May. 4, 2007 - Emotional Purity
Entry #6
This is an entry written by a 19 year old girl named Jordan Lee. Her post is about an excerpt from the book "Before You Meet Prince Charming" by Sarah Mally. I thought it was really good....
You can visit Jordan's blog at www.homeschoolblogger.com/dixiebeauty
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Nobody really talks about emotional purity. Well, one girl does. Her name is Sarah Mally. She's is 26 yrs. old and here's what she has to say about it.
Being reserved for one includes not only physical purity but emotional purity as well. This requires guarding our hearts, our minds, our thoughts, our words, our emotions, and our eyes. It means saving that close, intimate friendship for one man only, avoiding premature emotional attachments, and staying free from the intimate bonds that can form so easily, but are then painful to dissolve. Emotional purity includes guarding our eyes from those "fun" romantic glances and stares, keeping our hearts from being poured out until the right time, and taking captive thoughts that want to run wild with fantasies and dreams.
We see this concept throughout the Bible. Holiness means "being reserved for one". A powerful picture and important pattern is found in Genesis 24:16 where Rebekah reserves herself for Isaac the way the church does for Christ.
Emotional purity is hardly even considered possible in our present society. But think of it this way: How would your future husband feel if he knew that some other guy had known your deepest thoughts, dreams, fears, and emotions? What would he think if some other man had known you even better than he himself knows you? Or how would you like it if some other girl had dozens of long, deep, Intimate conversations with your husband and knew practically everything there was to know about him?
You see, there is more than just your first kiss and your pysical purity that you can save. There are many other "first" that will be very special if you make them special by saving them for the right time rather than trying to generate romance with every young man you get to know. Sure, most girls your age treat all these things casually. Sure, they might be having fun now, but how is it going to affect their marriages later? Think how meaningful each of these "first" can be, when shared with that special someone:
First expression of interest.
First words of affection or love.
First gift given or received.
First romantic look into his eyes.
First trip together.
First special song, place, event, or memory
First ring
First dinner date
First personal letter expressing emotions
First " I love you"
First piece of your heart given
First serious or ongoing correspondence with a young man
First special affectionate nicknames or actions
First kiss
This is not by any means a list of rules -- rather, it's a list to make you think. Many young people seem to want to get as close to "the line" as possible and still remain pure. But looking at the big picture of our lives ought to motivate us to have the opposite perspective. The question is not " how little" I can save for him, how many little special and meaning " firsts" will I have to share with him? It is not that we are merely trying to avoid the worst, but rather that we desire to achieve the best!
I would like to thank this girl even though I may never meet her. She has made me stop and think 'cuz even though I'm 19, I've never had a boyfriend. I'm fine with that because I know God has someone out there waiting for me as I am waiting for him. I want all my "firsts" to be for my one and only.
lots of love,
Jordan Lee
Apr. 28, 2007 - Hindrances in Prayer
Entry #5
Hindrances in Prayer
By: Brenda J. Robinson from her daily devotional entitled: A New Desire p.126
Wrath and doubting are major hindrances in our prayer lives. Today's Scripture text says ((1 Timothy 2:8)), "I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." Knowing this, we must conquer what defeats us.
We conquer wrath and doubting by coming to the Lord in confidence and humility with a complete and willingness to surrender ourselves to God. God bestowed upon us, in the book of Psalms, the keys to communicating with Him. We find in Psalms three keys to effective communication with God through prayer. Those keys are openness, sincerity and honesty with God. These three attributes make our prayers priceless to God.
Don't let feelings of defeat defeat you. Place your feelings in the hands of your Heavenly Father; He already knows all about them. God can free you from guilt and hindrances of your feelings if you'll confess them to Him. David said in Psalm 139:23-24, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Your prayer life is the most essential part of an intimate relationship with God. It is the water for your spiritual growth. Without water, all things begin to wither and fade away. Your relationship with God is no different.
We serve the same God David did, and we can talk to Him as openly , frequently and freely as David did. Don't be defeated in your prayer life by trying to hide things from God. Live David, make your prayer life one of consistence confidence and courage.
"Place your feelings in the hands of your Heavenly Father; He already knows all about them."
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Apr. 26, 2007 - Role of women according to the Bible
Entry #4
Role of Women According to the Bible
What is the role of women according to the Bible? Why did God create females? What are we to do here on earth as females?
I'm so thankful that we can find all of our direction, life purposes, and answers in the Bible. Even if it doesn't tell the answers to some subjects directly, all of our answers to life can be found in this most holy and precious book.
And if you ever wonder what exactly is the purpose of females, we can find that right in the Bible. It's right at the beginning:
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Adam had everything, lived in a perfect place, and even walked with God. Yet something was missing! Isn't that incredible? Even with all the things he owned, something was missing: Woman.
Adam seemed fine on just his own, yet God thought he needed more. A helper.
God created us females to be helpmeets to our husband. We are supposed to support, encourage, and help our husbands, or fathers if we're not married, in their life vision and mission. We are created to help the men in our life.
Even though the Bible is so clear on this, so many women want to disgaurd it. When some think of helpers, they think of a secondary position, place of foot-stool or place mat, unequal with the value of men, and an unfilling role.
No where does God imply or say that we're being "secondary" by obeying His plan by being helpmeets! Being a helper doesn't mean you're insignifigant or "don't measure up." Man and female were both created in the image of God. He made both of us with our own roles. Not one is more better than the other. And when we embrace and do what God created us to do, I think He'll bless us for obeying Him.
1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Titus 2:5
...To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Going by Scripture and not by my own reasoning, I truly believe God wants females to be helpmeets and keepers of the home=homemakers.
God created us to help our husbands one day, be homemakers of the home, and raise children up in the Lord. I think to truly take on that role that God has put onto us, we have to be at home. To really serve your husband, keep the home, and bring up godly seed, I think the only true way to do that is at the home. I don't think you can strattel the line and be both a helpmeet/mother, while working at a job all day at the same time. In my mind, there's only one choice: helpmeet/mother, or have a carreer.
When you're out working all day, you don't have time to keep the home. You don't have the time to fully raise up your kids in the Lord if you drop them off in day-care every morning while you go off at work. You can't truly serve and submit to your husband if you're out in the work field under a male boss who isn't your husband.
God created males to do the workin'. After Adam and Eve sinned, God put the curse of the ground and having to toil for food against Adam, not Eve, because men were created to be the leaders, the providers, protectors....not women. Women are supposed to support their husbands in the vision God has placed on the head of the home, man. Behind every great man is a great woman.
We're supposed to support them by being helpmeets, keeping the home, and raising up children. The men don't do that, women do.
Our world has this all backwards. Since the feminist movement, women have slammed the doors on the house as some "boring" and "insignifagant" role and have fled to the world for a "career" and "business."
But it's not a big surprise to have seen this happen. As our world keeps turning against God as our Creator, they are turning against his plans, purposes, and will for our lives as well. They have changed the Christian's viewpoint as well.
There's just too much to say about this, but let me tell you nothing can be more blessed than God's plan. It's in the Bible and is as plain as day of what our purpose is. As much as the world is trying to twist our mind and thinking about the role of being helpmeets and homemakers, nothing can be more of a blessing. When we let the world brain-wash us, and we run to the world seeking for answers, we leave the umbrella of God's love, perfect plan, and protection for us. Only can we find the real joy and reason for our lives when take in God's purpose and understand, it really is a blessing.
There's so much I could go into this small post, but it's just too much of a huge subject to get into. I suggest reading So Much More by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin. They go in the subject very well, and is very encouraging.
I would like to end from an excerpt from their book:
So Much More p.98
A truly strong woman is not masculine or mannish, but is firm in decision, character, beliefs, and action; she has all the softness that does not imply weakness in the wrong way; she is possessive of a firmness that is not harsh or domineering or exclusive of delicacy. She has the ability to provide for herself, but in restraint does not. Instead she channels that ability by supporting and building up her father or husband, enabling him to fulfill his God-ordained role. The strong woman is loving toward family, helpful whenever she can able she is competent, capable, and intelligent, yet dependent on, trustful of, and submissive to the Lord and her father or husband. I had never before understood the harmony that existed between being strong and being feminine. Yet a feminine is a strong woman, because her strength comes from embracing and fulfilling the role that God has given to women.
For the greater part of my life, I had no idea of the importance of our God-ordained mission as women. What responsibilities are attached to our work! What strength is required for and found in the pursuit of Biblical feminity--more than I ever had while pursuing feminist ideals and indulging my flesh. Performing the role that the Lord has given us women is never degrading, boring, unimportant, unexciting, or shameful, but quite the opposite--it is a wonderful and fulfilling privilege and blessing. The Scripture teaches that there are consequences to our actions: both negative for disobedience and positive for obedience (Deuteronomy 28; 29; 30:15-20). Our faithfulness as daughters and wives to welcome our responsibilities and do our duty will better enable our fathers and husbands to more fully and easily carry out their God-ordained mission in life.
Apr. 15, 2007 - Modesty part 1
Entry #3
The Way You Dress is Important
~Modesty part 1~
Modesty. In most Christian cycles, you'll somewhat hear the word over and over again. You'd think Christian girls would get it by now, but sadly, they don't. There's tons of females who claim to be Christians, yet they go around in half naked, degrading clothes, tempting the guys around them. Why haven't we gotten it?
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It seems like no matter where you go or what the weather is, girls still dress seductively. I went to an amusement park not too long ago, and even though it was freezing and we were wearing thick, heavy jackets, layers of clothes, and gloves, the girls there still managed to dress immodestly--It's crazy!
- Why do girls dress immodestly??
I have come to a conclusion that girls dress immodestly for some of these reasons:
- To bait the males (if you will)
- Because they are insecure in themselves
- They're falling into the lie that immodestly equals beauty
- "Skin is in,"
- For guys to notice them
- Look like their friends
- Be in style
- To fit in
- The excuse, "I can't find any modest clothing out there!"
- And because almost everyone else is doing it.
Why should we dress modestly? I think there's 5 main reasons, and many more that we'll get in later.
- To obey and please the Lord
- To save your body and most secret parts for your future husband's pleasure only
- To not stumble godly guys trying to please the Lord with their eyes
- To disallow and keep eyes off of ungodly men who are unworthy to drool over your body
- To be a godly example to everyone around us
These entries on modesty are actually going to be a series, if you will, and we're going to get to each of these points later on, but for right now, lets get to the basics. Does God have anything to say about modesty?
1 Timothy 2:9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel.....
This is so plain and clear! How can we Christians not get this? God wants us to dress in an honorable way.
But, maybe the problem is we don't know what actually is modest? Yes, some things are plain as day, and other things are quite skeptical.
Some people tell us that as long as we are not showing much skin, we're modest. Some say that only dresses and skirts are modest and pants are out.
This is how I think modesty should be defined:
It's a meek, quiet, and humble spirit that starts with the heart with a motive to please God. It is anything that is not a stumbling block to other guys and doesn't allow them to look at you in a wrong way.
With that, we need to know just what kind of clothes allows guys to look at you in a wrong way? What kind of things you wear make you a stumbling blocks to other guys? We'll look at that later....
What do we do to guys when we don't dress modestly? Since you're not a guy, you have no idea what they go through since God wired and created you different. It's can be really eye-opening if you to see how different they are. If you'd like to learn more about it, I'd highly suggest reading Secret Keepers by Dannah Gresh. That was a big help to me.
Going to the Bible, look at this verse:
~Matthew 5:28~
But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh at a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Adultery is a big sin toward God, and when you wear immodest clothing, that's just what you are lettting guys do toward you. You are sinning, and you are causing the males around you to sin as well. It's a serious thing!
I'll tell you right now, guys are going to look. Godly guys will try their best not to, but ungodly guys will. Our pastor from a church we used to go once said, "Unregenerate men left to themselves are sexual predators.*) (*pastor Jerry Slate) To the unsaved men, he has no reason not to look and stare at your body.
1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
From the beginning of time, God chose one man for one woman. Why do you think He did that? Because of what the verse above says: to avoid fornication. God only wants us to have one man to marry, to love, to give yourself to, to grow in intimacy, and only one man to show your body to.
When you dress immodestly, you are going against God's design and you are letting ALL men look and lust after you. This is NOT what God intended. (We'll go more in debt in a later entry.)
I don't think girls realize exactly what they are doing to guys when they dress immodestly. We must understand something, most girls already know, but for clarity sake, I'm going to tell you anyway. Guys are turned on by your body. We don't understand this because we are not the same way.
All guys want to look because God made them that way, but there are godly ones that are striving to please the Lord and look away. How would you feel if you were the girl he was trying to avoid because just looking at you caused him to sin? How would you feel if you could see all the guys in the store that look you up and down, including adult men?? How would you feel if you could know the thoughts going through a male's mind when he's looking at you? And, how would you feel if you knew you were hurting God? It's real; It's serious. The Bible gives us the facts. Why haven't we got it yet??
What you put on in the morning determines if you want to help guys out, or let them goggle at your body.
1 Thessalonian 4:3-7
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour:
Not in lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
We are not to defraud our brothers in any matter. Immodestly opens those doors to lust, sin, fornication, and adultery.
I hope that we understand that for the Christian, modesty is a serious thing, especially to God!
Modesty is so important.
- Modesty shows the motives of your heart.
What you wear tells alot about yourself and what message you are trying to get across. When girls dress immodestly they are literally telling the whole world, "I want guys to look at me. Look where ever you want. I'm open." On the otherhand, a girl that dresses modestly with a humble spirit is saying, "I don't want to be a stumbling block to guys that are trying to please the Lord. I don't want you to sin after me. I am a vessel of the Lord, and my body belongs to Him and my future husband."
- Modesty shows what you value.
- Modesty shows what you are using your body for
If you think your wardrobe needs a little help, I hope that you'll pray about this, seek God's Word, and examine your heart with this issue of modesty. Remember, it's the heart and our motives that are the makeup behind the clothes. Pray for God's guidance to help you.
Helpful Tips
Like I said, some things in the area of modesty are supposed to be quite obvious and others maybe not. I've read books on modesty that say at the end, "It's up to you what you think is modest...." That only leads us scratching our heads and confused. We, and especially newer Christians, need direction and a starting guide. Of course, we can't tell you the solution to everything, but here's a basic outline to be a help.
This is a partial list of what NOT to wear:
- Mini-skirts
- Bikinis
- Skirts that are too short
- Showing any cleavage, even the very top of it. (bathing suits are no exception)
- Tight pants
- Pants tight on the thighs
- Hot pants
- Short shorts
- Tight shirts that hug the breast
- Words that are written across the breast (guess why they were put there?)
- Words put across the booty (guess why they were put there too?)
- Showing bra straps
- High splits in skirts and dresses
- Tubed tops
- Shirts that plop open when you bend over and reveal everything
- Showing the belly
For discerning other things:
- Pray. Ask for God's help.
- Ask your father for his advice. He's a male and he'll know if it's inapporiate or not.
Ways to test your clothing. Sometimes just looking in the mirror is not enough. Once we get out in the world and start moving around, usually there might be something you missed by just standing in front of the mirror.
- Bend over and make sure your shirt doesn't plop open.
- Walk up the stairs: Is your skirt too tight; Is your split too high?
- Raise your arms: can you see your bra from under my arm?
- Look in the back: can you see your panty line?
- Look in the back: Is your shirt so tight you can see your bra from behind?
- Is your skirt or dress see-through? Do you need a slip?
Apr. 14, 2007 - Real Beauty
Entry #2
Real Beauty 
Being a girl can be tough sometimes with some issues that we go through.... Especially when it comes to the subject of beauty. All girls are influenced in some way--even Christians-- by the world's standards of beauty. The world defines (or tries to at least) beauty for us. From our body shape, to our clothes, hair, skin, etc. We've all heard that if you ain't the one looking like the models on the magazines, or dressing like them, you aint gonna catch a man, and you aint beautiful, and all of those lies that sometimes discourage us.
None of us can help to admit that we want to look beautiful!! We want to be pretty and good-looking. We buy all the beauty products we can get our hands on to. But in the end, no matter how good the product, we're always left unsatisfied.
We have been influenced way too much by the world's definition of beauty. Of course though, there's nothing wrong with wanting to look nice, and I'm not suggesting we never comb our hair again and hide ourselves in a huge potato sack. Of course not! That's not the point I am trying to come to. I am writing this because I am going to tell you the ultimate beauty secret. (No, I'm not selling anything lol) You can't buy it, and it's not something that happens overnight, but it's free, and you can get these upon your choice if you would like to have them.
Ready to find out what the ultimate beauty secret is that will guarantee to make you more beautiful? Here they are:
* Kindness
* Love
* Humility
* A servant's heart
* Forgiveness
* Contentment
* Faith
*Purity
*Obediance
* Grace
* And a life lived all for God
This, and more, is the only true way to achieve that beauty we all desire. Sure, those models look gorgeous, but if they are missing these things, they're missing it all.....
Warning though: Believe me, it's not easy. I can't tell you about these things without looking at my own life. I want these things so bad, but I am far from perfect. These are something we have to work at, and strive for. These things are a choice. We've all heard the phrase, "falling in love," but love is not something that happens automatically. It is a choice. We choose to love, we choose to be kind, we choose to forgive. It's a direction we choose to follow.
If we strive all of our life for the world's kind of beauty, we will always be lacking. We will always strive for something more. I don't think there's nothing more beautiful than a heart of kindness, love, contentment, humility, etc. I think that with these qualities can a girl only be the prettiest female of all.
"Mirror" lyrics by Barlow Girl
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Have I got it?
'Cause Mirror you've always told me who I am
I'm finding it's not easy to be perfect
So sorry you won't define me
Sorry you don't own me
Who are you to tell me
That I'm less than what I should be?
Who are you? Who are you?
I don't need to listen
To the list of things I should do
I won't try, I won't try
Mirror I am seeing a new reflection
I'm looking into the eyes of He who made me
And to Him I have beauty beyond compare
I know He defines me
You don't define me, you don't define me
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Apr. 11, 2007 - How to Grow Closer to God
Entry #1
How to Grow Closer to God
How can we draw closer to God's heart? As a Christian, it should be our desire to become more like God, know Him more, and be closer to Him.
Having a real relationship with God is like nothing else in the world. Our Creator of our world wants to draw closer to you, and loves to be in fellowship with you. That is why Jesus shed His blood on Calvary, so we can speak to God without having to go into a tabernacle, and our sins can be forgiven without going to a priest. What a blessing!!
Having a relationship with God grows our faith in God, and grows our love for Him. You might have the head knowledge of the Scriptures and things you're taught in church, but if you don't really know God personally, you are missing out big time! And I don't mean the 5-minute short, fast said prayers. I mean a daily, humble fellowship just with you and God: Pouring your heart to Him, praying for others, worshipping His name.
If you never spent time with your friends, you'd never know much about them. Same thing goes with God. You've got to spend time with Him to really know Him.
Spending time with God on a daily basis takes discipline. It's something you have to make a priority in your life. You may have to get up earlier than your normally do--but don't let that slow you down! Give your heart to the Lord, and make it an real effort to come into His presence every single day. He's done so much for us--tell Him how thankful you are!
James 4:8--Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you...
This verse above is the key to becoming closer to God. You have to make an effort to draw close to Him, and He will draw near to you.
Having a fellowship with God is one of the keys to becoming closer to Him, but there's more to just that...
~Ways to Become Closer to God
- First, you must be saved, and have became a new creature within Christ. There's no way to get to know a Holy God without a Saviour. You must realize that you are born a sinner, and God is the only one who can save you through His blood.
- Ask forgiveness of your sins constantly (meaning, every day or more!)
-Ask forgiveness of sin the first thing when you come in God's presence. The Bible tells us we are filthy rags. We can never be holy cause we are born as sinners, but God can forgive us and put our sinful actions in the past. So, to come in the presence of a holy God, we must clear all sins in our lives and ask our Lord to forgive us, so we can fellowship with Him in a pure, and lovely way.
- Clear your conscious, and ask forgiveness of others. Anyone who you have sinned or haven't forgave, you must seek them and ask them to forgive you. Unforgiveness leaves sin in our hearts, which will separate us from God. Plus, it will leave you bitter, angry, and unhappy.
- Be obedient to God's laws and commands. If you love God, you'll want to obey His commandments. Where do we find God's commands? In his Word of course!
- Fellowship with God. Make it an effort, every day to spent time in God's presence.
- Read and study God's Word. The Bible is your guide to life. How will you know how to live and what God instructs for us if you're not reading it on a daily basis?
- Go to a Biblically based church.
- Fellowship with other believers.
- Be unconformed to this world. This is a biggy, that covers a wide range of subjects.
-Romans 12:2--And be not conformed to this world...
-1 John 2:15-17---Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
-You cannot choose both. You can live for God, or you can live for the world. Drawing closer to God's heart requires forsaking the world, cause like the verse says, God is not of the world.
-Being different from the world can include: the friends we have, the places we go, the movies we watch, the music we listen to, the things we put into our bodies, and the list goes on and on...
- Have godly friends. It is important to have friends that are going to encourage you to grow closer to the Lord. The Bible tells us that "iron sharpest iron."
- Keep your bodies pure. Sin and unholiness takes us farther and farther from God. God commands us to be pure, and it is vital to be living a pure life if we want to be more like our Saviour. Uncleanliness is damaging and will corrupt our bodies like rust. Even though God can forgive us, it will still put scars on our lives, and it will take a while to overcome. Unpurity will put a wall between you and God and will be hard to break. It is vital we are holding our virginity as precious gifts and are waiting until marriage to give our bodies to our husbands.
Some people don't want to give their lives fully over to Christ because they don't want to make all the sacrifices. The pride of life, and selfishness of changing their ways makes them want to stay in the world. But let me tell you that giving your life over to Christ is redeeming. Sin is pleasurable only for a while. Sin is a heavy brick that grows higher and higher without a Saviour to redeem us, and will weigh the soul down until you can't get back up any more.
It's only when we fully give our lives to Christ that that brick is lifted. I'm not saying that we won't have hard times, cause that's not true, but your life is renewed, and your life has meaning. Joy, love and peace flow through your soul, and you have purpose! And the laws God gives us, our eyes are opened up that they are not given to us because God wants to take away our fun, but as a loving Father He wants to protect you from things that can harm you. And as we grow in love with our Saviour, we start wanting to obey and please Him because of what He has done for us, and because we want to become more like Him.
Being a Christian is so worth-while because of the fact we can fellowship with our Lord. There's nothing more satisfying and more fulfilling than growing closer to God's heart. If you feel like your Christian walk is dull and you feel like your life is nothing different from the world, I would encourage you to pursue the Lord like you never have. Fall on your knees in His presence and seek His guidance to your life...Before long, He will be more than just your Holy King and loving Father, but will also become your best, trusting friend.
Helpful ideas for growing in the Lord:
- Start a daily devotion with God. First thing in the morning is always best, cause a busy schedule will always put it on the back burner. Start your day first off with spending time with God.
- Pray on your knees. This is a humbling way to come before the Lord, and a way of saying, "I am only a piece of sand compared to you, God. You are holy, and I surrender to you."
- Pray out loud.
- Keep a prayer journal so you can remember prayer requests and things you would like to bring before the Lord.
- Have direction in your Bible reading. When we come to our Bible reading thinking, "What should I read today??" and just flip to any part of the Bible, this leads to an unorganized Bible reading. It's so much better to know what you will be reading. I suggest you put bookmarks in chapters you would like to read (i.e. one in the Old Testament, and one in the New, or several in each) to read the whole chapters. That way, you can get the whole context of the Scripture text and know where you're going in your reading.
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Apr. 10, 2007 - Welcome!
Welcome to the Growing in Godliness blog!
This blog is designed especially for Christian, teenage girls who desire to live their lives fully for the Lord. We hope this blog will be an encouragement to all with entries on tons of different subjects directed to young ladies. We will have articles, small book discussion sections, and more.
What is a godly girl? They are:
God centered
Obedient
Discreet
Lovely
Yearning to strive toward excellence
It is our hope to encourage young ladies to live for Christ in a generation of "self." Living separated lives from the world isn't always easy, but women striving toward excellence will never give up, and will always strive to use their whole lives to serve the Lord.
We hope that this blog will be helpful and inspiring to all, as we all strive to grow in godliness.
