She Lives Strong

By Vanessa J Hoyes

Learn to love your God-given voice, put a stop to imposter syndrome; and contend for what you know is your promised land, even when you feel intimidated or inadequate. Embrace your best strengths and show up, even when you're shaking in your shoes.

You have that still small voice that says: 

'there is more',

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hoyes Ministries
• Release date: Dec 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9798987264614

Vanessa J Hoyes

Vanessa Hoyes has led over 1000 women across the world in the She Lives Bold Bible Study. She is passionate about championing the voice and value of womanhood across the earth. She married her hero Andrew in 1999, is raising four teenage girls, has church planted in Australia and Canada and now resides in Florida, USA. She is a certified Life Coach, qualified Counsellor, and consults to churches across the world in the Soul Care of their staff. She is also a well respected communicator of God's Word. Her sabbath is best spent playing tennis, learning to surf, and most recently interested in women's natural health.

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Day 01

Let's Go For A Walk

“May you travel in an awakened way, gathered wisely into your inner ground; that you may not waste the invitations which wait along the way to transform you.” John Odonohue

And Moses swore that day, surely the land on which your feet have walked shall be an inheritance to you and your children always because you have wholly followed the Lord

Joshua 14:9

‘... where your feet have walked... ‘

We are going to walk on land over this journey that we would never have entered if we didn’t set aside the focused time. You are going to walk with a sure footing.

So maybe you should go buy yourself a new pair of shoes today to symbolize the places you are going to go (you didn’t really need permission did you??). Or go and put paint all over your foot and step out your feet over a blank piece of paper (when we gathered to do this last year some of our sisterhood in Mexico joined in and sent me their pictures of their footprints - it was so profound!)

Or jump in a puddle with bare feet. Or if you’re in the throws of winter like in Montreal half the year, I wouldn’t advise the bare foot thing! If you live near the coast, tag us on the beach. Wherever you are around the world, I see you. May the land know your presence and your feet feel this as holy ground.

I have a question for you:

What focus do you have for this 21 days? What areas of your life would you like to bring to this journey? Go ahead and write in your book or over on our FB group.

Let me bless these next twenty one days...

A blessing for your travel

by John Odonohue

Every time you leave home, Another road takes you

Into a world you were never in.

New strangers on other paths await.

New places that have never seen you

Will startle a little at your entry….

When you travel, you find yourself

Alone in a different way,

More attentive now to the self you bring along…

You unexpectedly attune to your voice

Opening conversations

And a new silence also goes with you

And if you listen you will hear, What your heart would love to say.

A journey can become a sacred thing; Make sure, before you go,

To take the time to bless your going forth,

To free your heart of ballast, so that the compass of your soul

Might direct you toward the territories of spirit;

Where you will discover more of your hidden life

And the urgencies that deserve to claim you.

May you travel in an awakened way,

Gathered wisely into your inner ground;

That you may not waste the invitations

Which wait along the way to transform you.

Day 02

The Day You Understand How Much You Matter

Powerful shifts in tradition, culture and law occur because daughters stand strong in their own voice.

So did you dance in the rain barefoot or paint your footprints on some paper yesterday? Or if you live by the ocean then maybe you had the joy of sand under your feet, or the crisp fall leaves in your backyard.

Today I want to introduce you to the ‘Daughters of Z’ in an overview of their story. You can go ahead and look up the scriptures and be journaling about it yourself.

Let us know in the FB group what you have been noticing as you study this yourself.

This story is found in Numbers 27 in the Bible. I read it a few years ago and felt like it was a profound word for women all over the world. As you know I have a huge passion for the feminine strength and last year I taught this message for a A Seat At The Table Online Conference (the link will be in the FB group).

Zelophehad has five daughters, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah (we will talk about these names in a few days); he has no sons.

Zelophehad is part of the generation of Israelites who departed from Egypt under Moses’ leadership and died during the forty years in the wilderness. His five daughters belong to the new generation that would enter and possess the promised land… I love this... even as a daughter of wilderness you can take steps into your promise.

Has this past season felt like wilderness in anyway to you? In what ways?

According to God’s command, the promised land is to be given only to those members counted in the census recorded in Numbers 26 (see 26:55-56). Since only men were counted in the census, it meant that Zelophehad’s daughters would be left without an inheritance.

Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah step forward to appeal this regulation, stating