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Heart of a Sponsor

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As a woman in recovery myself and a fellow struggler in life, I am so touched that God would allow me the experience of being able to sponsor other hurting woman. He teaches me through it and grows me in my own recovery. I love to sponsor women. I see them often caught like the bird by the cat. I Peter 5:8 says “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” These women are often hidden in the closet of fear and shame. My role is to, through prayer and relationships go into the closet with them and help them get out. Often, no, always I need to put them on the heart of God so they can hear His heart beat. How do I do that? By praying for them, listening, sharing from my own hurts, building relationship's of trust and giving them God's word. Jesus said in John 6:63b “The words that I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life”. I try to make sure and remember as I share my experience, strength and hope, that it is life I am giving to th