Becoming Women of Faith:
Christian Spiritual Growth for Today's Women

With Your Bible Study Leader
Tonya Epps

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you...
-James 4:8

Becoming Women of Faith Bible Study Leader Tonya Epps

Tonya Epps :
Becoming Women of Faith Bible Study Leader

Hello everyone, and thank you for coming to check out Becoming Women of Faith: Spiritual Growth for Today’s Woman!

My prayer for you is that you find the information you need to succeed in whatever is troubling you. Always know that God is waiting to talk with you personally because He loves you. He died for your sins. He died that you will be set free from the bondage.

Too often today we forget that we are loved. And we also forget that we are no longer in those bondages. Be strong in the Lord my sisters, and continue to press into Him.

Let us all press in, and become women of faith together.

A Little Bit About Me...

So you would like to know about the person writing these Bible Studies? Well if you must know, I will tell you who I am. (lol) I am a woman of God who is learning the power of using the written word of God. I am learning how to be empowered by those who have blazed a trail before us, and how to leave a trail for those coming behind me.

I was saved a while ago, but I did not walk with Jesus. In my defense, I really didn’t know how. I felt the call, I felt the pull on my heart but I had no clue how to answer. But wait – I am getting ahead of myself.

Our enemy, Satan, has been trying to take my life since before I was conceived. My mother had three miscarriages before me. When she got pregnant with me she decided on an abortion. But, she didn’t go through with it (God didn’t let her). She figured I was going to be miscarried as well, so she decided to just let nature take its course.

When I was born on February 14, 1970-something, I had double pneumonia (pneumonia in both lungs). It went undiagnosed because the doctors at the emergency room thought I had a cold. Eventually my mother could not lay me down at all because I would immediately start turning blue. She took me to the ER again, this time God had a Pediatrician as the on-call physician. The doctor told my mother if she would not have brought me in that night, I would have died.

God is so good!! Amen!

Fast forward, several other times throughout my life he has tried to kill me. God’s mercy ALWAYS said no. Satan tried to get me to commit suicide. God's mercy said no. I was mixed up in the occult with Tarot cards and Ouija boards. God's mercy said no.

During my childhood I was sexually molested several times, I was mentally and physically abused. I experienced hate before I even knew what hate was. I grew up without a father for ten years of my life. When he came back into my life, he was an alcoholic who turned into a drug user. And to top that off, I was not raised in the church. I did not have a relationship with Jesus. But, somehow, my heart always knew who He was.

Why I'm Passionate About Our Women of Faith Bible Studies:

After I was called by God to join His family, I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I went to Church every Sunday, I tried to read my Bible, and I also tried to learn everything I could about prayer.

Each time I went to Church I felt like the Pastor was speaking directly to me, but I didn't know what to do with the information!

I read my Bible, but I didn't really understand what it was saying.

This was a formula for disaster!

Once the Pastor left the church (military base-he was shipped out), I quickly fell away from the church and spiritually away from God. Why? Because I had no roots!

Once I hit rock bottom in my life, I cried out to God for help. I asked Him to send someone to teach me His ways. It took eight months, but He sent a woman of faith. She showed me the basics of what I needed to know to reach out to God (prayer, fasting, and the Holy Spirit).

Because of my own walk and how it came about, I know there is a hunger out there for more of God, His truth, His love and how to apply it to our lives.

This is the reason why I am passionate about helping you, my fellow sisters, learn how to grow closer to God; or more truthfully speaking, how we can let Him have more of us. My goal is to share the lessons that God is teaching me in how to live my life before Him: Holy, Righteous, and especially Consecrated unto Him.

Let me walk with you on your journey to becoming a woman of faith. And, I invite you to walk with me on mine. I also invite you to join in on the discussion. If you agree, disagree or have more to add, your voice is welcome here!

I love you all my sisters, and I pray that these teachings will bring peace to your soul and help you surrender more of yourself to the Lord God Almighty, in the name of Jesus Christ the risen Lord!!!! Amen.

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Whose Battle is It?
They surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
-Psalms 118:11

How do you handle attacks from ...

Walking on Water
Getting Out of Your Boat and Walking on Water

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while ...

Complaining and the race of life.
Becoming Women of Faith Bible Study: Lesson 1
Philippians 2:12-18

"Do all things without complaining or disputing, that you may become blameless ...

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Becoming Women of Faith: Christian Spiritual Growth for Today's Women

With Your Bible Study Leader Tonya Epps

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you... -James 4:8