Doug Stringer: Your Desire To Win Is Greater Than Your Moments Of Challenge

Doug Stringer is the founder and President of Somebody Cares America and Somebody Cares International, which works with chapters, affiliates, churches and organizations from a local to international level to provide prayer initiatives, compassion outreach and cooperative community efforts during diasters. Doug is an internationally known speaker, evangelist, author and has helped consultate with churches, community groups, as well as with, local, state, and national leaders.

Doug is a licensed Clinical Pastoral counselor and has earned degrees from various colleges including a Ph. D. from Logos Graduate School. He has authored  numerous books, including: It’s Time to Cross the Jordan, The Fatherless Generation, Somebody Cares, Who’s Your Daddy Now?, Born to Die, Living Life Well: A Look at the Spirit of the 10 Commandments, and most recently, In Search of A Father’s Blessing and Leadership Awakening: Foundational Principles for Lasting Success.

He has recently been involved with several Prayer initiative gatherings organized by several state govenors. He is married to his wonderful wife, Lisa, who has recently published her first book titled, God Didn't Do This To Me. They have a daughter, Ashley, who has released an LP titled Simply Smile.

Highlights:
07:09 - Involved in Disaster relief, Global Prayer Iniative, and National Prayer gatherings
08:37 - Talks about his wife, Lisa, and her new book " God Didn't Do This To Me"
12:20 - Talks about his daughter, Ashley, and her LP Simply Smile.
21:50 - History of Somebody Cares (Houston, America, International)
25:09 - "If we work to and through the local churches, ministries and organizations; when all the media is gone and all the big boys and girls from the large agenies leave. If you  empower local organizations, ministries and churches then they are the ones who have the equity and know and love their communities."
26:03 - "From a spiritual standpoint a crisis is a terrible thing to waste because we as the body of Christ need to work together to bring a tangible expression of God's love into communities."
27:02 - 4 Components of reaching the communities
            1) Prayer & Presence
            2) Prayer Inniatives & solemn assemblies
            3) Compassion coalition
            4) Leadership Awakening
34:49 - "That if God can't get it through you, He won't get it to you."
35:11 -  "Every pearl has it's own story to turn into a beautiful gem, but we should be the string that pulls them together. being the unseen string."
38:42 -  Dr Cole "What we see in the larger context there is always a microcosism to it."
44:24 - 4 areas the church has had to overcome the last 2,000 years
            1) persecution
            2) poverty
            3) Long periods of prosperity
            4) Long periods of peace
55:48 - "My desire to win must be greater than my moments of challenge."

Resources:
Affiliate links with Amazon for available books and LP
Leadership Awakening - https://amzn.to/34tyPGI
In Search of a Father's Blessing - https://amzn.to/32qUpca
Who's Your Daddy Now? - https://amzn.to/34vrlTu
God Did Not Do This To Me by Lisa Stringer - https://amzn.to/2EAnwSo
Simple Smile (LP) by Ashley Stringer - https://amzn.to/3gsmbKk

website:
https://somebodycares.org/

Music segments provided by Richard Camargo on Tidalwav Studios in Queens, NY