Personal Profile
Marty is a Licensed Professional Counselor, speaker and author. After studying
both the Bible and conventional psychology, Marty recognized that God's plan for
our strength and sufficiency to live the abundant life Christ promises is rooted
in a greater understanding and personal appropriation of God's love for us as
individuals. Her passion is teaching people that no matter what struggles they
face in life, no matter what pain they bear, there is hope and wholeness
available to them through the healing, transforming power of God's love. One of
her books, The Greater Healing, provides a "road map" for the journey
from brokenness to joy through God's love.
Marty had a Christian counseling practice for 18 years and has been speaking at
retreats, conferences, banquets, etc. for 15 years. In June 2003 God called
Marty from her profession as a Christian counselor into a full-time Christian
ministry, Exceedingly More Ministries. This ministry includes her
speaking and writing ministries.
Marty is co-founder of Celebration, a women's ministry in her denomination. She
was the favorite substitute teacher of Beth Moore's Sunday school class. In the
fall of 2003 she was the speaker for The Texas Conference of the United
Methodist Church Pastors' Spouses Retreat and returned again in 2007.
Marty and her husband, Nick, a pastor, live in Lufkin, Texas. They have two grown children, Meredith and Kent. Meredith is a youth director in Longview, Texas and Kent is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.
You will see the joy of the Lord in her and will be blessed by the message God speaks through her.
MINISTRY STATEMENT
The purpose of Exceedingly
More Ministries is to witness through teaching Biblical truth (John 8:32),
sharing personal testimonies (Revelation 12:11) and powerful, effective prayer
(James 5:13-16) to the healing, transforming, restoring, victorious power of
Jesus Christ "who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or
think..." (Ephesians 3:20)
STATEMENT OF FAITH
THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible is the divinely
inspired authoritative Word of God. We believe it is the absolute true Word of
God. We believe it is applicable for our lives today in determining and
directing Christian faith and practice.
"All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching,
rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."
(II Timothy 3:16)
"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any
double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing
soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."
(Hebrews 4:12)
THE TRINITY
We believe there is one God, eternally present in three persons: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
"As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that
moment heaven was opened,
and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said,
'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.'" (Matthew 3:16-17)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was with God in
the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and
that life was the light of men." (John 1:1-4)
GOD
We believe God is our heavenly Father and the Creator of heaven and earth and
all that is in them. We believe God created man/woman for His glory.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
everyone who is called by my name whom I created for my glory, whom
I formed and made." (Isaiah 43:7)
"...the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my
praise." (Isaiah 43:21)
JESUS
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His
sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His
shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of
the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
"For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form."
(Colossians 2:9)
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came
about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph,
but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 1:18)
"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." (I
Peter 2:22)
"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of
God's grace."
(Ephesians 1:7)
For what I received I passed on the you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve." (I Corinthians 15:3)
"while we wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our
great God and Savior, Jesus Christ." (Titus 2:13)
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the Spirit-filled life. The Holy Spirit indwells, sanctifies,
instructs, empowers Christians for service, and seals them unto the day of
redemption.
"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus
from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the
dead will also give life
to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you." (Romans 8:11)
"But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved
us, not because of righteous
things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal
by the Holy Spirit..."
(Titus 3:4-5)
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of
truth, the gospel of salvation.
Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit
guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession - to the
praise of
his glory." (Ephesians 1:13-14)
SALVATION
We believe the salvation of man/woman, who is sinful and lost, is by faith in
God's grace on the basis of the redeeming work of Jesus Christ's shed blood and
not on the basis of human merit or works.
"This righteousness from God comes through
faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith
in his blood."
(Romans 3:22-25)
"Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we
must be saved." (Acts
4:12)
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God -
not by works,
so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
THE CHURCH
We believe the Church is the Body of Christ, both universal and local, to which
all true believers belong.
"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of
it." (I Corinthians 12:27)
PROFESSIONAL MISSION STATEMENT
As a counselor I have been privileged to witness
"holy ground". I have personally seen God work in miraculous ways - bringing
healing, restoration, and transformation to numerous lives and relationships.
Therefore, I now feel called to a speaking ministry testifying to the saving,
healing, restoring and transforming grace of Jesus Christ ---- that I
KNOW to be truth!
FOCUS
METHODS
1.
Retreats
2.
Conferences
3.
Workshops
4.
Speaking Engagements
5.
Books, Tapes, CD's