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Helen Elizabeth Peters & Your Best New Self Ministries

A blog & Podcast dedicated to helping women become their best, well-rounded self in Christ. The heart of my ministry is to share a Christian perspective on self-care, spiritual maturity, and the peace found in releasing expectations to embrace God's plan.

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🌟 We’ve got exciting news to share! 🌟 We’re pregnant!!! 🤩🎉 Baby Peters will be debuting February 29th [aka - leap year], and we couldn’t be more thrilled!! We’ve been praying for this little one for several months now & are so excited to lead him/her in the way he/she should go (Proverbs 22:6)!! ♥️ Thank you everyone for all the love and prayers! Love in Christ, Friends! 🌿 Shirt: @indigolittlerock #baby #babyannouncement #pregnancyannouncement #joyful #thankful #helenelizabethspeaks #yourbestnewself #yourbestnewselfpodcast #13weekspregnant #13weeks

🌟 Day 9 of Your Best New Self 21 Day Challenge! 🌟 Yesterday we finished reading Ezra, which ends on kind of a sad note with the Israelites not keeping their promises to God. However, today we start reading Nehemiah which will give us new found hope! Nehemiah reminds us that God forgives his people and not only calls, but empowers us to complete the tasks He places before us! As we begin this section of scripture, I’ve invited my friend Stephanie O’Brien-Martin (@movedbypurpose) to make a Bible Study Video to help you get started on the right foot! In this video Stephanie gives somewhat of an overview of Nehemiah, as well as shares some of her story and how she connected with Nehemiah on a personal level. I hope you will enjoy hearing Stephanie’s story as much as I did! I’ve provided a link in my story that will take you straight to the my blog with the video! Stephanie also agreed to give my followers the opportunity to get her book “The Messy Middle” FOR FREE (just pay shipping), which I’m currently reading as I’m reading through Nehemiah! So be sure to take advantage of that! I’ve also provided a link in my story for that as well! In closing, the verse above was pointed out to me by Stephanie and it’s one of our talking points in the video! I absolutely love it because it reminds me to keep pushing forward doing the great work that God has placed before me. There is is truly nothing more important! If you’re participating in the 21 Day Challenge, I hope you’ll watch it! You won’t regret it! ✨ Praying for you today and always, friends! Love in Christ! 🌿 #yourbestnewself #21daychallenge #helenelizabethspeaks #nehemiah6 #forgiveness #hope #womenoffaith #womenofchrist #christianblogger #christianpodcast

21 Day Challenge Day 8 check-in! ♥️🌟🙌🏼 Swipe to see all three videos, and leave a comment letting me know how your 21-day challenge is going so far! Praying for you today and always, friends! Love in Christ! 🌿

Thoughts from YBNS 21 Day Challenge Day 3 🌿 Starting each day with scripture and prayer journaling has opened my eyes to a few of my bad habits! If you’re like me, then you never like recognizing that your wrong, but sometimes it’s absolutely necessary in order for us to grow spiritually and relationally...and I can honestly say, I’ve seen a lot of growth since the start of this challenge. Over the last two days, God has revealed to me the good and bad sides of a hardworking, busy schedule. On day one, I taught me the importance of keeping a schedule in order to plan ahead so I could meet my commitments to God. On day two, however, He taught me that prioritizing my schedule over everything else wasn’t necessarily a good thing either. Why? Because by focusing so much on a to do list, sometimes causes us to neglect the relationship building interactions God places right in front of us. This came to my attention yesterday when my father-in-law asked me to go to lunch. I was just about to create an IGTV video to post during the “best time to post on social media”, and I knew if I went on this lunch date that I’d miss my window of opportunity. I almost declined, but then I heard a small voice in my heart ask, “Helen, are you really going to miss this relationship building opportunity for more views?” I immediately put my pen and paper down and had a wonderful laugh filled lunch my father-in-law. You see, in the moment, I felt justified in rejecting the invitation bc I was trying to get a video up for this challenge (something I felt called to do for God), but what I was really doing was putting my ambitions first because I thought I’d fail otherwise. God reminded me, however, that my efforts do not succeed bc of anything I do, but rather because His hand is on it. I pray that my story speaks to your heart today. May we recognize that God is in control of all things, and all we have to do is lift up our requests and trust Him with it. May we also remember to make time for relationship building moments within our busy schedules, remembering always that “relationships are the only things we can take with us to Heaven.” - Craig Strickland ♥️ #21daychallenge

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