ann kiemel

Sunday, September 2

after reading all your responses about my 'bossy friend',
i have re-evaluated how healthy it is for me to just suck it in.
thanks for all your input, and the comments about drawing
boundaries. very good input. this is one of my best friends.
we have so many wonderful times together, but this piece of
the relationship has been very difficult. i never want to be
unteachable. i always want to live in a spirit of humility, knowing
there is yet so much for me to learn. you pray for me, please, and
i will ask God to guide me in this situation.

thank you, again, for all your love and kindness that you send my way
day after day after day. with warmest love, ann

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Lynn SeveranceSeptember 2, 2012 at 8:14 PM
Yes, Ann - am praying for your discernment.
One question that might help is to ask yourself if one of your sons treated you as your friend has treated you ( during the not good times together when she is demanding that you be perfect ) how would you respond to your son?

I know you would not desert your son, but neither would you let him treat you with that kind of disrespect. You taught him better!

We teach people how to treat us by letting them treat us as they do and only we can stop behavior that is not acceptable.

Hugs xoxo Lynn
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SaraSeptember 5, 2012 at 7:10 AM
Dear Ann,
for someone whose words changed my life dramatically at the age of 15, I am saddened to think that you give this friend the power to validate you. Or maybe that is how it seems to me.

We all have the small voice inside, our conscience, our leader, most times our protector. I pray that you give power to your 'gut' and not so much to the people around you. Not to say the people around you shouldn't be listened to or taken for face value.

Sometimes it is easier to see someeone else's faults vs. your own. How do I know...cause at the ripe age of 45 I am finally realizing I don't have to crave what others think of me. I am who I am, who God made me to be. I am middle aged, single, plump and happy..why? cause God made me that way. God loves me at the end of the day. When I feel funky in the mirror, God loves me.

I drive an old car, I coupon, I give my last to anyone who I think might need it. I am who I am. I am not popular but God loves me.

God loves you, too, Ann. Truly, deeply, madly.

I am standing in faith with you for your car situation. Oh, and for your daily needs. I pray for someone to come alongside you to help you manage your finances, your speaking career, wish I lived closer to you because I would come over and be your secretary, for free..cause God wants us to church each other and it sounds like you need some real live church'in.

Love you Ann!! You are special.

Sara
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Ann KiemelSeptember 5, 2012 at 4:29 PM
sara, i wish you DID live close.
i'd use all your help. thank you for all your
kind and solid words. i love you. ann
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Ann passed away on March 1, 2014.
A few words about our dear friend:

Ann Kiemel began her ministry as an ordinary girl who was determined to reach her neighborhood for Jesus. She penned her first book, I’m Out to Change My World, while still in her twenties. Millions of readers were moved by her simple faith and her desire to share Jesus in everyday, divine appointments. Despite the lack of any formal publicity, her first book became a bestseller through word-of-mouth.
Ann went on to Author several best-selling books, speaking in coliseums across the country and appearing as a guest speaker on Christian television programs such as the 700 Club, PTL, TBN, and Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power. Ann has been featured numerous times on Dr. Dobson’s Focus on the Family radio broadcasts, most recently as an expert on single parenting.

Although Ann shared the stage with some of the most well-known and influential Authors and Speakers in the world, she is remembered most by her humble presentation. Quietly seated on a stool in the middle of a large platform, she would begin…“Hi, I’m Ann. I am one simple woman in the world. I have never shaken hands with the President. I cry. Sometimes I am insecure. I am only one, but I have come tonight to tell you I am one… and Jesus and I and love are out to change the world.” Thousands of attentive fans sat on the edge of their seats, hanging onto her every word, laughing and crying together as Ann declared her love for a personal Lord…One who walked with her and talked with her on lonely days. She ran marathons, singing simple little songs to fellow runners with one overwhelming hope in mind – to win others to Jesus by building bridges to them. Her rare vulnerability and genuine faith in brighter tomorrows inspired others to dream big and believe that with God, they too, could make a difference in their world.

Some people consider Ann Kiemel to be one of the most authentic voices in the Christian community. Others refer to her as a best-selling Author of seventeen books, many of which have been passed on as inspirational classics over the past three decades. Bottom line: Ann was a gifted Author and Speaker who had a pure heart and a vision for what an extraordinary God can do in the lives of ordinary people.

After many years as a successful Speaker and Author, God answered Ann’s yearning for a husband at the age of thirty-five. Several years and many miscarriages later, Ann became the mother of four adopted sons, revolutionizing the way that many viewed open adoption. Soon thereafter, Ann realized that she had become addicted to pain medication. She entered a thirty-day secular rehab program and discovered that her addiction ran even deeper - she had become addicted to the praise and approval of others. She recounts the loneliness, pain, and ultimate deliverance in her seventeenth book, Seduced by Success – No Longer Addicted to Praise, Pills and Performance.

After offering her inadequacies to the Lord and praying for wholeness, Ann had found her way back to her first love. The heart of her ministry had changed, and Jesus was now the star. Her husband, Will Anderson, would battle cancer for eighteen months, and Ann would become a single mother of four priceless treasures. She held a deep conviction that she, alone, needed to be fully present with her children. With this is mind, she quietly walked away from the stage.

In the fall of 2008, Ann’s youngest last son left home. At the same time, a renewed interest in Ann’s ministry began to develop. Hundreds of thousands of loyal readers began searching for her, longing to hear how God had been working in her life, wanting her message to be heard by the next generation. In response to the interest of her fans, a simple blog was created. People from all over the world began chiming in, supporting one of their favorite best-selling Authors from the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Many of her books are available for purchase on Amazon.com and other places.

Ann was the mother of four boys and lived on the West coast in close proximity to her children and her twin sister, Jan.

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