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Simply Joyful Podcast: Daring to Hope in the Face of Adversity with Katie Davis Major

Simply Joyful Podcast: Daring to Hope in the Face of Adversity with Katie Davis Major

Last updated on: October 31, 2017 at 8:53 am by Christian Podcast Central

Simply Joyful Podcast: Daring to Hope in the Face of Adversity with Katie Davis Major 2017-10-31T08:53:56-08:00 Christian Podcast Central

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Daring to Hope in the Face of Adversity

I’m so excited to have this week’s special guest, Katie Davis Majors. Most of you are familiar with Katie by her maiden name, Katie Davis — the New York Times bestselling author of Kisses from Katie. Her new book, Daring to Hope, is amazing. Katie truly is a gifted writer. For those of you who are not familiar with Katie, she actually moved to Uganda over a decade ago, with no idea that it would be the place that God would call her to build her home and her family. Today, she is the wife of Benji and mom to her fourteen favorite people. Katie and her family invest their lives pouring into the people of Uganda through education, medical care and spiritual discipleship. She is also the founded of Amazima Ministries—an organization that cares for the vulnerable children and families of Uganda. They have also recently just opened a new school (which she will talk about in today’s episode).

Katie’s first book really inspired us to take a look at our lives and how we are living out the call that God is putting on our hearts. For her that calling was in Uganda. At a very young age she was fostering and adopting children—we’ll get to all of that in this amazing interview. What is interesting that is in the time span from book one to book two, God brought about quite a few tragedies in her life. Her new book really talks through, as it mentions in the title, daring to hope. She talks about how she really questioned God in these really hard times in her life. What I love is she doesn’t simply leave us with “there were hard times and God was there,” she talks about the beautiful intimacy and the character of God that she got to see through these hard times.

I cannot wait for you to hear this episode!

On a “Simply” & “Joyful” side note…

Katie says her favorite way to keep things simple is to get rid of unnecessary stuff.

She also shares about how she believes it’s important to make life more about relationships. Don’t worry about if your house is perfect before you have guests over or don’t worry about cooking elaborate meals. All those things can be beautiful and God-ordained, but it can also be a hindrance. God chose relationship every time.

”Get rid of unnecessary stuff.’ Get more quick tips on keeping things simple from Katie Davis Majors! @KristiClover (CLICK TO TWEET)

Highlights from This Show…

Katie tells the story of how she ended up staying in Uganda after traveling there to teach Kindergarten for a semester. She shares about the family dynamic in Uganda. So many families have to send their children to work at a very young age.

80% of children living in institutions (such as orphanages) in Uganda have at least one living parent. — Katie Davis Majors

Orphans are being created because of poverty. — Katie Davis Majors

Katie shares how Amazima Ministries was born, and about the new school, a high school, that was opened this year.
Katie has adopted fourteen daughters from Uganda. She shares a little about that process.
Katie shares about writing Kisses for Katie and becoming a NYT Bestselling author (and why she swore she’d never write again)!
Katie shares a little about her friend, Bob Goff who endorses her new book.
Why did Katie decide to write a follow up to Kisses from Katie? She shares a little of the story and her journey to book two.

It was a hidden season that I pulled back from all the hype from Kisses from Katie*.** — Katie Davis Majors*

These things aren’t just for you. It’s time to share with the world. — Katie Davis Majors

I sat down to write, and God just gave me the words. — Katie Davis Majors

At the beginning of Daring to Hope, Katie tells about the tragedy that really shook her faith and ultimately inspired the title of her new book. I ask Katie to share a little about this tragedy and what God’s answer was to her pleas.

He didn’t answer my prayer how I wanted Him to answer it, but He did answer it. —Katie Davis Majors (CLICK TO TWEET)

He is the same God now that He was then. —Katie Davis Majors

Katie shares about the times when she saw God say “No”, and the hurt that came with that.

He has purpose in all things. — Katie Davis Majors

Our stories aren’t meant to begin and end here on earth. — Kristi Clover

Throughout Katie’s book, she pulls stories from the Bible and makes them applicable to today. She shares a little about God speaking to her through these stories and weaving them through her Daring to Hope.

. . . His steadfast love is better than life. (Psalm 63:3) Daring to Hope in the Face of Adversity

He’s not surprised by us. —Katie Davis Majors (CLICK TO TWEET)

Katie shares a little about what her daily life is like in Uganda.

My ministry right now is a stay-at-home mom. — Katie Davis Majors

Katie shares more about the difficulties of raising fourteen children.

They are the people that I am called to pour into and disciple. — Katie Davis Majors

At the end of the interview, I asked Katie if there was anything that we, on this side of the globe, could lift up in prayer for her.

Please Note…

Be sure to grab your FREE copy of my book, Sanity Savers for Moms, by joining our Simply Joyful community. It’s a great way to keep in touch…and get subscriber only freebies like my book. Click HERE to get the book and join!

Connect with Katie Davis Majors…

Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda over a decade ago with no idea that this would be the place that God chose to build her home and her family. Today, she is a wife to Benji and mama to her fourteen favorite people. Katie and her family invest their lives in empowering the people of Uganda with education, medical care, and spiritual discipleship. She is also the founder of Amazima Ministries, an organization that cares for vulnerable children and families in Uganda and the author of the New York Times bestseller Kisses from Katie.

You can check out Katie’s books HERE on Amazon! Be sure to visit her site as well at www.amazima.org.

Thank you, Rend Collective for allowing me to use your incredible song “The Joy of the Lord is My Strength”!

(This podcast is by Kristi Clover. Discovered by Christian Podcast Central and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Christian Podcast Central, and audio is streamed directly from their servers.)

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