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Tina Williams
Excellent Article
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 7:14 am
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Thank you very much for this article. I believe it is also relevant to women of any age. This is an excellent article, one I am going to print and keep and pass along if you don't mind. :)
jane
:)
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 7:47 am
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i have a dilema in my life.
I have just finished high school ,and am not decided on what i want to study.
But i have thought that i should study in a biblical university for 2 years,and i think that a job as a teenager leader or working with the children in the church is the kind of job that makes me happy.on the other side i have decided to study at a financial university but i dont really really like it.my parents say that i need to finish a university and then i cAN study smth religious..i feel so bad that i dont have a clue of what to do.i have prayed with all of my life to the LORD but i feel so bad because i think that i should have an idea of what i really want aND THAN I SHOULD PRAY TO THE LORD i feel so confused...:(
Ellie
RE: Jane
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 8:28 am
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Jane! You do know what you want in life! Don't say your confused! If anything, you enjoy children and working with youth! Why don't you major in Childhood Education or something along those lines that deal with youth and children! :) If the Financial University is not what you want to do (even though it's your parents wishes) have a nice long talk with them and explain your reasons. You can have a good job and be secure with something else! Hope this helps and I'll be praying for you! :)
Jess
jane
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 8:58 am
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I agree with Ellie... it sounds like you want to work with kids and teenagers...
just reminding, don't feel pressured to plan out your whole life. Things will probably change in 10, 15 years and God may have something different planned for you at that point in time. Continue to seek Him, and He WILL make His will known. Promise. :)
What's the worst that could happen? You take a year off, stay home, serve your family and church, and take a bit more time to make the decision? College is a big thing and one year in the grand scheme of things isn't going to make a huge difference.
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. (Proverbs 19:21)
anonymous
Re:
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 9:28 am
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amen. continue to seek Him ...take our hands,Lord,and our feet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhAlDBzOI0
I<3 relientk morgan
Jane
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 9:45 am
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I think that Ellie is right. You have to follow your heart for the calling that God has given you. I'm a freshman in high school and I have believed for the past seven years that God has called me to financially help missionaries in China. I'm following what I believe He is calling me to do and everything is working out fairly well. Pray about it and know that God put your dream for children in YOU for a special reason. I absolutely believe that God has a special purpose for all of us, which includes being Biblical women, and He will help us to see His plan. Keep doing what makes you happy. God will use you for His purpose, all in good time. :)
Kaylee Ann
Re:
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 10:03 am
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"Okay, now it's your turn. How would you describe what it looks like to be the kind of young woman God designed you to be?"

Well, I know Jesus wants me to be loving and kind and to forgive people that hurt me, but I am hurting so much because of the death of my mom... I know I think about her alot!

But I do believe in being modest in my heart! To trust that Jesus is making me into the woman that He wants me to be. I think when that happens I'll be really happy!
mindy
i have a question...
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 10:42 am
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How do I know what God wants me to do? I love softball, and I have been working on it a lot too. But doesn't the Bible say Jesus makes us a new person? Really, I want to know if I should like something more ladylike. I read somewhere that said that God doesn't give us big dreams, but we are supposed to be insignificant. And I have also read that it is an abomination for girls to play sports. I am sorry my thoughts aren't gathered that well.
Anonymous
Re: Mindy
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:17 am
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I think it's perfectly okay to play softball. You can play softball to God's glory. I definitely do not think that's it's an "abomination" for girls to play sports!
MG
Mindy's question....
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:52 am
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God wants you to do his will... and he has given you talents. Basically everything we do, EVERYTHING, that if be for the Lord. If he tells us to change diapers all day, then do it joyfully, everything that he has allowed us to do, if we do it to glorify him and please him, then that's part of God's will. Our life is not to seek fulfillment of what we want, ie. I have to be the best rocket scientist in the world to be someone. Its to find fulfillment in what he has given us, His Son so that we may know the Father's love! I have been reading Elizabeth Elliot's book, Discipline and it is such a reminder of how our lives need to line up with what the Lord's will. How we use out time, our attitude towards our jobs, etc. I highly recommend it.
Tabby
Confused
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 12:16 pm
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I want to say yes to God in all areas of my life. But lately I feel like God is calling me to purposley do something sinful so I can help other people who have committed that sin or something. I know it doesn't make sense and that the Bible says that God can't tempt us to sin. I really don't want to do the sin at all, which is why I keep saying no. Is it really God or not? Help!!!
Talia
Re:Tabby
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 12:42 pm
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God would never cotradict Himself by telling you to do something that is against His Word. He doesn't ever want you to sin. Spend time reading His Word and finding out what He says for sure there. Really pray and seek out His true will for you. Also, you can still help others without going through the same circumstances as them or sinning.
Blue
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on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 1:19 pm
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I want to give Jesus more of my heart! I need to deny my worldly cravings more often.. Thank you for this post!
Ellie
RE: Mindy
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 1:29 pm
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What your hobbies are, what you enjoy doing, what you consider fun, what comes naturally to you, I find is God's way of telling you what your gift and talents are. Those gifts and talents are to show the world God's love! To show that God can use anyone that He wants! If your confused on what to do in life always just ask Him. He will answer! Also God loves people who dream BIG!! :) So dream big!! :)
Becca
Tabby
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 1:37 pm
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Tabby,

I promise you that if you are feeling called by God to commit a certain sin, that is certainly not God speaking. God would never want you to sin to help others who sin. 1 Peter 1:16 says, "for it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'" God has called us to live holy lives! You can still help people who committed that sin without committing it yourself. That's what Jesus did. :) Praying for you!
Jayneshp
Jane and Tabby
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 4:21 pm
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Thank you for this article..... truly a blessing
"True happiness and peace do not exist apart from GOD"

Tabby. I agree with Tallia and Becca... I do not believe that we need to pray for wisdom about things that are clearly revealed in the Word of God and if you surrender to His will He will give you the strength needed. Praying for you...

Jane, You just keep on seeking His guidance and be faithful and stay in the Word of God and seek the advice of other Godly people and ask the Lord to protect you from wrong decisions and continue with your education as the LORD directs you.... and ask Him for guidance as you share with your parents.
God used the prepared person....I am 73 and I can not begin to tell you how the Lord has worked things out in my life for his Glory.....I will pray for you...
Chey
wow
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 6:17 pm
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This really touched my heart today. Thank you :-)
Tabby
Talia, Becca, Jayneshp
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 7:34 pm
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Thanks! Your comments are helping me! :)
Godzgirl
Re: Mindy
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:14 pm
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I don't believe it is Wrong to play softball. I have played softball my entire life and still do. It is a struggle sometimes. I have very high modesty standards, I am one of 7 kids, i am homeschooled, and I do not date or use language. Alot of the girls have boyfriends, cuss in every sentance, and wear clothing that is very unmodest. But I have been able to share my faith with them, they see that I am different then them, and that has been amazing because they will question me about myself, my family, and my faith. I know some people say that softball is wrong because you argue with the umpires a lot, and yes for some people that is true, I just decided to listen to what they say and not argue ( :D even when they do say the wrong thing) they are human and will mess up. I believe it is an opportunity that god has given me to share his love. Just remember "What ever you do, do it all to the Glory of God" corinthians 10:31b ESV
Hope that helps!
Godzgirl
Re: Jane
on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:29 pm
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Ok this might sound like a weird question but have you ever considered not going to college at all? Maybe Gods plan is not for you to go to college. Have you ever thought about things like being a full time nanny? I have a friend who has decided not to go to college and is watching a little down syndrome boy Monday-Friday while his parents are at work, or maybe there is a young mother with multiple children who need someone to help her out during the day. I will not be going to college when I graduate, I believe that as a young women i am to stay at home under my fathers protection. I will probably get a job and maybe go to community college. I know god has called some young women to college but I thing mostly as young women we should be under our fathers protection still. Hope that helped! I will be praying for you.
Daughter of the King
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on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 12:44 am
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Hi this was a hit home blog post for me. I will be completly honest here. I have felt likei am saying yes to the worlds standards and forgetting God in so many areas of my life. I see the kinds of things that happen when we say yes to the world and no to God. I have felt like that honestly. I have to remind myself that i am a daughter of the Most High God who has a plan and a purpose for my life!!!!!!!!
Shana
RE: Confused
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 1:58 am
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RE: Tabby (confused)

Dear daughter, i am not sure what Bible you are reading or what you are attending that would make you truly believe that God is speaking to you about doing anything that contradicts His word and His very nature. Have you not heard, and have you not read for yourself that God HATES SIN. Anything that aligns you to satan, the father of lies, is SIN and you become an enemy of God. From Genesis to Revelation, God deals with SIN and not only does He deal with sin, but He outlines some challenging truths to what SIN is. Let me give you examples from the very beginning, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, what did God do? Did He say, "Oh, this is great now you can be a great witness to the human race!" NO! He removed them from the garden, why because He hates SIN! Do you remember the story of Nadab and Abihu (Levitical priest; Aaron's son) God killed them for bringing an offering, but it was not any offering because God saw their heart (which ultimately is what God is after from all His children). And God killed them, why because they offered profane fire before the LORD, and He did not command them to. And God spoke Aaron (their father), through Moses stating, "By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified." I believe what God was saying is you cannot come into my presence any way you wish, because you think your title, family lineage, prestige, or whatever else gives you this right. And do you remember when God removed His presence from the children of Israel because they had created a golden calf? God told Moses, the people were stiff-necked and because His anger was aroused towards them He would not come in their midst because they would be consumed in one moment. And guess what Moses did, Moses chose to go out to meet with God, why because God was Moses' priority (as He should be for all who call ourselves Christians). And the scripture gives a picture of two types of people, there were those who went with Moses when He went outside the camp to meet with God (i believe these people wanted to experience God for their selves and not receive second-hand information from Moses; they desired a personal, intimate relationship for their own lives, and shouldn't we all), but then there were those who only watched from the outside of their tents (signifying that my comforts, desires, and needs are more important than going outside the camp; it is an inconvenience to me, because it is all about me; did they still not recognize who had chosen them! A Holy God, but by their action we see a glimpse of their hearts, they wanted to worship God by their own standards; they were going to meet God on their own terms, had they forgotten what it means to be in covenant?).

i say all this my dear child to say, God is Holy and He will never tell you anything contradictory to His word and your flesh will never be justified in His sight. Let God be true but every man a liar. We cannot at any point of our walk every think that God would want us to SIN, if so what was the big deal in sending His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ to die for our SINS? We would need no sacrifice, if God would allow us to SIN when it fit in His agenda. He calls us to be overcomers, by the word. Are you letting the word transform you, my dear? Please spend time in God's word, because this is where God speaks and you will hear His heart beat and know His voice, when you make the conscious choice to make time for Him and Him alone (this means no distractions!!!)...i will definitely be praying that God gives you a broken and contrite heart and a contrite spirit and that you would fear Him and tremble at His word.
Shana
RE: Jane
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 2:25 am
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RE: Jane (Dilemma)

Precious one, i do not believe you have a dilemma as much as having a tainted view of God. Please bear with me, i by no means am saying you do not know God, because you very well may, and i am also not saying that you have not prayed, because you may very well have prayed. When i speak of a tainted view of God, i mean it in the context where many Christians i believe think that God only moves and responds in one form. God created male and female; He created the heavens and the earth; He placed the stars in space; He tilted the earth in such a way that we are at the right balance as to not freeze to death or be engulfed in flames! So what am i saying, God is very creative, and if for whatever reason you have not heard God speak regarding your future, do not fret, because if you are truly His i know He has plans for you. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. So precious one, although i do not believe you were wrong for soliciting advice, however, at the end of the day God will and does have the last say. Why? Because He created you and He knows His plans for your life. The best we can do is get you to talk about the things you like and point you in the direction of that, but could it possible be that maybe that very thing you think you would fail at or would not even consider is where God would call you to be planted? So precious one, be still in His presence and know that He is God. i will be praying for you that God will strip you of any comforts that keep you from hearing clearly so the only thing remaining is God. Go to His word because He is always speaking through His word. John 15:5 states, "My Father has been working until now, and I [Jesus] have been working." God never sleeps nor slumbers and He is always working, just because we do not know what He is doing does not mean He has not heard our prayer. So rest in the fact that God never sleeps and He is always working! i know God will reveal His plans for you, but i beg of you to not assume it is going to come in this way or fashion, because this is a prime way to totally miss God's answer; just look at the life of Jesus. The religious leaders and others of Jesus's day assumed the Messiah was going to come one way and Jesus did not fit this picture so many, specifically Jerusalem, did not receive Him. What a sad picture. Allow God to work in your life and future by His plans!
Shana
RE: Paula
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 2:59 am
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Okay, now it's your turn. How would you describe what it looks like to be the kind of young woman God designed you to be?

Thank you Paula for this article and thank you for a new word i may now add to my vocabulary "uber-religion."

i believe a true woman of God (young, middle-aged, or older) is a woman who wears her heart on the outside. Please stay with me, i am not saying this woman is self-centered or thinks the sun rises and sets on her. No, not at all! When i say i believe this woman wears her heart on the outside what i am saying is this woman is not afraid of investing in the life's of others, because she understands and knows God is her source and friend that sticks closer than a brother. i believe a true woman of God wears her heart on the outside because she is constantly praying that God convict her of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The true woman is a living sacrifice! The true woman is daily saying, "not my will, but Your will be done." i believe all these things are lived out in the true woman's life because she is daily giving her heart to Jesus; she desires to hold on to nothing! Her one desire is to know Him and be known by Him; that in every area of her life God becomes her desire just as she is God's desire (Psalm 45:11). The true woman is constantly allowing God's word to sanctify, cleanse, and wash her in order that she becomes that "radiant, glorious" bride that has no spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she is holy and without blemish! The true woman understands it is a heart issue; from the very beginning to the end when Christ returns, it is a heart issue. God desires our heart, and the true woman of God knows this and delights to give to her King!

Thanks for the opportunity for sharing and again thank you for your transparent heart. May God continue to increase you with the fullness of Him, that every thirst you have is satisfied by His hands!..What an AWESOME GOD we serve, that He would look upon us and call us to Himself in a very personal and intimate relationship that is explosive when we are with other like-minded saints!!
Emily
Tabby
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:42 am
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Hey Tabby,
No, that is not God.That is purely Satan. Satan is tempting you to Sin, and making you think it is God tempting you to sin, so that you turn away from God.
You said that you have been saying to the temptation to sin. Well done! Keep saying no!! "The temptations in your life are no different to what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure." ( 1 Corinthians 10:13). James 4:7-8, "...Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you."
I hope this helps. Keep saying no, and keep searching for God.
Tabby
Re: Shana and Emily
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10:44 am
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@Shana
Thank you so much! I guess I really need to get a better view of God than what I have right now if I think He would want me to sin. You made very great points and examples. God bless.
@Emily
Thanks! Those are great verses to keep in mind. And thanks for reminding me that only the devil can tempt me to sin. God bless.
Abby
Thanks!
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 1:12 pm
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Thanks so much for that article! I totally agree with the purity part of being a woman. My dad and I are doing a devotional together on purity, and this pretty much expanded on that topic. A true woman, as the article says, finds her beauty in the Lord. Anyways, thanks again!
Anonoymous 101
Surrendering
on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 4:30 pm
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Thank-you for this, this was an encouragement! At first for some odd reason I didn't want to read this post, then felt like God wanted me too! So I did!

And this reminded me of something I did, surrendering my love story to God. After I started reading the book When God writes your Love Story! By Eric and Leslie Ludy!

And something I'm reminded of, when we feel alone, or need love God reminded me of something: NOTHING IS MORE SATISFYING THEN FALLING IN LOVE WITH JESUS :)

Thank-you for the encouragement!!
Christina
Oh Yes
on Friday, August 10, 2012 at 5:11 pm
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This is definetly what a true young woman is. It's kinda like how there is adult and kid. You are only truly an adult if you are spiritually mature to the point of being an adult. This is definetly what a true young woman is!
Philippa
This is sooo true, but.......
on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 11:08 am
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I completely agree with what this blogs definition of being a true woman is, but I have been struggling with a different issue. The bible says that our bodies are his temples. "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? (1 Corinthians 6:19 NKJV)" It seems to me that many godly girls today do not honor god with their weight. While being obsessed with a perfect body is certainly not pleasing to god, neither is having an overweight one.

So many times I hear people say that we just have to accept the way God made our bodies....I don't think that God makes anyone overweight. I'm not using the media's definition of overweight, but the medical worlds definition of being overweight. Being overweight or obese is not only detrimental to ones health, but it is a bad testimony to others about what it is to be a godly girl. God says that gluttony is a sin. Eating exsesive amounts of food or junk food should be not encouraged by the church. It makes me sick to see all the unhealthy food served at my church's events, which is normally being consumed by people who look as though they are the last people who need it. What about all the poor, starving people in third world nations who are dying from malnutrition?

I may be biased coming from a family who eats proper portions of healthy nutritious food, and drinks carbonated water instead of soda; but I don't think that it is too difficult to honor God with what we put into our bodies. I feel that many Christians in America have become slaves to their taste buds, and lack proper discipline when it comes to food.

I don't know why this topic seems to be taboo in many churches, mine included. Whith maybe a small percentage of people who are exceptions, I don't think that people would be overweight if they ate a healthy diet and exercised regularly. It is not really more expensive (veggies vs. chips and salty snacks), but may require some extra work. Please consider writing a blog post on pleasing God with what we consume.

My intention is not to seem condescending. I struggle in other parts of life as well, but eating too much of junk is not one of them. My eating habits do not stem from a desire to be thin (however that is a nice side effect), but rather to be able to serve God more fully. I have had people close to me die from complications arising from being overweight. It is so painful to see wonderful, godly, people die from such a needless cause. Others who do not die, still suffer with a lesser quality of life. It could all be avoided if only people thought twice about what they consume. Next time you are tempted to eat something that harms your body instead of sustaining it, please think about wether god would be happy about you eating it. When people call certain foods "sinful", I don't think that they are too far from the truth.
Brittany
Re:
on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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Great post, and thanks for posting it! I agree with the three biblical quotes as well and they're so true! I know I always need to keep working on them and everyday. Thanks again!
monica
to phillipa
on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm
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Couldnt agree with you more!!!
Jo
RE: Jane / Godzgirl
on Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 5:27 pm
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You gave the young woman with questions about college some very poor advice....you think she (and you) would do well to stay at home under your father's protection. Let me tell ya something. I'm more than old enough to be your grandmother, and not all fathers are in the lives of their children. Some are deceased. Some disappeared a long time ago. Some are abusers and/or alcoholics. You get the picture. Please don't even discuss the "father's protection" because for far too many of us it never happened. Bless those who had and have loving fathers, but don't give your opinions about this subject when you can't support it.
Mary
Re:
on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 1:04 pm
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i wanna be a women that God wants me to be. i hate how the world wants us girls to be. i was jus talking to my friend mark about it. he said that it must be hard to be a girl cuz we wanna be popular,pretty,we wanna be better then everyone else and that's so true. it sucks. i try to be like women in the bible instead. :)
Dorcas
Re:
on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 1:15 pm
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amen phillipa...
Lorree, with the LYWB team
Mindy
on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 4:46 pm
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God gives us talents and gifts and as we use them for His glory, He is pleased with us. That includes softball, as well, Mindy. God also wants you to spend time with Him each day in prayer and in reading His Word. He wants us to be kind to others and to serve them in the same way He serves us. By focusing on deepening our personal relationship with God, we can be assured that we are doing what God wants us to do. He will guide us in the other areas of our lives as we seek Him first (Matt. 6:33).
Morgan
Re:
on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 8:56 pm
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I have been having a hard time with being a Biblical women! Every time I start school I have big plans of being Christ like and I always fail. I never know what to do. This really helped me!!! :) Thank you!
Sarah, with the LYWB team
@jane...
on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 3:46 pm
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You will find that often God leads us step by step, and not always with the full picture up front. God delights in leading you; He doesn’t intend for you to figure it out on your own and then ask Him to bless it. Here’s what He says through the psalmist’s pen: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.” So, what to do now? Pray! Pray with a heart seeking Him, and His ways and wisdom. He will lead you as He has promised.

Talk with your parents, your church leaders, and a godly woman you admire. Ask them to pray with you and give you their input as you discuss your plans and thoughts. Then, take it a step at a time.

And remember…you want to ENJOY the process of seeking Him. Read His Word, pray, and enjoy His presence. You can count on Him to respond to you and your heart to seek Him! “…and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.” (1 Peter 1:8)

Praying for you this day! :-)
Beka
@Shana
on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 4:45 pm
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I appreciate your very strong standpoint to Tabby that God DOES HATE sin. VERY true. =) And I am sooo glad you used Bible examples, for to back up statements with God's Word confirms it as Truth!

However, one comment you made does bother me: (talking about Adam and Eve sinning) "He removed them from the garden...because He hates SIN!" I guess one of the reasons it bothers me is because that it makes God seem kinda like a tyrant, forcefully and unmercifully pushing Adam and Eve out of the wonderful garden as a punishment for their sin. And that's not really how it was. (I doubt you meant it to sound that way, but I wanted to bring this up for everybody's sake just as much as for anybody's.)

As a just result of Adam and Eve's disobedience, God gave to each of them a curse. (Gen.3 :16-19) But taking them out of the garden was actually an act of mercy to them.....AND us. KJV describes it this way:" And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims [or angels], and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." God knew that, if Adam and Eve then would eat of the tree of life, which before they had been allowed to (Gen. 2; 9, 16 and 17), we all would be living forever in a world full of sin and chaos, that gets darker and more evil all the time. I don't think that I can thank Him enough for guarding the tree of life from man!!!

Anyway, I just wanted to bring that out. Blessings to you as you serve the King of Kings! May He get the glory!!
michaela
Re:
on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 12:39 pm
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I know for fact that I haven't done this.Iin just this morning I've let I dont know how many people down. Including my parents, my best friend, and some very important people elsewhere. I didn't know why everything I do is wrong and not what it should be but I realize that the problem with probably all my problems is my relationship with God. I believe if I could restore that relationship everything would go to how it should be. At least get better. I really am trying to get my life back to how it should be lived but I seem to be failing in every way. I was at camp this year I and I thought I was doing good. I was praying, worshiping, everything I should be doing. But I didn't realzie what I was still holding back. I want to give my all to Him, but I am struggling. I just need to submit.
Sarah, with the LYWB team
@michaela...
on Monday, August 20, 2012 at 4:15 pm
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You are so right, michaela...when our relationship is in good standing with the Lord, meaning we have a relationship with Him through Jesus and are walking in fellowship with Him, our earthly relationships are much better. I encourage you, this day, to sit down and write out your heart's desires to the Lord. Confess any sins you have committed toward others, the ways you have let God and other people down, and ask Him to forgive you. Ask Him to help you live out the relationship you so long to have with Him. Surrender your "heart" as Erin said above, I am praying for you this day.