Embracing Abundant Life
Dr. Avis Sparks
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God is interested in every aspect of our lives and wants us well, equipped, and victorious in all of it. Inviting God into every aspect of our lives makes it more abundant. It is our responsibility to seek knowledge, wisdom, and invite Him into our experiences.
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Embracing Abundant Life
Aug 13, 2021
C’s of Wellness
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We maintain wellness and continue our healing and growth by staying anchored. Jesus lets us know that we cannot bear fruit, grow, or live an abundant life apart from Him. Connection is our source and key to wellness, and we nurture our connection with God the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit through Communication, Community, and Commitment. Our healing, growth, and transformation starts with Connection with God through Jesus Christ and the other C’s nurture and support us in staying anchored and growing healthy and strong roots. Jesus showed us different practices and principles that nurture these three C’s, and they allow us to deal with the struggles, temptations, and pains of this world and sustain a state of well-being. The some of the disciplines Christ left us to grow our connection to Him in the Body of Christ are: prayer, Bible study, worship, fellowship, giving, service, witnessing, fasting, and meditation.
The three C’s position us to get…
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Embracing Abundant Life
Jun 16, 2021
Seed (Bonus) “Healing” Series
We must be willing to plant a seed to expect a harvest. Christ came to give us the means and way to an abundant life. It is our job to receive it and walk in it. We have to acknowledge the seeds that He has given us and embrace the way He wants to increase our lives. And the increase began when we take what He has given and plant. We activate the process for growth, development, and with time fruit when we began to plant what we have been given.
Does more seed mean more harvest? What matters when you plant?
Where does the seed come from?
God wants to guide and teach us in all of it. For us to embrace abundant life we must be wiling to learn how to be good stewards. It is necessary for us to accept that all of it is His and He has a plan for it. He wants to direct us in increasing and protecting what is His. We are more inclined to partner with Him allowing Him to be guide our step when we know that His plan has us with Him not on our own trying to figure it out and make it happen. St…
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Embracing Abundant Life
Jun 23, 2021
The Struggle
“ The Struggle ”
We have been created with a great purpose to grow in relationship with God and impact the world around us to enhance it and bring glory to God. Our objective is powerful, noble, and beautiful, but it doesn’t make it easy. As believers, we must embrace the struggle, stand our ground in God, and persevere in the face of all the circumstances that try to hinder us from being fruitful and walking in abundant life.
The struggle doesn’t change our purpose.
The introduction of sin nature into our beings and this world naturally opposes God’s will, purpose, and character. Yet, God did not modify or change why He created us. He stuck with His original plan for us. He made us for a relationship with Him and to steward the rest of creation through our authority, enhancing, managing, and multiplying it. Sin makes our purpose more challenging but not impossible with God.
Everyone struggles. We struggle triumphantly through our relationship with Christ.
Jesus lets us k…
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Circle 31 International Women's Ministry Podcast
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 40: Embracing Abundant Life with Dr. Avis Sparks
Dr. Avis Sparks is a Christian writer and founder of A Spark Ministries, LLC, a ministry that provides encouraging, educational, and inspiring material for Christian believers. In addition, she hosts the podcast Embracing Abundant Life, sharing conversations and insights that discuss the tools and principles God has given us to live this life well and triumphantly. Her book, "Healing the Body of Christ: Embracing Abundant Life," was published last fall, and she released a Study Guide for personal and small group studies this summer.
She earned a B.S. in Biology from Tougaloo College and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After finishing post-doctoral training at the Children's Hospital of New Orleans, she dedicated time to studying the Word of God. She began writing material to bring awareness and insight to the Body of Christ. God blessed her with a love for His Word, good stories, research, and writing.
Avis and her husband, Dr. Ken…
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Faith Hope Love with Melissa Moore
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 35–Healing the Body of Christ: Embracing Abundant Life with Dr. Avis Sparks
How do we nurture spiritual health and growth?
Dr. Avis Sparks shares about the Holy Spirit's power to transform, which benefits both the individual and the church as a whole.
"It is our job to nurture good things within us. Scripture tells us, 'Think on these things.' It encourages us to think on good things, to do good things. That is how we nurture the Spirit of God. We allow Him to flow freely in our lives, taking down the boundaries of where we are allowing Him to go."
-Dr. Avis Sparks, Author of Healing the Body of Christ: Embracing Abundant Life
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Bio:
Dr. Avis Sparks is a Christian writer and founder of A Spark Ministries, LLC, a ministry that provides devotionals, a podcast, and other encouraging and enlightening material. She is trained in biomedical science research but has a passion for God's word and has published her first non-scientific work, "Healing the Body of Christ: Embracing Abundant Life." Avis and her husband, Dr. Kendrick Sparks, have two children and…
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