Announcing Abounding Faith Live

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I’m excited to share that I will be hosting my very first Abounding Faith Live event on May 14! I hope that everyone who comes will be inspired to believe God for the impossible!

I’m delighted to be partnering with my friends at Queens NY Aglow. I’m looking forward to sharing an encouraging word and spending time with you in prayer, praise, and fellowship! If you are in the NYC area, I hope you can join me. All are welcome! Light refreshments will be served. For more info, please email Info@AboundingFaith.com.

So why is an introvert like me hosting events? Because I believe the Lord is calling me to speak and write for His glory!

This decision is similar to hopping on a plane to go on missions trips to the Amazon in Brazil, the Andes in Ecuador, the slums of Ethiopia, and the streets of Honduras and Peru. It’s similar to leading outreaches in NYC and having the courage to share my thoughts on this blog and in my books.

When God says it’s time to go on an adventure with Him, it’s time.

I feel blessed to be in this season of sharing the Good News of the Gospel with hurting people and encouraging believers in their faith!

I’m touched by those who have come alongside of me and are supporting me with their prayers and encouraging words!

It’s a blessing to get to share some of this journey with you right here on this blog. I hope my story encourages you to Pray, Dream, Do, Repeat!

Has God placed a dream in your heart? If God is for you, who can be against you? (Romans 8:31)

Many blessings to you as you run the race that God has for you, and keep your eyes on Jesus until you cross your finish line!

“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” (Luke 1:45)

Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

More Reflections on Abounding Faith’s Book Launch Event

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This week I’m sharing more pics and reflections on my recent book launch event for my second book Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible!

I’m so touched that so many of my family and friends came out to help me celebrate this milestone! I’m so grateful for everyone who came, those who volunteered, and those who have been praying for me!

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I’m thankful to my friends at Our Daily Bread Ministries for providing books and booklets to give away as prizes and gifts to attendees and volunteers! Here are two of the happy winners!

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It really was a lovely evening! You can read more of my reflections here. I pray that everyone who came was blessed! I also pray that everyone who reads Abounding Faith will be blessed and inspired to believe God for the impossible! If you’re encouraged by the Abounding Faith devotional, please leave a kind review on Amazon.

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I’m already planning my next event! It will be on May 14th! I’ll be sharing more info with you shortly. If you’re in the NYC area and would like more info, please email Info@AboundingFaith.com.

Blessings to you as you walk in Abounding Faith and Wait on God Well!

“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” (Luke 1:45)

Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Peek Inside the New Abounding Faith Devotional

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I’d like to share the intro to my new devotional Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! I hope it blesses you! You can grab your copy on Amazon.

Introduction

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrew 11:6).

The Bible describes faith as follows, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). As Christians, we are called to walk by faith and not by sight, meaning, many times, we need to believe before we see the results. That is easier said than done!hey say children spell the word love, “T.I.M.E.”  I agree. And I would venture to say one of the main ways God spells love is, “T.R.U.S.T.” Our Heavenly Father delights in us as we put our faith and hope in Him, especially when we are going through hard times.

But when we read about God’s character in the Bible and read His promises, we can stand firm on His Word. When God gives us dreams and promises about our lives that line up with what we have read in the Bible, we are to grab hold of them even if at first they seem far-fetched or impossible. That just means we are about to get stretched!

God wants our faith in Him to grow!

Our faith deepens as we spend time with Jesus in prayer and reading the Word. And as we go through trials, we see God’s almighty hand working in our lives. We get to experience God’s faithfulness.

During some of the most trying and painful times in my life, when it felt like someone had pulled not just the rug but the entire ground out from under me, the only thing I had to hold onto was my faith in God. Every day was like a never-ending roller coaster. Amid the doubt, fear, and chaos, I clung to the truths that God is good, God is faithful, God is in control, and nothing is impossible for Him!

Those can all sound like trite expressions, but when you are going through what seems like hell on earth, those words come alive!

It was during that season that I would soak in God’s presence and His Word and inhale His promises to me in the Bible. I learned that part of our maturing process is having our faith tested. That’s how our spiritual muscles get exercise. It is how our character is refined so we can be conformed into the image of Christ. It is also how spiritual warriors are trained. We need to learn to use our shield of faith to extinguish the fiery darts that the enemy throws at us.

I mentioned some of the lessons I learned during that time in my life in my first book, Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough!

During that particular season of poring over the Scriptures, I found great comfort from the Bible personalities I will be sharing about in this devotional. Their faith in God inspired me and gave me hope when I needed it the most. I would read and re-read how God came through for them, and I would have peace that God would see me through as well.

When I would ask God why I was going through all these tests, one of the verses that kept coming to my mind was when Jesus was talking to Simon Peter before He went to the Cross. Jesus said, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers” (Luke 22:31).

Did you catch that? Jesus interceded for Peter to stay strong in his faith and exhort the other disciples once he was restored.

And so my friend, that is why I am writing this devotional. The Lord has graciously brought me through that chapter in my life. Now I am praying that your faith will be strengthened.

My hope is that this devotional will encourage you to believe God for the impossible! Dare to remove the limits off of God and watch what He will do. God is able! He is all-powerful and all-knowing. He is never asleep on the job. God loves you more than you will ever know and He is closer than you think!

The men and women you will read about were regular people like you and me. They had their flaws and imperfections, which you can read about in the Bible. But I will be spotlighting some of their defining moments. I want to give you just a snapshot of those times when they took a leap of faith and took God at His Word.

There was nothing special about them. The One who is special is God! He performed all the miracles in these stories. He can do the miraculous for you according to His will.

I pray that any storms you face in your life will help drive you closer to God. I pray your personal relationship with Jesus will continue to grow. As you abide in Christ, your prayers will better align with His desires for you.

Pray bold prayers and wait for God to answer in His timing and in His way. He will see you through. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Believe!

Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspired You to Believe God for the Impossible! Copyright © 2016 by Nancy Gavilanes All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Reflections on Abounding Faith’s Book Launch

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I’m in awe of what God is doing in my life. I look at the picture above of the two books God has allowed me to write and the mugs and journals that He’s allowed me to create, and I’m kinda stunned that I had a part in any of it.

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I look at this picture of my family and friends who attended yesterday’s book launch, and I’m so touched by all the love and support I felt last night. Writing can be so solitary, so I am grateful to get to share this moment with those who attended. It was a sweet mix of family as well as friends from different stages of my life. My friends represented more than 6 countries. I love having such a diverse group of friends! A special thank you to all the volunteers who helped make yesterday such a success!

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I look at this picture and I barely recognize myself! I guess that’s a good thing. I’m being refined in this process. I’m enjoying this season that I’m in. This journey I’m on is filled with valley and mountain top experiences. It’s filled with adventure and ordinary moments. Walking by faith isn’t easy, but it is worth it! Every experience helps to conform us into the image of Christ. I had lots of fiery darts from the enemy aimed at me during the writing and release of Abounding Faith, but guess what? Greater is He who is in me than He who is in the world (1 John 4:4) and no weapon formed against me shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17)! So I can look ahead with confidence knowing that God’s got me!

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Now this book is out of my hands and into the hands of readers where it belongs! I pray that you are blessed by Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! I pray that you will see God do the seemingly impossible in your life! The Bible heroes I spotlight in this devotional were regular men and women just like you and me. It’s God who did all the miracles in their lives! The Bible says Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). I pray you will have the courage to Believe!

If Abounding Faith blesses you, please take a moment to write a kind review on Amazon. Two sentences is plenty! Thank you! I look forward to sharing more thoughts and pics from the book launch, and I’m excited to hear how the book is touching you! Thanks for being on this journey with me! There’s more to come. All Glory to God!

“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” (Luke 1:45)

Did this encourage you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! And don’t forget to sign up below to have my weekly encouraging blog posts emailed straight to you for free. When you subscribe below, you’ll also receive the free “12 Journal Writing Prompts” PDF I created to help inspire you as you write/journal.

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For more encouragement, read my books Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough and Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible! To learn how I can come alongside of you as your Life Coach or to invite me to speak at your event, visit my website www.aboundingfaith.com. Check out Abounding Faith’s online store here. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.