Make It Right Prayer Highlight 9/5-9/11 Reneé Stearns
She is particularly passionate about helping women face the challenges of motherhood, whether living in the United States, or in the extreme poverty she sees in her travels around the world. Articulate and compassionate, Reneé is a speaker with a gift for teaching. She says, "My desire is to help people see the world from God's perspective, and to move them to do something about what they see."
Reneé earned her Bachelor of Arts in government at Cornell University and her law degree from Boston College. She served as a legal services attorney for the poor in the Boston area before devoting herself full-time to raising her children.
She is active in church ministries, has written articles and Bible study curricula, and is frequently a guest speaker at conferences and retreats. She serves on the boards of a variety of Christian ministries, including the human-rights focused International Justice Mission, and Women's Enterprises International, emphasizing the empowerment of impoverished women across the globe.
In addition, Reneé continues to pursue her lifelong goal of being an advocate for the poor. Her husband Rich became president of World Vision in 1998, and from her travels to see the organization's work, she shares stories of the mothers and children she meets.
When she traveled to Niger in West Africa, children were facing starvation. "I was in a triage tent where the sickest babies were being treated," she says. "As I talked with the mothers of these children, what impressed me most was that in spite of their circumstances, these moms had dreams and expectations for their kids, who were so near death, that are not terribly dissimilar to mine.
"I'm always so inspired that in the midst of very dark circumstances these women have hope. Something about being a mother makes them optimistic about the future."
Reneé is a life-long student of the Bible and enjoys "helping others to understand how God's Word speaks to us today." She inspires people to broaden their worldview to include the great needs she has seen around the globe: poverty, war, famine, AIDS.
Dear Heavenly Father,
We praise You for how You create each of us for a purpose and that as that purpose unfolds in our lives we bring You honor and glory. We praise You that You have a perfect plan for each of our lives and that as we surrender our lives to You daily that plan is revealed and we walk in newness of life with great joy.
We lift Reneé Stearns before Your Throne. We praise You for her and for the life that she has been called to live devoted to the poor. We rejoice in her calling and are blessed as we read about her ministry to mothers and children and her knowledge in Your Word and how she loves to help others understand Your Word. We delight in knowing that she willingly comes to the Make It Right Event as a testimony and an inspiration to others.
We are humbled that she would set aside her time and bring her talents along side of our hope and vision for this Event. We ask that Your Hand of blessing would be upon her and that You would multiply back to her as she has given of herself to others for this evening. Bless her family as they sacrifice to share her. Bless them for the family time that they give so that she can participate in our Event.
We thank You for her message; not only for that evening but for the epistle of her life. Thank You that You have equipped her and empowered her to be a woman of influence with words that make a difference in the lives of women and children who are poor and marginalized. Use her on the 18th to speak to hearts about her passion for these who are victims of injustice and to motivate listeners to action.
We praise You for this woman who seeks You heart and lives Your Word. Bless her.
In Jesus Name we pray. amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment