My Story, My Heart, and the Why Behind Stirring Hearts

Where Faith Meets Real Life

My Story: Changed by Jesus

My story with Jesus began when I was just 12 years old.

My mom had come to faith in Christ, and I watched as something beautiful began to happen in our home. My mom changed. I could see it. I could sense it. There was a difference in her, and it made me curious about the One who had changed her life.

She began hosting a Bible study in our home every week. And even though I was young, I knew something deep within me: I wanted Jesus to come and live in my heart.

I knew I needed a Savior. The Holy Spirit was drawing me to Himself, and what was happening in my heart was very real. I came to saving faith in Jesus Christ, and I have never been the same.

Coming to faith at a young age was just the beginning of my journey. As I grew, I had to learn what it meant to make my relationship with Jesus my own—to pursue Him, prioritize Him, and follow Him through every season of life.

And what a journey it has been!

God has used every season to refine me and make me more like Him. Some of the most painful seasons of my life have also been the very seasons in which I drew closer to Him, and my faith grew deeper.

I've learned that God is still God in the valley and on the mountaintop. His character doesn't change with our circumstances, and His faithfulness doesn't depend on how life feels in a given moment.

He has continued to teach me, stretch me, and draw me closer to Himself. And the longer I walk with Him, the more I realize how much I need Him—not just for salvation, but for every ordinary, difficult, joyful, and unexpected moment of life.

The Heart Behind Stirring Hearts

Through the years, as I served in women's ministry, the Lord began to show me just how much I love coming alongside women in every season of life and encouraging them to deepen their walk with Jesus.

My heart is for women to know Him—not simply to know about Him, but to know Him personally, spend time with Him, grow in His Word, and learn to trust Him with every part of their lives.

I believe that when our relationship with Jesus becomes our priority, everything else begins to flow from that place of surrender and commitment to Him.

That doesn't mean life suddenly becomes easy or that we won't struggle. It means we have a firm foundation to return to, truth to stand on, and a Savior who walks with us through it all.

That's the heart of Stirring Hearts.

I want this to be a place where faith meets real life. A place for honest conversations, biblical truth, encouragement, and meaningful connection. A place where we can talk about the things we really face as women—our fears, our disappointments, our relationships, our questions, and our desire to follow Jesus faithfully.

Because let's be honest: we don't always have it all together. We bring our stories, our struggles, our hurts, and sometimes our messy, complicated circumstances. We need more than surface-level encouragement. We need the truth of God's Word applied to the realities of everyday life.

And we need one another.

Women are relational. Jesus invites us into a relationship with Himself. And I believe Stirring Hearts can help bridge those two things by encouraging women to spend time with Jesus, grow in His Word, and walk together in community.

We are always better together!

The Scripture Behind Stirring Hearts

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.” — Hebrews 10:24 (ESV)

This is the Scripture that inspired Stirring Hearts from the very beginning.

The words “stir up one another” capture the heart behind everything I desire this ministry to be. We were never meant to walk through our faith journey alone. God has given us His Word, His Spirit, and the gift of community to encourage one another to keep growing in our love for Jesus and in the way we live out our faith.

My heart is to come alongside women, open God's Word together, and encourage one another to pursue Jesus wholeheartedly. Not through pressure to be perfect, but through a growing love for Christ that transforms how we live, how we love others, and how we respond to the realities of everyday life.

Stirring Hearts isn't about simply gathering more information. It's about allowing the truth of God's Word to shape our hearts and lives so that our faith becomes more than something we believe—it becomes something we live.

And we do that together.

We encourage one another. We remind one another of God's truth. We help one another keep our eyes on Jesus. And we spur one another on to love and good works for His glory.

That is the heart of Stirring Hearts: women encouraging women to know Jesus more deeply and live out their faith more faithfully, together, in everyday life. 

You're Not Alone Here

After living a little and walking through many seasons of life, there is something I want every woman who visits Stirring Hearts to know:

You are not alone.

Not in the good seasons. Not in the hard ones. Not in the beautiful moments or the messy, painful, uncertain places you never expected to find yourself.

We all bring our stories. We all know what it is to experience hurt, disappointment, and seasons when life feels heavier than we imagined it would.

But we don't have to carry those things alone. We can bring them to Jesus, lay them at His feet, and allow His truth to shape the way we see our circumstances, our struggles, and even ourselves.

When we turn to Him and learn to rest in who He is, everything can change—not necessarily because our circumstances change overnight, but because He meets us in the middle of them.

My prayer is that Stirring Hearts will be a place where women feel safe to be honest, seen in their struggles, and loved as they are. And more than anything, I want them to discover the perfect love that is found in Jesus Christ.

This isn't about pretending to have perfect faith or living a perfect life. It's about learning to walk with a perfect Savior in the middle of real life.

So, Pull Up a Chair!

I'm so glad you're here.

Whether you're longing to grow deeper in God's Word, looking for biblical encouragement in a difficult season, wanting to strengthen your relationship with Jesus, or simply needing a place where you know you're not alone, there's room for you here.

My hope is that through the conversations, biblical resources, and products shared here, your heart will be stirred to remember God's faithfulness, trust His truth, and draw closer to Jesus.

So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and let's talk about what it means to follow Jesus in real life.

Let's open His Word. Let's remember His goodness and faithfulness. Let's encourage one another.

Let's keep growing.

Let's stir our hearts to know and love Jesus more. Together.

With love,

Lori Adams
Stirring Hearts — Where Faith Meets Real Life