W@W - Women@Work for God

W@W WRAP - Week 21: Speaking to our Father

Prayer is powerful! How often do you spend time speaking to our Heavenly Father?

 

Matthew 6:6 (NIV): “Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.”

W@W WRAP - Week 22: Our help comes from God

We serve a good good Father. Do you really trust God as your keeper, provider and protector?  Do you expect Him to come through for you, not only in the big and scary things, but really in EVERYTHING, in every second of every day?

 

Psalm 121:5, 8 (AMP): “The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]. From this time forth and forever.”

W@W WRAP - Week 23: God is LOVE!

Do you know that our Father God cares more for us than we could ever understand, that He will never leave nor forsake us? His love for us will never fail, it will never run dry, it will never stop. Our Lord is Love! Love means life, hope, kindness, goodness, grace, mercy, compassion, wisdom, and above all, freedom!  It is ALL we could ever hope for – to be LOVED and to LOVE in return.

 

1 John 4:17-18 (MSG): "God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day - our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment - is one not yet fully formed in love."

W@W WRAP - Week 24: All things possible through Christ

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines contentment as: "The state of being happy and satisfied, it’s the freedom from worry or restlessness leading to peaceful satisfaction".

 

Philippians 4:12b-13 (MSG): “…I’ve found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am…”

W@W WRAP - Week 25: A disciplined life

What is disciplined living? Are you open to wise, Godly instruction and counsel? Do you know that disciplined living leads to self-control and good discernment? The Lord instructs us to have teachable and responsive spirits. This implies being open good counsel and correction in the right way of living.

 

Proverbs 10:17 (MSG): “The road to life is a disciplined life; ignore correction and you are lost for good.”

 

W@W WRAP - Week 26: Ask God first

Have you lately come to a place where you simply just don’t know what to do next? Who do you turn to? Are you relying on your spouse, parents, mentors, leaders or friends for answers? I am not suggesting you don’t seek wise and Godly council – it is a Biblical principle. But where do you go FIRST?

 

James 1:5-6 (MSG): “If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought…”

 

W@W WRAP - Week 27: Pathways and sign-posts

Are you aware of God’s directions and instructions (His sign-posts) as you travel along life’s road? Do you seek His will and allow His spirit to teach you every step of the way?

 

Isaiah 26:7-8 (MSG): “… We’re in no hurry, God. We’re content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you’ve done are all we’ll ever want…”

 

W@W WRAP - Week 28: Praying to our compassionate, hope-giving Father

Desperate times call for desperate actions. Where do you turn first, when you hit the bottom of the pit? When it seems everyone is against you? When it seems there is no hope? When you see no easy outcome and it feels like you have nowhere to go?

 

Daniel 9:1 (AMP): O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

W@W WRAP - Week 29: To know our Father God

What does it mean to know someone? The Merriam Webster dictionary helps us to understand it a little better: "To know someone means to recognize the identity of that person, to be aware of a truth about the person, to have information or knowledge about the person, to be acquainted or familiar with the person, to have an understanding of their importance and to recognize their nature".

Do you know our Father God?

 

Psalm 9:10 (AMP): "And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You, For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You."

W@W WRAP - Week 30: Living trees

If I think about a tree, I think about life, fruitfulness, food to eat, strength, durability, shade for rest, and protection. If we compare our lives to that of a tree, what would it take for us to be stand-out trees for God, trees that bear much fruit for the Kingdom?

 

Jeremiah 17:8 (MSG): “But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, the woman who sticks with God. They’re like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers— Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season.”