 1. Have I ever blamed God for a difficult experience? Boy have I. After all He is the all powerful God. Why did He allow my father to abuse me?? Why didn’t He heal my marriage? What hit me was that God gave us free will (I knew this but I don’t think I had really grasped the implications of it). He chooses not to physically force us to do or not do something. He can (and does) pursue us and beckon us but He can’t work in a rebellious heart that is unyielded to Him. Just like when I was in rebellion and making poor choices and sinning against Him (I knew what I was doin was wrong) He couldn’change my dad’s or husband’s actions without them yielding to Him. I’m sure it broke His heart but He is not to blame. This has been like a light in the darkness. I no longer blame God. I just thank Him that he has been here right by my side loving me when I was in rebellion and when I was suffering for someone else’s rebellion. Thank you Lord!!



  15. Marjorie on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:13 am

    Short and sweet…nothing is too difficult with God, now I need to live that out in my actions each day!



  16. Mickie H on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:19 am

    I realize that God luvs me no matter what mistakes I have made in my life…feeling guilty for so many years until a counselor of mine said to me
    ‘Don’t u think our forgiving God has forgiven u ‘ I didn’t feel that way for 20 plus yrs until she said that to me but I still felt guilty n then this week u Tracie told your story… I related as I have the same story but I was in my 40s ( now 67 ) n reading your
    book n praying n talking to God I totally feel forgiven for the first time in 25 yrs n feel peace … Ty for sharing Tracie n being a part of me ridding myself of my guilt n thanking God for His total forgiveness
    that I realize now He had forgiven me all those years ago!!!! Learning that we need to only Trust Him n His Word n Promises…
    In one of my devotional books The Lord says: The best response to such love is to love Me with your whole being. Your loving Me is not what saves you, but it does demonstrates your grateful awareness of how much I forgive you!!! Amen!!!
    All have a great blessed wkend n remember always no matter what we r so blessed with a forgiving Father 🙂



  17. Sandi on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:38 am

    I have lived a life full of shame and regret. I have asked for forgiveness before but I never really felt forgiven until this week. I KNOW God loves me and I love HIM! Thank you, Lord, opening my heart to your truth.

    Be blessed, everyone!!



  18. Dorothy Whittington on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:52 am

    * What is the one thing that you learned this week that you’ll remember the most?

    That regardless of what I think about me or how unworthy I feel that I am, God loves me unconditionally and He doesn’t see me as this unworthy, damaged person. He sees me as a beautiful daughter that has the potential to do and be anything through Him. He sees a perfect, whole, totally worthy child of His!!



  19. Kathy on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Thank you for including the song in your message today as it spoke “freedom” to me. I find comfort, help and healing through God’s Word as well as in the music that uplifts and inspires my spirit. Despite the difficulties in life, hope and refreshment in my spirit will bring encouragement and peace.



  20. Cheryl on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Two things:

    1. In the last 36 hours, multiple things from different readings on letting go of the past are all saying the same thing…maybe with different words…..but the essence of the meaning is the same. I have found that when God takes the same thing and lines it up to point to the same truth, from multiple sources…..I need to pay attention. He is trying to make a point.

    2. God’s timing is not the world’s timing. I am in such a rush to “fix this problem” but maybe God is having it take a long time because learning the lesson isn’t a “quick fix”.



  21. felice on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    A Sweet Story I just read: (relates well to our study)

    When Rebecca was four she received a necklace of play pearls from her father. She loved those pearls, they were her favorite thing. She wore them everywhere she went.
    Five years later, when Rebecca turned nine, her dad came to her with a present. But he said before she could receive the present she had to first give him her string of play pearls. She said “No, daddy! I love this necklace – you gave it to me!” She was heartbroken to think she had to give up something she loved so much. However, her daddy lovingly convinced her that what he had in store for her was so much more wonderful than that play necklace, and with great crocodile tears she finally gave the necklace she had loved for so many years of her young life.
    Her daddy gave her the present and she opened it, and what was inside? A beautiful string of real pearls, which shone with a brilliance she could never have imagined.
    Our journey with the Father is very much like Rebecca’s story. We want to hold on to the things that are comfortable to us, no matter how phony, or how much they have dulled over time. However, likewise, our heavenly Father also has something much more wonderful in store for us than we could ever imagine if we would just give up the old and accept His new gift. It may not come quickly, and it will not come easily.



  22. Karen W. on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 1:44 pm

    just finished Ch. 3 and what hit me the most — “He is a defender of the oppressed”



  23. Mary on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    My ah-hah moment this week was from the purpose ponderings at the end of chapter 5. We were asked to consider the lie that has been stuck in our brain for as long as we could remember. We were to write it out and then read Isaiah 43 highlighting the verses or words that stood out. Then we were to lay or note card on the pages of our Bible and surrender the lie to God once and for all. I know that the lie was broken off of me that day, Wednesday, and this truly allowed me to see how fearfully and wonderfully I am made. To receive it into the depths of my soul to know it full well. What an awesome God we serve!!



  24. Ashton Firkus on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    My value in Christ changes how I look at myself as I no longer need anyone’s approval. When I think about my value to Christ, my acne, shortness, and childish look doesn’t matter anymore. My mistake 4 years ago doesn’t matter. It changes what I am capable of doing because I’m not looking for that approval anymore! <3



  25. Donna on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 3:56 pm

    The one thing I learned this week that I will remember most is that I’m a daughter of the King and he is with me always.



  26. KathrynH on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    the past is not my story, but His story in my life…that one just broke open the gates and brought down the walls!!



  27. Theresa Cloe on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    The one thing I remember the most from this week is looking in the mirror and saying that I am a child of God. Just knowing Christ values me helps me know that I’m capable of doing anything through him and his strength. My aha moment was when I was reminded that whatever bad things I have gone through in life, Jesus has always been there for me, helping me, loving me and seeing me through. To truly be free in Christ means to surrender all to him and trust him completely and have faith in him, no matter what!



  28. Debra S on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    The one thing that reiterated with me this week is not to be afraid of my past. Not one person on earth is free of past regrets. Some just carry more than others, but in the eyes of our Lord we are all the same. Thank you Lord!



  29. Joy Chiasson on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    It was a rough week to just concentrate on the message but, I did get more clear as the days went by. I needed to remember who I am in Christ for when I lost mom the other day, I kind of lost sight of that. So, now I am ready to continue to grow into what God would have me be. Now I am ready to take up the mantle and carry on til God calls my name.



  30. Sharon C. on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    I just don’t know where to start. So much has been covered this week. First of all, I have to stop believing all the negative things that formed the inner thoughts of my being. The words and actions were developed in me at a very young age. I was a very sad and fearful human being that set me on a life of destruction. I can look back and see how miserable and dysfunctional my family was. My mom and dad couldn’t say things to each other in a civil voice. My dad died 3 months ago and I think mom is realizing that she could have treated him better. She misses him a great deal or so she says. I don’t want to end up like they did. How I need to forgive them and forgive myself. Looking back through a few generations it looks like it was a curse on the family. I’m so ashamed to even admit that I was in the House of the Lord every time the door was open trying to find a place to belong and people that would love me. I was more into outward things than what was inward. Now I know I’m the Daughter of a King, real royalty. I’ve apologized to my kids but you can only do that so many times. There’s no do overs in life. I have to let them form their own forgiveness. I don’t know how to help them through it. My sister and I have tried to talk to mom about the abuse but she won’t admit that there was any. If she did admit it she would have to face the fact that she let it happen to us. I still have chapters 2-5 to read for this week. I got stumped on writing out the prayer. It’s so different when you put it all on paper. All these years I was searching for LOVE and God was waiting for me with open arms. Oh Lord, why did it take me so long? Reading all the posts from this study I can see that I’m not alone. I surrender all to You and now I’m ready to begin a new chapter in my life. I think I will start journaling and recording all the blessing You have given me and have gratitude for them. We do need each others prayers as we venture into God’s Love. I thank all of you for your prayers.



  31. Shannon on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Did you experience an ah-hah moment this week?

    My ah-hah moment came last night while at the hair salon. I had this feeling in my spirit that something was changing but I could not understand what it was (I believe it is me). I didn’t realize how much my past has affected every area of my life (fear, negative thoughts, rejection). During one particular time in my life, I attempted suicide because I didn’t feel like I mattered or that I was good enough for anyone to love me. But, God was always there with me and I am so thankful that he released me from that bondage. During difficult moments in my life, I want to go straight to the Lord because I know he will never leave me nor forsake me. I am so grateful to Ms. Miles for this bible study and I pray for all of us as we continue on this journey together.



  32. Beth Almeida on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    My value in Christ allows me to be at peace with whether or not I will be a good parent. God loves me and wants me to be the me I can be. As long as I depend on Him daily, I will be an awesome mom!



  33. Lisa on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 12:15 am

    The thought of having to share scares me, embarrasses me and realizing that He may not ask me to do that was an eye opener for me!



  34. Laura B. on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 10:54 am

    The question~ “How does embracing my value in Christ not only change how I look at myself, but what I think I am capable of doing”, was very helpful to me as I took some time to dissect the question. Over time, I have let my failures become my identity more than the truth of who I am in Christ and what He says of me. He values my life and it is of the utmost importance to Him! When He sees me, He sees His adorable creation and His unconditional love for me desires to care, protect, guide, provide for and shower me with the best of everything! When I embrace this fact, I then have the ability to love myself wholly and then believe that what I am able to contribute is limitless because I am functioning in His Power! So this is the point of this study, for me, is to start studying, meditating and believing the truth of who I am and living this out, more than living in the untruth of what the enemy would have me believe . He only seeks to steal and destroy my life, but God continually seeks to restore and renew my life!



  35. Miranda miller on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    The most valuable thing I learned this week is that it okay to share my story. No matter how embarrassing or how much it hurts. I shared it on the Facebook page and got some responses and made a new friend out of it.



  36. Maureen on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    I am at chapter 4, so haven’t quite finished the assignment, but have found a peace building in me that I know God has been trying to give me for years. My relationship with Christ is good, but I have trouble forgiving myself for the pain I have caused others, mainly my two grown children. I know Christ has forgiven me, and so have my children, but I still have trouble believing I shouldn’t be more severly punished. I am very passionate about the study though, and just know that there will be something in it God can use as a trigger for my understanding. Thank you so very much for doing this.



  37. heather on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 9:18 pm

    What is the one thing that you learned this week that you’ll remember the most?

    GOD loves me and has been with me this whole journey and will continue to be with me!

    The song in this devotion was recommended to me by a friend when I express my struggle to accept GOD’s love for me 🙂



  38. Tammy Barnard on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 9:46 pm

    Yippee,
    I found the comment section. What a glorious day it has been. Ladies, I am learning so much. I just feel so blessed to have found such a great study. Granted it is hard to look at some of the ugly times of my life, but as I do, I CAN see God IS right there. I just want to give praise for that. I know I am not finished, and yet more discovery to come through the remaining study. Thank you Tracie, for your message today!! Perfect timing!!! God is good. Have a great week, ladies!! Tammy



  39. christy b on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 4:26 am

    I got a little behind . I am at The purpose Ponders. I have been trying to figure out what is stopping me from getting Closer to God, Since I was 8 years old Ihave been angry with God. I Know God has always been with me as he has shared it to me, I want to give him everything I truly do. I am 47 years old And have felt alone my whole life. Idont want to be afraid God of What you have for my future, I am . I Know you tell me you will always be by myside. I felt all alone All those years and thought you were gone. I don’t want to feel like that again God. I am afraid of you, of not having you. God I Know I stayed angry with you and I Know that you have forgiven me. I forgive me and I am so sorry I felt I had to do your job. you have given me so many gifts please let me hear you in what You want me to do. I want to look in the mirror and see me the way you see me, Amen!



  40. mattie on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 10:26 am

    one of my favorite songs right now .thought it was just for me .I mess up soooo much and wonder if G-d still listens or cares to know my name most days .but I have to stand on his word that says : he will NEVER leave me nor forsake me till the end .and that NOTHING can separate me from his love . I am thankful that his Mercy is new every morning and his grace is sufficient for me .I have to remind myself daily .I know in my heart that I am NEVER alone . but its really hard sometimes when you just need/want physical arms around you .thank you for the study. many blessings to you



  41. Leah DiPascal on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    I’ve heard this song so many times on the radio, but this is the first time I’ve really paid attention to the words. I’m praying for each of you this week and celebrating all that God is doing and will do in your lives. It is for your freedom that God sent His One and Only Son, Jesus. Oh, how I pray that you will walk in that freedom with confidence and assurance – today and every day – through Christ Jesus.



  42. Kathy on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    I learned that God is using all of the circumstances of my life to prepare me for a special purpose in this life!



  43. Heather on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    How does embracing your value in Christ not only change how you look at yourself, but change what you think you are capable of doing?

    In my head I know how much I am valued and that with His help I can do so much more than I ever thought but I find that I am constantly having to pick myself back up. I often wonder if my heart knows my worth as much as my head does.

    I know that in Christ I can do things I would have never considered – and I can look back to see what all He has brought me through – which is quite substantial. I guess that I truly never embraced my Christ-value. This book is just what I needed.



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