Fierce Calling Doris Swift

Have you ever lived in fear? Even for a short while? We dwell, we panic, we get anxious and feel overwhelmed. On today's episode we're talking about how to stop living in fear and lean into truth. I share personal stories, God's word, and helpful action steps to face down fear and live free. Grab my free Fear-Fighting Bible Verses!







Mentioned in the Show ...







From my friend Kim Stewart's website:







"I'm a Podcast Manager and Strategist who loves to help female nonfiction authors like you market their books.







Since 2015, I’ve helped my clients build their platforms, launch their books, and market their messages long before and long after their book release.







Hands down, podcasting is one of the best ways to build your community of readers and keep the buzz going long after your book launch.







I'd love to help you use the power of podcasting to serve the listeners who need your God-given message the most." - Kim Stewart







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Calm My Anxious Heart: A Women's Guide to Finding Contentment by Linda Dillow







Fearless Faith and a Five-Dollar Bill by Doris Swift on (in)courage







Fear-Fighting Bible Verses!







More About Doris ...







Doris Swift is a follower of Jesus, speaker, host of the award-winning Fierce Calling Podcast, and author of Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You. In ministry for over 30 years, Doris is passionate about equipping and encouraging women to walk deeper in God’s word, use their gifts to impact the world for Christ, and to take action where their passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.







She holds a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Christian counseling, psychology, and business from Liberty University and is the office manager at Edgewater Alliance Church, where she also serves as a lay counselor and discipleship mentor. Doris resides in Edgewater with her best friend and hubby, Brian, is mom to four amazing grown-ups, a son & daughter-in-love, and a daughter & son-in-love, and loves being Gammy to her six wonderful grandkids.







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Find my free resources including Fear Fighting Bible Verses, Simple Tips for Sharing Your Faith, Surrender the Joy Stealers, Step Out of Your Doubt and Into Your Calling ebook, and more on my dorisswift.com homepage!







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What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?







Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/















I hope you'll join me next time, when I talk with another woman who is taking action where her passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.







Until then, friend, have a blessed week and I'll talk to you soon ...







Doris







Surrender the Joy Stealers book trailer: Music by Oleg Kyrylkovv from Pixabay

Do you need a breakthrough? Fear, anxiety, and so many things of this world can stop us from experiencing God's peace. If you or someone you know is struggling with faith and is seeking peace, this episode, Finding Breakthrough and Healing, is for you.







My guest this week is Kimberly Vaughn. She shares her story of a forgotten childhood and the heartache of having a paranoid schizophrenic biological father, and her later struggles with irrational fears and panic attacks that shook her faith.







But God ...







After struggling for so long, Kimberly asked for His help and He provided the way to her breakthrough.







You'll be greatly encouraged by her story and the message she shares, so listen in while I have a chat with Kimberly Vaughn.







Connect with Kimberly!







You can connect with Kimberly and find her posts here:







Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vaughn_kimberly/







Blog posts can be found by searching "Kimberly Vaughn" at https://connectingwomenwithgod.com/







Here's where you can find the post on deception mentioned in the show: https://connectingwomenwithgod.com/blog/are-you-deceived







More About Kimberly ...







Kimberly Vaughn is a blog editor and a co-leader for a mentoring program at The Connection. She is a wife and a homeschool mom of two. Kimberly has been involved in various aspects of ministry since graduating from Bible college 20 years ago. She has a passion to encourage and build up other women, especially those who are hurting and broken. It is her desire for others to experience hope and transformation in Jesus through the words she writes and speaks. 







Let's Stay Connected!







Find my free resources including Fear Fighting Bible Verses, Simple Tips for Sharing Your Faith, Surrender the Joy Stealers, Step Out of Your Doubt and Into Your Calling ebook, and more on my dorisswift.com homepage!







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Check out my speaking page, grab my flyer, and let's talk about me speaking at your next women's event...















What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?







Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/















I hope you'll join me next time, when I talk with another woman who is taking action where her passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.







Until then, friend, have a blessed week and I'll talk to you soon ...







Doris







Surrender the Joy Stealers book trailer: Music by Oleg Kyrylkovv from Pixabay

Have you grown weary weathering life's storms? Loss, grief, broken relationships, and heartaches can stop us in our tracks and hold us back from walking in God's plans for our lives. But weary one take heart, because the battle is the Lord's.







My guest this week on Fierce Calling is author, speaker, and podcast host Rachel Wojo. Her story includes heartache, divorce, loss, and grief, but God redeems the broken pieces for his glory and truly does bring beauty from ashes.







Rachel shares about meeting her now husband, Matt, and how their redemption stories meshed together creating a beautiful marriage and family. We talk about joyful blessings amidst hard seasons as she shares her experiences as a special needs mom to Taylor, a beautiful daughter who went to be with Jesus in 2019.







We also talk about when it's hard to pray, borrowed prayers, her book One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up, and her newest book releasing in the fall, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments.







You'll be greatly encouraged and inspired by her story and the message she shares just for you. Listen in and be challenged in new ways to step into your next adventure with God.







Connect with Rachel!







You can connect with Rachel and find her books, podcast, free prayer resources and more at rachelwojo.com







Instagram:







https://www.instagram.com/rachelwojo/







Facebook:







https://www.facebook.com/rachelwojoauthor/







More About Rachel ...







Rachel Wojo is a public speaker and freelance writer for well-known faith-based companies. She hosts Bible reading challenges on her popular blog, rachelwojo.com, which rallies readers of all ages to search God’s Word for solutions to life’s problems.







Her Bible reading plans are used by more than four million people worldwide. Rachel is the author of One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up. She and her husband, Matt, reside in Ohio and are the parents of eight children, two in heaven and six on earth.







 







Let's Stay Connected!







Find my free resources including Fear Fighting Bible Verses, Simple Tips for Sharing Your Faith, Surrender the Joy Stealers, Step Out of Your Doubt and Into Your Calling ebook, and more on my dorisswift.com homepage!







Love Fierce Calling?







Following, rating, and leaving a review over at Podchaser or Apple Podcasts helps others discover the show too!















Need a Speaker for Your Next Women's Event?







Check out my speaking page, grab my flyer, and let's talk about me speaking at your next women's event...















What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?







Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/















I hope you'll join me next time, when I talk with another woman who is taking action where her passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.







Until then, friend, have a blessed week and I'll talk to you soon ...







Doris







Surrender the Joy Stealers book trailer: Music by Oleg Kyrylkovv from Pixabay

Valerie Ellis loves sharing joy and helping families flourish in their faith.







Her beautiful book, Share the Joy! A Christmas Lift-the-Flap Book came out right before Christmas, and though we may not have a year-round Christmas tree in our living rooms, we carry Christmas joy in our hearts year-round, don't we? But we're talking about more than that--we're talking about becoming more aware of God in our everyday moments.







We celebrate Jesus every day--we give of our time, gifts, talents, and love every day--we have an opportunity to sow into the next generation every day. I'm so excited to welcome Valerie back to the show to share joy and encouragement with all of us.







I know what Valerie shares will encourage, inspire, and challenge you so listen in and share it with a friend!







Connect with Valerie!





You can connect with Valerie at oureverydayparables.com and valerieellis.com, and check outsharethejoybook.com for more about the book and free resources Valerie talkedabout in the show.



Check out Valerie's Instagram @iamvalerieellis  and @oureverydayparables









More About Valerie ...





Valerie is a lover of Jesus. She's a children's book author, a mom and teacher who understands how tricky it can be to help kids discover and develop a vibrant, authentic faith amidst life’s many challenges. That’s why she is passionate about helping families find simple, everyday ways to engage kids in natural conversations, fantastic children’s books, and fun activities centered around faith and love. 

You can find her living out this passion as she speaks at mom’s groups and writes articles for Our Everyday Parables and other media. She is a former public school teacher and a member of the Texas Library Association, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), MOPS/MOMSnext, and my local children’s ministry team.

Valerie supports her children’s book habit by writing grants for nonprofits in Houston, Texas where she lives with her husband, Josh, and their two boys. A few things she gets pretty excited about include live music, eating on the patio, and cilantro.

















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What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?





Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/











I hope you'll join me next time when I talk with another woman who is taking action where her passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. Until then friend, have a blessed week and I'll talk to you soon.





With Joy,





Doris





Surrender the Joy Stealers book trailer: Music by Oleg Kyrylkovv from Pixabay

How can God use the middle part of our stories? My guest this week is Sandra Jones, and she has a heart for encouraging women in difficult situations. Her story includes past sexual abuse and coming extremely close to ending her life, but those broken parts of her story do not define her, they have given her courageous compassion for those who are hurting.







What does all that mean for you?







Listen to Sandra's inspiring story and learn how God can use the middle part of your story. What is the middle part? You'll hear all about it as Sandra shares what she's learned through her adventures with God. She encourages us that freedom is found in Christ alone, and that chains don't always break off in an instant, sometimes He helps us break off one chain link at a time.







I know what Sandra has to share will encourage, inspire, and challenge you, so listen in while I have a chat with Sandra Jones.







Connect with Sandra!







You can connect with Sandra at sandrajonesspeaks@gmail.com and book her to speak at sandrajonesspeaks.com







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More About Sandra ...







For over sixteen years Sandra has brought a message of encouragement, love, and hope to women in difficult situations. As a result, hurting women see their true identity through God's eyes, discover freedom in forgiveness and experience the love from their heavenly Father. 







Sandra is the founder of Homeless Heart Ministry. 







In addition she has served as women's and youth ministry leader, prison ministry leader, and Bible teacher.







She comes from Texas and would love to share with your audience that they ,too may experience God in a fresh new way







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Grab my free resources to encourage and equip you in your walk with Christ! Find them here: https://dorisswift.com/















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Check out my speaking page, grab my flyer, and let's talk about me speaking at your next women's event...















What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?







Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/















I hope you'll join me next time, when I talk with another woman who is taking action where her passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. Until then friend, have a blessed week and I'll talk to you soon.







With Joy,







Doris







Surrender the Joy Stealers book trailer: Music by Oleg Kyrylkovv from Pixabay

How do we overcome trials when life gets hard? How have we experienced the undeniable faithfulness of God in our lives? My guest this week is Tracey Glenn, author of Gathering the Wayward Heart: Lessons on Faith, Trust, and Surrendering our Best-Laid Plans. She shares with us her amazing story filled with trials and triumphs. Her story includes date rape, finding her true love, family life on the ranch, raising a special needs child, foster care, adoption, and how she became a successful entrepreneur.







What does all that mean for you?







Tracey shares how the faithfulness of God is woven throughout her story, even when she didn't see it right away. She dispels lies we might be believing about ourselves and how to change our perspective and believe what is true. You'll be greatly encouraged and inspired by her story and her message for you. Listen in and be challenged in new ways to step into your next adventure with God.















Connect with Tracey!







You can connect with Tracey and find her books and more at traceyglenn.com







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Instagram –  https://www.instagram.com/brandedinfaith/















More About Tracey ...







Tracey was raised on a cattle ranch in Southeast Arizona and has been married for over thirty years to the love of her life, Link. She is a mother of three, a grandmother of four, and is currently a caregiver for her daughter with special needs, and homeschooling her adopted son.Informally, she is a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks, and the Lord has used that education to transform her into a new creation. Formally, Tracey has an associate’s degree in psychology, has completed the Living Waters School of Biblical Evangelism, and is a successful entrepreneur.Tracey Glenn is a born-again child of God and a Jesus freak. She is a writer and searcher of Biblical wisdom. With a heart for God, kids, and all God’s creatures, Tracey shares her journey through the pages of her life as a seeker of the Lord.She co-founded a business in 2007, which at present has six locations across Southern Arizona and provides other special needs children and their families with essential support and services. Involvement in helping others in need ultimately led her and her husband to adopt their son in 2013.Tracey is the author of Gathering the Wayward Heart, available wherever books are sold.







 







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What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?







Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/















I hope you'll join me next time, when I talk with another woman who is taking action where her passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.







Until then, friend, have a blessed week and I'll talk to you soon ...







Doris