About Donna Sallee’, D. Div.

Ordained Minister | Conference & Retreat Speaker | Published Author | Ministry Mentor

Donna Sallee’, D. Div., is an Ordained Minister, published author, and seasoned conference and retreat speaker with a heart for inner healing and restoration. Having personally experienced God’s faithfulness through life’s challenges, she passionately ministers on pushing from pain to purpose, trusting in a faithful Heavenly Father to guide every step of the journey.

With a strong prophetic gift in prayer, Donna intercedes for those seeking healing and restoration—whether from past wounds, the pain of abuse, or the consequences of difficult life choices. She boldly shares her own testimonies of God’s miraculous victories, inspiring others to embrace hope, freedom, and transformation through Christ.

As the host of “Fresh Hope,” a television program that aired for several years on local WYKE and national networks such as SkyAngel and CTN, Donna has reached countless lives with messages of redemption and restoration. She is also a Certified Women’s Peer & Prayer Counselor and a Certified Domestic Violence Hotline Counselor, equipping others to minister to the broken through Hope Counselor Training, Peer Counselor Training, and the Setting Captives Free Altar Counselor Certification Courses.

Published Author

Donna is the author of the Morning UpLift devotional series, designed to encourage and strengthen believers in their daily walk with Christ. Her writings reflect her deep faith and passion for helping others experience God’s presence, healing, and restoration. She is also a past contributing writer for CALLED magazine, a publication dedicated to ministering to women in ministry.

Ministry Leadership & Initiatives

In 2012, Donna received her Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Kingsbury College, Lakeland, Florida. She is a visionary leader in women’s ministry, founding numerous impactful initiatives:
The Car Gals – Donating 31 vehicles to deserving, qualified women
The Ruth Fund Giving Initiative – Providing financial assistance to struggling women
The Fresh Hope Women’s Hub – A sanctuary for support and transformation

She is also a former executive member of the Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Task Force (Circuit 7, covering Flagler, Volusia, Putnam, and St. John’s counties, Florida) and the Founder & Director of The Ruth Home, a safe haven for human trafficking survivors.

A Lasting Legacy: The Grace House Ministries

In 2024, Donna transitioned Fresh Hope Ministries, renaming it The Grace House Ministries, ensuring its lasting legacy under the leadership of Chelsea Bryant, Founder & Director of The Grace House Women’s Residential Program. Donna continues to serve as Overseer and Mentor for The Grace House Ministries, offering wisdom, guidance, and spiritual oversight as the ministry flourishes in its mission to restore and empower women in need.

Faith & Family

Donna is married to the love of her life, Rev. Paul Sallee’. Together, they have been blessed with three children—Zahn, Tara, and Kallai—and nine wonderful grandchildren. After many years of pastoral leadership in Central Florida, they now reside in Newport, TN, continuing their mission to bring hope, healing, and restoration to individuals and communities in need.

A Passion for Healing & Equipping Others

Donna’s greatest passion is to see broken and hurting people healed and set free by the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. She believes in equipping others to extend that same miracle-working power to those in need, fulfilling the call in 1 Corinthians 1:4:

“He comforts, consoles, and encourages us in every trouble, so that we may also be able to comfort those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

Through her ministry and mentorship, Donna Sallee’ remains a steadfast voice of hope, dedicated to empowering others to walk in freedom and share God’s love with a hurting world.

 

MORNING UPLIFT DEVOTIONAL SERIES

How Do You See Yourself?

Do you see yourself as God sees you?   As Gods’ children most of us do not believe our true identity. We are usually influenced by the worlds view, and the words of negative people in our lives. As we read the truths of who we are in Christ we will change our thoughts...

Double For Your Trouble!

“Instead of your [former] shame you will have a twofold recompense; instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double [what they had forfeited]; Everlasting joy will be theirs.”Isaiah 61:7 ...

Feelings Vs. Faith

I am a very emotional person,  so I have to allow the Holy Spirit to keep my feelings in check and to not allow myself to be ruled by my emotions. I love this quote:  Elisabeth Elliot ~" If you dwell on your own feelings about things rather than dwelling on the...

Butterfly Struggles

Even though none of us like struggles; most of the time that’s exactly what we need. A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole at the end. Eventually, the butterfly...

Help Is On The Way!

What if the answer to your prayers were just a moment away, a day away, a week away, a phone call, or an email away?  The enemy delights in trying to distract or wear us down so that we will give up before we receive our promises.  I know it’s difficult, but I want to...

The Spirit of Rejection by Curt Landry

The spirit of rejection is an oppressive spirit. It robs you of joy and peace. Oppression is defined as mental pressure or distress. Therefore, if the spirit of rejection is an oppressive spirit, you can think of it as a tactic by the enemy to push or press you down...

Orphan Spirit by Curt Landry

The orphan spirit is something that many people struggle with, both in the Body of Christ, as well as in the world. When Adam and Eve chose to disobey God in the Garden, sin entered the world. Unfortunately, that disobedience caused a separation between God and man....
God as a Man of War!

God as a Man of War!

God loves His children unconditionally, and constantly displays His love with tender mercies and care…. yet there are times that He displays His love by becoming our defender and protector.  Sometimes events happen in life that are totally out of our control,...

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Power Verses

Power Verses

if you Read, Think on and embrace these life changing scriptures, you will become encouraged, motivated and unmovable!  “..stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence...

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God said it, I believe it!

God said it, I believe it!

It’s done!  God is not a man that He can lie.  The enemy is the father of lies!  If you feel hopeless, worthless, heavy-hearted, in despair, like nothing good will ever happen for you, and nothing in your chaotic life will ever change, please know your precious...

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His Mercies are New Every Morning! 

His Mercies are New Every Morning! 

The sun has risen and it’s a new day.  A day for a fresh new start. An opportunity to do what you put off doing yesterday.  Maybe you have gotten up today and your heart is heavy because you did something that hurt someone, or you made a bad choice; well I have good...

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Seeking Gods Will

Seeking Gods Will

When searching for the will of God there are times that it’s so crystal clear. Then there’s times that even though you’re seeking God, you’re uncertain about what to do. Through the years I’ve learned in uncertainty to step out with the first step and see if God opens...