{"id":7102,"date":"2013-01-10T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=7102"},"modified":"2013-01-25T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:17:00","slug":"captivating-by-way-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/10\/captivating-by-way-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Captivating: By Way of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was reading through Chapter 1, I related to so many things the author was talking about.\u00a0 My highlighter was working overtime, and the tears were flowing.\u00a0 This is actually the second time I am reading through this book.\u00a0 A friend recommended it to me not long after I became a believer.\u00a0 I read it, and I did a lot of eye rolling and doubting, and I may have let a \u201cwhatever\u201d slip once or twice J\u00a0 Obviously I was not at the right place to receive this message then!\u00a0 Because of that I was a little nervous opening this book again, but the difference is mind blowing to me this time around.\u00a0 As I read the words it feels like Jesus is wrapping His arms around me, telling me how much He loves me and that everything is going to be ok.\u00a0 And when we break it all down, isn\u2019t that all we really need?<\/p>\n

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It is amazing to me, when I really stop to think about it, how amazing our God is.\u00a0 How He has worked out every detail, not only of my life, but your life, and not only your Great-Great Grandparent\u2019s lives, but your Great-Great Grandchildren\u2019s lives.\u00a0 He has it all under control and He hasn\u2019t missed a detail.\u00a0 Look at how he has designed us, man and woman.\u00a0 Men want a battle to fight, adventure, a beauty to rescue; women want to be romanced, to play a role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty.\u00a0 It can be a beautiful fit when we realize these desires of our heart.\u00a0 I think of a key fitting into the lock, and releasing what God truly intended our relationship with a man to be.\u00a0 \u201c<\/i>A woman in the presence of a good man, a real man, loves being a woman.\u00a0 His strength allows her feminine heart to flourish.\u00a0 His pursuit draws out her beauty.\u00a0 And a man in the presence of a real woman loves being a man.\u00a0 Her beauty arouses him to play the man; it draws out his strength.\u00a0 She inspires him to be a hero. Would that we all were so fortunate.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> God is so good.\u00a0 This can seem like things fairy tales are made of, but as we have talked about this week, isn\u2019t there a part of each of us, whether big or small, that longs to be that princess?\u00a0 God knows this, and we are all His princesses.\u00a0 The question is, are we living in a way that shows we believe and honor this?<\/p>\n

We have talked a lot about these desires of our heart, how God has created us, and what these things actually look like this week.\u00a0 The reality of all this is that many of these desires haven\u2019t been met, hopes or dreams have been broken.\u00a0 And that is ok for now.\u00a0 This is why we are here.\u00a0 This is why we draw close to God.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want to live that double life where everything is fine on the surface, in front of your friends, family, and church; but when you go home and are alone it doesn\u2019t feel fine.\u00a0 It feels like something is missing.\u00a0 God doesn\u2019t want us in this place. \u00a0He will meet us there, and He will bring us to where we are meant to be.\u00a0 Through the study of this book we will take a journey towards the restoration and release of the woman you always longed to be.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that what we all want?\u00a0 To be the woman God created us to be?<\/p>\n

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LET\u2019S PRAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lord, we will never be able to truly comprehend Your magnitude.\u00a0 You know every hair on our head and every detail of our lives.\u00a0 Thank You for loving us so completely and with such grace.\u00a0 We are all in different places in our lives.\u00a0 I ask You to meet each woman in this study where they are.\u00a0 The broken, the brokenhearted, the newly healed and fully healed.\u00a0 Meet us and take us on a grand adventure to where You want us to be.\u00a0 We are Your Princesses and You are our Hero.\u00a0 We trust You and love You and pray for the will and discernment to always follow You where we need to go.\u00a0 In Your Heavenly Name we pray.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n

YOUR ASSIGNMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do you think it means to live in a way that shows and honors the fact that we believe we are God\u2019s princesses?\u00a0 Are you in that place?\u00a0 If not, what do you think you need to get there?\u00a0 Is there anything we can specifically pray for you?<\/p>\n

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