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Sister Talk: A place for sisters in Christ to come and learn about faith through the study of scripture and the witness of the two who talk here. You are invited to join the conversation with your comments.

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Because “…faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is dead.”

–James 2:17

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“Faith is being sure of what we HOPE for....” We’ll gather on Tuesday’s at noon beginning October 9th. #picturethisjville #hopeistheword

"I'm celebrating." She said it next to me in the canned goods aisle. An invitation to come alongside her in her joy. I accepted the invitation: "Oh... What are you celebrating?" And she shared her joy and a bit of her story. I heard about the celebratory meal she was preparing for one. I figured she should know my name since I shared her joy. "I'm Carol." And she said, "I'm Joy." And Joy was joy- full! I offered a celebratory hug which she received. As we parted ways she thanked me for listening and I was blessed to be the one to come alongside in her joy. An unexpected time to encourage an unexpected person in an unexpected place. "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." -- Philippians 2:4 #sistertalkfaith #encourage #comealongside #ithappenedatwalmart

"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above..." Colossians 3:1 Seeking the things above doesn't mean we spend our days looking up at the sky. His Kingdom is unseen. We live on earth. It's what we see. But He's calling us to live in a way where we see the unseen truth of His Kingdom revealing itself in creation (Romans 1:20). We live in a broken world. The one we broke by our sin. We handed over the rule of the world to Satan when we swallowed down his lie. Yet the overpowering goodness of God outshines the darkness of the world. We see it in the beauty the enemy's evil could not destroy. Flowers blooming among weeds. Rainbows in the middle of storms. Joy in the midst of trials. Seek the things above by opening your eyes to the beauty around you. "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened..." Ephesians 1:18 #sistertalkfaith #openyour eyes #inspire #encourage

She said it in the study today, "Endurance, that's such a hard sounding word." And I said, "Because it IS hard..." I mean, when was the last time you had to endure a piece of cake? Endurance is what it takes to stay on the 300-calories-a-meal diet. But God, who is the God of encouragement, is also the God of endurance. It takes both to live a life of love in the midst of a broken world filled with broken people. He endured so much for us that we might find encouragement in Him and do the same for others. "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 15:5-6 #sistertalkfaith #lovingothers #endurance #encourage #noteasy

"As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." -- Matthew 13:23 Challenged to reflect on the good soil Scripture in a hands on way (planting flowers, tending soil, or sitting under a tree) reminds me of some seeds I've been meaning to plant for weeks. Too many other things to do. And there's always tomorrow. So the first thing I learn about preparing good soil is it takes intentionality. A resolve to do it. And it takes getting out of your comfort zone. Or at least out of the air conditioning on a very warm June day. Then there is the labor. Bending. Digging. And finally getting dirty. The fruit we bear as Believers only comes from Him and our staying connected to Him. This abiding in Him, preparing a heart as good soil, takes: intentionality, getting out of your comfort zone, and some messy work. It doesn't happen on its own. Jesus: "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." -- John 15:5 #goodsoil #sistertalkfaith #fruitbearing

On the day we started six weeks of Going Deeper into Give, this comes in the mail: "Making Disciples One Conversation at a Time." In the first chapter, the author writes of Jesus commissioning His spiritually immature friends with the next phase of expanding His Kingdom. "And He gave them a blank check - drawn on all the resources of heaven... There was only one limitation: these resources were for making disciples only."-- D. Michael Henderson What a great reminder for this upcoming walk of Give: Everything He gives His people is for making more disciples. And there is no fear of running out. Because all is His. Therefore, go and give as He calls without fear. It's all given to us for His glory! "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places..." Ephesians 1:3 #blankcheck #sistertalkfaith #goandmakedisciples

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