Responding to Nudges from the Spirit: Anne Neilson & Nikki Speer
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 29 October 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever felt pulled towards something, but you’re not sure what? Maybe God was nudging you to pursue the calling He has for you. Artist Anne Neilson, famous for her angel paintings, has felt those nudges all throughout her life, starting when she was a little girl and knew she was meant to be an artist. Now looking back, Anne can see God’s fingerprints all over her life, and how He shaped her art into a ministry beyond what she ever imagined, including the inspiration to write a new devotional called Anne Neilson’s Angels. Nikki Speer, founder of the nonprofit Redefined Courage, has watched many women in her family battle with breast cancer. When Nikki noticed that her mom—the woman she’d always seen as the most radiant in the room—no longer felt beautiful, she realized God was prompting her toward a new calling: to design clothing for women dealing with breast cancer that was not only comfortable and allowed them to heal, but also helped them feel confident in their fight.
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Anne Nielson's Angels: Devotions and Art to Encourage, Refresh, and Inspire
Interview Quotes:
“There were times that I really questioned, Is this what God has called me to do?” - Anne Neilson
“God has put these people in my path. He weaves us all together, and it's for a purpose that we might not even know.” - Anne Neilson
“Words are powerful—the words that come out of our mouth, the words that are spoken to our friends, our children, our colleagues, our employees, to ourselves.“ - Anne Neilson
“These angels do bring comfort and healing through the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit, through art. God is the master Artist. He is the master Creator.” - Anne Neilson
“We were walking out of the mall, and I made the bold promise that I would design clothing for [my mom] so that she could feel beautiful.” - Nikki Speer
“This is not a, ‘Man, I drew this sticky note, and this amazing thing was created.’ There were a lot of samples, and there was a lot of learning and growing and changing and mistakes, but a lot of God working.” - Nikki Speer
“When I was growing up, my mom would tell me, ‘You should always leave a conversation knowing more about the other person than they know about you.’” - Nikki Speer
“I have these What if? moments that well up inside of me. But in quietness and trust truly is my strength. And those What if? moments become my Even if... moments with God.” - Nikki Speer
“I really do believe that if you are feeling right now--a nudge or a calling or prompting from God, that you should go for it. I have always said that it was in the obedience I found the blessing.” - Nikki Speer
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| 0:29.2 | Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart and I feel like |
| 0:37.6 | you know when we are delighting ourselves in him He will show us the path. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:48.0 | There are times in our lives when we feel something or someone nudging us toward creating or doing things in ways we wouldn't have |
| 0:54.4 | thought of otherwise. This week's guests, artist and author Anne Nielsen, |
| 0:58.6 | a nonprofit founder, Mickey Spear, share remarkable stories of moments when they followed God's prompting and discovered the |
| 1:05.6 | mission he had in mind just for them. |
| 1:10.4 | As an artist, Ann Nielsen paints with passion and purpose. |
| 1:13.6 | She's created a series of beautiful angel paintings as a hallmark of her faith. |
| 1:18.0 | And over the years, Anne has watched God, the master creator, |
| 1:21.8 | use her talents on the campus as a ministry to inspire others. |
| 1:26.1 | She shares a few of the remarkable people God is placed into her path, and how she believes, |
| 1:30.6 | when inspired by God, the things we create from our hands and the words that |
| 1:34.5 | we speak have amazing power to bring healing and hope into other people's lives. |
| 1:40.0 | So I'm Anne Nielsen well known as the angel painter. |
| 1:45.4 | I'm a wife, 26 years married to my husband Clark |
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