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 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

Overcoming Rejection

Overcoming Rejection Why does rejection wound us so deeply? Because it attacks the very person that we are. It destroys our self-esteem, and attacks who we are and our purpose in life. This is why it is one of the most common tools the devil will use to destroy a...

Look Up!

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” Psalms 5:3  When our hearts are heavy our heads hang low, our face shows the heaviness, and our souls are cast down.  BUT when we receive a touch...

Your Tears Are Stored Up

Psalm 56:8 tells us that God has stored our tears in His bottle and recorded them in His book.  Matthew 10:30 says the hairs of our head are all numbered.  That’s the number count of everyones hair on the face of the earth. WOW!  This tells me with certainty that we...

Where your mind goes, your life follows!

Think on these things!  When we fill our minds with Gods truth, we will find that we are more victorious. Our thoughts will be filled with truth, freedom, victory, and peace!  Philippians 4:8 If you start feeling heaviness, confusion, chaos and no peace, those are...

Bad Days

Everyone has bad days that we have to push through, but there are also seasons that we feel we just aren’t going to make it. During those times. It may be moment by moment but cry out to God even if all you can say is HELP! God is near you! Keep walking, Keep...

You Win!

Do you feel like everything you do, is being resisted?  Do you feel like you just can’t make any progress?  The enemy’s resistance should be an encouragement that God is doing something significant in your life! The enemy doesn’t oppose anything that does not threaten...

Residual Damage

Residue is defined as “a quantity left over at the end of a process; remainder.”  We all face residual damage throughout our lives from previous battles, choices, toxic relationships, controlling people, harmful words even from back in our childhood, comparisons,...

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At a Breaking Point?

At a Breaking Point?

Have you ever been near a Breaking Point and you saw no relief in sight?  These are times when your strength is weak or depleted and the only answer is to cry out to God for Him to sustain and strengthen you. Maybe all you can say is HELP!  I’ve had to do that many...

Butterfly Struggles

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...

Broken Hearted

Broken Hearted

“If your heart is broken, you’ll find GOD right there; if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭34:18‬ ‭MSG “He heals the broken heart and bandages their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 MSG Dear Treasured Daughter, God Hears! God Knows! God...

Spiritual 911

Spiritual 911

With the horrific things unfolding daily against our children and our families, we feel a surge of pain, fear and emotions begin to rise within us. We start to feel that we have no recourse and no protection  but NO!!!!  A thousand times NO!!  We have tools of power!...

You Win!

You Win!

Do you feel like everything you do, is being resisted?  Do you feel like you just can’t make any progress?  The enemy’s resistance should be an encouragement that God is doing something significant in your life! The enemy doesn’t oppose anything that does not threaten...

Unbelief

Unbelief

There’s NOTHING that you’re facing that is too big for God to handle. Do you really believe that? We look at our situations through our human eyes and understanding, but that’s only FACTS. Lets look at the TRUTH! The truth is Gods Word! The facts lie to us. When We...