How often do you look in the mirror and criticize yourself? According to a January 4, 2016 article for News Corp Australia Network, the answer is eight times a day. Eight times day we find imperfections about our weight, our appearance, and even compare ourselves to other women. That doesn’t include finding fault in our … Continue reading I Am A Woman of Purpose
Today we take time to reflect on a precious verse and a beautiful song. We call it Word & Worship. OUR WORD for the week: SERVE Jesus has called … Continue reading Word & Worship – Do Something
Today we take time to reflect on a precious verse and a beautiful song. We call it Word & Worship. OUR WORD for the week: Jesus has called us … Continue reading Word & Worship – Do Something
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.” – Matthew 17:20 How big is your faith? Unable to cast a … Continue reading Can You Move A Mountain?
But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of … Continue reading We Are The Deacons
She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. –Proverbs 31:24 The Proverbs 31 woman is not a lazy woman. She is a hard-working woman who is skilled in business, knows the value and importance of saving and spending money and is focused on her husband. All throughout the Bible … Continue reading I Am Not Superwoman
We are all familiar with admonitions in scripture against complaining, grumbling, disrespecting authority, sowing discord, etc. But today we are focusing on a well-founded complaint of discrimination that yielded good fruit for the body of Christ. Yes, there is a place for complaining and questioning the status quo in the body. There are big examples, … Continue reading Foxes in the Vineyard
As I read the scriptures of the discontent widows, my attention was drawn to the fact that it became the responsibility of the newly appointed deacons to aide and care for them. I was reminded of the first time I read this passage with a new understanding of the leadership position it describes. True, in … Continue reading We Are The Deacons
