by Doris Swift | Aug 24, 2021 | Adventures with God, calling, Change, Chrisian living, decisions, devotional, empowered, encouragement, Encouragement for Women, encouraging, equip, evangelism, Fierce Calling Podcast, gifts, Identity, moms, Peg Arnold, purpose, real life, rest, Restoration, value, women, women's issues, worth
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:37 — 28.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS | More“Sometimes God takes us out of that familiar, warm, and comfortable, and makes us jump off that cliff…” – Peg Arnold Are you ready to experience...
by Doris Swift | Jun 2, 2020 | calling, Encouragement for Women, Fierce Calling Podcast, Identity, purpose
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:30 — 25.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS | MoreShow Notes Hello and welcome to episode 31 of the Fierce Calling Podcast. In today’s episode, Loving the Girl God Created You to Be, I’m talking with my...
by Doris Swift | May 8, 2020 | 2020/2019, dreams, encouragement, Encouragement for Women, Holy Spirit, purpose
When I was growing up there was a girl in my neighborhood who had the most amazing banana curls, like Nellie Oleson on Little House. Her spiraling curls cascaded down her back and bounced like Slinkys when she walked. I dreamed of having curls like hers. I begged my...
by Doris Swift | May 31, 2017 | calling, imperfection, love your neighbor, purpose, value
While on a recent visit to our local ice cream shop, I said something cringe-worthy. My grandson and I waited in line and when we finally reached the counter, I turned to him and blurted out: “I’m not having ice cream today so I can get thin enough to have ice cream.”...
by Doris Swift | Oct 31, 2015 | calling, Encouragement for Women, promise, purpose
We’ve been lying to ourselves, haven’t we? I know how it goes. We tell ourselves confidence is based on worldly standards, that someone else is a better version of us. We feel like giving in. We tell ourselves we’ve reached our full potential,...
by Doris Swift | Oct 17, 2013 | called, Christian, encourage, encouragement, faith, God, Him, His will, hope, Jesus, Joy, plan, purpose, servant, serve, The Called, trust, will
Praise the Lord! On October 12th I was very humbled and privileged to speak at a women’s event, Bagels & Blessings at Edgewater Alliance Church. This season’s theme is JOY, and it was just that to bring God’s word to a room filled with...