Hey..Tink

I see you are the woman of virtue for the month..what a blessing these testimonies are to me..I have a question..

Did you go to Raul in the Karate Studio in West Covina?? That was my first exposure to Calvary Chapel. I RAN!!! Too much truth..I wasn't ready!

Loved your story..and a special thank you to a special lady Linda who does all this hard work.

Faithful blessings...

Thanks soul writer

Your scripture entry made me think...I am in awe of Jesus and His power to speak to each one of us right where we are in our lives. And praise God He still sees us and hears us.
His word says:

"Two are better than one…If one falls down, his/her friend can help him/her up. But pity the man/woman who falls and has no one to help him/her up! " Ecclesiastes 4:9,10

This scripture is what our lives as believing women should be about..we need each other to lift up, edify, encourage and correct as the spirit leads us. I am corrected many times by my dear and close friends about getting too close to the world. They do it in love and they know HOW I NEED IT. They see how the evil one has pulled the wool over my eyes. Sisters do not be deceived by satan in the world. Read, study and most important pray and be prepared to do spiritual warfare. God is good and He shall prevail! (I read the end of the book first!)

My Inspiring Scripture

Thanks for the push to do this! :)

The Scripture that has meant a lot to me over the years is Galatians 2:20

"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the {life} which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." (NASB)

This is something I need to remember on a more consistent basis. Letting the life of God flow through me, rather than trying to live life on my own - doing things through the fleshly side of me. Not good!

The fleshly side of me is dead, because it has been crucified with Christ! At times in my life this has shown bright and clear, at other times, it's a murky truth, because I don't let the light of God and His Word shine on it, and I start to carry that dead man around again. Goodness! What a heavy weight that is.

When I really think about things and let that dead man fall off, realizing that the life I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, and that Christ lives in me -Wow! Why would I not want to have that be a reality in my life every day. Oh that I would grasp this truth more and more every day and let it change my life.

To Blog or Not to Blog???

Ladies,
sing4joy gave you a great challenge and you either don't look at the blog site, you have NO clue how to blog OR you are like me and JUST figured out HOW to get back on..well perseverance paid off!!! (Now if I could just learn to spell!) This web site is such a blessing and we need to (try) an utilize it MORE! To encourage each other.

Okay sing4joy here is my best Bible verse: Psalm 139:23,24
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." I prayed this scripture when my husband wanted to move from Los Osos to Fresno! And in my prayer I added, "Lord, if it is Your will bring a full price, pre-qualified buyer and let me just get this over with..my prayer was at 6.00 AM and at 5.00 PM that same day we had the offer! Being in His will is right where I want to be..Psalm 118:8...

I hope someone is out there and reading this and following the website. This is for us to grow in unity as daughters of the King...hope to hear from you all soon.

Be Bold and Blog!

So ladies, ... this is my first adventure, into the blog world.
I pose a question to you ......
What Bible verse(s) .... have so inspired you, that they moved you to a deeper faith and walk in your life in Christ?
Mine are .... Matthew 7:21-23 (King James Version)
21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Another Great passage .....

James 1:22-25 (King James Version)
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

I encourage everyone to be Bold Sharing the Gospel and their faith in
our Sovereign Lord, Jesus Christ.
G B Y all, Sing4joy.
ps... a great web site to find online bible verses is ...... http://www.biblegateway.com/

In This World but Not of It

I have been thinking a lot today about being in the world but not of it... for one very simple reason. I'm 'out' in the world more now and am learning what it's like to be sucked into its ways. I can see now how my husband is bombarded day in and day out with the lure of the enemy by what goes in the world... I feel like I've been sheltered for so long and this is a huge wake up call for me to put the armor on daily and to be light and salt in this darkened world... however there are two instances now, where if I were to witness to this gal, what would my testimony be? My heart hurts that I have so easily fallen prey to the ways of the world, slipping right into that mold that squeezes and squeezes... I don't want to be shaped into the mold of the world, but to be who Christ has called me to be... not losing my identity in Him by letting the world dictate to me how to live.

A phrase that hit my heart hard last week was: live life like you mean it... and it just keeps rolling around in my head... God is calling me higher up... and making me aware, once again, how dependent I need to be on Him and Him alone. When I go to work that three hours a week I need to be aware of Jesus with me more than I realized... it's humbling... and I want to make sure I run this race well, and let my light so shine before men that they will glorify my Father in heaven...

For those of you who don't know, I'm working at Kennedy Club Fitness three hours a week in exchange for a membership. God dropped it in my lap for my health (my cholesterol has gone down as has my A1C (checks blood sugar levels over a 3 month period)), but I am seeing now, that there are other reasons He's called me to this... what kind of light will I be?

This is challenging for me and while I embraced these changes in my life at first, I soon found myself resisting them. I am now wanting to embrace them again, because it's what GOD is doing and it's all about Him and for the first time in many many years I really want to have it BE all about Him and not ME! May I be found faithful... and let Jesus have His way.

Transformation

Romans 12:2 (NIV)says, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will."

The posting of how Jesus' "face shone like the sun" during His transfiguration and the person who wrote it brought this scripture to my mind. I have personally seen the transformation of P~31 to the Godly woman she is today. God is so incredibly gracious to those of us who really struggle in our lives and He lavishes His grace on us. He knows the very center of our being and what makes us "tick". At the other end of the spectrum satan knows what makes us "tock". We must continually be in the Word and fellowship with like minded believers to achieve our transformations.

Everyday we are given is a new day to live and serve Him. "Call Him" every morning just like you would a friend and tell Him how your weekend went. "Seek Him" in the evening when the sun goes down and "Listen for Him" in every minute of everyday.