Two sisters in Christ talking about faith and seeking to live it out.
Here we are. The final Tuesday in our Summer Soak. We hope you have persevered through 1Corinthians 13:4-7 with us and pray you are experiencing transformation which pours out through your words and deeds. Gather your sister(s), Bible, and journal as we slip into our final soak for the summer to discuss hope and perseverance. … Continue reading Summer Soak: Love Always Hopes, Always Perseveres
Love endures all things, always perseveres. The Greek means to remain, abide, not recede or flee; to bear ill treatments bravely and calmly (Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon). This is a love that doesn’t run away or avoid. It stays even when it’s difficult. Consider who you run away from or avoid. Why? Ask God to prepare […]
Maybe we should rename Tuesday... Trust-day. Because it takes trust to gather with others and share our stories, our hearts, ourselves. As we gather, we learn to love others. It moves us to protect the hearts of those we share with and trust them to do the same. We hope you have gathered a sister … Continue reading Summer Soak: Love Always Protects, Always Trusts
This week's memory verse: Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah Psalm 62:8 ESV This week we look at two interconnected characteristics of love. Love bears all things, always protects. Love believes all things, always trusts, never loses faith. Love protects and trusts... … Continue reading Summer Soak: Protect & Trust
Happy Tuesday! Let's gather together here on the blog or with sisters in community and discuss rejoicing in truth. Did truth sink in slow and take it's time with you? Or maybe you felt knocked around a bit? Let's take time to share our story, His story in us, and rejoice in truth. Stacy says: … Continue reading Summer Soak: Love Rejoices With the Truth
This week's memory verse: Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart... 1Peter 1:22 ESV Love rejoices in the truth, with the truth, whenever truth wins out. We just finished talking about the unloving nature of rejoicing in evil. Love … Continue reading Summer Soak: Truth
Tuesday! It's back again and so are we to talk about love's aversion to sin. We hope you've gathered a sister or two to share your journey with. We've been soaking up the heart of one passage of Scripture for two months now. This leg of our journey moves us into a discussion about evil. … Continue reading Summer Soak: Love does Not Delight in Evil
This week's memory verse: Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Romans 12:9 ESV evil... adjective 1 a: morally reprehensible: sinful, wicked b. arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct --Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) Evil. Sin-full. These are thoroughly opposed to God's love. And to love evil is no … Continue reading Summer Soak: Evil
Yes! It's Tuesday. The time we gather with others to share how God is working in our lives. Many weeks we have been discussing what love is not, but take heart only two more discussions to go and the tide will turn. Today we'll share our experiences from our week reflecting on a short-temper and … Continue reading Summer Soak: Love is Not Short-tempered or Bitter
This week's memory verse: Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. Proverbs 14:29 ESV This week we are exploring a short-temper as an antithesis to love and the bitterness that takes root if we don't deal with our anger. Love is not provoked or irritable, is … Continue reading Summer Soak: Short-Tempered & Bitter