Nuggets of Wisdom

“All of a sudden, I recognized that God had a battle plan for my dad. And it wasn’t the battle plan that I had. It wasn’t the way I thought things were going to work.”

“The Lord was there, and he was saying, ‘I am going to fight for him to the end. I’m standing at the door, and I’m knocking.’”

“I had to just trust Jesus.”

“We have to be very careful that we’re exercising smart boundaries.”

“Sometimes I get it backwards, and I don’t do it right.”

“We are all a miracle every day. When we wake up and have breath in our lungs, we are a miracle. We take it so for granted.”

Author Bio

Dawn Ward is an author, speaker, Bible teacher, and a certified biblical life coach. She is the founder of The Faith to Flourish, a ministry offering support and encouragement to women with addicted loved ones. The ministry also equips all women of faith to live transformed lives through inspiring teachings, mentoring, and biblical resources. She is married to Steve and mom to three adult children. Her book, From Guilt to Grace: Hope and Healing for Christian Moms of Addicted Children, published September 2024, is now available.

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Nuggets of Wisdom

* “I found key times throughout the day to give myself permission to grieve.”

* “Lean into Jesus. Lean into the grief and let myself feel.”

* “Express what you’re feeling.”

* “Ask for help.”

* “Pray. Pray, pray, pray.”

* “Surrender it all to Jesus.”

* “People may hurt us, but people also help heal us.”

About the Author

Amy Robnik Joob is an award-winning author, certified life coach, and empowerment speaker. Amy is commissioning pioneers through her Arise and Flourish and Arising Author coaching programs.

Amy has weathered her own grief storm along with her family and relocated to southwest Florida recently after decades of living in Chicagoland. Her mission is to bring hope and healing to others and see them fulfill their God-given destiny!

Amy’s newest book, Arise from Grief & Flourish Again, launched in the Fall of 2025 and went to #1 on Amazon as a Best-Seller and Hot New Release.

Visit Amazon to order a copy of Arise From Grief & Flourish Again—or, listen to it on Kindle. You can contact Amy at [email protected] or connect with her on Instagram, FB, or LinkedIn.

As always, feel free to reach out to Tammy with your prayer requests or for more information about life/mental health coaching or inner healing prayer at [email protected].

Nuggets of Wisdom

* “I needed mature Christian women around me to say, “I love you. I am sorry. This is really hard.”

* “The enemy thought he was going to derail me. And God was like, ‘I will not waste this.’ “

* “I try to make sure that rather than going into spiritual mother mode...(I ask) how can I love you in this season?”

* “Pray and ask the Lord to give you wisdom on who is safe community.”

* “God has always been faithful to show me His nearness.”

* “I believe that hope is active. I can stare at my circumstances, or I can gaze at God.”

* “God invites us to participate and hope—even when we’re going through heavy things.”

About the Author

Amy Eaton is an author, speaker, and encourager whose work centers on helping women find hope in Christ through life’s hardest seasons. Her book, Hope When It’s Heavy, offers a gentle, honest walk through suffering anchored in God’s faithfulness. With experience in ministry, psychology, and human resources, Amy brings insight and authenticity to conversations on spiritual resilience, emotional health, and trusting God in the everyday.

You can connect with Amy at amyeatonauthor.com, or at @amyeatonauthor on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok

Be sure to pick up your copy of Amy’s book, Hope When It’s Heavy.

“Sometimes you just need those sweet little truths. Those sweet little, one-sentence Bible verses.”

“It’s a mental battle—dividing that line between what I’m feeling and what is fact.”

“While our emotions and our feelings can often give us insight to what is going on inside of us, they are not the truth to hold onto.”

“Those feelings are real, but they aren’t reliable.”

“God is not going to mess up His plan.”

“There is great peace and rest knowing someone else has control of this.”

About the Author

You can order Valerie’s book, Beneath the Hood, on Amazon. Or, follow her on Instagram.

What about today’s episode impacted you? What is one practical step will you take today that will help you, a friend, or family member? Reach out and let Tammy know at [email protected].

Nuggets of Wisdom

“He doesn’t give us grace in advance of what we’re going to need. He gives us grace for today. Grace for the moment.”

“I realized there was a huge connection between joy and purpose in suffering.”

“Whatever you’re going through—even a terminal illness—you can trust the One who died for you.”

“My focus was, ‘Alright, Lord, how are you going to use this?”

“That conversation brought Job to the point where even if he didn’t know the purpose, He knew the God of purpose.”

“There are no lone rangers in the body of Christ. We’re connected.”

“I’m going to trust You no matter the outcome. I purpose to trust You.”

“There’s always a deeper level of intimacy.”

“That doesn’t mean we walk through life plastering on a fake smile and pretending everything’s wonderful. We have to be real with each other.”

Don’t miss our next episode of From Hardship to Hope!

Connect with Ava

Ava Pennington is an author, speaker, freelance editor, and certified coach. Her newest book is Flourish: Grace-Centered Practices to Protect and Grow a Fruitful Life in Christ (Kregel). Other books include Reflections on the Names of God (Revell) and 2 children’s books. She has written for Christian periodicals and contributed to 30+ Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Ava also teaches a weekly Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) class of 200+ women and is an inspirational speaker. Learn more at www.AvaPennington.com.

Or, follow Ava on Facebook, X, or Instagram. You can also find a copy of her beautiful book on Amazon.

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Peace and grace,

Tammy

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Nuggets of Wisdom

“The Lord taught me to begin to relinquish that dream to Him so that He could replace that dream with a better dream, a better plan, or he could affirm and confirm that was his dream for me.”

“As we begin to ask the Lord, ‘In my pain, God, will you use me to bring joy and encouragement to others?’ That is not a prayer He will overlook.”

“I began to see there was something in this journey. This barren season could bring joy.”

“Ian helped others bridge this issue of racial reconciliation. It’s been a beautiful thing to witness.”

“You are good, and what You do is good.” (Psalm 119:68)

“When we praise in the midst of pain, it’s our ladder out of despair.”

“It brings some sort of joy and peace to the journey of pain when you can see you are actually being used to help others walk through their own.”

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Connect with Maureen

Maureen Miller is an award-winning author with stories in numerous collaboratives. She contributes to Guideposts’ All God’s Creatures, her local newspaper, and several online devotion sites. Married for thirty-six years to her childhood sweetheart Bill, they live on Selah Farm, a hobby homestead nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina. She blogs at Windows and Wallflowers (maureenmillerauthor.com)—telling of God’s extraordinary character in the ordinary of life. Her debut novel, Gideon’s Book, is now available.

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In this season's latest episode,Dreams Deferred: Embracing Hope in Loss and Adoption, Maureen Miller shares about how we can trust God in every circumstance.

Nuggets of Wisdom

* “The only one that can fix us is the One that created us.”

* “Do we keep fighting to save it, or do we cut the loss and go forward clean?”

* “Don’t be afraid. We gotcha. You’re going to be okay.”

* “Joy isn’t circumstantial. Joy is a heart attitude or heart posture.”

* “Anchor into what is never gonna move. And the only thing that never changes—ever, ever—is Jesus.”

Author Bio

Sheila Preston Fitzgerald is alive today only by the Grace of God. A near-death motorcycle accident that should have taken her life, instead, filled this godly woman with a passion larger than life itself. Sheila’s love of people, love of life, and most importantly her love for Jesus, radiates in all she does.

Sheila is the author of “One Foot in Heaven”; the miraculous true story of finding hope in the hopeless, and a new devotional book series, “Foot Notes ~ Adventures With Jesus.” She has appeared on numerous TV, video, and podcast shows shining the light of Jesus around the world.

You can connect with Sheila at http://www.sheilaprestonfitzgerald.com/ or pick up a copy of One Foot in Heaven.

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Nuggets of Wisdom

* You can have confidence while shaking in your boots.

* if we’re fearful, he will meet us in those fears, too.

* Look for the doors of opportunity.

Bible Study PDF

Deborah Rutherford is a poet, author, and podcaster dedicated to sharing hope and encouragement. She speaks from the experience of being a redeemed prodigal daughter, using her life as a vibrant testament to God’s unwavering love and transformative grace. Deborah is also an award-winning makeup artist and the voice behind the Behold-Her Beauty Podcast and the author of Unexpected Blessings:40 Days of Discovering God’s Best and the new poetry collection Prodigal Daughter: Poems of Light for the Lost Ones (The Way Back Books 2025). When she’s not writing, she loves being a wife to Don, singing old hymns, and taking long walks in nature.

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Nuggets of Wisdom

* Esther teaches us what to WEAR to a crisis—

Working with others

Eradicating the (spiritual) Enemy

Acting wisely

Remembering who you are

* If He has a plan, He provides.

* The B in bold reminds me to be on the lookout.

O means being open to whatever is in your hand.

The L in bold means to let the Holy Spirit lead.

The D means to put down any lies of the Devil.

Author Bio

Marlene Houk is an author, speaker, and teacher who merged her strong background in church training with a degree in ministry to pursue a study of women in the Bible and for more than ten years she has read, researched, and analyzed their multifaceted stories and their messages to us.

Connect with Marlene Houk

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* [email protected]

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