tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28530134125385901602024-03-13T11:34:59.866-07:00Encouragement For WomenA place for Christian women to be encouraged by each other through God's word. Madeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666135062785686931noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-1978041076398267852017-09-21T09:35:00.001-07:002017-10-21T11:22:17.213-07:00Grace Immersion<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Once you understand the depths of God’s grace, everything changes, from your manners to your activities — and not because someone nagged you either. Because of your new relationship, you’ll be changed by love.</span></span></blockquote>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-62045941620647037332016-12-11T00:00:00.000-08:002016-12-11T00:00:18.191-08:00Sermon on the Mount Bible Study Week Nine<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why is DOING the Word so important? ( I’m still pondering this one. There’s no </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">one</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> correct answer, lots to be considered here.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How does your prayer life measure up to the emphasis placed on this prayer? Where do you fall short? Too earthly focused?</span></div>
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</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-56829335478365984322016-10-30T00:00:00.001-07:002016-10-30T00:00:11.073-07:00Sermon on the Mount Bible Study Week Four<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 4- Matt 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Define meekness. [Challenge yourself by looking up the Vine’s Expository Dictionary definition.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is this a characteristic that is celebrated now? What are some words that come to mind that are opposite of meekness?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read Psalm 37 and contrast the wicked to the righteous/meek</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who else describes Himself as meek in Matt 11:28-30?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are ways that a Christian can model meekness in a power hungry world?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How backwards is this concept of someone who is meek inheriting the earth? Power and position are the focus of most people. How does meekness transform our hearts? Have you been transformed by it? </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-24071672528510122132016-10-30T00:00:00.000-07:002016-10-30T00:00:01.446-07:00Sermon on the Mount Bible Study Week Three<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day 3- Matt 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Define mourn: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What in life is most common to mourn over?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is Jesus saying we should be mourning over?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is your view of your sin? Are you ever disgusted by it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Look up these verses and write what they say about how costly our sin is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jesus is speaking to His followers about their spiritually bankrupt state and their sin that has separated them from God. He is showing them that their sin needs to be repented of and cast aside. He uses the word mourn, not saddened, because our sin is horrible and makes relationship with a holy God impossible. With that in mind, is mourning over your sin a one-time thing that leads to repentance, never to be considered again? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is there any sin over which you are currently mourning and fighting for victory?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ask God to reveal any sin in your life over which you should be mourning:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How are those who mourn comforted? (It’s ok to write your own verse references)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Going Deeper- Consider how many hymns give a stanza to the goodness of God in dealing with our sin. Write out the titles of the hymns that address this. Why do you think this many hymn writers saw the need to praise God for dealing with their sin?</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-32820137109955934162016-10-29T21:00:00.000-07:002016-10-29T21:00:23.725-07:00Sermon on the Mount Bible Study Week Two<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 2- Matt. 5:1-3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imagine the scene, the excitement! According to the end of chapter 4, Jesus has been healing and drawing crowds, and now they have come all the way out to a mountainside to hear Him and He opens with…what?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matt 5:3-Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What? Here Jesus has done miracles, showed power and amassed a following and this is how He starts His teaching? Jesus goes for the deepest issue of every person to walk the earth-the spiritual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Define “blessed”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look up the Greek word for “poor”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what does it mean to be poor in spirit? Is this a one-time realization, or a continuing one? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is this how you would describe yourself in the past or now? Why or why not?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let’s consider Luke 18:9-14. Here Jesus describes 2 different people and their approach to God - one prideful and the other with an accurate view of himself. Make a list of everything the Pharisee does/says and what the Publican does/says. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is being poor in spirit a NT concept only?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does Isaiah 66:1-2 have to say about being poor in spirit?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does Psalm 51:17 say about a contrite spirit?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are the poor in spirit said to inherit? How does that line up to what you receive when you receive Christ as your Lord and Savior, and the ONLY one who can redeem you from your bankrupt state?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How does Romans 5:6, 8, & 10 describe a person before they receive Christ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now contrast the church of Smyrna in Revelation 2:8-11 and the church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22. How are they addressed? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which church do you relate more to?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think on how you view God- How it is that you approach Him? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you realize that you are spiritually bankrupt and have nothing in yourself with which to come to Him?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What great encouragement Jesus gives those who have a truthful view of themselves apart from Him. Blessed are you, He says! Take time to ponder how blessed you are in this truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going Deeper-What do you think is different between inheriting heaven vs the kingdom of heaven? </span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-28255885447772907122016-10-29T20:30:00.000-07:002016-10-29T20:30:04.492-07:00Sermon on the Mount Bible Study Week One<h3 style="text-align: center;">
Thank you for willingly doing this study with me! I mean that. The Sermon on the Mount addresses many heart issues that are not easy to shine the light of the Word on. Please know that this is not meant to be an exhaustive study in the Sermon on the Mount. We really could spend the entire 9 weeks just in the Beatitudes! But Jesus gave us more teaching and expanded on the Beatitudes, so we can glean from it all. The first few weeks are the heaviest in homework and then it starts to thin out a bit, so don’t hate me for the first few weeks. I’m excited to walk through this study with you and excited to revisit different questions as the Lord has His way in our hearts and lives during the next few months. <i>-Madeleine</i></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How do you view and approach God? Stop there and consider this. Really, stop. The rest of this study doesn’t matter if you don’t stop and stare this in the face and consider, “How do I view and approach God?” See, I think that if you try to cover up your true tendency, it will become glaringly obvious as you consider this sermon. We’ll ask this at the end as well, and see if anything has changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Read Matt 5-7</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where is this sermon given?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Any recurring themes that you notice?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What does “disciple” mean? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you a disciple?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In looking at this text as a whole, what strikes you? Or stands out?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What confuses you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is there any part that seems odd, or out of place? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Going Deeper- Consider what the model of a righteous person had been up to now. Read Matt 23 and list all the works for which the Pharisees were known. How is Jesus’ teaching different?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-80877625649609366372016-10-29T19:37:00.000-07:002016-10-29T19:37:10.304-07:00Encouragement for Women Group - Facebook<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<b>The Encouragement for Women Group is still on Facebook!</b></h2>
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It is a closed group, please send a request (through facebook) to join. The group is a support group for Christian women. If you are not a woman, you cannot join. If you are not a Christian the support you receive would be from a Christian perspective and if you do not agree with a Biblical perspective, you would not fully benefit from joining the group.<br />
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<b><u>Currently on Facebook:</u></b><br />
Some of us are going through the Sermon on the Mount Bible Study.<br />
We are finishing week three. We are taking two weeks for each week of the study. One to read and the second for discussion. Please feel free to jump right in! We will be starting week four Sunday (tomorrow 10/30/16). All the weeks of the study are in the Files section of Facebook.<br />
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<b><u>Here on Blogger:</u></b><br />
I am in the process of updating the blog and getting the Sermon on the Mount Study up on the blog as well.<br />
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Glad to be back!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-77506751909968228312016-10-29T18:45:00.000-07:002017-05-16T09:08:16.532-07:00Sermon on the Mount Bible Study<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“The Sermon on the Mount is a teaching that I personally return to every few years. Each time my in-depth study seems to scrape away layers of my own sinfulness and selfishness-it’s painful but a needed pruning! The Beattitudes are the foundation for the rest of Jesus’ teaching and need to be understood as the launching point for everything else. When I have allowed these “blesseds” to search my heart and mind I am much better able to comprehend the rest of chapters 5-7, and do not see the difficult passages as so divisive. When I was before the Lord in prayer on where to take the Women’s Ministry I help lead the Sermon on the Mount was impressed upon me, so this is the result of all the Lord crafted this summer. We have greatly enjoyed the study, in that painful kind of way, in our two Bible Study times with our church. The discussion has been rich and application based, as we pursue the Lord and work out our salvation. " </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A few things about the study. Please do not turn to commentaries if you’re confused by a passage. Instead, pray and ask the Lord to teach you, by His Holy Spirit. Chewing and working it out in light of everything else you know of the Word is a discipline that will bear fruit. Also, do not be discouraged by the amount of work. Do what you can. Try and chew on the different verses each day by returning to them at lunch and dinner. You will be surprised by how much you retain. The Lord WANTS us to know Him and His Word is the way we are able to see Him (John <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1197709286" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5:39</span></span>) so expect Him to teach you and show you wonderful things found in His Word as you study!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">May we all continue to press on and into Jesus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>-Madeleine</i></span><br />
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<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/10/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-one.html" target="_blank">Week One</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/10/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-two.html" target="_blank">Week Two</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/10/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-three.html" target="_blank">Week Three</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/10/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-four.html" target="_blank">Week Four</a><a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/11/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-five.html" target="_blank">Week Five</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/11/sermon-on-mount-bibile-study-week-six.html" target="_blank">Week Six</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/11/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-seven.html" target="_blank">Week Seven</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/12/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-eight.html" target="_blank">Week Eight</a><br />
<a href="https://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2016/12/sermon-on-mount-bible-study-week-nine.html" target="_blank">Week Nine</a></h4>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017578083051676372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-75403749948996496982014-09-08T23:04:00.001-07:002014-09-08T23:04:20.754-07:00Noteworthy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, you may have noticed I haven't posted in a super long time. That is easy to explain. I have been going through some rough times. I had a great "mountain top experience" when I first began to read the devotional from Ann Voskamp, then I flopped down into the valley. I have been kicking rocks around and dragging my heels there. I sense a return hike to the ridge, where I can get a better view of my life. Each time I read God's word, hope returns. I feel so much more in tune. I do hope to get my Heart Bible Study together, but I see now that I am not through my own heart transformation yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, as I am trying to get into the groove AGAIN of actually daily reading God's word I have a challenge for myself and for you. Here goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do not expect to accomplish this challenge in one day. Unless you happen to be single and have much time to devote to this task at once. Go through your Bible, purse, Bible book cover, desk, etc. Find all, yes all of your notes. These can be scrawled in the margins of your Bible, on scraps of paper, receipts, bookmarks, bulletins, you name it, we all have them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Begin to categorize them by theme, passage of scripture, etc. See what God has been speaking to you. All those, "Aha!" moments. Once they are organized into some way, begin to rewrite them. Write them in a narrative from first, second or third person. Or as from God to you. Or perhaps write them as an essay or a timeline. But, do take the time to put all of them together, like a puzzle to see what you find.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I plan to do a blog post about them. Maybe you would rather just tweet them individually, that would be cool too. The goal is to find a pattern or theme, what is God trying to get through to us? We have all these notes crammed into places that most of us never read again after we write them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you do a post, or find yourself doing multiple posts about your notes, please link back to this original post or leave a message with a link to yours. If you tweet, please use the #noteworthy hashtag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In Christ,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elizabeth </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Well ladies, it has been quite some time since I have been at the keyboard with a desire to commit to this blog. Life gets messy and my heart has been "clogged" with selfishness. God is doing amazing things and I am on a changing scene. K.P. Yohanan of Gospel for Asia says, "there's nothing God can't do with a willing heart."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The yahoo group fizzled long ago, as you can read below. I have begun a Google+ page where we can sometime soon begin online chats, Bible studies and have a place to communicate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I finally figured out how to get back into my Yahoo Group account! So, now we'll be back online at some point. I'll keep you posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Great question. Well, lamely there is only but one excuse. I forgot about it. I think leaving the Facebook scene really limited the number of people who were interested in logging into <i>one more thing </i>for a Bible Study or Chat. Somewhere along the line I forgot my login name and password. Then we moved, I took a road trip with my boys to visit my Mom and on it went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you were a faithful follower or a curious one to drop in from time to time, please forgive my negligence. I truly hoped it would become a great online community opportunity for those of us not involved already in a Woman's small group. If I can figure out my login information and there is a renewed interest, it might get going again. Lord, let your will be done in us. :-) </span></div>
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She turned to Cao Dai, her Vietnamese religion, for answers. But they didn't come.</div>
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One day, while visiting a library, Phuc found a Bible. For the first time, she started believing her life had a plan. (read the full story <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57446063/ap-napalm-girl-photo-from-vietnam-war-turns-40/">here</a>)</div>
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This is a portion of Kim's story. She was the little girl in that dreadful pictured seared into our minds from Vietnam of the little naked girl crying as she is running from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm">Napalm</a> melting her forest safe haven. </div>
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If you would like to know more about Kim Phuc, you should check out her <a href="http://kimfoundation.com/modules/contentpage/index.php?file=intro.htm">foundation website</a>. She has dedicated herself to helping the healing process for other children who are victims of war.</div>
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<i>Thank you Lord that Kim found your word and was able to release all the anger and bitterness in her heart. Help each of us to do the same thing everyday.</i> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> From the kitchen my ears over heard a voice from an episode of Top Shot Season Two (my husband & boys love this show): "...What can really ruin a marksman is overconfidence." Which spun my cogs to thinking, "what can really ruin a _______ is under-confidence (which by the way is not an actual word), so what I should be thinking is "lack of confidence". The word over- as a prefix to a word carries the meanings; so as to exceed or surpass, excessive, to an excessive degree, says Merriam-Webster. Below or short of some quantity, level or limit is their definition for the word under when used in combinations with words such as underachieve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Welcome to my own personal struggle. Not being overconfident. Proud, yes. But not in that "be true to your school" kind of proud, the ugly pride kind. I somehow lack a healthy quota of confidence. I know that I am important, have self worth and am a contributing member of society, yet there go I with my head sometimes hanging low. I'm well adept at hiding this flaw to those outside of my immediate family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I find myself competing with and comparing myself to every other woman, wife, mother. Sometimes I just can't stack up. (We are supposed to compliment one another in the body of Christ, not compete...) How exhausting this can be. The past four years I have packed on some pounds and struggled to take them off, then put them back on. It seems to be the plight of many a woman. My home doesn't reflect the hours I've spent watching HGTV or reading The Fly Lady. Though I have poured over "How to Be the Best Parent Ever" kind of books, I'm flailing some days at how to get through the day. Don't get me started on being a wife. I began counseling this year for that. That is a whole different post. :-) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I have been trying to teach the principle of "others first" to my children. Serving others before yourself, thinking of others before yourself and the like. Somewhere on my life journey I forgot to care about myself. Somewhere in those sleepy-eyed nursing years of when have I eaten or showered days of Motherhood 101 I lost it. I haven't gotten "it" back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> So, if you're sitting there saying, "yeah, me too"... then be encouraged that you and I can be redeemed from this mess we find ourselves in. The redeeming is from our Lord and Savior, Jesus. He created us for grand and beautiful things. Not to be over-confident and ruin our marksmanship (remember sin means to miss the mark), but to be confident knowing we are heirs with Christ. Confindent that God's promises are for us and have a real impact on our everyday living. I have found the times that I am struggling to make God my priority, everything else crumbles. My confidence has crumbled because I fail to have my heart and head guarded by God's word. Join me in making that the priority. Join me in holding your head high as a member of God's family. As one Pastor I heard once say, "As a daughter of the King".</span></div>
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With but a few days before the Autumnal Equinox I savor in our NorCal "Indian Summer". This comes fresh each day with bountiful fog (which is nectar for the Redwoods) and then an afternoon of expectant sunshine surprise. This summer for me with my travels and personal "journey" has been a tousled sea of arid, dry, anxiety, stress, fog (both real and emotional), surprises, adventures and times of spiritual drought. <br />
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To this I make this minute post. I have so much to say about "this long strange trip", but not really the right words to put it plainly or descriptively. A close friend recently said perhaps all this "unravelling" I am experiencing is to bring me to that place of surrendered "control". Which really is a cramp on my style, being a hoarder of control. I am glad to know, that despite my ability to completely understand and grasp it in my hour of desperation - God really has "the whole world in His hands" and I can rest assure in that.<br />
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Upon reading this I entreat you to pray, pray, pray for my family and I. We all have our seasons, to be sure. I just wish my extended dance mix versions were of the happy, groove to tunes and not the melodramatic weary ones. <br />
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Looking forward to being able to put all this in words and how God works through this time in my life to benefit other women on their life journeys.</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-17019641522291652542011-06-14T08:02:00.000-07:002011-06-14T08:06:06.911-07:00Sress Vs. Pressure<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I recently attended a Ladies Retreat and the speaker chose to hit on a few topics that were very real in our lives. My first thought was how brave she was to speak on such topics that are normally taboo, like stress, anger, bitterness, etc. Then as I listened it was an immeasurable blessing to finally have Scriptures and tools to help face some of these issues in my own life. This past year was one of the more difficult ones to live through, but with God’s grace and this retreat there were more victories than failures.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">At this particular time I’d like to share what I learned about stress. The first thing I need to do is break it down and define it. We need to separate “pressure” from “stress”. Defined, pressure is the external circumstances in our lives. For example… car breaks down, health issues, unemployment, elderly parents, financial struggles, and so on. In God’s providence, He allows these trials and testings to strengthen us. (James 1:2-4) Defined, stress is the internal result of not handling pressure bibilically. Let’s take a new approach and make a distinction between pressure and stress.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Pressure plus the right response equals peace. And pressure plus the wrong response equals stress.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here in America we often hear the term “stressors”. We should question this idea. Why? It gives us someone or something to blame. This in turn gives us an excuse not to deal with the real issue of our response to these pressures in life. People and situations CAN add pressure BUT they CANNOT cause stress! The answer is our response to the pressure! God <u>is </u>enough to deal with the pressures we face in life.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Let’s look at a couple “Biblical Case Studies”.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We see the success of Joseph in Genesis 34-41. Joseph is pressured due to sins committed against him. Those pressures were real- jealousy, slavery, prison, and dreams. Joseph’s focus is on God and others, and consistently displayed a heart of humility. We also see his response to those pressures in the names he chose for his sons. Manasseh means “God made me forget my toil”, and Ephraim means “God made me fruitful in the land of my affliction”. In Numbers 11:10-15 we see the failure of Moses. Moses is pressured due to God’s calling just three days out from Mt. Sinai. The pressures were very real- leadership, wilderness, and needs. Moses’ focus was not on God, or the people, BUT on himself! He displayed a heart of pride in verse 11. When we are stressed we lose our perspective. He lost sight of the real attributes of our Great God. The lessons we can learn from Joseph and Moses are actually simple. Pressure plus the right response equals inner peace and personal growth. Pressure plus the wrong response equals stress and sinful behavior!</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">What causes pressure to turn into stress? A wrong view of God can. Take a look at Job 42:2, “I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.” We MUST trust Him. Secondly a wrong view of ourselves can. Take a look at Jeremiah 18:1-6, “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: ‘Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.’ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ‘O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?’ says the Lord. ‘Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!’.” We MUST trust Him. And thirdly a wrong focus of our attention can turn pressure into stress. Look at 2 Corinthians 5:9, “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.”</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Now what? We look to our resources… </span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Consider stress to be a warning sign. Something is wrong with our heart. (James 1:22-25) We must be in our Scriptures daily. </span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Evaluate your expectations. (Philippians 4:11-13) Every desire we have must be held with an open hand, our Sovereign God knows what should happen. </span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Don’t take criticism personally. (Matthew 7:3-5) </span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Take ONE day a time! (Matthew 6:33-34) </span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Examine your priorities. (Proverbs 3:5-7)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Maintain your communion with the Lord! (Proverbs 2:1-5; 2 Timothy 2:7)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Determine to resolve conflicts rather than bury them. (Matthew 5:23-24; Ephesians 4:26-27)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Deliberately take time to rest. (Matthew 11:28-30)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Don’t neglect fellowship with believers. (Hebrews 10:24-25)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Seek opportunities to minister. (Philippians 1:8-11)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Cultivate a thankful spirit. (1 Thessalonians 4:18)</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Nurture close friendships. (Proverbs 27:5-6, 17) Have friends that will call you to Truth. <3</span></p> <p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span>Know what the Bible says about trials and practice it daily! (1 Corinthians 10:13)</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </span></span><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Fortifying our spirit and soul with God’s Word will give us all the tools we need. His Word is all sufficient for our lives, and feeding our minds Truth will stop the pressures turning into stress; focusing on God’s glory, God’s sovereignty, and God’s grace. Romans 5:1-2, “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">**By Mrs. Sneed**</span></span><br /></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-72397756430428924502011-05-25T12:31:00.000-07:002011-08-06T14:06:53.309-07:00Summer 2011 EFW Events!Due to a move, vacation Bible Study commitment and vacation to Grandma's house - the summer events have been cancelled.<br /><br />To those of you who have joined our Yahoo Group and participated in the R12 series - Thank You!<br /><br />Hopefully we can do more group studies in the Fall...<br /><br />In Christ,<br />E. GarciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-86333131450036200342010-11-19T10:50:00.000-08:002012-06-02T07:57:45.031-07:00Lesson/Week Eight<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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In March of this year(2010) pastor John McArthur had the following to say to his congregation.</div>
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“We enter into an undeserved, unearned condition of complete and total forgiveness by the sheer grace of God. That is the model for our forgiveness. We forgive out of grace, not because somebody earned it.</div>
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We offer forgiveness freely, unconditionally, without restraint, without restriction. And with that offer of forgiveness, we abandon all animosity, all anger, all hatred, all desire for retaliation, all desire for vengeance, all bitterness. And this will guarantee for us a life free from the root of bitterness that it talks about in the book of Hebrews, free from carking anger and hostility that eats away at the joy of the soul. Forgiveness is the most godlike thing you can do. And He is the model. You forgive and you forgive again, and you forgive again, and you forgive again. As we learn from our Lord’s words to Peter, “You forgive seventy times seven, seventy times a day.” As often as you’re offended, that’s how often you forgive.”</div>
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<u>Psalm 86:5</u> For You, Lord, <i>are</i> good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.<u><br /></u></div>
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<u>Matthew 6:14</u> For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.</div>
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<u>2 Chronicles 7:</u>14 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.</div>
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<u>1 John 1:9 </u> If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.</div>
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Listen to or read the transcripts of two sermons by Pastor John McArthur of Grace to You Ministries</div>
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Read Psalm 103 allowing your heart to praise God. Comment on this chapter in your journal and record how your heart has changed through this study in God’s word. Contact your trusted friend and share the good news!</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-16432171027117861452010-11-12T07:58:00.000-08:002012-06-02T07:56:01.591-07:00Lesson/Week Seven<div class="MsoNormal" face="trebuchet ms" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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Pastor Neil Montgomery of New Heart Community Church in McKinleyville, CA exhorted his congregation October 10<sup>th</sup> this year by reminding them of the following; </div>
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<li class="MsoNormal">We continue in the cycle of spiritual entropy (peace, complacency, sin, pain, brokeness, deliverance, repentance, peace…) when we cry out to God for help because we are facing pain but not because we are truly sorry for our sin. The nation of Israel illustrates this as they repeated this cycle. We need to be a broken people. We need to admit our sin and invite God to do whatever it takes to in our hearts for us to change.</li>
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He also challenged them to be people with a purpose – not just busybodies. I know that I am very guilty of being a busybody. <span style="font-style: italic;">Lord, make my purpose living for your glory!</span> What we do tells people what we believe more than what we say. The old adage is true- “more is caught than taught”.</div>
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Meditate this week on Philippians 4:6-9</div>
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Read; Psalm 130:4, Acts 13:28, 26:18, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 3:13</div>
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Review; Hebrews 12:15, James 2:12-13, Psalm 86:15-16, I Peter 4:8, Colossians 3:2-3</div>
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<a href="http://encouragementforwomen-alentar.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessonweek-six.html">Return to lesson/week 6</a> and complete the list of articles and questions from the booklet “<a href="http://www.ccmbooks.org/pdf/Bitterness2010.pdf">How to Be Free From Bitterness</a>” by Jim Wilson</div>
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Listen to the song <a href="http://www.myspace.com/music/jadon-lavik-6937508/songs/let-it-go-moving-on-faith-album-version-11108904">“Let it Go” by Jadon Lavik</a></div>
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Realize that we must change from the inside out (<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+139:22-24&version=NIV">Psalm 139:22-24</a>, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2017:3&version=NIV">Proverbs 17:3</a>, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+15:18-20&version=NIV">Matthew 15:18-20</a>). There must be a genuine heart change. No incantation of repeating scripture will change you. You must give the Lord your complete heart and allow Him to show you how to change (Put off and Put On). Ask the Lord now to reveal to you any area(s) of your heart that you are holding onto, then seek His forgiveness and let them go. Ask God to show you how to rely on and trust in Him. Write out your prayer in your journal and leave room to record how God answers it.</div>
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Now that you are riding your heart of bitterness (see, this will be an ongoing task) and you are seeking God’s forgiveness so that you will have a heart of forgiveness towards others (we cannot hold onto grudges, bitterness and records of wrongs – and at the same time be forgiven) be prepared for the “pop quizzes”. A quiz is a mini test, to show what you know. The “pop” portion is the unexpected hour at which the quiz arrives for you to prove your knowledge and show how to use it.</div>
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These quizzes are like the aftershocks of an earthquake. The main test was the first time you faced a similar situation (the “earthquake”) and all the quizzes like aftershocks will follow. Some will be small, yet some will be almost as devastating as the action(s) that first threw you into the “pit of despair and bitterness”. In order to be prepared for the “pop quizzes”/aftershocks of life – you’ve got to be prepared.</div>
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Once a year many Californians participate in the Great Shake Out. For approximately two minutes we listen to a recording of violent noise and the follow the commands of a man’s voice reminding us to 1. Drop, 2. Cover and 3. Hold On! To prepare for what might <i>jolt</i> your cup today; 1. Drop (Ephesians 4:31-5:2), 2. Cover (I Peter 4:8), 3. Hold On (Romans 12:9-13)! Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be of courage – be strong! (I Corinthians 16:13)</div>
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Return to the “<a href="http://www.ccmbooks.org/pdf/Bitterness2010.pdf">How to Be Free From Bitterness</a>” Document from Community Christian Ministries to read and complete the study questions of the following;</div>
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<u>Man’s Anger</u> pgs. 15-17 by Heather Wilson Torosyan</div>
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If there is anything nagging at your heart, <i>any</i> memories that have you captive to your past – give them to God today and trust Him to take care of you and how things will go from here on. Take the time to journal what is going on in your heart. Contact your trusted friend and share what God is doing.</div>
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Forgiveness is what we all need and forgiveness of our sins is what Jesus offers to us as we claim Him as Saviour and Lord. Forgiveness is also required of us towards others. Most of us have prayed the prayer from <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:9-14&version=NKJV">Matthew 6:9-13</a> (or just quoted it from memory during a church service). Now take a close look at verse 12, 14 and 15...</div>
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<sup>12</sup> And forgive us our debts, <b><u>As we forgive</u></b> our debtors. <sup>14</sup> “For <b><u>if you forgive</u></b> men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <sup>15</sup> But <b><u>if you do not forgive</u></b> men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses (emphasis mine). If you are like me you haven’t thought too much about verses 12, 14 and 15.</div>
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary describes forgive as a transitive verb with the meaning -1<i>a</i><span class="ssens"> </span><b>:</b><span class="ssens"> to give up resentment of or <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgive" target="_blank">claim</a> to requital for </span><<i>forgive</i><span class="vi"> an insult>;</span><span class="ssens"> </span><i>b</i><span class="ssens"> </span><b>:</b><span class="ssens"> to grant relief from payment of </span><<i>forgive</i><span class="vi"> a debt></span><span class="ssens"> </span>2<b>:</b><span class="ssens"> to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) </span><b>:</b><span class="ssens"> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pardon">pardon</a> </span><<i>forgive</i><span class="vi"> one's enemies></span><span class="ssens"> This week we will study forgiveness (noun), the act of <u>forgiving</u> (adj) </span>1<b>:</b><span class="ssens"> willing or able to <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgive">forgive</a> </span>2<b>:</b><span class="ssens"> allowing room for error or weakness.</span></div>
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<span class="ssens"><b><u>Bible Study</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20Peter%204:8&version=NIV">I Peter 4:8</a> (memory verse) </span>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:9-15&version=NKJV">Matthew 6:9-15</a> (use Anne Graham-Lotz’ “<a href="http://www.annegrahamlotz.com/resources/topic/all-bible-studies/learning-hear-his-voice/">Listen to His Voice</a>” method of Bible Study)</span>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018:23-35&version=NKJV">Matthew 18:23-35</a> (ask God to reveal to you whom you are more like in this story)</span><br />
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<span class="ssens"><a href="http://r12online.livingontheedge.org/r12online/">Chip Ingram’s R12</a> (Romans 12) Ministry offers a great look at “how to respond (not react) to those who offend you. Follow all four steps to the <a href="http://r12online.livingontheedge.org/r12online/supernatural/">Main Message Video</a> of Spirituality and the <a href="http://r12online.livingontheedge.org/r12online/conclusion/">Take Action Video</a>. (Be sure to print out notes and reflections page)</span></div>
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Spend time this week asking God to reveal to whom you need to forgive. As He reveals each one, forgive them and ask God to give you practical ways to do so. Take time to journal what is going on in your heart. Contact your trusted friend and share what God is doing.</div>
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<br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-11007174240741136802010-10-26T08:18:00.000-07:002010-10-26T08:21:19.151-07:00Book Study Announcement for January 2011Can you describe your marriage as; un-fulfilling, boring, tiring, draining, painful, disconnected, or difficult? Or do you feel more like a roommate than a lover? If this is your life, that can be very sobering. If you desire to be the wife that God calls you to be, but that is a huge struggle for you - then please consider joining us in this study January 2011.<br /><br />If you'd like to be a part of the Encouragement for Women Community on FB you can join our discussions on this book. You must be a member of Encouragement for Women (public group) and then join the EFW Community (private group). The private group is where we will be posting discussions.<br /><br />If this does not describe your marriage, praise the Lord! After praising Him, please pray for all the women you know and don't know who will be doing this study.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853013412538590160.post-22494079760686830482010-10-24T08:42:00.001-07:002010-10-24T08:44:42.443-07:00Inside Out....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">My heart and my soul, I give you control</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">consume me from the inside out Lord....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let justice and praise become my embrace</span><br />I wanna know you from the inside out<br /><br />Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades<br />Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame<br /><br />and the cry of my heart is to bring you praise<br />from the inside out<br />Lord my soul cries out....<br /><br />(Hillsong United)<br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0