Tracie Miles
Tracie is a Speaker for the internationally known Proverbs 31 Ministries, and is a contributing writer for the Proverbs 31 Ministries Encouragement For Today online email devotions. She also is a contributing writer for the P31 Woman Magazine, and has an active ministry blog. She is a published author of "Reinventing Your Rainbow," an inspirational book for women to help them find forgiveness, peace, and joy in their lives, while discovering the purpose that God created them to fulfill.
Tracie has a love for women’s ministry, proven by her six years of leadership in women’s ministry at her home church, and the women’s ministry training seminars that she now offers to churches and Christian organizations. Tracie is a mother of three, living in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has been married for 19 years.
What Others are Saying:
Tracie Miles is an excellent speaker. She demonstrates enthusiasm and makes you feel that she is enjoying what she is doing. She is someone who is willing to talk about Christ anytime, anywhere. Tracie is someone that can be recognized as a Christian without ever saying a word.
~ Pam Brown, Greensboro, NC
Tracie has a wonderful and dedicated heart for God and for touching the lives of women with His word. Tracie brings God's message in relevant ways to other women by sharing her daily journey as a wife and mom. She is a pleasure to listen to. She speaks from her heart in a moving, clear and engaging way. Many have commented to me after she has spoken of the impact her presentations had on their lives. Her Christian walk is evident to all who have the opportunity to know her. Tracie has a mother's heart that helps her identify with others one on one, and quickly builds confidence of those around her.
~ Cheryl Markland, Matthews, NC
God knows my heart. One day He sent me an angel to remind me that He is close to me. Tracie was prepared, confident and God's love was evident in her words and actions. I felt like Tracie read my mind and was speaking directly to me that day. She equipped me to keep my joyful attitude even in the face of life's trials.
~ Tara Rogers, Matthews, NC
KEYNOTE TOPICS:
The Sane Woman within: Transitioning From Chaos to Calm
Most women today feel overwhelmed, overloaded and overcommitted. Although they desperately seek ways to find peace amid the chaos of life, many women are searching in all the wrong places. This session will help women tap into the power and presence of God to control stress in their life and anxiety in their heart, and find a hope that the world cannot provide. They will learn how to discover God's peace and presence in the chaos and busyness of life, while keeping their faith grounded and strong. Women can experience a makeover in heart, mind and soul as they:
- Gain insight into the stressors that Jesus faced, and how He dealt with them
- Identify the 3 root problems of stress that we all experience
- Walk away with practical steps for managing stress and maintaining peace in Christ
Reinventing Your Rainbow
Life is a blank canvas, until God begins working on our hearts, His masterpieces. His masterpiece will consists of infinite colors, which are indicative of the seasons and experiences that we go through in life. Women will take away a fresh understanding of what God promised through the beauty of a rainbow, as Tracie shares her powerful testimony of finding repentance, redemption and restoration. , and leads women to a profound understanding of how God truly can use all things to His glory if we say Yes to His call and step out in faith. This message will empower women to live confidently in Christ as they:
- Recognize how all things can be used to the glory of God if we allow ourselves to be usable for God
- Discover the freedom that forgiveness from sin provides
- Begin to listen for God's voice, and discover His purpose for their lives
Removing The Mask: Discovering Joy In Total Surrender
It begins in adolescence, and continues throughout our lifetime - the art of putting on a plastic smile, hiding our past, covering our flaws, and masking our true feelings, all the while hoping that no one ever sees through to the real us. Eyes will be opened in this session, as women realize the bondage that they live in while constantly living a charade. Women will leave with a new desire to live transparently for Christ, as they:
- Learn about the different masks that women wear in their hearts
- 5 important blessings that wearing our masks robs us of
- 4 practical steps to achieving transparency in our lives
(Tracie will gladly sing "The Real Me", originally performed by Natalie Grant, upon request, which fits in perfect with this session)
Life Is An Attitude
Our joy is threatened every day by the little things in life, and it takes dedicated effort to maintain our joy through Christ, while not allowing our circumstances to dictate our happiness. Women will gleam a new positive perspective about living a life full of happiness in Christ by:
- Understanding the toll that physical and mental stress takes on our bodies
- Recognizing how their attitude can determine their destiny and their success
- Understanding how our thoughts can become self-fulfilling prophesies
- Embarking on a 10-day Optimist Challenge, to apply to their own lives after the seminar, helping them to remain grounded in faith and build a thought life that is pleasing to Christ.
Empowered By A Whisper
Most Christians desire to hear God's voice thundering through the air with the answers to their problems, but the truth is that God's voice is still, and small... a gentle whisper. Not understanding how we can hear from God leads Christians to a place of discouragement, eventually leading to a lack of interest in a relationship with Christ. Women will be motivated and excited about hearing God's voice in their lives as they learn the importance of:
- Getting to know God and developing an intimate relationship with Him
- Remaining aware of God's supernatural intervention in their lives and expecting Him to be at work on their behalf
- Applying 5 important steps to spending time in God's Word, and using these steps to begin learning how to hear Gods voice in their own spirits
Embracing The Call
This session focuses on motivating and equipping to leave their comfort zones and take a leap of faith to follow God's call. Women will be inspired to discerning God's will for their life, and develop the leadership traits of Godly leaders. This session will leave excited about taking an extravagant leap for faith as they hear stories and biblical principles for:
- How to develop a true heart for servant leadership
- Character traits of Godly leaders
- Understanding that God's call to servanthood may not always make sense to use
- Kicking off a Faith Zone Challenge, a 5 day personal challenge to help women grow their faith and leave become equipped to leave their comfort zones
The Roads Less Traveled: Three Pathways To Absolute Devotion
Life is a journey, flooded with experiences, moods, feelings, and emotions. As we wander through our journeys of ups and downs, we can sometimes lose our footing, and stop looking to Jesus for love, friendship, guidance and direction. Our lives should be an absolute hymn of praise resulting from joyful, irrepressible, and triumphant belief, and women will learn how they can embark on a spiritual journey to achieve that kind of abandoned devotion to Jesus by:
- Finding the Pathway To Our Best Friend
- Discovering The Pathway to Falling In Love With Jesus
- Walking Down The Pathway To A Life Of Devotion
RETREAT PACKAGES: (any topics can be combined for a retreat, these are simply suggestions)
- A Journey To Remember: Three Pathways to Absolute Devotion
- Cultivating A Servant's Heart: Empowered By A Whisper; Removing The Mask: Embracing The Call
- Color Me Beautiful: Reinventing Your Rainbow; Removing The Mask; Embracing The Call
- Ultimate Stress Makeover: The Sane Woman Within; Life Is An Attitude; The Roads Less Traveled
- Teaching The Called: Cultivating A Servant's Heart: Embracing The Call: Staying Filled Up So You Don't Burn Out: Building A Strong Women's Ministry (this is an all day Women's Ministry leadership training conference)
HOLIDAY TOPICS
The Gifts Under God's Christmas Tree
Many of us get pulled into the hustle and bustle of the season, and lose sight of the fact that Christmas is a celebration of a Holy birthday. This message will tug at the hearts of women and pull them back into a state of worship during the holidays, inspiring them to remember the true reason for the season. This message will leave women with new insights about:
- The Christmas story through the sharing of several eloquent excerpts from Max Lucados book Holding Heaven
- Four special gifts that God gave us through the gift of His son, as told in John 3:16.
- Maintaining a heart full of true Christmas spirit throughout the year
Dance By The Light Of The Moon
The holidays can often be a time of discouragement, sadness, stress and overload, while the real spirit of Christmas gets lost in the shuffle. What is supposed to be a "holy" day can become one filled with anxiety and regrets, rather than peace and hope. Based on the movie It's A Wonderful Life, Tracie will bring to life the lessons that George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart, 1946)) learned when he encountered an angel who granted his wish of having never been born. This session will help women celebrate the holiday season with a Godly heart and mindset, by focusing on:
- Letting go of the myths and expectations that we put on ourselves at Christmas
- Focusing on seeing life from a different perspective than our own
- Remembering that the holidays are about love and giving, not money and buying
- Learning to be grateful for whatever we have, and be aware of our significance
- Positioning ourselves to reflecting God's love at Christmas and all year round
A Cup of Christmas COCOA
During the busiest season of the year, it is easy get swept up in the worldly responsibilities of the holidays, and inadvertently forget why we are celebrating. Being a former Christmas-aholic, Tracie will share some tried and true tips for not getting pulled into the madness, and truly keeping Christ in Christmas, but using the acrostic C.O.C.O.A.:
- Christ is the reason for the season
- Ornaments are for the heart
- Cheerfully celebrating the birth of Jesus
- Overjoyed vs. Overwhelmed
- Abundance
NEXT GENERATION TOPICS (For youth events involving girls ages 12-18)
Learning To Be Me and Loving It
It's hard being a young girl in today's society! Constantly trying to please others and fit in with peers is not only emotionally draining, but usually ends in disappointment and a critical opinion of ourselves. This session will encourage young girls to love themselves for who God made them to be, and help them gain a new perspective on being true to themselves. Girls will receive 7 tips for building and maintaining a positive self esteem and seeing themselves through Gods eyes.
Color Me Beautiful
This session brings new life to the colors of the rainbow as Tracie shares her personal testimony to move the hearts of young girls, and explain how God can use the most painful of situations to ultimately glorify Him. Girls will be reminded of the sacredness of sexual purity, pro-life, and making choices that are pleasing to God, while valuing themselves for the treasures that they are in Gods eyes. Tips for building self confidence and personal worth will be shared, so that they can seek approval and true love from Christ alone.
Forever A Princess
Comparing the character traits of beloved fairy tale princesses to how we can live a life that fulfills our calling to be a Princess in the Kingdom of God, is a fun way to engage girls of any age to see themselves through Gods eyes. Girls will leave this session with a fresh perspective of who they are in Christ, be reminded that their value comes from Him, and walk away with a true understanding that God is the only Prince Charming that will never let them down.
Travels from:
NC
