10/31/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional - Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

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Hi friends! I am officially off vacation and I think I need a vacation after my staycation! Ever felt like that? :-)

Well, we're back on task now and don't think for a minute that my week long absence from this blog meant you were absent from my heart. Not at all. In fact, you were the object of some of my prayers this past week and I really pray this 31 Way deal is going to encourage you right where you are!

Today, we are looking at the #9 way to make our eternities intentional and I think we will definitely agree this lesson is for the whole kit and caboodle of us! It's the need we have to quit sweating the small stuff.

We all know that life gets crazy, seems unfair, can be overwhelming and can often rock our worlds! That's how it feels when the big stuff happens. But many of us handle the big stuff much better than we do the small stuff.

I think that's because the big stuff sends us to our knees while the small stuff distracts us from that place of prayer.

But here's my take on why the small stuff can be so dangerously distracting:
1) The small stuff is easily ignored, swept under the carpet or dealt with, so we don't sense a need to take it to our Father.


2) The small stuff begins to snowball into an avalanche and those little things we should have taken to God become the big things that drive us to His feet.
3) The small stuff drives us crazy and we often find ourselves over reacting to what really doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
Any of those scenarios hit you smack between the eyes? I think I just got pegged by every one of them!

But God's Word tells us in Philippians 4:6...
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God"
But check out how Philippians 4:7 follows by answering the deep rooted need of our anxious hearts:
"and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
Most of the time when we sweat the small stuff our anxious and harried hearts are desperately crying out for peace. But when we are captivated by the little things life throws our way, we miss the whole point of it all.

This life is not all there is!

If we are going to be women who make our eternities intentional, we really have to quit making such a big deal out of such little stuff! Let those little things send you to the Savior's feet before the big things fling you there. Everything we do...every way we act and react...everything that happens in our hearts and lives should be filtered through surrendered prayer.
If not, we will find ourselves distracted from what matters most and focusing on what doesn't really matter at all...especially in the grander scheme of things!
Are you a worrier? Do you get easily overwhelmed by the little things in life or is it the big things that throw you for a loop?

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10/23/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional - Guard Your Heart

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Hi, sweet friends! I hope you had a fantabulous weekend and a great time worshipping the King of kings with your brothers and sisters in Christ! We're right on the edge of a new week and I'm peering over with joy at the week of vacation that lies ahead! 


Oh how I need some time to just BE and enjoy time with my Savior and time with my man! This week is treasured time and I just can't wait to dive in to the days ahead!


My 31 Ways message along with a little personal message from my heart to yours is on the video, so please be sure to watch it!





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Proverbs 4:23 beckons us, "Above all else, guard your heart, 
   for everything you do flows from it."



The Bible tells us above everything else we pursue - above everything we claim to be important or valuable, we are to guard our hearts.


Will you share why you think that's important and/or what can happen when we don't guard our heart. Without divulging names, have you ever seen the consequences of an unguarded heart?

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10/19/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional - Encourage Others

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I love the internet! It's a place where we can meet forever friends and sisters in Christ and form a bond without ever meeting in person. That's happened to me more times than I can count and it is exactly how I met Janet Harllee. What a beautiful woman of God who truly shines for Jesus!

Today's post is from Janet and if you pop over to her website, I'm sure you'll see she is definitely a sweet and funny encourager. Today's post by her is an obvious reflection of her heart.

As we consider eternity, it tends to loom largely over our day to day lives. Like it's too big to grasp! But maintaining and eternal perspective and making this life count for eternity is really demonstrated best in our dailies. The little things we do can have big eternal consequences.
As we seek to make our eternities intentional, I hope this post will remind you that one of the easiest ways to do that is to be an encourager. The simple act of speaking encouragement into someone's life can last long beyond our earthly years.
So, sit back, sweet sister...grab your cup of coffee and enjoy Janet Harllee's post...Being an Encourager!



BEING AN ENCOURAGER:

Worldly disasters. Wars. Violence. Finding jobs. Sometimes life can be more discouraging than encouraging. 
Someone in the Bible who is known for being an encourager is Barnabas, Son of Encouragement. 
Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.  
And Joses (Joseph), who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.  Acts 4:34-37
Barnabas sold his land and gave the money to meet the needs of others. He was an encourager to believers at a time when they needed one after Jesus’ death and resurrection. Barnabas kept reminding them of their relationship with God, how great He is, and all that He has done. 
He risked his life for believers by befriending Saul, a hater of believers. Barnabas did it to bring believers together.
Barnabas was someone who could be trusted. 
He recognized and encouraged the potential in others – he saw Paul’s gifts on their missionary journey’s together and steps back for Paul to take on the leadership.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith. Acts 11:24 
Barnabas lived and walked with God every day. He leaned on Him. He was full of faith. Wow! A great example for us today! 
To Be An Encourager:
  1. Be a gracious giver – time, talent, money
  2. Give the gift of friendship – there is someone who needs a friend today
  3. Share God’s love and grace with others
  4. Lift up, build up the spirit of others – recognize their gifts 
“Need encouragement? With so much unrest in the world today, Jesus is the greatest friend and encourager you’ll ever know.”

Janet Harllee is an international Christian storyteller, character actress, speaker, and songwriter. She is also known as 'Mitsy Lou Puppernickel' from Frog Holler. With incredibly funny and powerful messages, Janet Harllee will speak to the heart of every women and encourage her to find faith in the midst of difficult days.
To book, call 336-672-5178, visit www.janetharllee.net, visit my blog at www.justacloserstumble.blogspot.com or email janet@janetharllee.net





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10/16/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional - Be Addicted to Christ

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Good Monday morning, sweet friends! I'm thrilled to share one more ingredient in the recipe for a life that is fixed on eternity. It's not something I normally do, but I'm going to share a chapter right out of my free Bible study, Becoming You. (If you'd like to download the entire 10 week Bible study, just click this link! It's FREE!)


It's chapter 2 and is entitled, Addicted to Christ.



Addicted to Christ

There’s a new show called My Strange Addiction that centers on people who are addicted to anything from eating sheetrock to digging hair out of drains. Gross! I know. But in the real world people become addicted to the strangest things!

The online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the act of being addicted to something as to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively. Sounds a lot like what the normal Christian life should look like, doesn’t it?

If we’re going to be women who walk with God, our hearts should first be addicted to Christ more than anything else - even more than our service for Him. Basking in His presence should be our obsession. Spending time on our face seeking His face and in His Word should be the passion of our hearts.

From Him alone, we find wisdom, faith, direction strength and courage.

If we’re going to place our feet in the imprint of God’s plan for our lives we must first tilt our hearts upward so we can hear His still small voice saying, “This is the way, walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21). He delights in leading our hearts every surrendered step of the way.

You may be wondering if you will ever see your dreams come true - if you’ll ever walk in victory over a specific area in your life - if you’ll ever find freedom from your painful past - if you’ll ever see light at the end of your tunnel - if you’ll ever get past the limbo season you find yourself in.

Don’t lose heart, sweet friend. Don’t lose faith. God delights in doing exceedingly, abundantly above all you could ask or think! Your “new thing” may be just around the corner...just a still small whisper away. But you’ve got to spend time with Him if you’re going to hear Him say, “This is the way, walk in it”

Commitment is key. Addiction is obsessive. 

So commit to habitually and obsessively seek His face - then stand back and watch Him open the eyes of your understanding and part the Red Sea of your circumstances as you become who you were created to be right before your very eyes!

STEP 2: COMMIT TO SEEK HIS FACE

Psalm 32:8 “The Lord says, ‘I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.’”

Isaiah 48:17 “This is what the LORD says--your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.’”

Develop a passionate and consistent time with the Savior. You can’t hear from God unless you spend time with Him. So establish a time, a place & a plan.

WHEN (Time): _____________________________________________________

WHERE (Place): ____________________________________________________

WHAT (Bible reading plan): ___________________________________________

WRITE (Journal your reading and prayer time with the Lord): _______________

What is it you need to see the Lord do in your life right now to help you move forward in your journey? Write it out and then begin to pray about it as you commit to seeking His face and make your eternity intentional.

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10/14/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional - Radical Love

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Oh wow! Have I ever just sent myself back a few years in preparation for today's post! How could I possibly write about love without thinking about a jillion silly love songs?! Songs like, What About Love by Heart; When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge; I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner, What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner and a plethora of other songs that make your heart melt.


I obviously just dated myself, but throughout the years love has been the principal pursuit of the soul. Not just the stuff songs are made of, but the stuff life is made of.


We were made to love and be loved. We were made for relationship. 


But our view of love is skewed by our life experiences as well as our own fleshly desires. In human terms, we often make love about ourselves. We say, "I love you" because of the way they make us feel. We love them because when we are with them we aren't alone or afraid. Our union with them gives us a feeling of value...a feeling like, "someone loves me."


I remember hearing a line in a movie (can't remember which movie) where the leading man looks to the woman and says, "You complete me." And while that's actually somewhat biblical, I think the gist of it is that you make me feel whole. It's more about the need one has to be complete than it is about the desire to complete the other person.


I know this doesn't sound like the most romantic description of love, but if we really want to know what love is, we should define it properly. Love is much more than a feeling (yeah- I know, that's a Boston song) :-) - it's a verb that is described by doing what is best for the one who is loved.


Sounds a lot more sacrificial and intentional than a feeling doesn't it?


The Bible tells us in 1 John 4:8 that...
"God is love."
But that verse begins by saying...
"Anyone who does not love does not know God."
He describes love as sacrificial and unconditional....


"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:10
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

1 John 4:19 tells us it was God who initiated our love for Him...

"We love Him because He first loved us."


1 John 3:17-18 Reminds us that the essence of love is not found in what we say, it is manifested by what we do.

"But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth."

In fact, Jesus calls us to a radical kind of love!

Lookie at what He says in Matthew 5:43-44...

“You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!"

Radical love is loving the unloveable and unlovely!

It is choosing to love those who have hurt you - those who have set themselves against you - those who have betrayed you - those who have maligned your character - those who have physically abused you - those who have lied about your behind your back - those who make you feel small, valueless and less than.

Radical love is loving your husband by what you intentionally do...even when it's hard and he is unworthy of that love.

Radical love is doing what is best for the one you love...regardless of what they have done to you...regardless of what they can do for you...regardless of whether they are worthy of that love or not.

Because true love is an intentional and sacrificial choice to do what is best for the one you love.

Making your eternity intentional will require you to love intentionally. To love like Jesus did - no matter what.

As I close this post, I hope you will be encouraged as you read through the Love verses of the Bible and then ask your self, "Do I love like this?"...
1 Corinthinas 13:4-8

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!"

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10/12/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional

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Make each word count. You'll have an eternity to be glad you did!


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Proverbs 25:11, "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver."


Psalm 19:14, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer."


James 1:26, "If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless."


Colossians 4:6, "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person."


Have you ever seen a picture that spoke more loudly about the words we speak?

Truly, death and life are in the power of our tongues! (Proverbs 18:21)


Do you struggle with wounding people with your words? Is it hard for you to tame your tongue?
PPsaljdf

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10/10/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional

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If you're reading this, I'm sure you want your life to count for more than a vapor. I know I do. 

The problem is we get so wrapped up in the dailies it's hard to see beyond our circumstances into the big, abstract concept of eternity. We look at it as something so grand, yet it filters into the little things we do. Things like loving our neighbors, going out of our way to help someone and living holy lives.

But life is filled with obstacles we must choose to hurdle if we're going to run the race from here to eternity and beyond. (You, me and Buzz Light Year are on our way!) :-)

But seriously, we really have to deal with some things in our lives if we are going to make our eternity intentional.

One is the issue of forgiveness.

When Jesus was teaching His disciples to pray in Matthew 6:9-13, He included these very telling words, 
"Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors."
And in Matthew 18:21-22, Jesus qualifies the concept of forgiveness when He calls us to forgive beyond our own ability...
"Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven."
We honestly can't forgive like that! Not every time nor for everything. We can only forgive so completely when we are walking in the Spirit.


We've all been hurt or betrayed. Some much more than others. But the question is - When you look back on what you have been through...when you look back on those who have caused you pain, do you forgive them?


Forgiveness doesn't mean you are always able to restore your relationship; it doesn't mean you have to continue to trust those who have proven to be untrustworthy.


Forgiveness means you no longer hold them accountable for what they have done. 
You hold them harmless. You pardon them. Just like Christ has pardoned you!


It's a sacrificial thing, but there's power in that sacrifice. Power to set you free from the bondage of bitterness. Power to free you from the grip of unforgiveness. Power to live unencumbered and intentionally for eternity.


When you won't forgive, you impede your own progress in your journey to an intentional eternity. You become ineffective and counterproductive in the cause of Christ.
How can you touch others with the forgiveness of God when you won't forgive? How can others see the love of Jesus in your heart when you've allowed your unforgiveness to become bitterness and your bitterness to become anger?
Today, I pray, you remove the clouds of unforgiveness and clearly see that you are holding holding yourself hostage when you choose not to forgive. And you can never make your eternity intentional until you do.


I pray you will forgive today, sweet friend! You'll have an eternity to be glad you did!

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10/08/2011

Radio Interview & A Kick Off for a Friend

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Good morning, sweet friends! I wanted to let you know about a radio interview that will be airing tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. I thought we were going to head in one direction, but the Lord took us in a completely different direction and it became a two part interview before I realized what happened! 


The host was a beautiful and godly woman named Valerie. She goes by her radio name, Valmarie and hosts a weekly show called Conversations With Valmarie. I have to tell you I just love her heart for God, for God's kids and for kingdom ministry. You can listen online or live on WAY Radio 550 AM in Jacksonville, Florida. 


Part One: Saturday (10/8) @ 8:30 a.m. & Sunday 8:30 p.m. 

Part Two: Saturday (10/15) @ 8:30 a.m. & Sunday 8:30 p.m. 

Listen online at http://550.wayradio.org/


And now I want to tell you about something special coming up this Monday...


Do You Know a Military Wife (or just want to work on your marriage…)

Kathi Lipp's little project has taken on a life of it’s own…
On Monday, October 10th, she will be kicking off The Husband Project sponsored by Military MOPS for all women who are married to those amazing military guys.
Even if you are not a military spouse (hey, the only uniform that Roger has ever worn is when he worked at a Taco Shack in high school…) you can join us, and we’d love to have you. Just know that there will be a lot of military speak.
BUT, you may want to consider it since along with Focus on the Family, Dayspring Cards, and MOPS Itnl. we will be giving away over a thousand dollars of gifts and love…
So Join us at The Book Club and let your man (military or otherwise) know how much you love him…

You can also find this information on Kathi Lipp's website as well as a host of other projects for your soul, so be sure to click this link and head on over there!


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10/06/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional

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Before you dig into our number two way to make our eternities intentional, I wanted to tell you about an opportunity to win a copy of my study of Ecclesiastes over on a sweet sister's blog. Click this link to Andrea Schultz's blog and follow the instructions to enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of Understanding What Matters Most!


As they sifted through the rubble left after the earthquake, Japanese rescue workers unearthed the body of a woman beneath the ruins of her home. They reached through the debris in hopes that she might still be alive, but as they touched her cold, hard body they knew all hope was gone.

But there was something strange about her bent over body that stirred the curiosity of one of the rescue workers. So, he slid his hand between the cracks in the rubble where he reached down below the woman's frame. Shouting for joy, the rescue worker began to cry, "A child! A child!"

The brave mother had positioned herself over her little three month old son as the weight of her home crushed her to death. She chose to die so that her son might live.

What if our choice to die would give life to others? Well, sweet friends... it does!
In John 12:24, Jesus was preparing the disciples for His impending journey to the cross when He told them, "Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds."    
But in John 12:25, He begins to change the focus from what was in His immediate future to what discipleship requires when He said, "Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life." 
Every day we are given opportunities to lose our lives. When the waiter slams your food on the table and doesn't come back to fill your drink, it's easy to let your flesh out of its cage and let the complaining begin.


When you are lied to, mistreated and taken advantage of, it's normal to fight back, defend yourself and demand your rights. In fact, it's not only normal - it's human.


Every time you choose to serve others, choose last place in line, choose to stand so other's can sit, choose to put someone else's needs above your own for Jesus' sake...every time you choose to die, your life speaks life to someone else.


Galatians 2:20 tells us...
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." 
So, every time you deny the right to blow a fuse - every time you crucify your flesh and respond in love - every time you choose die and let Christ live through you, you give life instead.

Many of us want to influence others for Christ, but it means we must be willing to die to make a difference.
You see, if we want to make our eternity intentional, we must be willing to die so that our lives will speak life into the lives of others.

When we respond with eternity in view, our obstacles become opportunities, and we not only have the potential to make an eternal difference in someone else's life, we also reap our own eternal rewards. 
No matter how you look at it, it's a win, win situation when we chose to make our eternity intentional!
We all fail the 'dying to self' test, but if we consistently keep eternity on the forefront of our hearts and minds, we will be less likely to live and more likely to die. And every time we choose to die to ourselves for the sake of making an eternal difference in someone else's life, it's like throwing our body over theirs so they can live. 

When's the last time you died to self for the sake of demonstrating Jesus to someone else? How can you do that today? Share a time when you made your eternity intentional by choosing to die so others might experience life?




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10/05/2011

31 Ways to Make Your Eternity Intentional

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Good morning, sweet friends! I want you to know you have been the object of my prayers lately and I'm so thankful for each and every one of you!


Y'all know this is the week we are officially launching my new Bible study on Ecclesiastes, Understanding What Matters Most, so I've been a busy girl - but not too busy to consistently have you precious girls on my heart and mind. 


The message that echoes from Solomon's heart to ours is a very important one. It's life-changing. And I desperately want to flesh it out during the days I'm given to live this life under the sun. I want the same for you, sweet friend! Oh, how I want the same for you!


So, as I prayed over what I should be sharing on my blog for a season, I was overwhelmed with the reality of how temporary our earthly existence really is and how we only get one chance to really make our eternity intentional.


I know that we talk about having a Christian perspective, but we live our lives as if this is all there is. 


So, other than a few intermittent posts where I will interrupt the flow of things to introduce you to someone new, share some news you can use or update you on what's going on with the book - I want to take you on a 31 day, practical journey to reveal some ways we can make our eternity intentional.


Scripture not only calls us to live this life for eternity, but it also tells us how. The Holy Spirit not only leads us to live each moment for eternity, but He also empowers us to do so. The problem is, we get so busy doing this thing called life that our view becomes skewed and we forget that this life is not all there is.


What if we did what we already know to do? It's not like God's Word isn't chock full of instruction! These 31 ways to make our eternity intentional will probably not reveal any new truths, but I pray it will encourage and challenge you to put some feet to your faith - to clear the clouds of your busy life and to inspire you to do what you already know to do.


Today's challenge:



"For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?" Matthew 25:35-38 
"For you have the poor with you always..." Mark 14:7
We see them almost every day. The homeless, the hurting and the hungry. While their eyes beg for help and they stare at us with the look of need on their face, we turn away and pass them by as if they are invisible. Perhaps if we don't 'see' them they won't 'see' us. 


But they see us, sweet friends. And so does God.


Yet every time we give them food - Every time we take a bag full of groceries to the food bank or homeless shelter - Every time we take them into a restaurant and buy them a meal or into our house and let them sit at our table - Every time we journey into a homeless camp with a packed lunch and a loving heart we are not only doing it for them, we are doing it for Jesus.


You know, I often hear people say they are going to do some random acts of kindness, but today I want to encourage you to do some INTENTIONAL ACTS OF KINDNESS.


On your way to work today, look for someone in need of a meal and take them one. Invite them into a restaurant with you and feed them lunch. Let them share their story with you and find out how they ended up in such a place of need. You may be surprised; you may even be reminded that they walk in shoes that could be your own. Yes, it could be you with the dirty hair and growling belly in need of a helping hand.


The poor you will have with you always. How will you respond?


Make your eternity intentional and feed the hungry today. You'll have forever to be glad you did!


Do you have any intentional acts of kindness to share?

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10/03/2011

Beautifully Gifted

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Today, I'd love to introduce you to Angela Bisignano. I met this sweet sister through a fellow friend, Shelly Hendrix (Church4Chicks), and was drawn to Angela's heart for God and God's girls. She truly is inspiring and encouraging. She's beautiful inside and out and smart too!

Angela and I have several things in common. We both love Jesus; We both love ministering to women through speaking and writing; We both are launching our books at the same time; We both love seeing women walk victoriously in their giftedness.

 I am honored to introduce Angela to you today and tell you about her new book, Beautifully Gifted!

Here's a bit about her wonderful new book:


Beautifully Gifted: Equipping Today’s Women for the High Calling of God is about
empowering women in their giftedness and calling. In the book women are led on a journey to help deepen their understanding of what God is doing in their lives. Beautifully Gifted is for the woman who knows there is more to her life than she is presently experiencing. She knows that her life is for a greater purpose and that God is calling her to more; however, she is not quite sure what this personally means.


We all want to know that God created us for something meaningful and significant. This desire lies in the heart of every woman. God has uniquely created each one of us; no two individuals are exactly alike. This is part of the wonder of God’s plan. Beautifully Gifted will inspire you to discover and pursue God’s high calling. We all have a role to play in God’s great adventure, to be His hands and heart to this world. Beautifully Gifted encourages women to explore how their unique personality, gifts, passion, and life story are meant for the Kingdom of God.


God continues His story of beauty and redemption in your giftedness and life. His desire is that you would know how He has uniquely created you - to enjoy an intimate and passionate life with Him. Beautifully Gifted will challenge and motivate you to pursue the most poignant and personal adventure of all, the high calling of God.





Here's a bit about Angela:



Angela Bisignano has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and an M.S. in Ministry.  She has been working with women for over fifteen years: counseling, consulting, teaching, and mentoring. She has worked in community, hospital, church and private practice settings. Angela is passionate about empowering people to find the hope and joy in God’s high calling. Angela’s first book, Beautifully Gifted: Equipping Today’s Women for the High Calling of God has just been released. Currently, she is speaking and leading workshops on the topic. She and her husband Gerard are raising their two sons, Jonathan and David. Angela spends her time divided between the beauty of Southern California living and the Sierra Mountains. She loves her family, connecting to the hearts of her boys, deep conversation, traveling, and long walks with her golden retriever, Bella.
Email                 DrAngelaB@me.com
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Y'all know my heart beats with a passion to see women fulfill their own God-given passions...so you understand why I'm so excited about this book!

I hope you'll not only purchase it and begin your own adventure of becoming who you were created to be, but I also hope you'll connect with her!

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