2023 Annual Impact Report Download the Printable Report By Sarah Koontz In December 2017, Living by Design Ministries was established to equip Christian women to explore God’s design, embrace godly lifestyles, and exude God’s love. Before our first board meeting, I made three crucial decisions about how I would function as the leader of this
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Article by: Sarah Koontz, Founder of Living by Design Ministries For many years, I mistakenly believed grace is a New Testament—or New Covenant—concept. In my mind, it was almost as if Jesus’ death and resurrection unleashed God’s grace on mankind for the very first time. How very wrong I was! The concept of grace—unmerited favor—is
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By Sarah Frazer The food was set out, the house was cleaned, and the kids were in the basement with my husband. No one is going to show up, I said to myself. Those thoughts kept coming as I prepared to host my very first Bible study. I had invited ten people. Four said they
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Are you familiar with the saying, “It is more blessed to give than to receive?” If you know, off the top of your head, where that quote originated from, you are doing better than me! I was surprised to discover that this familiar saying is quoted by the Apostle Paul as a teaching of Jesus
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By Joanna Eccles I used to date Jesus every Wednesday. I’d get dressed up and take my Bible to a coffee house to spend time with the Lord. My journey to know Jesus brought me to the book of John. If you want to know Jesus, you’ll find His heart by searching through John. For almost a
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I am writing this article from my cozy home office in South Dakota. A steady spring rain is pattering on my roof, and my teenage daughter is typing her final history paper of the semester. My thumb is sore from working in the garden this weekend, and I just got a phone call from my
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2022 Annual Impact Report Download the Printable Report By Ryan & Sarah Koontz Since we launched this non-profit ministry in 2017, we’ve received financial contributions from more than 650 people. Most people who choose to invest in Living by Design are unfamiliar to us. We may have exchanged an e-mail or two with them, but we
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Raise your hand if you love to study the Word of God with other believers. What a joy it is to learn and grow alongside one another as we dip our toes into the springs of living water together (Jer 17:13). I’d like you to take a moment to think of 4-6 people you would enjoy
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I’ll never forget the first time I read CS Lewis’ Screwtape Letters. I could not have been more than fourteen or fifteen years old. I was astounded by the creativity and artistic talent of the author, yet disgusted and unimpressed by the demons’ strategies illuminated in the letters. Although Lewis stated that this book was
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By Michelle Flaningan Most of us have heard of the wolf in sheep’s clothing. He is cited in Matthew 7 when Jesus warns about false teachers. Right after He tells his disciples to enter through the narrow gate, He says to them, “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly
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