tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38411445890734494312024-02-07T09:13:09.836+00:00King's DaughtersInspiring women to be who they really are - daughters of the King!Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.comBlogger650125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-30617837052261327622022-11-06T12:38:00.007+00:002022-11-06T12:51:39.416+00:00For Such a Time As ThisHello King's Daughters,It's been a while since I've been in touch and King's Daughters has been very quiet, in fact totally dormant. During this time of dormancy, a seed has been growing inside of me and it's so strong that I have to seriously consider if it's God saying "It's time". Time to start taking back what the enemy has stolen from us.Time to fight for our families, schools, Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-35033932045662297232022-01-11T08:21:00.008+00:002022-08-21T19:11:24.414+01:00School is not for everyoneEverybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life, thinking it is stupid.- Albert Einstein
It breaks my heart to see how many young people are suffering because the school system doesn't work for them. Not everyone learns in the same way, not everyone has the same needs but the school system expects everyone to be measured in the same way Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-72865762125949237902022-01-09T21:38:00.021+00:002022-01-11T08:19:30.269+00:00Your body is a like a computer, if you want to lose weight work on the code!My heart breaks when I see people trying to lose weight or get healthier and they just can't. They end up yo-yo dieting, feeling like a complete failure, becoming malnourished or worse, putting on weight because they've completely messed their body up.So I've come up with a little analogy that will hopefully help those struggling. Our bodies are like computers, they are coded to work in a certainAngela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-74428824550144816762021-12-31T21:48:00.005+00:002022-01-09T17:22:00.371+00:00Saved by grace, a new creation, on purpose for a purpose. I am free with a future and a hope!I've considered deleting this blog many times but can't seem to let it go for some reason. Perhaps because it contains such an important part of my life and I'm hoping that somehow my 'scribblings' can inspire and help others going through some of the things I've been through. So, I continue to hold onto it for a little longer.Tonight, 31st December 2021, I reflect on not only the year that has Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-51405751540622454292021-03-08T12:56:00.004+00:002022-01-11T08:34:14.577+00:00A Relationship Is Not a Destination But a Journey.Relationships of any kind can be incredibly rewarding and equally challenging. One thing that really robs us of good relationships is unrealistic expectations, especially those that we have absorbed from the movies! We watch beautiful romantic stories at the cinema and hope for something similar or watch a sitcom like Friends and wish we could have such fun friendship circles. But truth be Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-8977715082891621342021-02-20T10:21:00.005+00:002021-03-08T12:52:48.465+00:00With Jesus I have EnoughAs I sit here pondering on all I need to do to build this amazing business I'm building I am acutely aware that 24 hours in a day is not enough, in fact, one lifetime is simply not enough to pull this off! I am deeply passionate about what I do and equally fearful that I can't do what I want to do. Then I'm reminded of the story of the 5 loaves and 2 fish from Matthew 14:13-21. It wasn't Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-17455537643599655952021-01-14T09:34:00.004+00:002021-02-21T10:53:04.771+00:00Date Night Game - Love Snap
Eric and I started having a weekly date night very early on in our marriage when we discovered that we worked all the time and had stopped having fun together. We love working together and if we didn't intentionally prioritise romance, we could easily slip into being business partners and good friends... which is dangerous for any marriage - romance is important! So to keep the romantic Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-62565108533539602132019-05-15T11:22:00.002+01:002019-05-15T11:22:56.866+01:00The Closer You Get The Brighter The Light Shines!
I was born again in 1991 and I will never forget the moment that the pastor asked me if I thought I was a good person. My reply was a confident, "Yes". At that time, an unwed, pregnant, seventeen-year-old teenager who had not finished high school and done just about all the naughty stuff that a teen could have done, but I thought I was a good person. I have since learned that this is a common Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-62508471656828355122019-05-08T06:05:00.001+01:002019-05-08T06:07:53.950+01:00GO!This past Saturday I had the honour of preaching at the Alabaster Women's Conference in Leicester.
My message is simple - it can be summed up in one word. This one word, in fact, it is only two letters, has the potential to change the entire word. These two letters can change your life today if you are willing to apply them and take action. The word is GO!
And He said to them, “Go into all the Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-86337457266551074672019-04-25T15:46:00.001+01:002021-01-14T11:43:36.982+00:00The Journey BeginsRight, now that the hardest part is over, and that was getting the first post written, taking the plunge and getting back into this blog, I begin the journey of reading through the last ten years of posts - 650 in total! My next post was a book review. This reminded me of much I used to love reading and how little I read these days. My business, Women's Business Club, has pretty much taken over Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-72525004449041738882019-03-28T09:16:00.000+00:002019-03-28T10:07:03.432+00:00Back to the BeginningI'm not sure where to begin but I know that I need to start somewhere. 10 years ago on 13th April 2009 I penned my very first post on this blog. My audience was the women of our brand new baby church, D7 Church and the message was identity, knowing who we are as daughters of the King. My only intention for writing was to encourage our women on their faith journey and in their everyday Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-82876894052458534862018-09-23T16:17:00.002+01:002019-01-10T10:51:34.260+00:00Awake, Arise & Go! We kicked off King’s Daughters in June with Awake & Arise which was amazing but now it’s time to add to our battle cry with AWAKE, ARISE & GO!
Tickets are £20 and include a light lunch!
Church is wonderful except if it stays under a basket or inside the four walls of our church buildings. We need to get the church out into the world and one of the areas that the world needs us is the Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-39353847883534707392018-09-22T16:45:00.000+01:002018-09-23T18:29:45.599+01:00King's Daughters Conference 2018 - Awake and Arise
Karin Whittaker – Such a wonderful day, and really good to meet the ladies at Encounter Church. Thank you for making me feel very welcome ♥️
Julie Maull Enjoyed the whole day, a pleasure to join with you all again and meet old friends and new, singing continued in my night sleep.
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Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-59601837316059171022018-02-20T11:12:00.001+00:002018-02-20T11:12:58.961+00:00Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and Seasons in General
Today we are talking about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the seasons in general that we face in life and business. If you are prone to SAD or generally feeling blue this time of year or know someone who does suffer please chat to us in the comments below.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern. SAD is sometimes known as Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-81687570903038338652018-02-06T08:04:00.002+00:002018-02-06T08:13:56.471+00:00Being a Christian in Business
Previously I shared a glimpse into how my passion for business, and being a Christian in business started. Today, I would like to share a talk that I did recently to a group of Christian business men and women at Transform Work UK event.
Being a Christian at work or while running a business doesn't change that fact that you still have to do the work or run the business! Everything isn't Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-73625274514134265932018-01-29T12:13:00.000+00:002018-02-04T18:57:10.911+00:00Anointed for Business
Photo by Roberta Sorge on Unsplash
It was a cool autumn morning in October 2012 and the stench of last nights party wafted up into my nose. People started arriving for church and the local community centre/pub quickly became the house of God. I loved our little church and my husband and I were honoured to be called the pastors of this amazing little flock.
It was on this Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-26400209438810898062018-01-12T10:07:00.000+00:002018-01-12T10:07:08.516+00:00Who Am I?
It's quite ironic that this is my post title today, "Who Am I?" as I started this blog nine years ago with the title Knowing Who You Are because of my passion to help women find their identity. I write to you today from a completely different place. It's not one of not knowing who I am but trying to figure out what to do with who I am and the complexities that come with being a human being. I Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-85117853093111894782017-11-06T09:22:00.002+00:002018-01-29T12:23:22.587+00:00A New Day
It is November, a year since my last post on this blog. The sun is shining and the birds chirping outside my bedroom window on this crisp autumn Monday morning. I'm chatting to God and remembering yesterday's church service with warmth and realise that I am looking forward to going to church again next Sunday. It occurs to me that I haven't felt this way in many years. I feel excited about Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-52760702353563554912016-11-20T18:24:00.000+00:002017-11-06T09:00:50.598+00:00What happened to me?I remember a time when I was heavily pregnant with Daniel who is now 10 year old! During that season our church was about an hour's drive away and we were very involved. Eric didn't have his driver's licence at the time and he played in the church band, so every Thursday I would drive him to church, sit through band practice and then drive him home. To make this journey work I would prepare Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-3596731174088488312016-11-13T11:36:00.000+00:002018-01-29T12:16:11.455+00:00Back on the PathWe went to church on Sunday. Eric, Daniel, Amy and I. Together as a family for the first time in ages. At first I felt nervous going back. I knew it was right and it was time. The season had changed and there was no reason for me to stay away any longer. My heart felt full, I was no longer tired and all my other reasons and excuses had faded away. To be honest, I actually missed church. My Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-77609836207029315342016-11-06T12:07:00.000+00:002016-11-06T12:07:00.175+00:00Amazing BreakthroughEnough was enough I thought! Something had to give. The pressure was too much and I wanted my job and peace back. My prayer was specific and I wanted a clear and final answer before I put the whole thing behind me. Although I tried to go to church with Eric once I was still spending Sundays at home. Everything inside of me did not want to go to church. I knew that if I did go to church it should Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-50528178901057819502016-10-30T11:51:00.000+00:002016-10-30T11:51:03.998+00:00The Reason for EverythingThere is only one way to really and truly get God's attention and that is to either break his heart so badly that he turns away and cries or to fast! So I chose the latter as I have broken his heart far too many times in my life and I needed him nearer to me that every before. So I withheld food and all drinks except water from my flesh and cry out to God. Day one of my fast consisted mainly of Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-34695251915832467142016-10-23T12:45:00.000+01:002016-10-23T18:02:54.101+01:00Deep DarknessEric was convinced that I was depressed and wanted me to see the doctor again. I stood by my confession that I was healed of depression in October of last year and that what I was going through was NOT depression. It was a deep darkness but not depression - I knew the difference. I was unhappy. I was deeply miserable. I was not liking life. But I was not depressed. And so in my frustration I Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-73425465507587916492016-10-16T12:14:00.000+01:002016-10-23T18:02:54.060+01:00The Submission StruggleIt's 5am on a dark, warm, late summer's morning. I have been awake since 2:30am. Sleeping has become difficult lately with me averaging about four to five hours sleep most nights. Sometimes less. It's horrible! But my sleeping pattern is not what I want to share with you today. Today I want to share something that I never dreamed I would ever struggle with. Submission. A word that many recoil atAngela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841144589073449431.post-54302673318744126102016-10-09T12:04:00.000+01:002016-10-23T18:02:54.092+01:00My Broken HeartThe new year had kicked in and I was fully focused on building my business - the right way! It seemed right to be busy with something that was not ministry and we did need to money so it was what I chose to do. King's Daughters Girl's Nights continued on a monthly basis at a coffee shop connected to our church. Eric started a Men's Night as the men saw all that God was doing in the Girl's Nights Angela De Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976603986232766109noreply@blogger.com0