Just for fun - Invention

What is one thing scientists should invent?

on faith promising ...

pastor terry says ... Faith hears from the Lord and promises to obey, even when sacrifice is required. A faith promise lies between the two opposing tensions of a God-testing and outrageous pledge and a checkbook-bound and anxious figuring out of what I/we can afford.

How have you experienced hearing and obeying the Lord so far this week?

Discovering the REAL God

... I did not know that God provided things for people; I thought he was just someone to talk to and to try to keep happy enough so that he did not hate me. (p. 65, HPG) ("How People Grow" going to be cited just as HPG from now on)

...People must discover that God is for them and not against them. (p. 66, HPG)

How about completing this sentence in your own words? God is more [insert your words or good experience of God's personality] than [insert a contrasting personality style that people might have]. Expand your comment with some Scripture, thoughts and/or experiences that have brought you into touch with our wonderful, amazing Lord.

Wouldn't you like to be a blogger, too?

The term "blog" is a portmanteau, or, in other words, a blend of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

A blog is a user-generated content website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order (i.e., newest to oldest). The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs.

Click comments to be a blogger now! No need for a google account, choose either "Other" and enter your name on the first line to have your name lead your comment. Or, choose "anonymous" and sign your name at the end.

Let the blogging continue!

Just for fun

Let's girl talk. Be honest ... and discreet!

Where were you 3 hours ago?

The Energizer 2007

We're off to the Energizer! Tamara, Lourdes, Liz and I will be in lovely Covina overnight. Check back Saturday for stories about how the Lord equipped and energized us.

Blessings!
Pam

Just for fun

What is the best compliment you have ever received?

Getting on the same page

Good Monday Morning! Check out "daily devotional for unlimited women" in the column to the right. The link will connect you to the National website for Women's Ministries Unlimited daily devotional. Often a good read as I'm making coffee at my office first thing in the morning.

Blessings!
Pam

The whole pie

God is not just a slice of my life; he is my life. ~ pastor terry, earlier today

"Rich and Stephanie were committed to God as Lord of their lives. They had given their lives to him and were doing their best to obey his call. ... The problem was that they submitted very little to God in their day-to-day internal lives. In the midst of their disconnection, or in their attitudes toward each other, or in the way they handled their own stress, they pretty much answered to themselves. They indulged attitudes and patterns they knew to be wrong, if only out of desperation." (How People Grow, p. 47)

The challenge is strongly before us to commit at a deeper level than ever before to the presence of the Lord in our lives. Where in your life have you gone from indulging yourself to submitting to the Lord?

Just for fun

You just left for a thirty day trip to the moon. What did you forget to pack?

I'm only human!

God is the source ... We depend on God.

God is the creator ... We are the creation and cannot make our lives fit our expectations.

God has control over the world ... We control ourselves.

God is the judge of life ... We are to experience life.

God designed life and its rules ... We obey the rules and live the life that God designed.

(How People Grow, p. 35)

The big picture ... Take an inventory of how you relate to the specific issues discussed. How do these overall ideas relate to your beliefs? How do they appear in your actual lifestyle?

Growth is ...

"Spiritual growth should affect relationship problems, emotional problems, and all other problems of life. There is no such thing as our ‘spiritual life’ and then our ‘real life.’ It is all one." (How People Grow, p. 21)

What do you mean when you say "I’ve grown in this area"? Can you identify some key actions or attitudes that make growth more likely for you?

Hey Girlfriend!

Welcome to our new Women Unlimited blogspot! Our goal is to give us another support link to grow in our experience of the love of God. You can blog in anytime, anywhere you have internet. You can access the blog night or day ... once a day, once a week, once a month. There are two parts to a blog. You are currently reading a blog post. Below this post, you can see the button "comments". You can participate by just reading the post and clicking on comments to read the comments. Then, join in the conversation whenever you want!

To begin with, we'll have a chance to respond to posts taken from the Book Club book, How People Grow, by Cloud and Townsend. As time goes on, and interest grows, we'll add other posts. If you would like to create a post to start a conversation, just e-mail your post to me at pamelahenderson@verizon.net. I will gladly share your blog post!

You gals are great! I enjoy our times together, face to face. I'm sure that we will have great conversations here ... We're better together!

Blessings,
Pam