W@W - Women@Work for God

W@W WRAP - Week 51: Embracing life

Do you believe that our Father God’s plan for you is spectacular?
That you are His masterpiece and also His greatest gift to those around you?
If you truly believe that, would your life be different? Would you think differently about embracing life and becoming all our Lord created you to be?

Psalm 8:5-6 (NIV): “You have made them a little lower than the angels [or than God] and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet…”

W@W WRAP - Week 52: Shine!

Are you ready to step up and step into alignment with all that our Father God created you to be? Are You ready for His light within you to shine, and to be light and hope to the world around you?

Matthew 5:14 (MSG): “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.”

W@W WRAP - Week 53: Knowing the way

Do you sometimes feel lost? Uncertain about where to go or what to do? Do you spend enough time in God’s Word, the Bible? The prayer of my heart is that God’s Word would be your guide this year: your roadmap for wisdom, and your source of principles and values to live by.

Psalm 119:9-10 (MSG): “…By carefully reading the map of your Word. I’m single-minded in pursuit of you; don’t let me miss the road signs you’ve posted”.

W@W WRAP - Week 54: Waiting and trusting

Hope is found when we fix our eyes on our steady and trustworthy Father God. We experience hope and peace when we trust that God is who He says He is, that His word is always true and that He will fulfil His promises.

Psalm 130:5 (NIV): I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope”.

W@W WRAP - Week 55: Our Sustenance

The word sustain is defined as: To provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist or to continue. It involves giving support or relief to someone. To supply someone with sustenance implies actions which will nurture and nourish them. What an unbelievable promise we find in scripture, where our Father God promises to sustain us, to carry us, and to rescue us.

Isaiah 46:4 (NIV): “I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you”.

W@W WRAP - Week 56: Hope, affliction and prayer

In 1 Thessalonians 5 verses 16-18, Paul teaches us 3 very important lessons about God’s will. He urges us to, firstly, be JOYFUL no matter our circumstance; secondly, to PRAY all the time (that means being in constant conversation with our Father, seeking Him first in everything and having an intimate relationship with our Lord); and thirdly to THANK GOD, no matter what happens, whether it’s good or bad. We see the same pattern in this week’s scripture coming from Romans 12:12.

 Romans 12:12 (NIV): "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer".

W@W WRAP - Week 57: God is love

God's faithful love, often also translated as lovingkindness, describes His covenant love. That means love that never runs dry; love that never quits, love based on absolute loyalty, trustworthiness, reliability, and steadfast dependability. Love based on compassion, forgiveness and blessings. Wow, that is what LOVE means. And that is who our Father God is. Do you really understand how much He loves you?

Psalm 107:1 (NIV): "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever".

W@W WRAP - Week 58: I Am Who I Am

The word NAME is defined as: "A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is known". Our character (who we are) is associated with our name. Similarly, the name of the Lord is the manifestation of His character. It's through His name that we get to know our Father God.

Psalm 5:11 (AMP): "But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice, let them ever sing for joy; because You cover and shelter them, let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You".

W@W WRAP - Week 59: The One who sees me

What does it mean to truly see? How many times do we look at someone or something, but only see based on our own limitations or perspectives. How many times do we only see what we would like to see and ignore the rest? The word "see" has a number of different meanings: to perceive by the eye or detect as if by sight, to have experience of something or to come to know or discover someone or something. It can be to form a mental picture, to perceive meaning or importance, to examine, or to take care of.

Genesis 16:13 (AMP): Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are God Who Sees"; for she said, "Have I not even here [in the wilderness] remained alive after seeing Him [who sees me with understanding and compassion]?"

W@W WRAP - Week 60: An intimate relationship

Our Father God invites us into an intimate relationship with Him. Intimacy is a state marked by emotional closeness. An intimate relationship can be described as the experience of really knowing and being known by another person.

Psalm 63:1 (AMP): "O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You; My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water".