Category: Faith

Good Morning Girls

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Who knew…..yes who?

Lol would you like to know what I am talking about?

Of couse you do…or you wouldn’t still be here. Who knew you could get SO much out of two verses…yes two!

Ok so let me explain…I have been rethinking some things…basically a personal re-evaluation. We all need to do this from time to time! It’s very important. And in doing this I thought about what I do what I watch…all of that “stuff”

I asked myself “What are my worst time thieves” and “what are they keeping me from accomplishing?”

Definitely very hard questions to ask oneself! And these things (let’s be brutally  honest with ourselves) are usually very entertaining! However they are not very rewarding and you have nothing to show for it when it’s all said and done!

So I picked three things that were non-negotiable. These are things that are beneficial and help me to grow!

So the first two were easy…..

1. Blogging/social networking (but no games)

2. Crafting…..cards scrabooking and so on!

But none of the others I could rightly justify!

I wanted to be a part of a Bible study BUT not one I was leading! And I stumbled upon a few sites that intrigued me! One does an online Bible study every so often. They offer the book for free printing and the study guide for free printing. You register a group and the cool thing for people like me who didn’t have a group I was able to find one by using the message boards on the site and now we e-mail every day! That’s what I call accountability!

So I am into day two of this new experience and I have gotten so much out of four verses! That is only two a day!

So I encourage you to hop on over to Good Morning Girls and check it out! It’s AMAZING!

Accountability!

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It’s necessary! It is not easy by any sense of the term but God calls us to it!

“Confess your sins one to another” – James 5:16

But that verse doesn’t stop there. Directly after the command to confess is to pray for one another. We need accountability but we need good accountability.

Now I am a pastor’s wife and I am a ministry leader. I teach women God’s Word whether I am speaking it OR living it and I have to be very careful how I handle myself. I have to be loving, patient, and kind along with not having a judgmental attitude. It’s not easy since I am human after all and there are times I fail….and fail horribly at that!

Not only do I hold people accountable but I also need to be held accountable! I am not excluded from sin or temptation…..and finding the right accountability partner was NOT an easy task either! So how on earth did I do it? Continue reading “Accountability!” →

Have You Seen These Guys??? Blimey Cow :)

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These guys are AWESOME! Note there is heavy sarcasm but it is well worth your time. Highly convicting! A great way to talk to teens. The kids in our Youth group LOVE these guys!

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Romance Novels Yay or Nay? (Discretion is advised tough subjects)

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Let’s just say I may make some enemies on this one. I have felt God’s leading on this subject since Bible College where I took a “Counseling Women” course. Our Professor Mr. M challenged our thoughts on said subject.

Now I am by no means here to TICKLE your ears with what I think you want to hear. I am here to grow in my walk and to share my journey and why I am convicted in certain ways. So here it is…whether you like it or Not!

So let’s start at the beginning. Let’s differentiate between Christian and secular……As a believer we should NOT be putting in our minds the SMUT of secular romance novels. There is a lot of pre-marital and extra-marital affairs, profane language, and details we do not need to be thinking about outside our own husband/wife relationship (notice the singular). We should not be thinking on such things. Philippians 4:8-9 tells us that we need to think on good things and not on things that go directly against what the Bible says. Sin is sin and we are to have NO part in it!

OK so that being said, you might be thinking SOOO Christian ones are okay right? Well let’s talk about that!

NOW let’s talk about how each of the sexes gets turned on (I think I don’t need to get more obvious)!! Guys are turned on by sight,  that’s why pornography is so big amongst the male species (I know some girls struggle too).  But what turns on the female species..can you guess it…..WORDS. Our minds just run with words so even though the smut isn’t talked about that is where our minds run. We automatically start going down that road. Did you know that romance novels trigger the same portion of the female brain that pornography does the male brain. NO JOKE! Same emotions, same thoughts. (I know I will have lots of those who say NOT ME! Well let’s give it a little test. Pick up the romance novel you just set down and read an emotionally driven portion that ends in kissing. Now tonight when you are getting ready for bed and kiss you hubby compare the feelings…the feeling you had that morning while reading that portion of the romance novel will trigger feelings that weren’t there when you kissed your hubby that night. THAT should NOT BE!! Not to mention the dangers it has on a relationship, romance novels give the “perfect outcome” in most books. And I have seen on more than one occasion that a marriage or two or a dating relationship has been taxed because the wife feels her hubby cannot match up to the ideal of Joe Shmoe from such and such novel.

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Supporting our Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

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To say the least I am VERY frustrated. I was annoyed when so many people came down so hard on the Bronco’s Tim Tebow.  But now it has started all over again with Kirk Cameron. I couldn’t care less about what the unsaved say about these two men. Persecution is one thing BUT when BELIEVERS start knocking their fellow believers because they are taking a stand and living an exemplary life and using their stardom to make Christ known.

I have read quite a few blogs that have knocked both men. And might I say that NONE of them had reason to. Both men lead blameless lives and take very seriously their call to be Christ-like.

I would like to remind these nay-Sayers that there is a verse from the Bible that speaks right towards this issue and I believe that specifically these two men are following this verse as God intended it

For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required.” — Luke 12:48.

These two men have been blessed with talent, ability, and popuarity and they are using these blessings to share their faith! And for that very reason I support them. They are good at what they do. And for the record I am not a Broncos fan, and even though I watched Growing Pains as a kid, I am not one of  those fainting screaming nut cases.

As long as they aren’t going against what they claim to believe and living a Christ-like life I will support them in what they do – famous or not!

And to them I say WAY TO GO AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!