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    A Seed of Hope: God's Promises of Fertility
    A Seed of Hope: God's Promises of Fertility
    A Seed of Hope: God's Promises of Fertility
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    A Seed of Hope: God's Promises of Fertility

    By Evangeline Colbert

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    Struggling with the pain of infertility requires daily doses of hope to avoid getting stuck in the pit of despair. "A Seed of Hope" offers powerful inspiration to those who are looking to experience victory over childlessness. Evoking the love and grace of Jesus, author Evangeline Colbert, provides insightful words of encouragement from her personal struggle and victory over infertility.

    This devotional presents daily Bible-based affirmations for the reader. Each day’s reading offers hope and encourages the reader to use "spoken faith" to overcome infertility while believing the Word of God and trusting in His love. Throughout the book, there are practical suggested actions that serve as personal expressions of confidence that infertility is NOT too hard for God to eradicate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvangeline Colbert
    Release dateApr 6, 2012
    ISBN9781452474281
    A Seed of Hope: God's Promises of Fertility
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    Evangeline Colbert

    Evangeline Brown Colbert is a speaker, author, and Hope Coach. She loves seeing people's lives transformed! She teaches her audiences how to use the power of their words and the Word of God to change their circumstances and to live life victoriously.Her latest book is Live to Win! 5 Essentials for Your Victory and Success. It is a blueprint for living life like the champion you were created to be. You’ll discover powerful strategies that are packed with the wisdom of God. She outlines five essential principles, all based on the promises of God, which become pathways leading to successful living.Her devotional about overcoming infertility is, A Seed of Hope: God’s Promises of Fertility. It is written from the perspective of her personal victory over infertility. Evangeline shares personal stories, practical tips, and insights of victory. The devotions help women to tap into the strength of God's promises of fertility and to address the issue of infertility by confidently believing and speaking the Word of God. Evangeline is also a featured author for Group Publishing's devotional, If I Can Do All Things, Why Can't I Find My Car Keys?She is dedicated to helping others find and maintain hope in the midst of their struggles. If hope is what you’re craving, her books and her blog, at www.EvangelineColbert.com, will be like water for your parched soul. She is helping people understand how to persevere with confidence and live with a hope-filled focus everyday.As a speaker, she is recognized as a purveyor of hope, bringing practical application of God’s Word for daily living. Evangeline’s mission is to point people to Jesus by teaching the principle of “Spoken Faith”—believing, speaking, and expecting the manifestation of God's promises.

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      A Seed of Hope - Evangeline Colbert

      A Seed of Hope

      God’s Promises of Fertility

      By

      Evangeline Brown Colbert

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Evangeline Colbert

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you respecting the hard work of this author.

      DISCLAIMER: The content published in this book is solely for informational purposes. Nothing contained in this book or any additional linked sources is intended to constitute legal, health, or other professional advice. You should consult with an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation. Evangeline Colbert is not a medical professional and does not intend, by anything she says in this book, to be dispensing medical/psychological advice to the reader. You should consult a physician before changing you medication or discontinuing any prescribed treatment. Any health advice adopted from this book by the reader is done at his or her own risk. If additional legal advice, or mental/physical health advice is needed, seek the advice of your legal/health professional. Neither the author of this book nor Speak the Word Publications has any liability whatsoever in regard to loss, damage, or injury suffered directly or indirectly as a result of the information contained in this book.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible King James Version or from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked (NIV) THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Scripture quotations marked (MSG) are taken from The Message. Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      Scripture quotations marked (AMP) are taken from the Amplified® Bible,
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      Scripture quotations marked TLB or The Living Bible are taken from The Living Bible [computer file] / Kenneth N. Taylor.—electronic ed.—Wheaton : Tyndale House, 1997, c1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      A Seed of Hope---God’s Promises of Fertility

      Copyright © 2011 by Evangeline Colbert

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means---electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the author or publisher.

      A Note of Gratitude

      I am extremely grateful to God for pouring His grace upon me so that I overcame infertility and also for allowing me to write this book to you. It is a privilege to be His instrument as He ministers to you and encourages you through His Word as it speaks to you throughout this book.

      My gratitude must be expressed for all the support and encouragement that my husband, Freeman, gave me as I wrote this book. Thanks for loving me through the process of becoming an author. Reliving the time that we went through infertility has made me even more grateful that God put us together. I love us!

      A big thank you goes to my son Nathan for typing my first draft, and to my son Andre’ and my daughter Simone, for proofreading. You are each so very much loved and appreciated as blessings to me. Thanks for making me a proud mom. It’s pure pleasure having you in my life.

      Thanks also to John Burton, who encouraged and directed me in the details of how to write a book.

      This project had its beginnings even before it was clear to me that I needed to write it. I have friends that were God’s instruments in ministering to me, and unknowingly, set me on the path to writing this book. Thank you Zetta Browning, Tracy Tisdale and Karen Evans for your friendship and obedience so many years ago, in your bold outpouring of God’s love and wisdom during the time that Freeman and I endured the struggle of infertility. I’m grateful for the love, wisdom, and encouragement of my former pastor, the late Rev. Bernard L. Jackson and his wife, the late Joan E. Jackson. Joan always encouraged us to keep a journal of what God was saying to us. Being able to look back through those journals has been invaluable during the process of writing this book.

      ~~~Evangeline

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      How to Use This Book

      A Personal Note to You

      Daily Devotions:

      1. Exercising Your Faith

      2. You Have His Word

      3. Speaking the Word

      4. God’s Circle of Blessing

      5. Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?

      ---Confidence in Action #1

      6. None Barren

      7. Hope in God

      8. His Covenant of Love

      9. What Should I Do?

      10. Act As If

      11. Confidence

      12. Mama Knew Best

      13. The Power of Hope

      14. Pay Attention!

      ---Confidence in Action #2

      15. This is War!

      16. It’s a Take Down!

      17. Faith-filled Sarah

      18. Put it in Good Hands

      19. Nothing But the Truth

      20. An Attitude of Gratitude

      21. No Condemnation

      22. Effective Prayer

      23. Yes, God Still Heals!

      ---Confidence in Action #3

      24. Tired of Trying?

      25. The Power Tool of Praise

      26. Put Pen to Paper

      27. The Supply Chain of Grace

      28. Joy

      29. Life and Death are in the Power of Your Tongue

      ---Confidence in Action #4

      30. Thankfulness

      31. Let It Be For Me

      32. Victory

      33. Speak to the Mountain

      34. You Are Not Forgotten

      35. Be Expectant, Not Desperate

      36. Blessed Is She That Believed

      37. The Value of Friends

      38. Thou Shalt Not Fear!

      39. The Power of Communion

      ---Confidence in Action #5

      40. Are You Angry With God?

      41. God’s Love For You

      42. Built To Be Tough

      43. Ask For a Child of Promise

      44. Don’t Give Up!

      45. Stir It Up!

      46. Be Specific About What You Ask For

      47. Rest

      48. Let the Word Do Its Work

      49. The Fight

      50. Weary of Others?

      ---Confidence in Action #6

      51. Declare the End

      52. Seedtime and Harvest

      53. Refuse Hopelessness

      54. Envisioning the Promise

      55. Praise Him

      56. Preparation

      ---Confidence in Action #7

      57. A Victorious Mindset

      58. Everyone But God Called Her Barren

      59. Make the Exchange

      60. Pray Now on Behalf of Your Child

      ---Confidence in Action #8

      Afterword: My Story

      Appendix: God’s Promises of Fertility---Confessions of Faith

      Introduction

      The pain of infertility hurts worse than the pain of delivering a baby. I have experienced both sources of pain. The intense pain of infertility can last for many months or even years and hurts at depths within your soul that can eventually challenge your sense of completeness as a woman. Labor and delivery of a baby typically cause intense pain only within your body and usually lasts less than 24 hours. My experience with both sources of pain has given me a platform from which I can offer hope for victory to women who are struggling with infertility.

      Throughout the years since overcoming infertility and childlessness, I have come to understand the importance of sharing what we’ve learned through the victories we’ve experienced in life. Sharing those insights of victory serves as a means of empowerment and encouragement for others. The Word of God is the source of hope in my life and was the source of my victory over infertility.

      I want to share with you, and those that you know and love who may be in the struggle of overcoming childlessness, that through faith in Jesus and speaking the Word of God, I am a three-time victor in that struggle. I want to make it clear to you that there is hope!

      After finishing college, working as an engineer, and getting married, I wanted to add to my life the experience of being filled with the joy of giving birth and parenting children. When my husband and I decided the time had come to add children to our family unit, we agreed I would be the full-time stay-at-home parent since both of us desired our children receive daily care and nurturing from one of us. We’ve been blessed that I have been able to remain a stay-at-mom ever since overcoming infertility and giving birth to our first child.

      For my husband and me, infertility began as a process of suffering repeated disappointment month after month. Because I had always experienced heavy and painful menstrual periods since my teens, we decided to seek medical advice. Ultrasound examinations and blood tests were ordered and eventually laparoscopic surgery was done. When we first heard the doctor’s report of the test results, we were not quite sure what to do or how to handle what he told us. He predicted a negative outcome---that we may never

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