Mandisa is a popular gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist who began her career as a contestant on American Idol. She is the fifth American Idol alumna to win a Grammy Award for her album, Overcomer, as the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. Mandisa continues to be a voice of encouragement and truth to women facing life’s challenges by authoring two books. Her latest, released in 2021, Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God’s Joy, shares her passage through depression after the loss of a close friend. Mandisa resides in Nashville with her beloved dog, Kiya. www.mandisaofficial.com

 Lynchburg 2023 Speakers & Performers

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Seeds To Be Planted

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)   Daily Meditation: 1 Thessalonians 5, 1 Peter 4   Growing up in Montana, I helped my mother plant a flower garden each spring. I still love the...

Above Yourselves

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,” – Philippians 2:3   Daily Meditation: Philippians 2:1-18, Mark 9:30-37   Have you ever felt like someone is looking right through you? Maybe you’re having a...

The Rubber Band Theory

‘Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.’ James 1:2-3 Have you ever felt stretched? Sometimes our schedules are stretched, sometimes our patience,...

Giving My All to Him

Giving My All to Him

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ” – Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)   Daily Meditation: Matthew 16:24, Proverbs 23:26   It’s so easy...

Call Me What You Will

“Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.” – Isaiah 50:7 (NIV)   Daily Meditation: Isaiah 50, Exodus 34:29-35   As daughters of God, shame has no place in our lives....

I Choose to Leap!

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.” – Psalm 23:4-5a (NIV)   Daily Meditation: Matthew 14:28-32, John 10:7-18  ...

Happy, Holy, or Both?

“And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” – Hebrews 10:10 (NIV)   Daily Meditation: Psalm 65, 1 Peter 1   What do you enjoy doing? What makes you happy? Is it something that is lasting and memorable, or...

Purposefully Unbalanced

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28 (NIV)   Daily Meditation: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalm 7   What do you turn to when you are overwhelmed, tired, frustrated, hurt, or exhausted? Jesus is calling. You may be too...

The Little Things

“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” – Luke 12:7 (NIV)   Daily Meditation: Luke 12:22-32, Psalm 23   God always takes care of us, even in the little things. You’ve seen it. I’ve seen it. And I...

Mind Games

“Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.” – Hosea 10:12 (ESV)   Daily Meditation: Joshua 6, Psalm 26:2   Sow a thought, reap an action....