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Create in Me a Heart of Mercy

A Bible Study to Help You Receive and Extend Christ’s Mercy

In our divisive and unforgiving world, we need mercy more than ever. When we extend grace toward one another despite faults, mistakes, and differences of opinion, we model the kind of longsuffering patience and love that God shows toward us. But how do you cultivate a merciful heart in the midst of a culture where everyone seems quick to judge and slow to forgive? Where do you begin?

Create in Me a Heart of Mercy is a six-week Bible study that will help you
– discover the transformational power that mercy has in and through the life of the believer
– learn how to extend mercy to others, even in circumstances where it feels difficult or undeserved
– experience the freedom and purpose that come from multiplying mercy in a world that desperately needs it

The mercy that God has shown us through Jesus is meant to flow through us to the rest of the world as a powerful witness to God’s love and forgiveness. Join (in)courage and let God create in you a heart of mercy!

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Chasing God’s Glory

A unique and delightful children’s book about how God’s glory can be found all around us every day, from the award-winning author of Cora Cooks Pancit.

“Mama, what exactly is glory?”

When Zayla asks her mom to describe God’s glory, Mama knows it’s time for an adventure! Together, Mama and Zayla discover how sunrises and dancing, daffodils and green peppers, kind words and loving hugs—and more!—are all reminders of God’s glory.

Award-winning author Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young’s rich multicultural story and Alyssa De Asis’s vibrant artwork make Chasing God’s Glory a unique invitation to notice and celebrate the radiance of God’s light and love as you and your family become “glory chasers.”

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Walk Run Soar

Released in September 2020!

As a runner, you want to accomplish your physical goals. But deep down, you long for your training to be a more meaningful experience, engaging your body, mind, soul, and spirit. Walk, Run, Soar is a 52-week devotional and training journal designed for runners who hope to experience God’s presence, purpose, and glory in a deeper way as they run. Dorina Gilmore Young, and her triathlete husband, Shawn, will get you moving with a new motivation: improving your spiritual health. Along with weekly devotions to inspire you, Walk, Run, Soar includes:

  • practical running/training tips
  • training schedules from a running and triathlon coach
  • advice on how to fuel your body well
  • reflection questions and action steps
  • space to journal and record your running progress

Whether you are new to running or a longtime runner, Walk, Run, Soar will motivate you to hit your fitness goals while strengthening your faith.


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Cora Cooks Pancit

Cora loves being in the kitchen, but she always gets stuck doing the kid jobs like licking the spoon. One day, however, when her older sisters and brother head out, Cora finally gets the chance to be Mama’s assistant chef. And of all the delicious Filipino dishes that dance through Cora’s head, she and Mama decide to make pancit, her favorite noodle dish.

With Mama’s help, Cora does the grown-up jobs like shredding the chicken and soaking the noodles (perhaps Mama won’t notice if she takes a nibble of chicken or sloshes a little water on the floor). Cora even gets to stir the noodles in the pot carefully– while Mama supervises. When dinner is finally served, her siblings find out that Cora did all their grown-up tasks, and Cora waits anxiously to see what everyone thinks of her cooking.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore’s text delightfully captures the warmth between mother and daughter as they share a piece of their Filipino heritage. With bright and charming illustrations by Kristi Valiant, Cora’s family comes alive as Cora herself becomes the family’s newest little chef.


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Glory Chasers: Discovering God’s Glory in Unexpected Places

Most of us would like to experience God’s glory but we are not sure how to pursue it. Dorina Lazo Gilmore serves as a kind of “sherpa,” helping readers chase His glory in the most unexpected places and surprising ways. Using the metaphor of life as a race, Glory Chasers helps people discover God’s glory in both a Biblical and personal context. Dorina unfolds her story of discovering God’s glory in 2014 when she chose “glory” as her theme for the year. She had no idea how God would use that theme to challenge her, inspire her and lift her during the darkest year of her life. These words help readers who face all kinds of uphill battles press on with perseverance and hope. Sessions explore:

  • Creation
  • Presence
  • Worship
  • Fame
  • Suffering
  • Community
  • Justice
  • Heaven

Glory Chasers is perfect for individual or group Bible study, exploring the topic of “glory.” Each week includes an opening essay and six days of reading and creative activities journeying through the Bible. This workbook also includes some “bonus glory” features, including a worship playlist for each week and a leader’s guide at the back.


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Flourishing Together: Cultivating a Fruitful Life in Christ

How do you flourish when life feels heavy? Maybe He wants us to stop planning and striving. Maybe He wants us to focus less on producing and more on abiding. Maybe it’s time to allow the Master Gardener to prune, nourish and cultivate our lives so we can flourish together for His glory. God designed each one of us to flourish. He also grants us privileges and gifts to help others flourish in the garden of life. Flourishing Together invites women to dig deep in the soil of faith and cultivate a life in Christ that is fruitful. The study could be considered a sequel to the author’s Glory Chaser Bible study. In Flourishing Together, Dorina articulates how God helped her move forward in a new marriage and career following her first husband’s death. These words help believers who feel parched and disconnected from the Vine to root themselves in Biblical truth and find rest. Sessions include:

  • Week One – Plant
  • Week Two – Prune
  • Week Three – Rest
  • Week Four – Nourish
  • Week Five – Cultivate
  • Week Six – Bloom

I love to share my books through classroom visits, conference talks, Sunday messages, and virtual events designed for your groups!

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📚Why yes, yes I am a little bit giddy about seeing my newest book baby for the first time in our local Barnes & Noble. The thrill just never gets old. 🐛

Chasing God’s Glory entered the world in April. It’s the story of a girl named Zayla who goes on a bike ride treasure hunt with her mama to find God’s glory! 🌅🚴🏽‍♀️

Also, our favorite way to spend a day off is perusing bookstores! I’m so grateful my kids are willing to join me for the adventure!

#chasingGodsglory #glorychasers @barnesandnoble #kidlit #bookstoreday #newrelease #authorsofinstagram #picturebook @waterbrookmultnomahkids

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📚Why yes, yes I am a little bit giddy about seeing my newest book baby for the first time in our local Barnes & Noble. The thrill just never gets old. 🐛 
Chasing God’s Glory entered the world in April. It’s the story of a girl named Zayla who goes on a bike ride treasure hunt with her mama to find God’s glory! 🌅🚴🏽‍♀️
Also, our favorite way to spend a day off is perusing bookstores! I’m so grateful my kids are willing to join me for the adventure! 
#chasingGodsglory #glorychasers @barnesandnoble #kidlit #bookstoreday #newrelease #authorsofinstagram #picturebook @waterbrookmultnomahkids
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This weekend I had the thrill of a lifetime watching two of our track athletes snag first place in the para ambulatory division of the California State Track & Field Championships.

As we were waiting for the 400-meter race, Bailey’s mama showed me a picture of her when they picked her up from the orphanage in China. She came from a hard place, but her beautiful, dark eyes shone with light - a glimpse of her hopeful future.

Bayley was born without legs. This Track season Bayley has been learning to run on blades. We have watched this young woman persevere through practices in the pouring rain and cold. These new blades have caused bruises and pain to her small frame, but step by step she has learned to use them to her advantage.

Every Track meet we have watched her improve. She often beat out other girls who ran on two legs next to her. To watch her run is to be inspired. And that’s exactly how I felt sitting in the stands of a premiere stadium in California. I’ve been coaching for twenty years and have never seen anything like it.

{Read the full story about Bayley and her amazing sister Bethany in my Glorygram this week of how two ambulatory athletes inspire perseverance: https://substack.com/dorinaglorygram}

#trackandfield #trackfam #paradivision #trackandfieldcoach #perseverance #christianrunners #glorychasers @_bethanywong_

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This weekend I had the thrill of a lifetime watching two of our track athletes snag first place in the para ambulatory division of the California State Track & Field Championships. 
As we were waiting for the 400-meter race, Bailey’s mama showed me a picture of her when they picked her up from the orphanage in China. She came from a hard place, but her beautiful, dark eyes shone with light - a glimpse of her hopeful future.
Bayley was born without legs. This Track season Bayley has been learning to run on blades. We have watched this young woman persevere through practices in the pouring rain and cold. These new blades have caused bruises and pain to her small frame, but step by step she has learned to use them to her advantage.
Every Track meet we have watched her improve. She often beat out other girls who ran on two legs next to her. To watch her run is to be inspired. And that’s exactly how I felt sitting in the stands of a premiere stadium in California. I’ve been coaching for twenty years and have never seen anything like it. 
{Read the full story about Bayley and her amazing sister Bethany in my Glorygram this week of how two ambulatory athletes inspire perseverance: https://substack.com/dorinaglorygram}
#trackandfield #trackfam #paradivision #trackandfieldcoach #perseverance #christianrunners #glorychasers @_bethanywong_
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👩🏻‍🎓 It’s graduation week! Thursday night we supported some of our favorite seniors and athletes at Fresno Christian Schools. 👩🏽‍🎓 👨‍🎓

We also got to hear one of our former Track athletes @michellewark share a beautiful keynote speech at the high school graduation. She shared her experience training for the 300 meter hurdles with Ericlee and me 19 years ago. She went on to compete in college and made the NAIA championships. I loved how she connected her training for hurdles to training for life’s hurdles! (If you’ve read my Walk Run Soar book, you know this is one of my favorite spiritual metaphors!)

A special shout out to @josiahford57 who also graduated this week from high school. What a joy to celebrate his accomplishments in running and academics. We have watched this young man mature and grow over 18 years!

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👩🏻‍🎓 It’s graduation week! Thursday night we supported some of our favorite seniors and athletes at Fresno Christian Schools. 👩🏽‍🎓 👨‍🎓 
We also got to hear one of our former Track athletes @michellewark share a beautiful keynote speech at the high school graduation. She shared her experience training for the 300 meter hurdles with Ericlee and me 19 years ago. She went on to compete in college and made the NAIA championships. I loved how she connected her training for hurdles to training for life’s hurdles! (If you’ve read my Walk Run Soar book, you know this is one of my favorite spiritual metaphors!)
A special shout out to @josiahford57 who also graduated this week from high school. What a joy to celebrate his accomplishments in running and academics. We have watched this young man mature and grow over 18 years!
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Biblical mercy is reaching out to meet a need without considering the merit of the person who receives aid. In other words, mercy is about the need, not an individual earning something. The concept of mercy includes grace, compassion, love, kindness, hospitality, favor, and forgiveness all wrapped up into one.

In my new Bible study, Create in Me a Heart of Mercy, we delve deeper into the concept of mercy - how God offers us mercy, and how we can multiply mercy to others. Hop over to www.incourage.me/heartofmercy and sign up for a sample chapter of the study.

We are launching an online version of the study with @incourage starting June 19 if you`re looking for a summer study for yourself or a small group. This includes fun freebies, like a music playlist, lockscreens with our memory verses, and meaningful teaching videos I`ve recorded!

#biblestudy #biblestudy #biblestudytime #biblestudytips #biblestudytools #biblestudynotes #biblestudygroup #biblestudywithme #biblestudymethods #mercy #HeartOfMercy

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Biblical mercy is reaching out to meet a need without considering the merit of the person who receives aid. In other words, mercy is about the need, not an individual earning something. The concept of mercy includes grace, compassion, love, kindness, hospitality, favor, and forgiveness all wrapped up into one.
In my new Bible study, Create in Me a Heart of Mercy, we delve deeper into the concept of mercy - how God offers us mercy, and how we can multiply mercy to others. Hop over to www.incourage.me/heartofmercy and sign up for a sample chapter of the study. 
We are launching an online version of the study with @incourage starting June 19 if you're looking for a summer study for yourself or a small group. This includes fun freebies, like a music playlist, lockscreens with our memory verses, and meaningful teaching videos I've recorded!
 #biblestudy #biblestudy #biblestudytime #biblestudytips #biblestudytools #biblestudynotes #biblestudygroup #biblestudywithme #biblestudymethods #mercy #HeartOfMercy
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Join me for a stroll through Psalm 127, which is truly an invitation to rest. I’m sharing today about the sabbatical I’m taking in July and how God led me to embrace restorative rest!

“If God doesn’t build the house, the builders only build shacks. If God doesn’t guard the city, the night watchman might as well nap. It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves?”
‭‭-Psalm‬ ‭127‬:‭1‬-‭2‬

🫶🏾What are some ways you truly rest your soul?

#rest #devotional #biblestudy

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Join me for a stroll through Psalm 127, which is truly an invitation to rest. I’m sharing today about the sabbatical I’m taking in July and how God led me to embrace restorative rest! 
“If God doesn’t build the house, the builders only build shacks. If God doesn’t guard the city, the night watchman might as well nap. It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves?”
‭‭-Psalm‬ ‭127‬:‭1‬-‭2‬
🫶🏾What are some ways you truly rest your soul?
#rest #devotional #biblestudy
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