This week, I’m giving away THREE copies of my friend, Lisa Bevere’s new book, Girls with Swords: How to Carry Your Cross Like A Hero. Lisa and her husband, John, founded Messenger International in 1990 and have impacted millions of people through their ministry and writings. I recently had the chance to ask Lisa a few questions about her book:
Margaret: With all the Christian books on the market today, what motivated you to write Girls with Swords?
Lisa: I wrote my first book, Out of Control & Loving It, in 1996 to encourage mothers in a similar season. Over time I’ve had the privilege of being one of many navigating this collective journey of God’s daughters as we go from strength to strength and nation to nation. Girls With Swords is my ninth title and was written with an over arching sense of urgency that there is a generation of daughters who are unarmed & unaware. Lioness Arising was a wake-up call… Girls With Swords is a weapon.
Margaret: Who should read Girls with Swords and why?
Lisa: Any women who knows she is created to be an answer in this time. It is increasingly evident that women have been targeted for destruction by the enemy and chosen by God to be heroes. The 50-150 million women missing from our earth due to gendercide is compelling evidence that there is an onslaught against the Bride. Jesus told his disciples to sell their cloaks and buy swords. We do not live by the violence of a sword but it is time we learn to live by the power of one.
Margaret: What were the biggest challenges or struggles during the writing process?
Lisa: My incessant travel schedule combined with my mother’s stroke and my very real tendency to procrastinate.
Margaret: What do you hope will happen in the reader’s heart and mind after they finish with the book?
Lisa: I hope they will begin to pray scary prayers forged in Heaven. Take up their cross, face forward, stand their ground, lift up their sword and let the earth see the lovely face of a hero!
Check out the book trailer for Girls with Swords. (RSS Subscribers, click here to view.)
To win one of the THREE COPIES of Girls with Swords, enter a comment on the original blog post at MargaretFeinberg.com. Winners will be selected and announced on Friday.
Congratulations to the winners: Nancy Burris, Brooke, Carmen Rodriguez
What encouragement do you have for the women in your life?
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