Let me share the welcome message which I reflected this morning and late afternoon.
"My prayer is that as wives and future wives, we will return to the purpose in which our Creator, God and Father through the Lord Jesus Christ originally intended when He so carefully designed us. And as we return, I pray that we, as daughters of the Most High God will use the influence He gave to women to turn the tides of the American family so that our country may return to a nation founded on Christ just as our forefathers had intended. Please join me in this prayer.
As we travel, please allow the Holy Spirit of God to prune you, refine you and shape you. Ask God for His discipline. Painful as it may be, we can trust it because we know God's discipline is good and is out of His great love for us, as His discipline leads us out of the entrapment of sin and into the freedom found only in the righteousness of Christ (Hebrews 12:7-11).
In the light of Ecclesiastes 5:1-3, pray and memorize: Psalm 139:23-24 and Psalm 19:14. Then share how applying these Scriptures in your life has impacted you and your family by leaving a comment on this post so other sisters in the Lord may be encouraged and edified.
This study will be intense and requires a strong commitment as you resolve to dedicate yourself to be an active participant in the work of the Holy Spirit as He conforms you into the likeness of His Son, Jesus Christ. If you do not feel that you are at a place in your life where you can make such an unwavering commitment to God and your family, I advise you not to take this journey until you are able. Before you begin this study, first read: Luke 14:27-33 and consider carefully the cost of traveling down this road to Christ-likeness."
The Precious Word to reflect deeply....
Hebrews 12:7-11
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Psalm 139:23-24
Psalm 19:14
Luke 14:27-33
I believe wives have a desire to become women in whom God wants to mold us for His Glory and for a loving and joyful marriage. A joyful sharing of lives together in a pursuit to have God as the center, foundation, and leader,master, bestfriend, father, and family.
Relationships undergo tribulations and challenges, but I believe as I continually experience that HE is with me and my husband along the journey to have our love refined and continually grow.
The Closing Message:
"Let me close with this quote from Fran Sciacca:
"A major distinction exists between the ancient marble-crafters and the God of eternity, however. They worked with lifeless stone, and what emerged was the product of their own skill and choice. But God depends upon us to hold His chisel and welcome the blows of His tools. A necessary cooperation exists between the Master and His work. We must submit to become what He so faithfully wills to form. Becoming like Jesus Christ must be at the center of our understanding of what it means to be a child of God on this side of eternity. And like the artisans of old, God's methods necessitate pain, the removal of what we might rely upon, and great amounts of time and patience....There's much within each of us that would implore the Master to quit the work, to let us be content as an unfinished piece. We are frail people living in formidable times. Pain, difficulty, suffering, loss, and rejection are regarded as enemies in our postmodern world. But in the hands of a loving Father, afflictions and difficulties are meant to be the agents of glorious change for those who submit to the work of the Master's hand."
Let me close with this quote from Fran Sciacca:
"A major distinction exists between the ancient marble-crafters and the God of eternity, however. They worked with lifeless stone, and what emerged was the product of their own skill and choice. But God depends upon us to hold His chisel and welcome the blows of His tools. A necessary cooperation exists between the Master and His work. We must submit to become what He so faithfully wills to form. Becoming like Jesus Christ must be at the center of our understanding of what it means to be a child of God on this side of eternity. And like the artisans of old, God's methods necessitate pain, the removal of what we might rely upon, and great amounts of time and patience....There's much within each of us that would implore the Master to quit the work, to let us be content as an unfinished piece. We are frail people living in formidable times. Pain, difficulty, suffering, loss, and rejection are regarded as enemies in our postmodern world. But in the hands of a loving Father, afflictions and difficulties are meant to be the agents of glorious change for those who submit to the work of the Master's hand."
In His Grace,
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