Onward & Upward: Pressing Past the Soul
I am weary, God. I am very weary. I don't enjoy this process of maturity that asks me to keep climbing upwards. It is a high peak where...
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Amanda Winder
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
Designed to Submit
Last night, as I was getting out of the shower, I heard “War will be waged tomorrow. Prepare for war.” So, I stopped all other thoughts...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
Timeline Shift
I sat down with Holy Spirit on Saturday. It’s always my day of rest, but my spirit was deeply inclined to really engage where He was...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
Govern
I jumped out of bed Tuesday morning. Holy Spirit was mid-sentence explaining something to me and I jumped up and started frantically...
Amanda Winder
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Containment
I’ve tried to write what’s on my heart so many times. I’ve deleted what I’ve said because of the fear of sounding “harsh.” But… You know...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 26, 2021
- 4 min
Get Up!
Saturday, I flew home to NYC as the first outer bands of Hurricane Henri made landfall. About 15 minutes before we landed, my sister...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Expansion
Deep beneath the layers of my skin, I feel it… A trans-dimensional maturity and growth occurring. It’s a stretching out… A stretching out...
Amanda Winder
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Wall Street
It’s been a year and a half since I started taking the train down to Wall Street to pray for the nation. In some seasons I’d go once a...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 9, 2020
- 1 min
Sometimes No
Following the Holy Spirit can be simple… Following the Holy Spirit can be fun… Following the Holy Spirit can be a...
Amanda Winder
- Feb 17, 2020
- 2 min
Come Up Here
”Gosh… It’s so beautiful up here. Up here above the chaos below.” That’s what I said to God as I peered out the window from the airplane....
Amanda Winder
- Jun 2, 2019
- 2 min
Year Five
Five years ago today I watched my dad take his last breath. All in one moment the reality of death made his appearance in my life. You...
Amanda Winder
- May 20, 2019
- 2 min
A Decade in the Making
Okay… Today, I hit the decade mark of losing 100 lbs! So… What does it mean to me to look at the girl on the left, the young woman on the...
Amanda Winder
- Feb 11, 2019
- 2 min
The Best Way
About 7 years ago I was in college, working on something God had me put my entire self into. The idea He gave me seemed simple; however,...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 3, 2018
- 2 min
This Way Next
Can I be honest? Sometimes it’s a challenge to keep using this key called faith to unlock the doors God’s placed in front of me. And...
Amanda Winder
- Mar 21, 2018
- 2 min
She Swings a Sword
Have you ever willingly walked into a season of life before unaware of what’s ahead? Knowing deep in your heart it’s the best thing you...
Amanda Winder
- Mar 15, 2017
- 2 min
Are You Lit?..
“It’s gonna be lit!” These four words constantly tumble out of the mouth of a teenager I’m close too… Now, if you’re anything like me,...
Amanda Winder
- Jan 31, 2017
- 2 min
Just Walk...
If someone asked me “Amanda, what’s the biggest thing you struggle with today?”… I’d have to say my pace… Most of the time, my days and...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 21, 2016
- 1 min
Lead... From Within...
The soul… Our minds… Our emotions… Our will… It’s a sticky, tricky place to be… Truly… Because I believe… When we have a heart change… A...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 15, 2016
- 2 min
Girth Growth...
Does God ever ask you something, but you have absolutely no idea what He means by what He says?… He just flat out says, “I want you to do...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 23, 2016
- 2 min
My Unorganized Reality...
My spirit sees… It feels something deep within… At my core… At my core I cannot and will not be moved… But then… Then my mind gets in the...