July Date for ODB Devotional Article – Nancy Gavilanes

My 19th devotional article is appearing in the Our Daily Bread devotional this Wednesday, July 23 🙌

It’s my EIGHTH devotional article for ODB for 2025 🙌

Please be on the lookout for my article in print or on Our Daily Bread Ministries’ website, app, podcast, YouTube channel or social media.

If you’re encouraged by my article, please feel free to say hi on Abounding Faith’s social media.

If you receive the monthly printed Our Daily Bread devotional, I’d love to know!

Please feel free to share the article with others who could use some encouragement.

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Mid-Year Check-In for 2025

How are we halfway through 2025?

How’s the year going for you so far?

Has it been filled with blessings or bumpier than expected?

Have you been living out your “One Word” for the year?

I think it’s been a pretty Fruitful year for me so far. It’s included celebrating major book milestones such as the 1st Anniversary of my first traditionally published book, God-Given Dreams (NavPress) and the 10th Anniversary of my very first indie book, Waiting on God Well!

It’s also included having my 18th devotional article published in the Our Daily Bread devotional that’s translated into more than 50 languages and available worldwide. I was also a speaker at the Publishing in Color Spring 2025 Online Conference, and I just wrapped up my sixth summer teaching for the New York School of the Bible. I even launched the new Beloved Called Chosen collection on Abounding Faith’s online store.

Only God could make all these breakthroughs happen!

I hope you enjoy reading my updates and encouraging thoughts:

  • Here on my Miraculous Lovely blog
  • Inside Abounding Faith’s Email Community (sign up here)
  • On my Abounding Faith for Today podcast (available wherever you listen to podcasts)
  • Across Abounding Faith’s social media

I’m looking forward to having more news and updates and encouragement to share as the year continues to unfold. Please stay tuned.

Has it been an easy start to the year? Of course not.

But amidst the highs and lows, I hope we’re able to see God’s fingerprints all throughout the year and beyond.

If you could use a boost in your faith, feel free to connect with Abounding Faith in the following ways:

  • 6 Faith-Fueling Books – God-Given Dreams is available wherever books are sold and my first five books are available on Amazon right here.
  • Uplifting Podcast available wherever you listen to podcasts and Abounding Faith’s YouTube Channel available here.
  • Newsworthy & Encouraging Emails – Join today right here and get a free “Living Your God-Given Dream” checklist PDF.
  • Edifying Social Media – Find Abounding Faith on Instagram, Facebook or X.
  • Empowering Life Coaching – I’d be delighted to coach you through to your breakthrough. Learn more right here.

If you’re being encouraged and inspired by my writing, speaking, posts and more, here’s a few ways to show your support:

  • Like, Comment and Share Abounding Faith’s posts on social media
  • Leave a kind rating and review on Amazon or Goodreads
  • Subscribe to the Abounding Faith for Today podcast and Abounding Faith’s YouTube channel
  • Join Abounding Faith’s Email Community right here

Let’s THRIVE together in 2025 and beyond!

Let’s continue to ABIDE in Christ.

Let’s remember that God is GREATER than anything we may be facing.

Have a lovely Summer! And let’s have a blessed second half of the year!

“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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Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.®

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NEW Beloved Called Chosen Collection by Nancy Gavilanes at Abounding Faith’s Online Store

Check out this NEW line just added to Abounding Faith’s online store 🙌

Treat yourself to this inspiring mug, T-shirt, journal and tote bag or bless your besties for any occasion 💕

The designs are inspired by my book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) that’s available wherever books are sold.

You can find Abounding Faith’s online store right here.

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6 Empowering Books for Your Summer Reading List, Nancy Gavilanes

Looking to grow in your faith this Summer?

Here’s SIX inspiring, encouraging and empowering books to add to your Summer Reading List: 

⭐️ You can find my latest book God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose (NavPress) wherever books are sold. God-Given Dreams has inspired one of my online courses through a Bible school.

You can find my additional Christian living books and devotionals on Amazon.

⭐️ Feisty Faith: Trusting God Day by Day is a 365-day devotional that has also inspired one of my online courses through a Bible school.

⭐️ By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking With God Here and Abroad highlights how I’ve seen God’s fingerprints on 6 continents.

⭐️ Abounding Faith: 30 Bible Heroes Who Will Inspire You to Believe God for the Impossible has also inspired one my online courses through a Bible school.

⭐️ Crossing Your Jordan River: How to Possess and Prosper in Your Promised Land has inspired my summer online course through a Bible school.

⭐️ Waiting on God Well: How to Prevent Breaking Down on Your Way to Your Breakthrough will help you keep the faith.

Readers who bought books by Dr. David Jeremiah, Susie Larson and Ann Voskamp have also bought my books 🙌

If my books are a blessing to you, please leave a kind rating and review on Amazon or on Goodreads. That really helps more Readers find these powerful books.

Happy Summer Reading!

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June Date for ODB Devotional Article – Nancy Gavilanes

My 18th devotional article is appearing in the Our Daily Bread devotional this Friday, June 13 🙌

It’s my SEVENTH devotional article for ODB for 2025 🙌

Please be on the lookout for my article in print or on Our Daily Bread Ministries’ website, app, podcast, YouTube channel or social media.

If you’re encouraged by my article, please feel free to say hi on Abounding Faith’s social media.

If you receive the monthly printed Our Daily Bread devotional, I’d love to know!

Please feel free to share the article with others who could use some encouragement.

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New Q&A Episode of the Abounding Faith for Today Podcast with Nancy Gavilanes

I’m delighted to be answering the following 3 questions in episode 74 of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast:

  • How long have you been a Bible school instructor?
  • What’s Your Favorite Bible verse?
  • Do you have a Favorite Bible character?

This encouraging podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts.

You can find the first set of questions I answered back in episode 67. Be sure to check it out.

Got a question you’d like me to possibly answer on my Miraculous Lovely blog or my podcast? Let me know on Abounding Faith’s social media.

Please take a moment to subscribe to the uplifting Abounding Faith for Today podcast so you don’t miss an episode, leave a kind rating and review and tell your friends about this podcast.

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Ladies, Join Us for My NYSB Crossing Your River Jordan Online Course this June

“Thank you for doing this.” – Crossing Your River Jordan Online NYSB Student 2024

Ladies, looking to grow in your faith and to learn along with your sisters in Christ?

I hope you’ll join us this June for the Crossing Your River Jordan online course through the New York School of the Bible (NYSB) 🔥

Beautiful things happen when women study the Bible together 💕

I’ve seen friends and a pair of sisters take classes together and grow with each other. I’ve also seen new friendships form during class.

You can take the online course from wherever you are in the world.

We’ve had students in different states join us over the years. One year we had a student in Taiwan join us!

This empowering course is based on the powerful story of Joshua from the Bible. We’ll also be looking at my book Crossing Your Jordan River: How to Possess and Prosper in Your Promised Land (available on Amazon) that has inspired NYSB students as well as women and men in small groups and women living in shelters and more.

Join us and grow in the Word this summer.

Register for this online NYSB course today. Learn more right here.

If Crossing Your Jordan River has encouraged you, I’d love to know. Please leave a kind rating and review on Amazon or Goodreads so others can find out about this empowering book.

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Encore “Divine Design” Blog Post by My Mom

I’m delighted to be sharing this encore of my Mom’s “Divine Design” blog post. You can hear me reading my Mom’s lovely blog post in episode 73 of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast that’s available wherever you listen to podcasts. My Mom’s blog post originally ran in 2013.

In honor of Mother’s Day, I’ve asked my Mom to share some encouraging thoughts with you.  Blessings!

I have always loved butterflies! The last time I visited the Bronx Zoo, I was amazed at seeing all the beautiful butterflies in the Butterfly Garden. Each one had its own unique design and colors. No two looked alike.

How wonderful God is that He would take His time to design each and every butterfly.

God has taken great care to create each and every one of us as well. He has patience with us as we transform from ordinary caterpillars into exquisite and unique butterflies! We are all precious in His sight!

Remember that you are special to God and that you are created in His image. He loves you more than you can imagine!

 “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:14)

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May Dates for My TWO Our Daily Bread Devotional Articles – My 16th & 17th Overall

My 16th devotional article is appearing in the Our Daily Bread devotional this Saturday, May 17 and my 17th devotional article is appearing on Saturday, May 24  🙌

They’re my FIFTH and SIXTH devotional articles for ODB for 2025 🙌

Please be on the lookout for my articles in print or on Our Daily Bread Ministries’ website, app, podcast, YouTube channel or social media.

If you’re encouraged by my articles, please feel free to say hi on Abounding Faith’s social media 👋

If you receive the monthly printed Our Daily Bread devotional, I’d love to know!

Please feel free to share these articles with others who could use some encouragement.

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Celebrating My First Year of Having My Devotional Articles Published in Our Daily Bread – Nancy Gavilanes

This month marks my first year of being a published author with the Our Daily Bread (ODB) devotional that’s available worldwide in print, online, as a podcast and more!

It’s been such a joy and honor to have my devotional articles appear monthly in the ODB devotional that is distributed in more than 50 languages in more than 150 countries!

What a special honor to have my very first devotional article, which was a tribute to my wonderful Mom, appear last year on Mother’s Day. (You can read it right here.)

Only God could do that!

If you’re familiar with my story, you know that it took more than TEN years for my devotional articles to start appearing in the global ODB devotional.

I was delighted to win ODB’s Online Writing Contest for Readers back in 2014. I’d wanted to write for them even before that.

After a LONG wait, I’m so grateful for this writing breakthrough and milestone and to be in this season now.

It’s so special to be able to share some of my thoughts, reflections and insights in each article.

So far, 15 of my devotional articles have appeared in the ODB devotional!

TWO more will be published later this month. Stay tuned.

Do you have a favorite ODB article I’ve written? Feel free to let me know why it’s your favorite on Abounding Faith’s social media.

It’s lovely to hear from my Readers near and far.

I love hearing how reading the ODB devotional is part of your daily time with the Lord.

I love seeing how far my simple words can travel all over the world and in so many different languages.

It makes my Evangelist and Exhorter heart sing!

Thanks for your prayers as I continue to write these devotionals.

May God continue giving me words that will inspire and encourage you.

In case you didn’t know, Our Daily Bread Ministries helps people grow closer in their relationship with God, become more like Jesus, and respond to God’s Word through the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

I hope you enjoy this short video with snapshots from this past year right here and check out episode 72 of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast that’s available wherever you listen to podcasts.

You can find all my ODB devotional articles right here.

To God be the Glory!

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