Love Conquers All: A Journey into the Heart of God
This book is written for you and because of you. You are loved and accepted by Jesus.
In This Book You Will:
- Discover who you are in Christ
- Establish a firm foundation rooted in the Word
- Experience the transformative power of God’s healing love
- Be led from brokenness to wholeness and hopelessness to hopefulness
Endorsements:
“Do you yearn for peace and freedom through a deeper connection with God? In her heartfelt book, Love Conquers All: A Journey into the Heart of God, Olana Carbaugh takes you on a captivating exploration of life-giving faith and spirituality.
We highly recommend Love Conquers All: A Journey into the Heart of God to anyone seeking inner healing, a deeper understanding of faith, and the transformative power of love.”
—Teresa and Jeremiah Yancy
Founders, Unlocking Your Book, and Authors, The Messenger Life
“In her heartfelt book, Love Conquers All: A Journey into the Heart of God, Olana Carbaugh invites readers onto a life-changing path, a path she walked in her own heal‐ ing. Olana’s personal journey offers a relatable and inspiring message, reminding us of the enduring power of God’s love in our lives. Whether you’re seeking a deeper connection to the Lord or simply searching for hope and inspiration, Love Conquers All promises to be a touching and uplifting read. Highly recommend!”
—Dr. Patricia King
Author, Minister, Media Producer and Host
About the Author:
Olana Carbaugh has served as an associate pastor for over a decade. She has a bachelor’s degree in theology and a master of divinity. Her journey has led her to become certified and trained in inner healing and deliverance.
Olana was born and raised on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. She and her husband, Jeff, currently reside in her childhood home in Central Oahu. They have a family of five children and seven grandchildren with many grand fur babies of both cats and dogs. You will often find her on the beach at North Shore, Oahu, in the early morning on weekends. She loves to travel and has traveled across Europe and Asia. She has lived in Germany as well as various states in the USA.
Olana is passionate about inspiring others to comprehend the magnitude of God’s love for them and how to establish and develop a lasting and intimate relationship with Him. She is overjoyed when others discover their identity in Christ and how His love conquers all.
Excerpts from Chapter 7 –Finding Solace in the Embrace of My Heavenly Father
As I continued to read the Bible and meet the Lord in the garden, the Holy Spirit revealed God in all His glory, majesty, and love. He was all I ever wanted in a Father—attentive, loving, caring, present, a Provider, Protec‐ tor, Teacher, and much more. He revealed Himself to me in ways that began fulfilling my desire to be loved by my natural father.
Abba Father lavished love on me that I had thirsted and longed for all my life. I began to bloom and blossom under His love and tender care. I began to understand that love is not finite— it is infinite. The more love you give away, the more love you receive.
Even in chastising me, He taught me that it is correction, not punishment. I did not have to fear punishment from Him in any way because Jesus took it all on the cross. All God wanted from me was love and obedience. I did not have to work to be loved because He loved me before I was born. I did not have to be someone I was not to please Him. He knew precisely who He created me to be. I learned I was His daughter, in whom He saw beauty and grace. He revealed the deep reservoir in my heart that He desired to fill with His divine love.
The Holy Spirit began revealing an area in my heart that needed attention. What I read in the Bible about God did not match my view of Him. On a level deeply embedded in my unconscious mind, I applied how I perceived my natural father to be to my Heavenly Father. My natural father was silent, uncommunicative, and aloof. My Heavenly Father desired to be with me, talk with me, show me things, and teach me—He wanted to spend time with me. Yet, because of how I viewed my natural father, I viewed God as hard to please, distant, and uninvolved.
My dad was a quiet, hard-working man. He was an engineer in the Philippines. I had good memories of my dad from my childhood. He would chop branches from mango and lychee trees from the neighbor’s yard so we could eat it. There was nothing like peeling a mango on a hot summer day and the mango juice dripping down our arms as we bit into its sweet and juicy flesh.
Things changed after my mom and dad divorced when I was in the sixth grade. I stayed with Dad to help care for my little brother, but my heart wanted to live with Mom. Holidays were difficult at first, but as I got older, I learned how to decorate the Christmas tree. Dad spent the holidays with his family, and I went to Mom’s. On the weekends, I would bounce between their houses. After a few years, Mom remarried, and her new husband did not want me around. I felt like an orphan with nowhere to go and no family to love me.
It was late 2004 when my younger brother told me that Dad was coughing up blood. Dad stubbornly refused to go to the doctor. I adamantly made him go, and the doctor performed tests. The three of us were sitting in the doctor’s office when Dad was diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell carcinoma of the lungs. The doctor shared with me the treatment plan with chemo‐ therapy to lengthen Dad’s life span by six months to one year. We believed God would heal Dad from cancer, and he continued to work. Faith and hope held me together during this time. Since I was self-employed and could rearrange my work schedule, I took Dad to chemotherapy and doctor appointments.
Dad came to church on Sundays and was encouraged to read the Apostle’s Creed aloud daily and his Bible. After his chemo‐ therapy appointments on Thursdays, we went to his favorite restaurant, where he would order the New York Strip. Other times, Dad wanted to eat saimin (Japanese noodles in broth with vegetables). I was amazed that he had an appetite to eat and no significant side effects from chemotherapy. My three children were able to finally connect with him in ways that they could not prior. It warmed my heart to see Dad interacting with them.
I was blessed to spend time with Dad—praying, reading the Bible, and talking to him about Jesus and Heaven. We shared funny moments; one of them was him watching me through the living room window.
The pastors agreed to have church service in his home. We worshiped and praised God, and he listened to God’s Word. We prayed for God’s peace and love to fill him and commanded fear to leave.The following morning, I received a phone call from my oldest sister, informing me, “Dad quietly passed away a few minutes ago.”
It took a long time to process the passing of my father. I was angry because God did not heal him; instead, He took him away. Dad and I were beginning to bond and appreciate one another, but most of all, we were able to love one another.
Slowly, as the Holy Spirit worked in me through God’s Word, I began to see how much God loved me. God gave me the answer to a lifetime of prayers—He gave me time and love with my dad for the last eight months of his life. These are memories and a gift I would not have if God did not bless me with them.
Endorsements:
“In Love Conquers All, Olana Carbaugh offers a profound testimony of God’s transformative power through love. This book is not just about healing a broken heart; it is about discovering the essence of true love and identity in God. Olana’s journey, a remarkable narrative of unlearning misconceptions about love, is one that many of us can relate to. It’s about embracing the profound reality that love is more than a concept— it is embodied in the person of Jesus Christ.
As I read Love Conquers All, Olana’s insights deeply moved me into the transformative power of God’s love. She beautifully articulates how the Holy Spirit guides us into a deeper understanding of God’s heart and our identity as His beloved children. If you seek a deeper encounter with God’s love, or wrestle with questions of identity and healing, Love Conquers All is a beacon of hope.
Prepare to be challenged, encouraged, and ultimately transformed as you embark on this powerful journey into the heart of God through Love Conquers All.”
—Dr. Brian Simmons
Passion & Fire Ministries
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