Letter from the Founder SWEET WOMAN OF GOD, This is an honor and a privilege for me to share in this beautiful magazine with women of faith who have a love for their sisters and a passion for serving our Lord Jesus Christ. My name is Kimberly Hobbs, and I am so deeply humbled to serve my King in this ministry alongside of so many beautiful women who are called by faith and who share this mutual “passion” of serving others. Together it is our desire to show love and encouragement toward one another while empowering sisters of the cross into a life with significant purpose. Within Women World Leaders Magazine, we are striving for each one of us to attain a strong desire to serve others while growing together in Christ and glorifying our wonderful God and Savior in the process. Our hope is that you will feel connected with us in love as sisters united - unified in a glorious purpose and solidified into a deep personal walk with Christ. As the founding leader, I would love to share how this journey began. In doing so, I hope that you may relate somehow and understand more of my personal passion to further this mission, our ministry, and our magazine. I felt a calling from God on my life for many years, but never felt worthy to step up and serve in that calling because of past mistakes that continually haunted my mind. Unfortunately, I sat on my hopes and dreams of aspiring to become a leader because of my torments, which enabled me to carry excessive guilt. Many years passed me by only to steal time and allow the enemy to rob what treasures God had for me by keeping me from walking in my calling as a confident woman of God - a leader for His honor, glory, and His Kingdom. As life moved forward and I saw the results of a stagnant lifestyle without much purpose, it saddened me. I knew there had to be more to this life. God showed me my need to rely on Him more and not on myself. It is interesting how my relationship grew in Christ and His Word when the focus was no longer on me. My repentance and understanding of God’s forgiveness are what became the “shift,” the extreme turning point for my life. The Joy of the Lord became my inner strength. My desire to serve God became greater than the desire to please myself. One vivid day in April 2010, God gave me a scripture verse that would become my life verse. It was a verse I had never seen before, not anywhere, but as I read it in the Bible over and over, I began to study it. I knew it was a verse of significance for
my personal life and that God had it singled out for me on that specific day for a special purpose. It is a Scripture verse that reminds anyone who may be seeking something that our God can do the unimaginable. He can do anything through anyone who is willing to repent, surrender, and be used by Him. Ephesians 3:20 has now become the verse of power for me and for Women World Leaders. It is our ministry verse and one that we recite in most of our meetings.
“Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” Ephesians 3:20 NKJV
My new life verse became the driving force and the POWER I needed to excel forward in 2010 and on. That driving power is the Holy Spirit. He is alive and at work within me. My prayer is that you will know and grasp this astounding power we receive from the Holy Spirit when we know Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, experiencing a relationship with Him. I could never accomplish any growth within the Women World Leaders ministry in my own strength; it is the power of God continually working within me and within this army of women. God has taken me from a broken, wounded woman who felt unworthy of serving, to someone who is now free and alive in Jesus with a vision to help other women as broken as I had been, to partner together and reach the entire globe for Him. I am excited to share with you that there was significance of meaning when creating our WWL’s logo and I would love you to see it and understand it. Our logo displays the globe shadowed with pink continents, impressing the magnitude of passion we as WWL’s each possess to reach women everywhere on this planet for Christ. The tilted tiara is crooked because none of us is perfect. The story, which contains each of “our life stories,” lies within the three hearts depicted on the tiara. They represent the unconditional, unending, undeniable love and forgiveness the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have for each one of us. It was extremely important that my life verse accompany the Women World Leaders’ ministry name so everyone can know that with God ALL things are possible. All glory goes to Him, always. May serving God together become our greatest joy that we could ever ask for or imagine in this lifetime and on this planet.
As we grow together within this beautiful ministry of women, may we each embrace the diversity of women of all ages, colors, cultures, and nationalities - all for the glory of God. Together may we raise up an army of “warrior princesses” on our planet that live for Christ and impact lives to be changed for eternity, healed forever, strengthened with love, and redirected to serve our Lord and Savior. As a visionary, seeing Women World Leaders birth and blossom into existence from day one has truly been one of the greatest blessings of my lifetime. I could never have done it alone, though. It took many women who said, “Yes Lord, here I am. Send me.” From Isaiah 6:8. Together, casting the vision of faith each day, watering it with tremendous prayer to our Heavenly Father, and receiving plenty of “Son-shining” blessings to promote growth, we are shown that the moment this seed of ministry was planted in the soil, it was destined for God’s favor. It was cultivated properly. To God be all the glory. I’m beyond humbled and grateful that you are reading this magazine today, and I wish to speak on behalf of all of our women within this ministry; you have been prayed over and sought after and it is God who led you to have a copy of this first edition for His purpose and plan. It is our heart’s prayer that together, as women of purpose, God would reveal Himself in a deeper way through the scriptures, prayer and stories shared within. May you find something to help you here, whether it be some “healing joy,” worship, encouragement, inspiration, or connection; let it all be synced with love, Christ’s love, as you turn the pages of this magazine. Possibly YOU may be “sparked” into coming alongside of us as we continue this beautiful journey of women serving God together with purpose! Find us on Facebook in our private group, listen to our Women World Leaders’ Podcast, or sign up for our emails or subscribe for your own free copy of this magazine on our website at: www.womenworldleaders.com. We are here to help you further. You are welcomed and You are loved. Exceedingly, Abundantly, Beyond,
Kimberly Hobbs Founder, Women World Leaders kimberly@womenworldleaders.com Ephesians 3:20
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