Encouragement For Women

Have Mercy Lord Have mercy LORD, Have mercy LORD Have mercy LORD, for I am faint Heal me LORD, please heal me LORD, Heal me Lord, for my bones are weak (chorus) How long, oh LORD how long How long, till you take us home How long, oh LORD how long How long Turn and deliver me (bridge) I need your help Lord to live this life my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak I want to do right, but I need your strength Lord please save me from myself turn and deliver me Song by Todd Young

Is there something challenging God is asking you to do? It could be something small, or enormous. Maybe it is talking to someone at work, or perhaps not talking to someone. I think challenges are laid before us everyday. Certainly not all of them are as insane as what Job went through - but perhaps some days, for some of us they can be. What we do with them, how we go through them, our experiences, our testimony of God's faithfulness to others observing our failures and successes as complete them - these are equally as important as the challenges themselves. My current challenge is a tag sale (by other names, garage sale or yard sale). At first it was just a simple means to get rid of stuff. Then I felt pressed to make it more meaningful. My heart was drawn towards making it a fund raiser for Gospel for Asia , and more specifically for the purchase of animals for Dalit families . I emailed some friends asking them to donate some things for this tag sale. I am overwhelmed a...

Hola! Welcome to the October issue – again, sorry it is so delayed. How goes your reading adventure through the Bible? I confess to have let some dust accumulate on mine from time to time! Lame, but true. I’d like to share this month with you about surrender. One definition of this verb, surrender is; to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another (according to Merriam-Webster). I’ve chosen this subject because I seem to have a really difficult time with this one. I think the life of a believer in Christ could be summed up simply in this one theme. Not my will, but thy will be done. Jesus prayed that in the garden of Gethsemane as he was seeking God’s face before facing the Cross. I’d like to pray that more often! When God reveals something to me through his word, I am so ecstatic. That is until I realize what it usually will require of me. The actuality of surrendering my heart, my emotions, my plans, my hurts, my rights ...