For as he thinks in his heart, so he is...Proverbs 23:7
Inspirational Stories to get you thinking.....When you begin to
see God's good plan for you in your thinking, you will begin to
walk in it!
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About Beth Moore
Beth Moore was born on an Army base in Green Bay, Wisconsin,
during what her father describes as the worst thunderstorm the city had
seen in five years. He affectionately says the Lord brought her into the
world with a drum roll. The fourth child of a retired Army major and a
homemaker, Beth was raised in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Her father
managed the local cinema where each of her four siblings had a role to
play. Beth’s job was to hand out samples of popcorn and soda.
Growing up in the theater had its perks. Sometimes Beth would be
allowed to slip into a movie and take with her a pickle bag full of
popcorn and a Dixie cup of Coke.
There in a theater chair, wide-eyed and filled to the brim with Coca-
Cola, Beth began a lifelong love for stories. She loved to tell them, write
them, and be told them. The story that captured her heart and
consumed her life, however, was not told in a movie theater. It was the
story told in Sunday School of Jesus, a Savior who loved children and
who thought she was special. A seed was planted in her young heart
that would grow to mark her life with a passionate love for Christ.
At the age of 18, Beth sensed God calling her to work for Him. Although
she couldn’t imagine what that would mean, she made it her goal to say
yes to whatever He asked. Beth graduated from Southwest Texas State
University with a degree in political science. She would later receive an
honorary doctorate in humanities from Howard Payne University. She
married Keith in 1978 and soon after the Lord added Amanda and
Melissa to the family. As a young wife and mother, Beth served the Lord
by speaking at luncheons and retreats, working at Mother’s Day Out,
and teaching Christian aerobics.
A love for the Word of God was embedded in Beth’s life when she took
a Bible doctrine class at her church. Her teacher was Buddy Walters, a
former college football player who taught the Scriptures with tears
streaming down his cheeks. She fervently prayed for such a passion for
God’s Word. It was Buddy who first taught Beth, along with Keith, how
to study the Bible.
Beth founded Living Proof Ministries in 1994 with the purpose of
teaching women how to love and live on God’s Word. She has written
numerous books and Bible studies, including Breaking Free, Believing
God, and The Patriarchs, that have been read by women of all ages,
races, and denominations. Through the years, American missionaries
and expatriates have taken the Bible studies overseas, resulting in Beth
Moore Bible study groups popping up all over the world. Upon
completion of a tour of New England this fall, Beth’s Living Proof Live
conferences will have taken her to all fifty states since 1994. The
events have been attended by more than 658,000 women. God has
graciously given Beth the opportunity to serve the body of Christ in
many different countries, including Ireland, England, Singapore, the
Philippines, Puerto Rico, India, Angola, Kenya, and South Africa. With
great joy, she began a radio ministry in 2004 called Living Proof with
Beth Moore. Each Wednesday, Beth can be seen teaching Bible study
on the television program “Life Today with James and Betty Robison.”
Ever the storyteller, Beth is known to pepper her teaching with stories
and poems written from the perspective of pertinent characters. She
communicates with great energy, passion, humor, warmth, and grace.
Beth attends Houston’s First Baptist Church, where she hosts an
interdenominational Tuesday-night Bible study for women in her city.
Because of her burden for unity in the body of Christ, Beth counts
serving women of all denominations as one of her greatest privileges in
life.
Beth and Keith praise God for nearly 30 years of marriage. They enjoy
traveling, hiking, drinking coffee on the back porch, eating Mexican
food, making each other laugh, walking their dogs, and being
grandparents. Both of their daughters, Amanda and Melissa, serve on
staff at Living Proof. Amanda’s husband, Curtis Jones, recently joined
the staff as an associate speaker/teacher. Curtis and Amanda have a
two-year-old son named Jackson. Melissa, who recently earned a
Master’s degree in Biblical Exegesis from Wheaton College, makes her
home in Atlanta, GA, with her husband, Colin Fitzpatrick. They were
married on February 16, 2008.
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Shine before others, so that they may see your good works and
give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
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All creatures, great and small, the Lord, God, made them all.........
Women...angels in the mirror of life!