Stop the Flight | Running away from God

Stop the Flight | Running away from God

From Renew Your Mind: Mindset & Purpose for Christian Women by Donna K Woolam

July 8, 2026 · 15 min · Season 6 · Episode 4

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Donna K Woolam shares her personal journey of running away from God and the transformative power of His love.

"I stood in the middle of our room and said, I'd rather go to hell with you than to heaven without you. I closed my Bible and it stayed closed for years." An episode of The Pursuit of God series on the ReNew Your Mind podcast, based on Donna K Woolam's book His Hostage Heart | Encountering the Unrelenting Love of God . In this episode, Donna K Woolam shares a vulnerable account of running in rebellion—a slow, daily unravelling caused by choosing worldly comfort and relational peace over a life with Jesus. Drawing parallels between her own decade-long closed Bible and the biblical story of Jonah, Donna explores how God uses the storms of life not as punishment, but as stepping stones to call His children back to Himself. The core transformation offered is the move from resisting God’s mercy to resting in His unrelenting love. Donna calls the audience to stop their flight and recognize that God is a Father waiting with open arms, ready to clean up the residue of a life lived for self and replace it with fresh, new life.--------------------------------- For years, I thought if I ran long enough and hard enough, God would eventually just close the book on me. I was living a…

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Books & works: His Hostage Heart | Encountering the Unrelenting Love of God

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