Thanks for visiting Design4Living Ministries website. We are pleased to have the opportunity to serve you, and pray that this site is a support to you on your journey of living the life God has planned for you. The goal of this ministry has always been to come alongside women to equip and encourage them. Simply put, the mission is spiritual growth-encouraging women to Live Up! in the Truth of God's Word.
As always, the goal of THIS website will be to reach women in practical ways, focusing on relevant issues that today's Christian woman faces.
Join me each day for the Design4Living daily devotional blog. This devotional blog is meant to be a 5-minute spiritual kick start to your day. As a result of God's Truth penetrating the practical places of our lives, we will grow Deeper as our belief system changes and the ways of Christ become our greatest living goal and reality.
Praying God's Best for your life!
Debbie Alsdorf
Debbie Alsdorf
As founder of Design4Living Ministries, Debbie is set on encouraging women of all ages to get serious about their faith and live in the full design set out for them as His women, or as she affectionately puts it...God's Girls.
It Takes 30 Days!
30 days to change a habit or begin the foundation of a new one. Repetition is the key. 30 days of upward focus, 30 days of living out the verse you are learning, 30 days of practicing His presence, 30 days of living to love others. Are you ready for something MORE?
Take the 30 day challenge with me!
New This Summer: The Faith Dare
"Debbie Alsdorf's heart is to see women's lives transformed by the power of Jesus, and The Faith Dare is another tool to accomplish just that — life transformation through Christ. You will gain much from the incredible challenge Debbie has laid out for us." — Kelly Minter, author, speaker, singer
Take the 30 day Challenge!
The Faith Dare is a 30 day devotional book that will challenge you each day of the month to practice walking out your faith. Each dare encourages you to stretch in practical ways, using practical steps towards the desired end of living in faith rather than feelings or flesh. Here is a sampling of some of the dares you will find:
- Dare to Live Differently by Living Like You Are Loved
- Dare to Surrender to the Process of Change
- Dare to Get Your Head Out from Under the Circumstances
- Dare to Practice Forgiveness
- Dare to Quit Being so Critical of Others
And, that's only 5 of them! The book is all inclusive, with each daily Scripture written out for you, a place to journal and a closing daily prayer and faith affirmation.
So...What are you waiting for? Grab some friends, some co-workers, some neighbors...and get ready to GROW!
Also New This Summer: Beyond the Brady Bunch
"This book is a treasure chest of encouragement, hope, and inspiration for the blended family." — Dr. Gary Smalley, bestselling author of The Blessing and The Language of Love
Statistics tell the story of the American Family. Today there are more step-families than the original intact biological families that once made up the American norm. And, there are many Christian couples in relationships that are not blending, are wrought with disappointment, and are tempting those of faith to throw in the towel on the new family and on their spiritual life. Beyond the Brady Bunch is for those who want to keep their sanity and their spirituality in the uncharted territory of blending two families or homes. This book is not just for those remarried, but for any parent who is sharing custody of a child with another parent that is not living under the same roof.
Church needing some materials for blended family class?
This book has questions at the end of each of the ten chapters. Perfect for small groups, home groups or classes.
Women Continue to Grow With These Design4Living Resources...grab a book, start a Bible Study, join a group, tell a friend!
A Different Kind of Wild
"Alsdorf's best work yet, and it's no doubt the result of its message being lived out in her own life. Now that's the kind of book I want to read." — Julie Barnhill, bestselling author and speaker
"Debbie bravely steps out to show us how to embrace the edges of our lives, knowing that this is the territory where faith becomes reality." — Anita Renfroe, bestselling author
Available Now!
"I love when I find Truth with a Capital T! Debbie Alsdorf offers profound concepts in simple, easy-to-apply ways. These are the perfect Bible studies for women who've just met the Savior, or for those of us who are ready to take our relationship with Him to the next level. First page to last, He Is My All is a joy to read."
- Liz Curtis Higgs
best-selling author of Bad Girls of the Bible
Check out He Is My Freedom
Check out He Is My Life
Check out He Is My All
"Alsdorf's candor is refreshing, as is her confidence in meditating upon biblical principles and promises for lasting inner change. She skillfully takes readers by the hand and journeys with them from valleys of crippling pain and disappointment to revolutionary transformation."
- Publishers Weekly
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