"What if, sometimes, there are mists and fogs so thick that I cannot see the path? ‘Tis enough that You hold my hand, and guide me in the darkness; for walking with You in the gloom–is far sweeter and safer than walking alone in the sunlight!
Dear Lord, give me grace to trust You wholly, whatever may befall; yielding myself up to Your leading, and leaning hard on You when “dangers are in the path.” Your way for me has been marked out from all eternity, and it leads directly to Yourself and home!"
~Susannah Spurgeon
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Obey and Wait Upon God...
"Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How many momentous events in Scripture depended on one person's seemingly small act of obedience! Rest assured: Do what God tells you to do now, and, depend upon it, you will be shown what to do next." --Elisabeth Elliot
Friday, August 12, 2011
What Makes a Woman?
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Open any magazine and you’ll get a picture of what the world considers a beautiful woman. But what does the Bible say?
“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment; instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit.”
Nancy: Do you focus more time and effort on outward beauty or on inner, spiritual beauty?
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.”
Nancy: Are you more concerned about your relationship with God than about being fashionable or physically attractive?
“I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety.”
Nancy: Do you dress modestly? Do your clothes encourage men to have pure thoughts?
Our culture sends so many messages about what it means to be beautiful. Are you going to go with the world or with the Word of God?
With Seeking Him, Nancy Leigh DeMoss.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Encouragement for those who wait...
"Waiting on God isn't about the suspension of meaning and purpose. It's part of the meaning and purpose that God has brought into my life. Waiting on God isn't to be viewed as an obstruction in the way of the plan. Waiting is an essential part of the plan. For the child of God, waiting isn't simply about what I'll receive at the end of my wait. No, waiting is much more purposeful, efficient, and practical than that. Waiting is fundamentally about what I'll become as I wait. God is using the wait to do in and through me exactly what He's promised. Through the wait He's changing me. By means of the wait He's altering the fabric of my thoughts and desires. Through the wait He's causing me to see and experience new things about Him and His kingdom. And all of this sharpens me, enabling me to be a more useful tool in His redemptive hands" (emphasis mine). Paul Tripp
Friday, June 24, 2011
Resolved to be Pure
I am right now enjoying the beautiful and hot weather of Palm Spring, California as I wait for the 2011 Resolved Conference to begin! It is sooo beautiful here! There is not a cloud in the sky and the temperature has reached the mid 40's! Whew! Lots of time in the pool is definitely required!
Of course, when the weather gets hot it's easy to be tempted to wear less to beat the heat. However, we must be careful that we still are modest. We've been bought with a price: the precious blood of Christ! (1 Corinthians 6:20) We now belong to Him and must honor Him in and through out bodies.
1 Peter 1:18-19, "knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ."
During our stay here in California, I have felt the Holy Spirit gently convicting me of this message. It is so easy for us to compare ourselves to others. This is dangerous because often we think that we are doing well because others are dressing so provocatively. We can't compare ourselves to others. We must compare ourselves to Christ's standard found in His Word.
In His sovereignty, the Lord caused Nancy Leigh DeMoss' daily "Seeking Him" devotional to be just what I needed:
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: "Do you ever find yourself at the point of a decision?
“I’m not sure if this is right or not?!”
There’s a question mark in your conscience, but you’re not exactly sure what the Bible says about it. Jonathan Edwards anticipated moments like these and wrote:
"Resolved, never to do anything of which I so much as question the lawfulness."
He’s saying, “If I have any question in my heart about whether what I'm about to do is acceptable to God and His Word, then I'll stop.”
So many of us today try and see how close we can get to sin without getting into serious trouble. Wouldn't we be better off staying as close to purity as we can?
Paul tells us in Romans, "Whatever is not of faith is sin.” If there's doubt in your heart that God is giving you freedom to do something, then why do it?"
Exactly! So join me in staying as close to purity as we can that "the Word of God would not be treated as a lie." (Titus 2:5)
Of course, when the weather gets hot it's easy to be tempted to wear less to beat the heat. However, we must be careful that we still are modest. We've been bought with a price: the precious blood of Christ! (1 Corinthians 6:20) We now belong to Him and must honor Him in and through out bodies.
1 Peter 1:18-19, "knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ."
During our stay here in California, I have felt the Holy Spirit gently convicting me of this message. It is so easy for us to compare ourselves to others. This is dangerous because often we think that we are doing well because others are dressing so provocatively. We can't compare ourselves to others. We must compare ourselves to Christ's standard found in His Word.
In His sovereignty, the Lord caused Nancy Leigh DeMoss' daily "Seeking Him" devotional to be just what I needed:
Nancy Leigh DeMoss: "Do you ever find yourself at the point of a decision?
“I’m not sure if this is right or not?!”
There’s a question mark in your conscience, but you’re not exactly sure what the Bible says about it. Jonathan Edwards anticipated moments like these and wrote:
"Resolved, never to do anything of which I so much as question the lawfulness."
He’s saying, “If I have any question in my heart about whether what I'm about to do is acceptable to God and His Word, then I'll stop.”
So many of us today try and see how close we can get to sin without getting into serious trouble. Wouldn't we be better off staying as close to purity as we can?
Paul tells us in Romans, "Whatever is not of faith is sin.” If there's doubt in your heart that God is giving you freedom to do something, then why do it?"
Exactly! So join me in staying as close to purity as we can that "the Word of God would not be treated as a lie." (Titus 2:5)
Saturday, April 23, 2011
A Prayer for Women by John Piper
My earnest challenge and prayer for you is . . .
. . . That all of your life—in whatever calling—be devoted to the glory of God.
. . . That the promises of Christ be trusted so fully that peace and joy and strength fill your soul to overflowing.
. . . That this fullness of God overflow in daily acts of love so that people might see your good deeds and give glory to your Father in Heaven.
. . . That you be women of the Book, who love and study and obey the Bible in every area of its teaching; that meditation on biblical truth be the source of hope and faith; that you continue to grow in understanding through all the chapters of your life, never thinking that study and growth are only for others.
. . . That you be women of prayer, so that the Word of God will be opened to you, and so the power of faith and holiness will descend upon you; that your spiritual influence may increase at home and at church and in the world.
. . . That you be women who have a deep grasp of the sovereign grace of God which undergirds all these spiritual processes; and that you be deep thinkers about the doctrines of grace, and even deeper lovers of these things.
. . . That you be totally committed to ministry, whatever your specific calling; that you not fritter away your time on soaps or women’s magazines or unimportant hobbies or shopping; that you redeem the time for Christ and His Kingdom.
. . . That, if you are single, you exploit your singleness to the full in devotion to God (the way Jesus and Paul and Mary Slessor and Amy Carmichael did) and not be paralyzed by the desire to be married.
. . . That, if you are married, you creatively and intelligently and sincerely support the leadership of your husband as deeply as obedience to Christ will allow; that you encourage him in his God-appointed role as head; that you influence him spiritually primarily through your fearless tranquility and holiness and prayer.
. . . That, if you have children, you accept responsibility with your husband (or alone if necessary) to raise up children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord—children who hope in the triumph of God—sharing with your husband the teaching and discipline they need, and giving them the special attention they crave from you, as well as that special nurturing touch and care that you alone are fitted to give.
. . . That you not assume that secular employment is a greater challenge or a better use of your life than the countless opportunities of service and witness in the home, the neighborhood, the community, the church, and the world; that you not only pose the question: career or full-time homemaker? but that you ask just as seriously: full-time career or freedom for ministry? That you ask: Which would be greater for the Kingdom—to work for someone who tells you what to do to make his or her business prosper, or to be God’s free agent dreaming your own dream about how your time and your home and your creativity could make God’s business prosper?
And that in all this you make your choices not on the basis of secular trends or upward lifestyle expectations, but on the basis of what will strengthen the faith of the family and advance the cause of Christ.
. . . That you step back and (with your husband, if you are married) plan the various forms of your life’s ministry in chapters. Chapters are divided by various things—age, strength, singleness, marriage, employment, children at home, children in college, grandchildren, retirement, etc. No chapter has all the joys. Finite life is a series of tradeoffs. Finding God’s will, and living for the glory of Christ to the full in every chapter is what makes it a success, not whether it reads like somebody else’s chapter or whether it has in it what only another chapter will bring.
. . . That you develop a wartime mentality and lifestyle; that you never forget that life is short, that billions of people hang in the balance of heaven and hell every day, that the love of money is spiritual suicide, that the goals of upward mobility (nicer clothes, cars, houses, vacations, food, hobbies) are a poor and dangerous substitute for the goals of living for Christ with all your might and maximizing your joy in ministry to people’s needs.
. . . That in all your relationships with men (not just in marriage) you seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in applying the biblical vision of manhood and womanhood; that you develop a style and demeanor that does justice to the unique role God has given to man to feel responsible for gracious leadership in relation to women—a leadership which involves elements of protection and provision and a pattern of initiative; that you think creatively and with cultural sensitivity (just as he must do) in shaping the style and setting the tone of your interaction with men.
. . . That you see the biblical guidelines for what is appropriate and inappropriate for men and women not as arbitrary constraints on freedom, but as wise and gracious prescriptions for how to discover the true freedom of God’s ideal of complementarity; that you not measure your potential by the few roles withheld, but by the countless roles offered; that you look to the loving God of Scripture and dream about the possibilities of your service to him. (For a detailed list of service ideas, see the pdf titled, Opportunities for Ministry.)
Excerpted from Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism by Pastor John Piper. (Crossway Books)
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission from John Piper at Desiring God. www.DesiringGod.org. www.TrueWoman.com
. . . That all of your life—in whatever calling—be devoted to the glory of God.
. . . That the promises of Christ be trusted so fully that peace and joy and strength fill your soul to overflowing.
. . . That this fullness of God overflow in daily acts of love so that people might see your good deeds and give glory to your Father in Heaven.
. . . That you be women of the Book, who love and study and obey the Bible in every area of its teaching; that meditation on biblical truth be the source of hope and faith; that you continue to grow in understanding through all the chapters of your life, never thinking that study and growth are only for others.
. . . That you be women of prayer, so that the Word of God will be opened to you, and so the power of faith and holiness will descend upon you; that your spiritual influence may increase at home and at church and in the world.
. . . That you be women who have a deep grasp of the sovereign grace of God which undergirds all these spiritual processes; and that you be deep thinkers about the doctrines of grace, and even deeper lovers of these things.
. . . That you be totally committed to ministry, whatever your specific calling; that you not fritter away your time on soaps or women’s magazines or unimportant hobbies or shopping; that you redeem the time for Christ and His Kingdom.
. . . That, if you are single, you exploit your singleness to the full in devotion to God (the way Jesus and Paul and Mary Slessor and Amy Carmichael did) and not be paralyzed by the desire to be married.
. . . That, if you are married, you creatively and intelligently and sincerely support the leadership of your husband as deeply as obedience to Christ will allow; that you encourage him in his God-appointed role as head; that you influence him spiritually primarily through your fearless tranquility and holiness and prayer.
. . . That, if you have children, you accept responsibility with your husband (or alone if necessary) to raise up children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord—children who hope in the triumph of God—sharing with your husband the teaching and discipline they need, and giving them the special attention they crave from you, as well as that special nurturing touch and care that you alone are fitted to give.
. . . That you not assume that secular employment is a greater challenge or a better use of your life than the countless opportunities of service and witness in the home, the neighborhood, the community, the church, and the world; that you not only pose the question: career or full-time homemaker? but that you ask just as seriously: full-time career or freedom for ministry? That you ask: Which would be greater for the Kingdom—to work for someone who tells you what to do to make his or her business prosper, or to be God’s free agent dreaming your own dream about how your time and your home and your creativity could make God’s business prosper?
And that in all this you make your choices not on the basis of secular trends or upward lifestyle expectations, but on the basis of what will strengthen the faith of the family and advance the cause of Christ.
. . . That you step back and (with your husband, if you are married) plan the various forms of your life’s ministry in chapters. Chapters are divided by various things—age, strength, singleness, marriage, employment, children at home, children in college, grandchildren, retirement, etc. No chapter has all the joys. Finite life is a series of tradeoffs. Finding God’s will, and living for the glory of Christ to the full in every chapter is what makes it a success, not whether it reads like somebody else’s chapter or whether it has in it what only another chapter will bring.
. . . That you develop a wartime mentality and lifestyle; that you never forget that life is short, that billions of people hang in the balance of heaven and hell every day, that the love of money is spiritual suicide, that the goals of upward mobility (nicer clothes, cars, houses, vacations, food, hobbies) are a poor and dangerous substitute for the goals of living for Christ with all your might and maximizing your joy in ministry to people’s needs.
. . . That in all your relationships with men (not just in marriage) you seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in applying the biblical vision of manhood and womanhood; that you develop a style and demeanor that does justice to the unique role God has given to man to feel responsible for gracious leadership in relation to women—a leadership which involves elements of protection and provision and a pattern of initiative; that you think creatively and with cultural sensitivity (just as he must do) in shaping the style and setting the tone of your interaction with men.
. . . That you see the biblical guidelines for what is appropriate and inappropriate for men and women not as arbitrary constraints on freedom, but as wise and gracious prescriptions for how to discover the true freedom of God’s ideal of complementarity; that you not measure your potential by the few roles withheld, but by the countless roles offered; that you look to the loving God of Scripture and dream about the possibilities of your service to him. (For a detailed list of service ideas, see the pdf titled, Opportunities for Ministry.)
Excerpted from Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism by Pastor John Piper. (Crossway Books)
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission from John Piper at Desiring God. www.DesiringGod.org. www.TrueWoman.com
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tin Tiaras
Tin Tiaras
Which crown will you choose? The earthly or the eternal?
"You were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ." - 1 Peter 1:18-19
Which crown will you choose? The earthly or the eternal?
"You were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ." - 1 Peter 1:18-19
Thursday, April 14, 2011
What Guys Say About Modesty...
(Sorry about the rap, but I couldn't pass up the message from C.J. Mahaney!)
My beloved sister's, please love God and serve your brothers in Christ by making modesty your choice.
"Your adornment must not be merely external - braiding hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God."
1 Peter 3:3-4
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The Heart God Revives by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
The Heart God Revives
by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Proud people focus on the failures of others.
Broken people are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need.
Proud people have a critical, fault-finding spirit; they look at everyone else’s faults with a microscope but their own with a telescope.
Broken people are compassionate; they can forgive much because they know how much they have been forgiven.
Proud people are self-righteous; they look down on others.
Broken people esteem all others better than themselves.
Proud people have an independent, self-sufficient spirit.
Broken people have a dependent spirit; they recognize their need for others.
Proud people have to prove that they are right.
Broken people are willing to yield the right to be right.
Proud people claim rights; they have a demanding spirit.
Broken people yield their rights; they have a meek spirit.
Proud people are self-protective of their time, their rights, and their reputation.
Broken people are self-denying.
Proud people desire to be served.
Broken people are motivated to serve others.
Proud people desire to be a success.
Broken people are motivated to be faithful and to make others a success.
Proud people desire self-advancement.
Broken people desire to promote others.
Proud people have a drive to be recognized and appreciated.
Broken people have a sense of their own unworthiness; they are thrilled that God would use them at all.
Proud people are wounded when others are promoted and they are overlooked.
Broken people are eager for others to get the credit; they rejoice when others are lifted up.
Proud people have a subconscious feeling, “This ministry/church is privileged to have me and my gifts”; they think of what they can do for God.
Broken people’s heart attitude is, “I don’t deserve to have a part in any ministry”; they know that they have nothing to offer God except the life of Jesus flowing through their broken lives.
Proud people feel confident in how much they know.
Broken people are humbled by how very much they have to learn.
Proud people are self-conscious.
Broken people are not concerned with self at all.
Proud people keep others at arms’ length.
Broken people are willing to risk getting close to others and to take risks of loving intimately.
Proud people are quick to blame others.
Broken people accept personal responsibility and can see where they are wrong in a situation.
Proud people are unapproachable or defensive when criticized.
Broken people receive criticism with a humble, open spirit.
Proud people are concerned with being respectable, with what others think; they work to protect their own image and reputation.
Broken people are concerned with being real; what matters to them is not what others think but what God knows; they are willing to die to their own reputation.
Proud people find it difficult to share their spiritual need with others.
Broken people are willing to be open and transparent with others as God directs.
Proud people want to be sure that no one finds out when they have sinned; their instinct is to cover up.
Broken people, once broken, don’t care who knows or who finds out; they are willing to be exposed because they have nothing to lose.
Proud people have a hard time saying, “I was wrong; will you please forgive me?”
Broken people are quick to admit failure and to seek forgiveness when necessary.
Proud people tend to deal in generalities when confessing sin.
Broken people are able to acknowledge specifics when confessing their sin.
Proud people are concerned about the consequences of their sin.
Broken people are grieved over the cause, the root of their sin.
Proud people are remorseful over their sin, sorry that they got found out or caught.
Broken people are truly, genuinely repentant over their sin, evidenced in the fact that they forsake that sin.
Proud people wait for the other to come and ask forgiveness when there is a misunderstanding or conflict in a relationship.
Broken people take the initiative to be reconciled when there is misunderstanding or conflict in relationships; they race to the cross; they see if they can get there first, no matter how wrong the other may have been.
Proud people compare themselves with others and feel worthy of honor.
Broken people compare themselves to the holiness of God and feel a desperate need for His mercy.
Proud people are blind to their true heart condition.
Broken people walk in the light.
Proud people don’t think they have anything to repent of.
Broken people realize they have need of a continual heart attitude of repentance.
Proud people don’t think they need revival, but they are sure that everyone else does.
Broken people continually sense their need for a fresh encounter with God and for a fresh filling of His Holy Spirit.
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission. www.TrueWoman.com
by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Proud people focus on the failures of others.
Broken people are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need.
Proud people have a critical, fault-finding spirit; they look at everyone else’s faults with a microscope but their own with a telescope.
Broken people are compassionate; they can forgive much because they know how much they have been forgiven.
Proud people are self-righteous; they look down on others.
Broken people esteem all others better than themselves.
Proud people have an independent, self-sufficient spirit.
Broken people have a dependent spirit; they recognize their need for others.
Proud people have to prove that they are right.
Broken people are willing to yield the right to be right.
Proud people claim rights; they have a demanding spirit.
Broken people yield their rights; they have a meek spirit.
Proud people are self-protective of their time, their rights, and their reputation.
Broken people are self-denying.
Proud people desire to be served.
Broken people are motivated to serve others.
Proud people desire to be a success.
Broken people are motivated to be faithful and to make others a success.
Proud people desire self-advancement.
Broken people desire to promote others.
Proud people have a drive to be recognized and appreciated.
Broken people have a sense of their own unworthiness; they are thrilled that God would use them at all.
Proud people are wounded when others are promoted and they are overlooked.
Broken people are eager for others to get the credit; they rejoice when others are lifted up.
Proud people have a subconscious feeling, “This ministry/church is privileged to have me and my gifts”; they think of what they can do for God.
Broken people’s heart attitude is, “I don’t deserve to have a part in any ministry”; they know that they have nothing to offer God except the life of Jesus flowing through their broken lives.
Proud people feel confident in how much they know.
Broken people are humbled by how very much they have to learn.
Proud people are self-conscious.
Broken people are not concerned with self at all.
Proud people keep others at arms’ length.
Broken people are willing to risk getting close to others and to take risks of loving intimately.
Proud people are quick to blame others.
Broken people accept personal responsibility and can see where they are wrong in a situation.
Proud people are unapproachable or defensive when criticized.
Broken people receive criticism with a humble, open spirit.
Proud people are concerned with being respectable, with what others think; they work to protect their own image and reputation.
Broken people are concerned with being real; what matters to them is not what others think but what God knows; they are willing to die to their own reputation.
Proud people find it difficult to share their spiritual need with others.
Broken people are willing to be open and transparent with others as God directs.
Proud people want to be sure that no one finds out when they have sinned; their instinct is to cover up.
Broken people, once broken, don’t care who knows or who finds out; they are willing to be exposed because they have nothing to lose.
Proud people have a hard time saying, “I was wrong; will you please forgive me?”
Broken people are quick to admit failure and to seek forgiveness when necessary.
Proud people tend to deal in generalities when confessing sin.
Broken people are able to acknowledge specifics when confessing their sin.
Proud people are concerned about the consequences of their sin.
Broken people are grieved over the cause, the root of their sin.
Proud people are remorseful over their sin, sorry that they got found out or caught.
Broken people are truly, genuinely repentant over their sin, evidenced in the fact that they forsake that sin.
Proud people wait for the other to come and ask forgiveness when there is a misunderstanding or conflict in a relationship.
Broken people take the initiative to be reconciled when there is misunderstanding or conflict in relationships; they race to the cross; they see if they can get there first, no matter how wrong the other may have been.
Proud people compare themselves with others and feel worthy of honor.
Broken people compare themselves to the holiness of God and feel a desperate need for His mercy.
Proud people are blind to their true heart condition.
Broken people walk in the light.
Proud people don’t think they have anything to repent of.
Broken people realize they have need of a continual heart attitude of repentance.
Proud people don’t think they need revival, but they are sure that everyone else does.
Broken people continually sense their need for a fresh encounter with God and for a fresh filling of His Holy Spirit.
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission. www.TrueWoman.com
Monday, March 7, 2011
Faith in the Dark
We, as women, are such emotional beings. It is so easy to get our focus off of Christ when we don't "feel" close to Him or when we don't "feel" like He loves us.
This devotional from Nancy Leigh DeMoss really encouraged my heart and gave me hope for something that I have recently struggled with.
So be encouraged, child of God!
~
"I'm reading the Bible and praying just like I used to, but for some
reason, I just don't sense God's presence. It seems like I'm talking
to myself. What's going on?"
There are times when God withholds the conscious
sense of His presence--times when God seems far away and less real. I
think that's because He wants us to walk by faith and seek Him with
all our hearts.
Isaiah described it this way: "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys
the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no
light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God."
If you're feel like you're walking in the dark today, let me
encourage you. Trust in the Lord, rely on God and keep going. God is
pleased with faith that's exercised in the darkness."
With Seeking Him, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
This devotional from Nancy Leigh DeMoss really encouraged my heart and gave me hope for something that I have recently struggled with.
So be encouraged, child of God!
~
"I'm reading the Bible and praying just like I used to, but for some
reason, I just don't sense God's presence. It seems like I'm talking
to myself. What's going on?"
There are times when God withholds the conscious
sense of His presence--times when God seems far away and less real. I
think that's because He wants us to walk by faith and seek Him with
all our hearts.
Isaiah described it this way: "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys
the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no
light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God."
If you're feel like you're walking in the dark today, let me
encourage you. Trust in the Lord, rely on God and keep going. God is
pleased with faith that's exercised in the darkness."
With Seeking Him, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
"It’s not your family that can satisfy you. God is the only one who can satisfy the deepest needs and longings of your heart. But if you want to be a truly fulfilled, happy woman—if God has called you to be a wife and mother—your greatest fulfillment will come through filling the role that God created for you." -Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Female Piety - John Angell James
"Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a certain amount of power for good or harm. Every woman, by her virtue or her vice, by her folly or her wisdom, by her levity or her dignity, is adding something to our national elevation or degradation. A community is not likely to be overthrown where woman fulfills her mission, for by the power of her noble heart over the hearts of others, she will raise that community from its ruins and restore it again to prosperity and joy."
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Truly Yours
Remember, ladies: We are His, with hearts and minds completely His. Women who love Him with a passion for His Name. We are His, truly His!
"Lord help us to stand firmly against the tide, not to be moved by the worlds raging waves.
Lord we want to shine throughout this darkened land, bearing the Light, the goodnews that our God saves!"
"Lord help us to stand firmly against the tide, not to be moved by the worlds raging waves.
Lord we want to shine throughout this darkened land, bearing the Light, the goodnews that our God saves!"
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Me, Lord, Single? Part 3
This excellent article by Carolyn McCulley speaks for itself! Please read and be encouraged!
The God Who Knows the End of Your Singleness
by Carolyn McCulley
The 12-year-old boy strode across the conference stage with complete assurance, oozing the precocious seriousness of youth that can strike adults as charmingly amusing. But any patronizing thoughts present were soon squashed as 3,000 adults heard the evangelistic heartbeat of God in the words of the young speaker. After giving his testimony of being adopted from a Romanian orphanage by his American parents and his subsequent adoption into the family of God when he trusted Jesus for his salvation, Gabriel Spiro outlined his hopes for his future.
“Since becoming a Christian, I’ve had the dream to attend the PDI Pastors College,” he said to spontaneous, thunderous applause. “I feel like God has called me to be trained and equipped so that I can go and help the poor people and the orphans that are still living in Romania. My desire is to start a PDI church there in Romania. I thank God that He has brought me to my family and to Covenant Life Church—my extended family. I pray that by His grace I’ll be able to be trained in character in order to fulfill the calling of God.”
Watching from the back row that steamy May evening, I gave silent thanks to God for the plans He has for singles and families alike. Eight years earlier, a single woman from my church had wrestled with God as He called her to overlook her own desires for marriage and children in order to serve a good friend during an international adoption process by traveling with her to Romania. “What would I gain?!” Charlotte Ennis recalls. “I’d have to spend my own money, put myself at personal risk, and watch someone else return with children. I would return with ... nothing.”
Then 36, Charlotte was not certain that God did have marriage and a family in her future. It certainly had been a long wait and her hope was waning. She had no idea that she was facilitating the adoption of a child whose presence would be a blessing to many more than his own family. She had no idea that this little boy would develop a strong passion for the local church before he even hit his teens, and that he would be a regular and fruitful part of his church’s evangelism ministry. She had no idea that one day this little boy would speak to a gathering of churches about their collective mission and be the highlight of the evening. Nor did Charlotte know that on the same evening Gabriel spoke, she would be married—a gift from God to her at age 39—and the mother of several children.
But the One who “makes known the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10) knew all of this, and it was His perfect plan that had been operating all along.
Moments like these are glimpses of the Lord’s sovereignty in action and treasures to be stored up in the hearts of single women especially. Only occasionally do we have the privilege of seeing so clearly how “in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). We should cherish and retell those evidences of God's grace to encourage and strengthen each other. Our Lord is not a random God: His plan includes blessing us but also making us a blessing to others.
I didn’t know Charlotte when she was single, but I do remember reading her testimony in our ministry magazine, one that was written just weeks prior to her wedding. At the time, I was 32, a fairly new Christian, and to be unflatteringly honest, horrified at the prospect of having to wait until 39 to be married. Now I am 37, a little less arrogant (hopefully), and grateful for Charlotte’s example. Last year in my church, a woman got married for the first time at 43. That pushed Charlotte’s benchmark out of the way and gave me six more years to hope, so to speak.
In my extended season of singleness, I’ve had the time to ponder the risks and rewards of singleness from the perspective of both a rank unbeliever in my twenties and as a chaste Christian in my thirties. As I write this, I have been praying over the demise of two Christian marriages I thought were trophies of God’s grace—both of which were shipwrecked over sexual sin committed by the husbands.
Many years ago, one of the men had asked me out. I had declined the relationship, and he went on to marry someone else while I remained single, but now I grieve for his wife and daughters as they wrestle with the nuclear fallout of a perverse and unlawful form of sexual sin. Though I do not mean to imply that God wasn’t good for allowing this woman to marry my friend, I can certainly see where He spared me the “many troubles in this life” (1 Corinthians 7:28b) in marriage by keeping me single and unencumbered.
Three times so far I’ve been privileged to see why He said no to my prayers asking Him for specific men to be my husband. In each case, it wasn’t too many years later that I discovered I had been spared inheriting some serious sexual sin. That is one of the benefits of being an older single— I’ve lived long enough to see what unconfessed and unrepentant sin does to wreck the dream of living “happily ever after.” Those sad moments make me appreciate the pleasant places where my boundary lines have fallen (Psalm 16:6).
Why is knowing God and embracing His sovereignty so important when we’re single? We have to keep in mind that we’ve received this gift of singleness from the pierced hand of the One who bore all of our sins—from unbelief as singles to selfishness as marrieds. We can be like Peter who initially rebuked Jesus for His humiliating, yet glorious, plan of redemption, or we can be like Mary, who came to accept His plan and purposes and demonstrated it in the costly outpouring of perfume in anticipation of His burial. Confident of the Lord’s good plan for our lives, we can emulate Mary and spend our treasures (youth, dreams, desires) to further His purposes on this earth.
More importantly, when we are almost faint under the strain and worry of wondering if singleness is to be forever, we need to be reminded that there is an end to singleness: One day we will be at the wedding feast of the Lamb and we will be His bride. Even if we receive the gift of marriage on this side of heaven, that’s not our ultimate goal. It is a shadow and a type of what is planned for eternity and, like all things on this earth, it will have its conclusion in death.
Our Father knows the time when earthly gifts will be distributed and when they will be no more; He knows, as well, when the heavenly wedding feast will commence. We can blissfully rest in the knowledge that the future is better than anything we think we’ve missed now: Jesus is preparing us for the eternal rewards and eternal joys of a future He’s told us is too inexpressible for us to understand.
For His purposes, and within His covenant to always do us good (Jeremiah 33:40), He has declared for us that being single now and into the foreseeable future is His very best. He desires that we overflow with hope as we trust in Him (Romans 15:13) and His sovereignty in this season—redefining hope from hoping in a particular gift from God to trusting the God of hope unreservedly.
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
The God Who Knows the End of Your Singleness
by Carolyn McCulley
The 12-year-old boy strode across the conference stage with complete assurance, oozing the precocious seriousness of youth that can strike adults as charmingly amusing. But any patronizing thoughts present were soon squashed as 3,000 adults heard the evangelistic heartbeat of God in the words of the young speaker. After giving his testimony of being adopted from a Romanian orphanage by his American parents and his subsequent adoption into the family of God when he trusted Jesus for his salvation, Gabriel Spiro outlined his hopes for his future.
“Since becoming a Christian, I’ve had the dream to attend the PDI Pastors College,” he said to spontaneous, thunderous applause. “I feel like God has called me to be trained and equipped so that I can go and help the poor people and the orphans that are still living in Romania. My desire is to start a PDI church there in Romania. I thank God that He has brought me to my family and to Covenant Life Church—my extended family. I pray that by His grace I’ll be able to be trained in character in order to fulfill the calling of God.”
Watching from the back row that steamy May evening, I gave silent thanks to God for the plans He has for singles and families alike. Eight years earlier, a single woman from my church had wrestled with God as He called her to overlook her own desires for marriage and children in order to serve a good friend during an international adoption process by traveling with her to Romania. “What would I gain?!” Charlotte Ennis recalls. “I’d have to spend my own money, put myself at personal risk, and watch someone else return with children. I would return with ... nothing.”
Then 36, Charlotte was not certain that God did have marriage and a family in her future. It certainly had been a long wait and her hope was waning. She had no idea that she was facilitating the adoption of a child whose presence would be a blessing to many more than his own family. She had no idea that this little boy would develop a strong passion for the local church before he even hit his teens, and that he would be a regular and fruitful part of his church’s evangelism ministry. She had no idea that one day this little boy would speak to a gathering of churches about their collective mission and be the highlight of the evening. Nor did Charlotte know that on the same evening Gabriel spoke, she would be married—a gift from God to her at age 39—and the mother of several children.
But the One who “makes known the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10) knew all of this, and it was His perfect plan that had been operating all along.
Moments like these are glimpses of the Lord’s sovereignty in action and treasures to be stored up in the hearts of single women especially. Only occasionally do we have the privilege of seeing so clearly how “in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). We should cherish and retell those evidences of God's grace to encourage and strengthen each other. Our Lord is not a random God: His plan includes blessing us but also making us a blessing to others.
I didn’t know Charlotte when she was single, but I do remember reading her testimony in our ministry magazine, one that was written just weeks prior to her wedding. At the time, I was 32, a fairly new Christian, and to be unflatteringly honest, horrified at the prospect of having to wait until 39 to be married. Now I am 37, a little less arrogant (hopefully), and grateful for Charlotte’s example. Last year in my church, a woman got married for the first time at 43. That pushed Charlotte’s benchmark out of the way and gave me six more years to hope, so to speak.
In my extended season of singleness, I’ve had the time to ponder the risks and rewards of singleness from the perspective of both a rank unbeliever in my twenties and as a chaste Christian in my thirties. As I write this, I have been praying over the demise of two Christian marriages I thought were trophies of God’s grace—both of which were shipwrecked over sexual sin committed by the husbands.
Many years ago, one of the men had asked me out. I had declined the relationship, and he went on to marry someone else while I remained single, but now I grieve for his wife and daughters as they wrestle with the nuclear fallout of a perverse and unlawful form of sexual sin. Though I do not mean to imply that God wasn’t good for allowing this woman to marry my friend, I can certainly see where He spared me the “many troubles in this life” (1 Corinthians 7:28b) in marriage by keeping me single and unencumbered.
Three times so far I’ve been privileged to see why He said no to my prayers asking Him for specific men to be my husband. In each case, it wasn’t too many years later that I discovered I had been spared inheriting some serious sexual sin. That is one of the benefits of being an older single— I’ve lived long enough to see what unconfessed and unrepentant sin does to wreck the dream of living “happily ever after.” Those sad moments make me appreciate the pleasant places where my boundary lines have fallen (Psalm 16:6).
Why is knowing God and embracing His sovereignty so important when we’re single? We have to keep in mind that we’ve received this gift of singleness from the pierced hand of the One who bore all of our sins—from unbelief as singles to selfishness as marrieds. We can be like Peter who initially rebuked Jesus for His humiliating, yet glorious, plan of redemption, or we can be like Mary, who came to accept His plan and purposes and demonstrated it in the costly outpouring of perfume in anticipation of His burial. Confident of the Lord’s good plan for our lives, we can emulate Mary and spend our treasures (youth, dreams, desires) to further His purposes on this earth.
More importantly, when we are almost faint under the strain and worry of wondering if singleness is to be forever, we need to be reminded that there is an end to singleness: One day we will be at the wedding feast of the Lamb and we will be His bride. Even if we receive the gift of marriage on this side of heaven, that’s not our ultimate goal. It is a shadow and a type of what is planned for eternity and, like all things on this earth, it will have its conclusion in death.
Our Father knows the time when earthly gifts will be distributed and when they will be no more; He knows, as well, when the heavenly wedding feast will commence. We can blissfully rest in the knowledge that the future is better than anything we think we’ve missed now: Jesus is preparing us for the eternal rewards and eternal joys of a future He’s told us is too inexpressible for us to understand.
For His purposes, and within His covenant to always do us good (Jeremiah 33:40), He has declared for us that being single now and into the foreseeable future is His very best. He desires that we overflow with hope as we trust in Him (Romans 15:13) and His sovereignty in this season—redefining hope from hoping in a particular gift from God to trusting the God of hope unreservedly.
© Revive Our Hearts. Used with permission from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Me, Lord, Single? Part Two
Rose From Brier ~ By Amy Carmichael
Thou hast not that, My child, but thou hast Me,
And am not I alone enough for thee?
I know it all, know how thy heart was set
Upon this joy which is not given yet.
And well I know how through the wistful days
Thou walkest all the dear familiar ways,
As unregarded as a breath of air,
But there in love and longing, always there!
I know it all; but from thy brier shall blow
A rose for others. If it were not so
I would have told thee. Come then, say to Me:
My Lord, my Love, I am content with Thee.
Thou hast not that, My child, but thou hast Me,
And am not I alone enough for thee?
I know it all, know how thy heart was set
Upon this joy which is not given yet.
And well I know how through the wistful days
Thou walkest all the dear familiar ways,
As unregarded as a breath of air,
But there in love and longing, always there!
I know it all; but from thy brier shall blow
A rose for others. If it were not so
I would have told thee. Come then, say to Me:
My Lord, my Love, I am content with Thee.
My Lord, my Love, I am content with Thee.
Am I? Am I content with the Lord? Is He alone enough to satisfy me and the desires of my heart? Psalm 73:25-26 is such a beautiful picture of this: "Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Nothing on this earth can satisfy me like Christ does. I must say with Habakkuk, verses 17-19,
"Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,
Yet I will exult in the Lord,
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds' feet,
And makes me walk on my high places."
I have a decision to make. I will either choose to be discontent and ungrateful for the season of life God has me in, OR I will choose to "rejoice in the God of my salvation" and "exult in the Lord." What will you choose?
6 O'Clock Club!
Here is a verse to encourage you if you are waking up early to meet with the Lord:
"In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there." - Mark 1:35
"In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there." - Mark 1:35
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Me, Lord, Single? Part One
"God has made us for Himself, and our hearts can never know rest and perfect satisfaction until they find it in Him." - Hannah Hurnard
It seems like the older I get, the more people around me are getting married. Actually, it's hard to go anywhere without seeing couples, old and young (and some way too young!) spending time together and enjoying one another. As Valentines day quickly approaches, I know I'll be seeing even more of them with the addition of roses, hearts, and candy! Everything seems to be lost in a sea of pink, red, and white...
Another holiday...
Another year with the status: single...
...But am I really single?
Let's take a look at what the word "single" means.
Merriam Webster's online dictionary defines the adjective "single" first as "unmarried." This is an obvious. I do fall under that category of "single." However, the second definition caught my eye: "unaccompanied by others, lone, sole." Hmmm. Doesn't sound like me.
Although I don't have the earthly love and attention of a man, I do have the undeniable, incomprehensible, unconditional love of God.
But will I allow that to be enough for me? Will it satisfy me?
One time, long ago, Jesus choose to leave Judea, the area in which He was ministering, and travel to Galilee. Now Judea was near the south of Israel and Galilee was near the north. You may be thinking that since Israel is not that big of a country, this trip wouldn't be too much trouble. However, we have to remember there were no means of transportation at this time except for traveling by donkey or most likely on foot. Also, there's something else we have to remember: the Jewish people hated Samaritans, and Samaria sat smack-dab in the middle of Judea and Galilee. This presented a problem for the Jews which they were determined to solve by taking a much longer, much more dangerous trip over mountains and deserts and rivers, risking their lives just so that they would not have to place one sandal on Samarian soil!
But do you think Jesus was going to make this trip?
Nope!
Let's look at John 4:4 and following, "And He (Jesus) had to pass through Samaria. So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar...and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well."
Did you catch those words "had to pass through Samaria." No He didn't! He could have taken the long route! He could have saved Himself from the upturned noses and disdained glances of those who despised the Samaritans. But no! Jesus was on a mission. He was walking from Judea straight through Samaria to Galiee because He had a divine appointment with a thirsty Samaritan woman.
Let's see what happens:
"There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, 'Give Me a drink.' For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, 'How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?' (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
"Jesus said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, "Give Me a drink," you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.' She said to Him, 'Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?' Jesus answered and said to her, 'Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.'
"The woman said to Him, 'Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.' He said to her, 'Go call your husband and come here.' The woman answered Him and said, 'I have no husband.' Jesus said to her, 'You have correctly said, "I have no husband;" for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.'...The woman said to Him, 'I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.'
"Jesus said to her, 'I who speak to you am He.'"
I love this story! It is such a beautiful picture of Christ's heart for the lost! Jesus had to pass through Samaria because there was a woman whose life was so empty; a woman who was trying to quench all the thirsts in her life through relationship after relationship, but never finding satisfaction. Jesus offered her the Living Water: Himself, that she would drink and be forever satisfied.
Jesus offers us that same Living Water. He says in Matthew 11:28, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."
If you are single and reading this, Jesus is asking you, He is commanding you because He desires to grant you salvation, to come to Him and find your satisfaction in Him alone.
If you are married, He requires the same, for no human spouse can fulfill you.
Only in Jesus is found "the fullness of Him who fills all in all." (Ephesians1:23)
Let Him satisfy you. Choose to obey Psalm 37:4 which says, "Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart."
Remember the words of one young man, "There is One that is more in love with you than any man can ever be. Your are incredibly valuable to Him, and you never need question His commitment to you. He thinks you're beautiful in the morning without your makeup, and He'll think our just as beautiful when you're 80. He is Christ, and you should treat Him with the loyalty and respect of a Husband. There is no need to attract a man to you - Christ will lead the right man to you, and when someone that loves you as much as Christ arranges a marriage, you may rest assured it will be far better than anything you could have done. You are HIS - be content there."
"It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desire which He creates." - Amy Carmichael, missionary to India.
It seems like the older I get, the more people around me are getting married. Actually, it's hard to go anywhere without seeing couples, old and young (and some way too young!) spending time together and enjoying one another. As Valentines day quickly approaches, I know I'll be seeing even more of them with the addition of roses, hearts, and candy! Everything seems to be lost in a sea of pink, red, and white...
Another holiday...
Another year with the status: single...
...But am I really single?
Let's take a look at what the word "single" means.
Merriam Webster's online dictionary defines the adjective "single" first as "unmarried." This is an obvious. I do fall under that category of "single." However, the second definition caught my eye: "unaccompanied by others, lone, sole." Hmmm. Doesn't sound like me.
Although I don't have the earthly love and attention of a man, I do have the undeniable, incomprehensible, unconditional love of God.
But will I allow that to be enough for me? Will it satisfy me?
One time, long ago, Jesus choose to leave Judea, the area in which He was ministering, and travel to Galilee. Now Judea was near the south of Israel and Galilee was near the north. You may be thinking that since Israel is not that big of a country, this trip wouldn't be too much trouble. However, we have to remember there were no means of transportation at this time except for traveling by donkey or most likely on foot. Also, there's something else we have to remember: the Jewish people hated Samaritans, and Samaria sat smack-dab in the middle of Judea and Galilee. This presented a problem for the Jews which they were determined to solve by taking a much longer, much more dangerous trip over mountains and deserts and rivers, risking their lives just so that they would not have to place one sandal on Samarian soil!
But do you think Jesus was going to make this trip?
Nope!
Let's look at John 4:4 and following, "And He (Jesus) had to pass through Samaria. So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar...and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well."
Did you catch those words "had to pass through Samaria." No He didn't! He could have taken the long route! He could have saved Himself from the upturned noses and disdained glances of those who despised the Samaritans. But no! Jesus was on a mission. He was walking from Judea straight through Samaria to Galiee because He had a divine appointment with a thirsty Samaritan woman.
Let's see what happens:
"There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, 'Give Me a drink.' For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, 'How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?' (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
"Jesus said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, "Give Me a drink," you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.' She said to Him, 'Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?' Jesus answered and said to her, 'Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.'
"The woman said to Him, 'Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.' He said to her, 'Go call your husband and come here.' The woman answered Him and said, 'I have no husband.' Jesus said to her, 'You have correctly said, "I have no husband;" for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.'...The woman said to Him, 'I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.'
"Jesus said to her, 'I who speak to you am He.'"
I love this story! It is such a beautiful picture of Christ's heart for the lost! Jesus had to pass through Samaria because there was a woman whose life was so empty; a woman who was trying to quench all the thirsts in her life through relationship after relationship, but never finding satisfaction. Jesus offered her the Living Water: Himself, that she would drink and be forever satisfied.
Jesus offers us that same Living Water. He says in Matthew 11:28, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."
If you are single and reading this, Jesus is asking you, He is commanding you because He desires to grant you salvation, to come to Him and find your satisfaction in Him alone.
If you are married, He requires the same, for no human spouse can fulfill you.
Only in Jesus is found "the fullness of Him who fills all in all." (Ephesians1:23)
Let Him satisfy you. Choose to obey Psalm 37:4 which says, "Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart."
Remember the words of one young man, "There is One that is more in love with you than any man can ever be. Your are incredibly valuable to Him, and you never need question His commitment to you. He thinks you're beautiful in the morning without your makeup, and He'll think our just as beautiful when you're 80. He is Christ, and you should treat Him with the loyalty and respect of a Husband. There is no need to attract a man to you - Christ will lead the right man to you, and when someone that loves you as much as Christ arranges a marriage, you may rest assured it will be far better than anything you could have done. You are HIS - be content there."
"It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desire which He creates." - Amy Carmichael, missionary to India.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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Ladies! I am excited to share with you "The 5 O'Clock Club" from the Carolyn Mahaney and her daughters over at the girltalk! blog! They are challenging women, especially in this new year, to wake up early to meet with Jesus in His Word and in prayer. I just joined yesterday and hope you would consider it, too! With our lives so busy and so many activities going on, it is critical that we set aside time to cultivate our relationship with the Lover of our souls: Jesus! He deserves and must receive our utmost devotion!
So, please join me in this adventure! Whether you are single and busy with many activities, a young mother who struggles to find time for devotions between diaper changing and meal prep, or an older woman who needs to be preparing her heart to share the truths of the Gospel with the younger generation, this club is for you. You don't have to rise at 5:00am! It can be any early time that allows you a solitude with your Savior! I hope you join and are blessed!
Psalm 119:2, "How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart."
CLICK on the link above!
Ladies! I am excited to share with you "The 5 O'Clock Club" from the Carolyn Mahaney and her daughters over at the girltalk! blog! They are challenging women, especially in this new year, to wake up early to meet with Jesus in His Word and in prayer. I just joined yesterday and hope you would consider it, too! With our lives so busy and so many activities going on, it is critical that we set aside time to cultivate our relationship with the Lover of our souls: Jesus! He deserves and must receive our utmost devotion!
So, please join me in this adventure! Whether you are single and busy with many activities, a young mother who struggles to find time for devotions between diaper changing and meal prep, or an older woman who needs to be preparing her heart to share the truths of the Gospel with the younger generation, this club is for you. You don't have to rise at 5:00am! It can be any early time that allows you a solitude with your Savior! I hope you join and are blessed!
Psalm 119:2, "How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart."
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