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Going Deeper into Encourage: Week 1/Day 1

August 15, 2018August 14, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Encourage: As Long as it is Called "Today" Reflection Scripture: So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Galatians 6:10 ESV Consider the Reflection Scripture this week. What does it say to you about the faith action of encourage? Day … Continue reading Going Deeper into Encourage: Week 1/Day 1

Going Deeper: Encourage – Session 1

August 14, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Going Deeper into Loving Others Encourage: Introduction Here we are back again, continuing our journey of Going Deeper into Loving Others. This time through the faith action of Encourage. Have you gathered a someone or two to talk with? Do you have your Bible? a journal? your favorite pen? Get ready, because it's time to … Continue reading Going Deeper: Encourage – Session 1

In Just One Week

August 7, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

We're gearing up. Digging deep. Preparing to begin Going Deeper into Loving Others in just one week. Next Tuesday, August 14 at Noon we'll gather with sisters to go deeper into the faith action of Encourage. For those near, we hope you will join us. For those following online, we hope you will find fellow Believers … Continue reading In Just One Week

Going Deeper: Give – Session 6

July 10, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Going Deeper into Loving Others Give Your All We’ve been talking about Give for five full weeks. How much giving have you practiced? Has the faith action of giving taken on a different perspective or new meaning? We’ve been seeking and receiving quite a bit of teaching from God during this time. He reminds us … Continue reading Going Deeper: Give – Session 6

Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 5

July 8, 2018July 3, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Give Your All Praise Him as Good News! He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Thessalonians 2:14 NLT The Good News of Jesus makes the way for salvation so we can share in His glory! Praise Him as … Continue reading Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 5

Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 4

July 7, 2018July 3, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Give Your All Read the Reflection Scripture out loud: If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. Mark 8:35 NLT Now read it in context: Mark 8:31-38 Does … Continue reading Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 4

Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 3

July 6, 2018July 3, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Give Your All Prayer of Praise: Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Psalm 100:4 Good News :Something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive. The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels). Christ is the Good News of God in the flesh. Pleasant, fortunate, … Continue reading Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 3

Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 2

July 5, 2018July 3, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Give Your All Reflection Thoughts: Write the Reflection Verse and read it out loud: If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. Mark 8:35 NLT Franklin D. Roosevelt … Continue reading Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 2

Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 1

July 4, 2018July 3, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Give Your All Reflection Scripture: Spend time meditating on the Reflection Scripture this week. Memorize it. Write it daily. Ask God what He wants you to know about Him and about yourself. Reflect on what He's saying to you. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you … Continue reading Going Deeper into Give: Week 5/Day 1

Going Deeper: Give – Session 5

July 3, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Going Deeper into Loving Others Give: Grace We're glad you're here. And we hope you have gathered others with you, sisters or brothers. It's time to talk about Grace. Father God, Your grace is amazing. Open our hearts to understand it better and grow us to freely give it to others as You give it … Continue reading Going Deeper: Give – Session 5

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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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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
Join us Tuesdays at noon as we dive into what the Bible has to say about giving. It all begins June 5th. #6weeks #bringyourlunch #sistertalkfaith
I drive by this deconstruction site almost everyday. And for the past several weeks as I approach it -- see it standing on the hill, roofless, transparent -- I'm filled with joy. I know it seems weird. But I believe it's because I've experienced a bit of this in my own life. The deconstruction process down to the point I thought I would be unable to stand. But I see now, the becoming less was all part of His making me more. Filled with more of His truth, less of the world's lies. More faith, where unbelief was previously lurking. More joy, instead of anticipation of the next shoe dropping. When I look at the bare bones of this stadium in its current state of disrepair, I feel joy, because I know something better is coming... "He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30 #sistertalkfaith #becominglesstobecomemore #share #somethingbetteriscoming
We didn’t plan it but it happened on Monday. Eight squirming pups arrived. I’ve watched for the last few days as they wiggle and squeal. No eyes to see or ears to hear just yet. They can’t even stay warm on their own. The momma dog returns from a short walk and the ruckus begins. Their only instinct is to get as close as possible to her. The Message version of our scripture this week reads, “Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it.” If you asked me what that looked like I’d tell you I’ve witnessed it this week. Each morning as I sip coffee I marvel again at a blind, deaf wiggly pup doing everything it can to get close to its momma. She’s life and they know it. I’m not much different. There are times I’m blind to what God’s doing. Moments I can’t seem to hear Him speak. Life leaves me cold and looking for warmth in all the wrong places. I should be more like them. Not worried about seeing into the future or looking back on the past. Not struggling to hear sounds that don’t matter. Instead maybe I should just wiggle closer to the Savior where my soul is filled with love and there’s nothing left to do but rest in His warmth. #sistertalkfaith #puppylove #1Corinthian14:1 #TheMessage #Jesusislifeandiknowit
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