Chapter 1: I Believe, Transforming Fear into Faith
1. The story of the fire is from Sue Detweiler, 9 Traits of a Life-Giving Mom (New York: Morgan James, 2014), 1–4. Used by permission.
2. See Hebrews 11:6.
Chapter 5: I Am Healed, Transforming Brokenness into Wholeness
1. The flask is also called a jar or box in different translations. It was made of alabaster and held precious fragrant oil that was often part of a dowry. It was also used to anoint someone’s body to prepare them for burial.
2. Eliezer Segal, “Who Has Not Made Me a Woman,” My Jewish Learning, www.myjewishlearning.com/article/who-has-not-made-me-a-woman.
Chapter 7: I Am Honored, Transforming Shame into Grace
1. John Newton, “Amazing Grace,” Public Domain.
2. David Sheward, “The Real Story Behind ‘Amazing Grace,’” Biography.com, August 11, 2015, www.biography.com/news/amazing-grace-story-john-newton.
Chapter 8: Learning to Pray with Grace
1. Rick Renner, Sparkling Gems (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 2003), 377–80.
Chapter 9: I Am Secure, Transforming Anxiety into Peace
1. This story is from Sue Detweiler, 9 Traits of a Life-Giving Mom (New York: Morgan James, 2014), 1–4. Used by permission.
2. This story is from Sue Detweiler, 9 Traits of a Life-Giving Mom (New York: Morgan James, 2014), 40–41. Used by permission.
3. Taken from Sue Detweiler, 9 Traits of a Life-Giving Mom (New York: Morgan James, 2014), 41–42. Used by permission.
Chapter 10: Learning to Pray with Peace
4. Jack W. Hayford et al., Spirit-Filled Life Bible (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002, 2013), 661.
5. Ibid., 764.
6. “Psalm 37,” The Bible Hub, http://biblehub.com/commentaries/psalms/37-1.htm.
7. Jack W. Hayford et al., Spirit-Filled Life Bible, 1206.
8. Wilma Mankiller, AZ Quotes, http://www.azquotes.com/author/9385-Wilma_Mankiller.
Chapter 11: I Am Transformed, Transforming Sadness into Joy
1. From Sue Detweiler, 9 Traits of a Life-Giving Mom (New York: Morgan James, 2014), 23–24. This section used with permission.
Chapter 15: I Am Humble, Transforming Entitlement into Humility
1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 99.
2. Mary Demuth, “God, Success, and Failed French Church Plants,” Wrecked.org, August 21, 2010, www.wrecked.org/church/god-success-and-failed-french-church-plants.
3. Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), 1.
Chapter 19: I Am Expectant, Transforming Disappointment and Loss into Hope
1. Jack W. Hayford et al., The Spirit-Filled Life Bible (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002, 2013), 1536.
Chapter 20: Learning to Pray with Hope
1. David Kessler and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Grief and Grieving (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005).