Contributing Writer for NEW Devotional from Our Daily Bread’s VOICES Collection

I’m delighted and honored to be a contributing writer for the special On the Shoulders of Giants devotional booklet from Our Daily Bread‘s VOICES Collection! Order it for FREE now so you can read it throughout Black History Month this February!

Help spread the word to others who could use this inspiration!

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Share Your Thoughts – Take Abounding Faith’s 2021 Super Short Reader Survey

It’s an honor to get to encourage and inspire you as you walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams. I’m grateful that I get to help fuel your faith, ignite your hope and help your heart be set ablaze with the love of God!

If you’re being inspired and encouraged by Abounding Faith’s books, blog, podcast and more, praise God! Would you take a quick moment to fill out this super simple Reader Survey?

I value your thoughts. Your feedback is important to me as I prayerfully plan for next year and beyond. I look forward to reading your responses by next Friday, December 17.

Many blessings!

Give the gift of faith, hope and love this Christmas! Who can you bless with copies of Abounding Faith’s inspiring books? Check out this super short video by clicking here.

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Book 6 Update!

My favorite “Writer’s Den” café where I’ve edited all my books may be gone now, but the work continues. I took advantage of this lovely mild weather we’ve been having and had a delightful time reading through a printed rough draft copy of Book 6 outdoors.

It’s been refreshing to read through Book 6 after a short break. It’s all new to me again and also convicting, as all my books are. LOL That’s what happens when you prayerfully write as the Lord leads and you share insights from what He’s taught you along the way.

I’m pleasantly pleased with how Book 6 is coming along. Thank God!

I’m so grateful I get to share from the overflow from my years of walking with the Lord. Ladies, I’m praying you’re blessed and empowered by this Bible study. Please stay tuned!

I appreciate your prayers and encouragement as I go through the editing phase with Book 6. I’ll continue to keep you posted along the way.

In the meantime, if you find your faith levels dipping or you know someone who could use a boost of faith and hope, you can find Bible-based encouragement and inspiration in Abounding Faith’s FIVE uplifting Christian living books and devotionals. Feisty Faith, By Faith, Waiting on God Well, Crossing Your Jordan River and the Abounding Faith devotional will help to fuel your faith, ignite your hope and set your heart ablaze with the love of God! Abounding Faith’s books are available on Amazon.

May your faith arise!

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“3 Ways You Can Include Faith in Your Career Switch” -Career Switch Podcast Interview

What a delight to be interviewed for Episode 17 of the Career Switch Podcast. I pray you’re blessed and encouraged by this episode. If so, please leave a kind rating and review. Here’s more info:

NEW EPISODE!

When Christian author and speaker Nancy Gavilanes posted on LinkedIn offering her services as a life coach, it got me thinking, what role can faith play in making a career switch? After all, doesn’t a career switch require faith—in ourselves, in the steps we’re taking, and perhaps even in something bigger than us? I invited Nancy to be a guest on Career Switch Podcast and asked her these questions. In Episode 17, Nancy explains how your faith —whatever it may be—can definitely play an important part in your career switch. “We need faith to dream big, and to believe that God has a plan and purpose for us,” she says. Listen to 3 ways you can include faith in your career switch: Episode 17.

Find Nancy Gavilanes at:

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Happy National Author’s Day

During my journalism days, I had the honor of writing for various publications including The New York Times and Latina magazine.

Writing for newspapers and national magazines was a thrill for this NYU grad with a master’s degree in journalism, but I gotta say the writing I do these days is a different kind of honor and delight.

I didn’t grow up wanting to write books. That idea never crossed my mind when I was a little girl scribbling in my journal, a high school and college newspaper reporter or even as a journalist.

That idea seemed even more outrageous after the Lord asked me to lay down my successful journalism career.

If you would’ve told me years ago that I would become a Christian author, I would have laughed at you.

But God!

On this National Author’s Day, I’m reflecting and rejoicing at how surreal it is for me to have written five Christian living books and devotionals, to be working on Book 6 and to now be a contributing writer for Our Daily Bread‘s VOICES Collection.

As a journalist, I would never write about my own story or faith or God.

But when God calls, He equips.

I’m grateful for God’s call on my life.

It’s still so rare to see Latina Christian authors writing Christian books in English.

I so appreciate your support and prayers.

Being a writer can seem glamourous. Maybe it is for some.

For me, it’s more of a call and a responsibility.

It’s also a great joy. The exhorter and evangelist in me delights in inspiring and uplifting Readers as they walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live their God-given dreams.

I pray my books will continue to encourage and empower and edify Readers near and far. I pray that your faith is fueled, your hope ignited and your heart set ablaze with the love of God!

Feisty Faith, By Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, Abounding Faith and Waiting on God Well have inspired Pastors, Pastor’s wives, missionaries, chaplains, ministry leaders, Bible school and Christian college students, Christian counselors, women in shelters, nursing home residents and people just starting out on their Christian walk. Abounding Faith’s books are filled with inspiring Bible verses, action steps, prayer prompts, space to journal and more. Readers are located in 15 states, 10 countries (outside of the United States) and on 5 continents.

All glory to God!

If my books and blog are inspiring you, I would love to hear from you and would greatly appreciate you telling others about Abounding Faith’s books.

Here are a few ways you can show your support for Abounding Faith’s books on National Author’s Day and beyond:

  • Order copies of Abounding Faith’s books, in print or on Kindle, on Amazon.
  • Bless your friends, loved ones, your local library, church or your favorite nonprofit with copies of Abounding Faith’s books.
  • Leave a kind review and rating on Amazon.

I look forward to sharing more writing news with you soon. A great way to stay tuned to all that’s going on at Abounding Faith is by signing up for the mailing list. Blessings!

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Keep Believing – Monday Motivation with Coach Nancy, Abounding Faith Coaching & Consulting

Is 2021 not turning out the way you had hoped? It’s been another rough year for many. But don’t you dare give up on your God-given dreams!

Keep Believing!

If you’re feeling stuck or unsure or scared to take the next step, I’d be delighted to prayerfully coach you and cheer you on as you take steps toward the breakthrough and transformation you’ve been longing to experience.

If you need help going from:

  • frazzled to focused
  • frustrated to fruitful
  • fearful to fierce

you can learn more about Christian Life Coaching right here.

Blessings as you continue to walk by faith,

Coach Nancy

P.S. Are these Monday Motivation posts encouraging and inspiring you? God ahead and let me know in the comments.

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Interview about NEW Rhythms of Rest Devotional from Our Daily Bread’s VOICES Collection

I’m delighted to share this interview I did with my friends at Writing for Your Life about the NEW Rhythms of Rest devotional from our Our Daily Bread’s VOICES Collection. I’m honored to be a contributing writer and to have written two entries.

I hope you’re encouraged by this interview and by the 40 devotions found in Rhythms of Rest. The entries are written by African American and multicultural leaders and influencers. Blessings!

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Go Forth – Monday Motivation with Coach Nancy of Abounding Faith Coaching and Consulting

When it comes to daring to live your God-given dreams, there’s a time to pray and wait and prepare.

You obviously don’t want to rush ahead of God

But you also don’t want to lag behind Him.

When God says it’s time to go, it’s time to GO FORTH!

What do you hear God saying to you through your daily times of prayer and Bible reading?

Are you feeling stuck?

What may be holding you back?

I’d be happy to help you explore what may be holding you back and help you prayerfully take steps to move forward.

If you need help going from

  • frazzled to focused
  • frustrated to fruitful
  • fearful to fierce

I’d be delighted to be your Life Coach and to prayerfully help you gain the clarity, confidence and courage you need to experience breakthrough and dare to live your God-given dreams.

If you’ve been thinking about contacting me about life coaching, what are you waiting for? Learn more about Christian Life Coaching today right here.

Blessings as you Go Forth by faith!

Coach Nancy

P.S. If these Monday Motivation posts have been encouraging and inspiring you, let me know! Leave a comment or message me via Facebook or Instagram.

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Reflecting on that Spectacular September in Sydney

God knows what’s on the other side of our YES!

The gal smiling in these pics had no idea what God had in store when He chased her down during one amazing week in Sydney …

So much transpired during that one week and in all the years that have followed.

My life has never been the same.

You can read about how I’ve seen God’s fingerprints on SIX continents in By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking With God Here and Abroad. There’s also discussion questions you can answer in your journal or with your small group and a chapter on how to live your God-given dreams.

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Debuted as a Devotional Message Team Member for My CWEN Sisters

What an honor and delight to help encourage and empower my CWEN sisters last Thursday during my debut as a member of their Devotional Message Team. I’ll be sharing inspiring messages twice a month based on entries from the Feisty Faith: Trusting God Day by Day 365-day devotional (available on Amazon).

Over the years since that spectacular September when God chased me down in Sydney, I’ve had the great honor and privilege of ministering to a diverse group of people including:

  • Christian college and Bible school students
  • Christians working at the United Nations
  • Strangers on the street during outreaches
  • Women in shelters
  • The homeless and needy on the street and in soup kitchens/shelters
  • Nursing home residents
  • Youth and adults in Brazil, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Honduras and Peru
  • My peers and church family and friends, etc…

I’m so grateful my Readers (who are located on 5 continents, in 10 countries outside of the U.S. and in 15 states) and those who have attended my events are a beautiful mix of women and men of diverse backgrounds, ages and life stages. Abounding Faith’s Bible-based books have encouraged Pastors, Pastors’ wives, missionaries, chaplains, Sunday school teachers, Christian counselors and Ministry Leaders as well as new believers.

I now have the great delight of helping to encourage and empower Christian female entrepreneurs near and far through online devotional messages.

WHY am I sharing this?

Wanna know what I’ve noticed?

Regardless of a person’s age, title, experience, background or bank account …

People are hurting. People need the Lord!

I’m honored whenever the Lord sees fit to use me to help touch even one soul, whether it’s in person, virtually or through my writing…

to God be the Glory!

I appreciate your continued prayers and support and encouragement as I live out God’s call on my life in this season.

God knows what’s on the other side of our YES!

If you’d like to read about some of the lovely people I’ve met near and far, check out By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking With God Here and Abroad.

“Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” (Psalm 34:8 NIV)

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