“Standing at the top of the mountain at Storms River on Freedom Day was truly significant. It signalled my freedom from the enemy's oppression over my mind for so long. As I stood there with outstretched arms, I could only thank my Lord Jesus Christ for giving His life to set me free. Standing there overlooking all the beauty of His creation, I had a sense that God wants to give us all SO much more, show us so much more, do so much more in His Name, if only we'll follow Him, submit to Him and surrender our whole lives to Him. All I have to do is appropriate it, believe it, and to live like it. I know He wants me to be free to fulfil the destiny and purpose He has for me. Something had broken in the spirit realm that day, and I will never be the same. God has also shown me since then that He created each one of us unique, and that I needed to start to embrace that uniqueness instead of always finding myself inferior to others. Comparisons always leave one feeling unworthy, and I believe God has set me free from that too. This Woman of Peace course was God's plan to set me free from bondages, so that I can have and live that abundant life He died to give me. I believe this course equips women to be women of peace, passion and purpose! Thank you for your obedience to God to run this course - I am not the same woman I was when I started this course, I am forever changed! Glory to God!” Debbie
God graced us with a beautiful day and not to mention the beauty of it. It was absolutely awesome. Coming from many trials in my life going on that walk was like a breath of fresh air to my situation. The climb was exhausting and daunting as you don’t know what hurdle is next but the destination was absolutely awesome. Worth all my exhaustion!!!!! To me this is how it reflects on my own life………. Going through life and all the obstacles I have encountered is hard and sometimes it is difficult to just take that next step forward. When you try and look forward it looks long and also feels that you will never reach your destination and many times you actually just feel like giving up. But by putting that one foot in front the other, eventually I did get there!!!! On reaching the top it was so beautiful I actually forgot about the exhaustion coming up and looking back it did not actually seem so bad. Also looking back at the route I travelled up…….it was unbelievable that I actually came all that way. On the route coming down I was in an elated mood knowing that I conquered and seeing the beauty through different eyes……seeing things that I obviously passed on the way up but was not in the right frame of mind to see. God has blessed us all with a quality……endurance. We go through rough patches in our life but only because God has something so much more beautiful that we can ever imagine, planned for us. This walk was so applicable to my own life and for me a revelation that God has BIG things planned for me. Many times I feel so exhausted with life and feel like giving up…..well God showed me on this walk that I am able to press forward and His promise for my life is clear to me. And all that God expects from me is to have Faith! Thanks to God for a beautiful day and for a wonderful group to share it with!” Vanessa
“I woke up early as I was so looking forward to the outing with my Woman of Peace Group and it was ME time as I don't get out much. I had an awesome time just exploring God's Beautiful Creation. I have experienced that the walk path is not always an easy path and that I will have trials but with God's Grace and help he will give me Victory despite the circumstances. So I will have Peace in my Life as the Lord says "I will never leave you nor forsake you". Sometimes I feel like a stone on the beach that the water washes over, after that stone has been thrown around it ends, the stone is smooth and shining it glistens in the sunlight. When u get God in your life, like that stone that glistens that is how you are. In life you feel tired because you don't see the end and it feels it takes too long but if you press forward, sometimes it feels long and winding but you will reach your destination with God's help. When I got to the top I felt the Beauty and the fresh air and I forgot about the way I was feeling on the way up and I felt so FREE AND AT PEACE. I just want to thank Elna and the Woman of Peace Ladies for making this Outing possible it was really an AWSOME EXPERIENCE AND HAD A LOVELY TIME.” Cheryl
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