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Going Deeper into Share: Week 4/Day 2

April 26, 2018April 24, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Share: What We Have Reflection Thoughts share: to divide and distribute in shares: apportion; to partake of, use, experience, occupy, or enjoy with others; to have in common; to grant or give a share in; to tell (as thoughts, feelings, or experiences) to others (Merriam-Webster’s) Early church believers shared. They had ALL things in common. What … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 4/Day 2

Going Deeper into Share: Week 4/Day 1

April 25, 2018April 24, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Share: What We Have Reflection Scripture And all who believed were together and had all things in common. Acts 2:44 ESV Day 1: Read James 1:17-18 Where does everything we have come from? Does this source ever change? What did He bring forth? Why? The Father of creation provides all we need for life, including … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 4/Day 1

Going Deeper: Share – Session Four

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Going Deeper into Loving Others Share: Gifts So glad you've gathered with us today as we journey deeper into loving others. Do you have your Bible, a pen and journal? How about a friend to talk with? Let's get started. Heavenly Father, thank You for gathering us today. Open our hearts to Your great love … Continue reading Going Deeper: Share – Session Four

Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 5

April 22, 2018April 17, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Gifts Day 5: Seeking Perspective through Examen Begin your prayer time by focusing your mind and body on Him. Breathe in… Breathe out… Did you recognize or notice your gifts this week? Were you surprised? scared? do you feel anxious about one in particular? Why? Is there a gift you would rather not acknowledge or … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 5

Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day4

April 21, 2018April 17, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Begin today praising Him as Truth-full. Return to the Reflection Scripture consider how to become your gifts in the pursuit of loving others. Day 4: Read Romans 1:8-12 What did Paul do, without ceasing, for the church in Rome? Why did he long to visit them? Look up the definition of encourage. Paul was a … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day4

Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 3

April 20, 2018April 17, 2018 ~ Carol ~ 1 Comment

Gifts Prayer of Praise: Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Psalm 100:4 Truthful :telling or disposed to tell the truth God is truth-full, declaring nothing but the truth all day long. For God there is no choosing to tell the truth, it is His inclination, His nature. Jesus was born full … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 3

Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 2

April 19, 2018April 16, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Gifts Reflection Thoughts: Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it -- because it does. The Reflection Scripture begins with an encouragement to move. What in your life have you gone after? Education? Skill? Marriage? Material possessions? What did you do to get it? How hard did you try? Are … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 2

Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 1

April 18, 2018April 16, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Gifts Reflection Scripture Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it -- because it does. Give yourselves to the gifts God gives you. Most of all, try to proclaim his truth. 1Corinthians 14:1 The Message Day 1: Read 1Corinthians 1:4-9 What comes into the lives of Believers in conjunction with … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 3/Day 1

Going Deeper: Share – Session Three

April 17, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Going Deeper into Loving Others Share: Stories It's Tuesday. Time to go deeper into loving others. Today we're talking about sharing stories with a heart for sharing God and His glorious salvation, redemption, and healing through Christ. Gather up your Bible, pen, journal, and a friend or two to enter into the conversation. Maybe you … Continue reading Going Deeper: Share – Session Three

Going Deeper into Share: Week 2/Day 5

April 15, 2018April 10, 2018 ~ Carol ~ Leave a comment

Return to the Reflection Thoughts. Consider how to share your testimony, the one He wants to use as an expression of love to someone. Praise Him for the purpose He has in all things. Day 5: Seeking Perspective through Examen Close your eyes. Breathe in… Breathe out… This week we studied and discussed the power … Continue reading Going Deeper into Share: Week 2/Day 5

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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

Last minute prep for tomorrow’s study. Come join us at noon at Picture This or find us at sistertalkfaith.com because well... we have lots to talk about! #sistertalkfaith #faithinaction2

I hear the warnings all morning. Don't look at the eclipse it will damage your eyes. We take a break to go outside and she hands us these glasses. Nothing but paper and film. I didn't question the safety of the glasses. The writing on the side said they were made for eclipse viewing. The sister didn't question it either. Call me crazy but I had to look at one point to see what the fuss was all about. Would looking with no protection really burn my eyes. Would it blind in a few seconds. I tried to look but I couldn't. It was too bright to see anything. Not much different than any other sunny day. But when I held the glasses to my eyes it was amazing. God's word is a lot like those glasses. It makes a way for us to see the world clearly. So many times circumstances glare brightly and I can't seem to get a handle on it. I try to look, to see what's causing the fuss, but in the end I look away for fear of damaging something. Loving God means trusting His word in ways that allow me to see things for what they really are. It's a lesson in trust. Trusting the protection and covering His word brings to my life and looking through the lenses of love to see... really see. #sistertalkfaith #summersoak #eclipseviewing2017

If you must boast, boast in the One who does things like this! "Let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me..." Jeremiah 9:24 #sistertalkfaith #boastinHim

When I shared my frustration with those who list all the bad character traits of an individual and then add the qualifier, "But they're a good person," because there are no good people, he told me, "That's a terrible attitude!" But it wasn't my attitude I was sharing -- it's God's truth. There are no good people. Only God is good. Jesus said so, it must be true (Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19). The prophet Isaiah, hundreds of years before, said: "We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment" (Isaiah 64:6). Even when we do what looks good, it is filthy! So I hear in his response to truth a boastful attitude, a blindness to badness: "Why try to be good if we are just bad?" And I think most try because deep down somewhere they know they are bad, it's just self-pride which keeps them from embracing all their broken bad. He came for the sin-sick, not the ones who see themselves as good (Mark 2:16-17), and He said there is more rejoicing in heaven over the sinner who repents than all the righteous who don't need to (Luke 15:7). There just seems to be no room in heaven for those who boast in their goodness. He came to be broken so we could be healed. So, yes, I boast only in Him, knowing no good in me. "Let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth" (Jeremiah 9:24). He practiced His love, justice, and righteousness in the earth by breaking Himself on a cross for those who know they are broken through and through. #sistertalkfaith #nogoodpeopleallowed #boastin Him

What's the big deal... it's just a t-shirt? But for me it is so much more. You see, this journey began over a decade ago and it has come full circle in ways I never imagined. It all began with a t-shirt idea (not this one) which birthed a friendship and unimaginable spiritual growth. I didn't know. Had no idea what God was doing and most days I still don't. I didn't know the lessons we learned would somehow become words on a screen. It never crossed my mind way back when that someday those words would be the ones we teach. So yes, it is a t-shirt. But let me tell you it is so much more. It's a story. The story of two women, growing... struggling... learning to love God with everything they have. A revealing of what God had in store for us all along. Hebrews tells us faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see. I didn't see it coming, but oh the joy that floods my soul. #sistertalkfaith.com #joyjoyjoyjoydowninmyheart

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