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The Resolution for Women: Week 5 – My Best

July 29, 2012 by

I can’t believe that we are already into Week 5!!  Wow, how the time has flown by during this study!  I truly hope you are enjoying this study as much as I am!  This book offers a wealth of information to help us grow physically and spiritually!

I have tweeted with the author of this book on a couple of occasions.  Priscilla has told me that she is praying for our group, and is very excited that we are using her book for our bible study!  I think it’s great that she has taken the time to reply to my tweets! 🙂

In this next section of The Resolution for Women, we will study “My Best”; which means we will cover areas such as achieving balance in our lives, time management, avoiding perfectionism, and taking care of ourselves physically.  Another week of awesome topics!!

So, with that said, do you have your seat belts fastened for another amazing ride to our next Resolution??  If not, you had better buckle up, because this is going to be another awesome journey!  Let’s give everything we have to this study this week, to bring glory of God!

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Here is this week’s reading assignment:

(Week of July 30th – Aug 3rd)

30th:  Week’s Assignment / My Best / Boxes –  Christi

31st:  Timing Is Everything – Megan

Aug 1st:  Anything, Everything, and Whatever – Kelley

2nd:  It Only Works When I Breathe – TBD

3rd:   Week Overview – Christi

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Let’s Pray:

Lord, we lift yet another amazing week of the Resolution study to You, and we ask that You help us to remove all distractions that would prohibit us from hearing from You this week. Help us to focus at least 10 minutes a day with You, Lord.  Help us to give this study what time it deserves, Lord, so we can learn what You are trying to teach us.  In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!! 

If you do not yet belong to our Online Bible Study Facebook Group, and would like to, please send us an email to GirlfriendsCoffeeHour@gmail.com and we will be happy to add you!!

Be Blessed & Be a Blessing to Someone Else Today!!  

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The Resolution for Women: I’d Like a Word with You

July 26, 2012 by

Our Memory Verse

We’ve talked a lot about Quiet Time this week, and being faithful to that time with God.  We’ve talked about Divine Appointments and being Faithfully His.  We were asked in one of our blogs this week to define what faith and faithfulness means to us.  Were you able to really sit down and think that through?

What does being “Faithfully His” really mean to you?  I’d like to start by seeing what it means to God, first.

In order to find out what being faithful means to God, we have to start by looking at His Word.  His Word….the infallible Truth.  He has given us His Word to teach us; mold us; refresh us; revive us; save us; teach us obedience; to draw us closer to Him; to show us how much He loves us; and to transform us.

He is faithful in His Word.  His Word is truth.  His Word is alive and sharper than any two-edged sword.  His Word is active in our lives, every single day.  His Word is living, and never returns void.  His Word is unchanging.  He Word is eternal.  His word is an historical account of where we come from, and where we are going.  His Word is love.

His Word defines who we are in Christ.  It lifts us up, and encourages us.  It speaks intimately and personally to reveal His purpose for our life!

There is so much to be seen in God’s Word!  It is up to us, though, to be faithful in reading His Word every day.

It is up to us to open this beautiful book of LIFE, and allow God to speak to us; to pour out His amazing Spirit upon us.

It is up to us to be consistent and intentional about allowing God to speak to us through His Word … in our Quiet Time.

It is up to us to choose to shut down the outside noise of life, and to just sit quietly with Him, allowing His Word to permeate our souls and our minds; to allow Him to reach us deep down inside.  That is the only way we will hear the voice of the Shepherd.

It is up to us to CHOOSE to spend this time with Him; to be faithful to Him through this time each day.

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What if God suddenly decided one day not to be faithful to us anymore?  What would our world look like?  What would our marriage be like?  What would our kids be like?  That, my friends, to me, is a scary thought!!  I thank God every day for His faithfulness to me; for always being there, no matter what the circumstances, or time of day; and for always providing for me.

I see many prayer requests every day.  I see us all reaching out to Him, asking prayer for this or that.  Are we faithful to really seek Him for those answers?  Or is it easier to just put the request out there, and ask others to do the work for us?  I don’t mean that in a hateful way, either.  What I mean to say here is this, is it easier for someone else to pray for you, instead of you spending that time with God one on one?

Are you as faithful to Him, as He is to you?  Are you available to Him, when He needs to speak to you?  To be honest, I haven’t always been that faithful to Him.  Even today, I can see areas of my life that I need to resolve to become even more faithful to Him.

What about you?  Can you see areas of your life that you have chosen to let the world, or your circumstances, rob your time with Him?  Can you see areas of your own life where you haven’t been as faithful to Him, as you could be?  What can you do TODAY to change that??

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In this chapter, Priscilla has shared five pages of scriptures with us.  She has suggested that we use these scriptures as affirmations over our lives, and the lives of our loved ones.  She has referenced not only the scripture, but the verse it comes from, as well.

I would encourage you to go through this list of scriptures and highlight the ones that speak to you; and then go to your bible, His Word, and find them there, and highlight them.  Date the scriptures in your bible, as the day that God spoke to you in His Word!  Speak these scriptures out loud, so you can audibly hear them with your own ears.  Faith comes by hearing the Word.  Speak these scriptures out over yourself and your loved ones each day during the quiet time that you are now going to choose to set aside for Him; and then just watch God’s word come alive!!! 

His Word will help renew your mind and your faith; and even your actions and attitudes toward Him will be changed!  Praise God!!

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I will close today with our latest resolution:

 

 

I, __________________, will live as a woman answerable to God and faithfully committed to His Word.

Signed:  Christi Wilson

 

Will you join me in this resolution, as well?

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Let’s Pray:

Father, we come before You today Lord, and ask for Your forgiveness for the times that we have not been as faithful to You as we could have been.  Forgive us Lord for the times that we have chosen worldly distractions over our time with You.  Forgive us for not being there when You needed us, Lord.  Father, we thank You for that forgiveness right now, and from this day forward we resolve to be more committed to Your Word, and more faithful to You.  In Jesus’ Name, the Name above All Names, Amen! 

Your Assignment:

Set aside some time today to spend with the Lord.  Ask His forgiveness for the times that you have chosen other things over Him.  Repent and receive His forgiveness, and then resolve to make better choices where He is concerned in your life.  Do whatever it takes to make time for Him, each and every day!

Don’t forget to head back over to your Facebook OBS Group and see what we have in store for you today!!  If you don’t yet belong to a Facebook OBS (Online Bible Study) Group, and would like to, please send us an email at GirlfriendsCoffeeHour@gmail.com, and we’ll be happy to add you!! 

Living Intentionally to Become More Faithful to My Lord and Savior,

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The Resolution for Women — Faithfully His

July 23, 2012 by

Our Memory Verse

Today, I have a special surprise for you!  I’m not going to be talking, or writing about today’s lesson….

I’m going to let Priscilla Shirer speak to you directly, about being Faithfully His!

Are you ready???!!!!  Here we go!

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Please note that Girlfriends Coffee Hour is not endorsing the

Crossroads Memberships mentioned at the end of this video.

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Let’s Pray

Father, as we begin this new lesson this week, let us prepare our days so we are able to clear our schedules, and our minds, Lord, to better hear Your voice.  Let us lay aside all things that concern us this day, so we are able to sit at Your feet and learn from You, so we can become even more Faithfully Yours, Lord!  In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!!  

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Your Assignment Today:  

Take at least 30 minutes today to clear your mind, and your schedule, so you are better prepared this week to hear from God.  Share below in the comments section, what you will do this week to make this happen, each day.  Then go on over to your OBS Facebook Group to see what we have planned for you today!  You just never know what we will come up with next!!  

If you are not a member of our OBS Facebook Group, and would like to be, please send us an email and we’ll be happy to place you!!   Our email address is:  GirlfriendsCoffeeHour@gmail.com

Living Intentionally Each Day to Become More Faithfully His,

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The Resolution Begins!

July 1, 2012 by

The Resolution for Women

Week of: July 2 – 6, 2012

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Hello Everyone!

It’s finally here!  I’ve been anticipating this study for quite some time now, and I am so happy to finally begin this new journey with all of you!

When I first saw the movie “Courageous”, which is where this book stems from, my first thought after hearing the “Men of honor, where are you” speech at the end of the movie, was “What about the WOMEN?!?   Where are the Women of Honor?  Women need to step up to the plate, too!!”  That’s where this book comes into play….  I hope you are ready because this is going to be one amazing journey!

Click HERE to read the first chapter, if you do not yet have the book!You will see a button on the right side of the page that says “Free first chapter FREE”.  Click on that button, and it will take you to the first chapter! 

Let’s begin with the definition of the word “Resolution”.  What does that word mean to you personally?  For me, I have to be honest and say that it usually meant failure!  It meant that I would set the Resolutions for the New Year with much anticipation, only to find two weeks into the New Year, I had fizzled out!

Was it the resolution that had fizzled out?  Or was it me that had fizzled out?  The answer, of course, is that I had fizzled out!  I had given up on what was once a desire that I had for the New Year; a new achievement that I wanted to accomplish.

I believe the first part of this book, “The Resolution Revolution” finally helped me understand why my personal resolutions were never accomplished….because they were not God’s resolutions for my life!  I was trying to accomplish resolutions that I had set for myself, without seeking God and what His resolutions for my life would be!

In this new Resolution journey, we are going to discover that we are already women of resolutions.  We make resolutions every single day of our life!  A resolution is simply a change in attitude towards a specific goal you want to achieve.  It’s about becoming “intentional” about what you want to achieve.  You will hear that word “Intentional” quite a bit in this study.  I’ve heard it more in the last 6 weeks, than I’ve ever heard it before!  But, I’ve come to make this word a part of my every day vocabulary now, because I truly see just how important this word and the act of being “intentional” really is!  I hope you will add it to your vocabulary, as well.

As we travel along this Resolution, you will begin to see that this book is not just for pleasure reading!  Some of it may even make you want to quit!  You will have to ask yourself over and over again, “Why Am I Doing This?”  As Priscilla states in this chapter, the “why” is because first of all, the resolutions that we are going to learn about in this study is a “Resolution With God”, founded wholly on principles that God Himself has established; girded with the power of the Holy Spirit; encouraging, comforting, equipping you, and empowering you with the strength you will need to carry these resolutions out.  Thank God we have the Holy Spirit to help us, huh??  I know there would be no way that I could carry these resolutions out in my own power!  I’ve already proven that…over and over again!!

The second reason for why you are doing this is because not only will it change your life, but it will change the life of those around you, the ones you love!  Your husband….Your children….Friends….Family…Co-Workers….Business Partners, and on and on…will be impacted by what you learn and apply from this study!

I want to encourage you to go into this asking God what He wants for YOU out of this study.  Please, do not go into this study asking God how this will change your husband, or your kids, or family, and so on!!  It is not about what God is going to do in them!  It is about what He is going to do in YOU!  In YOUR relationship with Him!  It’s about what happens in YOUR heart!  I know that if you stick with this, and have the attitude every day to intentionally seek His will for you during this journey, you are going to see amazing changes in your heart, in your home, and in your life!

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Here is this week’s suggested assignment:

Memory Verse:  1 Timothy 6:6 (NLT)

“True godliness with contentment is itself great wealth”

Monday, July 2nd:  Read the Resolutions that you will be learning about in this book, on page 6.  Read the Resolution Revolution chapter, and Chapter 1: Every Bite Counts.  Be sure to visit our blog today for a commentary by Christi Wilson.

Tuesday, July 3rd:  Read “The Secret” and then visit our blog to read Megan Smidt’s commentary on this chapter.   Don’t forget about our Conference Call tonight, with our Guest Speaker, Robin Packer!!  The call is at 8pm CST!  Call-in details will be shared in your Facebook Discussion Group.

Wednesday, July 4th:  Happy 4th of July!!  I know it’s a holiday, but you still have an assignment!  It won’t take you but just a few moments to read the chapter “Overflowing Blessing” and then visit our blog to read Kelley Murphy’s commentary on this chapter.

Thursday, July 5th:  Read “The Balancing Point” and then visit our blog to read Robin Packer’s commentary on this blog.

Friday, July 6th:  Come back here to our blog for a weekly overview and commentary by Christi Wilson.

Each day you will want to return to your Facebook Discussion Group and discuss the question or topic that will be posted for that day.  Our blog is where you will get your assignment, and comment if you wish to do so.  The Facebook Group is where you will discuss that day’s chapter!  If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask them here, or in your Facebook Group!

Have a GREAT Day Everyone!! 

In His Love,

Christi

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