Greetings sisters!
Another day we can have life in His dear Son!
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 1:12-14
That's an awesome scripture of truth! We are richly blessed! Hold fast and keep pressing on after Him sisters as I will here too by His grace which is sufficient for us!
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
I love that...the living and true God!
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;Hebrews 12:15
Pondering being holy and following peace with all.
We know to be holy is to be set apart unto God. Reminds me of a bride set apart for one husband. We are to be holy unto our God and unspotted from the world, blameless and unrebukeable. Yes we have a very high and holy calling. Let's keep striving to attain, sisters.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.Romans 12:18
That's an important concept of course as the Lord commands it. I wanted to read some scriptures on peace. I probably already have but guess what, good to read again and make sure we are being peacemakers and really thankful for being able to find peace with God through the Lord and have His peace He gives!
I've also been pondering submission. We submit to the Lord and His will don't we sisters. There's much to keep thinking about and making sure we have right in our lives. We want 'Thy will be done." to reign in us. God is the Lord Almighty and we surrender our lives to follow and obey Him. We die to self in Christ and our lives are not our own anymore. He bought us with the precious blood of Christ.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.James 4:7
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.Romans 6:13
We do not want stubborn flesh that refuses to yeild to the Lord do we. We take up our stake daily. Let's keep humbly serving Him fearing and trusting Him. Only when we truly surrender can we have contentment and peace and really focus on what the Lord has right in front of us.
I have been pondering women's roles in the gospel more and want to continue to do what I can in sharing Jesus and His way with others. I was thinking of the difference in authority that brothers and sisters have in the Lord. Women have less 'authority' and as such that will and should show in how we share the good news as compared to men. So I have been pondering how I can continue to send out gospel emails to women but I was thinking to modify how I had been doing it to include more questions and for them to be more 'conversational' rather than authoritative and commanding etc. Of course using the Word is best too. I'm still pondering on it all.
I am not advocating for women being completely silent in labouring in the gospel no but we see nothing specific in scripture of women raising their voices in the streets commanding all men everywhere to repent. So I am not thinking anymore that that is something to grow into or some kind of thing to be discontent in if you can't do. In the extreme of this, there are women out there using loud speakers and shouting in their unbiblical ways and calling out the so called 'major' sins of others and yelling at people (just like unbiblical men do) all the while they are in sin themselves. So that and similar is the type of thing I believe is completely unbiblical and I do not want to add to scripture. We see nothing of women being lone evangelists but rather working with and under men. But we don't have such a large amount of believers around us these days so we may not have as many great opportunities as we see in the Word just as we may not have a good body of believers around us physically to have fellowship with (and put into practice all the scriptures) and to serve as we see women were majorly involved in doing. And also everyone was not called to the same things. We can't neglect what we have been called to, to do something else either. We all have different lives but want to do what we can and should. There's so much testing and discerning to do. I just hope I do my best and the Lord help me and have mercy on me.
It's hard to believe how much blasphemy is being done in Christ's name the world over. God's longsuffering is so very incredible. The wickedness against Him is so exceedingly great. How can we not be longsuffering with others...the lost world around us and other saints?
I can understand how the Lord can take pleasure in His people who fear and love Him. And also we feel the same when we see people of His family who love Him and obey. They are refreshing! And even though they may have weaknesses or failings to forbear with and forgive, they keep striving on after Him.
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.Psalm 147:11
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Isaiah 66:2
We really have unbelievable amounts of things to be thankful for. It's good to keep our eyes open to them all throughout our days. God is good to us.
I'm just keeping relatively busy here, labouring in serving and striving to grow in that. Hope you're all growing right where the Lord has planted you! 🌱 Grow sisters, grow!
Let's keep hold fast to the Word of truth!
Love to you all in the Lord,
Sister Chayil
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