An irresistible call for Christian women to live boldly and fully into their God-given wisdom, power, and capabilities.

The lioness rises from her slumber, a magnificent image of strength, passion, and beauty. Her mere presence commands the landscape, protects her young, and empowers the lion. In groups, lionesses become a creative and strategic force to be reckoned with, acting as one to change the world around them.

You too are a lioness.

In Lioness Arising, author and speaker Lisa Bevere offers the life and image of the lioness as a fierce and tender model for women. Revealing the surprising characteristics of this amazing creature, Lisa challenges women to discover fresh passion, prowess, and purpose.

Learn what it means to:

- be a stunning representation of strength
- fiercely protect the young
- lend your voice to the silenced
- live in the light and hunt in the dark
- raise a collective roar that changes everything

Packed with remarkable insights from nature and a rich depth of biblical references to lionesses, Lioness Arising is a call for women to rise up in strength and numbers to change their world.

Jesus is, after all, the lion of the Tribe of Judah.

We are his lioness arising.

The very idea of womanhood is being assailed on all fronts: sexualized by our culture, eliminated from language, and silenced by the church. For decades, both sexes have been systematically undermined and stripped of their strength. Male and female were originally created as a power union, but that turned into a power struggle. For years, women listened to the lie that to be powerful they needed to act like men. Now the tables have turned, with men acting like women.

This attack is more than cultural, it is spiritual. Revelation 12:17 portrays a dragon enraged with women who has declared war on our children. Our enemy, terrified of what--and whom--we were made to reflect, seeks to blur the lines, distorting the very idea of what it means for women to bear God's divine image.

We were made for this fight. It will require honest, intimate conversations to emerge with God-inspired answers equal to the challenges of our day. Our marriages, children, churches, communities, and futures depend on it. It's time to unite, confident in our divine identity, clear in our commission, and courageous in our calling, to confront the darkness with love and light. It's time to fight for female!

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Lisa is a courageous and loving voice for truth. Her willingness to engage the most important and controversial topics of the day with boldness and compassion should be an example to others, especially when fear of offending tragically silences many good people. The culture today needs more passionate women willing to seek the truth and dedicated to live and speak it, even when it costs.--Lila Rose, founder of Live Action

Lisa addresses what it means to be female with tender yet unapologetic truth. The answers we are searching for are found through transformation rather than by questioning our formation.--Christine Caine, bestselling author and founder of Propel Women

A passionate call for Christian women to effectively wield the sword of their God-given feminine strength against any evil that threatens them and those they love.

What if you discovered you have been entrusted with an invisible, invincible, and incorruptible weapon? Would you use it?

In a day of worldwide trafficking, gendercide, discrimination, and other hostility against women, Lisa Bevere points to a biblical foundation to present a model of feminine strength that will empower women to live confidently. Drawing on the many references to swords throughout Scripture, the author constructs a revealing and compelling female paradigm that will impact every area of a woman's self identity, spiritual awareness, relationships, and life vision and mission. Long known for her passionate and articulate expression of biblical womanhood, Bevere presents fresh imagery--as enticing and strong as polished steel--to prepare women boldly for the challenges they face in today's world. It's not enough to just be wise and strong: Now a woman must know how to wield her sword.

Creatively forging the imagery of swords, the Word of God, and the Cross, Girls with Swords will teach you:
- How to speak the language of heaven on earth
- What it means to intercede
- What it means to carry your cross
- What it means to be discerning
- How to disarm the enemy
- Why women are the enemy's target--and why God needs them to be heroes

It's time to take up your sword and be a hero.

La misma idea de la feminidad está siendo atacada en todos los frentes: sexualizada por nuestra cultura, eliminada del lenguaje y silenciada por la iglesia. Durante décadas, ambos sexos han sido sistemáticamente socavados y despojados de su fuerza. Hombre y mujer fueron creados originalmente como una unión poderosa, pero eso se convirtió en una lucha de poder. Durante años, las mujeres escucharon la mentira de que, para ser poderosas, debían actuar como los hombres. Ahora las cosas han cambiado, con hombres actuando como mujeres.
Este ataque es más que cultural, es espiritual. Apocalipsis 12:17 retrata a un dragón enfurecido con las mujeres, que ha declarado la guerra a nuestros hijos. Nuestro enemigo, aterrorizado por lo que fuimos hechos para reflejar (y a imagen de quien), busca difuminar las líneas, distorsionando la misma idea de lo que significa que las mujeres porten la imagen divina de Dios.
Fuimos creadas para esta lucha. Se requerirán conversaciones honestas e íntimas para surgir con respuestas inspiradas por Dios que estén a la altura de los desafíos de nuestro tiempo. Nuestros matrimonios, hijos, iglesias, comunidades y futuros dependen de ello. Es hora de unirnos, confiadas en nuestra identidad divina, claras en nuestra misión y valientes en nuestro llamado, para confrontar la oscuridad con amor y luz. Es hora de luchar por la mujer!
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The very idea of womanhood is being assailed on all fronts: sexualized by our culture, eliminated from language, and silenced by the church. For decades, both sexes have been systematically undermined and stripped of their strength. Male and female were originally created as a power union, but that turned into a power struggle. For years, women listened to the lie that to be powerful they needed to act like men. Now the tables have turned, with men acting like women.
This attack is more than cultural, it is spiritual. Revelation 12:17 portrays a dragon enraged with women who has declared war on our children. Our enemy, terrified of what--and whom--we were made to reflect, seeks to blur the lines, distorting the very idea of what it means for women to bear God's divine image.
We were made for this fight. It will require honest, intimate conversations to emerge with God-inspired answers equal to the challenges of our day. Our marriages, children, churches, communities, and futures depend on it. It's time to unite, confident in our divine identity, clear in our commission, and courageous in our calling, to confront the darkness with love and light. It's time to fight for female!

A 90-day devotional to change the way you think God thinks about you

When God thinks about you, he isn't looking for a reason to disqualify, disown, or judge you. He's not watching for you to fail. Never! He is our qualifying, adopting, and redeeming failsafe. We are the ones who fixate on our failures. Our Father does not.

In this 90-day devotional, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere wants to shift your perspective from the concept of being someone who is merely tolerated to someone who is fiercely loved. Each day helps you accept as true another facet of your identity and God's truth, including:

● I am fiercely loved.
● God is wild for me, and I adore him for it.
● The Spirit of God is near, speaking light and life over me.
● It is wild how he knows all, yet calls me daughter.
● I was wildly woven in wonder.

There is not a moment whether you are awake or asleep that God is not thinking wild thoughts of fierce love towards you. Everything changes when you know this and it's important that you never doubt it again.

You are fiercely loved, well thought of, and deeply wanted.

How can you live as a confident woman of faith? Strong, a 90-day devotional by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere, will inspire you to strengthen your relationship with God as you go deeper in your study of the Bible.

A beloved Bible study teacher, Lisa invites you to find your strength, not from trying harder or doing more but through a deep and devoted relationship with God and from knowing and following Him. Each of the 90 devotions featured in Strong includes Scripture reflections, and biblical teaching from Lisa, a prayer, and an anthem of strength.

Devotional topics include:

• Relational healing
• Contentment
• Redeeming regret
• The strength of rest
• How to be both powerful and gentle

With its gorgeous two-color design, Strong is a beautiful gift for your sisters, friends, prayer partners, mothers, or any woman who loves God. Lisa's heartfelt and straightforward approach, in addition to her biblical knowledge mixed with personal insight, makes this a wonderful devotional experience to become the strong woman you long to be.

Look for additional inspirational resources from Lisa:

• Be Angry, But Don't Blow It
• Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry

Nurture (verb): 1. To give tender care and protection. 2. To encourage to grow, develop, thrive, and be successful.
This beautifully describes what God's daughters so desperately need. In this heartfelt work, Lisa explains how women of all ages must awaken and restore their capacity to give and receive nurture.
The need for this indelible force is far more urgent than we know. Is it possible we are too busy surviving to assure that the vulnerable among us thrive? Are we too guarded, wounded, and afraid to open our lives to the nurture of others? What can be done to reestablish this language of the feminine heart? It is time women are healed and empowered.
If you have never experienced nurture, this is your season. Lisa's stirring message shows you how to make these vital heart connections. We need each other's comfort and assurance as we define ourselves, find our voice, and begin to fulfill God's purpose on Earth.
In Lisa's own words: There is such a resonance in my spirit . . . this is in fact our season to grow, develop, and thrive. Heaven is passionately and purposefully reconnecting with our wounded, war-torn earth and the people who inhabit her. In this season I believe the daughters of God will prove integral agents. Nurture is not expensive-it is expansive. The life of everyone enlarges when it is added. As this happens, we will cease to merely function-we will indeed flourish.

Are you holding on so tightly that God can't work in your life? In this revision of her best-selling book, Lisa shows readers how to give God complete control of their lives. Lisa's life was a whirlwind of turmoil until she realized that things ended up in a mess whenever she was in charge. Women of all ages can reflect on some of the following topics: Are you tired of pretending to be strong when you're living in fear? Don't tolerate harrassement for another moment. Receive your affirmation, love, self-worth, joy, strength, and acceptance only from God. Lay down your desires, and hide yourself in His will.

Let go and discover the freedom and peace of God intended you to have.

How far can I go? It's the question of a generation wanting straight answers. Often the very questions we ask reveal our hearts better than anything else. In Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry, Lisa Bevere tackles these tough issues by moving us from rules to relationship. There is no question we need a renewal of purity, but what we're doing is not working.

How far can you go? Ask yourself: What do you ultimately want? Immediate and temporary gratification that wanes with the passage of time? Or passion and exclusive intimacy that endures and intensifies?

God wants to move us beyond the restraint of the law (which arouses sin) and plant us into a garden of longing -- where our sexuality and passion is carefully guarded and cultivated until the time for its awakening. This is a book for every daughter in waiting and every woman who has never known desire in her life and marriage.

Now a New York Times bestseller

There is a reason we look at others as rivals and limit ourselves to comparison and competition. We have an enemy assaulting our mind, will, and emotions in the hope that we'll turn on ourselves and each other. It's a cycle that isolates us from intimate connections, creates confusion about our identity, and limits our purpose.

In Without Rival, bestselling author Lisa Bevere shares how a revelation of God's love breaks these limits. You'll learn how to stop seeing others as rivals and make the deep connections with your Creator you long for--connections that hold the promise of true identity and intimacy. With biblically sound teaching filled with prophetic insight for our day, Lisa uses humor and passion to challenge you to

- Flip rivalry so it brings out the best in you
- Stop hiding from conversations you need to be a part of
- Answer the argument that says women are unfit, easily deceived, and gullible
- Dismantle gender rivalry and work with the men in your life

It's time to step forward to live a life without rival.

New York Times best-selling author Lisa Bevere encourages women to stop hurting the ones they love, to learn to say things so they'll be heard, to get rid of bitterness, and to find forgiveness for themselves.

Conflict - it's unavoidable. Therefore, each of us must learn to manage it successfully. But what if we can't? What if anger has us out of control and out of hand? You're passionate and losing your cool. Or perhaps worse - you're depressed and wrought with fear because you've turned the destructive force of rage on yourself.

Anger controlled Lisa for years, exacting a devastating toll upon her life and relationships. Desperate, Lisa cried out to God . . . and found help. If you, too, are at a turning point - longing for change yet stuck in a whirlwind of fury and rage - Be Angry, But Don't Blow It will help you regain control. Sharing all she has learned about handling this powerful emotion, Lisa discusses how you can:

• Learn to say things so you'll be heard
• Move beyond mere apologies into genuine confession
• Yank the defiling root of bitterness
• Find forgiveness and release for yourself

This book interweaves powerful scriptural truths with practical, personal examples and prayer. Readers will learn to channel passionate emotions constructively. Anger is not wrong, it is how we express it and how far we take it that determines the outcome. For those really ready to be honest and get free, this book will light the way. Be Angry, But Don't Blow It also includes a three-week program to help move you from destructive to constructive anger and recapture the healthy passion God wants you to have.

Important. Weighty. Convicting. Lisa Bevere is relentless in her conviction to stand on and for the Truth. --Louie and Shelley Giglio, founders of Passion Conferences


When it comes to the way we live, love, and raise our families, everyone has an opinion they are more than willing to share. But only one thing matters--truth. Truth does not change, despite our culture's ever-changing values. It is our solid, immovable, invincible, unshakable cornerstone. The rock upon which we are called to build our lives.

Sharing inspiring stories from her own life and ancient insight from the Bible, the New York Times bestselling author of Lioness Arising shows you how to stand strong on God's Word even as the world around you shifts, shakes, and shudders.

This is not another self-help book for women who want to improve their way to happiness or self-fulfillment. It's an intimate, deeply spiritual journey that promises radical transformation of the heart, mind, and soul. If you've been looking for a truly biblical book that addresses your underlying need for closeness with God and confidence in yourself, look no further.


Lisa writes with confidence, poise, and grace as she leads you on a spiritual journey toward unshakable truth. Her words are timeless and timely, inviting us back to a place of sanctity, stability, and truth grounded in Christ.--Craig and Amy Groeschel, pastors of Life.Church; authors of From This Day Forward

In a generation and culture where truth moves with the trends, the scriptural truths Lisa shares in this book are so greatly needed.--Christine Caine, bestselling author and founder of The A21 Campaign and Propel Women

It is time for women to stop measuring themselves by the numbers on the scale! How many women out there are tired of the tyranny of dieting? Millions! With candor and a gentle spirit, Lisa Bevere shares powerful insights and liberating principles she discovered through her own personal struggles with weight. This life-changing book will empower women to: - Learn how to identify and maintain an ideal weight- Discover riveting truths from God's Word that will deliver them from the lies of the world- Trade their self-consciousness for a deeper consciousness of God- Break free from the destructive cycle of dieting This book also features inspiring testimonies since the original publishing in August 1999.

El conflicto es inevitable... Por lo tanto, cada una de nosotras debe aprender a manejarlo con éxito. Pero, qué pasa si no podemos hacer eso? Qué ocurre si la ira nos domina y perdemos el control? Puede que te apasiones y pierdas la compostura. O tal vez, peor aún, te deprimas y te atemorices porque enfocas la fuerza destructiva de la rabia en ti misma. Lisa Bevere entiende eso.

La ira la controló muchos años, y tuvo que pagar un precio devastador con su propia vida y sus relaciones. Desesperada, Lisa clamó a Dios... y encontró ayuda. Si tú también estás en un momento decisivo, anhelando un cambio pero atrapada en un torbellino de furia e ira, Enójate, pero no explotes! te ayudará a recuperar el control.

En esta obra, Lisa comparte todo lo que ha aprendido sobre cómo manejar esta poderosa emoción, a la vez que explica cómo puedes:

- Aprender a decir las cosas de manera que te escuchen
- Superar las simples disculpas y hacer una confesión genuina
- Arrancar la contaminante raíz de la amargura
- Hallar el perdón y la liberación

Este libro entreteje las Escrituras, con oraciones e ideas de la autora, a fin de crear una guía práctica que incluye un programa de tres semanas que han de ayudarte a pasar de la ira destructiva a la ira constructiva, de modo que puedas recuperar la pasión saludable que Dios desea que tengas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

New York Times best-selling author Lisa Bevere encourages women to stop hurting the ones they love, to learn to say things so they'll be heard, to get rid of bitterness, and to find forgiveness for themselves.

Conflict - it's unavoidable. Therefore, each of us must learn to manage it successfully. But what if we can't? What if anger has us out of control and out of hand? You're passionate and losing your cool. Or perhaps worse - you're depressed and wrought with fear because you've turned the destructive force of rage on yourself.

Anger controlled Lisa for years, exacting a devastating toll upon her life and relationships. Desperate, Lisa cried out to God . . . and found help. If you, too, are at a turning point - longing for change yet stuck in a whirlwind of fury and rage - Be Angry, But Don't Blow It will help you regain control. Sharing all she has learned about handling this powerful emotion, Lisa discusses how you can:

• Learn to say things so you'll be heard
• Move beyond mere apologies into genuine confession
• Yank the defiling root of bitterness
• Find forgiveness and release for yourself

This book interweaves powerful scriptural truths with practical, personal examples and prayer. Readers will learn to channel passionate emotions constructively. Anger is not wrong, it is how we express it and how far we take it that determines the outcome. For those really ready to be honest and get free, this book will light the way. Be Angry, But Don't Blow It also includes a three-week program to help move you from destructive to constructive anger and recapture the healthy passion God wants you to have.

It's time for every woman to discover her eternal value
Best-selling author Lisa Bevere unveils the truth of God's Word and exposes the subtle influences and blatant lies that have held women captive for years. This re-released book deals with two basic questions: How do women fit in or relate to the world around them, and what is the measuring stick of their worth? Women must let go of the past, stop comparing themselves to others, forget the material things, and start embracing God's plan for their life. This is good, pleasing to Him, and perfect With the truths of this book in place, every Christian woman can remove the veil, find new freedom, and claim God as the Lord of her future

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is ask for help Encourage your little ones with the true meaning of bravery through the beautiful story of Lizzy the Lioness by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere.

Boys and girls will love the story of Lizzy, a little lion who must learn what it truly means to be brave in the face of hard things. When she sees someone in danger, Lizzy tries her best to help, but she quickly learns that sometimes being brave means asking adults for help.

With a unique spin on the concept of bravery, Lizzy the Lioness is a timely picture book in an ever-changing world. Children will see that bravery is so much more than big muscles or loud roars but often is found in the tiniest people who have the courage to speak up when no one else will. By asking God for help and then bringing grown-ups into the picture, Lizzy shows kids that being brave doesn't have to happen by yourself--it happens with help

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere's first picture book will make waves with its unique and compelling message for families everywhere. Parents and children alike will enjoy the beautiful artwork as well as the story of communication and teamwork.

You don't have to be the biggest to be the strongest, and you don't have to be the loudest to be the bravest. Show your children God's truest definition of bravery with the timeless story of Lizzy the Lioness.

There is a role unique to women that we abandon easily. We live near each other, but not with each other--and not for each other. We don't want to intrude or judge and, maybe, we don't want to see each other truly succeed. And the world is happy with this unhappy state for women--one that pushes us to conform to a pattern of distrust, disengagement, and competition. It's no wonder we've lost ourselves, and our way.

In her most personal, powerful book yet, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere offers a catalytic, transformative vision for women of a different way to live--one that embraces the presence of a godmother--the older, wiser women you can go to and learn from, the strong women who partner with us through life. And everyone needs one Drawing from her own life, biblical women, and the world of fairy tales, Lisa will show you how to transform what you have into what God wants you to have, push you forward during seasons of doubt, and love you enough to speak truth about God's larger, expansive view of your life. Lisa's candid, compassionate words are your best first step to living as a daughter of God, surrounded by strong relationships and confidence in your calling.

Es hora de cambiar la forma en que piensas que Dios piensa acerca de ti. Cuando Dios piensa en ti, no está buscando una razón para descalificarte, repudiarte o juzgarte. Él no está esperando que fracases. Nunca! Él es quien nos redime cuando fallamos, el que nos califica y adopta. Somos nosotros los que nos fijamos en nuestros fracasos, no nuestro Padre.
Lo que David escribió en el Salmo 139: 17-18 (NTV) sigue siendo cierto hoy: Qué preciosos son tus pensamientos acerca de mí, ] oh Dios. No se pueden enumerar! Ni siquiera puedo contarlos; suman más que los granos de la arena! Y cuando despierto, todavía estás conmigo! No hay un momento, ya sea que estés despierto o dormido, en el que Dios no tenga pensamientos salvajes de amor feroz hacia ti. Todo cambia cuando sabes esto y es importante que nunca más lo dudes.
Eres ferozmente amada, bien pensada y profundamente querida.
En este devocional de 90 días, la autora de éxitos de ventas del New York Times, Lisa Bevere, quiere cambiar tu perspectiva del concepto de ser alguien a quien simplemente se tolera, a alguien a quien se ama ferozmente. Cada día explora otra faceta de nuestra identidad, verdad y la conexión íntima de Dios con sus hijos.

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It's time to change the way you think God thinks about you. When God thinks about you, He isn't looking for a reason to disqualify, disown, or judge you. He's not watching for you to fail. Never! He is our qualifying, adopting, and redeeming failsafe. We are the ones who fixate on our failures, not our Father.
What David wrote in Psalm 139 is still true today: How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! (17-18 NLT). There is not a moment whether you are awake or asleep that God is not thinking wild thoughts of fierce love towards you. Everything changes when you know this and it's important for you to never doubt it again.
You are fiercely loved, well thought of, and deeply wanted.
In this 90-day devotional, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere wants to shift your perspective from the concept of being someone who is merely tolerated to someone who is fiercely loved. Each day explores another facet of our identity, truth, and God's intimate connection with His children.

Hay una razón por la cual nos miramos unos a otros como rivales, y nos limitamos a compararnos y competir. Tenemos un enemigo atacando nuestra mente, nuestra voluntad y muestras emociones, con la esperanza de que nos tornemos uno contra otro, y contra nosotras mismas. Es un ciclo que nos aísla de conexiones íntimas, crea confusión sobre nuestra identidad, y limita nuestro propósito.

En Sin Rival, la autora de éxitos de ventas Lisa Bevere, comparte como una revelación del amor de Dios rompe estos límites. Aprenderás como dejar de ver a otros como rivales, y hacer las conexiones profundas con tu Creador que tu deseas; conexiones que tienen la promesa de identidad e intimidad verdaderas. Con sabias enseñanzas bíblicas llenas de visión profética para nuestros días, Lisa usa el humor y la pasión para desafiarte a:

• Darle la vuelta a la rivalidad para que saque lo mejor en ti
• Dejar de esconderte de conversaciones de las que necesitas ser parte
• Responder al argumento de que las mujeres son ineptas, fáciles de engañar, y crédulas
• Desarma la rivalidad de género, y trabaja con los hombres en tu vida

Es tiempo de dar el paso adelante para vivir una vida sin rival.

In this day of challenge and opportunity, women have been the victims of constant comparison and rivalry. It has robbed the church of the feminine voice and contribution that would make her strong.

In a wild, vibrant, and relatable style, Lisa challenges women to:

• embrace the fact that God loves us uniquely rather than equally
• realize their undisputed calling
• reconnect to their divine identity
• dismantle the rivalries that keep us from God's fullness

There has never been a more desperate need for each of us to discover who and why we are a daughter without rival, loved by a God without rival, entrusted with a promise without rival, to complete an assignment without rival, that is destined for an eternity without rival.