Today's Encouragement (31 January 2023)

 


Greetings sisters!

Hope you're striving on today! Pressing on for the Lord and not growing weary physically or spiritually! 


And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28


And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Matthew 8:26

Fear is really lack of faith isn't it sisters. So we really need to have a strong faith in God and that will help us overcome our fear as we definitely do not want to live in fear as it may not only cripple our walk but also be sinful as we are told not to fear. 

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

 Proverbs 29:25

I'm sure we all face fear one way or the other in our lives and it's something we have to address and not just let it rule us! With such a mighty God how can we fear really? He is good and He won't let anything happen to us that He doesn't allow amen sisters?! And we are to be willing to lose our lives for Him and everything in between right?! 

Thank you sisters for all the scriptures you share! 





Those are awesome scriptures! 

And this too... 

Awesome creation with His precious Word. We're blessed to have it all! Praise Him! 

Hold fast sister saints! Keep striving on as godly women, daughters of the Most High! 


Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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Today's Encouragement (30 January 2023)

 


Greetings sisters! 


Hope you are following hard after our Saviour today. 

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Psalm 63:7-9


Where are our treasures sisters? 
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:19-21
Sadly we see so many placing greater value in things on this earth whether it be money or possession or family or friends or false fellowship. Let it not be once named among us that we have other 'gods' of such things before the One true God! 

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Colossians 3:1-4
Hold fast sisters...the darkness is great and the way to destruction very broad and many are on it. Let us fight hard on the narrow way through and past all the enemies and distractions that abound that are trying to pull our attention away from the One who only is worthy to be followed. We do not want to perish with the world because we loved it or the things in it. It's all going to go down and we do not want to be caught up with that which God is going to destroy, amen?

Let us cling hard to the Word sisters...it says what it says. We take it, all or nothing. We see the damage and destruction that comes from people taking it so lightly. God's ways are good and when we follow them they work very well and it is for our own protection. We know we are to flee all sin and false associations and not dabble with it which is like playing with fire or something right. 


Thank you faithful sisters for sharing scriptures today... 

Yes most may mock today or be indifferent to the things of God...but one day every knee shall bow and they will be crying out to the rocks to fall on them. We want to be found in peace with God at that great day of His coming amen sisters?! 






Yes hold fast sisters!

I appreciate spending a lot of time with you my sisters (that I can). I take seriously to edify and encourage and comfort you in the Lord. We can press one another on through trying times and help us all focus on the Lord. We rejoice in the Lord, and all He has done and blessed us with, no matter what! We know there will be many trials to deal with in this faith life. But we know the great treasure we have found in the truth and we are not giving it up for anything...but let us keep working out our salvation with fear and trembling. 

I had a busy day with a trip into town. Gospel cards went out too as I went about my errands. 






Pretty creations and blessings God made! 

Hope all your Titus 2 duties are going well sisters! Keep pressing on in them as they glorify the Lord also! Thankfulness and contentment are really important in all that aren't they sisters. 


Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 



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Today's Encouragement (29 January 2023)


Greetings sisters!

How are you in the Lord on this day?! No matter where we all are scattered all over the world God knows where His remnant are even if we do not. And we know only those who are faithful unto the end will see heaven. Let's keep striving sisters even if we are alone in the faith physically. We have many examples of faithful saints who have overcome many trials before us! 

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

Let's keep fighting in our course and keeping the faith! 


I love seeing the growth in the garden and veggies growing bigger... 


Awesome creations from a mighty Creator...who is our precious Saviour too! 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

The same was in the beginning with God. 

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:1-3 

He is a great God and our Redeemer. Thankful He did all He could to make a way for us back to the Father through His blood if we follow Him! He is our faithful high priest and advocate. We are so blessed in Him. 


Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Proverbs 4:23-27

Hold fast sisters and let's keep striving on with our heart and mind set on the Lord and eternity and everything we do coming from our reactions to that. 

 

Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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Today's Encouragement (28 January 2023)


Greetings sisters!

Hope you're all standing strong in the Lord and striving on. Some days may seem like extra joyous ones and some harder ones and whatever in between...but despite that all, we can have His peace and hope and comfort and joy! In Him we have so many blessings! And He keeps us stable through it all as He gives us a sound mind and soberness also. 

But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Acts 26:25

 

I love thinking about God's righteousness and truth and holiness so I share some scriptures on that to encourage us sisters. 

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Psalm 119:142


(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

Ephesians 5:9

 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. 

Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. 

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 

Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Psalm 96:9-13

 

He is such a great and holy and righteous and just God isn't He. So let us His children, His daughters, strive to walk worthy of Him in the ways He wants us to. 


I hope all your Titus 2 works are going well wherever you are. God sees and knows all we do and if we do them unto Him it changes the way we do things doesn't it. March on sister soldier saints! 


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Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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Today's Encouragement (27 January 2023)


Greetings in love to my sisters in the Lord! 

How are you today? I hope you have the joy of the Lord no matter what! In Him...we have everything! How can we not be joyous and thankful! Yes our flesh may not be feeling like joy at times but we remember the Lord and His precious truth and the hope to come and all we have and we overcome in the Spirit! Joy being one of the fruits of the Spirit right?! 


I love this scripture on how we can know God... 

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1 John 2:3-6


Thank you sister for all these scripture picture gifts! 


That is exciting...when the trials of the end times come...our Saviour is very near! 




Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Psalm 103:1


He is worthy to be praised! 



We love God's light! It exposes everything and nothing is hid from it! Only those who are not right with God love darkness. Nothing good goes on in the dark. But we want our lives to be open and shining our light to the world. We know God sees it all anyway...nothing is hid from His eyes! 



Faithful godly saints are a joyous thing if we have some in our lives in these last days when the saints are scattered and so few. I'm thankful for the ones I know! 



Hold fast sister saints! I'll be sharing here tomorrow again Lord willing! Hope you're back reading too because you're striving on:-) 


Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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Today's Encouragement (26 January 2023)


Greetings sisters! 

It's a new day to serve the Lord! And we keep marching on no matter what don't we sisters?! I hope you all are at least! We have to just press through all things in order to overcome and be faithful unto death don't we. 

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Revelation 2:11 

And even if there are many things we do not fully understand in this life and we may have many 'why' questions and such...let us put our lives into the hands of the One who is so much greater than us. Many situations are outside of our control...first of all as humans and also as godly obedient women submitting to our roles. Let us have great trust in Him who has all things in His control. We need to be faithful to Him first no matter what. 


I share some scripture pictures from sisters... 


Amen He is and must be everything to us. 



I love that! May Christ be glorified in our lives! 

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Philippians 1:20



His creation and His Word are good! Praise God for our Saviour! 


Joy...that's something we can have a lot of in the Lord...no matter what! Yes there may be trials and sad times to get through...we know to expect those...but we can have abundant joy in the Lord! In fact many times we have been commanded to rejoice in persecution also! 


These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

John 15:11


That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

1 Peter 1:7-8

Let us keep that joy and not let anything take it away! 


I added a skirt sewing tutorial here


And here's some more awesome scriptures from sisters which I share for us all here too! 




I love all of those! And I love all of my sisters who love the Lord no matter what! One day those who are His and overcome shall all be gathered home free from all the trials of this life. But let us keep doing our reasonable service here...all we do is just what we ought to be doing! Hold fast all of you sisters! And I am holding fast here too and hope to be back encouraging and cheering you on one more day tomorrow. 


Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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Aline Skirt Tutorial

 


Greetings godly sisters! 


Today I'm sharing another skirt tutorial. This time it's an aline one. These are pretty simple to sew. Slightly harder than the gathered skirt I have here. (I also have a shirt sewing tutorial here if you're interested.) 

This is just a rough 'how to' for those who already know how to sew the basics. My other tutorials have more general sewing details. 


I share this sketch as a rough guide to work with... 


Take the hip measurement and add about 10 cm (4 inches) and divide by 4. Add the hem and waist allowance (of your choice with whatever elastic width etc you chose) to the desired skirt length you want for the cut length. I find for the skirt hem circumference 50cm (20 iinches) is a good minimum but around 55cm (22 inches) may be best. 


Cut 2 pieces on the fold... 


The bottom will look like this... 

Because you're measuring on an angle from the top it has a curve at the outer edge. 


If adding pockets cut 4 and finish curved seams... 

You can easily draft your own pocket pattern piece if you don't have one... 

It just needs to have a straight edge to sew onto the garment and then be hand-shaped pretty much. 

Attach pockets to skirt, right sides together, and about 8 cm down from the top (depending also on your waist allowance)... 


Stitch in place... 

Finish the edges of all four skirt side seams. 

Put both skirt pieces with right sides together matching up pockets... 




Sew down the side seams and around the pocket edges. 


Do the waistband and hem as preferred. 

And there, it's done! 


It's a great blessing being able to sew biblical clothing! Hope that helps! 



In His love, 

Sister Chayil 


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Today's Encouragement (25 January 2023)


Greetings sisters, 


I hope all your allegiance is to the Lord on this day! We know we need to be ready to stand strong for Him all alone in a wicked world and suffer and even die for Him. Let's be ready for that sisters! 

I share some scriptures to encourage us all in this... 

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:15


When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

Psalm 27:10-11


Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.  

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:32-33


At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 

Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

2 Timothy 4:16-17

May the Lord be our strength and help! Hold fast to Him no matter what sisters! 


Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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Today's Encouragement (24 January 2023)


Greetings sisters!


Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Psalm 115:1

I love that scripture and I say amen! May He be glorified in our lives sisters! And I know no matter what we do, people may perceive what we do wrong and think we have wrong motives, and do things for our glory, when we don't. But it matters what God thinks of us amen. We must please Him no matter if we are perceived wrong. It's like we should just forget everyone else exists and just live for God like it was just Him and us. How would our lives be different? Interesting point to ponder. Obviously we are to love all people but our love for God must be so much greater! 


Just some Titus 2 from my day... 

Good blessings. 

Got a skirt sewn too... 
And I hope to put up a tutorial on my blog about it soon. 


Keep striving on sisters... 

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

We are not at the end yet! Hold fast till He comes! And we do that one day at a time..and just living in the moment we have in front of us! 


Love in Christ, 

Sister Chayil 


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